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Volume No. 23 No. 26 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1963 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY ?%;■ . *> • Most of the News All The Time fstiSr The Pilot Covers Brunswick County STATE A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Coast Guard In Area Unaffected By New Orders Announcement Gives N o Clue To Any Change Af fecting Oak Island Or Patrol Boat Announcement was made in Washington Friday of a shapeup in the Coast Guard operation in North Carolina which will add 41 men to the complement in this area and will modomize the rescue fleet now in operation. Two ex isting Coast Guard Stations will be closed and one new station will be opened under provisions an nounced by the Treasury Depart ment. So far as can be learned, none of these changes will affect either the status or the personnel of Oak Island Station or the Coast Guard Patrol boat, both stationed at Southport. Two historic North Carolina stations at Caffeys Inlet and Kill Devil Hills—would be closed, un der the plan announced. The State would gain a new station on North Albemarle Sound, and six existing stations would receive new men and new equip Continned On Pace 4 — MrUrf m9 Of lnewsj CHRISTMAS EVE PROGRAM Services will be held at 7: 30 p. in., Christmas Eve at St. James' Episcopal Church, Shallotte. NEW RESIDENTS Mrs. Lillian K. Riley and Miss Antoinette Maultsby have retired from Government Service in Wash ington, D. C., and have moved here since Friday. Mrs. Riley is a sister of Col. W. G. Kemper. Senators May Be Few For Brunswick Columbus County’s Suggest-" ion For Rotation Would Give Senator To County Once In 8 Years The Columbus County Democra tic Executive Committee last week unanimously .voted to rotate with Bladen and Brunswick on an every ! other term basis with the first i term coming at next year’s elec I tion. In other words, the plan would I call for the election of a senator : from Columbus, then Brunswick, : then Columbus, then Bladen, then : Columbus, then Brunswick then Columbus etc. It provides a senator from Co lumbus every four years while Bladen and Brunswick would be represented only every eight years. Chairman of the Brunswick County Democratic Executive Committee, Kirby Sullivan, said said the county group will meet after the January 14 election to consider Columbus’ plan. He indi cated that opposition would be ex pressed. Chairman Sullivan, emphasising that he did not speak for the com mittee, made some personal ob servations about the Columbus proposal. He said he favored rotation on a three county basis between Bruns wick, Bladen and Columbus. If that failed, Chairman Sullivan said he would favor at large represent ation. “Personally, I favor electing a senator at large rattier than having one just every eight years,” he added. “I was not surprised at the ac tion Columbus took, but I hope we can work out a three county rotation plan,” he concluded. In years past litis has been a four-county senatorial district with two senators allocated. The district was made up of Columbus, Blad j en, Brunswick and Cumberland i Continued On Page 4 Drive In Bank At Lake Waccamaw C. Lacy Tate, president of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust com pany has announced that the Fed eral Deposit Insurance Corporation of Washington, D. C. has granted approval of a drive-in bank at Lake Waccamaw. According to Tate construction will begin soon after the first of the year and is expected to be in operation by March 1. Driver Training To Be Held Driver Education Class Be ing Scheduled At Night In Agriculture Building At Supply I | The North Carolina Department ! of Motor Vehicles announced this | week a driver education course, I sponsored by the vehicles agency, ; has been scheduled for Brunswick County. All 16-18 year old youths who want a driver’s license must suc cessfully complete a driver edu cation course. The course offered by the Department of Motor Ve • hides is designed to supplement regular high school driver training and to meet the needs of those young people to whom such train ing is not available. High school students will be re quired to have written permission from their principal prior to enroll ment. This course will be taught at the Agriculture Extension Building, Continued On Jfage 4 Schedule For Holiday Period Starts Tuesday County Employees Take Off For Rest Of Week With City Employees Having Three Days The consolidated schools of Brunswick county closed Friday at noon for the Christmas holidays and will not convene again until Thursday, January 2. All county offices will close Tuesday at noon and will not he (Continued On Page 4) Shallow Draft Dredge Will Be Operating Soon New Equipment For Use In Wilmington District May Bring Relief For Several Brunswick Problems The small inlet problem which has plagued Brunswick fishermen for so long may be solved soon if it is not already solved. The Corps of Engineers is about to launch a self-propelled drag arm type dredge designed espec ially for maintaining reasonable depths in small inlets along the Tar Heel coast. It is “The Mer ritt,” and named for the late Mr. Bob Merritt who started out with the Wilmington District office in the 1880's as an errand boy and remained to become the only civ ilian ever to hold the number one post — District Engineer — during World War I. Mr. Merritt died about 1950. Actually, The Merritt is a shal low draft dredge with about a five foot draft which will be able to work in small narrow inlets suck ing up sand and pumping it over board through a pipeline suspend ed from a long derrick built a board the stem of the vessel. It will be self-sustaining in every res pect with living quarters aboard aud its own power plant for man euvefihg small inlets. A converted World War II Navy recovery craft, the new venture in shallow inlet dredging is expect ed to go through trial operations in January in the Snows Cut area of the Inland Waterway. How well it performs there will determine how soon it may be pressed into service in other areas where the need for deeper water in inlets is greatest. The present schedule, according to the Engineers, calls for work in Topsail inlet, some in the Pamlico Sound area and then it will be re turned for both snagging and dredging the eight-foot channel in the Cape Fear River between Wil mington and Fayetteville. Col. J. G. Grygiel, District En gineer, reported a few days ago that the “overboard” dredge is de signed to work in channels and the like with depths of up to 10 feet. This makes the dedge particularly adaptable to removing shoals in the Inland Waterway as well as other small craft channels and in lets. The development of a small dredges cannot work in waterways of depths less- than 14 feet. This has been pointed out in numerous public hearing for relief and, now that a remedy is about to become a reality, a better day for fishermen in our area and others seems not to be far off. Continued On Page 4 TIME and TIDE It was December 24, 1858, and James C. Bowman was re elected president of the SENG Beach Association. Some 1,220 persons received free TB X-rays during the past week during a county-wide project of the Southport Woman’s Club. The Air Force unit of which Eddie Lindner of Southport was a member helped produce the Hollywood movie, "The Hunt er’s”. Captain Whiter Lewis reported he had charters booked for December 26 and 27. “Then we’re stopping for the rest of the week”, he said, “A man can’t fish all year long.” It JVS.S December 23, 1953, and Dr. C. E. Cmndell explained the cost and value of a flouridation program for Southport’s “water supply at a Lion’s Club meeting. Only five cases were settled at Monday’s Recorder's court. The merchants and business leaders were sponsoring a com munity dance Saturday night in Southport. Santa Claus arrived in Shailotte by air Thursday and was driven to the playground by automobile. It was December 22, 1948, and there was news that the Estonian refugees who landed in Southport in August on small boats may be allowed to remain in the United States. Corbett Coleman of Ash was re-elected to the County Soil Conservation committee. Elroy King of Wap 'amaw wtas re-elected chairman of the AAA farm program in.tiie county. The Southport Woman’s Club |contlnued On Pag* 4)„ Pastor Oak Island Mission Graduates 1 he Rev. Horace L. Hawes, Jr., Completes Work At Southeastern Seminary; To Graduate In May The Rev. Horace L. Hawes, Jr., pastor of Oak Island Baptist Mission, has completed the re quirements for the Bachelor of Divinity degree at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He will be graduated at the regular seminary commencement exercises in May, 1964. Hawes, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace L. Hawes Sr. of 10 Central Blvd. in Wilmington is a graduate of New Hanover High School, Mars Hill Junor College and the University of North Carolina. He has served as pastor of the Mt. Holly Baptist Church prior to assuming his duties at Oak Is land Baptist Mission. Since coming here he has seen the work at the nearby beach re sort devolope to the point where it was neccessary last summer to make additions to the classroom space at the education building at the mission. The next step in plans HORACE L. HAWES, JR. for that church will be the erect ion of a sanctuary. In hiS work at the Baptist Miss ion, the. Rev. Hawes has been particularly effective in his work with the young people. Memorial Books Boat Licenses Going On Sale The State Department of Conservation and Development announces that commercial fishing boat licenses for 1964 are not on sale and that the deadline for getting them is next February 15. Upwards of 7,000 licenses issued during 1963 to commer cial fishermen operating in North Carolina waters, Dr. David A. Adams, State Fish eries Commissioner, said. Cost of the licenses varies according to the size of the boats used in commercial fish ing operations. Boat licenses may be obtain ed at the C & D Department's Divison of Commerical Fish eries in Morehead City, division inspectors, or from other authorized agents, Dr.. Adams said. President Farm Bureau Speaks Ira Chadwick Thinks Citi ens Of Brunswick Have Important Stake In “Lit tle Federal Plan” How will county citizens be represented in the State Legisla ture under the present system of membership and under the pro posed amendment to the state’g Constitution ? Ira Chadwick of Shallotte, pre sident of Brunswick County Farm Bureau, explains the two plans for legislative representation. “In the special session of the legislature this past fall, the Sen ate was redistricted for the first time since 1941. Membership re maines at 50; but the 33 old districts were reshaped into 36 new ones. Changes in number of Senators per district were made according to population changes since 1941, taking Senators away from the Jess populous areas and giving more Senators to the more popul ous areas. "House membership, which had ■ been reapportioned by the 1961; Legislature, remains at 120. Each j of the 100 counties is permitted cne Representative. The more pop ulous counties divide the extra 20 Representatives. Continued On Page Four Southport Public Library Has Many Valuable Books Added To Its Shel ves During Past Year The Southport Public Library las been enriched by more than SO memorial 'volumes during the past year. These gifts include books on flowers, the sea, anti ques, poetry, North Carolina and nature as well as childrens’ and song books. Donations have been given in memory of Mrs. OUie Hall Bar ber, Mrs. Mary Pearce Cranmer, Mrs. Alta W. Dosher, Mrs. Viola Weeks Guthrie, Mrs. M. P. Hold en, Mrs. Dorothy Bell Kaufman, Thomas L. Larsen, Joseph J. Loughlin, Jr., William R. Lingle, Mrs. Ann C. Pancoast, Richard D. St. George, Miss Margaret M. Tomlinson, Mrs. Virginia Thomp son Wade, Captain Hulan Watts and Mrs. Thelma S. Willis. Volumes chosen as memorial tri butes are in fieds of the deceased's Interests where the library collc tion needs additional books; and are usually in a price range not with in the library’s book budget. In the flower and garden cate gory, recent memorial additons are: ‘‘Carolina Gardens”, ‘‘Hand book of wild flower cultivation”, ‘‘Encyclopedia of roses in natural color”, ‘‘Flower arrangement for cnurcnes anti books on camellia culture and landscaping. The sea is represented by Cous teau’s “The living sea”, “National Geographic book of fishes” and Herald’s “Living fishes of the world”. The library’s collection of song books has been increased by Carl Sandburg’s “America Sings”, the Cole Porter song book, and “Sing for Christmas”. Nutting’s “Furniture treasury”, with 5000 illustrations, makes it a real treasury of information on early American furniture. Other memorial volumes on antiques which have been given are Lee’s “Victorian glassware” and “Early American glassware”. Also of in terest to antique enthusiasts is “A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy”, based on last year’s television program of the same name. Poetry by T. S. Eliot and Carl Sandburg have also been given. Popular for browsing and infor mation are “The Southeast in early maps”, “The face of North Caro lina”, “The continent we live on” and “Wild animals of North Ameri ca.” Weighty both in size and content are Latouretle’s “History of Chris tianity” and Morrison's "The two Continued On rage * Sunny Point To Be Location Of Army Training Eight Hundred Troops From Fort Eustis, Va., Expected To Participate In Training Exercise A second training exercise sim ilar to the October 1962 program is scheduled to begin about Jan uary 7 at the Sunny Point Army Terminal, officials at the Terminal have advised. The coming training program will run through January 22 and will involve about 800 men from Fort Eustis, Va. They will be taken from the Fourth Transportation Command and will include two terminal ser vice commands, one amphibious company and a transportation boat company. While there was no announce ment ot the effect, it is probable that Bald Head Island will figure in the several phases of training operations of the expected 800-man force. It is significant to point out in this respect that the October 1962 exercise consisted mainly of land ing on the noted island and came only a few days before the qua rantine of Cuba was ordered by late President Kennedy and stem jming from the shipping to and continued On Page 5 ■ . REA Sends Out Dividend Checks • * Brunswick Electric Member ship Corporation Mails Checks To More Than 7,000 Members : V: , ■ . • ‘ . . / '■ Last week the Brunswick Elec tric Membership corporation mail ed approximately 7,000 cheeks that averaged $1 to $50 to members that were receiving service in 1952 and 1953. The money mailed was approx imately $160,000 and was a cash refund of capital credits earned by the members. The amount of each check to members depends on the amount of usage by the individual mem-1 ber in the years 1952-63. According to General Manager. E. D. Bishop, “This is true evid ence of positive ownership by the members.” Bishop explained that in 1952-53 Brunswick Electric served some, 7,000 members. That number today has grown to 11,800. The board of directors in 1959 set a policy that resulted in the cash refunds. In 1959 the board ordered that cash refunds go to. subscribers during the 1939-49 per-5 iod. In 1961 the board ordered that the years 1950-51 be covered arid I the recent action brings total cov-j erage from 1939 through 1953. i ’ Tide Table Following Is the tide table tor 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, December 36, 3:43 A. M. 10:22 A. M 4:08 P. M. 10:42 P. M Friday, December 27, 4:45 A. M. 11:24 A. M 5:09 P. M. 11:38 P. M Saturday, December 28, 5:43 A. M. 12:22 A. M 6:08 P. M. Sunday, December 29, 6:40 A. M. 0:32 A. M 7:05 P. M. 1:17 P. M Monday, December 30, 7:35 A. M. 1:25 A. M 8:0l P. M. 2:09 P. Tuesday, December 31, 8:28 A. M. 2:15 A. 8:54 P. M. 3:00 P. A Wednesday, January 1, 9:21 A. M. 3:06 A. 9:48 P. M. 3:49 P.
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