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Volume No. 23
No. 33
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1964
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Feed Grain Plan
Sign-Up Starts
In This County
Farmers Have Period From
February 10-March 27
To Sign For Participation
In Program
Farmers will have an opport
unity to sign, up in the 1964 feed
grain program from February 10
through March 27, according to
manager R. L. Price of the Bruns
wick Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation service.
As in previous years. Manager
Price explained, the feed grain
program will be voluntary and
each individual producer on farms
growing one of the three feed
grains covered by the program
will make his own decision about
whether to take part. The pro
gram is available for com, grain
sorghum, and barley.
To take part in the feed grain
program, the farmer will have to
agree to take out of production
and devote to an approved con
servation use at least 20 percent
of the total feed grain base (for
all of the three grains grown on
the farm). The farmer may divert
the acreage of one or more of the
feed grains, but his payment will
be figured according to the rate
applicable to the crop diverted.
Farmers who participate in the
program will be eligible for diver
sion and price-support payments,
and for price-support loans on their
1964 production of the three
grains. The price-support pay
ments will be made to participants
whether the feed grain produced
in 1964 is fed on the farm, sold,
or placed under a price-support
loan.
Manager Price pointed out that
two major improvements have
been made in the 1964-crop feed
grain program as compared with
program of previous years: (1) As
much as 50 percent of the total
feed grain base may be diverted on
any farm (this is up from the 1963
maximum of 40 percent of the feed
grain baso); and (2) the average
payment rate per acre for diver
ting 40 percent or more of the
base will be substantially higher
than last year.
Farmers are encouraged to
look into the advantages of taking
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CITY TAGS
Police Chief Herman Strong: said
Southport city tags must be dis
played by February 15 or drivers
Will be cited to court.
BENEFIT BARBECUE
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Winnabow Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will sponsor a barbecue sup
per at the Grange Hall Saturday
beginning at 5 p. m.
VARIETY SHOW
On Friday at 8 o'clock at the
Southport High School auditorium
there will be a Valentine Variety
Show sponsored by the PTA for
the benefit of the Home Economics
Department.
HEART FUND CHAIRMAN
William Powell has been named
Southport J a y c e e Heart Fund
Chairman. He will assist Mrs. Dar
lene Powell, city chairman, when
door-to-door collections are made
in Southport the week of February
23.
ON STATE COMMISSION
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., of
Southport has been named by Gov
ernor Terry Sanford as a member
of the Governor’s Commission on
Library Resources. The first meet
ing of this commission was held
Friday in Raleigh.
COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Brunswick County Advisory
Committee on Adult Education,
appointed at the last meeting of
the Board of Education, will meet
at Bolivia High School. Thursday
night at 7:30, says Assistant Sup
erintendent William N. Williams.
IN HOSPITAL
Dr. M. H. Rourk, prominent
Shallotte physician and cardiolog
ist and member of the medical
staff at Dosher Memorial Hospital,
is a patient at Memorial Hospital
in Chapel Hill where he is recover
ing from the effects of a slipped
disc.
DEATH OF SON
Mrs. Virginia Hall Kepley of
Long Beach has been notified by
the Navy Department of the death
of her son, Bryan Wesley Kepley,
aboard the USS Jonas Ingram.
Cause of death is unknown. Fun
eral services will be held in Salis
bury, where the family formerly
lived#
Board Clamps Ban 1
On Night Games
Action By Board Of Edu-1
cation Taken Following
Public Hearing Monday
Night In Southport
Because of recent unsportsman
ship acts by some spectators, the
Brunswick Board of Education es
tablished several new regulations,
including a ban on night games,
for schools in the Brunswick Coun
ty Basketball Conference at a
meeting in Southport Monday
night.
"Due to the heated competition
and to some unpleasant and un
sportmanship acts of some spec
tators at some games it was nec
essary to take action to try to pre
vent further instances at basket
ball games,” Superintendent A. W.
Taylor said.
New regulations passed by the
board Monday night include start
ing all games at 4 p. m. instead
of 7 p. m., clearing the space dir
ectly behind the backboard of fans
and assigning additional police of
ficers to county games.
“The board of education would
like to remind the public that the
local school committee is given
custody of all school property in
their districts and the school per
sonnel are empowered by law to
have control over persons on this
property at all times.” Superin
tendent Taylor stated.
“The board of education takes
the position that interscholastic
athletics are for the students and
we cannot stand by and see the
students deprived of these activi
ties by a few adults who insist
on creating unpleasant instances at
athletic contests,” he said.
The new regulations will govern
play in the Brunswick County Con
ference only and involves the
teams at Bolivia, Leland, South
port and Waccamaw. Non-confer
ence games played by the schools
will not be effected by the new
regulations. ,
,,-Shallott#., a member of ..the^ac
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JACK ROBINSON
Jack Robinson
In Church Work
Gerald J. "Jack” Robinson
has been accepted as the new
minister of education at Lakeside
Baptist Church, New Orleans La.
Robinson, who gave up a pro
mising future in IBM computei
work to enter the ministry( was
highly recommended by those whc
have been associated with him
He has been active in churches in
New Orleans and in North Caro
lina, and is currently studying foi
a diploma in religious education
at New Orleans Baptist Thelogica
Seminary.
He and his wife, Ann, are th«
parents of three children, Amanda
Suzanne and Randall.
Robinson is a native of Supplj
and is a graduate of Shallotte High
School. His mother, Mrs, Florence
Rebinagflfc still ,j*veg* in Biamswisl!
county. ■
Cage Tournament 1
Set For Bolivia
Emergency Repairs Will Be'
Made To Bolivia Gym
nasium Prior To Event
Last Of February
The Board of Education decided
at a special meeting Wednesday to
hold the Brunswick County Confer
ence basketball tournament at Bo
livia on February 27, 29 instead of
moving it out of the county.
The board voted to spend $700 to
made needed repairs to the Bolivia
gym to bring it up to standard
for the expected large crowds.
Repairs to be made include put
ting in new sills on the north side
of the gym, placing braces under
the balconies, making three row
seats instead of two downstairs
and placing benches in the bal
conies.
The gym will be painted by Bo
livia residents before the tourna
ment starts to improve the ap
pearance.
Before deciding to keep the tour
nament at Bolivia as originally
scheduled, the board discussed the
prospects of moving it to Wilming
ton or Shallotte.
Funds for the repairs had been
in the budget request but it had
not been approved. Officials felt
that an emergency situation exist
ed due to the forthcoming tourna
ment and approved the request for
$700.
The board asked the Bolivia Vol
unteer Fire Department to take
over full responsibility for fire
protection measures in preparation
for and during the tournament.
The tournament will be a three
night affair instead of four nights
as has been the custom in years
past. This time no consolation
games will be played and losers
will be eliminated. Three games
will be played on Thursday and
Friday nights and two on Satur
days.
The boys and girls teams at Bo
livia, Leland, Southport and Wac
camaw are members of the county
conference.
The board directed Superinten
dent A. W. Taylor to check on
scheduling of basketball games for
next year. He recommended that
games be played only on Friday
nights and that every other Tues
day be left open.
In other action, the board voted
unanimously to require each teach
er to attend summer school at
least once every five years. The
new regulation means that begin
j ning in 1965, each county teacher
must attend summer school by
1970 and at least once every five
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Scholarship To
Get Recognition
In order to motivate stu
dents in academic achieve
ments in county schools, scho
larship medals will be award
ed top students this spring,
says Superintendent A, W.
Taylor.
The medal will have the
word “Scholarship” engraved
on it and will be known as the
Brunswick County Scholastic
Award.
In order to qualify for the
award, a student in grade 10,
11 or 12 must have three se
mesters of all “A’s” or five
semesters of “A’s” and “B’s”.
Any grade below a “B” dis
qualifies the student that year.
County Church
In Big Program
Peace Memorial Baptist
Church In Southern Bap
tist Church Development
Ministry
The Peace Memorial Baptisl
Church of Winnabow has enterec
the 1964 Southern Baptist Churcl
Development Ministry, the pastor
Rev. Richard B. Williams, an
nounced Monday.
Sponsored by the Home Missior
Board of the Southern Baptist Con
vention, the plan is to stimulate
interest in church work. Participat
ing churches in a recent year re
corded twice as many baptisms pei
member as the Southern Baptisl
Convention average.
Each participating church selects
projects relating to the loca:
church, the local community, anc
world-wide missions. An inventory
questionnaire furnishes suggestions
for projects such as leadership
training, community recreation pro
grams, and world-wide missions.
Pastors recognized for theii
achievement receive a parchment
scroll and churches recognized for
their achievement receive a plaque.
A record of progress book is made
under the direction of a special
committee. The books are the
basis for judging.
Lewis W. Newman, of Atlanta,
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Federal Loans
Available For
County Farmers
Sihallotte Office Has Funds
To Assist With Financing
Farm Operations Or Re*
pairs
According to Jerry T. Hurray,
County Supervisor for Farmers
Home Administration, 29 operating
loan applications have been receiv
ed from Brunswick County farm
ers for loans to operate their farms
for 1964. There is a possibility that
other farmers in the county are
eligible and could profit from the
use of this credit, he says.
These loans can be made to full
time or part time farmers for pur
chase of equipment for the farm
and home, livestock, feed, seed,
fertilizer, refinancing debts, cash
rent, purchases off feed, cost of
minor real estate improvements
and building repairs, and financing
living cost, etc.
The amount an eligible appli
cant can borrow depends upon the
purpose for which the loan is to be
used and the overall farm oper
ations.
The interest rate is 5 percent on
the unpaid principal. Loans for an
nual farm and home expenses are
repaid from the year’s income of
the borrower. Loans for capital
items such as tractor and equip
ment are repaid in annual install
ments of up to 7 years.
Applications for this and other
types of loans made by Farmers
Home Administration are being ac
cepted now.
The office serving Brunswick
County is located over the Coastal
Drug Store in Shallotte. Office
hours are 10 to 12 Tuesdays find
Fridays.
Mental Health 1
Council Formed
Brunswick county citizens who
are interested in the advancement
of mental health are urged to join
a Brunswick County Mental Health
Planning Council currently being
formed.
The planning staff of the North
Carolina Mental Health Council,
working through State representa
tives to the Council, has requested
the formation of the county plan
ning council. Those who have been
asked to form the nucleus of the
local group include:
Dr. Charles J. Powell, repre
senting the County Medical So
ciety; F. H. Swain, chairman,
Board of County Commissioners;
A. Woodrow Taylor, Superintend
ent of Schools; Dr. A. H. Elliott,
Health Director, and Mrs. Emma
Tatum, Superintendent of Public
Welfare.
This group will become the focus
of affiliation for all who are con
cerned with meeting mental health
needs.
Councils are being formed in all
100 counties of North Carolina as
part of a planning effort financed
from State and Federal sources.
Its aim is to develop a coordinated,
comprehensive plan to meet North
Carolina’s present and future men
tal health needs. The investiga
tions and recommendations of the
County Councils will be communi
cated to the State level planning
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I TIME and TIDE |
It was February 11, 1959, and President H. T. St. George
announced that the Southport Savings and Loan Association had
increased its assets $339,231 in 1958. William Murdock Sermons
of Supply retired from /the Corps of Engineers. The veterans of
World War I were organizing in Shallotte.
Senator S. Bunn Frink said he would attempt to have ferry
service established between Brunswick and New Hanover coun
ties during the year. City Manager C. D. Pickerrell was elected
to the Board of Directors of the Brunswick County Red Cross
chapter.
It was February 10, 1954, and Sheriff E. V. Leonard an
nounced he would not be a candidate for re-election because
of bad health. Shallotte Mayor Leon Galloway sent Southport
Fire Chief Ormond Leggett a note of appreciation and $200
for the efforts of the department during two recent disastrous
fires in Shallotte.
Ann Allen set a new county scoring record of 62 points in
leading Leland to a 105 to 83 win over Southport. Vina Mae
King had 36 more for Leland while Trudy McNeil had 49 for
the Dolphins. The Southport boys edged Leland 46 to 45 in a
low scoring contest.
It was February 9, 1949, and the Brunswick County Basket
ball Tournament opened Wednesday with the Leland girls and
the Southport boys favored to win. Shallotte citizens were to
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k
Making Building Lots
PROJECT—Trucks are shown here dumping soil in the marsh area west of the
Red and White Shopping Center at Shallotte where J. D. Lewis is creating busi
ness building lots with fill. He and owner L. C. Rourk have an agreement which
will create several hundred feet of additional business sites fronting on U. S.
Highway No. 17 in the Town of Shallotte. The existing shopping center buildings
are shown in the right background. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Brunswick Has
First Highway
Traffic Deaths
Two Leland Women Killed
In Two-Car Collision On
Highway 74-76 Saturday
Afternoon
The first traffic fatalities in
Brunswick county this year occur
red Saturday afternoon near Le
land when two persons were killed
LandLjsix in juried,
Katherine B. Bryant,, 40, and
Mary B. Bryant, 65, tooth of Le
land, were killed in a two-car col
lision on a curve on U. S. 74 about
one and one-half miles west of Le
land Saturday afternoon at approx
imately 2:45.
Patrolman S. L. Thomas report
ed that Katherine Bryant was the
driver on one car and William Ivey
of Lumber Bridge was the operat
! tor of the second automobile.
Ivey’s car took the impact on the
left side with the front pushed
about two feet back in relation to
the right front and side, Patrol
man Thomas stated.
The Bryant car traveled some
150 feet from the point of impact
before stopping in a ditch. The left
side of the automobile was crush
ed into a sort of semi-circular
shape, he said.
Patrolman Thomas described
the scene of the accident as
“pieces of cars strewn all over
the place, groceries strewn all
| about the wreckage and the whole
front metal work of one car de
jstroyed.” Both automobiles were
total losses.
Six persons involved in the ac
cident were taken to the hospital.
Ivey was taken to James Walker
Memorial suffering from a fractur
ed left leg. Clara Bryant and Essie
Robinson, both of Leland, were
also admitted to the Wilmington
hospital with ankle and rib in
juries. »
Laura Ballard, 53, of Leland was
released from James Walker after
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Announce Plans
For Fox Round
Shallotte Lady
On College Board
Mrs. M. H. Hourk of Shal
lotte has been appointed by
Governor Terry Sanford as a
- member of the board of .trus
tees for the Community Col
lege in Columbus County.
Mrs. Rourk is the wife of
Dr. Rourk, heart specialist.
She is the former Marie Fos
cue of Mayesville and a gradu
ate of Womans’ College, Un
iversity of North Carolina The
Rourk’s have two chlidren, Dr.
Henderson Rourk, Jr., an in
tern at Duke Hspital; and
Miss Marie Rourk, graduate
of Queen’s College, who is now
working in Australia.
Mrs. Rourk has been parti
cularly active in March of
Dimes activities in Brunswick
county and is also a member
of the board of trustee of the
Brunswick County Library.
Seniors Score
High In Tests
Principal Willard Cox In
formed That Local Stu
dents Above Average In
■ College Entrance Exam
Seniors at Southport High School
who took the college entrance ex
amination in October scored above
the national average, according to
Principal Willard Cox.
He said that of the 60 percent of
the seniors taking the Preliminarv
Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT),
scores were above the national
average. The seniors averaged 63
percent tm verbal and 53 percent
on math.
Seven seniors have made appli
cation to attend college next year.
“We are making every effort to
assist seniors in selecting colleges
and in filling out applications”
Principal Cox said.
Several other seniors are con
sidering attending college or trade
schools next year. *‘We are urging
all seniors to specialize in some
trade area if they do not plan to
attend college,” he declared.
Mrs. James Gilore is director
of guidance at Southport High
School. She is assisted by Princi
pal Cox and other faculty mem
bers.
Negro Citizens
Form Committee
Organization Hopes To
Serve As Agency Thr
ough Which To Work
For Better Understand
ing
'
A group of Brunswick County’s \
citizens met February 3 in the i
Masonic Hall, in Southport for the
Durpose of organizing the Negro
:itizens of this county.
The objective of this move is to
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‘Third Annual Washington’s
Birthday Fox Hunt Being
Staged Next Week At
Long Beach
Five thousand vice presidents of
the Long Beach Fox Hunters Club
will receive notices this week of
the third annual cast-out of the
hounds to be held Friday and Sat
urday, February 21—22 on the
North Carolina coast, says Ernest
E. Parker, Jr. of Southport, vice
president and Lean Strike Hound
of the organization.
In two years this unique event
has attracted national attention,
being listed as one of the twenty
outstanding travel events for the
month of February by the Na
tional Association, of Travel Organ
izations. It has grown to three
thousand participants with entry of
over six hundred fox hounds last
year.
The interest prompted the Town
of Long Beach sponsors to request
the appointment of an advisory
group. All participants being vice
presidents of the Long Beach Fox
Hunters Club, some reluctance was
shown to elect other officers. To
comply with the sponsors’ request
without offending any of the thou
sands of card carrying vice presi
dents, the Royal Order Of The
Flea was organized with Calvin
Blue, Vass, Head Flea; Berry
Lewis, Bladenboro, Ear Flea; Hill
Murchison, Bunn Level, Belly
Flea; Hill Murchison, Bunn Level,
Belly Flea; Homer Weavel, Ker
nersville, Rear Flea; J. G. Burn
ette, Raleigh, Tail Flea and Dan’
L. Walker, Long Beach, Scratching
Flea.
The Order Ot The Flea has call
ed for an entry limit this year of
six hounds from any running pack.
Entry blanks for hounds will be
mailed this week to all past par
ticipants. Those wishing to enter
hounds for the first time may se
cure entry applications from any
member of the Order Of The Flea
or by writing Dan’ L. (The Ori
ginal Hound) Walker, Town Hall,
Long Beach.
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Fishermen Will
Meet Saturday
Interested Parties Will
Gather At City Hall To
Lay Plans For Public
Hearing
Brunswick county fishermen will
meet with representatives from
Kures Beach Saturday morning at
10 o'clock at the city hall in South
port to lay plans for a public hear
ing on the proposition of opening
an inlet between Kures Beach and
Bald Head Island.
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson says
that in order to hope to achieve
their purpose, proponents of the
proposition must be able to offer
economic justification for the cost
involved. He says that fishing in
terests apparently favor deepening
a new inlet that occurred during
Hurricane Hazel instead of open
ing Corncake Inlet.
Mayor Tomlinson reports that he
has received encouraging news
with regard to the possibility of
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Jury List For
February Term
Superior Court
Civil Term Superior Court
To Convene In South
port Monday, February
24
Some 40 Brunswick county citi
zens were selected to serve on the
jury during the civil term of Bruns
wick County Superior court the
week of February 24 with Judge
E. Maurice Braswell presiding.
Citizens named at Monday’s
meeting of the board of county
commissioners include:
A. M. Phelps, W. M. Hewett, C.
Ray Grubb, C. N. Gray, Leon Hew
ett and Boyd Lott, all of Shallotte;
Henry M. Jenrette, Thomas
Harker, Sr. and Henderson Stan
ley, all of Ocean Drive Beach, S.
C.;
Lonnie Evans, R. O Smith, A.
E. Dutton, W. V. Hughes, Wendell
Ray Evans, Alson J. Smith, H. H.
Jones and Curtis Hughes, all of
Ash;
Billy H. Turbeville, Daniel Wat
son, W. H. Wescott, Alexander
Yeoman, Richard B. Skipper,
Odell Watson, Albert Callihan and
A. D. Stewart, all of Leland;
C. D. Sykes of Acme; Wade M.
Bryant and Melvin Clemmons both
of Supply; C. C. Dennis of Long
wood;
Alford M. Brown, Lawrence R.
Willing, Joseph Galloway, Otto
Hart, Jr. Ozen William Carrier,
and Parnell Stidham, all of South
port;
Paul McDowell and C. F. Len
non, both of Bolivia; James Mar
vin Bennett, N. L. Babson, and
Sherwood Simmons, all of Free
land.
Danger For Red
Cross Activity
Field Representative Sees
Need For Immediate,
Successful Fund Cam
paign
Brunswick county stands a
chance to lose its Red Cross Chap
ter if present conditions continue,
Red Cross Field Representatives
Glenn Brosier told a meeting of
interested citizens last Tuesday
afternoon at the Southport Public
Library.
The Brunswick Red Cross chap
ter needs volunteer workers and
j funds to be able to continue oper
ations in the county, Brosier stat
ed.
He said Brunswick may lose all
Red Cross programs unless a
strong volunteer organization is
formed and a successful fund drive
is conducted in March.
Brosier believes the needs of the
county can be financed if a total
of $2,775 for the fiscal year be
ginning July 1 are provided during
the drive.
In order to revivalize the county
chapter, Mrs. C. D. Pickerrell of
Southport and Lt. Glenn Haines of
the Coast Guard Patrol Boat
“Cape Upright” were named to
make plans for a fund raising
drive. They will also appoint a
county chairman for the drive.
Mrs. Phillip King, Southport vol
unteer worker, explained to the
group the work the Red Cross has
been doing in Brunswick. Since
Hurricane Hazel of 1954, she stated,
the Red Cross has spent a quarter
of a million dollars for disaster
She went on to say that the last
time the chapter could afford a
paid worker was during World
War Two.
Acting as a Home Service Work
Continued On Page Four
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, February 18,
7:49 A. M. 1:39 A. M.
7:57 P. M. 2:18 P. M.
Friday, February 14,
8:38 P. M. 2:21 A. M.
2:58 P. M.
Saturday, February 15,
9:08 A. M. 3:05 A. M.
9:21 P. M. 3:38 P. M.
Sunday, February 16,
9:49 A. M. 3:49 A. M.
10:06 P. M. 4:20 P. M.
Monday, February 17,
10:34 A. M. 4:37 A. M.
10:58 P. M. 5:05 P. M.
Tuesday, February 18,
11:23 A. M. 5:29 A. M.
11:54 P. M. 5:54 P. M.
Wednesday, February 19,
12:20 A. M. 6:27 A. M.
6:50 P.M.