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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County TH STATE PORT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time Volume No. 23 No. 36 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1964 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Helping Hands For Downed Pilot i HELPING HANDS—Puerto Rician Pilot Louis Hernandez had plenty of help Saturday morning to push his plane out of a Green Swamp ditch and onto a pulpwood road for take-off after being fore ed down. Friday afternoon. On Sunday he made a second unscheduled stop in Brunswick, this time at the Shallotte Airport. Plane Emergency Friday Creates Much Excitement It will be a long time before Luis Hernandez “visits” Bruns wick county again, he hopes! The young Puerto Rican pilot crash landed in the Green Swamp ...area.. Friday ..night and lived,,., to be forced down again Sunday be cause of engine trouble in the Shallotte area. At last report, he was on his way to Puerto Rico in his $14,000 crop dusting aircraft. The weekend adventures of Hernandez began when the Fed eral Aviation Agency alerted search and rescue units along the North and South Carolina coast late Friday to be on the lookout for a plane in the Long Beach area after receiving dis tress signals about 4:44 Friday afternoon. The Civil Air Patrol, under Commander Henry Carter of Shallotte, and military crews be gan the search for the missing plane. Hernandez, flying from Pen nsylvania to Puerto Rica, crash ed in the Green Swamp about 10 miles from Shallotte. He spent the night in the cockpit while high winds, which he estimated to be about 50 mph, threaten to tip the plane over on several occasions as it r e s t e d in a ditch on a remote pulp wood road in the swamp. At day break Saturday, he fellowed the sand road in the swamps to the home of Jack Stout about eight miles from the scene of the crash. Buddy Smith picked Hernandez up, took him home for breakfast and brought him to Shallotte. Immedialtely, Hernandez call ed the FAA office in Wilmington and the search was called off. Shortly before that time, the Continued On Page Four JHV JMto Af ■-NEWS-1 GIRL SCOUT COOKIES There will be an all out drive for Girl Scout Cookie Sale, Sat urday, at Supply, and several days after March 8, Girl Scout Sunday. TO HOLD REVIVAL Rev. Morris Andreds, pastor of the Willard Baptist Church in Willard, will conduction revival services at Bethel Baptist Church March 9-15 beginning at 7 p. m. nightly, according to Rev. C. L. Turner, pastor of the host church. CHANGES JOBS Mrs. Joy Gregory is resigning as deputy clerk of court after eight years on March 13 to as sume a position as secretary at the North Carolina Baptist As sembly. Mrs. Sylvia James, a native of Southport, has been employed to take Mrs. Gregory’s place. K After 8 Days Gas Case Ends In Mistrial After eight days, the so-called ‘‘gas case” ended in a mistrial late Tuesday afternoon when the jury said they were hopelessly deadlocked. Judge Maurice Braswell of Fayetteville called the jury back Tuesday afternoon and asked if anyone thought a unanimous ver dict could be reached. When the all-male jury, which included two Negroes said no, he removed one juror and declared it a mistrial. He continued the case until the next session of the Brunswick County Superior court for the trial of civil cases. The case of Mary I. Jackson, administrator of the estate of Wesley Clyde Swain, versus Southern Butane Gas Company of Wilmington opened last Mon day in Southport. Mary Jackson, represented by Attomies Ray Walton, Davis Her ring and Ernest Parker, was ask ing to recover $135,000 for the death of Swain from the gas com pany, represented by Attomies Ozmer Henry and of Lumberton and S. Bunn Frink. Testimony of the various wit nesses covered the first four days of the trial. Final summations by the opposing attomies took up Friday and until noon Monday. Judge Braswell took two hours and five minutes to charge the jury. The jury began deliberation at 4:15 p. m. Monday. Judge Braswell declared a mistrial at 3:10 Tuesday afternoon after the could be reached. , . jury reported that no verdict could be reached. Later it was reported unoffi cially that the jury was divided 7 to 5 on whether the gas com pany was neglegent. The question of money was never discussed bv the jury. During the trial, Herring, Wal ton and Parker charged that Swain had died of carbon mon oxide poisoning because the gas company had failed to vent the heater. They said the flue gasket contained carbon monoxide. The Swain gas heater had been con verted into a butane heater by unauthorized persons, they chang ed. In leaving the heater unvent ed, they said the gas com pany left the house iri an un safe condition. The gas company attomies said Swain did not die of their negle gence and speculated as to whether carbon monoxide poi soning was the cause of his death. Since no autopsy was per formed on Swain, the cause was unknown, they said. Henry and Frink produced a slip of paper signed by Swain’s wife stating that she knew how to operate the heater and knew it was unvented. She told the company employes that her husband would vent the heater, they said. They told her to keep the window cracked open ed, the attomies said. When the installation man left, the heater was burning a blue flame and was safe, they claimed. Swain, 52, his wife, Alice, 38, and their granddaughter, Floria Alice Moore, 5, died at their Southport home on Lord Street on Monday December 16, 1962. They had just moved back to Southport after having lived in Brooklyn, New York, for a num ber of years. Swain’s wife had been here for a week before the tragedy preparing the house for Long Beach Plumber C. K. Hen ry who was making a service call the rest of the family. Swain ar rived in Southport Saturday. The bodies were discovered by at the Sv'a’r house. When no one answered nis knock at the door, he looked in the window and saw the bodies. Swain, his wife and their granddaughter were found in the bed room and all died shortly. A son, Tom, 13, was found lying near a gas heater oiiT the living room floor. He later recovered. An autopsy was performed, on the body of Alice Swain and car bon monoxide poisoning was rul ed the cause of death. Bond Election Set For Tuesday Southport citizens will go to ’ the polls Tuesday to vote in a Special Bond Election which will include four separate proposals. The first of these would pro vide funds in the amount of $20,000 for the purchase of an additional fire truck for use by the Southport Volunteer Fire Department. The second would provide $15, v 000 for storm drainage for the City of Southport. The third would provide $45, 000 with which to enlarge and ex pand the waterworks system for the City of Southport. The fourth would provide $150, 000 toward the erection of a mod em sewage disposal plant for the .City of Southport. This would represent two thirds the total cost of this pro ject, with Federal funds being available in an outright grant for one-third the total cost. During the past few week of ficials of the City of Southport have under taken to inform the citizens of the need for these im provements and the feasibility for financing them through the sale of bonds. The projects were based upon engineering research, and the financial aspects were worked out in cooperation with the Local Government Commission in Ra leigh. Both the Southport and Raleigh officials believe that the new obligations, if they are as sumed by the voters in Tuesday’s voting, can be paid off without any raise in the current tax rate. That is what the Mayor and Board of Alderman were on hand to explain at a Thursday night mass meeting in the courthouse and agin last night at BCT gym torium. Both meetings were poor ly attended. Another attempt to furnish background information was made in a letter for general dis tribution throughout the city. Financial statements have been published in this newspaper, a long with detailed descriptions of the proposals. Tuesday night Mayor E. B. Tomlinson had this to say: “We do not want the citizens of South port to vote blindly for these propositions. We have done every Con turned On Page 4 It File For Board Of Education Two men have announceu their candidacy for the Brunswick County Board of Education and another has announced his in tention to seek the Democratic nomination for Recorder’s court judge in political developments in the county this week. Ernest M. McGee, member of the board from Leland School ‘District, will seek nomination to the office which he now holds. The second man seeking a place on this board in Odell Jenrette, candidate for the representative from Waccamaw School District. J. B. Ward is currently serving Continued On Page « Southport Man Made Chairman Of New Board William A. Powell, Southport attorney, was elected chairman of the Brunswick County Re sources Commission at an organ izational meeting Tuesday night at Supply. Other officers of the organiza tion include J. T. Clemmons,, vice-chairman, J.- A. Francis, secretary, and Harry V. Thomp son treasurer. Announcement was made of the resignation of A. E. Dutton as a member of the commission and the appointment of Ralph King, agriculture teacher at Wacca maw High School, to take his place on the 9-man board. Chief item of business, in ad dition to setting up the organiza tion, was consideration of a bud get for the next fiscal year. The group hopes to have all prelimin ary planning completed in order that an industrial engineer can come in and start to work with out delay. “We are in the market for a qualified, experienced man for this position,” Chairman Powell said at the conclusion of the Tuesday night session. He indi cated that advice will be sought from others with experience in this field of operaton. An invitation was drafted ask ing A1 Calaway, a member of the State Department of Con servation and Developemnt, to meet with the group soon and discuss the “mechanics of a re sources development commis sion.” Roy Stevens, executive sec retary of the Greater Jackson ville Chamber of Commerce, was also invited to meet with the group and discuss budget matters. Powell said the commission seemed in complete agreement that the commission is “what Brunswick has needed for a long time hnd it is their intention to make the operation a success.” Same Five On Hospital Board The acceptance of the resign ation of a member of the Res ources Development Commission highlighted a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners in Southport Monday. A letter from A. E. Dutton of Waccamaw saying he could not serve on the commission was read tof the board members. After voting | unanimously to accept Dutton's resignation, Ralph C. King of Waccamaw was appoint ed to serve on the commission for a one year term. The action was taken on a motion by D. B. Frink, seconded by R. L. Rabon, and unanimously passed. County FHA Supervior Jerry T. Murrey asked the board for space to establish a FHA office in the county. The board agreed to permit the federal agency to use the assistant farm agent’s office in Supply. W. p. Jorgenson was appoint ed to the board at Dosher Mem orial Hospital for six years; Gilbert Reid and Lester Babson, four years, and A. H. Gainey, Jr. and Fred Mintz, two years. George Britt was appointed to fill the unexpired term of James C. Carroll as constable of North west Township. Carroll had moved to Flordia, the board was Continued On Page Four TIME and TIDE It was March 4, 1959, and Congressman Alton Lennon an nounced that the star route mail delivery from Southport would be extended to Oak Island and Caswell Beach areas of the county. The dean of United States women volunteer weather observers was Mrs. C. Ed Taylor of Southport who had been on duty ..since 1900. Brunswick county joined in the 50th anniversary of nat iohal 4-H club week. James D. Bellamy of Shallatte was named couptv chairman of the Cattlemen’s Association. Members of the Bolivia junior class were presenting a play. It was March 3, 1954, and Ray h. Walton announced he would be a candidate for the State Senate an his first run for public office. The Leland boys and girls, both defeating Wacca maw in the finals, won the Bidnswick county championships. Ann Allen of Leland and Norman Holden of Southport took free throw honors in the county‘tournament. Rice Gwynn, Jr., of Longwood, became the top termer in the county when he placed third in the Finer Carolina, contest. It was March 2, 1949, and Re’ port was charirman of the Mai'1 Prevatte prosecuted the docket i licitor J. W. Ruark was ill Monti Several new homes were un< ir Continued On I ige Herbert M. Baker of South of Dimes campaign. E. J. Recorder’s court when So construction in Southport. Four A i Annual Blue And Gold Banquet m mle.ill'll—lud scouts, parents, pacK oinciais, and guests attended the An nual Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet held in Southport at the Sacred Heart * Church recreation hall in Southport. I No Immediate Hope For Ferry 3 First Lady Sends Favorite Recipes Three of the Lyndon B. Johnson family’s favorite recipes will be featured in the forthcoming Southport Junior Woman’s Club’s cookbook, .CQUr.tftsy ■Qf. Mrs. Johnson her self. Miss Alneta Dixon, club secretary, wrote the First Lady last Wednesday request ing recipes for the cookbook. On Monday, Miss Dixon re ceived three recipes from Mrs. Johnson’s social secretary, Bess Abell. “They are family favorites of the Johnsons,” she said in her letter. The recipes from Mrs. John son include pedernales river chili, noche specials and prune cake and frosting. The Southport club is cur rently gathering favorate re ceipes for their cookbook. Any one interested in contributing family favorites fo rthe book should contact Mrs. Norman Homstein or Mrs. Tom Ray. Rate Schedule For Telephones The Board of Directors of At lantic Telephone Membership Corporation has authorized, and the Rural Electrification Ad ministration has approved a com plete vecision of mileage charges for graded service outside base rate areas. The new rates aband on the old mileage concept of charging for graded service out side base rate areas and institute new charges based on zones. The overall effect will be to reduce such charges by nearly 75 per cent, announced President Har ry L. Mintz, Jr. At present, subscribers desi ing l-or 2 party service outside base rate areas pay the normal charge for such service plus an addition .70 per quarter mile for the distance from the base rate area to the subscriber. Under the newly adopted plan, such charges are discarded in favor of zone charges and a maximum charge is established. The schedule of private line service charges out side the base rate area, in ad dition to local exchange rental charges, will now provide for the following: Zone 1—Prom outer boundary of base rate area extending up to 1 mile, 75 cents. Zone 2—From 1 mile up to 2 miles outside base rate area $1.50. Zone 3—From 2 miles up to 3 miles outside base rate area $2.25. Zone 4—From 3 miles up to 4 miles outside base rate area $3.00. Zone 5—From 4 miles up to 5 miles outside base rate area $3.75. Zone 6—In excess of 5 miles outside base rate area, $4.50. Zone charges for 2-party ser Continued On Page 3 it Governor Terry Sanford indi cated Thursday that even though he has endorsed the proposed Southport to Fort Fisher ferry it probably would not be estab lished during his term of office. Governor Sanford told a group of 15 members of the Junior Junior Chamber of Commerce from Southport and Carolina Beach that lack of money would probably prevent him from hav ing the ferry installed. He did say there is an excel lent chance the ferry will be in cluded in the budget for the less ee biennium. Governor Sanford pointed out that it is entirely possible that the proposed project may be ap proved by the present Highway Commission before his term of office ends in January. Once the ferry project is approved, the new administration would be committed to establishing the the service, he added. No direct request has been made to the Highway Commis sion for the ferry. “The commis sion will be on its own in making future authorizations”, he point ed out. it wouiu oe roonsn or me to sit here and say yes we will pro vide the ferry until I see how the money is shaping up,” Governor Sanford declared. “We have other obligations that must be fulfilled. “I want to get it started in thi3 administration in order that it can be completed during the next biennium,” the governor added. “Approval of the ferry is much closer today than it was when you people come up here last October.” The governor was referring to a meeting held in Raleigh and attended by the same group in October. The Jaycees agreed that little had been accomplish ed by the Thursday session. They thought it was the same as be fore. “We are now more certain that we will not get the ferry while Sanford is in office,” Southport Jaycees President G. W. Fisher j said. “But I think there is a good possibility of money being appro priated in next year’s budget pro viding enough pressure is ap plied.” William (Bud) Powell, another member of the delegation from Southport, was more down-heart ed. “I am satisfied that there will be no ferry in the foreseeable future,” he stated. Gib Barbee of Yaupon Beach was the other member of the Southport Jaycees in the delega tion visiting the governor Thurs day. At the meeting, Governor San ford admitted that the ferry is a must for the development of the tourist industry in the state. “I heartily endorse all of your arguments and am 1,000 percent in favor of the service,” he said. “We do believe it is needed and I want to see it done.” But the high cost of providing the type of ferry needed to nav igate the rough waters of the lower Cape Fear river is the ma jor draw-back, he added. Governor Sanford said he has been advised that at least two boats must be available before the service is established. One Continued On Page 6 L Cub Scouts In Annual Banquet; Here Last Week; Cub Scout Pack No. 238 of I Southport held its Annual Blue and Gold Banquet last week at' the Sacred Heart Parrish House! with more than 85 cubs, parents, * pack officials, and invited guests I in attendance. The evening’s festivities com«* menced with the Rev. Bum ana - offering the invocation. • This' was followed by the Flag Cerem-* ony under the direction of the Webelos Den. Then came the Pledge of Allegiance led toy the--"—= Cubmaster, this being followed by the entire group singing “God Bless America.” Boy Scout Step hen Parker then honored the cubs by reciting a poen entitled “A Boy in Blue.” Rev. Robert Childs of the Southport Presbyterian Church, the sponsoring organization of the Cub Scout Pack, then greeted the assembled group. This was followed by dinner, the food having been donated and prepared by the Cub Scout parents and pack officials. Following dinner, Aldege Mar-, tin, Institutional Representative of the Pack, then introduced thef guests to the cubs and their par-, ents. Walter Frankoff, representing the Cape Fear Area Council,, Boy Scouts of America, then pre sented three awards to the pack as a whole. The first was the on time reregistration streamer, the second the Roundup Certificate; given for sustained membership in the pack, and third the Pack Charter from Headquarters, Boy" Scouts of America, which sign ifies that the local pack is in• good standing at National Boy! Scout Headquarters for the com ing year. Lt. Colonel Carl Manis, Jr., presented numerous awards to the individual Cub Scouts includ- i ing Wolf, Bear, Lion and Webelos badges, gold and silver arrows, ' for individual accomplishments, and year pins. Leslie Bellows, the Cubmaster, | next issued the renewal member 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, March 5 0:28 A.M. 6:56 A.M. 12:37 P. M. 7:04 P. M. Friday, March 6 1:19 A. M. 7:51 A. M. 2:29 P. M. 7:59 P. M. Saturday, March 7 2:14 A. M. 8:51 A. M. 2:27 P. M. 8:58 P. M. Sunday, March 8 3:11 A. M. 9:50 A. M. 3:25 P. M. 9:56 p. M. Monday, March 9 4:07 A.M. 10:45 A.M. 4:22 P. M. 10:52 P. M. Tuesday, March 10 5:00 A.M. 11:35 A.M. 5:14 P. M. 11:43 P. M. Wednesday, March 11 5:50 A. M. 12:22 A. M. 6:03 P. M.
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