The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Volume No. 23 No. 37
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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TO-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1964 5c A COPY
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Red Cross Engaged
In Crucial Drive
An all-out effort to keep the
Red Cross in Brunswick will be
launched Thursday with a coun
ty-wide fund raising drive.
A goal of $2,750 has been set
by Red Cross officials to keep the
county chapter alive and the pre
sent services continuing and in
creasing. This is the first finan
cial drive by the organization in
'three years in Brunswick.
If the drive is not successful,
the county chapter will lose its
charter and all Red Cross ser
vices will have to come from the
unit in Wilmington.
The county drive will employ
three area chairman instead of
one over-all chairman. Douglas
Hawes will be in charge of the
Bolivia area; Hubert Bellamy
and Pearson Dubar, co-chairman
of the Shallotte area; and A. A.
Martin for the Southport, Sunny
Point and Long Beach area.
Persons named as assistants in
the Shallotte area include Lieu
tenant Colonel and Mrs. Ralph
Caldwell of Ash, Mrs. L.
N. Hickman and Mrs. Elrich
Hickman, both of Hickman’s
Crossroads, Mrs. Louise Holden
and William Long of Longwood,
Mrs. Pearly Vereen of Exum,
Mrs. Frances Milligan of Sunset
Beach, Mrs. Talmage Gregory of
Shallotte Point and Miles Hewett
and Annie R. Bryant of Cedar
Grove.
Martin has called a meeting for
the Southport area at the Public
Library Thursday night at 7:30
o’clock to organize for the cam
paign.
Hawes said the list of workers
in the Bolivia area has not been
completed yet.
Mrs. Philip King, chapter
Home Service worker, said that
in the ten year period between
1953 and 1963, more than a half
million dollars was given outright
to county residents to help re
build, refurnish and repair hom
*** " es and business- lost dining ttlfffT”
canes that hit the Brunswick
coast.
Despite the lack of funds during
the past three years, the county
has maintained full chapter work.
The chapter averages 100 cases
of emergency communications to
service men who have families
living in Brunswick county. The
Red Cross notifies service men
j concerning deaths, serious in
juries and other family emergen
cies where his present is requir
ed. The service costs the Red
Cross an average of $3 per mes
sage. At the present time there
is only $23.74 in the county chap
ter’s treasury.
The Red Cross is active in
Brunswick county at the present
time in training work. Two clas
ses of Gray Ladies have been
trained and are on duty at Dosher
* j: Memorial Hospital. First aid
courses have been given all em
ployees at Sunny Point and mem
bers of volunteer fire depart
ments and rescue squads in the
county.
But the shortage of funds is
causing serious difficulties in
the county. A course in home
care for the sick and injured has
been approved by the Board of
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REPUBLICAN CLUB
A meeting of the Republican
Club will be held in Supply at
8 p. m. on Friday 21, says Chair
man H. L. Willetts.
MINISTERS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Brunswick County Ministerial As
sociation will be held Monday at
Peace Memorial Baptist Church
at 10 a. m. in Winnabow.
BENEFIT BARBECUE
The Leland Volunteer Fire De
partment will sponsor a barbecue
supper at the station Saturday
from 12 o’clock noon until 8 p .m.
MYF SUB-DISTRICT
The Brunswick County M. Y.
F. Sub-district Skating Party
will be held on March 16 at 7
o’clock p. m. There will be a
brief council meeting at Camp
Methodist Church at 7 p. m.
Monday meeting
The Lay Group Committee of
the Home Care Program for the
chronically ill will meet Monday
night at 8 p. m. in the Agricul
ture Building at Supply. Area
committee chairmen will be re
quested to give reports on the
work of their groups.
Medal From King Paul
MEDAL—News of the death of King Paul of
Greece Friday was of more than passing interest
fo General Wesley Guest of Southport whoron June
7, 1952, was decorated by the Greek monarch. The
decoration was the Cross of Higher Brigadiers of the
Royal Order of the Phoenix. The signature was M.
M. King Paul B of Greece. General Guest is shown
here with the medal displayed against the back
ground of his army uniform. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Miss Brunswick
Pageant Saturday
Eight girls will be competing >
for the Miss Brunswick County
title Saturday night at Shallotte
High School auditorium beginning
at 8 p. m., according to Shallotte
Jaycee President Dempsey Hew
efct.
Contestants in the pageant in
clude Carolyn Minton, 17, a senior
at Southport High School, and
Lydia Long, 19, a student at
Troutman’s Beauty School, both
of Southport; Martha Rabon, 18,
and Dianne Willetts, 18, both
seniors at Bolivia High School;
Judi Griffin, 19, a Wilmington
secretary, and Landra Kinslow,
19, a Shallotte grocery clerk, both
of Shallotte; and Diana Ward, 18,
and Mildred Evans, 17, both
seniors at Waccamaw High
School.
The pageant is being directed
by Mrs. Hilda Rooks of Wilming
ton, who was in charge of the 1962
event. Donald McKeithan is pag
eant chairman. Bill Smith of
WECT-TV in Wilmington will
serve as master of ceremonies.
Miss Brunswick County will re
ceive a $500 college scholarship,
sponsored by the Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company, the
Southport Savings and Loan Asso
ciation and Pepsi Cola; a week’s
vacation at Sunset beach; a $200
wardrobe, and a diamond prin
cess ring. The first and second
runner-ups will receive trophies.
Judges for the pageant will in
clude Claude O’Shields of WECT
TV in Wilmington, Mrs. B. S.
Thompson of Whiteville, Gil Burn
ette of Wilmington and Mr. and
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Set Pre-School
Clinic Rounds
"w‘
Preschool clinics for children
entering school in the fall will be
held at the various county
schools between March 17 and
April 30, says Superintendent A.
W. Taylor.
Parents of children who will be
six years old on or before Octo
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t*
Candidate
JUDGE DAN K. MOORE, can
didate for the Democratic nomin
ation for governor, will visit
Brunswick county tomorrow
(Thursday) and will be at the
National Guard Armory at Shal
lotte at 2 o’clock.
Robbers Enter
Store At Supply
Robbers entered the mercan
tile business of J. M. Parker and
Sons at Supply Saturday night
and removed $74.37 from the
cash drawer, the Sheriff’s De
partment reported Tuesday.
The thieves entered the Supply
store by prying open the back
door with a screw driver. The
door to the main section of the
store was knocked open and $74.
37 was removed from the cash
drawer under the register.
The robbery was discovered by
Albert Parker early Sunday
afternoon. The Sheriff’s Depart
ment was called on the scene.
The department is now mak
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Erosion Poses
Major Problem
In Beach Area
Sand dunes and beach vegeta
tion are about all that can be
expected from state and federal
sources in the next few years to
fight the eroding waters of the
Atlantic in Brunswick county, ac
cording to representatives of the
North Carolina Seashore Commis
sion.
County leaders and beach de
velopers said that jetties provide
the hope for permanent erosion
protection at a meeting of the
Seashore Commission held in
Supply Thursday to discuss beach
erosion.
Jetties across the east end of
each of the beaches in Brunswick
and closing Tub’s Inlet at Sunset
Beach is the answer to the prob
lem, Representative Odell Wil
liamson, developer of Ocean Isle
Beach, thinks. He recommended
seeking state and federal aid for
the project.
Most of the 40 persons attend
ing the meeting agreed with the
proposal.
Representative Williamson stat
ed that jetties will be needed be
fore any bridges can be con
structed to the beaches.
Beach developers and property
owners attending the Supply
meeting stated that action is ur
gently needed now to halt beach
erosion. Sand dunes alone, they
believe, will not help too much.
“We are overboard and grab
bing now for anything”, says
Developer John Holden of Holden
Beach. This is a matter of life
and death to us. Something is
needed at once.”
He called attention to a con
crete seawall he has constructec ,
at Holden Beach explaining that
it was an “Act of desperation.”
“This is not the answer but I
had to do something”, Holden
added.
He said he had watched 140
acre lots at the beach “go under
the high water mark.”
George E. Pickett of the State
Department of Water Resources,
„ told the group that present plans
call for constructing a sloping
seawall which would require an
nual nourishment with more
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Leland Boy Is
Fatally Burned
Funeral services for Wade Le
on Malpass, 5, who died Saturday
morning in James Walker Me
morial Hospital in Wilmington
from bums received in an acci
dent at his Leland home last Sun
day, were held Monday at And
rews Mortuary with Rev. Jarvis
T. Mills and Rev. Norman Wheel
er officiating.
According to reports, gas was
being changed from one automo
bile to another when someone lit
a cigarette. Somehow, the gas in
a bucket was ignited by the
smoker and spilled on young Mal
pass, who was observing the
operation. He was rushed to the
Wilmington Hospital where he
died Saturday.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Lee Malpass
of Leland; a sister Rose Mary
Malpass of the home; the mater
nal grandmother. Mrs. Janie
Holden of Wilmington; the pater
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Malpass of Wilmington;
the maternal great-grandmoth
ers, Mrs. Golden Gurganus of
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Southport Citizens Vote
Approval Of Bond Sales
ERECTING NEW FACILITY
CONSTRUCTION—A crane from Lincoln Construction Co. is shown here get
ting ready this morning to lift the giant hopper in place for the new ready-mix
concrete plant, a new facility for Blake Construction Co in Southport. The plant
is expected to be in operation within a few day. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Four Southport
Men Win Many
Honors At Show
Four Southport exhibitors won
a flock of ribbons at the Fayette
ville Camellia Show held Satur
day and Sunday, the third show
this season in which these pro
ducers have competed.
Dr. A. H. Graham won 20 rib
bons. His “Pearl Harbor’’ entries
won first, second and third places.
His “Princess Lavender won first
place; he won second place in
“Adolph Audison”; he swept all
three places with his “Carolyn
Brown’’ entries; he took first
place with his “Betty Sheffield
Blush”; first place with his
“Eleanor McDowell; first and
second place with his “Pink Sup
erlative” which is a Tommy
Sellers prepogation. He took third
place in “Tib Tock” variegated
competition; and first and sec
ond places with his “Victory
White” entries.
C. D. Pickerrell won first, sec
ond and third places with his
“Dutchess of Southerland Pink”;
second place with his “Dixie
Night”; second and third with
his “Eleganze Chandelier”, sec
ond and third places with his
“King’s Ramsome”; second with
his “Gold Dust”; third with his
“Eunice Buckley”; second and
third with his “Cecille Bumzzi”;
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TIME and TIDE
It was March 11, 1959, and Representative James C. Bow
man introduced a hill in the General Assembly to give county
voters the right to decide whether to levy a special tax for
industrial development.
President Joe C. Stanaland of the Farm Bureau presented
a hi-fi recording of “The Star Spangled Banner” to the Board
of Education. Mrs. Berlyn Sellers of the Mit. Pisgah church
at Supply completed work for a master’s diploma and workers’
citation from the national Baptist organization.
It was March 10, 1954, and Bolivia and Shallotte advanced
to the sectional basketball tournament after defeating the best
in Columbus County in district play. S. B. Frink of Southport
was sworn in as a member of the State Seashore Parks Com
mission.
Bodies were being removed from the Sunny Point cemetary
and reburied in an area at Orton Plantation. Kirby Sullivan
announced he would be a candidate for the House of Represen
tatives while R. L. Rabon, Elroy King and Leo Medlin filed for
re-election for commissioner.
It was March 9, 1949, and almost $3,000 was raised for the
March of Dimes drive in the county. The fifth big trawler built
in Southport by Lewis Spalding for Lewis Hardee blossomed
out Monday under the name Sea Girl.
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DOCTOR’S OFFICE
Mi
BUSY—Dr. Norman Templon is shown here with
his receptionist, Mrs. Lulu McKeithan, in his new
office in the Cause Building on Howe Street in South
port. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Gause Building Is
Doctor’s Office
The old Gause building in
Southport has been transformed
into a modern office building by
Dr. Norman Templon and open
ed for patients Monday.
The first floor of the building,
which measures 70 x 16-feet, is
divided into ten rooms. Two re
ception rooms, one receptionist’s
office, a conference room, three
examining rooms, a lab and two
bathrooms are included. The of
fices are centrally heated and
air conditioned.
A distinguishing feature of the
building is the coloring of the
rooms. Each of the three examin
ing offices is painted a different
color. “Patients like to see some
thing different in the way of col
oring,” Dr. Templon said. “One
color offices are to monotonous.”
The staff employed in the Dr.
Templon’s office includes Mrs.
Betty Fulford, nurse; Mrs. Lula
McKeithan, receptionist; and
Grace Bryant, maid.
Dr. Templon is the only doctor
in Brunswick county to have
night office hours. The office is
open Thursday nights from 6 to
9 p. m. His other office hours in
clude from 9 a. m. to 12 and from
2 p. m. to 5 on Mondays, Tuea
days and Fridays. He is in the
office from 9 a. m. until 12 on
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Dr. Templon first came to
Southport in August of 1963. He
was associated with Dr. L. G.
Brown until the opening of his
new office Monday.
A graduate of the Medical Col
lege of Virginia, Dr. Templon
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Crash Landing
At Ocean Isle
The third plane crash in two
weeks occurred in Brunswick
Sunday when a Super Cruiser
FA-12 was forced down because
of engine troubles at Ocean Isle
Beach.
Pilot George E. Walters, a
Specialist-4 at Fort Bragg, and
Freddy B. Lott of Southport, es
caped uninjuried when their plane
hit the beach strand about 1 p. m.
The light plane flipped over
when it landed causing extensive
damages to the front of the craft
and the wings, witnesses report
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Southport voters overwhehft
ingly approved the $230,000 bond
issue in voting Tuesday with only
small opposition. •
The voters okayed spending
up to $20,000 for a new fire
truck by a vote of 284 to 30.
Ward 1 voted 149 to 13 white.
Ward 2 went 132 to 26.
A vote of 294 to 31 approved
spending $15,000 for additional -
storm sewers. The ward result*'
were 115 to 23 and 137 to 8.
The residents said yes to tin
larging and expanding the cityl)
waterworks sytem by a vote of *
289 to 34 Ward 1 supported the
issue 150 to 13 while Ward 2 ;
voted 139 to 21. *
Voters approved providing ■’
$150,000 toward the erection of Z
•a modem sewage disposal plant -
by a total of 299 to 26. The issue *
was supported by Ward 1 158 to -
18 and 141 to 18 in Ward 2. Oite- ~
third of the cost of the project ,
will be paid by the federal gov- ~
ernment.
“The city administration is '
gratified with the voter’s express- 1
ion of confidence,” Mayor 15. B. -
Tomlinson said after all the *
votes were counted.
The Board of Alderman met si *
noon Wednesday to canvass the ’
votes from the two wards and to -
certify official returns from the *
325 ballots cast in Tuesday’s -
election. ‘
During the past few weeks dt- ,
ficials of the City of Southport -
under took to inform the citizens *
of the need for the improvements *
and the feasibility for financing *
them through the sale of bonds. -
The projects were based upo*
engineering research, and thS
financial aspects were worked *
out in cooperation with the Local*
Government Commission in Ra
leigh. Both the Southport and
Raleigh officials believe that tftfe
new obligation can be paid off;
without any raise in the current?
Valuable Books f
Given Library
Paul Morris Cranmer has- -do
nated more than 100 out-of
print volumes to the Southport
Public Library, according to Mr§*
Philip King, librarian.
The books were 1 from the
family libraries of .his parents*
the late Judge Edward H. and?
Mary Pearce Cranmer, and. hisf
aunt Miss Kate Stuart . “Oran-4
mer has received substantial bf-j
fers from rare book dealers fori
his collection, but rejected them!
In favor of his home town ptibliq
library”, Mrs. King declared, i
Among the books received ar4
six volumes of North Carblind
history-biography; the complete!
Library of Southern Literatures
a fifteen volume world history!
the ten-volume Century diction'
ary encyclopedia; as well as his*
tories of the Civil and Worlcj
Wars. Literature, religion and ,ficj
tion are represented in the Cftan*
mer donation as well as som4
outstanding biography. -• I
“This sharing of the family lity
rary by Cranmer constitutes th#,
largest single donation to th| j
Southport Public Library sinca
its establishment in 1953,” Mrsi
King said. Two years ago Mr5
Mary Lilly Brown and Miss Ma*
Phelps gave scores of books fror^ .
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Tide Table i
Following Is tiie tide**.'
table for Southport during *
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State ,
Port Pilot through tike
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association. , „
HIGH um
Thursday, March 13,
6:36 A.M. 0:31 A. M.
6:49 P. M. 1:06 P. Mi.
Friday, March 13, ' *
7:21 A. M. 1:17 A. M.
7:34 P. M. 1:47 P. M.
Saturday, March 14 :v <■
8:03 A. M. 2:03 A. M.
8:19 P. M. 2:30 P, M.
Sunday, March 15, ‘
8:47 A. M. 2:49 A. M.
9:05 P. M. 3:13 P.*M.
Monday, March 16
9:31 A. M. 3:35 A. M.
9:53 P. M. 3:56 P. M.
Tuesday, March 17
10:19 A. M. 4:25 A. M.
10:45 P. M. 4:44 P. M.
Wednesday, March 18 «■
11:12 A. M. 5:18 A. Id.
11:41 P. M. 5:35 P.