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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Volume No. 23 No. 42
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
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8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. G. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1964 5c A COPY
Most of the News
All The Time
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Aerial Visitor
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. - FIRST——J. he first helicopter ever to land at the heliport recently constructed-*
m front of General Westley Guest’s home in Southport touched down Thursday '
mo™.ing. GeneralGuest is shown greeting the pilot, Captain William Thompson,
as PFC Gary Belile watches. The Fort Bragg soldiers were in the area for the
maneuvers at Sunny PointCast week. (Staff Photo by Allen)
State Ports
Open Bids For Boat Harbor
udiu» general construction, *
electrical work, plumbing and
heating and air conditioning work
for the proposed small Boat Har
bor at Southport were opened in
the. offices of the State Ports Au
*#«'*' thority- in -Wihwington Thursday.-—
The low bidders included Miller
Building Construction $630,833
for general construction; Howard
Green, $37,763, electrical work;
Goodyear Plumbing Company,
$5,956, plumbing; and $5,550,
Temperature Control Company,
heating and air conditioning, for
a total construction cost of
$680,131.
The SPA will meet April 24-25
to determine whether to look for
additional funds for the work or
to look for alternates in an effort
to bring the cost down.
The state sold $500,000 in
bonds authorized by the voters
several years ago to construct
the Southport facility.
General construction bids in
cluded MiMer Building Corpora
tion, $630,833, Sanfford Construc
tion Co. $693,682; and B. F. Dia
mond, $815,000. ; . -
Electrical bids included How
ard Green, $37,763; Watson Elec
tric Co., $38,487; Whitney’s Elec
tric Service, $39,256; A. B. Blake
$42,127.
: J Plumbing bids were Goodyear
Plumbing Co., $5,946; Orrell and
Smith, $5,085 Ideal Plumbing Co.
$6,590.
Jh; Heating and air conditioning
bids were Temperature Control
Company $5,550, Sneeden Inc.,
$5,932; Cannon Refrigeration and
Air Conditioning, $6,935; Jordan,
Blanton and Myers, $6,279; Han
' * over Iron Works, $7,040.
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republican women
The Republican Woman’s Club
Will meet at the home of Mrs.
Dorothy Evans at Kingtown Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Women’s Auxiliary of the
Winnabow Volunteer Fire De
partment will sponsor a ham
supper at the Winnabow Grange
Hall beginning at 5:30 p. m.
Saturday.
OFFICE CLOSES
|p* The drivers license office in
Southport will be closed on April
27 to allow Inspector James Ses
soms time to attend an in-service
training meeting in Fayetteville.
The Shallotte office will not be
closed that week.
FINISHES SECOND
After the votes were counted,
Morry Watkins of Bolivia fin
i''! ishd second in his race for pre
sident of the state Beta Clubs
with 250 delegate votes. Ed
Volivia of Belhaven was elected
\ state president with 300 delegate
votes.
Second Polio Dose
The second round of the "Stop 1
Polio Sundays” will be held
Sunday in the schools of Bruns
wick County during the concen
trated effort to wipe out polio.
Some 70 percent of the resi
dents of the county took the oral
Sabin polio vaccine during the
first round of the drive to knock
out the dreaded disease in Bruns
wick April 22.
The second round of the drive
win be conducted Sunday at all
the schools of the county where
residents will be given an oppor
tunity to pop sugar cubes loaded
With the vaccine into their
moifths.
Brunswick Health Officer Dr.
A. H. Elliott urged all county res
idents to take the vaccine on Sun
day regardless of whether or not
they missed the first polio clinic.
Persons who did not take the oral
vaccine on March 22 during the
first “Stop Polio Sunday” will be
given an opportunity to take the
first dose in the health depart
ment officies in Southport and
Shafllotte on June 30 from 9 a.m.
til 4 p. m.
Superintendent A. W. Taylor
mlAfi nil r>Vivl HY'rvn
grades 1 to 12, must have been
immunized against polio before
entering school in the fall. “The
North Carolina attorney general
has said . that the law requiring
children to be immunized against
polio before entering school ap
plies to all children already in
school—all 12 grades,” he said.
The third and final round of the
fight against polio wil be held
May 17 in all the schools of the
counity.
Employees of the Wacoamaw
Bank and Trust Company will
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Curriculum Fair
Thursday Night
A Curriculum Fair, featuring ex
hibits from each grade, will be
held on Thursday evening, at
Southort high school immediate
ly following a short business
session of the P. T. A.
This fair is sponsored jointly
by the school faculty and the
Cultural Arts Committee of the
high school, including special
P. T. A. Each department of the
exhibits from the science and
English departments, will be re
presented. The exhibits will feat
ure work actually done by the
students as part of their curri
culum activities and will be of
interest to all parents and pat
rons of the school.
The Home Economics Depart
ment will act as hostess for the
t. occasion.
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Speaker
ROBERT GAVIN ? V
Gavin Speaker
Friday Night
Gubernatorial candidate Rob
ert L. Gavin will be the feature
speaker at a $5 a plate Bruns
wick County Republican fund
raising dinner at Calabash Fri
day night.
Registration for the seafood
dinner and political rally at Cole
man's Place in Calabash will be
gin at 6 p. m.
Chairman H. L. Willetts of Bo
livia says all Republican candi
dates on the county ticket will be
introduced and asked to make
short speeches.
Gavin is a Sanford attorney
who polled 46 percent of the votes
cast in the race for governor of
North Carolina in 1960. He is one
of the three announced candi
dates on the Republican ticket
who will face the voters in the
May 30 primary.
In addition to Gavin, Donald
Badgley, a candidate for gover
nor from Greensboro, has indi
cated he will attend the rally. It
is not known if the other candi
date for governor, Charles Strong
of Greensboro, will attent the Fri
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Aldermen Get
Bids On Water
System Project
A routine meeting of the South
pewit iBoard of Aldermen was held
at the City Hall Thursday niglht.
Bids were received from 11
companies to install the water
system approved by the voters
last month. Mayor E. B. Tom
linson asked City Manager C. D.
Pickerrell and Auditor W. iL. Ald
ridge to examine the submitted
bids and call a special board
meeting to award the contract.
The board unanimously adopt
ed a resolution recommended by
the State Highway Commission
'controlling speed in the city of
Southport on State highways. Ac
cording to toe resolution, on
highways 87-211 a speed of 35
mph will be observed from, toe
city limits to Brown, then 20-mph
will be toe limit until passing toe
court house square where toe
limit will increase to 35-mph
again. A speed of 35-mph will be
the limit of highways 15-27, the ice
plant road, at all times.
The board unanimously voted
to carry personal liability in
surance on toe recreation area In
Southport known alt toe Garrison
tennis courts.
City Manager Pickerrell Stres
sed the fact that all persons in
the city planning new construc
tion should secure a building per
mit before beginning work. “This
is to improve and protect pro
perty values in the city of South
port,” he said.
A person planning new con
struction should file an applica
tion with BuildinET Insnector
Jaimes R. Hood so that he will be
able to make a study to deter
mine if any city ordinance is been
violated before the work starts.
'Mayor Tomlinson asked City
Manager Pickerredl to attend the
City Manager’s conference ait
Wrightsville Beach May 2-3.
All aldermen were present for
the meeting with the exception of
Johnnie Vereen.
Bellamy Headsp
Memorial Drive
Governor Terry Sanford has
announced the appointment of
Hubert Bellamy of Shallotte to
be chairman for Brunswick
County in the state-wide drive to
raise North Carolina’s portion of
funds for the John Fitzgerald
Kennedy Library.
Dr. Billy Graham will be one
of the featured speakers paying
tribute to President John F. Ken
nedy in Kenan Stadium in Chapel
Hill on Sunday, May 17, to close
tthe North Carolina drive for con
tributions to the Kennedy Li
brary. All persons contributing
$10 in Brunswick County will re
ceive tickets to the Chapel Hill
event from Bellamy and mem
bers of the local committee.
Bach person receiving the $10
adult ticket may request a ticket
for a child 16 years and younger
at no additional cost.
Members of both political par
ties were appointed by Governor
Sanford to sponsor the drive in
North Carolina for the library
which will house historic papers
that came into the nation’s pos
session during President Ken
nedy’s term.
Democrats on the State Com
mittee for the Kennedy Library
include U. S. Senators Sam J.
Ervin, Jr., and B. Everett Jor
dan, as well as Secretary of
Commerce Luther H. Hodges and
State Party Chairman W. Luns
ford Crew.
Continued On Page Four
Sunday Program
Southport Public Library Gets
Book-Of-Month Club Award
Accept Award
HAPPY—Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hughey, center, is shown as she presented the
Book-of-the-Month Club Dorothy Canfield Fisher Memorial Award Sunday to
Harold Aldridge, left, chairman of the library board of trustees, and Mrs. Philip
King, right, librarian. Everyone appeared to be very well pleased over this honor.
(Staff Photo by Allen)
Registrars & Judges
I Election Officials Named
~ Registrars, judges and clerks .
lor the eighteen voting precincts
inf Brunswick counity were named
Monday hy members of the
Brunswick county Board of Elec
tions. .. ...
The registrars will meet Tues
day with members of the Board
of Elections in Southport for in
structions and distribution of
supplies.
One miaitter coming before the
board was a request to change
the boundary of the recently cre
ated Oak Island Precinct. In
order to relieve congestion at
Southport No. 2 Precinct the
boundary between the precincts
had been set up at Dutchman’s
Creek on Highway 211. Under
the proposed change, the bound
ary becomes the Intracoastal
Waterway, thus returning voters
living on the Beach Road to the
; old voting headquarters. The
hoard approved the request and
authorized advertising to make
the change legal.
Following is a list of election
officials:
:tpoods Creek: Registrar, Mrs.
Alina Medlin, D. Judge, Mrs.
Mabel WiBdams, R. Judge, L. C.
Milliner, DA Judge, Mrs. Dave
Morris, D. Clerk, Mrs. Addle
Scott, R. Clerk, Mrs. Agnes Skip
TIME and TIDE
It was April 15, 1959, and a public hearing was scheduled in
Wilmington on whether the 34-foot Geep Wilmington Harbor
was sufficient for present and future needs. Mayor E. B. Tom
linson and former Mayor Roy Robinson were seeking to head
‘ Southport’s city government.
« Chairman Bill Grady said the Red Cross fund drive was
lagging. Norma Ann Harrelson of Southport was elected chief
marshel at East Carolina College. R. D. St. George found ?26
on the streets of Southport in small bills and returned the
money iit its owner, Mrs. Gladys Piner of Magnolia Dairy.
It was April 14, 1954, and the entire slate of Republican
candidates filed for election at the same time. General Motors
Executive Vice President R. K. Evans visited Sunny Point the
previous Tuesday. Southport sophomores and Beta Club members
visited Washington, D. C., for three days.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lewis returned to Southport after
spending the winter fishing in Florida. R. O. Lewis was elected
chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Elections. Fred
Simmons pitched Shallotte to a 14 to 5 victory over Southport.
It was April 13, 1949, 'and Hubert Livingston was a candi
date for mayor of Southport and Roney Cheers was running
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per.
Leland: Registrar, Mrs. Jonnie
F. Johnson, D. Judge, Elmer Ay
cock, R. Judge, H. M. Bordeaux,
DA. Judge, C. G. Hammonds, D.
Clerk, Mrs. Ella Perry, R. Clerk,
Mrs. H. M. Bordeaux.
Town Creek: Registrar, Mrs. A.
P. Henry, Jr., D. Judge, Elmer
Continued On Page Four
Honored
TOMMY RUSS
Scholarship To
Shallotte Man
A senior at Elon College, Tom
my Russ of Shallotte, has been
awarded a graduate assistant
shiip in biology to Appalachian
State Teachers College when he
will begin graduate studies in Sep
tember.
Russ, son of Mr. and Mm.
Woodrow Rus® of Shallotte, re
ceived the award on the basis of
his academic standing and per
sonal qualifications.
The 1960 graduate of Shallotte
high school is a candidate for
the B. A. degree in biology at
Elon.
Russ has been associated with
several activities during hi® four
years at Elon. He pledged Sigma
Mu Sigma fraternity his fresh
man year.
Russ is married to Hie former
Mary Louise Kipka of Moores
ville.
Give Schedule
For Next Year
The schools of Brunswick coun
ty will observe practically the
same schedule next year as dur
ing the 1963-64 term, says Su
perintendent A. W. Taylor.
The schools will open August
27 and close on May 26, with sev
eral holidays in between. The
holidays include Labor Day, Sep
tember 7; teacher meeting, Octo
ber 16 for white schools and 'No
vember 20 for Negro schools;
Thanksgiving, November '26 to 30,
Chris bm as, December 22 to Jan
uary 4; and Easter, April 15 to
20.
Football practice will begin on
August 13.
The school day will run from
8:30 until 3:15. Teachers are to be
at school from 8 til 4 except on
Fridays and before holidays when
they will be permitted to leave
at 3:30. No short days will be ob
served in the schedule except
during emergencies.
Democrats To
Organize Soon
The official call for all Bruns
wick Democrats to organize on
the precinct level on Saturday,
April 25, has been received from
State Party Chairman Lunsford
Crew, Democratic County Chair
man Kirby Sullivan announces.
All over North Carolina on
April 25 in more than 2,000 pre
cincts Democrats will begin the
machinery designed to elect a
President, Governor, Congress
men, State and County officials
in November. At each precinct
meeting five persons, two of
whom have to be women, will be
elected as a precinct committee.
After election the precinct com
mittee will then elect a chairman
and a vice-chairman, one of
whom will be a woman, and
name delegates to the bi-annual
county convention to be held on
May 9th, the chairman said.
At the County Convention the
precinct chairmen and vice
chairmen will then organize their
county executive committee and
elect delegates to the State Dem
ocratic Convention in Raleigh on
May 20. District committees will
be named as well as delegates
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Statewide recognition and a
check for $1,000 came to the
Southport Pubic Library Sunday
when the Book - of -the - Month
Club Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Memorial Award was presented
during a formal ceremony at
Southport High School.
The occasion marked the open
ing of National Library Week,
thus giving double significant to
the program which attracted
leading literary personalities
from other sections of North
Carolina.
The climax of the program
came when Mrs. Elizabeth H.
Hughey, State librarian, present
ed the check and certificate of
achievement to Mrs. Philip King,
librarian, and Harold Aldridge, ‘
chairman of the board of trustees
for the Southport Public Library.
An address by Thad Stem,
noted author and chairman of
the State Library Board, high
lighted the program. He chose to
speak in a light vein about the
abnormalities of normal living ;
in this day and age. He spoofed
good naturedly some of the ac
cepted social practices and the
intelectual enslavement of the
average family to that one-eyed
monster, television.
Sunday was a day of special
significance to the Oxford man
whose latest book, “Light and
Rest” came out that day.
The program was opened by
the Rev. Arthur H. Phillips of
Shallotte, who gave the tnvocat
rrrL« ~
'by Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.,
of Southport and response was
by Neal F. Austin, Jr., director
of National Library Week in
North Carolina.
The Southport High School
Glee Club, under the direction of
Mrs. Dallas. Figott and Mrs.
Eleanor Potter, sang “The Battle
Hymn of the Republic” and “Let
There Be Peace On Earth.” .
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
who served as chairman of tho
Awards Day Program, then in
troduced distinguished guests,
public officials and various in
dividuals and groups that had
cooperated to make the program
possible. 4
Ray H. Walton, Southport at
torney, told of the development
of library services in Brunswick
county during the past five years
and praised the great empaot it
has had upon the citizens. He
quoted statistics to show the
great popularity of the libraries |
at Southport and Shallotte and
of the bookmobile which travels
into ever part of the county.
The speaker was introduced
by John V. Hunter m, chairman
of the Governor’s commission on *
Library Resources.
At the conclusion of the talk by t
Stem, William N. Williams, \
chairman of National Library J
Week observance in Brunswick s
county, announced the winners
of the poster contest. These >
were on display in the auditorium f
during the program.
Prior to the program in the
high school auditorium, a lunch
eon was served at Boiling Spring
Lakes Country Club for out of
town guests, public officials and ’
others participating in the pro
gram.
At the conclusion of the for
mal program a tea was held at }
the Southport Public Library dur- *
ing an Open House period that
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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, April 9,
5:10 A. M. 11:45 A. M.
5:31P.M. 12:04 P.M.
Friday, April 10,
5:59 A.M. 12:31A.M.
5:21 P. M. .
Saturday, April 11,
6:49 A. M. 0:54 A. M.
7:10 P. M. 1:16 P. M,
Sunday, April 12
':37 A. M. 1:43 A. M.
7:59 P. M. 2:01 P. M.^
Monday, April 13,
8:24 A.M. 2:32 A.M.
8:48 P. M. 2:48 P. M.
Tuesday, April 14,
9:14 A.M. 3:22 A.M.
9:38 P. M. 3:35 P. M.
Wednesday, April 15,
10:06 A.M. 4:13 A.M.
10:32 P.M. 4:24 P.M.
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