The Pilot Covers
^ Brunswick County
Volume No. 23 No. 47
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New Shallotte Bank Building
DEDICATED—This is the new office of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co.
in Shallotte which is being formally opened today with appripriate ceremonies.
(Staff Photo by Allen)
Mrs. Preyer In Brunswick
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HONORED—Mrs. Emily Preyer, left, is shown at the open house held last
night at the Community Building in Southport. Beside her and serving is Mrs. Ann
Donnell. Others in the forground are Mrs. Jean Fullwood, Mrs. Nelson Bennett
and Mrs. Clifford Clark. In the background are Mrs. Herbert Swain, Mrs. C. A.
Graham, Mrs. Johnnie Vereen and Mr. Vereen. Prior to the meeting in Southport"
Mrs. Preyer was guest of honor at a boufet dinner at Ebb Tide Restaurant at Hol
den Beach, which was attended by about fifty ladies representing all sections of
Brunswick county. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Bus Service To
Beach Possible
In a routine session of the Long
Beach Board of Commissioners,
the board voted to support efforts
of a private individual to estab
lish bus service for the Oak Is
,:' land—Southport areas- Town
Manager Dan Walker was in
structed to write to State Utilities
,?? Commissioner expressing he
town’s interest.
The board heard a request for
advice, approval and help from
the Long Beach Fire Department
% Auxiliary in establishing a corn
s'? munity center and recreation
S areas in the town. Mayor E. F.
Middleton expressed interest in
t, the project and the board un
}, j; animously voted a motion of ap
preciation to the auxiliary for
>); their interest in the advancement
of the town.
Mayor Middleton said that
the project would be discussed by
the newly appointed Long Beach
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■-NEWS-1
ATTEND CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Parker of
Southport attended the Democ
ratic state convention in Raleigh
today fWednesday).
BAKE SALE
St: Philip’s Episcopal Church
women will have a bake sale
Saturday morning, starting at
9:30 o’ciock adjacent to the post
office in Southport
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Program Set For
Leland Graduation
Bolivia School
Final Exercises
Slated Monday
Commencement exercises at
Bolivia High School will be con
ducted Monday night at 8 o'clock
with 19 candidates for graduat
ion, says Principal Thomas Davis.
The graduation exercises will
be held at the school auditorium.
Carolyn Sue Segraves, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Segraves,
class sahitatorian, will make the
welcome while Barbara Jeanette
Knowles, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Knowles, class vale
dictorian, will deliver the farewell
address.
The featured speaker will be
Dr. Robert Geer, chairman of the
Department of History at the
University of North Carolina. He
will be introduced by Superinten
dent A. W. Taylor.
Principal Davis will present the
awards to outstanding graduates.
Music will be provided by Mrs.
A. S. Knowles and the school glee
club.
The 19 seniors at Bolivia high
school include Mary Elizabeth
Buchanan, Jackie Ronald Cook,
Carol Dean Smith Corbett, Eve
lyn Sue Danford. Dieter Johnson,
Glinda Johnson, Barbara Jeanette
Knowles, Robert Lafayette Kye
Diana Kaye Lewis, Judy Lynette
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Graduation ceremonies will be
observed at Leland high school
Monday night with 27 candidates,
according to Principal Rockfel
low Venters.
The baccalaureate exercies will
be held in the school auditorium
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
Rev. Bruce Lanier, pastor of
Elah Baptist church,, will deliver
the sermon. Special music for the
event will be provided by the Ice
land Baptist Church choir.
The graduation exercises will
be conducted in the school au
ditorium Monday night at g
o’clock. Annie Jeanette Hewett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Hewett, class salutatorian, will
give the welcome. Lynda Faye
Benton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E- Benton, class valedic
torian, will make the fairwell ad
dress.
The featured speaker at grad
uation will be Rabbi Samuel A.
Friedman of Wilmington.
Leland Board of Education
member Ernest M. McGee will
present the diplomas to the grad
uating seniors. Principal Venters
will make the presentation of the
County Academic Award to the
senior with the highest average
and the Leland School Faculty
Award to the student selected the
most outstanding senior by the
teachers.
Members of the senior class at
Leland incluse:
Lynda Faye Benton, Nina Pa
tricia Benton, Harriett Marie
Greiner, Annie Jeanette Hewett,
Dorothy Jean Holmes, Lillie Sher
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Southport High
Graduation To
End Monday
A full schedule of events has
been planned at Southport High
School in connection with gradu
ation exercises Monday night, ac
cording to Principal Willard Cox.
Class night events will be held
at the school auditorium Friday
night at 8 o’clock. The activities
will be directed by a committee
of parents, composed of Mrs. Bry
ant Potter, Mrs. Dan Harrelson,
Mrs. Bill Jenkins and Mrs. Lewis
Hardee.
The baccalaureate services will
be conducted Sunday afternoon at
*3:30 o’clock in the school audi
torium under the direction of the
Southport ministers. Rev. Mark
Owens will deliver the sermon
while Rev. Charles Lancaster,
Rev. Robert Childs, Rev. Edward
Jordan and Father Morton will
have part on the program.
The graduation exercises will
be held in the school auditorium
at<8 o’clock Monday night. The
Welcome will be made by Sandy
Potter, class salutatorian, while
Kenneth Phelps, class valedic
torian, will make the farewell.
The main address will be made
by Rev. Stanley Bell, special as
sistant to the president of St. An
drews College.
Principal Cox and Southport
Board of Education member Ar
thur J. Dosher will present the di
plomas to the graduating seniors.
Local School Committee Chair
man James Wolfe will make the
presentation of special awards.
Marshals for the graduation
ceremonies will be Brenda Jor
dan, Jerry Swain, Barbara Mel
ton, Wade Beard and Valarie
Swain. Class mascots are Tim
Owens and Annie Williams. The
Oak Island Garden club will pro
vide the decorations for the
event. 1
MemDers ot me senior Class at
;Southport High School Include:
Bobby Tolar, Kenneth Phelps,
Eddie Howard, Hugh Spencer,
Don Hardee, Mike Lee, Wayne
Kny-Whyne r'speneer,
Rodney Gamer, Jimmy Garner,
■Fred Spencer, Earl Clewis, Don
ald Brown, Charles McKeithan,
Pattie Jenkins, Judy Dixon,
Ileene Jones, Sandy Potter, Cyn
thia Sherrill, Jane Pigott, Carolyn
Minton, Ellen Newell, Martha
Harrelson, Joyce Robinson, Bren
da Crouch, Reba Poindexter and
Annie Pearl King.
Graduation At
Waccamaw High
Graduation at Waccamaw high
school will be held Monday nght,
according to Principal L. A. Bru
ton.
The baccalaureate service will
be conducted in the school audi
torium Sunday night at 8 o’clock.
Rev. Kenneth Walker, pastor of
the West Whiteville Baptist
Church, will deliver the main ser
mon.
The graduation exerise will be
held Monday night at 8 o’clock
in the school auditorium. Loretta
Gail McBride, class salutatorian,
will make the welcome while
Ruby Jane Stanley, class valedi
ctorian, will deliver the farewell.
The featured address will be
delivered by R. B. Hellams, field
representative of the National
Beta Clubs. He will be introduce
by Principal Bruton.
James F. Little, chairman of
the local school committee, will
present the diplomas and awards
to the graduating seniors.
The eighth grade promotion ex
ercises will be held Monday morn
ing at 8 o’clock in the school
auditorium.
At Shallotte Sunday
To Dedicate Methodist Church
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CAMP METHODIST CHURCH AT SHALLOTTE
Off For Europe
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FLIGHT—Three Southport women, Mrs. J. W. Ruark, Mrs. Jack Hickman
and Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., left Wilmington Thursday morning on the first
leg of their flight to Europe and a three-weeks tour of nine countries. The tour is
sponsored by the N. C. Federation of Woman’s Clubs, of which Mrs. Harper is the
retiring president.
Cox Resigns As
Local Principal
After a year of service as prin
cipal of Southport high school,
Willard Cox resigned Monday
night to assume new employ
ment in the state.
Cox will be employed by Curtis
Publishing Company and will
work in North Eastern North
Carolina. He will assume his new
duties on July 1.
He said the decision to leave
Southport was a hard one to
make- “This has been one of the
most enjoyable years I have ever
experienced,” Cox said. “It is
only after a great deal of thought
that I decided to accept the new
offer.”
He said he rejected the first
offer the company made. “But I
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TIME and TIDE
It was May 20, 1959, and a bill' calling for $500,000 for
port development at Southport was introduced 'in the General •
Assembly. About 40 civilian employees were released from
their jobs at Sunny Point during a cut-back period at the
Army terminal. :
A petition with 976 names was sent to Governor Luther
Hodges by Shallotte citizens protesting 'the dismissal of Princi
pal A. A. White by the local committee. Lewis Hardee of South- •>
port was re-appointed to the board of directors of the State
'Fisheries Association. ' ‘
It was May 19, 1954, and W. T. Russ of Shallotte was
named County Democratic Party Chairman. Rev. Leo Hawkins
was named as the pastor of the Southport Baptist Church.
H. T. Sanders was re-elected principal of. Southport High
School.
Alex Williams withdrew from the race for sheriff on the
advice of his doctor, leaving six mere in the running. The body
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Grand Jury Points
Out Several Needs
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Announce Plans
For Shallotte
High Graduation
Graduation Ceremonies for
Shailotte High School will be ob
served Monday night, according
to Principal Winfred Johnson.
The eighth grade ceremonies
at Shallotte will be held Friday
night at 8 o’clock. Students hav
ing a part on the program in
clude Judy Hewett, class valedic
torian, Dianne Clemmons, class
salutatorian, Nellie Hewett and
, Sarah White. Principal Johnson
will present the diplomas.
The baccalaureate service for
the high school graduates will be
observed Sunday at 3 p. m. in
the Shallotte auditorium. Rev.
Arvel Crawford, pastor of the
Supply Baptist church and father
of one of the graduates, Sammy
Crawford, will deliver the ser
mon. Rev. A. Arthur Phillips, Jr.,
and Rev. Clarence Pierce will
have part in the program.
The high school graduation will
be held Monday night at 8
o’clock. Gloria Elizabeth Russ,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Russ, class salutatorian, will ex
tend the welcome and Gary Alan
Cheers, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roney Cheers, class valedictor
ian, will deliver the fairewell ad
dress.
Principal Johnson will present
the diplomas to the senior grad
uates while Dr. B. B. Ward,
local school committee chairman,
will make the awards.
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The Brunswick Grand Jury
gave the county jail a clean hill
of health but recommended ac
tion for the Shallotte jail, Bruns
wick County Boarding Home, the
Sheriff’s department and a larger
meeting room during a session
last week.
The report was filed after the
grand jury met Monday and
Tuesday during last week’s ses
sion of Brunswick Superior court.
It was signed by Foreman Phil
lip L- Perry and Secretary Wood
row W. Vennell.
After making the recommen
dations, the grand jury call for
immediate action on the prob
lems. “The county commissioners
should take action of the items
mentioned at once,” the report
said.
The report noted that the com
missioners have provided a hot
water system and made provi
sions ■ for hot baths or showers
for prisoners at the county jail
at Southport since the last session
of the grand jury. The windows
previously reported to need repair
have been reframed.
All action made at the jail had
been taken after the last report.
“The condition of the county jail
is satisfactory,” the report read.
No work was noted on the other
recommendations made for the
improvement of county facilities.
“The city jail at Shallotte shows
no .improvement since the last in
spection by the Grand Jury,” the
report pointed out. “The faucet
in the back room still leaks, beds
need linen and a wash basin is
required in the back room.”
Action was recommended at
the County Boarding Home. “The
home is in dire need of a ramp
to move wheel chairs in and out”,
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Dedication services tor Camp
Methodist Church in Shallotte will
be held Sunday, at 11 a. m. The
dedicatory sermon will be
preached by the Rev. Lawrence
Bridges of Franklinton, a former
pastor of the church. The ser
vice of dedication will be led by
the Rev. Mr. Bridges and the
Rev. H. Arthur Phillips, Jr.,
present pastor of the church.
The bulletin board in front of
the church will also be dedicated
at the service. The marker is a
memorial gift presented to the
Church by the family of the late
William Frank Parker. After the
dedication services, an old fash
ioned dinner on the grounds will
be held in the grove behind the’ ,
church building.
Camp Methodist Church has a ]
•long history. The Journal of Bis- ■
hop Francis Asbury, pioneer IS \
and early 19 century Methodist .
leader, contains references to *
preaching at Shallotte and form- 1
ing a “society” in Shallotte dur- •
ing the late 1790’s. The present ‘
site of the church is on a piece of .
property deeded by Samuel '
Sleight to the Methodist Church !
in 1855. The church site was the -
location of a traditional camp ’
ground gathering, and the pres- .
• ent church continues the tradi- *
tion in its name—‘Camp”* ]
The present building was built '
during the summer of 1957. !
Ground was broken May 17, 1957, ■ ,
by Bishop Paul N. Garber, resi- '
dent bishop of the Richmond •
Area of the Methodist Church.
The building committee was .
headed by LeRoy Mintz, as over
all chairman. Aubrey C. Johnston
was chairman of the building
committee and the following per
sons serving with him: Mrs.
Katie Mae McKeithan, Charlie
Arnold, Odell Williamson, James
D. Bellamy, Jr., and Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. White, Jr.
White served as chair
man of the finance committee
along with the following mem
bers : Odell Williamson, James D.
Bellamy. Jr.,’ Mrs. Katie Mae -
McKeithan, Mrs. Frederick Mintz C
■ arid Dr. M. H. Rourk.
The church was occupied in
November of that year, the first
services were conducted toy the
Rev. William B. Starnes, pastor,
and the Rev. Dr. J. E. Garling
ton, superintendent of the Wil
mington District of the Methodist
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Polio Vaccine
Program Ended
Some 13,478 Brunswick county
residents took the polio sugar
cubes Sunday during the last of t
the three “Stop Polio Sundays,” |
reports Dr. A. H. Elliot, Bruns- .
wick County Health Director. :
“We believe the program will .
mark the beginning of the end
of polio as a public health proto- ■
lem in the county,” Dr. Elliot
stated. ■
Make-up clinics for people who i
missed the polio vaccine during
any one of the three Sundays will si
be held June 30 at the Southport i
and Shallotte health departments
between 9 a. m- and 4 p. m.
“All three types of vaccine will \
be available and we strongly urge
everyone who missed a dose to
come in and get their series com- !
pleted,” Dr. Elliot said.
Figures released by the Health
Department show that 11,851 per
sons took the vaccine on the first
Sunday, 13,732 on the second and
13,478 on the third.
Tide Table
Following: Is the tide
table for Southport during:
the week. These hours are
approximately correct
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
high low
Thursday, May 21,
4:04 A. M. 10:33 A. M.
4:46 P. M. 11:04 P. M.
Friday, May 22,
4:55 A.M. 11:18 A.M.
5:33 P. M. 11:52 P. M.
Saturday, May 23
5:41 A. M. 12:01 A. M.
6:17 P. M.
Sunday, May 24
8:24 A. M. 0:37 A. M.
6:58 P. M. 12:42 P. M.
Monday, May 25
7:04 A. M. 1:19 A. M.
7:37 P. M. 1:21 P. M.
Tuesday, May 26
7:43 A. M. 1:58 P. M.
8:13 P. M. 1:58 P. M.
Wednesday, May 27
8:20 A. M. 2:40 A. M.
8:49 P. M. 2:35 P. M.