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Brunswick County
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Volume No. 23
No. 48
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1964
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Republican Rally Leaders
RALLY—John Wilkinson, third from the left, was the featured speaker *&t a
Brunswick County Republican rally at the Shallotte Armory Friday night. Shown
together, left to right, are District Chairman Mike Vaughn of Wilmington, Party
Secretaiy Mrs. Martin Neilson of Shallotte, Wilkinson, and Party Vice Chairman
Mrs. Betty Warren of Kingtown. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Shallotte High
Seniors Receive
Special Awards
Some 17 student awards were
presented during graduation at
Shallotte High School Monday
night.
Trophies were given to the
class valedictorian, Gary Alan
Cheers, and the class salutator
ian, Gloria Elizabeth Russ.
The County Board of Educat
ion medals were presented to
’•''Cheers, Miss Kuss.Ben Hewettr*
Johnny Benton. Lois Clemmons,
Gay Williamson, Betty Benton,
and Gloria Lennon.
Howard Bozeman was named
the most improved student in the
senior class during the year.
Top students in the various
fields of study at Shallotte
school include Brenda Tripp,
Spanish; Joe Norton, Math; Gary
Cheers, English and science;
LaDane Williamson, Latin; Pat
Carter, commercial studies; Mar
gie Smith, social studies, and
Hulane Clemmons, home econo
mics.
Gloria Lennon was selected for
the citizenship award and John
Benton was named the top bus
driver. The year book award
went to Lois Clemmons. Sylvia
Henson was selected outstanding
in student government.
Larry Wilson was presented
the Ruark Athletic award while
Gary Cheers won the McKeithan
Athletic award.
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‘-NEWS-1
POSTPONE MEETING
A Town Meeting scheduled'by
Long Beach Citizens for Monday,
June 1, has been postpone until
further notice.
PIANO RECITAL
Piano pupils of Mrs. Carl Wat
kins, Sr., will be presented in
recital a t Southport Baptist
Church Monday night at 8
o’clock. The public is invited.
PASS TESTS . *
Boiling Spring Lakes CAP
Commander and Mrs. Anson
Lewis passed emergency tests
last week and are. qualified to
help in any area emergency that
might occur.
BIBLE SCHOOL
Vacation Bible School will be
held at Trinity Methodist Church
next week, Monday through Fri
day, with daily sessions during
the morning hours.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Daughters of America
will serve a ham supper Thursday
night at Southport Restaurant
from 5-8 o’clock. Plates will be
prepared for those who wish to
take out ’
TO ELECT OFFICERS
The Shallotte River Associa
ion will meet Monday night at 7
p. m. at the Shallotte school aud
itorium to elect new officers,
President Martin Nielsen announ
ced Monday. ..
Shrimpers
Industry
While no decision was made on
shrimping problems, indications
were given that more shallow
water dredges will be on duty in
the coastal sections of the state
in the future at a meeting of
Brunswick and New Hanover
county shrimpers in Southport
Friday afternoon.
Dr. David Adams state fish
eries -reommuwiener; - catted , the»
meeting to discover the feeling of
the shrimpers on the best date
for opening the inside season and
what they thought about closing
the outside waters for a period of
time.
There were many opinions ex
pressed on the subject and Dr.
Adams said more study would
have to be made on both of the
problems before the matter car
be resolved.
Ernest Parker of Southport, a
member of Department of Con
servation and Development’s
Commercial Fisheries Committee,
indicated that a request will be
made in the 1965 General As
sembly for funds to purchase
dredging equipment of the ex
perimental dredge Merritt proves
feasible.
The Merit was put into oper
ation in late February by the U.
S. Corp of Engineers for shallow
water dredging operations.
The request for state funds will
hinge of the kind of job the Mer
ritt does. “If we find that the
US Army onaconres Dredge can
do the job alone, the request for
state funds will not be made,”
Parker stated.
Several proposals were made
by the county shrimpers of the
questions pased by Dr. Adams.
Bill Holden argued that the
season should vary, saying that
shrimping inside and shrimping
outside is entirely different.
“We used to get an early run
of spotted shrimp in June,”
Holden said. “This run could
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Anniversary Of
Church Sunday
On Sunday, St. Philip’s Episco
pal Church in Southport will cel
ebrate the 113th hundredth an
niversary of its founding. The
church was admitted into uion
with the Diocese of North Caro
lina as an orginzed congregation
on May 29, 1851, during the 35th
Annual Convention of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church in
North Carolina'. Dr. Curtis and
Lord with four other men re
presented the congregation at the
convention. The first Rector to
serve the congregation was the
Rev. Peyton W. Gallagher who
graduated from the Virginia
Seminary in 1850.
The Church is a daughter
church of Old St. Philip’s of
Old St. Philip’s of Brunswick
Town, it contains altar linens,
communion rail, and baptismal
font which were part of the fur
nishings old St. Philip’s Church.
The celebration Sunday will be
gin with homing worship service
at 11 a. m. followed by lunch in
the Community Building. For
mer parishoners and friends of
the church are cordially invited
to attend, ...
i Discuss
Problems
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Cadet .
PROMOTED—Ed Oliver, III,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oliver,
Jr., of Southport, has been pro
moted from corporal to staff
sergeant at The Citadel- He is
a rising junior at the South Caro
lina military college.
Nursing Supplies
Needs Stressed
Urgent pleas were made for
supplies for the medical loan clos
et of the Lay Committee for the
Home Care of the Chronically
111 at a meeting last Monday
night.
Mrs. W- A. Kopp, chairman,
reported that several donations
of supplies have been made re
cently. “All the articles have
been pur to use by the patients
in the program tout there is a
waiting list that needs similar
supplies,” she said.
Mrs. Kopp said that several
county citizens have contributed
acticles to the loan closet recent
ly and they include hospital toed
by Mrs. Elizabeth Harrelson;
wheel chair, Brunswick County
Crippled Children’s Society;
wheel chair, Crawford Ruark,
Veterans Administration officer,
Dea pan; Mrs. Anna Davis and
toed pan; Mt. Pisgah WMU.
Mrs. Kopp said the group needs
more supplies urgently. “AH'
county residents should check
their store roams and closets to
see if they have somethng they
can donate to help supply the
needs of chronically ill; she de
clared.
Some 47 residents of Brunswick
county are covered by the pro
gram at the present time. Miss
Dixon, physical therapist
w^‘1 the State 'Board of Health,
visits 26 of the patients monthly.
Membes of the committed at
tending the meeting included
Mrs. Kopp, chairman; Mrs.'
Kathryn Savage, secretary; Miss
Kay Moore, treasurer, Mrs. Vara
Sermons, loan closet chairman;
Miss Barbara Kahn, Health Edu
cator of the State Board of
Health; John Baker, chairman of
Piney Grove Area Group; Mrs.
Annie Bryant, Chairman of Ce
dar Grove Area Group; Mrs. Eu
nice Chadwick, memtor of Shal
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Republicans In
Brunswick Hear
John Wilkinson
The Democratic party of today
is not the party of “your ancest
ors” because it is dominated by a
radical element, John Wilkinson
told a Brunswick County Repub
lican rally Friday night in Shal
lotte.
He declared that the party of
Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jack
son, Jefferson Davis, Woodrow
Wilson and Charles B. Aycock
have been captured by a group
which has no connection with the
great men in American history. ;;
"They have the label but not the'1
meat in the can,” Wilkinson del
ete red.
Wilkinson, a Little Washington
attorney and a leader of Eastern
North Carolina Republicans,
spoke at a county GOP rally. All
the Brunswick candidates were
introduced by Chairman H. L.
Willetts of Bolivia,
. The GOP taday has the prin
cipals which Jefferson supported.
"He feared the concentration of
governmental power in Washing
ton like Republicans do today,”
Wilkinson declared. "The 1960
Democratic platform sounded like
what Jefferson said would hap
pen if his principals were not fol
lowed,” he added.
Jefferson would be a Republic
an today, he predicted.” Every
thing Jefferson was against, Pre
sident Lyndon B. Johnson stands
behind today” he added.
Americans are in great danger
of losing their freedom and liber
ty today, Wilkinson declared.
“The Democratic party believes
that the powers of government
should be used on all occasions
and this could be fatal to the
country. “Government is a nec
essary evil which must be used
only in moderation,” Wilkinson
saia.
"Ten-a-Billion Johnson has
thrown the principals of the Dem
ocratic party your ancestors sup
ported In the ash can,” he said.
”"He has saiit he wants to put\he
-power of the federal government
in the home of every American
citizens.”
Wilkinson challenged Presid
ent Johnson’s record on civil
rights. "He opposed a mild and
weak civil rights hill in 1967, but
look at him now,” he said. “LBJ
supports a bill wholeheatily that
is 10 times as strong and 100
times more dangerous.”
Asked Wilkinson, "What mo
tivated this change in his think
ing on civil rights in such a short
time? When he thinks it is to
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Waccamaw Gets
Columbus Man
A Columbus county man has
been named principal at Wacca
maw High School, Superintendent
A. W. Taylor announced Monday.
Edward F. Currie, 34, princi
pal at. Old Dock elementary
school in Columbus county, was
selected for the Waccamaw
school post Friday by the local
school committee. He succeeds
W. A. Bruton who resigned as
principal two weeks ago.
Currie attended 'Brevard Col
lege. He lacks one summer ses
sion from having a master’s de
gree from East Carolina College.
He has been at Old Dock for
the past five years, one year as
a seventh grade instructor and
four years as the principal.
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Whirlwind Trip Through County
SPEAKER—L. Richardson Preyer, candidate for the Democratic nomination
for governor, was a visitor in Brunswick county Tuesday. He spoke briefly at Shal
lotte, Southport, Bolivia and Leland and even crowded in a few unscheduled stops.
Here he is shown talking to a crowd on the courthouse lawn in Southport at noon.
(Staff Photo by Allen)
Second Visit
Candidate Preyer Here
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Primary Election >
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Brunswick : county voters <
go to the polls Saturday to norri
inane Democrat candidates for
State, county and township . of
fices and Republica-.< will part
icipate in a primary for State
Candidates. A non-partizian elect
ion will be held for the Bruns
wick County Board of Education.
The two Democrats are in the
face for the State Senate are in
cumbent Carl Meares and Sankey
'W. Robinson, both of Columbus
county.
On the county level, incumbent
Odell Williamson is challenged by
W. J. McLamb, present Judge of
Recorder’s court, for the House
of Representatives.
The race with the most candi
dates is for Judge of Recorder’s
Court where Cortez Ward, Clinton'
B. Bellamy, Roney W. Cheers
and H. Mercer Johnson are
battling for the nomination.
Candidates running for the
Board of County Commissioners
include Homer B. Chadwich, In
cumbent Dillon L. Ganey and
George T. Rook, Northwest; In
cumbent R. L. Rabon, Town
Creek; Thomas S. Bowmer and
Incumbent F. Herbert Swain,
Smithville; Jesse A- Bryant, In
cumbent Ira L. Chadwick, and A.
Climit Holden, Lockwood Folly,
William Hewett and Incumbent
D. Bert Frink, Shallotte; and
Parley P. Formyduval, Waeca
fflaw.
Voters can select no more than
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TIME and TIDE
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It was May 27, 1959, and Mrs. H. Foster Mintz of Bolivia
was narfted Woman of the Year by the County Council of Home
Demonstration clubs. Ernest E. Parker, Jr., of Southport was
elected to membership on the Board of Trustees of the Greater
University of North Carolina.
Kirby Prescription Center in Southport held their grand
opening. Graduation exercises were being held in the schools of
the county. Gorden Gore of Shallotte signed a professional
baseball contract with the Chicago Cubs.
- -It was May 26, 1954, and the Democratic primary election
was scheduled to be held on Saturday. Mayor J. A. Gilbert
'threw the switch for Carolina Power and Bight Company to
service the City of Southport Wednesday afternoon.
Blueberry farmers were harvesting what looked like another
bumper crop. The annual home demonstration club flower show
was to be held Tuesday. Graduation ceremonies were being con
ducted in the schools of Brunswick county that week.
It was May 25, 1949, and the Shallotte School dispute had
been resolved and Henry C. Stone rehired as principal. Graduat
ion ceremonies were held in the county schools.
Southern Bell had put 68 new telephones in Southport homes
during the past six months. Harold Aldridge of Southport was
a junior at Wake Forest college while Ray H. Walton of Ash
was a second year law student.
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School Principal
Job Still Vacant
A. W. Taylor, Superintendent
of Brunswick County Schools,
said today that he had been ad
vised by Janies M. Wolfe, chair
man of the local committee, that
John G. Long had informed him
this morning by long distance
telephone that he should not be
considered a candidate for the
position of principal of Southport
High School. Long told Wolfe
that he has accepted a position
in South Carolina.
The Southport school com
mittee had met on Monday night
and had voted 4-1 in favor of a
motion to recommend Long to
Superintendent Tayor for nom
ination ets principal of the local
high school. Final action is in
the hands of the County Board
of Education in the election of
school principals.
Wolfe said Tuesday that Long,
former Superintendent of Bruns
wick County Schools, had not
made written application for the
vacancy here created by the re
signation last week of Willard
Cox. Wolfe said that he had talk
ed to Long last weekend and that
Monday night’s action was ‘‘not
exactly an election, but was like
making a call on him for his ser
vices.”
Superintendent Taylor said that
Wolfe has requested a list of
qualified candidates for the vac
ancy here and said that the local
board will meet early next week
to consider the election of a
successor for Cox.
In addition to Wolfe, other
members of the local board are
Leon McKeithan, Hubert Britian,
A. A. Dixon and Mrs. Jack
Crouch.
Announce Plans
For Flower Show
The Live Oak Garden Club of
Southport has chosen Memories
as the theme of the flower show
to be held at the Southport High
School gymnasium of Saturday,
June 13. Flower arrangements
will represent song titles. Non
members as well as all garden
club members are invited to ex
hibit in this show, which will be
gin at 3:30 p. m. and will remain
open until 9 o’clock.
Mrs. G. W. Fisher, Jr., and Mrs.
D. T. St. George, Jr., are joint
Chairmen in charge of the show.
Mrs. Tom Gilbert and Mrs. Basil
Watts will be in charge of the
staging; Mrs. Harold Aldridge
will head publicity; Mrs. Roscoe
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Li. Richardson Preyer made a
final, whirlwind trip through
Brunswick county Tuesday, his
second during the gubernatorial
campaign, in an efford to line up
solid support at the polls on Sat
urady.
At Shallotte National Guard
Armory he met a crowd of cit
u i^ena and assured them , that, in
1tfi¥! fifta!1 mj| of die campaign'
he has come away from the big
cities and from the populous pied
mont and has lined up trips
through several rural counties.
“I have the development of these
areas as a major concern,” he
said “ and I will be back to help
implement some of the programs
I propose when I am governor.”
Once more Preyer, who resign
ed as a District Federal Judge to
enter the race for the Democrat
ic nomination for governor, said
that the No. 1 plank in his
platform is edcation, saying
that it is upon this foundation
that most of the future progress
of North Carolina must be built.
He listed roads as another
major interest and placed High
way No. 17 as a must project.
“We will begin at once to 4-lane
this highway,” he promised,
“but it is a task of such mag
nitude that I do not believe that
it can be completed during a
single administration.”
Preyer said that he favors a
road bond issue, which he says
can be financed without addit
ional taxes. He pointed out that
the 1 cent per gallon tax added
to retire the road bonds sold dur
ing the administration of the late
Governor Kerr Scott will foot
the bill if it is continued. He
pledged that he will get out and
stump the state in behalf of this
road bond program.
In his speech at Southport
Preyer specifically mentioned the
ferry from Southport to Fort
Fisher and declared that “it is
needed, it is feasable and it is
practical.” He says that it will
receive priority during his ad
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Driver Program
During Summer
The Brunswick Board of Edu
cation will again sponsor a driver
education summer program in
the county beginning June 1, says
Superintendent A. W. Taylor.
Cliff White and Joe Young will
instruct students in Southport, Ice
land and Bolivia areas of the
county while Harold Reynolds
and Gene Winfree will work the
Waceamaw-Shallotte section.
Students enrolled in the courses
must be public school students 15
years of age or older. Priority for
the courses will be determined by
the age factor.
Superintendent Taylor said stu
dents needing driving instruction
to complete courses in driver edu
cation will >be contacted individ
ually by their respective instruc
tors.
Class work for the course will
begin June 1, with one class
meeting at Waccamaw at 8 a m.
and another at Southport at 10
a. m.
Special Honors
For Graduating
Class On Monday
Eight awards and two plaques
were presented during the gradu
ation ceremonies at Southport
High School Monday night.
The Louise Reese Memorial
Award, which is given to the stu
dent who best applies his abilities
toward the development of good
citizenship, was presented to Bill
Furpless by Mrs. Susie Carson.
The Bremen Furpless Memorial
Award, was given to Kenneth
Phelps for being judged the best
school citizen.
The Thelma Willis Memorial
Scholarship in the amount of $300
was presented to Sandy Potter
for being the most outstanding
college-bound senior. The presen
tation was made by Robert M.
Willis.
County Board of Education
medals were given to Phelps,
Miss Potter and Martha Harrel
son.
Awards were presented to
Phelps for being the class vale
dictorian and Miss Potter as the
class salutatorian.
Pattie Jenkins was named the
outstanding second year typing
student while Diane Carrier won
the honor for the first year stu
dents.
Local school committee chair
■man James woue, wno presented .
the awards, pointed out a plaque *
which had been installed in the *
auditorium in memory of Mrs. *
Thelma Willis by the school PTA-. *
A plaque was presented to the »
school honoring Mrs. Lucille Wil* '«
liamson, a third grade teacher '
who retired this year after more •
than 20 years of service to the T
school. !
Negro Youths
Caught Monday;
Two Wilmington Negro men *
were arrested in Southport Mon
id**y afternoon 4qr trying to che»|i^,«
■ on their driver’s license, thanks g ^
to the suspecious nature of ex
aminer L. E- Sessions.
The two young men were ar
rested after George Washington
Miles, 19, took the examination
and driver’s test in the name of
James Edward Majors, 21. They
were apprehended by Patrolman
Earl Farmer.
Both men are in the Brunswick
County jail under $200 bonds. Mil
es is charged with giving a false
name in applying for a driver's
license. Majors has been charged
with aiding and abetting in the
incident. •' i.
Sessions said Miles came to his
office in Southport Monday after
lunch, identified himself as Ma
jors and asked to take the test
for a driver’s license.
He made 86 of the written part
and passed the road sign and
driver’s tests with flying colors.
Sessions became suspicious be
cause of the superior manner in ,
which Miles handled the automo- *
bile on the road test. “He appear
ed to be driving too well for a \
Beginner, sessions said.
and asking some routine questions .
when he hesitated with his ans- ‘
wers, Sessions became suspicious jj
and called Partolman Farmer. *
After questioned by the partol-;
man, both boys confessed. Majors
had flunked the written test in 1
Wilmington and wanted a license, f j
The two boys thought their plan
out, even exchanged identifies-'
tion papers but did not know of |
the suspicious nature of Sessions.
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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, May 28
8:55 A. M. 3:19 A. M.
9:23 P. M. 3:12 P. M..
v Friday, May 29 '
9:30 A. M. 3:59 A. M,
9:58 P. M. 3:47 P. M,
Saturday, May 30
10:07 A. M. 4:38 A. M.
10:35 P. M. 4:26 P. M.
Sunday, May 31,
10:48 A. M. 5:19 A. M.
11:15 P. M. 5:08 P. M.
Monday, dune 1
11:36 A. M. 6:03 A. M.
5:56 P. M.
Tuesday, June 2,
0:02 A. M. 6:52 A. M.
12:31 P. M. 6:54 P. M.
Wednesday, June 3,
0:55 A. M. 7:44 A. M.
1:30 P. M. 7:59 P. M.