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STATE PORT PILOT
Volume No. 23
No. 51
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1964
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Paving Plans
Given Approval
At Board Meet
A decision to pave several
streets highlighted a meeting of
the Southport Board of Aldermen
Thursday night at the City Hall
in which the 1964-65 budget was
presented.
After hearing a report from the
Street Paving Committee, the
'board unanimously voted to put
a rock-mat finish on several city
streets, including 8th from Lord
to Clarendon, Caswell from Bay
to Moore, Caswell from Moore to
Nash, Caswell from 8th to 11th.
Atlantic from Owens to Fodale,
Fodale from Leonard to NC 211,
Burrington to Owens (four blocks)
St. George, Leonard and Owens,
between Burrington and Claren
don, and Caswell from 8th to 12th
and to NC 211.
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson said it
would cost the city less than
$7,000 for the street paving work.
In selecting the streets to be
paved, the board decided to work
on those that would not have to
be tom up to install the sewage
system voted on by the people
in the spring. The motion for the
action was made by Johnnie Ve
reen and seconded by J. A. Gil
bert.
City Auditor W. L. Aldridge led
the board through the first read
ing of the proposed $248,000 bud
get for the year 1964-65. The pres
ent tax rate of $1.37 per $100
will remain the same.
The budget is broken down in
to eight categories, including
administrative, $44,472.80; electri
cal, $79,081.20; water, $7,238.00;
streets $58,579.00; fire, $2,500.00;
police, $11,495.00; debt service,
$26,000.00; and others, $18,634.00.
The budget was unanimously
approved on first reading on a
motion by Harold Aldridge, sec
onded by Crawford Rouark.
The board discussed extending
the city limits—at least to the
Sawdust Trail—but postponed a
final decision until the July meet
ing. City Manager C. D. Picker
rell and Auditor Aldridge were
asked to investigate the possi
bilities of extending the city limits
even further than the Sawdust
Trail.
Mayor Tomlinson explained
that the city must furnish the
new area with the same city ser
vices that the majority of resi
dents receive within two years.
“We must determine whether the
additional revenue from the area
would make the extension feasi
ble,” he added.
“The main advantage would be
that the city could control the ap
pearance of the only entrance to
the town,” he declared.
City Manager Piekerrell report
ed that the State Highway Com
mission would furnish curb and
guttering in front of the South
port Baptist church if the city
would do the work. He said the
city forces would begin the pro
ject immediately.
The church members had com
plained that after heavy rains the
water from the highway would
flood the entrance grounds and
make it impossible for people
to enter the church on Sundays.
The State Highway Commission
refused to change the speed limit
on Leonard street from Fodale
avent to the city limits from
45-mpn to 35-mph and asked the
city to approve their speed limit.
The board, protesting the action,
decided to table to the mat
ter on a motion by Alderman Gil
bert, seconded by Alderman
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MrH am at
‘-NEWSH
POSTPONE MEETINGS
There will be no meetings dur
ing July or August for the Bruns
wick County Ministerial Associa
ten-insurgency, Chemical Biolog
tion, according to President Mark
Owens.
RUMMAGE SALE
The Southport Junior Woman’s
Club will hold their rummage sale
on Saturday at the old pool room
beginning at 9 o’clock and least
ing until 12 noon.
keppbucan club
The Brunswick County Republi
can Club willhold a special meet
ing at Simmon’s restaurant at
Calabash Thursday night at 7:30
o’clock, Chairman H. L. Willetts
announced Monday.
TRAINS FOR PAGEANT
Miss Brunswick County, Miss
Carolyn Minton of Southport, be
gan training Monday at the home
of Mrs. Hilda Rooks in Wilming
ton for the Miss North Carolina
pageant, reports Shallotte Jaycee
President Dempsey Hewett.
District Champion Driver
WINNER—Harvey Bell of Bolivia won the District Tractor
in Fayetteville last week when he and other Brunswick, county
bers participated in district competition. (Staff Photo by Allen).
Driving Contest
4-H Club mem
Tractor Driver
Bolivia Boy Winner
Harvey Bell, Bolivia 4-H Club >
member, won the District Trac
tor Driving Contest last week in
Fayetteville at District Demon
stration Day. Seventeen counties
were represented with 699 4-H
club members and over 150 adult
leaders, parents, friends, and ex
tension agents.
. Brunswick County, had 28 peo- ,
pie present at Demonstration Day
and seven demonstrations were
conducted by members and three
talent entries were conducted
by local 4-H members.
The Bell boy won a blue rib
bon as well as a purple ribbon
signifying him as District Cham
pion tractor driver.
Julia Hewett won a red ribbon
with her Dairy Foods Demon
stration. White ribbon winners
were Steve Hewett with his dem
onstrauon on popping pop-corn
the electrical way; Julia Hewett
with public speaking; and Gloria
lemmons with her fruit and veg
etables demonstration,
revue contest and exhibited a
very pretty evening gown.
Susan Gray was in the dress
The 4-H talent numbers were
the five B’s consisting of Lynn
Hewett, Sue Hewett, Donna
Evans, Gloria Clemmons and De
lilaih Hewett; the Ma and Pa
stunt had Roy Hewett playing
part of Ma and Kenny Hewett
the part of Pa; the Hambone
stunt was played by Richard
Jones.
Bell, 16, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Bell of Bolivia. He
will be a junior at Bolivia High
School in the fall.
In order for him to win the
district title, he had to score high
on a written examination and
drive his tractor through a obs
tacle course.
The win gave Bell a scholar
ship to the state 4-H convention
in Raleigh the week of July 20.
He will compete in the State Trac
tor Driving Contest against the
five other district winners for the
state crown.
In addition, the district win en
ables Bell to compete in the State
Pair tractor dirivng contest in
'Raleigh in the fall.
First Week Of
Assembly Starts
More than 200 Junior and In
termediate Girls Auxiliary mem
bers from throughout North
Carolint are participating in
a week of activities at the Bap
tist Assembly at Fort Caswell,
according to Manager Fred J.
Smith.
Under the direction of Miss
Velma McGee of Winston-Salem,
state Woman’s Missionary Union
director, the girls will combine
religious and recreational work
during their week stay at Fort
Caswell.
In additon to auxiliary work,
the girls, age 11 to 15, will study
missionary work. They will part
icipate in recreational programs,'
craft work and nature studies.
Miss McGee will be assisted by
Mrs. Gilmore Cross of Goldsboro
and Miss Catherine Bullard of
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t
Bid Opening For
Boat Basin June 30
Visitor
L. RICHARDSON PREYER
Preyer Coming
Here Saturday
Democratic gubernatorial can
didate L. Richardson Preyer of
Greensboro will make his third
campaign trip to Brunswick coun
ty Saturday where he will be hon
ored at a barbecue supper at
Bolivia High School, Campaign
Manager Kirby Sullivan an
nounced today (Wednesday).
Preyer will arrive at the air
strip between Southport and
Long Beach Saturday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. He will tour the
county until 6 p. m. when he will
be in Bolivia for the barbecue.
After the supper he will outline
his program to the people of
Brunswick county.
This will be the third tirp he
has made to Brunswick county
since the campaign for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor
opened in January.
He finished second in Bruns
wick county during the first
primary, which he won state
wide. Dan K. Moore, who was a
poor third with Brunswick voters,
finished second on the state level
and called for the second pri
mary on June 27.
Manager Sullivan was unable to
say this morning just what Prey
er’s itinerary will be but he did
say, “We want Judge Preyer to
meet as many people as possible
while he is in Brunswick. He
has demonstrated an interest in
us by being in our county on this
strategic date just one week be
fore the election. I feel that those
who meet and talk to him will
realize that he has a sincere in
terest in this part of North Caro
lina.”
Southport Mayor Eugene JB.
Tomlinson, Jr., disclosed today
ithat he had been informed, that
'bids for the Southport Small Boat
Terminal were re-advertised on
May 20 and will be opened at
1:30 o’clock p. m. on June 30 in
the North Carolina State Ports
Authority Office.
In re-advertising the bids, the
project has been revised to an
extent that it is hoped the over
all price will come within the
limits of the half million dollars
now available for the initial pro
ject. The bids will be received
separately ror various parts of the
project and can be let to differ
ent contractors. It is anticipated
that when the low bid prices for
each of the units or sources are
put together, the result will be a
lower total price for the project
'thereby permitting more work to
be done.
The plans now call for a storm
barrier to be erected to the ex
treme limits of the anticipated fu
ture expansion of the basin. For
the present, 110 berths will be in
cluded, but space for docking
boats can be enlarged as need
arises and funds are available.
Mayor Tomlinson said that it
appears that the last of the tech
nical requirements for a State
sponsored project has been met
and he is confident construction
will begin shortly after June 30
and that the facility will be com
pleted in ample time for next
Spring’s boating season.
Saturday Auto
Accident Hikes
Death Toll To 7
Brunswick County's seventh au
tomobile fatality of the year oc
curred early Saturday night when
a four-year-old Negro girl step
ped in front of an on-coming oar
on US IT near Bolivia, reports
Patrolman Billy Day of Shallotte.
County Coroner Lowell Bennett
of Shallotte ruled the accident
that killed Sherry Levon Evans,
daughter of Edward Evans of
Bolivia, unavoidable.
Harold Ray 'Lee, 22, of Wilming
ton, driver of the 1954 Chevrolet,
■that hit the girl, was released.
According to Patrolman Day,
Sherry was walking on the east
shoulder of US 17 two miles
south of Bolivia holding the hand
of her aunt, Ametta Evans, 21,
at 6:10 Saturday night while Lee
was following another car at a
safe distance.
Suddenly, Sherry broke away
from her aunt and stepped in
front of Lee’s car. She was rush
ed to James Walker Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington where she
died before 8 p. m.
Coroner Bennett investigated
the accident and talked to wit
nesses before ruling it unavoid
able.
It was the seventh death of the
year on the highways of Bruns
wick county, the same number of
persons who died in all of 1963.
Youngsters Shot
On Ghost Hunt
Six Raleigh teenagers were am
bushed at midnight Friday while
attempting to investigate the Ma
co Light, reports Sheriff E. V.
Leonard.
Kay Ferguson, 17, Patricia Regi
17, and William R. Berry, 15,
were struck in their legs by shot
gun pellets. -They were treated at
James Walker Memorial Hospital
in Wilmington and released Sun
. .JBtftemeomi Three other Ra
leigb teenagers in the group es
caped injury Friday night.
The Brunswick County Sheriff’s
Department is investigating the
incident.
xne six teenagers had walked
about 75 years along the railroad
tracks when they heard their au
tomobile’s windshield and win
dows being shattered by shotgun
blast, reported Deputy Sam
West.
When the group returned to
the car, they saw a man running
from the scene. One member of
the group, an 18-year-old boy still
unidentified, raced after the man.
Seconds later, shotgun blasts
were fired from the opposite di
rection of the chase and hit two
girls and one boy, Deputy West
said. They drove themselves to
the Wilmington hospital and noti
fied the authorities.
The Raleigh boys and girls said
there were no other cars in the
area when they stopped at the
railroad tracks Friday night at
mid-night. Deputy West added he
had heard reports that a high
powered rifle was fired that
night.
The six teenagers were in a
group of 20 who were spending
a week at the beach. They were
to have returned to Raleigh Sun
day. Some of them were members
of the Hudson Memorial Presby
terian Church and, although the
party was not a church-sponsored
retreat, church officials said they
knew of the group’s plans.
The Maco Light has recently
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TIME and TIDE
It was June 17, 1959, and General Janies Glore returned
to Southport after a nine-week trip to East Pakistan on govern
ment business. Miss Gwen Clemmons of Supply was awarded
the Shallotte Business and Professional Women’s scholarship.
Captain Walter Lewis landed two marlin while Captain
Raymond Lewis had oner Lt. Col. William F. Murphy reported
that shrimping was poor at Southport, England, as well as at
Southport, North Carolina. Reports showed that agitation for
ferry service across* the Cape Fear River started in 1721.
It was June 16, 1954, and Charlie Skipper and Thomas St.
George, who had called for a second primary, withdrew their
requests, leaving Elbert H. Gray as Democratic nomine for
sheriff and Jack Brown for Clerk of Court. The present Sheriff
F. V. Leonard, was in the hospital after suffering three heart
attacks.
David Swain of Southport, and Stanley Knowles and Mal
colm Knox of Bolivia were representing Brunswick county at
the Boy’s State in Chapel Hill. Captain Ray Stubbs had land
ed 385 Spanish mackerel while fishing out of Southport Tues
day with a party from Charlotte.
It was June 19, 1949, and a special beer and wine election
was to be held on July 13 in Southport. The tax rate for the
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Installing Lines
WATER — Machinery is shown at work this
(Wednesday) morning digging a ditch through the
business district of Shallotte where a new municipal
water system is being installed. (Staff Photo by Allen)
New Training Unit
At Sunny Point
Shoe Full Of
..Foot Is Found
A shoe with a human foot in
side washed ashore at Holden
Beach early Monday morning,
reports Deputy Aubrey Hickman
of the Brunswick County She
riff’s Department.
The canvas shoe with the foot
inside was discovered by Betsy
Smith 17, of Raleigh about 7:15
a. m. Coronor Lowell Bennett,
who was called to the scene, said
it was a size eight shoe.
Deputy Hickman contacted the
Coast Guard and the Navy, but
no one was reported missing. “I
have no idea who the foot belongs
too,” says Hickman who is con
ducting the investigation.
Phone Directory
Is Distributed
Southern Bell’s new Southport
and Long Beach telephone direc
tory is being distributed, H. F.
Kincaid, Southern Bel Manager
here, said this week.
“And you won’t find a better
yardstick of Southport’s and Long
Beach’s progress than the new
telephone directory,” he added.
“It shows just how fast this area
is growing.”
About 1250 directories will be
mailed in this area, 141 more
than were distributed last year.
“You should have your direc
tory this week,” Kinbaid said.
“If not, please notify the tele
phone business office.
“'When you get the new direc
tory, please throw away the old
one,” Kincaid continued. “That
way, there’s no chance of you
looking in the old directroy and
possibly getting a wrong number.
“Also, please look in the direc
tory for a number before calling
‘Information’.”
Superior Court
Civil Term Ends
The two-week civil term of
Brunswick County Superior court
ended Thursday in Southport with
Judge Maurice Braswell presid
ing.
In two easement cases against
the North Carolina Rural Elect
rification Authority on behalf of
the Brunswick Electrical Mem
bership, the corporation was or
dered the pay H. F. Hewett and
wife Lula Hewett $300 and B. E.
Hewett and wife Audrey Hewett
$500.
The court said the REA is a
public service corporation and
possesses the right to construct
power lines and can locate, build,
protect and maintain them. They
acted in good faith in construct
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On Saturday, the United States
Army Terminal unit arrived at
Sunny Point Army Terminal for
its annual 15-day tour of active
duty. The unit, commanded by
Colonel Edward A. Johnson of
Sherbom, Massachusetts, is sta
tioned at the Boston Army Base,
Boston, Massachusetts.
The unit has been training at
the Sunny Point Army Terminal
for the last three years. The ex
cellent cooperation received from
the personnel at Sunny Point has
made the period of training a re
warding experience for unit per
sonnel.
Colonel Johnson in civilian life
is president of Howe and Com
pany, a transportation warehouse
and box manufacturing plant,
which operates in the Boston
area.
Colonel Johnson’s staff consists
of the following officers: Lt. Col
onel Joseph Killion, the Unit Exe
cutive Officer; Lt. Colonel Geo
rge Donahue, Director of Oper
ations; Lt. Colonel Charles Cun
niff, the Director of Services;
Lt. Colonel Victor Schiesake, the
Director of Administration; and
Major Gordon King, the Unit
Comptroller.
The officers and men of the
unit all live in the Boston area
and are engaged in the following
occupations: education, insurance’
sales, finance and transportation.
While at Sunny Point, they will
conduct counterpart parallel
training in addition to receiving
training in such subjects as coun
terinsurgency, Chemical, Biolog
ical and Radiological Warefare
and terminal operations.
Bible School
At Oak Island
Vacation Bible School will be
gin at Oak Island Baptist Miss
ion with preparation Day on Sat
urday, from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.,
followed by a parade.
Regular classes for all ages
from three years through sixteen
will begin on Monday monring at
8:30 o’clock. The school will open
each day at 8:30 and will close
at 11:30. All children are invited
to attend. Refreshment will be
served each day and there will be
a picnic on the last day of the
school followed by commence
ment on the following Sunday
night.
The faculty is as follows:
Principal, Rev. Horace Hawes;
3-yr. department Miss Joyce
Gurley, Mrs. Ruth Champion,
Mrs. Joyce Bowen; Beginner De
partment, Mrs. Lorell Duncan,
Mrs. Betty Rogers, and Mrs.
Irene Davis; Primary Depart
ment, Mrs. Ozalia Phelps, Mrs.
Phyllis Cassels, and Mrs. Evelyn
Dosher; Junior Department, Mrs.
Joseph Padrick, Mrs. Ruth Cum
bee, Mrs. Frances Harrelson and
Mrs. Elease Underwood; and In
termediate Department, Mrs.
Margaret McRackan and the pas
tor.
Fourth Of July
Celebration Is
Being Planned
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce will sponsor an old-fash
ion Fourth of July celebration in
Southport in connection with the
club’s boat drawing, President
William Powell announced Mon
day.
To help celebrate the famous
American holiday in Southport,
the destroyer USS Murray will
be honored guests for the event.
President Powell promises
Southport residents tours, food,
art, fireworks and softball on
July 4. “Everyone will have a
chance to win the motor boat
given away by the Jaycees’’ he
added.
The boat drawing will highligh
the day’s events. The ceremony
will be held at the city boat dock
and Whittlers Bench at 8 p. m.
of July 4. Several other prizes
will be given away to lucky ticket
holders who are present at the
drawing. A fireworks display will
follow the bost drawing ceremon
ies.
The Fourth of July celebration
will get underway at 9 a. m.,
President Powell said. The per
sonnel on the USS Murray will
take bus tours of the points of
interest in the county while resi
dents will be given a chance to
visit the destroyer.
The crew of the USS Murray
will be given free refreshments
and food at the USO building that
afternoon and night. The public
will be able to enjoy the food at
the USO at a nominal cost.
All day on the 4th the South
port Junior Woman's club will
sponsor an art show in the school
gym
On July 5, the last day of the
celebration, the public will be al
lowed to tour the USS Murray
all day. That afternoon a soft
ball team from the destroyer will
play the town team at Taylor
Field.
PCA Officials
At Conference
“The volume of credit service
to agriculture by production
credit associations may double
during the next decade,” accord
ing to Edwin S. Clemmons, Di
rector of the Wilmington Produc
tion Credit Association, who has
just returned from Bal Harbour,
Florida, where he attended the
30th Anniversary Production Cre
dit Association Directors’ Con
ference on June 7-9.
Clemmons said, “Reports at the
conference indicated the applica
tion of capital using technology in
agriculture and reorganization of
farm units are continuing and the
short and intermediate term
credit needs of farmers will prob
ably double during the next ten
years. The PCAs should continue
to furnish an increasing share of
the credit needs of farmers.
“The 77 production credit as
sociations in Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina and South Caro
lina have provided approximate
ly $4 billion in credit serve to
farmer members since organiz
ed 30 year ago. The Wilming
ton association has provided
about $25 million to farmers of
this area since organization in
1934,” according to Clemmons.
“The PCAs in the four-state dis
trict with 90,000 farmer-members
made loans to 50,000 of these
members in 1963 in the amount
of more than $265 millon, more
than double the volume 10 years
ago,” he said.
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, June 18,
2:36 A. M. 9:07 A. M.
3:23 P. M. 9:40 P. M.
Friday, June 19,
3:28 A. M. 9:56 A. M.
4:13 P. M. 10:33 P. M.
Saturday, June 20,
4:18 A. M. 10:43 A. M.
5:01 P. M. 11:23 P. M.
Sunday, June 21,
5:04 A. M. 11:27 A. M.
5:46 P. M. 12:09 P. M.
Monday, June 22,
5:50 A. M. 12:10 A. M.
6:29 P. M.
Tuesday, June 23,
6:33 A. M. 0:54 A. M.
7:09 P. M. 12:52 P. M.
Wednesday, June 24,
7:15 A. M. 1:36 A. M.
7:48 P. M. 1:31 P. M.