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THE STATE PORT
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1964
Street To Yacht Basin
M
CLEARING—State Highway forces were busy last week clearing the right of
way for the extension of West Street to the site of the Southport Small Boat Basin
tor which contracts will be opened next Tuesday. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Thomasville Man
Fatally Wounds
Wife In Shooting
A Thomasville man has been
arrested on charges of fatally
shooting his wife and seriously
injuring her granddaughter at
a Varnumtown cottage early
Sunday morning.
Walter Wyatt, 57, was taken
into custody at the scene of the
shooting by Deputy Aubrey Hick
man, assisted 'by Deputy Alex
Gainey. Mrs. Lona Patricia Wy
att, 67, was found dead and her
■J granddaughter, Delores Adams,
critically _ wounded. ^
Wyatt has been charged with
murder and assault with a deadly
weapon with the intent to kill. He
is in the Brunswick county jail
at Southport. “If the Adams girl
dies, he will be facing a double
murder charge,” Hickman said.
Brunswick Coroner Lowell Ben
nett said Mrs. Wyatt died instant
ly after being shot twice. The first
bullet from the .22 calibre semi
automatic rifle entered under her
arm and penetrated her heart
while the second shot hit her in
the left shoulder.
Miss Adams is in James Walker
Hospital in Wilmington with a
single bullet wound. Her condi
tion was described as critical.
A second granddaughter, Lena
Mae Adams, 13, who was in the
cottage at the tame of the shoot
ing, escaped unharmed by run
ning from the house when the
first shot was fired.
The shootings occurred at a
Varnumtown cottage rented by
the group at about 9:45 Sunday
morning.
Deputy Hickman arrested Wy
att while he was sitting calmly
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IN GREENSBORO
Mrs. Martin Nielsen of Shal
lotte, county president of the Re
publican Woman’s Club, will at
tend a two-day meeting of the
North Carolina GOP Woman’s
club in Greensboro Friday and
Saturday,
MOVES OFFICE
Assistant Superintendent Wil
liam N. Williams has moved his
office from the Board of Educa
tion offkice in the court house to
the County School Warehouse
the County School Warehouse on
the ice plant road in Southport.
MAKE-UP CLINICS
A make-up clinic for persons
who missed receiving their oral
polio sugar cube on the “Stop
polio Sundays” recently conduct
ed in Brunswick county will be
held at the Southport and Shal
lotte Health Departments Tues
day from 9 a. m. to 12 noon and
£»ra 7 p. m. to 4 p. m.
MAKING cruise
Miss Dianne Rees, daughter of
{j; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rees, Jr.,
j ■le^ Sunday from Morehead City
for a cruise on the MS Riveria
Prima. A visit to the World’s
Fair in New York and a trip to
Bermuda is included in the
cruise. She is accompanied by her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
t N. Apple of Greensboro.
City Tax Rate To
Remain At $1.30
Members of the Southport Board 1
of Aldermen had reason to be
mighty thankful this week for
the revenue from the city-oper
ated electric power distribution
service, for were it not for this
source of income it would require
a tax rate of $5.85 to underwrite
the $253,000 budget now under
consideration.
Since the city does distribute
electricity, the proposed tax rate
will remain at $1.30 for the com
ing year if the present budget
•'itTappbovtfd'aji Ts SSpetfEed. ''
Of the $253,000 proposed ex
penditure, $26,000 is for debt ser
vice.
Anticipated revenue breaks
down in the following categories:
Ad valorem taxes, $36,000; Powell
Bill, $11,500; Beer & Wine, $2,
800; ABC, $6,000; Intangile tax,
$1,500; miscellaneous sources, in
cluding water, privilege licenses,
dog and auto license tags, etc.
$19,000.
This leaves a balance of $150,
000 to come from the profit on
the sale of electric current by
the City of Southport.
First reading of the proposed
budget was on June 11, with the
second reading scheduled for
July 9. Following that meeting,
the budget will lie open for in
spection for a period of 20 days
before final adoption.
A search of the financial his
tory of the city shows that the
budget has doubled in the past 10
years, but that the tax rate at
that time was $2.00 per hundred
as compared to the present tax
rate of $1.30.
The city has been in the power
distribution business for many
years, and until about 12 years
ago manufactured its own current
at the municipal power plant
near the hospital. At that time,
because of the antiquated cond
ition of much of the generating
equipment, arrangements were
made to purchase power at
wholesale from Carolina Power
& Light Co. This is delivered to
a point at the old power plant
building, and responsibility for
distribution to customers thro
ughout the city and surrounding
area is handled by city forces.
At Governor’s
Special School
In the first week of study at
the Governor’s School are two
Brunswick County students, Karen
Ileen Nielson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. F. Nielson of Shal
lotte, and James Bryant, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Bryant of
Supply.
The Governor’s School opened
for 400 gifted and talented high
school students selected from
3,000 applicants from 95 of North
Carolina’s 100 counties. Each stu
dent was selected for his dem
onstrated ability in one of the
major fields, which include Art,
English, French, Mathematics,
Natural Science, Social Science,
Choral Music Instrumental Mus
ic Drama and Dance.
Karen, a rising junior at the
State School for the Blind in Ra
leigh, will study social science
this summer, while James, a ris
ing senior at Union High School,
is in the area of natural science!
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Mail Notices To
Tobacco Growers
All conuty farmers who have
not received their 1964 tobacco
notices should contact the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service office in Shallotte
immediately, said Manager Ralph
Price Tjjesd%y;
Manager ’ Price Said all the
notices to county farmers were
mailed Tuesday except to to
bacco growers who are in excess.
"Farmers who do not receive
notices can request remeasure
ment or disposition,” he added.
“We want to help them in any
way we can.”
CAP Operators
Report Election
Two county Civil Air Patrol
members will again cover the
election returns in Brunswick
county for use on state-wide
vision.
Alton Clemmons and Henry Car
ter, both of Shallotte, will relay
county voting totals to Raleigh
where they will be shown on a
five-station television hook-up
covering North Carolina.
Returns from the other 99 coun
ties in the state will also be sent
to Raleigh in the same manner
to help television cover the Dem
ocratic primary elections for gov
ernor and lieutenant governor.
Clemmons and Carter both per
formed the same duties on the
night cf the May 30 primary—
the first time either man had ever
undertaken such a task.
They had no trouble or prob
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Announce Plans
For Water Show
Watersportsmen will have a
field day Sunday, July 12, during
the Southeastern U. S. champion
ship motorboat races to be held
at Boiling Springs Lakes. An ex
citing water ski show is expect
ed to be another highlight of the
day.
The annual event is sponsored
by Shriners of Columbus and
Brunswick and New Hanover
counties for benfit of the Shrin*
ers endowed hospital in Green
ville, S. C.
Last year’s affair, held at Lake
Waccamaw, had an attendance in
excess of 5,000 with the Shriners
turning over proceeds to their
Crippled Children’s Hospital in
the amount of $3,000.
A spokesman for the club said
this year’s race has been sanct
ioned by the National Outboard
Racing Association, with the
winners to be qualified to run for
the national championships.
Buck Horton of Whiteville,
coordinator of the production,
said the race is expected to have
the participation of top racers of
the country.
The Charlotte Water Ski Club
members will make a reutm en
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Young People
Participate In
Assembly Plans
More than 700 young people
from throughout North Carolina
are participating in Baptist
Training Union week activities at
the Baptist Assembly at Fort
Oaswell, says Manager Fred J.
Smith.
The highlight of the activities
will come Friday morning at
11:485 when the finals of the Bap
tist Young People’s Speeking
Tournament will be held under
the direction of Rev. Sam O’Neal
of Raleigh. More than 200 young
Baptist boys and girls entered the
speaking competition and the field
has been narrowed down to the
four finalists. The winner will
represent the State at the South
wide tournament next month.
The Baptist Training Union
week at Fort Caswell Is under
th^. direction of James P. Mor
gan of Raleigh, state BTU sec
retary. He is assisted by Rev.
O’Neal, Miss Katy Ruth Grayson,
of Raleigh, Mrs. J. R. Everett
of Rocky Mount and Miss Doris
Morgan of Raleigh.
The more than 700 young people
attending the assembly this week
range In age from 9 to 24. They
are divided into sections, includ
ing young people, intermediates,
juniors and primaries.
Operating under the theme of
“One . World—One Lord” the
groups will learn how to improve
BTU activities at local churches
and discuss critical issues of the
day. Vesper services are held
nightly under the leadership of
Mrs. A. L. Parker of Greensboro.
Dr. Perry Crouch, general Bap
tist secretary, leads the evening
worship services.
Some of the outstanding mem
bers of the faculty at Caswell
this week include SBI Director
Walter F. Anderson of Raleigh,
iRev. Sam High, Maryland .train
ing union director, Gorner Lesch
of Tennessee, a member of the
Baptist Sunday School Board, and
Joe Mason of Georgia, to name
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Veteran Peace
Officer Passes
Orrin W. Perry, long-time law
enforcement officer of Brunswick
County, died at home at Leland,
Thursday afternoon.
A native of Bladen County, Mr.
Perry was bom at Council on
Dec. 13, 1897. He was, therefore,
66 years old at the time of death.
He was the son of the late Alton
J. and Nena VanOrsdel Perry.
He served more than 36 years
with the Brunswick County Sher
iff’s department as a deputy sher
iff, then retired from active duty
on July 1, 1957. However, he re
mained on call as a special deputy
and remained active in law en
forcement work in Brunswick un
til the time of his death.
Mr. Perry was a member of
Wood bum Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Toie S. Perry of the home; a son,
Orrin W. Perry, Jr. of Morehead
City; four daughters, Mrs. Amar
ette Pierce and Mrs. Lois Wood,
both of Venice, Calif., Mrs.
Gladys P. Lewis and Mrs. Toie
Perry Lennon, both of Wilming
ton; a. brother, Andrew H. Perry
of Leland; two sisters, Mrs.
Estelle Sellers of Wilmington and
'Mrs. Ella Meshaw of Council; 13
grandchildren and a great-grand
child.
Final rites were held Saturday
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Preyer Makes Boat Trip
FERRY-—Gubernatorial Candidate L. Richardson Preyer is shown standing in
the boat which ferried him from the lower end of Long Beach late Saturday after
noon in time to meet a crowd of people across Lockwoods Folly Inlet at Holden
Beach. The short boat trip saved 35-miles of highway travel and about an hour in
time during a busy schedule as the Greensboro man paid his third visit of the cam
paign to Brunswick county.
Preyer Visits
Brunswick For
Bolivia Meeting
Gubernatorial candidate L.
■Richardson Preyer spent the last
Saturday afternoon before the
Second Primary election on a
■tour of Brunswick county, wind
ing up with a speaking engage
ment and a barbecue dinner in
'his honor at Bolivia High School.
... The candidate for the Democ
ratic nomination fot . goveme*
Tame down from Wilmington and
made several stops enroute to
Southport and Long Beach. He
was met at the Sawdust Train
by an enthusiastic group of well
wishers, then made a quick trip
into town for a hand-shaking
tour of the stores and along the
Southport waterfront.
Next he headed tor Yaupon
Beach, then to Long Beach,
then to Long Beach where he vis
ited the Olty Hall and met mem
bers of the Town Council, which
was concluding its regular meet
ing. From this point, he and May
or E. F. Middleton drove down
the beach to a lot in the Kings
Lynn Section which the Preers
•purchased in 1952.
Since his itinerary called for
visits at Holden Beach, Supply
and other points in the center of
■the county, arrangements had
been made to take Preyer and
members of his party, including
press and television representa
tives, by boat over to Holden
Beach, where automobiles were
waiting to take up the tour of
Brunswick.
The motorcade stopped at sev
eral points to give Preyer an op
portunity to meet more people
before winding up at Bolivia.
Speaking in the High school au
ditorium, Preyer t once more
placed the cause of education at
the very forefront of his pro-''
gram to, be carried out if he is *
nominated and elected governor.
■He spoke of the importance of
Highway No. 17 and promised
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TIME and TIDE
lit was June 24, 1959, and the Southport Public Library
was to hold an open house in the new quarters at the City
Hall. Mrs. Phil King, county Red Cross chairman and service
worker, said the 1959 fund raising campaign in Brunswick was
a total failure.
Dr. Norman Homstein took first place in the senior divis
ion of the Soqthport Chess Tournament while Dale Swain was
itops in the junior section. Mr*. Annie Laurie Ramseur accept
ed a position .with the Brunswick County Board of Education
in Southport.
It was June 23, 1954, and plans were announced for the
annual Live Oak Festival in Southport on July 5. The Baptist
Assembly at Fort Caswell opened Monday. James C. Bownter
was elected president of the Southport Lions Club, succeeding
W. P. Jorgensen.
Jerry Dilsaver and Janet Sullivan were named the most
popular boy and girl at the Southport baby contest Saturday.
The marriage of Miss Ruby Viola Clemmons of Supply to Ramon
Babson of Freeland was solemnized Saturday.
It was June 22, 1949, and Miss Doris Swan was crowned
queen at the Southport Homecoming Day celebration! O. C. 4
Burton, who had just retired as principal of Bolivia High
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Second Primary
II Election Saturday
CUR. It. E. ADAMS
Raise Funds To
Feed Visitors
The Southport Jaycees and the
city of Southport are currently
holding a fund raising drive in
the area to help defray the ex
penses of the entertainment of
memlbers of the crew of the USS
Murray on the fourth of July.
Almost $100 has been raised to
finance the joint city Jaycee
project under the leadership of
city Manager C. William Pawell
and Jaycee Treasurer William C.
Love.
The funds raised will be Used
to serve supper the fourth of
July in honor of the crew of the
visiting destroyer.
President Powell called upon
Southport ladies to help with the
cooking and serving of the sup
per. “We need all the help we can
find to make the project success
ful,” he added.
Continued On Page Four
Texas Visitors
Here Thursday
Members of the Denson Edu
catinal tour stopped in Southport
for lunch Thursday during a visit
to historical spots between Texas
and the New York World’s Fair.
The 36 members of the tour
ing group were welcomed to
Southport by City Manager C. D.
Pickerrell who gave them fold
ers and other information about
■the city.
After having lunch at Louis’s
Fine Foods, the group visited
Brunswick Town and Orton Plan
tation in the county before mov
ing on to see other historical sites
on the way to the World’s Fair.
The tour was organized by Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Denson, both
teachers in the Houston School
System. Most of the members of
the group are school teachers and
retired people*
: Brunswick Democratic voters
will go to the polls Saturday to
nominate candidates tor three
county and two state offices.
The county offices at stake in
clude two positions on the Board
of Commissioners, where George
T. Rourk will take on Dillon Gian
, ey in Northwest township and A.
-dinadt. Holden. ,wjil hatfte,. Ira
Chadwick in Lockwoods Folly -
township; and Judge of Recorder’s
Court, where a contest 'between
Clinton Bellamy and H. Mercer
Johnson looms.
In addition, W. H. “Punkie”
Robbins and Golden Thornton will
be running for the Democratic
nomination for constable in a con
test to ibe decided by Northwest
township voters only. Robbins led
the five-man race for the positon
in the first primary but did not
(have a majority.
Two state-wide races tor gov
ernor and lieutenant governor will
also be at stake Saturday. Dan
K. Moore called tor a second pri
mary against L. Richardson Prey
er tor governor and Clifton Blue
called Robert Scott in the race for
'lieutenant governor.
The polls will be open at all
18 county precincts from 6:30
a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Board of Elec
tions Chairman H. Foster Mints
of Bolivia announced that the
same registrars and judges who
served during the first primary
on May 30 will be on duty again
Saturday.
Bellamy was the high man in
a tour-man field in the race for
Judge of Recorder’s court during
the first primary. He polled 1,586
while Johnson had 1,425, Roney
Cheers 1,003 and Cortez Ward
833.
Both Rourk and Holden were
tops in their races tor positions of
the board of commissioners but
did not have majorities. Rourk
With 1,876, defeated incumbent
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Raleigh Woman
Festival Judge
Mrs. Senta Dietsel Bier, will
judge the annua! Southport Arts
Festival July 3-5, according to
Miss Heidi Anderson, president of
the Southport Junior Woman’s
Club.
Mrs. Bier, wife of Justus Bier,
director of the State Museum of
Art in Raleigh, has a distin
guished background in the arts.
Born in Nurem'burg, Germany,
Mrs. Bier studied at the Univer
sity of Munich and the the Uni
versity of Zurich and took her
Ph. D. magna cum laude at the
University of Bonn.
She is the author of a book on
17th Century Formal Garden De
signs and an art book, “Collec
tor’s Opportunity”. She wrote a
weekly art column for the Louis
ville Courier-Journal from 1953
to i960. She has lectured in art
at the University of Louisville
and Bellarmine College.
In Europe, Mrs. Bier served
as assistant Art Librarian at the
United States School tor fine arts
and applied arts in Berlin and as
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Submit Budget \ j
At Long Beach \
Town Meeting \
Town Manager Dan L. Walker |
submitted a proposed budget of
$94,000 for the 1964-65 fiscal year
at the June meeting of the Long
Beach Board of Commissioners.
The proposed budget represents
an increase of $20,000 over the >
1963-64 income of the town.
The board voted unamiously
to begin a concentrated program
of street stabilization. On a mo
tion by Commissioner E. W. Mor
gan, $20,000 of an estimated
$35,000 income in Powell Bill
funds was set aside for the sta
bilization program on streets to
be designated by the board. The
work will be done on a yearly
contract basis with 'the North Car
olina Highway Department.
As another indication of the
growth of the Long Beach area,
Walker informed the board that
federal avaition athorities have
formally recognized the legality
of titles to land for the Bruns
wick County Airport which will be
built across the Intercoastal1
Waterway between Long Beach
and Southport. The action by the
federal authorities allows the Air
port Commission to give the go
ahead to contractors to start con
struction.
The board voted to request the
U. S. Corps of Engineers to
dredge and maintain Lockwood
Polly Inlet, gave formal approv
al to a contract with the North
Carolina Division of Community
Planning and denied a request
by the Good Shepherd Home of
Waceamaw to close a portion of
two streets on land owned by
the Home.
The meeting opened with a live
ly exchange on the subject of al
lowing jeeps on the strand. One
citizen proposed that all vehicles
he banned from the strand dur
ing the summer months. After
protests 'by numerous jeep own
ers in the audience, the board
voted to continue to allow vehicles
on toe strand and to study means
...Strict, enforcement of speed
and safety provisions. - *y ' -i
W. W. May, a member of the ■
newly apolnted Long Beach
Planning Board, reported
to the Commission that the Plan
ning Board was concerned with
(the lack of available land which
might be reserved for future
schools and recreational areas.
“We are five to ten years late
starting on this problem,” May
said. “The longer we wait, the
worse it will get.”
May suggested that the com
missioners meet with officials of
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County Teachers >. |
Given Approval
Several new teachers and a
principal were approved for the
1964-65 school year by the Bruns- »
wick County Board of Education
at a special meeting Tuesday.
L. R. Biggerotaff was approved ,
for the position of principal of • [.£-■
Southport High School. He re
places Willard Cox in the South- j
port post. •;
The new teachers hired by the?
board include Mrs. Essie Perry •
for 'Southport and Mrs. Betty N. \
Hewett and Mrs. Ann H. Sinclair, '
both for Bolivia. X
Meta Gail McNiel, Sandra Lee ■
Oliver, Sherwood Godfrey, Robert
K. McKeithan, William P. Me-.
■Keithan, Tim Lawrence and
David Bullard were released J;'
from the county to attend New , ??*
Hanover schools next year,
Tide Table J
Following is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hoars are
approximately correct and . f
were furnished The State r;1
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW L
Thursday, June 25
7:53 A. M. 2:16 A. M.
8:25 P. M. 2:09 P. M. V
Friday, June 26,
8:30 A. M. 2:56 A. M.
9:00 P. M. 2:47 P. M.
Saturday, June 27
9:06 A. M. 3:35 A. M.
9:34 P. M. 3:25 P. M.
Sunday, June 28
9:43 A. M. 4:13 A. M.
10:09 P. M. 4:04 P. M.
Monday, June 29
10:24 A. M. 4:52 A .M.
10:48 P. M. 4:45 P. M.
Tuesday, June 30
11:10 A. M. 5:34 A. M.
11:32 P. M. 5:33 P. M.