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Brunswick County
Volume 24 No. 1 8-Pages Today
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STATE PORT PILOT
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1964 5c A COPY
Most of the News
All The Time
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Demolished In Friday Wreck
, SMASHED—On the left is the Parker station wagon which was totally de
^ stroyed in a head-on collision Friday afternoon with the Simmons car, right, which
also was a total loss. No lives were lost in the accident, but five persons were
hospitalized. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Tour Mexico
Barbee Family Trip
Mrs. G. V. Barbee, Sr„ her son,
Frank; and daughter, Dudley,
spent the week of June 15-22 on
a tour of Mexco partly as a vac
ation and partly to get ideas for
Yaupon Beach.
Leaving from Wilmington early
Monday morning, they arrived
in Mexico City around 2 o’clock
central time. After learning a
little about tours and the city,
they visited the Castle of Chapul
tepic, the home of Maximilian,
Prince of Napoleon III. Sur
rounding the castle is the Chap
tepic Park, famous for its size
and its zoo. Also in Mexco City,
they visited the Presidential Pal
ace. Here, on one side of the
main square, the history of Mex
ico is painted in murals on the
walls. The second largest cat
hedral in the word is at another
side of the main square. All the
buildings in this area must have
the design of old Mexico and can
not be modern.
Tuesday afternoon brought a
land tour toward Acapulco. They
went through a military base in
Convaca. The home and gardens
of Baida, discoverer of the rich
est silver vein in Taxco, are also
here. In Taxco, the mountains
cause the streets of cobblestone
to zig-zag up and down. The
streets are really of silver, but
the stones do not have enough
silver to process. Bolda built a
cathedral right over the top of
the richest silver vein which cost
six million pesoes-the altars in
side are covered with 24 carat
gold and have not lost their glow.
Wednesday, they left Taxco
for Acapulco on a highway which
took them out of the mountains.
In Acapulco, they went to the El
Meridor Hotel and restaurant
overlooking the cliffs of the fam
ous Acapulco divers. The dives
have to be precisely timed ac
cording to the waves that go in
to the cave. The water at the
deepest time is only 18 feet deep,
while the dive if from cliffs
nearly 120 feet. Before the dive,
the diver kneels before a cross,
which has been built on the cliffs.
The lights are turned off and as
the diver gets ready to jump, his
assistants light a fire on the op
posite cliff. The boy dives-a swan
dive-but its the boy the spectator
watches and hold his breath until
he comes up and quickly climbs
up the other cliff.
Friday, they returned to Mex
ico City by air. Saturday they
took a more detailed visit to the
Chapultepec Zoo which took the
whole day.
On Sunday came the bullfight,
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-NEWS
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
A. L. Lind observed his 92nd
birthday quietly at home in
Southport on June 22.
BENEFIT SPPPER
The W. S. C. S. is sponsoring
a smorgasbord supper on Friday
night from 5:30 to 8 o’clock at
the Ocean View Methodist
Church at Yaupon Beach.
BAKER SALE
The Women of St. Philip’s
Episcopal Church will have a
Bake Sale starting at 9 a. m. on
Friday, near the post office in
Southport.
TRAVELERS—Mrs. G. V. Barbee, Sr., and her
son, Frank, are shown left standing on the lawn in
front of their hotel while on a recent visit to Mexico.
On the right is Miss Dudley Barbee, the third mem-,
ber of the traveling group.
Brunswick Man
Gets Probation
Joseph Lee Nance, 38-year-old
Calabash shrimper, charged with
murder, pleaded guilty to man
slaughter last week in Superior
court.
Nance had been accused of
striking Johnny Andrew Canady,
55, over the head with a rifle
inflicting blows which later re
sulted in his death.
Irvin Bullard, a witness for the
state, testified that he observed
the activity under investigation
by the court. He said he was
parked in front of Marlowe’s Gro
cery at Wananish on the after
noon of Dec. 24, 1963, and ob
served Nance parked in a pickup
truck beside the store. Later he
noticed Nance motioning in his
direction and started to get out
of his car when Nance directed
Bullard’s attention to the ap
proaching Johnny Andrew Can
ady whom Nance was actually
motioning to.
Bullard said Canady went up
to Nance who had gotten out of
the pickup. While he heard no
words exchanged, Bullard said
he saw Nance strike Canady
across the head with a rifle with
such force that the barrel broke
out of the stock. Canady was hit
a second time with the barrel
of the rifle, and Bullard said he
and his wife told him to stop.
Bullard said he drove Canady
home in Canady’s car. Canady
was later that day taken to the
Columbus County Hospital where
he was treated until released on
January 20. Canady died January
26.
Presented as evidence to the
court was a pathologist’s report
-specifying cause of the death. It
was attributed, in part, to two
blows the deceased received in
the right templar area, but also
noted other chronic illnesses con
tributing to a fatal blood -clot in
the man’s lungs.
A statement from Mickey
Thomas, then Lake Waccamaw
police chief who investigated the
assault, which was read to the
court, included the fact that
Nance told the officer he struck
the man because he was infur
iated as his 12-year-old daughter
had told him the deceased had
“bothered” her.
S. Bunn Frink, attorney for the
defendant, asked the judge to con
sider a probationary term for
Continued On Page 4
Mailing Notices
Of Measurement
The difficulties caused by the
Georgia Court Order have now
been cleared up and 95% of the
measured acreage notices in
Brunswick county have been
mailed, Ralph Price ASCS of
fice manager said this week. The
balance of these notices will be
mailed as fast as office work can
be completed, he said. The field
work has already been completed
on all farms.
Farmers are urged to keep a
close check on their mail and if
an excess notice is received they
should contact the ASCS office
as soon as possible. Some import
ant reminders in connection with
excess notices are:
Farmers must notify ASCS
office of intentions regarding ex
cess tobacco within 7 days from
date of notice. The final date for
notifying this office is shown in
the notice.
If excess tobacco is harvested
after notice of excess is received
field disposition is not permitted.
The final date for notifying the
county office of excess peanuts
will be shown in the notice.
For farmer with excess cotton
or feed grain acreage or who are
deficient in diverted acreage the
final date notifying the office
will be shown in the notice.
For those with excess tobacco
acreage a copy of the U. S. Cir
cuit Court of Appeals Court Or
der is enclosed.
Farmers are warned not to let a
deadline date pass without tak
ing the necessary action, and
they are reminded to bring their
notice when they visit the ASCS
Office.
Five Injured In
Friday Collision
Near Southport
Five Brunswick county resi
dents were admitted to Dosher
Memorial Hospital, two in criti
cal condition, late Friday after
noon as a result of a head-on
collision two miles north of South
port on NC 87.
Harry H. Simpson, 38, Larry
King, 18, George Parker, 46 and
Mrs. Kathaleen Parker, 40, all
of Southport, and Tina Varnum,
2, of Supply, were admitted to
the hospital after the crash.
King, suffering from lacera
tions and Mrs. Parker who had
multiple lacerations, were both in
critical condition. Simpson and
Parker, both with concussions,
were in good condition. The Var
num girl had a fractured leg.
Buddy Simpson, 14, and Wade
Thomas Parker, 11, suffered min
or cuts and 'bruises, but were not
taken to the hospital.
According to Patrolman Earl
Farmer, Simpson was traveling
north of NC 87 about 6 p. m. when
a pick-up directly in front of him
turned into a driveway. Simpson
swerved his car to the left and
crossed the center line and collid
ed head on with a station wagon
driven by Parker, Farmer con
tinued.
Simpson has been charged with
driving a motor vehicle on the
wrong side of the road.
Both the car and the station
wagon were total losses, Farmer
said.
Tom Gilbert, proprietor of Gil
bert’s Funeral Service and assist
ant Brunswick county coroner,
said Saturday that Mrs. Parker
was one: of the worst lascerated
wreck victims he had ever seen.
Her physician was Dr. N. M.
Hornstein, who took about 200
stitches to repair damage to her
face and head. He said today that
she is off the critical list but that
her condition still serious.
Her husband still is in the hos
pital.
World Missions
At Ft. Caswell
Some 800 Baptists of all age
groups are attending World Mis
sions Week at the North Caro
lina Baptist Assembly at Fort
Caswell, according to Manager
Fred Smith.
The missions study has been
broken down into five confer
ences according to age group.
They range from primary chil
dren to adults.
The week is sponsored by the
Woman’s Missionary Union and
the Division of Missions of the
Baptist State Convention. Dr.
E. L. Spivey of Raleigh, director
of the division, and Miss Miriam
J. Robinson, executive secretary
of the WMU, are in charge of
activities for all age groups.
Special guests at the World
Missions Week include:
Mildred Blankenship, literacy
worker, Home Mission Board,
Atlanta, Georgia; Dr. Claude U.
Broach, pastor, St. John’s Bap
tist Church, Charlotte; Dr. W.
Perry Crouch, General-Secretary
Treasurer, Baptist State Conven
tion, Raleigh; Fred L. Kelly, Jr.,
Minister of Music, First Baptist
Church, Winston-Salem; Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey E. Merritt, Mission
aries, Kaduna, Nigeria, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Mitchiner, World
Travelers. Oxford, Mr. and Mrs.
Vance Vernon, Missionaries, Fort
aleza, Brazil, and Zella D. Woody,
Continued On Page 4
Brunswick Backs Moore, Scott
Bellamy, And New Commissioners
Election Returns Posted
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TABULATION—H. Foster Mintz, Chairman of the Brunswick County Board
of Elections, is shown left as he reads the latest returns to Douglas Hawes Satur
day night so the latter could post them on the public bulletin board at Elmore
Motor Co. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Third Annual Event
Arts Festival Planned
The fourth annual Arts Fest- :
ival to be held July 3 through 5 .
in Franklin Park at Southport
will be sponsored toy the Junior
sMfamens Gtubcivrr-S.;;,
' During the past three festivals,
thousands of visitors have come
to Southport, and a great many
have returned pleased with the
picturesque quiet and beauty of
that community.
This year the works will be
shown in the City Hall, library,
and gymnasium.
"Southport will be honored by
the presence of Dr. Senta Dietzel
Bier, juror for this year’s Fest
ival.” Miss Heidi Anderson, Pre
sident of the Junior Womens
Club, has announced. Mr. Bier,
wife of Dr. Justus Bier, Director
of the North Carolina Museum of
Art, is a native of Nuremburg,
Germany. Her art studies include
work at the University of Mun
ich and the University of Zurich.
She received her PH. D., maga
cum laude, at the University of
Bonn.
Dr. Bier, who is the author of
Furttenbachs Gartenentwurfe and
Collectors Opportunity Catalogue,
also had a weekly art column in
the Louisville Courier Journal for
seven years. She was assistant
to the Art Librarian, United
State School for Fine and Applied
Arts, Berlin; Assistant at Vavar
ian National Museum, Munich;
Residens-Museum, Munich; and
Curator, Museum of Industrial
Arts, Hannover, Germany.
Since coming to the United
States, Dr. Bier has served as
lecturer in German and Art His
tory, University of Louisville,
Continued On Page Four
TIME and TIDE
It was July I, 1959, and Cookie Oliver of Southport was
crowned Carolinas Chess champion in the boys division of the
tournament in Southport. Members of the Shallotte Lions Club
were serving lemonade to travelers on Highway 17 in an effort
to cut down on traffic accidnts.
A group of state legislators, headed by Lieutenant Gover
nor Luther Barnhardt, had fished on Southport boats Monday.
Triplets were born to Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Miller of Clarendon
Plantation Saturday at Dosher Memorial Hospital. E. F. Gore
resigned as a member of the Southport Police force.
It was June 30, 1954, and Trinity Methodist Church in
Southport was holding a Youth Activities Week with the help
of Duke University students. Large amounts of fish were being
landed by charter boats and menhaden boats.
Brunswick county was featured in three new, full-colored
folders distributed by the State Department of Conservation and
Development. Because of the excessive heat church services in
the county jail were not held the preceeding Sunday.
It was June 29, 1944, and the county commissioners raised
the tax rate by TO-cents to $1.65. The highway commission was
putting the finishing touches on the eight-mile stretch from US
17 to Holden Beach. The Town of Long Beach was celebrating
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Unofficial Returns For Second Primary
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781 65
2151 251
1641 244
121
254
2051 180| 2241 166
1721 179
Bolivia
Southport 1
1151 117
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165
651 1641 1371 72
751 125
Southport 2
280
211
165
197
2161 1551 1951 165
1811 178
155
147
262
2941 136 1841 220
2411 158
Oak Island
55
82
58
78
981 38
691 57
601 63
Mosquito
63
19
11
60
331 47
37! 32
411 32
Supply
107
91
27
154
85 107
1051 66
561 137
Secession
152
262
168
206
170| 228
267| 93! 1091 304
Shallotte
117
251
124
221
1861 169
1751 160! 207| 157
drying Pan
158
186
97
198
151| 170
181| 1251 180| 143
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Grissettown
114
98
72
124
128| 77
841 1061 122| 83
Shdngletree
132
166
77
191
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901 179| 149| 119
Longwood
103
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441 811 101| 24
Ash
61
139
68
106
120| 74
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Waccamaw
52
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471 39
431 38| 341 42
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Fourth Of July
Celebration Set
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, according to
President William Powell.
' The destroyer USS MURRAY
will be in Southport to help cele
brate the famous American holi
day here, Saturday and Sun
day. The project is sponsored by
the Jaycees and the city of South
port.
President Powell promises
Southport visitors 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 highlight
the day’s events. The ceremony
will be held at the city boat
dock and Whittlers Bench at 8
p. m. on July 4. Several other
prizes will be given away.
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 under Charles
Blake of the points of interest in
the county while residents will be
given a chance to visit the des
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Five Graduate
At East Carolina
Five Brunswick county resi
dents were among the 1,200 grad
uates of East Carolina College
Sunday at the school's 55 annual
commencement program at
Greenville.
The graduates from Brunswick
included Joe Cephue Best of Ice
land, MA; Dorothy Ward Brittain
of Leland, BS; Harvey Daniel
Russ of Shallotte, BS: Albert
Glenworth Trunnell, Jr., of South
port, BS; and Sandra Joy Holden,
of Supply, BS.
The ship will anchor off the
city dock Thursday morning
about 8 o’clock. Under the lead
ership of Bobby Jones and Harold
Aldridge, visitors will be able to
tour the MURRAY Saturday and
Sunday afternoons from 1 to 4:30
p. m. Boats owned by Ernest
Parker and Vereen Brothers and
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All first primary leaders for
county offices races were nomin
ated by Brunswick county Dem
ocratic voters Saturday and Dan
K. Moore received a majority In
the governor’s battle.
The two incumbents who were
seeking re-nomination to the
board of County Commissioners
were both defeated Saturday by
county Democrats. George T.
Rourk won over Dillon Ganey by
a count of 2,405 to 2,025 for the
Northwest seat while Clemit Hol
den edged Ira L. Chadwick 2,17T
to 2,139 for the Lockwoods Folly
position.
Cinlton Bellamy defeated H.
Mercer Johnson for the nomin
ation for Judge of Recorder’s
Court. Bellamy polled 2,460, the
highest vote for a county can
didate Saturday, while Johnson
had 2,143.
Brunswick joined with other
North Carolina voters in nomina
ting Dan K. Moore for gevernor.
Moore was the county’s choice by
2,626 votes to 2,214 for L. Rich
ardson Preyer.
Robert L. (Bob) Scott had
trouble defeating Clifton Blue
:or lieutenant governor in .Bruns
wick although it was a close race
state-wide with Scott the winner
by a narrow margin. Scott, who
received more votes than any
other candidate of the Brunswick
ticket, polled 2,862 and carried
all 18 Brunswick precincts while
Blue had 1,610.
The voters in Northwest town
ship nominated W. H. “Punkie”
Robbins for the position of con
stable. Robbins polled 449 votes
in the two precincts to defeat
Golden Thornton, who had 330.
The closest race in Brunswick
county Saturday was between
Holden and Chadwick for the
Lockwoods Folly seat on the
Board of Commissioners. It was
a see-saw affair all night long
as returns poured into the Board
of Election’s headquarters at Bol
ivia. Holden . held only a two
vote lead when the last precinct
to report, Leland, gave him a 38
vote victory. Even so Chadwick
carried 10 precincts to 8 for Hol
den.
Continued On Page Four
New Minister At
Shallotte Camp
All but one of the Methodist *
ministers serving churches in |
Brunswick county were returned J
to their county pulpits by the >
North Carolina Conference in *
Burlington Thursday. I
Rev. M. L. DeHart was appoint- *
ed to replace Rev. Arthur Phil- j
lips at the Camp Methodist in .
Shallotte.
Methodist pastors re-appointed f
to their posts include Rev. J. A. *
Starnes, Bolivia; Rev. R R. .
Knowles, Ocean View; Rev. W. {
B. Gregory, Shallotte circuit; f
Rev. C. H. Lancaster, Southport; 5
and Rev. Allen Richardson, Town i
Creek. ., |
The Rev. Mr. Phillips, pastor t
for the past five years at Shal- J
lotte, is going to Edenton Street |
Methodist Church in Raleigh ’ as *
associate pastor. During his res- t
idence in Brunswick he has been !'
active in many community pyo-f
jects, including the Brunswick !
Historical Association and the
Shallotte Lions Club. Mrs. Phillips t
has served as part-time librarian ?
at Shallotte Public Library. I
Tide Table
Following la the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fears |i
Pilot’s Association.
high LOW
Thursday, July 2,
0:23 A. M. 7:09 A.
1:01 P. M. 7:31 P.
Friday, July 3,
1:19 A. M. 8:04 A.
2:04 P. M. 8:39 P.
Saturday, July 4,
2:21 A. M. 9:03 A.
3:07 P. .VI. 9:48 P.
Sunday, July 5,
3:25 A. M. 10:03 A.
3:10 P. M. 10:52 P.
Monday, July 6,
4:29 A . M. 11:02 A.
5:11 P. M. 11:53 P.
Tuesday, July 7, , .
5:32 A. M. 11:58 A. M.
5:10 P. M.
Wednesday, July 8,
6:33 A. M. 0:50 A. M,'
7:08 P. M. 12:54 P. M.
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