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SOUTHPORT. N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1964
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To Hold Meeting
To Discuss Plan
To Extend City
A decision to extend the city
limits and the approval of the
1964-65 budget highlighted a
meeting of the Southport Board
of Aldermen at the city hall
Thursday night.
The board voted unanimously
to call a public hearing on the
question of extending the city
limits to the Sawdust trail. The
proposed area for annexation in
cludes one block of each side of
Highway 211 to Blake Builders
Supply. The public hearing will
be held August 27 at the court
house at 7:30 p.. m.
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.,
pointed out the city must furnish
the new area with the same ser
vices that the majority of resi
dents are now receiving within
two years.
City Auditor W. L. Aldridge said
the area involved was listed on
the county tax books at a pros
pective return of $1,400. "The new
residents should save in fire in
surance what they will pay in
city taxes,” Mayor Tomlinson de
clared.
The motion to hold the public
hearing on the question was made
by Crawford Kourk, seconded by
■Fred Spencer, and unanimously
passed.
The proposed 1964-65 city bud
get of $248,000 was approved by
the board on second reading by
Auditor Aldridge. The present tax
Tate of $1.30 will remain the same.
The motion for the action was
made by Harold Aldridge, second
ed by J. A. Gilbert and unani
mously passed.
Because of the success of the
Fourth of July festivities, the
board decided to begin work im
mediately to make the celebra
tion bigger and better in 1965. It
was decided to appoint one mem
ber from the following civic
groups to help plan the event:
Lions club, Daughters ot Amer
ica, Jaycees, Woman’s Club
Junior Woman’s club. the South- ~
■port, Live Oak and Woodbine
Garden Clubs, and the Negro Citi
zens League. The city officials
and the board will serve in an
advisory capacity to the commit
tee.
A contest to select a slogan for
the 1965 city license plates was
organized by the board. Prizes
of $15, $10 and $5 will be offered
to anyone, regardless of where
they live, who submits the best
slogan embracing the marina
concept. The action was taken
so the former slogan, “North Car
olina’s Only Natural Harbor”,
which is 10 years old, could be
changed. All entries must be re
ceived by the city not later than
August 12 at 12 noon.
The judges for the contest, ap
pointed by Mayor Tomlinson, in
clude the folowing presidents of
Southport civic clubs: William
Powell, Jaycees; Mrs. Tommy
Kirby, Junior Woman’s Club: and
Mrs. Tom Gilbert, Daughters of
Amenca.
In connection with the new city
tags, Police Chief Herman Strong
suggested that the name South
port appear in larger type. The
board decided to hold a full dis
cusion on the matter at the Au
gust meeting. The motion for the
action was made by Alderman
Gilbert, seconded by Alderman
Rourk and unanimously adopted.
The board held a long discus
sion on the problem or children
riding bicycles on the city side
walks before deciding to im
pound the bikes of violators.
Chief Strong said he had warned
violators but to no avail since they
could not be prosecuted in court
■because of their age. The board
ordered Chief Strong to impound
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•-NEWS-1
FLORIDA TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker and
children left Sunday for a week
long trip to Florida.
republican club
The Brunswick County Repub
lican club will meet Friday night
at 8 o'clock to elect new officers,
Party Chairman H. L. Willetts
announced Tuesday.
CUT-OVER postponed
Earl Bellamy, manager of the
Atlantic Telephone Membership
Corporation, said today that the
cut-over scheduled for Sunday,
July 19, for the Holden Beach Ex
change has been postponed until
August 1®. “Problems brought
about in coordination the read
iness of some of the new facilities
have necessitated this delay,”
Bellamy said.
Clearing Land For Airport
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',. CLEARING—Bulldoziers from Lincoln Construction Company were at work
this (Wednesday) morning clearing the site of the Brunswick County Airport,
yphich is to be located west of the Beach Highway near the Inland Waterway
bridge. (Staff Photo by Allen) .
Here In Brunswick
Constructing Airport
Construction of the new Bruns
wick County airport, which is
expected to he completed within
60 days, began today (Wednes
day) after ground breaking cere
monies at the site near Long
Beach Monday.
The facility, which will be lo
cated on a 119-acre site alongside
NC 133, has been approved by
the Federal Aviation Agency for
; traffic up through twin engine
plans. The money for the airport
was raised 'by a $43,000 federal
grant and matching contributions
from the county, its towns and
residents. '
Chairman H. A. Templeton, Jr.
announced that more than $86,000
has been received by the County
Airport Commission in money
and pledges for the new facility.
The commission has been work
ing (for an airport for the past
three years. Contracts for con
struction were signed more than
a year ago. “inability to obtain
matching funds and property nec
essitated the delay”, Chairman
Templeton stated.
The chairman predicted at the
ground breaking ceremonies that
the new airport will help bring
more people to Brunswick and
boost industrialization in the
county.
The facility is to have a 32,000
foot sod landing strip 250 feet
wide running north-east and
south-west. The airport will
serve the county’s beaches,
Southport, Boiling Spring Lakes
and nearby area.
F. H. Swain, outgoing chair
man of the county commission
ers, drove a post-hole digger into
the wet sand at the site signal
ing Lincoln Construction Co.
workers to begin preparing the
site. .
Chairman Templeton said the
construction firrii holds ,a $43,000
contract for site, preparation. Re
mainder of hinds available for
the facility were used to buy prop
erty and to pay legal and engi
neering fees.
Donald Sneeden, owner of the
construction .company, declared
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Students Loans
Now Available
Persons unable to further their
education because of finances
may seek help through a student
loan administered by the North
Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Cor
poration. A rural resident of any
age may pevrsue any undergard
uate course of study deemed suit
able by the corporation.
Loans will not exceed $1,000 per
school year and will bear simple
interest at the rate of 4 percent
per year from the date the course
of study is completed. If a stu
dent discontinues the course of
study before its completion, inter
est will accrue from the date of
such discontinuance.
Repayment of the loan will be
gin upon completion of the course
and will be made in monthly in
stallments. The period of repay
ment shall not exceed 5 years.
'Each loan student will be requir
ed to sign a promissory note for
the amount of the loan.
For application forms and rules
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Miss Brunswick
Enjoys Pageant
Although Miss Brunswick Coun
ty, Carolyn Minton, did not win
the Miss North Carolina title, 'she
said she thoroughly enjoyed the
pageant last week.
“I do not feel badly about los
ing,” Miss Minton said. “I was
just one of the 79 girls who did
n’t win. I had a real good time
in Raleigh and would not trade
the experience for anything.”
She said she met- the new Miss
North Carolina, Sharon Finch, the
former Miss North Carolina, Ma
ria Fletcher, a former Miss Am
erican from this state, and the
present Miss American. “X talked
with Miss American on several
occasions,” she added.
Miss Minton who is me daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Min
ton of Southport, said she did not
have an opportunity to see the
pageant until it came on televi
sion Saturday night. After each
girl performed, she would spend
the rest of the evening in the
basement of the auditorium with
the other girls. They only got a
chance to see the event when it
was on television Saturday night.
“I met a lot of the other girls
while we were together down
stairs,” she added.
All the girls rode in convertibles
for a parade in Raleigh Thursday.
It rained that afternoon and Miss
Brunswick County did not have
a umbrella “I got soaking wet,”
she said with a smile. “The rain
was running down my face!”
While in Raleigh Miss Minton
received encouragement from
people back home. The Shallotte
Jaycees sent her two corsages
and several county residents sent
telegrams.
The contestants met a hard
schedule while at the pageant.
They went to bed after 2 a. m.
and got up before 6 a. m. They'
were kept on the move all day
long. “When we returned to
Southport Sunday afternoon I
went straight to bed,” she admit
ted. “I got up for supper but -
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Beer-Wine Vote
At Long Beach
A beer and wine vote will be
held at Long Beach August 28,
according to Town Manager Dan
L. Walker.
The qualified voters of Long
Beach will decide whether to al
low beer and wine to be sold for
“on premises consumption” at
grade hotels, motels and res
taurants only and “off premises
consumption,, by licensees in
the town.
Manager Walker said the reg
istration books will be open Au
gust 1 until August 18 and will
be at the Town Hall the first
Saturdays of that month.
•Mrs. Charline Johnson has been
named registrar while Miss Ray
Venable and Heber 0. Clark
judges.
GROVER A. GORE
Brunswick Man
Chips Official
Grover A. Gore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grover R. Gore of Shallotte,
was recently named an officer,
Secretary, of the Chip’s Franch
ise System, Incorporated, by its
Board •of Directors. j
Gore is a graduate of Shallotte
High School, a graduate of North
Carolina State College, Raleigh,
and a 1963 graduate of the School
of Law of Wake Forest College,
Winston-Salem.
The Chip’s Company, with its
home office in Rocky Mount,
operates a chain of drive-in rest
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Church Music
Week Now Going
On At Assembly
Church Music Week, featuring
nightly concerts, is toeing ob
served toy more than 700 Baptists
this week at the North Carolina
Baptist Assembly, according to
Manager Fred Smith.
He said the public is invited to
attend the quality musical recit
als at the Assembly each night
this week, at 8:15 o’clock.
James Clyburn, a native of
Charleston, S. C., will present a
piano recital Thursday night. He
is a member of the musical fac
ulty at Meredith College in Ra
leigh.
On Friday night, a German re
quiem by Johannes Brannes will
be presented by the Church
Music Conference choir conduct
ed by Donald Plott, director of
music at Davidson College. Miss
Virginia Babikian, a soprano who
conducted a concert at the As
sembly Monday night, will take
part in the event.
More than 700 Baptists in North
Carolina, representing all age
groups, are participating in the
Church Music Week under the di
rection of Music Secretary Joseph
Stroud of the Baptist State Con
vention.
During morning study periods
the campers "are learning about
Christian Hymnody, conducting,
singing, hymn playing, music in
worship choir work and Bible
study. In the afternoon, choirs
are formed by age groups for
practice for the Friday night con
cert.
Rev. Charles C. Coffey of the
First Baptist Church in Kanna
polis is serving as the conference
pastor this week.
Fisheries Group
Meets Saturday
The commercial fisheries com
mittee of the - 8tateBoardOf Cha
se rvaton and Development Will
meet at Morehead City Saturday
for discussions of matters relat
ing to the commercial fishing in
dustry.
The committee will start its
meeting at 10 a. m. in the hearing
room of the Division of Commer
cial Fisheries at the old Section
Base.
All commercial fishermen wish
ing to be heard on any matter
relating to eommerical fishing is
invited to be present.
Eric W. Rodgers of Scotland
Neck is committee chairman.
Other committee members are:
Ernest E. Parker, Jr., Southport;
Lorimer W. Midgett, Elizabeth
City; Luther W. Gurkin, Jr., Ply
mouth; Dr. John Dees, Burgaw.
The meeting of the commer
cial fisheries committee will be
held prior to the summer meet
ing of the State Board of Conser
vation and Development, which
will be held the following Monday
and Tuesday.
The Board’s Monday sessions
will be held in historic Fort Mac
on, a part of Fort Macon State
Park. It is located across Bogue
Sound from Morehead City and
Beaufort.
Director Robert L. Stallings, Jr.
of the State Department of Con
servation and Development, and
Dr. David A. Adams, State Fish
eries Commissioner and head of
the C&D Department’s Division
of Commercial Fisheries, are
slated to attend the meeting of
the Commercial Fisheries Com
mittee.
TIME and TIDE
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It was July 15, 1959, and Chaplain Thomas S. Clarkson,
: ’a retired Army Major was named priest of the St. Phillip’s
Episcopal Church in Southport and the Northwest Church. Two
Columbus county men were killed Sunday in an automobile
accident near Ash.
There was a local movement urging Governor Luther
Hodges to appoint Representative James C. Bowman to the
State Highway Commission. The Board of Commissioners pre
sented the 1959-60 budget with a tax rate of $1.20, the same
as! last year.
It was July 14, 1954, and Edward B. Taylor of Rutherford
ton won $10 for submitting the slogan, “North Carolina’s Only
Natural Harbor”, for the 1955 Southport city license plates. It
was announced that General Mark Clark would be coming to
Southport in the fall to fish.
Coroner John G. Caison was seriously ill in the hospital.
County Sanitary Officer Willis C. Sellers resigned after serving
for two years in the post. Douglas H. Hawes was elected presi
dent of the Bolivia Lions Club. Southport boats were making
large catches of fish.
It was July 13, 1949, and Captain John Potter had landed
more menhaden fish than any other captain in Southport, al
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Lions International
Elects Dr. Rourk
A Shallotte doctor received one
of the highest honors in Lions
International at the groups con
vention in Toronto, Canada, last
Week.
Dr. M. Henderson Rourk was
elected to membership on the
board of directors of Lions In
ternational Saturday.
Dr. Rourk, a counsellor of Lions
International and a former East
ern North Carolina district gov
ernor, will serve a two-year term
on the international board as a
director.
He is the second Tar Heel Lion
to be elected to board member
ship in the past several years,
the other being Wallace I. West
of Wilmington. Prior to the elect
ion of West, John L. (Jack) Stick
ley of Charlotte, served a term as
director and then was elected
third international vice-president.
From there Stickley advanced
successively to become the only
North Carolina Lion ever to
reach the presidency of Lions
International.
Almost 300 Tar Heel Lions
attended the convention to boost
the candidacy of Dr. Rourk and
Roy A. Sandlin of Wrightsville
Beach, also a counsellor of Lions
International, served as camp
aign manager.
DR. M. H. ROURK
Dr. Rourk, who was seriously
ill for several weeks earlier this
year, was able to attend the In
ternational Convention in Toro
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Bids Received For
Small Boat Basin
Resigns
REV. MARK OWENS
Local Minister
The Rev. Mark Owens has ten
dered his resignation as pastor of
Southport Baptist Church, effec
tive August 9.
This announcement was made
at the close of worship services
Sunday morning and came as a
shock to members of his congre
gation. He has served for the past
five years as pastor of the local
church and Is held in high es
teem.
In his announcement the Rev.
Mr. Owens said that he has ac
cepted a call to the Baptist
Church at Hudson, a town in pied
mont North Carolina in the Hick
ory-(Lenoir area.
The Rev. Mr. Owens has been
active in interests outside his
church. He is moderator of the
Brunswick Baptist Assocaiton
and is a member of the General
Board of the Baptist State Con
vention. He has served as a
member of the board of trustees
for Dosher Memorial Hospital
and has been active in the Bruns
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Aubrey Hickman
At Long Beach
A deputy with the Brunswick
County Sheriff’s department has
recently been hired as a patrol
man at Long Beach, Police Chief
Clay Jordan announced Monday.
Aubrey Hichman, 36, of Boli
via, has been employed at Long
Beach to replace Myron Helms
as a patrolman. Helms recently
resigned to accept a position at
the Long Beach Fishing Pier.
Hickman, a veteran law-enfor
cement officer, has been employ
ed by the Sheriff's Department
for several years. He assumed his
new position on July 1.
Hickman plans to move his
family to Long Beach as soon as
their new home is completed,
On June 30 at Wilmington bids
were opened for two projects,
totaling one million dollars by
the North Carolina State Ports
Authority.
" Bids on three phases of con
struction work on the proposed
small craft harbor at Southport
were opened. Electrical bids were
...held up because of only two bids...,.
The RtW ’resqufWsthree.*-''-.'-«««
- Low bid on dredging site west
of Southport was $102,257, by the
Eastern Dredging Corporation
of New Bern.
Miller Building Corporation of
Wilmington was low for bulk
head and pier work at $199,313.,
and site improvement at $30,
635.50.
Executive Director James W.
Davis noted that apparent low
bidders for the new ports office
building was T. A. Loving Com
pany of Goldsboro with a base
bid of $395,850; electrical work
was $52,321 by Paul F. Turner
Company of Wilmington.
Goodyear Plumbing Company
of Wilmington was low on plum
bing at $10,823, and Southerland
Elevator Company of Greens
boro with $9,679. Totals-$535,000
higher than the original estim
ate of $500,000 but still within
budgeted funds for the work.
The two-story office building
on Burnet Blvd, near the entr
ance to the State Port Terminals
is to have 30,000 square feet of
floor space and to be paid for
by* a bank loan, amortized
through rental to port-related
activities.
Davis, and Andy Jackson, Chief
Engineer, for N. C. State Ports
said they hoped work could be
gin at both Wilmington and
Southport before August 1.
Leland Boy Is
On Missing List
A 16-year-old Leland boy has
been missing from his home since
last Wednesday and attempts to
find him have proved to be futile.
Kenneth Messer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Messer, disappear
ed from his Leland home about 1
p. m. Wednseday. No word has
been heard from him since then.
When last seen Messer, his
mother said, was wearing a yel
low shirt and black trousers. He
has about $10 in cash at the time.
Young Messer is five-feet, nine
inches tall, weights 165-pound
and wears his black hair in a
flattop style.
The Civil Air Patrol units at
Brunswick and Columbus coun
ties and Boiling Spring Lakes
were called into the search Fri
day night by Sheriff E. V. Leon
ard. Under the leadership of
Henry Carter, Elisha Sellers and
Anson Lewis, commanders of the
three units, the CAP members
searched the wooded area near
the junction of US 17 and NC
74-76 all day Saturday and Sun
day morning, but no clues were
found.
Mrs. Messer said her son had
been dispondent since being den
ied a driver’s license. She describ
ed him as being “well-behaved
but sometimes withdrawn’.
New Name For
Negro School
In Southport
A decision to change the name
of BCT highlighted a meeting erf
the Brunswick County Board of
Education Tuesday in Southport.
The board unanimously voted
to drop the word training from
the name Brunswick County
Training School in Southport. The
name of the school will be
(Brunswick County High School.
The board decided to give the
school children’s insurance cov
erage for 1964-65 to Nationwide
on a unanimous vote. The motion
for the action was made by A. J.
Dosher and was seconded by
Homer Holden.
The insurance rate calls for $2
per student. Football players in
grades 10, 11 and 12 will have to
pay $8 and players in the 9th ahut
below will be charged $5.
Standard Life and Casuality of
Rock Hill, S. C., had handled the
insurance for the past three
years.
Superintendent A. W. Taylor
announced the drivers education
summer program had been cut
back during the month of July.
■He said the full program would
be resumed in August if addition
al funds are made available.
“The regular program will re
sume in the fall”, he said.
Contracts for the folloing teach*
ers were approved by the board:
Grace B. Payne and Claude Mel
vin Boyd, Leland; Mrs. A. W.
Taylor and Mary Sellers, South
port, and William E. Simmons,
Shallotte.
The board decided to sell the
old 1952 % ton Chevrolet pick
up at public auction.
The following students were
given permission to transfer to
New Hanover schools:
H. L. Summerlin, Donald R.
Summerlin, Karen Diane Paden,
Robert Houston Field, William
Harry Simmons, Clara A. Kopp,
Retta Ann Phelps, LeRoy Brew,
Eulis Alexander Willis.
Cases Reported
The rising number of cases of
spotted Fever has put North
Carolina second only to Virginia
in the incidence of this acute
communicable disease, according
to Dr. John R. Black, Brunswick
County’s Health Director. Two
deaths in the state have been re
ported already this year with the
season barely begun. There wete
four deaths last year out of the
34 reported cases.
Spotted Fever, sometimes re
ferred to as Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever because of its orig
inal diagnosis in the Rocky Moun- t
tain states, is often misjudged
as measles or German measles.
I t is an acute communicable dis- ;
ease characterized by fever,
headache, muscle pains, and a |
rash. The rash generally begins t
on the hands and feet and rapidly
progresses to cover the entire
body. In severe untreated cases, |
delirium, convulsions, and death
may occur. ;
The organism that causes this \
disease (Rickettsia) is very simi
lar to a virus and is transmitted 1
by the bite of the dog tick. The *
disease is most common on the i
eastern seaboard, especially in }
North Carolina, Virginia, Mary
land, and Tennessee. The largest <
percentage ot cases occur in the
months from July to September
when the ticks are most prevalent ;
and when people spend more
time out of doors. Almost three
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Tide Table
Following' la 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, July 16,
1:06 A. M. 7:34 A. M.
1:52 P. M. 8:07 P. M.
Friday, July 17
1:55 A. M. 8:24 A. M.
2:45 P. M. 9:04 P. M.
Saturday, July 18
2:47 A. M. 9:15 A. M.
3:35 P. M. 9:59 P. M.i
Sunday, July 19
3:38 A. M. 10:05 A. M,
4:25 P. M. 10:51 P. M.
Monday, July 20
4:28 A. M. 10:53 A. M.
5:13 P. M. 11:40 P. M.{
Tuesday, July 23
5:16 A. M. 11:40 A. M.
5:58 P. M.
Wednesday, July 22
6:02 A. M. 0:26 A. M.
6:41 P. M. 12:24 P. M.