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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1964
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Republicans To
Start Campaign
Saturday Night
The Brunswick County Repub
lican party will kick off their
1964 campaign in the county Sat
urday night with a fish fry-dance
at Sommersett Landing. Dur
ward S. Jones, county attorney
for Guilford county, will be the
featured speaker.
"This will be the first step in
a successful Republican campaign
in Brunswick county which will
lead to victory on the .national,
state and county levels in Nov
ember,” Chairman H. L. Willetts
declared.
He said all Democrats and In
dependents as well as Republicans
in the county were invited to the
Saturday night festivities. “We
want to give every voter in
Brunswick county a chance to
hear the Republican side of the
story so they wiU join us in the
fall”, Chairman Willetts contin
ued. . . ..
Tickets for the fish fry-dance
can be purchased from Repub
lican workers in the various sec
ions of the county. In addition,
tickets will be on sale at the door
Saturday night.
The activities will get un
derway at 6 o’clock with eating
and dancing. Music will be fur
nished by a band from Columbus
county. The speaking, featuring
Jones and the county candidates
will begin at 8:30 p. m. Jones
was instrumental in the Repub
lican sweep of Guilford county in
the fall of 1962.
Jones, a native of Forsyth
county, received his undergradu
ate and law degrees from the Un
iversity of North Carolina. He
served as an assistant director
of the Institute of Government
in Chapel Hill for two years
until 1958. He has been practicing
law in Greensboro since that
time and was named county at
torney for Guilford in January of
1963.
Mrs. Martin Nielsen of Shal
lotte, president of the Brunswick
County Republican Woman’s
Club, will introduce Jones Sat*
urday night.
District Chairman Mike Vau
ghn of Wilmington will attend the
festivities and call on all Bruns
wick GOP candidates to make
short talks. He will be introduced
by Chairman Willetts.
Lester Babson of Freeland, a
Continued On Page Four
DURWARD JONES
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‘-NEWS-'
CITIZENS TO MEET
An open meeting of all legal re
sident, of Long Beach will be
held Monday night at 8 o’clock at
the Long Beach Pavilion.
BENEFIT SUPPER
A fish and shrimp supper will
be held at Sharon Methodist
Church Saturday between 4:30
and 8:30 p. m. The proceeds will
go to the building fund.
DEAN’S LIST
William J. 'Long of Ash made
the Dean’s list in the School of
Education at North Carolina State
College in Raleigh during the
spring term.
honor students
smdra Joy Holden of Supply
maat. all “A’s” during the spring
quaiter at East Carolina College
■while Thelma Faye Little of Ash
was u honor roll student at the
•Greenvme school.
SUNDAY RECEPTION
A recepnoH will be held honor
ing Rev. and Mrs. Mark Owens
Sunday from 3 to 5 o’clock at the
Southport Junior Chamber of
Commerce Building. No invita
tions are being sent but everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
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Watermelon Champ
BIG—O. P. Bellamy, Hickman’s Crossroads farmer, is shown here with two
giant watermelons he produced on his farm this summer. One weighted 9'2Vi-lbs,
the other an even 90-lbs. The youngster in the trunk of the car helping with the
display is Elmore Sullivan, Jr., of Leland. Incidentally, these are Brunswick coun
ty melons—but the seed came from Texas. (Staff Photo by Allen)
August 6 Date Of
~ Market Opening
An August 6 opening for the «
tobaccoland’s Border Belt was
approved Friday night by mem
bers of the warehouse association,
with only one dissenting vote.
Members of the Border Belt
warehouse Association represent
ing 26 warehouses were present
for the annual meeting held in
Lumlberton at the Holiday Inn.
Higher prices for the 1964 mar
keting season were predicted, and
unity for all factions of the indus
try was urged.
But the cloudy side of tobacco
was also mentioned—a surplus
which is on hand, and the pre
vailing health scare.
Voiced Fred- Royster, director
-of the Bright Leaf Warehouse
Association, “Never before in the
history of our country has any
industry had such a legion of
enemies!’’
Unity Imperative
Tobacco’s only hope for survi
val as a major industry in unity
of • all persons involved, from
grower to manufacturer, he said.
Royster said tobacco, has so
many external problems to be
handled by his organization, that
warehousemen should solve their
own internal problems them
selves.
Royster noted that one of his
current problems involves the
move, which he opposes, to have
all tobacco products labeled as
being injurious to health.
The executive secretary feels
that manufacturers of tobacco,
products should maintain the vol- •
ume of purchases.
On the other hand, L. T. Weeks, v
director of Stabilization Gorpora
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Elderly Citizen c
Dies Suddenly
Clyde Newton, 80, died Tues
day morning in Dosher Memorial
Hospital. Final rites were held
Wednesday at 3 p. m. at Trinity
Methodist Church by the Revs.
C. H. Lancaster and L. B. Hay
man, with burial in Old South
port Cemetery. ' n
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Alise C. Newton; a son, Billy
Newton, both of the home; and
a sister, Mrs. Nellie Murrell of
Wilmington.
Active pallbearers were Clar
ence Murphy, Clinton Bellamy,
Johnson Cumbee, Q. w. Fisher,
Sr., Harold Spencer and Jack
Hickman.
The deceased was a member of
a proment Southport family and
was well known throughout the
state. He was a licensed electri
cian and had served as electri
cal inspector for the City of
Southport and for areas of Bruns
wick county.
City Sponsors
Slogan Contest
The City of Southport is spon
soring a slogan contest with the
object of including the winning
phrase on the 1965 city license
plates.
The slogan must deal with the
new Small Boat Harbor in South
port; it must be 25 letters or less
(spaces between words count as
a letter; and all entries must be
at the city hall by noon August
12.
A first prize of $15 will be
paid, with a second prize of $10
and a third prize of $5.
Health Director
Serving County
A Columbus county man has re
cently been employed as health
director of Brunswick County to
succeed Dr. A. H. Elliott, who
resigned because of illness in his
family.
Dr. John R. Black, Jr., full time
health director ip Columbus coun
ty, ‘ was employed by Brunswick
county July 1 on a part-time
basis.
ur. juuiok servea as tne neaitn
director for almost two-and-one
half-years. He usually visited
Southport and Shallotte on Thurs
day of every week.
- Dr. Black will spend one-fifth
of his time in Brunswick. He will
usually be in the county of Fri
days, although the day will vary
sometimes. He will be in South
port in the mornings and Shal
lotte in the afternoons.
During his day a week in
Continued On Page Four
Coast Guard Is
Off For Florida
The USCG Cape Upright will
leave Thursday for a three-mon
ths tour of duty in Florida and
will be replaced during the period
by an 82-footer which will arive
next week, according to Lt. (jg)
Glenn Haines, the boat’s skipper.
The Cape Upright, a 95-footer,
will leave Oak Island Thursday
evening and arrive in Miami Sun
day after a stop at Charleston.
The boat will be on duty along the
Florida coast during the three
months.
Lt. (jg) Haines said the boat’s
entire 15 man crew will make the
trip to Florida with the execpt
Continued On Page Four
Bellamy Speaks
At Southeastern
District Meeting
A Shallotte man, James D.
•Bellamy, Jr., President of the
North Carolina Association of
SWCD, was one of the main
speakers at the Southeastern \
Area Meeting of the National As
sociation of Soil and Water Con
servation Districts in Columbus,!
Georgia, last week.
President Bellamy discussed
broadening the district programs
by sharing in the use of federal,
state and local conservation re
sponsibilities with delegates from
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis
sissippi, Kentucky, Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Puerto Rico.
In his talk, President Bellamy
stressed the work North Carolina
has done to meet the needs for
broadening the district program
in line with the present-day
needs.
He also sounded a warning for
the future. “Unless districts
broaden their outlook to include
both urban and rural natural re
source problems, the people will
look to someone else for help,”
he declared.
After the address President Bel
lamy served as the moderator for
a panel discussion on the topic
with the other state leaders.
In his speech before the nation
al group, President Bellamy call
ed for more cooperation between
farm agencies.
“We’ve take the position in
North Carolina that we must ap
Continued On Page Four
Baptist Training
Union Session
In Second Week
'A group of more than 900 Bap
tists are participating in the
second of the two week sessions
of Training Union at the North
Carolina Baptist Assembly this
week, according to Manager
Fred Smith. •
With the theme of "One World
One Lord”, the work at the as
sembly is being directed by Jam
es P. Morgan, secretary of the
Training Union Department of
the Baptist State Convention. The
'Baptists, who range in age from
adults to beginners, are under
going church membership train
ing.
In the adult section of the
training, such topics as family
ups and downs, new member
orientation and church recrea
tion are being discussed.
The intermediate section is
studying better Training Unions,
better Christian living and better
■leadership.
Some of the out of state fac
ulty members include Jimmy
Crowe, secretary of the Train
ing Union Department for the
Louisiana Baptists, Howard Fos
hee, secretary of the Department
of Church Administration
in Nashville, Tenn, and Miss Mar
garet Sharp, consultant with
Training Union Department of
the Baptist Sunday School Board
in Nashville, Tenn.
Rev. A. Douglas Aldridge of
Gastonia is serving as the assem
bly pastor while Rev. Harold
Shoemaker of Charlotte is the
song leader.
Marine Courses
Will Be Taught
I The name of the Wilmington In
mistrial Education Center has
been officially changed to The
/tape Pear Technical Institute
&ld classes in marine technology'
apd other vocational work will be*
gin in September.
Clarence E. Dodgens, director
of student personnel, said the Wil
mington school was approved by
the Department of Community
Colleges of the State Board of
Education on June 4 as a tech
nical institute to offer technical,
trade, general adult and com
munity service programs.
The name of the school was
changed to Cape Fear Technical
Institute on July 1, he said.
The first of the technical
courses to be offered by the insti
tute is marine technology. The
course will begin with the first
quarter of the 1964-65 school
year which starts early in Sep
tember. It is two years in length
and is designed to prepare per
sons to enter marine vocations
in a number of fields of work.
Trade curriculums in which
classes will start in September
include heating, refrigeration and
air-conditioning, radio and televi
sion servicing, machine trades
and possibly some others. These
courses are one year in length
and are designed to prepare the
students to enter fields of work
related to the programs.
The cost to the student for both
the technical programs and the
trade programs is $30 per quar
ter “This may be paid by the
month if the student so desires,”
Dogens added.
Applications are being accepted
for all these programs at this
time; interested persons should
apply at once to: Director of Ad
Continued On Page 6
TIME and TIDE
It wa§ July 29, 1959, and Thomas S. Bowmer was selected
to teach a new course in Nautical Vocational Education at South
pp.rt High School in which the study was to be a pilot project
in the state. Dr. Fred Self of Lincolnton opened a full time office
at Dong Beach to practice dentistry.
R. T. Melvin, the first man to ever serve as the county agent
in Brunswick, spent the week at Holden Beach. Dr. Norman
Hornstedn of Southport landed his second blue marlin of the
season. F. W. Kirby, Supply merchant, was in the hospital with
a broken right hip. f
It was July 28, 1954, and W. B. Keziah, The Pilot’s “Rov
ing Reporter” and Brunswick booster, was named “Tar Heel of
The Week" in the Raleigh News and Observer. A Supply man
paid his $15 fine in J Recorder’s court in pennies.
Fishing was reaching its peak in the county with catches
ues and Spanish Mackerel. County Super
Henry C. Stone announced that schools in
n on September 1. County farmers were
co markets to open Monday
running up to 300
intendent of School
Brunswick would o]
waiting for the tol
It was July 24 1949, and The Pilot came out with a 54
page tobacco editifc. The Southport Lion’s Club was selling
brooms to help th«Mnd. Southport’s Joe and Jimmy Cox were
ttinued On Page Four
At National Convention
REPRESENTATIVE—.Thomas S. Bowmer, North
Carolina Jaycees community development leader from
Southport (seated) discusses community development
activities with E. Larry Moles, USJCC national vice
president, during the opening session of the 6th An
nual U. S. Jaycee Community Development Seminar,
in OU’s Kellogg Center, Norman, Oklahoma.
Pilot Editor Heads
Press Association
The North Carolina Press As
sociation met at Wrightsville
Beach Thursday through Sa/tur
day of last week and James M.
Kaper, Jr., editor of The State
Port Pilot, was elected president
for the coming year. He succeeds
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Swindell, pub
lisher of The Wilson Daily Times.
Henry G. Weathers, publisher
of The Shelby Daily Star, was
elected vice-president, and J. D.
!Fitz, publisher of The Morgan
ton ' News-Herald, was reelected
secretary-treasurer. Curtis Russ,
publisher of The Waynesville
Mountaineer, and Carl Jedders
publisher of The Greensboro
Daily News, were elected mem
bers of the board of directors.
The opening session of the con
vention was a boiled shrimp and
corn feast Thursday evening at
Lumina, with Mr. and Mrs. Rye
B. Page, Jr., as hosts. Business
sessions were held Friday morn
ing and Friday afternoon was de
voted to side trips and recreation.
A gridiron session honoring four
outstanding Press Association
members featured the Friday
night banquet program.
At the business meeting Satur
day morning Mrs. Gold, in her
summary of Press Association
activities of the past year, point
ed with pride to the Newspaper
Interne Program through which
working newspaper personnel
have attempted to influence more
young people to enter the profes
sion. She urged that this pro
gram -be continued.
Mrs. Swindell also spoke of the
importance of the tobacco indus
try to the State of North Carolina
and urged newspapers to sup
port any movement for a health
research center in this state.
The outgoing president of the
Continued On Page 6
Charlotte Host
To Demo Meeting
Representatives from Bruns
wick County are expected to at
tend the Democratic Unity Din
ner in Charlotte on Friday, ac
cording to Ernest E. Parker, Jr.,
County Chairman.
State Democratic Party chair
man Lunsford Crew stated that
more than 1200 Democrats from
all over the state are expected
to attend the affair at the Park
Center at 7 p. m. when Secretary
of Commerce Luther H. Hodges
will make the principal address.
All state and district candidates
have indicated they plan to at
tend. In addition, Crew stated
that he had received word from
the majority of the unsuccessful
candidates that they will attend.
Party meetings will highlight
the business prior to the Unity
Dinner. These include meetings
at 2 o’clock of county chairmen,
YDC presidents, Democratic Wo
men presidents and regional
coordinators. An organizational
meeting of the delegation to the
Continued On Page 6
JAMES M. HARPER, JR.
Connecting Road
Proposal OK’d
A proposal to link the Southport
Small Boat Harbor and the
Brunswick County Airport togeth
er by a road extending westward
from the basin to the airport has
been strongly endorsed toy Chair
man 'H. A. Templeton of the Air
port Commission.
“These two new projects will
not and can not be utilized to the
fullest benefit by the people of
Brunswick county and its many
visitors without this most vital
link”, Chairman Templeton said
in a letter to The State Port Pilot
on Monday.
The idea of joining the small
•boat harbor and the airport to
gether was first proposed in the
“Waterfront” column in The Pilot
on July 15. “The Brunswick Coun
ty Airport Commission would like
to go on record as endorsing your
ideas as expressed in your col
umn, ‘Waterfront,’ . ” Templeton
declared.
Chairman Templeton said the
Airport Commission will ask civic
organizations and local munici
palities to pass a resolution en
dorsing the project.
The complete text of Chairman
Templeton’s letter follows:
“In your Wednesday, July 15,
1964, edition of The State Port
Pilot, I was very pleased to see
the news and be a part of the
beginning of the construction of
the Brunswick County Airport.
Since the airport is on its way
of becoming a reality, your col
umn, ‘Waterfront’, was the real
eye catcher.
“•It is of great importance that
the Small Boat Basin and the
Brunswick County Airport be
linked together by a road ex
tending westward from the basin
to the airport. These two new pro
jects will not and can not be
utilized to the fullest benefit by
the people of Brunswick County
and its many visitors without this
Continued On Page 6
Southport Man
Jaycee Delegate
For Convention
Outstanding civic betterment
work earned national recognition
for five Jaycee chapters, winning'
first place in national community
development competition, oo -
sponsored by the U. S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
American Motors Corp.
Presentation of the trophies
and $3,000 in cash prizes was
made Tuesday night by National
Jaycee Pdesident, Stan Ladley
and William Hankla, American
Motors public relations director,
during an awards banquet clim
axing the Sixth Annual USJCC
Community Development seminar
at Norman, Oklahoma. ~
The five first place winners in’,
their five population divisions
are Langley-Bath-Clearwater, S.
C., Wahiawa, H. I., East Hartford
Conn., Jamestown, N. Y. and
Philadelphia, Penn.
The Southport Junior Chamber
of Commerce was first place win- “
ner in this category in North
Carolina and Thomas S. Bowmer '
represented the local Jaycees at 1
the National Convention.
President Ladley lauded the
five top winners for “conducting -
meaningful and civic betterment
programs within their commun- 1
iHoe »
Langley-Bath-Clearwater Jay- '
cees, a 30 member chapter ser
ving three separate unincorpor- •
ated communities, won Division r
I for their continuing battle to
overcome a feeling of section
alism among residents of their.
three communities. Their multi
phased program urged the three *
communities to work together -
for the prosperity of the entire
area. I
Wahiawa Jaycees swept to first -
place in Division II for their pro- 1
gram which included building a -
$12,000 one-room school for men
tally retarded children, replac- ’
ing facilities crammed into a re- -
creation center. The JayceeC
roared into action when locai
health and fire departments call-^ ,:
ed the old facilities “inadequate" ■ ■
and hazardist.”
East Hartford Jaycees took 1st
place honors in Division III for
their three-point program for
community betterment, including
opening a long-range program to
curb juvenile delinquency. The
Continued On Page Four
Begin Work On
Harbor Project
Draglines arrived this weekly
and already are at work con- j
structing dikes to hold the dredg- J
ing spoil from the Small Boat j
Harbor at Southport. The dredge J
is scheduled to arrive here to be? j
gin work next week. j
Four contracts have now been l
awarded and they provide for v
dredging, bulkhead and pier ■
work, site improvements, and
electrical installations. Subsequ- \
ently, a contract will be awarded f
for the provision of the adminis- s
tration building. As the result of |
a preconstruction conference with j
contractors, it is anticipated that I
the total project will be complet- j
ed by March 1, which will give jj
a full operating season the first *
year the Harbor is opened. Act- j
ually, some utilization of the har- v
'bor could come prior to total \
completion.
Facilities to be provided under '
this project, which will assure a 1
fine Small Boat Harbor with full f
opportunity to expand in a logi- j
cal manner in the future, will in- .
Continued On Page Four
I V
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 X
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH
LOW
Thursday, July 30,
11:40 A.M. 5:49 A.M.
6:09 P. M.
Friday, July 31
12:58 A. M. 6:39 A. M.
12:39 P. M. 7:12 P. M.
Saturday, August 1
0:56 A. M. 7:35 A. M,
1:42 P. M. 8:20 P. M.
Sunday, August 2
1:58 A. M. 8:37 A. M.
2:48 P.M. 9:30 P.M.
Monday, August 3
3:06 A. M. 9:41 A. M.
3:45 P. M. 10:36 P. M.
Tuesday, August 4
4:14 A. M. 10:44 A. M.
4:57 P. M. 11:38 P. M. I.
Wednesday, August 5
5:19 A. M. 11:44 A. M: /
5:56 P. M. * /