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Volume 24
No. 7
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SOUTHPORT. N. C WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12, 1964
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
FAST BOAT—This boat arrived Tuesday and' will be used to ferry men and
small supplies to the light tower project which will be about 35-miles out of South
port. The boat is capable of making exceptionally fast speed in smooth to mod
erate seas. (Staff Photo by Allen) - f * -
Just Two Weeks
Schools Open August 26
The Brunswick County Board of '
Education is pushing to com
plete its summer maintenace
work before the. sound of school
bells fills the - air on August 26,
according to Superintendent A. W.
Taylor. f
Students are to report to school
for orientation on Wednesday, Au
gust 26. School will take in at
8:30 and dismiss at noon on this
date. Busses shrdlu hrd tmhth
dents will receive their classroom
and teacher assignments. Other
details of enrollment and registra
tion will also be worked out.
Thursday, August 27 marks the
first official day of the regular
J80 day school term. School will
commence at 8:30 and dismiss
at 3:10 as was the base during
the last school year.
Principals of the larger county
high schools reported to work on
July 30. Other principals offi
cially begin work on August 13
although many have been in their
offices for several days. , ,* -•
Teachers report to work offi
cially on August 24.
Bus drivers are to report to the
school bus garage in Shallotte at
9:30 a. m. on August 25 to 'pick
up their buses. Six old buses have
•been replaced by 1964 models
and one additional bus will be
purchased. ^
Superintendent Taylor said
summer maintenance work has
progressed well. Over 20 class
rooms have been repainted since
June 1, in addition to a number
of hallways, toilets, etc. All boiler
fireboxes have been relined and
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'-NEWS-'
MOVE TO RAMSEUR
Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Graham and
sons, Chip and Bob, have moved
to Ramseur where Dr. Graham
will be engaged in the practice of
dentistry.
YARD OF MONTH
Yard of the Month honors for
August have been awarded by the
Southport Garden Club to Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Wells, who live
on the corner of Lord and. Bay
St. in Southport.
MOVE TO HUDSON
The Rev. and Mrs. Mark Owens
and family have moved to Hud
son where he has accepted a call
as pastor of the Baptist Church.
His last sermon as pastor of
Southport Baptist Church was
delivered Sunday.
MASONIC SUPPER MONDAY
The district deputies will be
honored at a supper at the Mas
onic Lodge Building in South
port Monday at 6:30 on the oc
casion of their official visit.
The meeting will be held at 8. All
members are urged to attend.
vuiiokiuv>uuu o i a i b c u iuuoj
(Wednesday) on the new Frying
Fan Light Structure, a 180-foot
tower which will replace the
light ship in October, it was learn
ed this week.
Two barges arrived in South
port earlier in the day bringing
the various parts for the new off
shore tower. J. Raiy McDermitt
Company of Louisiana is in
charge of erecting the structure.
When completed iri early Octo
ber, it will 'be located approxi
mately one-mile inland from the
station of the present • Frying Pan
Light ship. The 150rfoot tower
will be submerged in about 60
feet of water. After the tower has
been put into operation, the ship
will be transferred to Connecti
cut for off-shore duty.:
The new tower has| been de
scribed as a flat-roof structure on
top of a pole. The flat top will
allow helicopters to transfer
men back and forth to the struc
ture. A helicopter landing field has
already: been constructed at the
Oak Island Coast Guard station.
The new light structure will
have several advantages over the
ship, sources said.1 It will provide
more technical data and will re
quire only five or six men to oper
ate. A crew of 16 men was as
signed to the ship;
The same sources said the
tower will have ; no connection
with the United States space or
missile programs..
Army Maneuvers
Still Going On
l , '
Despite the fact that the an
nounced air drop was not made
on Bald Head ’Monday, troops
crossed tile Cape Fear river by
boat to begin four days of sim
ulated combat operations on the
Brunswick county island.
During the exercises the men;
from Company D of the Seventh
Special Forces . Group of Fort
Bragg, will learn how to cope
with the enemy and new ideas
about survival training and gor
rilla tactics.
The Brunswick area was se
lected for the exercise for its re
moteness, sparce population and
ideal coastal terrain for small
boat operations, the army said.
The exercises, coordinated with
Sunny Point officials, has been
in the planning stages for several
weeks.
Some 40 men from Company
D, Seventh Special Forces Group,
were selected to make the jump.
The troops were to remain , on
sub-tropic isle, digging in and
eating what they could catch
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County Chamber
Seeking Members
A membership drive for the
Brunswick County Chamber of
Commerce will begin immediately
with G. K. Henderson, Shallotte
pharmacist, in charge.
This announcement was made
Tuesday night by J. D. Griffin,
chamber president, following a
meeting of the board of directors
held at the REA building in Shal
lotte.
Members of the board of dir
ectors voted to offer financial
assistance to the Brunswick
County Historical Society in
staging some commemorative
event this fall in observance of
the 200th anniversity of the
founding of Brunswick county.
School Board In
Monthly Meeting
A decision to take no, action
on a request to change the name of
Brunswick County High School
to Alvin C. Caviness high! school
highlighted a meeting of the
Brunswick County Board of Edu
cation Tuesday night.
A delegation from Brunswick
County High School appeared be
fore the board and asked that
the name of the school be chang
ed to honor the principal. After a
discussion of the matter, the
board decided to take no action.
The name of the school was re
T eently changed from Brunswick
; County Training School to Bruns
. wick County High School.
The board decided to retain
Nationwide Insurance company
for the insurance needs of the
county school children. Students
will be required to pay $2 for
coverage. The company revised
the fees for football players, re
ducing the figure from $16 tq $10.
The cost will include $5 for play
ers trying out and an additional
$5 for players making the team.
The board adopted the same
school fees as were in effect
last year except in the agricul
tural courses. The fee for agri
culture students was raised from
$1.50 to $2.50.
The board approved a bid of
$175, for the pick-up truck sold
at public auction to P. A. Bell
amy.
They completed a form from
the State Board of Education
concerning building needs. The
board said 30 classrooms, six
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Boys And Girls
Named Winner
For 4-H Work
Some 74 ribbons were awarded
during the first annual Brunswick
County 4-H Fair held at the Agri
cultural Building in Supply Mon
day and Tuesday.
The ribbons were presented to
the 4-H boys and girls for exhi
bits ranging from food to clothing
and from crafts to sea shells. The
fair was under the direction of
County Agent A. S. Knowles, Miss
Billie Hamilton, home economics
agent, and C. Burnett Coleman,
assistant county agent.
The fair was held as an pre
liminary event to the County
Achievement Day program in No
vember and the Wilmington Star
News Newspaper contest.
The county fair opened Monday
afternoon and ran until Tuesday
night. During the time, Judging
took place and a dress review
was held. The event closed with
a barbecue supper prepared by
Mrs. Frances Fortuine, assist
ant home agent in New Hanover
ccunty, served as chief judge.
Mrs Margaret Hood, Mrs. Ina
Mae Norment and Mrs. Mary
Hewett, all of Southport, judged
the dress review.
All exhibits were made by the
4-H member alone during the cur
rent year and have not been
shown before. They were exhibit
ed as a part of the project in
which the member is currently
enrolled.
The ribbon winners in the var
ious classes included:
Cup cakes, — Debbie Robinson,
blue, Angela Galloway, white, and
Lynn Hewett, white.
Cakes, — Mary Hewett, red,
Regina Hewett, blue, Kenneth
Hewett, white, Julia Hewett, blue,
Lynn Hewett, red, Gail Johnson,
1 blue, Carolyn Chavis, 'blue and
Julia Hewett, blue. , % ,
Crafts, — James Hewett, white,.
Richard Jones, red, Steve He
wett, blue, Jeris Hewett, red,
Kenneth Hewett, blue, Reggie He?
wett, blue, LynA Hewett, ■ bh»r, <
Lynn Hewett, red, Lisa Hewett,
red, Kenneth Hewett, red, Van
Hewett, red, Reggie Hewett, 4ed,
Reggie Hewett, red, Kenneth He
wett, red, Vann Hewett, Roy Robin
Hewett, white, and Kenneth He
wett, blue. I
Sweaters, — Jimmie Gfay,
blue, Susan Gray, blue, Susan
Gray, blue, Susan Gray, blue,
Susan Gray, red, Susan Gray,
blue, and Susan Gray, blue.
Sea shells, — Debbie Sloan,
blue, Joy Holden, blue, Lorraine
Holden, blue, and Cherlyn Hold
en, blue.
Record books — Kenneth He
wett, red, Kenneth Hewett, red,
Richard Jones, blue, Jeris He
wett, red, Julia Hewett, red,
Steve Hewett, red, and James
Hewett, red.
Electrics, — Steve Hewett, blue
and Richard Jones, blue.
Pin cushion, — Gloria Clem
mons, white;
. Apron pre-teen, — Angela Gall
oway, blue, and Debbie Robinson,
blue;
Simple dress, pre-teen and early
teen, — Gail Johnson, red, and
Debbie Sloan, blue.
Jumper and blouse, — Lynn He
wett, red.
School dress, — Barbara Know
les, blue, and Gloria Clemmons,
white.
Blouse and skirt, *- Barbara
Knowles, blue, Barbara Knowles,
blue, Meta Gail McNeil, blue,
and Susan Gray, blue.
Two piece suit, — Barbara
Knowles, blue, and Susan Gray,
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Leaf Sales Show Upward Trend
In Price As Quality Improves
JUDGING—Miss Billie .Hamilton, lert, county nome economics agent, ana e,. r>.
Coleman, right, assistant county agent, are shown judging clothing entered in the
Brunswick County 4-H fair in Supply Monday and Tuesday. Both Barbara Know
les, second from the left, hnd Meta Gail McNiel, second from the right, won blue
ribbons for their efforts. (Staff Photo by Allen) :
Here Today
Break
Formal ground breaking .cere-;'
monies for the Small Boat BSsin
at Southport were conducted to
< 'day at the site of the new facility
''with, James W. Davis, executive,
director of the State Ports Aut
! hority, present for, the occasion.
Serving as master of ceremon
ies for the event was L. C. Bruce,
director of public relations for
the State Ports Authority. Mayor
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., and other
city officials also participated in
the program.
Work already is underway,
with a dredge cutting in the basin
and pumping spoil across the
canal to create a hinge storm bar
rier. Draglines and buldozers also
are in operation.
The project under construct
ion, totaling $500,000 in cost, will
provide a modem small boat
harbor, designed so that full op
portunity will exist to expand the
harbor in logical manner in the
future.
That portion of the harbor be
ing constructed at this time will
provide half of those facilities
pictured, in the artist's rendering
of the Small Boat Harbor, which
has been carried in this newspap
er. Additional expansion of phase
two of the project has not yet
been scheduled, but will be forth
coming as the need develops.
The completed first phase will
provide 110 small boat berths;
lanuching ramps; boat lift well;
fueling pier; operations building;
automible and boat trailer park
ing area; an adequate dredged
basin, along with a pertinent
highway access; proper lighting
and communications system.
In addition, the present pro
ject provides fro a hurricane
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TIME and TIDE
It was August 12, 1959, and Leslie S. Thompson, editor and
publisher of The News Reporter in Whiteville and half-owner
of The State Port Pilot, died Saturday. Kendall L. Hardee of
Shallotte graduated with the first class at the National Guard
Officers Candidate School at Fort Bragg.
Quick action on the part of three construction workers freed
eight persons from a flaming wreckage after a head on col
lision on highway 74-76. The New Hanover and Wilmington
Health Boards ordeded Dr. C. B. Davis to give up his part-time
duties as Brunswick health officer.
It was August 11, 1954, and James Vamum of Shallotte
reported to Greensboro for the North Carolina High School all
star football game. Two young service men were killed when
their car hit a bridge near Southport Saturday night.
Miss Connie Hussey of Long Beach was selected to repre
sent Southport at the Carolina Beach Sun Fun Festival later
in the month. Rev. Joseph B. MacLeod was ordained and in
stalled as the minister of the New Hope and Southport Presby
terian churches.
It was August 10, 1949, and Bill Styron of Southport land
ed a 122-pound silver tarpon while fishing near Bald Head
Island Monday. Southport voters would decide Saturday wheth
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THOMAS HARRELSON FRED BURDETTE
Southport Boys Honor Students
During the spring term at the
University ot North Carolina 33
students in the College of Arts.’
and Science, with a total enroll
ment of 2,700, made all “A's”.
Two of these students were
from Southpqrt.
One of them was Tommy Har
relson, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Harrelson. He graduated this
spring with a major in business
administration and will contmue
his studies this fall at a business
school in Philadelphia.
The second Southport student
on this list was Freddie Burdette,
son of Dr. and Mrs. Fred M: Bur
dette, Jr. He was taking pre-med
and will enroll this fall at Bow
man Gray School of Medicine in
Winston-Salem.
Commission Gives
Ferry Approval
The State Highway Commission
voted unanimously, to approve the
long-sought ferry service across
the mouth of the Cape Fear riv
er between Southport and Fort
Fisher at a meeting in Raleigh
Thursday.
Approval of the plans to take
bids on the facilities for the ferry
followed an announcement by
Governor Terry Sanford, after a
visit to the site Wednesday, that
the commission would go ahead
with the ferry project immedi
ately. The commission approved
the ferry without a dissenting
vote.
The Highway Commission was
told that cost of the service or
its operation can’t now be esti
mated with exactness because
surveys of potential traffic aren’t
up to date.
Governor Sanford, in announc
ing the plans Wednesday, said a
toll charge probably will be made
for the service, suggesting that
a “nominal toll’ would be ap
propriate.
But the ferry will have a ca
pacity of between 30 and 35 au
tomobiles. It will make 30 minute
trips between Southport and Fed
eral Point, near Fort Fisher over
a distance of approximately five
miles.
Operational costs of the ser
vice are uncertain, state high
way officials said.
Because of the toll features, it
was uncertain how much cost of
operating the ferry will add to
the state’s annual bill for such
operations.
Governor Sanford submitted
his request for final approval of
the new service to the Highway
Commission without putting in a
personal appearance.
Commission Chairman Merrill
Evans of Ahoskie, who was in
Southport Wednesday, presented
the ferry proposal on behalf of
Governor Sanford. Graham El
liott of Washington moved that
the ferry project be adopted and
Cliff Benson of Raleigh seconded
the motion. It was unanimously
approved without much discus
sion.
It has been estimated that the
Southport to Fort Fisher ferry
will cost about $750,000. Highway
Commission Public Relations Di
rector Roger Jackson said the
money is at hand for constructing
the ferry but will not be earmark
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Tobacco markets in Columbus
bounty have shown daily increases
a averages, a trend which con
inued this morning as buyers be
jan their fifth sales day.
Red Willetts, executive secre
ary of the Whiteville Tobacco
3oard of Trade, also pointed out
hat quality of offerings is im
proving with less of the water
ogged nondescript today on the
:loor than on Thursday, the 1964
jpening day for the NC-SC Bor
ler Belt.
Willetts’ point was verified by
the fact that Whiteville actually,
sold less tobacco Friday than on *
rhursday, but farmers realized a ’
higher average, and more money -
ivas paid out than on the prev- *
ious day.
Whiteville ended the first two '
sales days with a $40.77 per hun- I
dred average. This represented a -
purchase of $1,717,880 pounds for
$700,386. I
Most warehouses in Columbus I
County had blocked sales Monday -
and one warehouseman said his 3
firm had one-third of a sale of -
tied leaf ready for buying today, *
but time would not allow it to I
be auctioned, having already a -
full sale of untied offerings.
Opening day Thursday found .
the Columbus markets with an '
overall average exceeding that I
of the first sales day in 1963. Tha -
markets in Whiteville, Chad'ooum '
and Fair Bluff also had increases
and Fair Bluff had increases "
in volume over the previous open* I
er. - .
Statistics for Thursday sales!
Whiteville — 896,840, $338,523; -
$37.75.
Chadboum — 337,238, $149,040;
$44.19.
Fair Bluff — 306,206, $133,409;
$43.57.
Tabor City — 252,398, $86,528;
$34.28.
r_. Statistics for Friday sales:
Whiteville — 821,030, $361,863;
$44.07.
Chadboum — 174,438, 85,295;
$48.90.
Fair Bluff — 166,146, $71,711;
$43.16.
Tabor City — 110,346, 45,291;
$41.04. |
Sales of untied leaf will coiw
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Farmers Vote '
On Committees
County and community A SC V
committeemen who will adminis- *
ter ASCS programs in 1964 will j
be elected by farmers in Septem- i
ber, according to Ralph Price, ■
manager of the Brunswick Coun- <
ty Agricultural Stabilization and '
Conservation Service in Shallotte. j
The Community committee S
election in Brunswick County will;
be held September 15 at the >
regular ASCS polling places;
throughout the county. The com- J
munity committee now serving $
will be responsible for seeing that
all phases of the election are \
properly performed and they;;
will make the slate of nominees. /
The slate of nominees will also
include the names of persons
nominated by proper petition
signed by six eligible voters and
filed with the county office by
Wednesday, August 19, 1946, if the
nominees are willing and eligible
to serve.
Persons who are elected chair
man of the community committee
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, August 13
12:19 A.M. 6:01A.M.
6:33 P. M.
Friday, August 14
0:24 A. M. 6:48 A. M.
1.09 P. M. 7:27 P. M.
Saturday, August 15
1:12 A. M. 7:38 A. M.
2:00 P. M. 8:24 P. M.
Sunday, August 16
2:02 A. M. 8:31 A. M. -
2:54 P. M. 9:20 P. M.
Monday, August 17
2:57 A. M. 9:26 A. M.
3:46 P. M. 10:16 P. M.
Tuesday, August 18
3:50 A. M. 10:18 A. M.
4:37 P. M. 10:55 P. M.
Wednesday, August 19
4:43 A. M. 11:09 A. M.
5:25 P. M. 11:55 P. M.