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Volume 24
No. 10 8-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1964
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Debris From Saturday Blast
WRECKAGE—-This is the scene at Ocean Isle Beach Saturday following the
blast which took the life of Channing N. Page, former mayor of Southern Pines.
A water heater exploded to cause all the trouble. A mattress from the room oc
cupied by Mr. and. Mrs. Page is shown in the foreground. (Staff Photo by Alien).-'
Saturday Tragedy
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Blast Claims One Life
A' former mayor of Southern <
Pines was killed instantly when
a water heater exploded early
Saturday morning at‘tlwroee*n~
Isle Beach Motel, wrecking the
room in which he and his wife
were staying.
Channing N. Page, 66, died
from concussion when the 80
gallon water heater exploded
about 6:25 a. m. Saturday. He
was sleeping in a room directly
above the blast. His wife, who
was in the room with him, escap
ed without injuries.
Coroner Lowell Bennett ruled
Page’s death an accident. "It
was the worst thing I’ve seen in
my eight years as coroner,” he
declared.” The room, furniture,
sheets and everything else was
tom to pieces. I don’t know how
Mrs. Page escaped.”
■ Ocean Isle Beach Police Chief
Marvin Stanley, who investigated
the accident, said the Pages were
staying in a room directly above
the water heater in the Ocean
Isle Motel. When the blast occur
red, furniture and personal ef
fects of the Pages were thrown
in all directions.
Chief Stanley said the heater
was blown 300 feet by the blast.
A mattress from one of the twin
beds in the motel room was found
outside on the beach.
The police chief said he did
not know what caused the heat
er to exploded. ‘‘Evidently it did
not have an escape valve, but I
will know more about the accid
ent when I complete my investig
ation,” he declared.
Chief Stanley estimated the
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LNEWSJ
BIRTHDAY CALENDARS
Mrs. Trudy Hufham is in charge
of the PTA birthday calendar
project this year. The calendars
are on sale now, and she is anx
ious to have prospective pur
chasers call and give her their
| order. .
FISH FRY SATURDAY
Because of weather conditions
over the weekend, the Brunswick
County Republican party was
forced to delay their second GOP
fish fry rally until this Saturday
at Garland’s Landing at Vamum
town, according Chairman
H. L. Willetts of Bohvia.
OFF TO SCHOOL
Rodney Garner has left for
Frederick Military School in Vir
ginia where he will attend school
this fall. C. E. Murphy, a sopho
more, and Jerry Spencer, a fresh
men, have left for Chowan Col
lege. All three are football play
ers who are reporting for pre
season practice.
Figures Fall Short
Attendance is way down at all 4
county schools, but Superintend
ent A. W. Taylor believes the
number of students in Brunswick
educational institutions will grow
to an all time record figure be
fore the end of the week.
A total of 5,425 students en
rolled in the 11 schools Thurs
day and Friday, Superintendent
Taylor said. Last year, 6,086 stu
dents attended the same schools.
The number of elementary
students enrolled is down at all
11 elementary schools while South
port is the only one of the nine
high schools to report increased “
attendance. The number of South
port high school students has
grown by 10, to 164, but ele
mentary enrollment at the same
school has dropped by 55, to 492.
But Superintendent Taylor is op
tomistic about the enrollment in
creasing past last year’s mark in
■ the county by this weekend. “We
feel the enrollment is off in the
county because a lot of families
have not returned from vacations
while other families have not
completed their farm work,” he
declared. “We expect the largest
number of student ever enrolled
in the schools of Brunswick coun
ty to be in school by Friday.”
The figures released by the
Board of Educaton show that
there are 711 fewer students in
the schools of Brunswick today
than there were this spring. The
elementary schools were hardest
hit by lack of attendance thus far,
the number decreasing by 520.
High school enrollment is off by
191 students.
The official enrollment figures
at the schools of Brunswick in
clude the following, with the
number of students in 1963-64 first
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Forest Service
Buys Pine Cones
The North Carolina Forest Ser
vice will purchase 1500 bushels
of longleaf pine cones and 3500
bushels of loblolly pine within the
next few weeks.
Cones may be collected behind
logging operations if the trees
have not been cut over one day
prior to collection. Cones collect
ed from trees having been cut for
several days will begin to open,
thus causing lost of seed. Cones
in this condition will not be ac
cepted. The following specificat
ions must be met before cones
can be accepted:
1. Must be freshly picked.
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CAROLYN SEGRAVES
Bolivia Student
On Scholarship
A 1964 graduate of Bolivia High
School has been awarded her sec
ond scholarship to attend college
this fall, according to Principal
Thomas Davis.
Miss Carolyn Segraves, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hi Se
graves, was recently named the
winner of a National • Defense
scholarship from the federal
government. Last spring she was
the recipient of a North Carolina
Prospective Teachers’ scholar
ship.
Miss Segraves will attend
Campbell College at Buis’s Creek
■this fall and major in music. She
plans to teach music in the
schools of North Carolina after
graduation.
“The “National Defense scholar
ship is offered 'through most of the
colleges in the state and is pre
sented to high school graduates
with better than average grades,”
Principal Davis explained. “The
teachers’ scholarship is given to
students who plan to teach in the
public schools of North Carolina
after graduation from college.”
While at Bolivia High, Miss Se
graves participated in a varied
program of extra curricular ac
tivities including membership in
the Science club. Beta club, Mon
ogram club, Glee club, French
club, and Library club. She also
has held offices in each of these
clubs.
Along with club activities she
was a member of the “Bear
Tracks” annual staff, newspaper
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Seek Extension
Of Recreation
Facilities Here
Plans to extend the beach sea
son Into the fall by sponsoring
adult vacation periods were dis
cussed at a meeting of the South
eastern North Carolina Beach
Association at Wrightsville Beach
Monday night.
A group of more than 100 mot
el-hotel operators, fishing pier
proprietors from Sunset Beach
to Topsail and golf course man
agers attended to hear the pro
posals to extend the beach sea
son. J. W. Robinson of Holden
Beach was one of the represent
atives from Brunswick county at
the meeting.
SENCBA President L. C. Le
Gwin, Jr., proposed the period be
tween Labor Day and November
be set aside for adult vacations.
To this end, rooming accomoda
tions of all participating mem
bers would be cut to 50 per
cent of th.e regular summer fees
during “adult vacation time”.
“This is the best time to enjoy
our beaches,” Presidnet LeGwin
said. “The fishing is better; sea
food is more plentiful; the beach
es are less crowded with ramp
aging youngsters; and the oyster
season is in full swing.”
In addition, weekly reduced
rates would be in effect for col
laborating vacationists at fishing
piers and golf courses. At mem
ber fishing piers weekly rates for
couples, would be in effect, with
the added feature that a ticket
would be honored by all pier
operators during the week.
.Golfing privileges would also
. be offered on a weekly basis.
As to attracting vacation
couples, Presiden LeGwin said
postal type cards listing all facili
ties in the various resort areas
would be made available to bus
iness participants at cost. These
would be mailed by individual
business interest to past vacation
er for their use, or that of friends.
He suggested further the pos
sibility of forwarding a supply of
't’Ke' Sards to large'concems^ont
side the SENCland area for the
use of late vacationing employees.,
It was pointed out also that
SENCBA would arrange for ad
vertising and publicity in media
outside the southeastern area to
push the adult vacation plan
here. 1
Examine Beach
Grass Project
A program to help stop beach
erosion with the use of American
Beach grass will be conducted at
Long Beach Saturday afternoon
under the direction of County
Agent A. S. Knowles and Town
Mangers Dan L. Walker.
The program will be conducted
just west of the King Lynn’s gate
at Long Beach at 2 p. m. In case
of rain, the program will be held
at the Long Beach Town Hall at
the same time.
During the meeting an inspect
ion and explanation of what
American Beach grass has done
on an experimental plot planted
earlier this year at Long Beach
will be given. “You won’t believe
it unless you see if for yourself,”
Manager Walker said.
Each person atending the dem
onstration will be given an op
portunity to have the American
Beach grass planted on their pro
perty. “It will be furnished at
cost, representing a savings of $5
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Sales Holiday
Work On Television Tower
FOUNDATION—Workmen are shown pouring the foundation for one of the
anchors for the new television tower which is being erected near Boiling Spring
Lakes. The new station will go on the air in October- (Staff Photo by Allen)
Construction Of
New Television
Tower Underway
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station and tower for the new
Wilmington television - station,
WWAY, which is being located in
Brunswick county, is well under
way. • .
The tower, when completed in
late September, will be the sec
ond tallest in the eastern part of
the United States. Only the Voice
of America tower in Greenville
will be taller. It will weight
600,000 pounds.
Work at the site of the oper
ations, which is located between
Boiling Spring Lakes and Boli
via, this week is with putting in
the six anchor points which will
help support the tower. Ap
proximately 61 yards of concrete
is being used on each one of the
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Boiling Spring Lakes
Gets GAP Travel Bus
The Boiling Spring Lakes
Civil Air Patrol has recently pur
chased a bus to transport the
squardron members to meetings.
J. R. Sullivan says anyone above
the age of 12 can join the group
which meets every Thursday
night at 7:30 o’clock at the Boil
ing Spring Lakes Country Club.
Interested persons should con
tact Sullivan who will be glad to
pick them up in the bus which
travels from Bowling’s 66 station
to Mill’s Esso and along the Mid
way road to the Amuzu theatre
in Southport before going to the
club house on Thursdays.
TIME and TIDE \
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It was September 2, 1959, and the Federal Civil Defense
Administration’s Stream Clearance division completed work on
clearing Lockwoods Folly River so small boats could travel on
the body of water. The citizens of Leland purchased a fire truck
for their town.
Mrs. Philip King was named acting county librarian and
plans were made to purchase a bookmobile for Brunswick. Betty
Gore of Bolivia, Martha McLawhom of Leland and Loretta
Phelps of Shailotte graduuated from Miller-Motte Business Col
lege in Wilmington Tuesday.
It was September 1, 1954, and a fishing party with Captain
Hoyle Dosher had three sailfish Friday while Captain Hulan
Watts had one. Two mild cases of polio were reported in Bruns
wick county.
Young Democratic Club President Ernest Parker announced
that Sam Ervin, who had recently been appointed to the U. S.
Senate, would speak in Southport the following month at a
$5 a plate dinner. Southport and Shailotte were the only com-,
munities in the county to receive Powell Bill money.
It was August 31, 1949, and Lieutenant Governor Pat Taylor
of Wadesboro spent the week at Holden Beach with his family.
J. M. King was elected president of the newly organized Bolivia
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Name Change For
Savings & Loan
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DOUGLAS HAWKS
Good Beginning
At Leland School
Four new teachers have joined
the 23-member Leland High
School faculty this year, says
Principal Rockfellow Venters.
The new teachers at Leland in
clude Melvin Boyd, Alton Payne,
Mrs. Grace Payne, and Miss
Anna Rogers.
Boyd, a veteran teacher, will
instruct industrial arts this year.
A graduate of East Carolina Col
lege, he has taught in the schools
of Maryland and North Carolina.
Last year he was at Brison-Me
morial in Craven county.
Payne will teach sclent at Le
land this year. A graduate of
East Carolina College, he served
as a Naval aviator for 20 years.
He has taught in the schools of
the state for a number of years,
being at Hyde Central in Hyde
county last year.
Mrs. Payne, no relation to the
new science teacher, will instruct
the sixth grade this fall. She is
a graduate of East Carolina Col
lege and has been teaching in
Tliomasville for past few years.
Miss Rogers, a Tabor City na
tive, will teach the third grade
at Leland. She is a 1964 grad
uate of Campbell College and this
is her first teaching assignment.
Returning teachers on the 23
member faculty at Leland include
Mrs. Mildred Naylor, first grade;
Mrs. Beatrice Sabiston, first; Mrs.
Nina Lane, second; Mrs. Mar
garet Bland, second; Mrs. Cath
erine Sutton, second and third
combination; Mrs. Ira Butler,
fourth; Mrs. Ruby Carr, fourth
and fifth combination; Mrs. Clara
Conway, fifth; Mrs. Ruby Sutton
sixth; Mrs. Hazel Scott, seventh;
Donald Sellers, seventh; Mrs. Re
becca Teachey, eighth; Bridges
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At a. specigljjnSetliqf* of the
stockholders of the Southport
Savings & Loan Associaton here
Thursday the charter wag amend
ed to change the name of the as
sociation to Security Savings &
Loan Association.
This was in anticipation of the
opening of a branch office 6f the
association ji Shallotte and
marks the second time within the
history of the association that
the charter has been amended
for the purpose of changing the
name. Originally the organiza
tion adopted the title of Southport
Building & Loan Associaton.
October 1 has been set as the
target date for opening the office
at Shallotte, but officials of the
association say there are many
details which must be taken care
of in the meantime and they are
not sure this deadline can be met.
A lease has been obtained on
the building formerly occupied by
the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co.
in Shallotte, and this will solve the
office problem.
President H. T. - St. George an
nounced this week that Douglas
Hawes has been named assistant
secretary-treasurer to manage
•the Shallotte office.
He is a Bolivia merchant who
is a native of Shallotte and grad
uated from Shallotte High
School. During World War n he
served in the U, S. Navy. He is
married to the former Mildred
Williams of Shallotte and they
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Better Tobacco
Next Objective
A campaign to save North
Carolina tobacco growers millions
of dollars on future crops is be
ing launched on tile heels of the
1964 crop.
The campaign in Brunswick
County calls for immediate war
against old tobacco stalks and
roots, reports A. S. Knowles,
Acting County Extension Chair
man.
Farmers have become alarmed
over our rising disease loses. The
losses this year may reach
$250,000. Cutting tobacco stalks
and plowing out tobacco stubbles
reduces mosaic, nematodes,
brown spot and several insects.
“There are few things that a
farmer can do that will pay him
so well,” says Furne' Todd, Ex
tension Disease Specialist.
Tood said he knew that farm
ers were anxious to spent their
time getting their crop ready for
market after harvest is com
plete. But he urged them to spend
a little time preparing for the
1965 crop.
• “Plowing out old stalks and
roots will not give perfect control
of mosaic, nematodes, brown spot
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Announcement was made today
(Wednesday) that the Boeder'
Belt Tobacco Markets will ob
serve a three-day sales holiday
starting at the close of sales
Friday. Labor Day normally IS .
taken as a sales holiday.
Extension of the normal holi
day period this year results ffOrrf
the overcrowded conditions in! te
drying plants. A similar three
day recess in selling occurred last
year because of too much tob*c£0
in the redrying plants.
In Whiteville, Sales Supervisor
A. h. Willetts advised farmers
who have sales space reserved
for next week to check
warehousemen for a confirmation.
Tobacco farmers have received
more than $7 million more cash
fof the first It sales days this
year than during the same pet
ted last year on County mark
kets. This was evidenced by the
Agricultural Marketing Service,
which also indicated the fotff
market average is $4.70 ahead
of last year's.
On the four markets — White
ville, Chadboum, Tabor City and
Fair Bluff — last week was end
ed with almost 12 million pounds
sold Thursday, and over 12 mil
lion Friday, AMS pointed out
The season’s third full week Of
■ales found the Columbus mar
ket handling 11,464,013 pounds Of
bright leaf at an average of
$61.96.
Whiteville’s average Friday in
creased 40 cents per hundred over
the previous day ($61.67—$6127).
By the end of the day 14,824,78#
has been bought for $7,930,571,
averaging $53.50.
Compared with the 1963 report
for the 17th sales day, WWteviHs
appeared to be far ahead in
pounds, dollars received and
averages. This was likewise tfiitf
of the Chadboum, Fair Bluff, and
Tabor City markets.
Belt-wise, average prices Ih
both the NC-SC portions w^fe
generally higher last week com
pared with the previous one. Vol
ume of sales was fairly heavy,
Witli full sdles expected hi most
markets for the first few days r
this week. - -
Increases in grade averages
were $1 and $2 in most instances.
However, a few grades, chiefly' |
lower qualities, ranged from' $3 j
to $6. The top price reported Wds :
$76 for a few select baskets of {
fine and good quality tobacco.
Principal marketings were low
and fair leaf, fair lugs and noh> <
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End Of Week Sales ^ j
W h i t e v 111 e — Thursday, ,
1,151,737, & 705,685; $61.27. FrQ-'
day, $1,153,764; $61.67.
Red Cross Will
Florida
The Red Cross ia helping tour- jj
ricane Cleo victims in Florida!' to ■
recover from property losses {
where needed and will accept |
cash contributions through local j
chapters for this purpose, A. A. I
Martin, Chairman of Brunswick
County Chapter, was advised Sat- |
urday, by the organization’s
Southeastern Area headquarters
in Atlanta. '*• ''
In the wake of Cleo’s swe.ep
through Florida, local chapters
already are taking applications
from families whose finances!
may be inadequate and who jfpel
they will require help in meet
ing at least a portion of the cost,
according to W. D. Dibrell, of
Atlanta, director of Disaster Ser
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport during ^
the week. These hoars are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State '
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association. . .
HIGH LOW
Thursday, September 3,
5:11 A. M. 11:31 A.:*.
5:43 P.M. |#
Friday, September 4,
6:09 A. M. 0:16 A-’ji—
. 6:37 P. M. 12:27 P?M;'t
Saturday, September 5,
7:02 A. M. 1:05 A.-it..
7:27 P.M. 1:18 P. ,
Sunday, September fl, .
7:52 A.M. 1:51 A. hL
8:13 P.M. 2:06 P. tMi.!
Monday, September 7, \ /
8:39 A.M. 2:34 A.M.
8:56 P. M. 2:53 P„ M.
Tuesday, September 8,’iii-ys
9:23 A. M. 3:16 A. M.
9:37 P. M. 3:39 P. M.5
Wednesday, September 9/ •
10:07 A. M. 3:57 A. Vtf
11:17 P. M. 4:23 P. M.
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