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Volume 24
No. 11
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1964
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Seeks Safe Harbor
VISITOR—This is the construction barge and floating living
McDermot Construction Co. which came into the Southport harboi
noon to get out of the possible path of Hurricane Dora. Ten days
sels had come into port to get away from Hurricane Cleo. (Staff
quarters of the
Monday after
earlier the ves
Photo by Allen)
Republican Fish Fry
i, RALLY-The Brunswick County Republican party held their second fish fry
raHy of the 1964 campaign at Garland’s Landing at Varnumtown Saturday night.
Warren Coolidge of Fayetteville^ the featured speaker, left, is shown with Mrs.
Ruby Babson of Freeland and Bob Rogers of Shallotte township preparing the
fish supper. (Staff Photo by Allen) K s
Republicans Hear
Coolidge Speak
Saturday Nite
A Fayetteville GOP leader call
ed on Brunswick voters to give
Republican presidential candi
date Barry M. GoldwF ter their
full support in the November
general election during a fish fry
xally at Garland’s Landing at
Vamumtown Saturday night at
tended by more than 275 resi
dents.
“The American people have
two great choices to make in No
vember”, said Warren Coolidge,
a former GOP district chairman
and presently a candidate for the
state senate from Cumberland
county. “We have a choice be
tween a man of courage, Barry
M. Goldwater, and a wheeler
dealer, Lyndon Baines Johnson.”
As an example of wheeling and
dealing. Coolidge said Johnson
talks about the great prosperity
the American people are enjoying
and the deep poverty in the coun
try in the aam* wreath. “The more
he talks, the wvvre America will
listen." he deefewed, “and the peo
ple will choose and LBJ will be
left an echo.”
The Fayetteville Republican
ealled Senator {Joidwater a man
of great courage. “He stood firm
in his opposfio# to the Civil
Rights Bill whew all the pressure
in the world waa applied to him
in Congress/' he pointed out. “He
has the courage to stand for prin
cipal and let the chips fall where
they may.”
Peace through strength, hon
esty in government, the cancer
ous growth of big govement, and
Continued On Page Four
Allocation Made
1 For Ferry Here
The State Highway Commission
allocated $805,000 for the South
port to Fort Fisher ferry project,
okayed by Governor Terry San
ford in a visit to the area sev
eral weeks ago, at a meeting in
Raleigh Thursday.
The money allocation includes
$480,000 for the ferry itself and
$325,000 for the approaches. It
■was estimated earlier that the en
tire project would cost $500,000.
The motion that the funds be
spent for the ferry was made by
Graham Elliott of Washington
and unanimously approved by the
commission members. District
'Highway Commissioner Lauch
Faircloth of Clinton made the
motion to approve funds for the
auxiliary facilities for the project.
Assistant Chief Engineer Ivan
Hardesty said the Southport to
Fort Fisher project could be com
pleted by as early as June, 1965.
Hardesty said there was a pos
sibility that the Sea Level ferry
boat which runs between Cedar
Island and Ocracoke, might be
transferred here. If this occurrs,
the two new ferries—costing
$480,000 each—would be used at
Cedar Island.
The new ferries will be very
much like ones used in other
parts of the state now, he said,
but with a capacity of eight to
ten more cars.
Commission Chairman Merrill
Evans sounded a call for more
ferries along the North Carolina
coast. “We cannot continue to run
a ferry operation and leave more
Continued On Page Four
School Water
Heaters Checked
Superintendent A. W. Taylor
said the Brunswick County main- i
tenance crew has completed an !
inspection of all hot water heat
ers in the county schools.
Six dip tubs, which are be- I
lieved to be the cause of the re- I
cent series of water heater ex
plosions in the state, were found
and replaced. All pop-off valves
were also checked by the crews.
Southport Boy
At The Citadel
Cadet Edward L. Oliver, III,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L.
Oliver, Jr., Southport, was se
lected last spring to serve in this
year training Cadre at The Cit
adel. The Cadre is composed of
specially qualified cadets, mostly
seniors who hold important posi
tions with the Corps of Cadets,
who are requested to return to the
military college early in the fall
to train incoming freshmen.
Members of the Cadre reported
to The Citadel Sept. 1 and are
now undergoing intensified in
struction in preparation for the
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Airplane Crash
Sunday Results
In One Fatality
A light observation plane crash
ed into the sand dunes and burst
into flames at Ocean Isle Beach
Sunday afternoon killing its North
Carolina Air National Guard of
ficer pilot.
Carl M. McLaurin, Jr. of Rock
ingham, was killed when his L.-19
crashed at the Brunswick resort.
He was the sole occupant of the
aircraft which was based at Ra
leigh.
Coroner Lowell Bennett, who
ruled the death accidental, said
the body was flown by an Air
Force helicopter to the Myrtle
Beach Air Force Base.
It was the second major trag
edy at Ocean Isle Beach in the
past two weeks. A water heater
exploded and killed a man at the
Ocean Isle Beach Motel on Au
gust 29.
Commander Henry L. Carter,
of the Brunswick County Civil Air
Patrol, rushed with a 10-man
squad to the scene shortly after
the accident occurred about 3:30
p. m.
Carter said the official cause for
the accident could not be given
until an investigation could be
made by authorities.
He said witnesses at Ocean
Isle-Beach told him of seeing the
plane flying out over the ocean
at an altitude between 300 and
.400 feet at an estimated speed of
about 60 miles an hour.
The plane was about half a
mile north of the Ocean Idle Pier,
witnesses said, when it com
menced a steep left turn into the
wind and began to fall.
Carter said the plane after
rapid loss of altitude, crashed in
to sand dunes behind a row of
cottages paralleling the Ocean
Isle Highway.
The plane burst into flames,
Carter said, hot more than 300
feet from cottage where Mc
Laurin’s wife and other members
of the family were staying.
totally consumed by the flamtes
that erupted when the craft nosed;
over after crashing.
He said the CAP guarded the
charred wreckage until relieved f
by military authorities after Mc
Laurin’s body was flown by
helicopter to Myrtle Beach.
Highway No. 17
Plan Submitted
A master plan for moderniza
tion of US 17 In Southeastern
North Carolina was presented to
the State Highway Commission
ers at a meeting in Raleigh
Thursday by area leaders.
The US Highway 17 Improve
ment and Development Associa
tion called on the commissioners
to complete the Cape Fear River
Bridge at the earliest possible
date and to four lane US 17 south
of Wilmington as fast as possible.
They asked that priority in the
enlargement of the highway be
given the section between Supply
and Wilmington.
Pete Camak, manager of the
Greater Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce and head of the group,
told the commissioners that the
section of highway 17 between
Supply and Wilmington was one
of the worst roads in the state.
The commission members said
they recognized the necessity of
bringing the Supply to Wilmington
section of US 17 up to standard
Continued On Page Four
Banquet In Washington
SPEAKER—Congressman Alton A. Lennon is shown here as he addresses grad
uatmg students of the U. S. Naval Oceanographic Institute at a recent banquet in
Washington, D. C. On ,the left is Douglas Jones, head of technical training at the
institute, and on the right is Mrs. Jones. Both are Southport natives.
Lennon Speaks
Of Importance
Of Cooperation
Congressman Alton Len
non stressed the importance of
international cooperation in the
study and exploitation of the
world’s oceans at graduation
ceremonies for 19 foreign stu
dents at the U. S. Naval Ocean
D. C., last month. '
Congressman Lennon, noting
that over 70 percent of the earth’s
surface is covered with water,
said a complete understanding of
the world’s oceans is too vast , a
subject* for any single country to
accomplish. He pointed out thatt
very little real work has been
done to learn about the ocean. :
He spoke at' graduation cere
monies for seventeen foreigh stu
dents from such countries as Bra
zil, Burma, China, Indonesia, Ja
pan, Ecuador, Greece, Paraguay,
Philippines, Thailand, Uruguay,
and Viet Nam, and two U. S.
Marine Corps officers who have
been studing hydrography and
oceanography at the Oceanograp
hic Office for the past year.
Congressman Lennon, who is
chairman of the House of Repre
sentative’s Sommittee on Ocean
ography congratulated the stu
dents upon their graduation and
encouraged them to study the
ocean processes, its properties,
and its potential as an inexhaust
ible economic source for many of
the world’s growing needs.
Douglas Jones, a Southport na
tive and head of technical train
ing at the institute, acted as host
for the graduation ceremonies
which was attended by Captain
V. A. Moitoret,, deputy comman
der of the Naval Oceanographic
Office; Captain ’!’. K. Treadwell,
assistant to the Oceanographer,
Rear Admiral D. W. Knoll; War
ren C. Crump, acting scientific
and technical director of the Nav
al Oceanographic Office, and Mrs.
Lennon.
TIME and TIDE
It was September 9, 1959, and Dr. M. H. Rourk, Shallotte
physician, was named head of the Department of Cardiology at
Dosher Memorial Hospital. Southport party boat captains land
ed nine sailfish during the Labor Day weekend.
Nine Southport men and one Supply man were members
of the crew of the dredge Hyde which was working at Mason
boro Inlet. Herman Sellers of Southport was constructing a party
boat for Captain Glenn Trunnell. M. E. Smith of Longwood
recommended raising rabbits instead of chickens because of the
money differences.
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It was September 8, 1954, and the county NCEA unit under
Principal Holland C. Manning of Leland held a picnic at Holden
Beach honoring the new county teachers. The State Highway
Patrol announced that no wrecks occurred during the Labor
Day weekend.
Mayor Leon Galloway of Shallotte announced that he would
resign from his official position because he was moving out of
town. Mrs. Bryant Potter was elected president of the Southport
PTA. Walter Aldridge was named head of the Boy Scout fund
raising drive in Southport.
It was September 7, 1949, and Kenneth McKedthan was
elected commander of the newly organized Town Creek Post of
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Powell Bill Funds
Allocated To Towns
•a
| Scholarship
Barbara Knowles, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Knowles of
Bolivia, has been awarded a mu
sic scholarship to Wilmington Col
lege. Miss Knowles, a 1964 grad
uate of Bolivia high school, has
been active in Beta club, Mono
gram club, Science club, and
FHA. She has also worked in
4-H Club activities in both the
community and county, receiving
the Key Award in 1962. She is
a member of the Bolivia Baptist
church where she is accompainst
for the Junior Department.
Brhf Mb 04
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SARD OF THE MONTH
Mr. arid Mrs. Guy Garrett have
been honored 'by the Yard of The
Month committee of the Southport
Garden Club for September. They
live at Deepwater Heights.
HURRICANE MAPS
Persons desiring a hurricane
map for tracing the progress of
Dora may obtain one from the
office of Kirby Sullivan, who has
them on sale as a Lions Club
project.
FATHER DIES
Fred Canady Taylor of Grifton,
father of A. Woodrow Taylor, Su
perintendent of Brunswick Coun
ty Schools, died Tuesday. Fun
eral services will be conducted
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock
at Riverside Christian Church in
Grifton.
LOAN APPROVED
The State Board of Education
has approved a loan of $84,000
for the construction of a Gym
torium at Lincoln, says Super
intendent, A. W. Taylor. The
Board of Education will meet
with the architect, R. N. Burney
of Southeastern Design Associ
ates, on Monday to discuss the
project. Superintenden, Taylor
expressed hope the contracts will
be let in mid-October.
■ The seven municipalities in
Brunswick County received
$767,538.60 in Powell Bill funds
■ from the State Highway Com
mission, it was announced today
(Wednesday).
The funds are distributed an
nually to qualified municipalities
ptreet work within their corpor
ate limits. The allocations are
■ based on a formula using popu
lation and street mileage in the
municipalities.
Long Beach received the high
est allocation from the Powell
Bill with $34,591.77 while Boiling
Spring Lakes had $22,068.97,
Southport $12,091.42, Yaupon
Beach $4,104.77, Shallotte, $3,615.
46, Ocean Isle Beach $2,467.23 and
Bolivia $814.24.
The funds will be mailed from
Raleigh in late September in
order to reach the participating
municipalities toy October 1.
ASC Ballots To
Be Back Friday
All 'ballots for the ASCS com
munity-committee election must
be returned to the ASCS office
or post-marked by not later than
Friday of this week to be count
ed, says Manager Ralph L. Price
of the Agriculture Stabilization
and Conservation Service in Shal
lotte.
Ballots to all Brunswick county
farmers eligible to vote were
mailed out on September 1. The
ballots must be returned by Fri
day to be counted.
The candidates in the six town
ships for positions on the com
munity committees include:
Lockwoods Folly, A I d r e t h
Phelps, Neil Holden and W. Mc
Kinley Hewett, all incumbents,
and George Brown, Floyd Evans
and Edwin Sellers.
Shallotte, Curtis Hewett and
Howard Gore, both incumbents,
Arthur Bellamy, Clyde Benton,
Russell Grissess and Herman
Long.
Northwest, Paul Brown and
George Skipper, both incumbents,
Ira Butler, Willie Peterson, Ru
fus Steward and Forest D. Wil
liams.
Town Creek, Roy Willetts, Wil
liam Gore and Dan Watson, all
incumbents, and Elbert Knox,
Ellis Lewis and H. H. Simmons.
Smithville, Willie Clemmons,
Ervin Monroe and J. A. Chat
man, all incumbents, and Leroy
Bernard, Louie Cox and L. P.
Richardson.
Waccamaw, Roy W. Hughes
and Gardner King, both incum
bents, J. D. Long, Gardner Mc
Cumbee, Buddie Smith and James
Albert Smith.
Three of the present 18 com
munity committee members de
cided not to seek re-election this
year. They include Horry Jen
rette in Shallotte, H. O. Peterson,
and Jimmy Benton in Wacca
maw.
Ballots were mailed to every
eligible voter in Brunswick
County on record by the county
committee at the ASCS office on
September 1. The ballots must be
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Public Hearing
Scheduled For
Inlet Project
A outiic hearing before the
acting (Jstrict engineer will be
held in Wilmington on September
21 at 10 a. m. to discuss the New
Inlet project, the Corps of En
gineers announced Monday.
After the public meeting, Ma
jor Robert L. Bouffard, acting
district engineer, will make a
reconnaissance report for navi
gation near Kure Beach.
The public hearing, which will
be held in Heminway Hall, is be
ing conducted under the authority
of the 1960 River and Harbor act.
The law provides authority for
the chief of engineers to develop
and construct small navigation
projects that have not already
been specifically authorized by
Congress. Each project must be
complete within itself and be eco
nomically justified. In addition,
each project is limited to a fed
eral cost of not more than
$200,000. Projects adopted and
constructed under the law ate
constructed and maintained by '
the Corps of Engineers at fed
eral cost under the same proce
dures and policies as applied toi
regular authorized projects.
The existing project for New
Inlet provides for closing the in
let in order to divert more water
to flow through the Baldhead
Schoal Channel at the mouth
of the Cape Fear River. The dos
ing of New Inlet was authorized
by the River and Harbor Act of
March 3, 1873, and provided for
the construction of a jetty at
Federal Point on the northern
side of the New Inlet. It was a
part of the improvement of the
lower Cape Fear River.
•"mere is no existing navigation
project for New Inlet or any chan
nel to the Cape Fear River”, Ma
jor Bouffard declared. Improve
ments under consideration in
clude deepening and stabilizing
the channel through New Inlet to
the ocean in the vicinity of Fed
eral Point, provision of a chan
nel through “The Basin” to a .JM
*arbpr~. at Federal
Point, provision'at a channel ",
from the Cape Fear River near
Southport, through natural
channels and marine marshlands
behind the barrier beach to New
Inlet.
All interested parties are invit- '
ed to be present for the public
hearing. They will be afforded j
full opportunity to express their:
views concerning the character
and extent of the improvements
desired; the estimated benefits
expected from increased cargoes
of fish and shellfish, and other
commerce transported through
these natural channels; the bene-*
fits from prevention of damage'
to boats; and the benefits result-$
ing from reduction in operating
expenses, and from similar»
items. j
Sponsors of the improvement
are urged to present pertinent ,
factual material bearing upon the i
data on the economic justification
of the undertaking. Opposing int- :
erests, if any, are also urged to:
state the reasons for their posi-j
tion. |
“Oral statements will 'be heard,,
but for accuracy of record, - all •!
important facts and arguments :
should be submitted in writing, in «
six copies, as the records of the *
hearing will be forwarded for con
sideration by the Secretary of the j
Army.” he said. “Written state-1
ments may be handed to the hear-1
ing officer at the hearing or mail
ed to this office beforehand”. • ;
Mayor K- B. Tomlinson of £
Southport, who will make a pres
entation at the meeting,/
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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 Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, September 10
10:51 A. M. 4:37 A.
10:58 P. M. 5:08 P.
Friday, September 11
11:35 A. M. 5:18 A.
11:40 P. M. 5:55 P.
Saturday, September 12
12:22 A. M. 6:02 A. M,
6:46 P. M.
Sunday, September 13
0:26 A. M. 6:50 A. M.
1:13 P. M. 7:42 P-M.
Monday, September 14
1:18 A. M. 7:45 A. M.
2:07 P. M. 8:40 P. M.
Tuesday, September 15
2:14 A. M. 8:43 A. M.
3:02 P. M. 9:37 P. M.
Wednesday, September 14
3:13 A. M. 9:40 A. M.
3:56 P. M. 10:31 P. M.
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