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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1964
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Honored At Sunny Point
HONORED—Two members of the Security Division, Sunny Point Army Terminal, were recently
awarded trophies for excelling in activities of the Division during fiscal year 1964. Shown in
photograph, left to right, are John W. Davis, Jr., winner of the “Weapons Proficiency Trophy”
for having attained the highest competitive revolver markmanship score during the annual weap
ons familiarization, Lt. Colonel Archie B. Joyner, Jr., Commanding Officer of the Terminal;
Archie A. Dixon who was selected as the outstanding “Policeman of the Year” by his superiors; *'
and Robert N. Clevenger, Chief of the Security Division.
Unbelievable Sequence
Woman Saved From Drowning
A woman was saved from 1
drowning, her husband had a mi
raculous escape from injury in
an automobile accident and Chief
of Police Herman Strong became
a hero in a rapid succession of
unaccountable events on the
Southport waterfront late Monday
afternoon.
Strong swam to the uncon
scious body of Mrs. Leila H.
..V/aodside and lifted her into a
boat handled by Mr. and Mrs.
Dallas Pigott in time to get her
to Dosher Memorial Hospital
while there still was a spark of
life. Extremely good timing on
the part of the Gilbert Funeral
Service ambulance which was
waiting at the city dock helped to
make this possible. The fact that
Dr. Norman Hornstein was wait
ing in the emergency room at
the hospital also was a countri
buting factor in the happy end
ing to this bizaire story.
Investigation revealed the fol
lowing sequence of events.
Mrs. Woodside recently has
been in a highly nervous condi
tion and had threatened to jump
into the river. Her husband, Hor
ace Woodside, was keeping a
close watch on her, but while she
was taking a nap he went across
the street from their apartment
to get a cup of coffee. Someone
came in and reported seeing his
Wife walking up Bay street, so he
jumped into his automobile and
went to look for her. As he reach
ed a point in front of the Com
munity Building he saw his wife
in the water and attempted to
jam on brakes. In the excitement
he hit the accelerator instead,
and this sent his car careening
down the street, up a 15-foot em
bankment, past three trees, down
the embankment again, across
the street and to a stop, headed
in the wrong direction.
It was this commotion that
drew spectators, who up until
that time had not seen the woman
in the water. Chief Strong was
called, and when he saw Mrs.
Woodside in the river about 75
feet from the dock, he hurried
off to get a boat.
Meanwhile, the husband had
been taken to the hospital.
Chief Strong was having his
trougles finding a boat and it was
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KADIO PROGRAM
The Christian Science radio
series, “The Bible Speaks to
You”, is broadcast every Sunday
morning at 9.10 over station
WMFD, Wilmington. The next
program is titled “Divine Help
Wherever You Are”.
BOLIVIA CLUB MEETS
The Bolivia Home Demonstra
tion Club met Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Mildred Hawes.
Mrs. Foster Mintz, President
gave the demonstration and made
announcements. The club will
meet with Mrs. Mary Earp in Oc
tober.
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New Committees
For ASC Elected
Results of the September elec- 1
tion of ASC community com
mitteemen for all six ASC com
munitiea of Brunswick County
were announced today by Lonnie
Evans, chairman, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
County Committee. The elections
were held by mail, and ballots
were tabulated publicly by the in
cumbent ASC County Committee
Tuesday at the ASCS Office.
Farmers elected to the com
mittees are listed in the order of
their position on the committee
with chairman first followed by
vice-chairman, member, first al
ternate and second alternate.
Lockwoods Folly — W. McKin
ley Hewett, Aldreth Phelps, Neil
Holden, Edwin Sellers and Floyd
Evans.
Northwest — Paul Brown,
George H. Skipper, Forest D. Wil
liams, Willis Peterson and Ira
Butler.
Smithville — Willie Clemmons,
Ervin Monroe, J. A. Chatman,
Leroy Bernard and Louie Cox.
Shallotte — Howard Gore, Ar
thur Bellamy, Curtis Hewett,
Clyde Benton and Russell Gris
sett.
Town Creek — William P. Gore,
Roy Willetts, Elbert Knox, Ellis
Lewis and Dan Watson.
Continued On Page Four
Brunswick Funds
For Dora Victims
Throughout the areas hit by
giant Hurricane Dora, the Red
Cross is settng up special offices
where victims of this storm, rival
ing the worst storms of the past
decade, may apply for help in re
covery, A. A. Martin, chairman
of Brunswick County Chapter, has
been advised by W. D. Dibrell of
Atlanta, relief director, who
heads disaster services for the
eight-state Southeastern Area.
Supplementary funds for homes
reconstruction and homes refurn
ishing, medical care of storm in
jured, restoration of storm-dam
aged one-family businesses, and
other needs which stricken fam
ilies are unable to meet them
selves will be available, without
obligation, through the Red Cross,
to families qualifying, Dibrell
said.
Persons desiring to make cash
contributions to be used for this
purpose, Martin said, should
present this money to the Bruns
wick County Chapter for trans
mittal to Southeastern Area head
quarters in Atlanta.
Dibrell said 85 experienced dis
aster staff members of the Nat
ional Red Cross have been assign
ed to Hurricane Dora relief oper
ations, most of them in Florida.
“They will remain on the job
after shelters are closed to help
local chapters in the family re
habilitation phase of the relief
operation.”
Dentist
DR. RICHARD CONRAD
New Southport
Dentist Here
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Conrad
moved here this week from
Greensboro and are getting
things straight in preparation for
the opening Monday of his dental
office. They have purchased the
Graham home at the corner of
Moore street and Atlantic ave
nue and he will use the office
formerly occupied by Dr. C. A.
Graham.
Dr. Conrad graduated from
Greensboro High School, did his
undergraduate work at the Uni
versity of North Carolina with a
degree in chemistry, then gradu
ated from University of North
Carolina School of Denistry in
1955.
After spending two years in
the U. S. Air Force, during much
of which time he was stationed
at Kansas City, Mo., he opened a
dental office at Gibsonville. He
has practiced there and in
Greensboro since that time.
Dr. Conrad is married to the
former Teresa Boone of Gibson
ville. They have no children. The
Conrads are members of the
First Lutheran Church in Greens
boro.
Dr. Conrad’s hobby is flying
and has owned his own plane. He
does not have one at present, but
thinks he may get back in the
business when the Brunswick
County Airport is completed. He
also plays golf.
Dr. Conrad is a versatile mus
isian and while in college helped
to pay his way by playing in
dance bands. “I helped open the
pavilion at Myrtle Beach,” he
said, ‘‘and I have played at the
Lumina at Wrightsville. I still
play the saxaphone, clarinet and
piano for fun”. He added that his
wife also plays piano.
The Conrads are moving in this
week and Dr. Conrad hopes to
have his office ready to begin
Continued On Page Four
Annexation Plan
Postponed For
Present By City
The Southport Board of Alder
men voted to donate $5,000 to
Cosher Memorial Hospital and
called on the county to contribute
a similar amount after rejecting
a chance to extend the city limits
for the first time in the town’s
history at a meeting Thursday
night.
After a suggestion by Auditor
W. L. Aldridge, the board unani
mously voted to contribute $5,000
to Dosher Memorial for debt re
tirement. under the adopted
motion, the hospital officials
money to pay off a $5,000 electri
cal and water bill owed to the
city.
Before taking action on the
matter the board discussed the
hospital in general. “Vast im
provements have been made at
the hospital in the past two
months,” said Alderman Norman
Hornstein, a city doctor who
made the motion to donate the
$5,000. Johnnie Vereen seconded
the action and it was unanimous
ly adopted.
Dr. Hornstein called on the
board to pass a resolution asking
the Bdard of County Commission
ers to donate at least a similar
amount to the hospital. “We have
shown our good faith in the hos
pital, now it is their time,” he
said.
On a motion by Alderman Ve
reen, which was seconded by Har
old Aldridge, the board voted un
animously to send the resolution
to the county commissioners.
After a long discussion, the
board tailed and took no action
on a motion to extend the city
limits on Highway 211 to the
intersection of Highway 140.
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson reported
that the city had held a public
hearing on the matter of annex
ing one block on either side of
Highway 211 to Blake Builders
Supply. “I recommend we post
pone annexation at this time be
cause the citizens living in the
area are so bitterly opposed to
Joining the city,’^ Mayor Tomlin
son declared,
Besides, he said, the city de
cided to annex the area only to
be able to control the main street
leading into Southport. City Man
ager C. D. Pickerrell has in
formed him that the city can con
trol the street without annexa
tion, he added.
Dr. Hornstein, who led the
forces to extend the limits, said
Continued On Page Four
Enrollment Up
From Last Year
Superintendent A. Woodrow
Taylor said this week that Bruns
wick county school enrollment is
up 208 over the figures for the
first 10 days of last year. The
1963 figure was 5,416 while the
1964 total is 5,624.
Students in the first two grades
of Brunswick county schools will
be issued new report cards this
year. “The report card is design
ed to be direct, personal, and
sensitive to the individual child’s
aspirations and achievement”,
Taylor said.
“It will show progress in the
subject fields as well as his in
dividual reading level,” he added.
“For each six weeks grading
period there is a place for teacher
comments, as well as, parent
comments. Parents are urged to
take advantage of this space for
communicating with the child’s
teacher.” Taylor said.
New Job For City Force
DITCHING-—Faced with the need for a great deal of ditch-digging in connect
ion with extending the Southport water system, city officials elected to purchase a
new machine and do the job themselves rather than let the project on contract.
Thus far they arewell pleased with this decision and the machine is shown above
making ready for laying additional water mains. (Staff Photo by Allen)
September Term
Superior Court
Here Next Week
The September term of Bruns
wick county Superior court for
trial of criminal cases convenes
here Monday with Judge William
A. Johnson presidening.
Scheduled for trial is Glynn La
ping, who faces charges of as
sault upon a female and kidnap
ping. A mental examination was
ordered for this defendant when
V}j}n,sase came up for trial in May.
Three murder cases ape on the
trial docket. Peggy Gore is the
defendant in one of these cases
which resulted from the fatal
shooting of her brother-in-law at
their home near Southport sev
eral months ago. She has been
free on bail.
Another murder case has Dan
McKay as the defendant. He Is
charged with the slaying of Mag
gie Parker about one year ago.
He also has been out on bail.
A third murder defendant is
Walter Wyatt. ■
The Lapping and Gore cases
are set for trial on Tuesday, the
Wyatt case on Wednesday and the
McKay case on Firday.
It is not known whether Soli
Continued on page three
Saturday Wind
Causes Damage
A waterspout, possibly a step
child of Hurricane Dora, came
ashore in the vicinity of Lock
woods Folly inlet Saturday night
and hit the resort community of
Howells Point.
Two small houses were . over
turned and damage was done to
a boat and trailer and to several
smaller buildings, but no serious
injuries were reported.
This area of North Carolina was
on alert for a possible renewal of
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TIME and TIDE
It was September 16, 1959, and the Brunswick County Health
Department was one of the four state offices reporting all vital
statistics for the second quarter. The Bolivia Lion’s Club was to
celebrate anniversary and ladies night Thursday.
Some 1,000 eounty farmers voted in the ASCS election Tues
day and elected the following men chairman: A. E. Callendar at
Lockwoods Folly, E. W. Aycock at Northwest, Alvie R. Clem
mons at SmithviUe, Daniel Rabon at Town Creek and Roy
Hughes at Wacoamaw.
It was September 15, 1954, and 29 Southport boys and girls
were attending college and prep school while five more girls
were enrolled for nurse’s training. Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle
spent the week at Long Beach. Shrimpers were averaging 25
bushels per day.
L. W. Clemmons started a chinchilla ranch near Southport.
District Lion's Governor George Cherry of Raleigh had visited
the Southport and Shallotte clubs during the last week. A 40
yard pass from Fred Simmons to Lloyd Owens and a short run
by L. C. Milliken gave Shallotte a 13 to 0 victory over South
port.
It was September 14, 1949, and the N. C. Baptist paid
$86,000 for the 288 acres of land and physical properties of
Continued On Page Four
Annual Telephone
Meeting Scheduled
DAVID S. WEAVER
Kings Bay Used
By Storm Victims
Kings Bay Army Terminal,
which is located about forty miles
north of Jacksonville, Florida,
and was in the path of Hurri
cane Dora, provided assistance to
the local populace at the request
of Civil Defense and Red Cross
officials, during last week’s emer
gency.
The terminal known as
KBART is a subordinate install
ation of Sunny' Point Army Ter
minal at Southport, which in turn
is a subordinate installation of the
U. S. Army Terminal Command,
Atlantic, with headquarters in
Brooklyn, New York.
Early on September 9, as it be
came apparent that the entire
surrounding area should be eva
cuated and that local shelters
would be taxed beyond capacity,
Civil Defense and Red Cross offi
cials contacted the non-commis
sioned officer - in - charge
cf KBART, Sergeant Rayford
King, and explained the situation
and requested all possible assist
ance. This information was then
relayed to Lt. Colonel Archie B.
Joyner, Jr., the Commanding Of
ficer of Sunny Point, who, real
izing the urgency of the situation,
immediately granted approval of
the request.
As Kings Bay Army Terminal
is an Ammunition leading Ter
minal (on a stan.^ y basis) and
is designed as is Sunny Point to
minimize the effects of explo
sions, it was considered an ex
cellent shelter area and was so
designated.
Word was then dispatched to
the local populace that shelter
was available at KBART, and by
evening of September 9, a total
of 73 men, women, and children
were billeted in the Officers’
Quarters Building of the Termi
nal.
These families having been ad
vised to bring their own food and
bedding then proceeded to be
come as comfortable as possible
under the circumstances and wait
for the hurricane to pass.
One problem was lack of light
and also heat for cooking food
Continued on Page Three
The sevenith annual meeting of
the Atlantic Telephone Member
ship Corporation will be held
Thursday evening, September
24, at Shallotte High School at
8 o’clock, with David S. Weaver
as the featured speaker.
The meetmg will include a re
port of construction progress
made during the past year and
an explanation of the up-grading
"ftf' multi-^arty service through
out the system. A financial re
port will be given by William E.
Brock, CPA, cooperative account
ant. President Harry L. Mintz,
Jr., will review the year’s oper
ations.
Weaver is Special Assistant to
the Dean of Agriculture, N. C.
State College and retired since
1961 as Director of the North Car
olina Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. He has served as Secretary
of the North Carolina Rural Elec
trification Authority from its in
ception in 1937 until the present
time. In his long tenure of ser
vice to the rural people of North
Carolina, beginning in 1920,
Weaver had received numerous
awards for outstanding service
including the Distinguished Ser
vice Award from both the N. C.
Farm Bureau and The Grange
and was named “Man of the Year
in Service to Agriculture’’ by the
Progressive Farmer in 1957. He
conducted the first rural electri
fication survey in the United Stat
es, which influenced both national
and state programs in rural elec
trification. Presently, he is also
serving as chairman of the State
Soil Conservation Committee.
Entertainment will be provided
by the Bibletones, a singing
group from Wilmington, several
of whose members are from
Brunswick county.
A silver dollar will be given to
each of the first 100 members to
register Thursday evening. Sev
eral door prizes will also be
awarded.
Tobacco Sales
In Full Force
Prices and quality swung up
ward Thursday on the Columbus
County tobacco markets, but both
were lower Friday. This was the
trend through out the NC-SC
Border Belt, according to Market
News Service.
Whiteville sold in excess of a
milion pounds each of the two
days for an everage of $63.59.
Whiteville’s season average
through Friday was $56.69, re
presenting sale of 23,474,115
pounds for $13,463,036.
Whiteville warehouse will all
have full sales today, with a sur
plus for tomorrow which is also
predicted to produce full sales.
Prices range from a few scatter
ed piles of trash froging 30 cents,
to a majority in the 70s.
Average prices on the major
ity of grades fluctuated chiefly
$1, to $3 per hundred last week,
with a few more declines than
increases, MNS. reported. The
general quality for the majority
of giades for the two days show
ed very little change. Bulk of of
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Beach Grass Is
Now Available To
Combat Erosion
The North Carolina Division of
Forest Tree Nurseries are offer
ing for sale American Beach
Grass to beach property owners
according to County Forest Rang
er Kenneth Johnson. This grass is
helpful in preventing and con
trolling sand and wind erosion on
sand dunes and beaches where
the problem of severe erosion
has occurred or is likely to occur.
This grass is very similar to sea
oats in appearance and growth
habits. Like sea oats, it has stiff
stems and leaves which are ef
fective in trapping blowing sand,
plus an extensive root system that
will hold accumulated sand in
place. American Beach grass
does produce viable seed, but there
is no known practical procedure
for establishing this grass from
seed under beach dune conditions.
Therefore, planting stock must
be produced in nurseries and then
transplanted on dunes and beach
es. This grass is fairly tolerant
to salt spray and can be planted
along the ocean front just above
the mean high tide mark and ex
tends back over the dunes and
flats as far as necessary to pro
tect the area. Also, beach grass
is quite tolerant to sand blast,
wind whip, burial by blowing
sand, drought, and occasional
flooding but it will not stand fre
quent salt water flooding and
heavy traffic by automobiles.
In order to have a successful
growth of beach grass, an ade
quate fertilization program must
be followed using a complete fer
tilizer such as 30-10-0. Only pel
leted or granular fertilizer ma
terial should be used to avoid ex
Continued On Page Four
Brunswick GOP
Women To Meet
Mrs. John L. Yow, Jr.,
Greensboro, state president of the
North Carolina Federation of Re
publican Women, will be the
speaker at a Dutch dinner spon
sored by the Brunswick County'
Republican Women Saturday
evening at 7 o’clock at Ebb-Tide
Restaurant.
Mrs. Yow, a native of Winston
Salem, attended school in Guil
ford County and graduated from
Greensboro Senior High School.
She attended Elon College one
year and The George Washington
University, Washington, D. C.
three years where she majored in
Journalism and Public Rela
tions.
Mrs. Yow was an alternate del
egate to the Republican National
Convention in San Francisco in
July from the 6th District.
Continued On Page Four
Mrs. John L. Yow, Jr.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, September 17,
4:07 A. M. 10:35 A. M.
4:47 P. M. 11:20 P. M.
Friday, September 18
4:59 A. M. 11:25 A. M.
5:47 P. M. 12:05 P. M.
Saturday, September 19
5:45 A. M. 12:12 A. M.
6:18 P. M.
Sunday, September 20
6:29 A. M. 0:48 A. M.
7:00 P. M. 12:57 P. M.
Monday, September 21
7:12 A. M. 1:28 A. M.
7:40 P. M. 1:40 P. M.
Tuesday, September 22
7:54 A. M. 2:07 A. M.
8:20 P. M. 2:25 P. M.
Wednesday, September 23
8:38 A. M. 2:48 A. M.
9:01 P. M. 3:11 P. M.