THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
No. 18 r2-PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1964 5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Brunswick CAP Gets Plane
EQUIPMENT—The Brunswick County Civil Air Patrol unit at Shallotte re
ceived a 2-seater reconnaisance plane this week for use in search and rescue ope
rations. This new equipment is based at the CAP landing field near Shallotte.
(Staff Photo by Allen) ,
Silver Anniversary
REA Meeting Friday
An estimated 5,000 people from
Columbus and Brunswick coun
ties will visit Whiteville Friday
for the annual meeting of the
Brunswick Electric Membership
Corporation.
The 25th annual meeting —
Silver Anniversary — will get
underway at Smith’s warehouse
on the 701 by pass at 1 p. m.
... with special music and Ringing,
as the opening features.
Dr. E. D. Bishop, executive di
rector, reports a long list of
prizes will be given away during
the afternoon and an RCA tele
vision set will be the top prize
of all.
. Main speaker for the occasion
Will be William T. (Bill) Crisp,
general counsel for the Tar Heel
Electric Membership Association.
Along the way George Bailey,
musician, memory expert and
magician, will take the rostrum
for various numbers including a
gift of $5 for every name he for
gets after he has met the person.
And the Mellonettes Quartet of
Bolivia will be there for songs
and skits to entertain the crowd
at intervals.
Dr. Bishop and staff members
Will make a report on the co
operative’s financial condition
which will show that member
ship of over 11,000 has meet all
payments and that any profits re
maining after all obligations
have been met will be paid to the
stockholders.
These are called "capital
credits” an:1, the 1963 figure stands
at 11.4 per .cer.t of billings of the
past four years.
Further, reports will show that
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FOR THE RECORD
A note from Dwight McEwen,
president of the Brunswick Coun
ty Bar Association, calls at
tention to the fact that there are
11 lawyers now practicing in
Southport instead of 10 as re
ported last week.
ELECTION RETURNS
Alton Clemmons and Henry
Carter, both Shaillotte amateur
radio operators, will he on duty
again at the County Elections
Headquarters in Bolivia Tuesday
night to report the Brunswick re
turns for use on state-wide tele
vision. 'Both mem performed the
same duties during both primar
ies in the spring.
HOMECOMING AT BETHEL
Homecoming will be observed
at Bethel Baptist Church near
Southport Sunday. The Rev. Ben
nie Prixe will bring the morning
message, and following dinner on
the grounds, there will be an after
s' noon song service featuring the
J* Mellonettes and other singing
groups. Revival services will be
gin Monday night at 7:30 with
the Rev. Arvel Crawford of Sup
tf. ply as guest minister. Services
■r will continue through next week.
Rev. C. L. Turner is pastor at
Bethel*
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Halloween Carnival
To Raise Bus Funds
An old fashioned Hallowe’en *
Oamival will be held Saturday at
the Southport High School gym.
under the auepicies of the South
port High School Activities Club.
This organization, which is a
■successor to the Southport Boos
ters Club, has adopted as its
•first major project the purchase
of an activity bus for Southport
High School.
H. A. Templeton, Jr„ president
of the club, says that the bus is
for use toy all school grades and
organizations. “It will be used by
the athletic teams, that is true,”
he said in response to a ques
tion, "tout it will be used for
field trips and educational tours
by various other school organiza
tions. A trip to Asheville for Beta
Club members is one of the trips
for which it will be used.”
Templeton explained that a de
cision has been reached to pur
chase a new bus with a seating
capacity of 42. It will cost $5,200,
with the chasis being purchased
through the State Division of Pur
chase and Contract. Mrs. Irene
■Davis is chairman of the Activity
Bus Committee, and other mem
bers in 'addition to Templeton in
clude James Wolfe, T. M. Lee
and L. R. Biggerstaff.
Responsibility for the Hallo
ween Carnival has been delegated
to several persons, who will head
their own committees. Mrs. W. R.
Lingle is in charge of the Cos
tume Parade, which will toe held
at the high school auditorium
starting 'at 6 o’clock.
Booths for the various activities
will be set up in the gym, and
those will include fortune telling,
fish ponds, apple-bobbing, house off
horrors, hot dog stand and other
activities. Arrangements have
been made for a cotton candy
machine and a popcorn machine
for use Halloween night.
It is no accident that the ac
tivities run through the supper
hour, for a fish fry and 'barbe
cue will be served in the grove
in front of the school starting
at 5 o’clock. “Folks can come and
bring the kids and stay for sup
per,” Templeton explained. "We
want them to realize that every
cent they spend will help our club
help Southport High School.”
Organize Math
Workshop Class
CMath teachers for the elemen
tary grades in tthe schools of
Brunswick county are meeting to
night at Bolivia to plan a sched
ule of classes for special training
in the instruction of this subject
along the lines of the new con
cept in teaching.
The course will be taught one
night per week for eight weeks
for a period of two hours. There
will be two groups, one for teach
ers grades one tthrough four and
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Tobacco Yield‘d
May Set Record
It appears now that the 1964
flue-cured tobacco yield for
Brunswick County will be the sec
ond hig test on record, Ralph
Raplh Price, ASCS Office Man
ger said this week. With 60 per
cent of the 1964 tobacco card and
yields computed the average yield
peh acre is 2087 pounds. The
highest yield ever record for tthis
county was in 1962 when the aver
age was 2198 pounds. Last year’s
average was 1997 pounds.
This will probably come as a
surprise to some of the county’s
agricultural leaders who earlier
in the year, when the rains were
a little heavier than usual, yell
ed "ruin” and requested that the
county be declared a disaster
county, Price said.
Brunswick Rates
High In Pulpwood
Purchases of pulpwood grown
in North Carolina and delivered
to pulp and paper mills during
1963 totaled $48,458,000, is was
reported by H. J. Malsberger of
Atlanta, general manager of the
Southern Pulpwood Conservation
Association.
Among the 99 conuties in North
Carolina where pulpwood was
produced, the three leading
counties, and the value of de
liveries shipped from each, were
Beaufort, $1,493,420; Brunswick,
$1,733,260; and Onslow, $1,541,
000. '
Last year’s total for the state,
Malsberger added, was four pre
cent higher than the value of
$46,478,000 recorded for 1962 de
liveries.
These figures were based on the
results of a 12-state pulpwood
production survey made by the
U. S. Forest Service Experiment
Stations at Asheville, North
Carolina, and New Orleans, Lou
isiana, in cooperation with SPCA. '
North Carolina’s share in the
production of wood raw material
for the pulp and paper industry,
Malsberger explained, was part
of an all-time high pulpwood har
vest for the South as a whole.
The 120 state total for 1963
was $531,820,000, a gain of four
percent over the previous record
of $511,726,000 for 1962.
The South’s pulpwood harvest
last year was not only sixty per
cent of the total for the Nation,
Malsberger stressed, but was
also greater than that of any
single foreign country and more
than in any area of camparable
size in the world.
He emphasized, too, that figur
es projected from Federal Gov
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CAP Unit Gets
Plane For Use
In Search Duty
The Brunswick County Civil Air
Patrol’s new single engine recon
naissance airplane was instru
n jntal in extinguishing a small
brush fire near Ash Sunday on
its first mission, says Command
er Henry Carter of Shallotte.
The ti 16, while on a routine
flight over Brunswick county
'Sunday, observed the small fire
and called the fire tower near
Shallotte. The U. S. Forestry Ser
vice rushed men to the area to
extinguish the blaze before it
could spread.
Commander Carter said the
county squadron received the sin
gle engine plane from the CJAP
state headquarters in Charlotte.
It has been assigned to Bruns
wick county for an indefinite
time.
This is the second plane the
state headquarters has assigned
to the county unit. About a year
ago, another plane was here on
temporary duty and was recalled.
The two-seater yellow plane,
which carries GAP decals on its
body and wings, is piloted by
Major Carter, commander of the
unit. He is the only memiber of
the squadron licensed to fly the
plane. Another member, Gilbert
Blake at Shallotte, is undergoing
pilot training at present.
Commander Carter said the
plane will be used in Brunswick
•county for search and rescue
missions.
It will be based at the CAP
airport, which is located two
miles northwest of Shallotte on
Highway 130. The airport was
built by CAP members about five
years ago and they maintain it.
The runway is 3,000 feet long and
300 feet wide.
Republicans To
Meet Saturday,,,
'The Brunswick County Re
publican party will hold their
final political dinner-rally of the
1964 campaign at Shallotte Sat
urday night.
The oyster roast will get un
derway at 6 p. m. across from
Martin's Repair shop on Wall
street in Shallotte. The speaking,
featuring Mrs. Alton M. Snipes
of Wilkec county and Brunswick
candidates, will start at 8 p. m.
A Brunswick county school of
ficial will attend the rally to dis
cuss tthe $100-million school con
struction bond issue which will
be voted on by the people on
November 3.
The rally will be sponsored by
the Brunswick County Republic
an Woman’s Club. Tickets can
only be purchased at the door.
Mrs. Ruby Babson of Freeland
will serve as master of ceremon
ies.
Mrs. Martin Nielsen of Shai
lotte, Republican woman’s club
president, invited all county re
sidents, both Democrats and Re
publicans, to attend the final
rally of the campaign. “We want
to give everyone in Brunswick
county this final chance to hear
the Republican side of the story,”
she declared.
This will be Mrs. Snipes’ sec
ond trip to Brunswick this year.
She was the featured speaker at
a Republican woman’s club meet
ing in Aug. “Everyone was so
impressed with her that they
wanted her back,” Mrs. Nielsen
said.
Mrs. Snipes, who is from Ronda,
is an active member of the North
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Spot Fishing At Shallotte Point
Young Rickie Clemmons of Whiteville is shown here fishing with
his buddy, Douglas, and the latter’s father, George Smith, at Shallotte Inlet where
spots were reported to be biting strong Sunday. Other boats anchored and fishing
in the area may be seen in the background.
C ounty-State-Nation
Election Next Tuesday
School Vote Urged
Public reaction in Brunswick
County to the $100 ■million school
construction bond issue is en
couraging, says County Campaign
Chairman Bill Williams.
The bond is~ue, which is to toe
■voted cm during the general elec
tions on November 3, would, if
approved, make $506,473.79 avail
able to 'Brunswick County for con
struction of school facilities.
‘‘People seem to toe growing
aware of the disturbing inade
quacies of our school facilities,”
stated Williams. ‘‘They seem to
realize too that the proposed 'bond
issue is one of the best oppor
tunities that our county will have
to secure funds for construction
without increasing taxes.”
Each county and city school
system will share in the bond is
sue money on the basis of the
average daily attendance during
the 1961-1962 school year. The
bonds would be paid off from
state General Fund revenues at
the rate of six and one half mil
lion dollars a year. The General
■Fund will show a surplus esti
mated in excess of $80 million for
the current fiscal year.
Both Democratic and Republi
can party leaders, including gub
emationial candidates Dan Moore
and Robert Gavin, have publioally
supported the bond issue.
Williams pointed out, "Our
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TIME and TIDE
It was October 28, 1959, and a group of citizens at Winna
bow, under the leadership of Elmer Skipper, were organizing
a volunteer fire department. The Brunswick County Baptist
Association was meeting this week, with the moderator, Rev.
• ’ J. D. Hales, Jr., of Mt. Pisgah church, in charge.
The sheriff’s department captured a still capable of turning
out $10,000 per day in bootleg liquor in Lockwoods Folly town
ship. Mrs. Frances Key was elected president of the Southport
Boosters club. The Soldier’s Bay Baptist Church at Ash was
to observe homecoming Sunday.
It was October 27, 1954, and Brunswick County began re
construction work after Hurricane Hazel’s visit. Lonnie Evans
was elected chairman, Edgar Holden vice chairman and C. W.
Knox regular member of the ASCS County Committee.
Captain Howard Victor was complaining because a party on
his boat caught so many fish Monday that they cancelled a
scheduled second trip Tuesday and went home. The Bolivia
Lion’s Club was sponsoring the General Motor’s world famous
science show, Previews of Progress, in their community.
It was October 26, 1949, and Captain Hulan Watts landed
the greatest catch of king mackerel ever brought in at South
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JOEL L. MOORE, JR.
Southport Man
President’s Host
Joel L. Moore, Jr., Southport
native who now owns and oper
ates the luxurious Cherry Plaza
Hotel in Orlando, Fla., told a
ifriend in Southport during a tele
phone conversation Tuesday night
that he had played host to Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson Sunday
night.
“It was fabulous,” he said. “I
real do not know how many peo
ple were in the President's party
counting the secret service, news-.
paper, radio and television folks.
They took over our entire eighth
and ninth floor. There were 200
secret service men along,” he
added.
Moore who acquired this valu
able hotel property a little over
one year ago, said that he had
gone to Washington last month to
extend an invitation to President
Johnson to use his hotel facilities
and to make necessary arrange
ments regarding security meas
ures, etc.
“It took two weeks for them to
get ready for him to come in for
an overnight stay”, he said.
“They installed 60 telephones op
erating out of their own switch
board. They had a radio station of
their own and a direct line to the
White House. It took two weeks to
run the necessary security cheek,
and I am happy to report that
all of our 300 employees were
given an o. k.
“There were 110,000 persons in
the street outside the Cherry
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Brunswick county voters, along
with the nation, will go to the
polls Tuesday to select candidates
for county, state and national of
fices.
The polls in all 18 precincts in
Brunswick county will he open
from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. Each
voter will receive five 'ballots to
mark.
The ballots will contain the
names of candidates from presi
dent to constable and the vai
ous offices in between. County of
fices at stake include senator,
representative, judge, register of
deeds, and five commissioners.
The ballots will also include a
$100 million school construction
bond issue. If passed it would
bring about $500 into Brunswick
county and has the backing of
county educators and many other
county leaders.
The campaign in Brunswick
county actually began in early
spring before the two primaries.
After a short let-up, the Repub
licans, under Chairman M. L. Wil
letts of Bolivia, kicked off their
fall campaign in early August and
the 'Democrats, under Chairman
Ernest E. Parker, Jr., of South
port, started shortly thereafter.
There has been constant activity
on the part of both parties for
the past several weeks.
uemocrait uarl Meares of Co
lumbus county is the only can
didate for state senator since the
Republicans did not nominate a
candidate.
Veteran Democratic Represent
ative Odell Williamson is running
for the state House of Represent
atives against Republican Har
old Willetts. However, Willetts’
name will not appear on the bal
lot because he is a substitute
candidate from A. Lindburgh
King, who resigned but whose
name will appear cm the ballot.
Incumbent Durwood T. Clark,
who had no opposition in the
spring Democratic primary, will
be running against Mrs. Betty B.
Warren, a Republican and the
only woman seeking county of
fice.
Clinton E. Bellamy, a Demo
crat, and Republican D. Carl An
drews are in the race for judge
of recorder’s court. Neither man
has served in the office before
although both have run for office
several times in the past.
Only one of the incumbent
members of tin Board of County
Commissioners, Democrat D.
Bert Prink of Shallotte, was re
nominated by his party in the
spring primaries. The other candi
dates from commissioners include
Democrat George T. Rourk and
Republican Thomas L. Gilles in
•Northwest; Republican James
Hufham in Town Creek, Demo
crat, Thomas S. Bowmen and Re
publican Claude E. Harrelson in
Smithville; Democrat A. Clem it
Holden and Republican Martin
F. Nielson in Lockwood Polly;
Frink and Republican Rudaw A.
Russ in Shallotte; and Democrat
Parley P. Formyduval in Waeoa
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Plan Program
In Achievement
Night For 4-H
The (Brunswick County 4-H
Council met Thursday night with
approximately 30 4-H Club mem
bers and leaders present and the
following clubs represented: Ash
Community 4-H Club, Better
Youth 4-H Club, Busy Bees 4-H
Club, Bolivia Senior 4-H Club and
the Ocean Isle 4-H Club.
The main order of 'business was
'the upcoming 4-H County
Achievement Night on November
10 at 7:30 o’clock at the exten
sion office. The program was dis
cussed and talk about and then
committee assignments were
made.
New officers were elected by
the council to serve next year.
They will be installed during the
4-H County Achievement Pro
gram. They are Julia Hewett,
president, Kelly Reynolds, vice
president, Susan Gray, secretary
and treasurer, Jimmy Gray, re
porter, Gail Johnson, song leader
and (Lynn Hewett, recreation
leader.
On Friday, Miss (Margaret
Clark, (District 4-H Club agent vis
ited the extension staff to discuss
the 4-H program of the district
and state as well as the Bruns
wick county program. She
brought up-to-date news on all the
activities of the 4-H program, and
gave a lot of useful information
on starting a community 4-H
Club and keeping it going.
Projects, record books, trips,
scholarships and program plan
ning were discussed by Miss
Clark. Much valuable informa
tion was gained by having Miss
Clark in the office and the ex
tension staff hopes to put this
material into use in the near fu
ture in striving to make this one
of the top 4-H counties in the
State.
Trick Or Treat
ForUNICEF Plan
Children of Southport will
participate Thursday evening in
the United Nations Childrens
Fund Halloween program. They
will make a house-to-house can
vas of the residential area and
citizens are urged to make cash
contributions which will help in
the humanitarian program which
started in 1950.
During that year one Sunday
School class raised the sum of
$17 by substituting UNICEF for
the usual trick-or-treat round.
Last year about 3.5 million boys
and girls in 13,000 communities
participated.
To give an idea of what can be
accomplished through this pro
gram: One penny gives BCG
vaccine to protect a child from
tuberculosis: five pennies will de
liver 25 large cups of milk; ten
pennies will buy enough pencillin
to cure 4 children for years;
fifteen pennies will purchase en
ough DDT to protect two chil
dren from malaria for one year;
twenty-five pennies will buy ant
ibotlcs to cure two children of
trachoma; one dollar will pur
chase sulfones to treat a leprosy
victime for three years.
These are reasons why some of
the adults of Southport think it
is important to encourage and
assist the youngsters in their
UNICEF drive each year at
Halloween.
Tide Table
Following la 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. October 29
2:45 A. M. 9:01 A. M.
3:11 P. M. 9:47 P. M.
Friday, October 30
3:47 A. M. 10:05 A. M.
4:10 P. M. 10:41 P. M.
Saturday, October 31
4:44 A. M. 11:02 A. M.
5:04 P. M. 11:31 P. M.
Sunday, November 1
5:36 A. M. 11:54 A. M.
5:52 P. M.
Monday, November 2
6:23 A. M. 0:15 A. M.
6:37 P. M. 12:41 P. M.
Tuesday, November 3
7:06 A. M. 0:56 A. M.
7:19 P. M. 1:25 P. M.
Wednesday, November 4
7:47 A. M. 1:35 A. M.
7:57 P. M. 2:07 P. M.