The Pilot Covers Brunswick County THE STATE PORT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume 24 No. 20 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1964 Marineology Building Decorated BEAUTIFIED—The Marineology building in Southport recently has been de corated by the students. The internationa 1 flags painted across the top spell out the name, and the numeral pennants show the date. Preston Bryant is the teach er. (Staff photo by Allen.) Brunswick 4-H % Awards Program Held A total of 46 blue ribbons were . presented for 132 exhibitions at the annual Brunswick county 4-H achievement program at Supply Tuesday night. Miss Barbara Knowles and Steve Hewett took top honors, the achievement medals and cer tificates. The junior achievement award was presented to Lynn Hewett. County champions announced at the program included Meta 'Gail McNeil, senior, and Lynn Hewett, junior, dress revue; Julia Hewett, public speaking, foods and nutrition and dairy foods; Lynn Hewett, home im provement and home econom ics; junior health princess, and medal winner in foods and nutrition; Faye Clemmons, county health queen; Barbara Knowles, clothing, and Linda Cheers, Lynn Hewett and Meta Gail McNeil, clothing medal winners. County champions in the agri cultural divisions include Kelly Reynolds, corn and garden; Julian Bell, soybeans and fores try; Harvey Bell, field crops, tractor, agriculture, and district tractor winner; Eddie Hufham, health king with Jimmy Gray, junior winner; Steve Hewett; electric; with Richard Jones as medal winner; Larry Holden and Julian Bell, medal winners in agriculture. Larry Holden also won a medal in field crops. Certificates of merit were awarded the adult leaders of the Continued On Page Four I +W ***• <¥ | '-NEWSH POWER INTERRUPTION The Carolina Power and Light Company will have the current cut off from 6 to 8 o’clock Sunday ■morning, November 15. YARD OF MONTH ■Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Livings ton have been selected by the Southport Garden Club for yard of-the-month honors for Novem ber. They live on Moore street. JOIN PTA NOW Mrs. T. M. Lee, membership chairman of Southport PTA, urg es all parents to join between now and Nov. 19, date of next PTA meeting, toy contacting grade mothers or teachers or Mrs. Lee. The membership booth will be set up in the hall at the school prior to the PTA meeting. BENEFIT SUPPER The Shallotte Jaycees will spon sor a pancake and sausage sup per at Shallotte High School No vember 21 from 5 to 9 p. m., says President Dempsey Hewett. Proceeds from the event will be used to beautify the streets of Shallotte. CHOIR COMING HERE The Boy’s Home choir of Lake Waccamaw will present a con cert at the Southport Baptist Church Tuesday night at 8 o clock. A silver offering will be taken after the concert and re ception for Boy’s Home. The event will be sponsored toy the Southport Junior Woman’s club. In Southport Garden Club To W elcome President Mrs. Roscoe D. McMillan of 'Red Springs, state president of the Garden Club of North Caro lina, Inc., will be the honored guest at an informal luncheon on Thursday, November 19, at the 'Boiling Spring (Lakes Country Club. Co-hostesses for the occa sion will be the members of the four garden clubs of the area, the Southport Garden Club, the Woodbine Garden Club, the Live Oak Garden Club and the Oak Island Garden Club. Mrs. MdMillan will attend a meeting of the Brunswick Town Committee during the morning and will attend the luncheon be fore going with the committee to view the progress made on the Brunswick Town Nature Trail, one of four statewide projects sponsored by the Garden Clubs. Other who will attend the lunch eon will be members of the state committee and personel at the (Brunswick Town State Historic Site. AH members of the four clubs are asked to bring a covered dish for the luncheon, which will be held at 12 o’clock. This time was chosen to allow members who work to attend during their lunch hour. Members may bring whatever they would like to the luncheon, but if they wish sug gestions concerning what they should prepare they are asked to contact Mrs. James Barnes any day after 5 o’clock. Leland Girl Is Shot By Brother A 14 year-old Leland girl was acidentally killed when the pistol her older teenage brother was playing with went off Friday in their family’s roadside seafood market at Leland. No ruling has been made in the death of Rama Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David B. Morris, by County Coroner Lowell Ben nett of Shallotte, who is invest igating the incident. Coroner Bennett said the girl’s brother, Robert Morris, said he was playing with a pistol when it went off. Bennett said the girl died of a .22 caliber gunwound in the back of the head. The shooting occurred about 4:15 p. m. Friday and the girl died four hours later in James Walker Memorial Hospial. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday at 3 p. m. at Goshen Baptist Church by the Rev. James C. Spivey. Burial will he in the church cemetery. She is survived by her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. David B. Morris; one brother, Robert of the home; one half-sister, Mrs. Richard Cleaver of Lehigh Acres, Ria.; and her maternal grand mother, Mrs. Annie Crews of Jacksonville, Fla. *-— Tourist E. C. BLAKE, proprietor of •Blake Builders Supply in South port, is in Las Vegas on a vaca tion trip he won in a recent Hot point contest. This one of several trips he has won during the past few years. Long Beach Case Leads To Arrest Two Lumberton policemen were arrested following an investigat ion of break-ins at Long Beach, last weekend. Climaxing an investigation or dered by Police Chief W. M. Har ris, SBI agent Max Bryan and chief police investigator Wilbur C. Lovette brought formal charg es against Thomas Britt, 29 and Aaron (Possum) Stone, 30 both veterans of the Lumberton police force. An election night automobile accident in which Stone was in jured apparently led to the probe that culminated in the formal charges. Several partially-filled bottles of whiskey reportedly were found in bushes alongside Riverside Dr. where the two officers were in volved in the accident. Britt’s car rammed into a power pole. An investigation was ordered after Banker and former State Treasurer John B. Stedman re ported that his Long Beach cot tage had been entered and loot ed of items, including a quanti ty of partially-filled liquor bot tles from the cottage bar. Stamps on the bottles found near the wreck scene showed the whiskey hed been purchas ed In the beach area and local officers said tonight this was used to forge another link in the case against Britt and Stone. The next link of suspicion came when investigators said they found a witness who said a white Oldsmobile similar to Continued On Page Four Mrs. Rourk Will Head Polio Drive Again Next Year Mrs. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte North Carolina, has been named Brunswick County March of Dimes Director for the 1965 cam paign which will (be held in the month of January, according to Aubrey C. Johnston, chairman of the 'Brunswick County Chapter of The National Foundation March of Dimes. In announcing the appointment, Johnston said, “We are fortunate in having a woman of Mrs. (Rourk’s abilities to direct the Brunswick County’s efforts against birth defects which afflict one out of every ten American families.” Mrs. (Rourk is a graduate of Woman’s College in Greensboro North Carolina. She is a membev of the Business and Professional ■Woman’s Club, PTA, and Associ ation of 'University Women. Mrs. Rourk has been active in March of Dimes work for fifteen years. She and Dr. 'Rourk are members of the Presbyterian Church of Shallotte. In. accepting the appointment, Mrs. Rourk said, "Birth defects kill and cripple more American .■children than any other human disorder. The March of Dimes is leading the fight against birth defects because it 'believes the people are ready to join in an all out ‘campaign against this tragic waste of human life.” Mrs. Rourk pointed out that the March of Dimes for the past six years has made important advan ces in the fight against birth de fects. Through the 50 March of Dimes financed centers — includ ing the Special Treatment Center at the University of North Caro lina in Chapel Hill — trained medical teams are providing the best medical care available for birth defects children and work ing to develop new techniques which will enable many more of them to live a useful life. “Scientists, supported by March of Dianes grants, are also at work in laboratories here and abroad seeking the causes of these fear Contmued On Page Four Life Of Child A two-and-a-half-year-old Win nabow boy drowned in Harris Swamp when he became lost aft er trying to follow his brothers and sisters Saturday morning. A search party of Brunswick county citizens discovered the body of Curtis Jenkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Jenkinson of Winnabow, in the water of Harris Swamp after a three hour search. The body was found toy Thomas Galloway at about 3:15 p .m. County Coroner Lowell Ben nett of Shallotte ruled the death of young Jenkinson accidental. He said the child’s parents had left the boy in custody of friends at home, when they went to Wilmington with another child to see a physician. Bennett said four other Jen kinson children, ranging from four to 11 years old took off through the swamp headed for a store. Apparently, unknown to the adults, Bennett continued, the child attempted to follow the other youngsters at a distance but lost his way and took a wrong path in the treacherous area. Cook Book Being Tested TOO MANY COOKS?—Four members of the Southport Junior Womans Club gather in the kitchen of Mrs. Tommy Kirby in Southport to test one of the re cipes in the cook book they have published and which is being placed on sale this week. They are, left to right, Mrs. Kirby, Mrs. Afton Smith, Jr., Mrs. Bobby Jones and Miss Alneta Dixon. (Staff Photo by Allen) Junior Womans Club Members Plug Cook Book This week finds the members of the Junior Woman’s Club start ing the sale of their Cook Book. The money received from sales ■will be used for various projects undertaken by the club for the year. Mrs. Heidi Kirby is presi dent of the club. Projects include not only local community interests but work on a state and international level. Some of the projects for the past year have included a Heritage Exhibit displaying local antiques, something new for Southport; and an Art Show, designed to cre ate an interest in the commun ity in the realm of art. One of the most rewarding projects has been the local high school. A tea to help fuimish the home econo mics department was held. The Junior Woman’s Club has not limited its projects to a local Continued On Page Four School Child Is Hit By Truck A seven-year-old Ash boy is in fair condition at a Columbus county hospital after being struck by a pick-up truck while waiting for a school bus Friday morning near his home. Larry Baines, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Baines, was waiting alongside NC 130 for the school bus with his two brothers and a sister about 8 a. m. when the accident happened. Patrolman Earl Farmer said the Baines boy apparently ran in front of the truck driven by Frankie L. Bab son of Ash and was knocked across the highway by the im pact. Continued On Page Four TIME and TIDE It was November 11, 1959, and the first service at the new Yaupon Beach Methodist Church was scheduled for Sunday under Rey. L. D. Hayman. Rev. Mark Owens, pastor of a Green ville Baptist church, was called to the Southport Baptist Church as pastor. JThe boats of the Southport menhaden fleet landed 35,000 tons of fish in 1958, 8,678 more than in 1957. First Lt. Darrell Fisher of Southport was appointed commanding’ officer of D Company in the 505th Infantry. Shallotte, under Coach Gene Winfree, won the Waccamaw Athletic Association gridiron title. It was November 10, 1954, and D. Carl Andrews was ap pointed mayor of Shallotte when Leon Galloway resigned from the position by moving out of town. The State Highway Com mission reported that 12 persons had died on the roads of Brunswick county. Rev. L. D. Hayman, a former Methodist pastor here, retired and moved back to Southport. Dan Harrelson purchased the Daniel building next to the Southport Baptist Church and pre pared to open a grocery store after his waterfront quarters were destroyed by Hurricane Hazel. It was November 9, 1949, and Captain Hendrix Phelps and Continued From Page On* Brunswick Birthday 200th Anniversary Celebration Sunday Dredging Bids Are Advertised The Army Engineer District, Wilmington has advertised for bids for maintenance dredging to be performed in Wilmington Har bor, in the Cape (Pear River. The site of tire work is between the North Carolina State Ports Authority wharf and Southport, and in the Northeast (Cape Fear) River, 1 y2 mile above the Hilton Railroad Bridge at Wilmington. The total quantity of material to •be removed is estimated at ap proximately 900,000 cubic yards, including allowable overdepth. Bids are scheduled to toe open ed at 2:30 p. m„ BST, Thursday December 4,. in Room 313 Cus tomhouse. County Historical Society Meeting (Mrs. M. H. Rourk was re-elect ed president of the Brunswick County Historical Society at its meeting Monday night at the recreation room of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Southport. Also re-elected for another term as officers of the society were Mrs. 'Ed Driscoll of Southport, vice-president; and Miss Helen Taylor of Winnabow, secretary treasurer. Mrs. Blake of Shallotte was elected a member of the board of directors, replacing Rev. A. H. Phillips. Plans for the program at •Brunswick Town Sunday in com memoration of the 200th anniver ary of the founding of Brunswick county were discussed. Acknow ledgement was made of two gifts of money which will help ma- * terially in staging this celebra tion. One for $200 came from the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce. Another for $100 came from the board of county commissioners. 'R. V. Asbury reported on plans for publishing an historical book let in connection with this signif icant date in the records of Bruns wick county. He invited the con tribution of worthwhile material and January l was set a dead line for acceptance of informa tion to be included. Mrs. Harry L. Mintz, chairman of the program committee, intro duced William Faulk, assistant to the historic site manager at Brunswick Town, who made a brief report on activities at this project before showing a movie “The First 100 Years of North Carolina”. Faulk announced that bids for the construction of a visitors center and museum at Brunswick Town will be opened next Wed Contlnued Os Page fi * Judge R. I. Mintz of Wilming ton will deliver the principal ad dress Sunday afternoon during a program at Brunswick Town for the Bicentennial Celebration of Brunswick County. Activities will get underway at 2 o’clock at the site of the frist courthouse in this county. Stan ley South, archaeolegiest i n charge of the Brunswick Town project of the State Department of Archives and History, will help paint in an authentic historical background for this occasion. The entire program has been arranged by the Brunswick Coun ty Historical Society of which Mrs. M. H. Rourk is the presid ent. On the Welcoming committee with her will be Miss Helen Tay lor, Mrs. Ida Kellam, Mrs. Ed Driscoll and Mrs. Harry Mintz. Co-sponsors of the event will be the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, which made a sub stantial financial contribution to help defray the expenses of the prcgarm. Another contribution came from the Brunswick coun ty board of commissioners. Judge Muntz, the speaker, is a native of Brunswick county and is familiar with the early records in the courthouse, having served for several years as Register of Deeds. The 200th anniversary was act ually on March 8, but the group decided to delay the celebration in order to have a fall program at the historic site, where State Arehaelogist Stanley South, has promised to have underway the excavation of the courthouse ruins. The court house, it is be lieved, was the first in New Han over County, serving both New Hanover and Brunswick Counties in the mild 1700’s, according to R. V. Asbury, Jr., guide at the . historic site, and also a director (Continued On fage 4) ChiidDiesOT Truck Injuries A 16-month-old Thomastooro girl was critically injured Thursday afternoon when she was run over by a truck in the driveway of her home. Marily Rene Smith daughter of Windell Smith of Thomastooro, was dead on arrival at Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport, County Coroner Lowell Bennett said it was the ninth highway death of year in Brunswick. She was killed when a gas truck, driven by Jimmy White, 25, of Shallotte, was making a delivery at her Thomasboro home and backed over her. Her sister, Verna Smith, 12, saw Manly's body after the truck had passed over it and picked it up and carried it into the house. An inquest into the death was called by Coroner Bennett for Friday night in the Courthouse in Southport. — Congressman Is High Vote Man In This County Although the numiber of votes For each candidate increased some, no important changes in relative positions were made in the Democratic sweep of Bruns wick county in the general elec tion after the Board of Elections canvassed the vote Thursday in Southport. The high vote getter in Bruns wick county was Alton Len non who was reelected to another term in Congress with 4,440 votes. He had no Republican op position. Robert W. (Bob) Scott was the high man on the state ticket with 4,338 votes for lieutenant gover nor while his Republican oppon ent, Clifford Lee Bell, polled 3,314. Durwood T. Clark, who was re elected register of deeds with 4,311 votes, was the high man on the county ticket. Mrs. Betty T. Warren, his Republican opponent, had 3,264. Clemit Holden, a can didate for the board of commis* sioners from Lockwoods Polly, topped the vote for a seat on the board with 4,240. For the Republicans, guberna torial candidate Robert; L. Gavin was the high man in the county with 3,769. He edged GOP presi dential candidate Barry Goldiwa ter, who polled 3,721 votes, by 43 for the honor. D. Carl Andrews, a candidate for judge, led the county ticket with 3,609. The complete official vote totals as compiled by the Board of Elections in Brunswick county are as follows: Carl Meares, a Democrat who was unopposed for the seat in the state senate, had 4,276 votes. Odell Williamson was re-elect ed representative by a vote of 4,155 to 3,444 for Harold Willetts. Clark, the high vote getter in the county ticket, polled 4,311 in defeating his Republican oppon ent, Mrs. Warren, who had 3,264. In the race for judge, Clinton *; Bellamy rolled up 4,049 to defeat Andrews, the high man for the Republicans in the county with 3,609. The Democrats won all five seats on the Board of Commis sioners with majorities ranging from 1,228 to 561. The winners Included A. Clemit Holden in Lockwoods Folly with 4,240 Geo rge T. Rourk in Northwest with 4,134, Thomas S. Bowmer in Smithville with 4,068, Parley P. FormyDuval in Waccamaw with 4,052 and incumbent D. Bert Frink in Shallotte with 3,972. For the Republicans, James W. Hufham in Town Creek was high with 3,411 while Rudaw A. Russ inShallotte har 3,309, Thomas L. Gilles in Northwest 3,195, Claude E. Harrelson in Smithville 3,086 and Martin Nielsen m Lockwoods Folly 3,012. Lyndon B. Johnson received the presidential votes of Brunswick county with 4,240 while Barry M. Goldwater had 3,721. Dan K. Moore defeated Robert L. Gavin, the high Republican in the county for governor by 4,187 to 3,769. Scott, the high vote getter on the state ticked dropped Clifford L. Bell 4,338 to 3,314 for lieutenant governor. The vote for council of state of fices included secretary of state, Thad Eure (D) 4,222, Edwin E. Butler, (R) 3,241; state auditor, Henry L. Bridges (D) 4,207, Ever ett L. Peterson (R) 3,233; state treasurer, Edwin Gill (D) 4,231, Charles J. Mitchell (R) 3,217; superintendent of public educa Continued On Page Four Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southpirt during the week. These hours are approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy ef the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, November 12 0:46 A. M. 7:10 A. M. 1:23 P. M. 8:08 P. M. Friday, November 13 1:45 A. M. 8:12 A. M. 2:20 P. M. 9:04 P. M. Saturday, November 14, 2:44 A. M. 9:16 A. M. 3:15 P. M. 9:56 P. M. Sunday, November 15 3:42 A .M. 10:16 A. M. 4:09 P. M. 10:47 P. M. Monday, November 16 4:36 A. M. , 11:12 A. M. 4:01 P. M. 11:36 P. M. Tuesday, November 17 5:28 A. M. 12:06 A. M. 5:52 P. M. Wednesday, November 18 6:20 A. M. 0:23 A. M. 6:43 P. M. 12:57 P. M.

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