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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1964
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Stanley South, Judge R. I. Mintz, Congressman Alton Lennon and Dr. C. C.
Crittendon, who spoke Sunday afternoon during the program at Brunswick Town
commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the founding of Brunswick county. ?i:j.
At Brunswick Town
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Celebrate 200th Birthday
The 200th anniversary erf the es
tablishment of 'Brunswick county
as a political unit separate and
apart from iNew Hanover was cel
ebrated Sunday in an outdoor set
ting at Brunswick Town, site of
the first courthouse. The obser
vance was arranged by the
Brunswick County Historical
Society, with the Brunswick
County Chamber of Commerce in
the role Of co-sponsor.
The principal address was de
livered by Judge R. X. Mintz, who
spoke on the “Courthouses erf
•Brunswick County”, tracing their
itinerant movement fiwn Bruns
wick Town to Lockwoods Folly
and eventually to Southport and
its present location. He had been
preceeded on the program by
Stanley South, archaeologist in
charge of the excavation project
at Brunswick Town for the De
partment of Archieves and His
) tory, who sketched in the histori
cal background leading up to the
establishment of the first county
Seat at Brunswick Town. It was'
significant that the Sunday cere
mony was carried out at a site
Immediately adjoining the ruins
of the first courthouse, now in
the process erf being excavated.
Present for the program and
adding a few remarks of his own
about the importance of Bruns
wick Town as an historic site was
Dr. C. C. Critenden, director of
the Department of Archieves and
History. He also announced that
bids are being opened today
(Wednesday) for the erection of
a museum visitors center at
Brunswick Town.
Congressman Alton A. Lennon
was another visitor who partici
pated briefly on the program, ex
tending his congratulations to
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BENEFIT SUPPER
The' Shallotte Jaycees will
sponsor a pancake and sausage
supper Friday night between 5
and 7 o'clock at Shallotte
High School, says President
Dempsey Hewett.
TURKEY SHOOT
The Southport Jaycees will
sponsor a turkey shoot Saturday
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. at Taylor
Field, says President William
Powell. Proceed from the event
will be used for the Jaycee Christ
®a.- projects.
THANKSGIVING service
* There will be a Community
Thanksgiving Service next Wed
nesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at
the Southport Baptist Church
with the guest speaker Dr. B.
Frank ltnii. pastor of Pearsall
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
Wilmington.
PTA MEETING
The Southport PTA will meet
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clook.
Mrs. Philip King program chair
man states that a color film
"School Libraries In Action” will
be shown. This fnm. made in
$ N. C. Schools, purposes to inter
r pret school libra ry services to
j. pupils, teachers and parents.
Misses Sliaaron Collier, . Priscilla Collier, and Maude Shaw
Wyche, three Hallsboro girls, who participated in the 200th
Anniversary Celebration at Brunswick Town Sunday afternoon
when they sang songs of the early colonial period. The old
fashioned pump organ shown here was loaned for the occasion
by the A.. P. Henry family of Winnabow. , <
Forestry Plane
Ditches In Swamp
A N. C. Forestry Service Pilot ■
received only minor injuries yes
terday afternoon when he was
forced to land a single-engine
plane in the eastern part of Green
Swamp west of Bolivia..
G. E. Bellefontane of Kinston,
who is temporarily stationed in
Whiteville, was X-rayed and treat
ed for a minor head injury at
Dosher Memorial Hospital in
Southport, but was not admitted.
A passenger, Rod McElwee, assis
tant district forester, received
no injuries, it was reported.
A spokesman for the Forestry
Service district office in White
ville said the plane was on a
routine patrol when trouble de
veloped. Bellefontane was forced
to land on a rural unpaved road
where the craft received consider
able damage.
An investigation Is being con
ducted by the Forestry Service
and Federal Aeronautics Admin
istration.
Farm Census In
Three Stages
Plans for taking the 1964 Cen
sus of Agriculture in Brunswick
county were announced this week
iby John F. Holden, newly-appoint
ed census crew leader for the
county.
■The job will be done in three
stages, the crew leader said
First will come recruitment and
training of enumerators to count
all farms in the county. About
one enumerator for each 150
farms will be needed.
Shortly alter November 19, the
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Seeking Bids For
Dredging Waterway
The U. S. Army Engineer Dis
trict, Wilmington has issued in
vitations to bid on maintenance
dredging to be performed in the
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
between the Cape Fear River,
and Little River, S. C. The bid
opening is scheduled for 2:30 p. m.
December 9 in the Custom house,
Wilmington.
The quantity of shoaled ma
terial to be removed is estimated
at 800,000 cubic yards, including
360,000 cubic yards estimated al
lowable overdepth.
Colonel J. S. Grygiel, District
Engineer, stated that bids under
this procurement are solicited
from small business concerns
only.
Jury List For
December Term
Some 72 county residents have
been selected to serve during the
two-week term of Brunswick
County Superior court for the
trial of civil cases next month.
Brunswick citizens selected for
jury duty during the December
7 term include:
William Edward Parker and
E. W. Morgan, both of Southport;
K. T. Little and Melton R. Evans,
both of Freeland; Shelton Stan
ley, John W. Smith, J. O. Smith,
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Speed Limit In
Southport Will
Undergo Change
A routine meeting of the South
port Board of Aldermen was held
Thursday night at the City Hall.
The board voted unanimously to
change the speed limits on sev
eral city streets. They establish
ed a 20 mph 'limit on Howe
street (NC 87-211) from Moore
street to Brown street and on
Moore street from Howe to Ellis
strets.
They established 35 mph zones
on Moore street from Ellis
street to Van Bureau, on Van <
Burean from Moore street to the
city limits, on Leonard street
from Howe to Fodale, on Howe
street from Brown to Cape Fear
Road and from Cape Fear Road
from Howe street to 12th street.
A 48 mph limit was put into
effect on Leonard Street from
Fodale to North Park Avenue at
the city limits.
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson said the
new speed limits will be strictly
enforced. The motion for the ac
tion was made by J. A. Gilbert,
seconded by Crawford Rourk.
City Mafrager C. D. Piokerrell
told the board the city would call
■for bids on the truck chassis for
the City Street , Department
truck soon.
E. J. Prevatte asked the board
to name two members to work
with the Southport civic clubs on
making plans to repair the Com
munity Building. Mayor . Tomlin
son and City Attorney Kirby Sul
livan said they would represent
the city.
The board voted to contribute
money to the Southport booster’s
club to the Southport . ,Civic
League to pay off unpaid bills.
The money will come from the
ABC recreational fund. ' ';i -
Otto Hickman resigned as elec
trical inspector for the City of
Southport. He said he did not
have time to perform the func
tions of the, Job.
A'l aJldermen were present , for
the meeting with the exception of
Johnnie Vereen and- Fred Spen
cer. S'" ‘ s
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Education Board
Holds Session
A decision to try to help Union
'High School meet their paving
needs highlighted a meeting of
the Brunswick County Board of
Education in Southport Tuesday
night.
Principal Jonathan Hankins
and Local School Board Chair
man Tilman Bowen asked the
board to contribute $900 toward
the paving work. They said the
school would raise $2,000 for the
project and they already had
$1,400. The board members said
they would look at the school bud
get to see if the (money can be
found.
Superintendent A. W. Taylor
told the board members that El
mer Ganey had bid $63 for the
1966 Chevrolet pick-up truck at
an auction last month. The board
members voted unanimously to
approve the sale.
Superintendent Taylor told the
board members that he would
be required to serve two weeks
in reserve Army training in De
cember.
The 'board approved the trans
fer of June Ann and Diane Lee
Hewett to Bolivia school.
Southport Cops 3rd State 8-Man Title
■ SOUTHPORT’S DOLPHINS’ LEADERS receive the school’s third consecutive State 8-Man
Football Championship Trophy after they had beaten Tar Heel, 46-27, in Saturday night’s finale
■at Legion Field in Whiteville. Supt. A. Woodrow Taylor of Brunswick County Schools and also a
member of the NCHSAA Board of Control (left), presents the title award to Dolphin tri-captains
(left to right) Wade Beard, Rip Howard and Richard Pickett.—(Elgie Clemmons photo)!
Tobacco Vote
Scheduled For
Area Growers
County flue-eured to
bacco farmers wimSe given an
opportunity to vote in - a- 'refer
endum on November 15 for the'
continuance of their self-help
sales-plan for promoting their
leaf. - says ASCS Manager R. L.
Price.
On this date growers will vote
on whether they favor continuing
to assess themselves up to 51
per acre annually for the next
three years. The money, if two
third'S of those voting approve,
will be used for sales promotion
of flue-cured tobacco.
Manager Price said that grow
ers engaged in the 1964 produc
tion -of flue-cured tobacco as
landlord, tenant, or sharecropper
are eligible" to vote. “The refer
endum will be held ,-in every. to
bacco producing county in the
state at regular community pol
ling centers and the usual voting
hours Will be observed,” he add
ed. ; . -
Administration of the program
is in the hands of Tobacco As
sociates, Inc., a non-profit organ
ization foimed in 1947, with of
fices in. Washington, D, C., Ra
leigh, Dillon, S. C., anfj. Brussels,
Belgium. — *
Tobacco Associates is headed
by John D. Palmer, president,
and a • 25-memdei* -ooard of di
rectors, with authority to set’the
annual rate of assessment up- to,
but not to exceed $1 per acre,
to' carry on the sales promotion
work.
TIME and TIDE
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It was November 18, 1959, and a report said the present
Southport water tank was in an unsafe condition and should be
replaced at' a cost of $40,000. One of the landmarks in the town
of Shallotte, the old R. D. White garage building, was being
destroyed.
J. Loughlin, Jr., who had served as administrator for
Dosher Memorial Hospital for the past 18 years, resigned be
cause of illness in his family. The Audrey G. Hickman family in
Winnabow was In the swine production business.
It was November 17, 1954, and Odell Williamson announced
that he had purchased E. M. Gore’s half interest in Ocean Isle
Beach and now owned all the resort area. G. C. Stanley of
Brick Landing paid his 1955 taxes with 3,677 pennies.
No official word had been received from an application to
the federal government for disaster relief funds for county
citizens. The Brunswick Telephone Committee, under Harry L.
Mintz, Jr., met with officials of Southern Bell to discuss tele
phone service in the county. Miss Lena Ward became the bride
of G. W. Fisher, Jr., Saturday.
It was November 16, 1949, and the State Highway Com
mission announced that new bridges along U. S. 17 at Jackies
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Off Shore Tower
In Use Tuesday
EDWARD T. BERRY, ill
Shallotte Lions
Host Governor
The Lions Club of Shallotte will
welcome Edward T. Berry ni,
District Governor, District 31-H,
Lions International, which includ
es 36 clubs in Eastern North
Carolina at its Thursday meeting.
Lion Berry, a native of New.
Bern, has been a member of the
New Bern" club since 1065, and a
Key Member since 1959. He has
held all club offices and also serv
ed District 31-H as Zone Chair
man, and as Deputy District Gov
ernor for two terms prior to being
f elected to his present office.
District Governor Berry will
i visit the Shallotte Club to advise
j and assist President Edward M.
| Gore and Secretary Wilton , D.
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Soil Election f
For Brunswick
An. election will be held in
Brunswick County on December
11 to choose one supervisor for
the Brunswick Soil and Water
Conservation District for a three
year term beginning January l.
All qualified voters residing in
the county will be eligible to vote
in this election. James Bellamy,
Jr., Shallotte, has been nominated
by the present board of supervi
sors to suceed himself and a
nominating petition has been pre
pared and has received the signa
ture of 25 qualified voters in the
county to make his nomination
valid.
Anyone else in the county who
wishes to have a name placed on
the ballot should contact any
member of the present board of
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Rear Admiral Oscar C. Rohnke,
USOG, Commander. Fifth Coast
Gtiarcf lOiStHci,” ariltburiceif ;' this
week that the offshore structure
which will replace Frying Pan
Shoals Lightship will be placed
in commission on November 24,
weather permitting. Ceremonies
aboard the’ structure will' mark
the event.
The Frying. Pan Shoals struc
ture is the first of three such off
shore stations to be built in the
Fifth Coast Guard District. The
other two will replace Diamond
Shoals and Chesapeake Light
ships.
The station lobated 33 miles
southeast of Southport will be
manned by a crew of six Coast
Guardsmen with Oscar / B.
O’Neal, Boatswain mate first
class, as officer in charge.
The statiph will serve primarily
as an aid to navigation. However,
here will be oceanographic
equipment aboard.
Work on the station, which cost
approximately $2,000,000, was be
gun in August at the site. Its
four main steel legs, driven to a
depth of 293 feet below the ocean
floor, holds the 25-foot high 555
ton deckhouse which is 86 feet
square.
This new Coast Guard station
is designed to have little wind
resistance and will withstand the
impact of extraordinary wind
and wave action. It is expected
to have a life expectancy of 75
years.
The top of the deckhouse will
serve as a helicopter pad and will
also be used to catch rainwater
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Making Plans To
Hold Fund Drive
Heart Association' volunteers are
getting ready for next February’s
Heart Fund campaign, under
the statewide banner of a “Hope
for Hearts” theme, and the local
Heart ‘Funders will contact every
home and farm in a neighbor
to-neighlbor effort in the Bruns
wick County area.
Last February's fund raising
effort in (Brunswick county total
led $1,270.95 according to the re
ports made available this fall.
State Heart Fund receipts came
to the all-time high of $614 thou
sand, a record for any voluntary
health agency in the state.
The new “Hope for Hearts’1
theme was selected to call at
tention to the nope for all hearts
made possible by the recent prog
ress in medicine and community
Health. The Brunswick County
Heart Association will call for
stepped-up support in this year’s
campaign, to increase the Asso
ciation’s programs of cardiovas
cular research, education and
service.
By JIGGS POWERS
(News Reporter Sports Editor)
LEGION FIELD, Whiteville —
A steam-rolling band of Dolphins
from Southport scored with amaz
ing consistency here, Saturday
night, to annex their third
straight North Carolina 8-Man
football championship by beating
a plucky, but outmanned, Tar
Heel Panther club, 46-27.
And, in winning, Coach Pete
Lee’s boys from the coast of
Brunswick County kept their slate
clean in 8-man football. They’ve
never lost a game in this type
play, with the title victory here
being their 24th against a single
tie in three full seasons. In all
types football in the three-year
cpan, they’ve won 30 times, tied
once and lost once.
Over 1,000 Mark
(During the victory here, South
port ran its scoring total in th
three-year period it has been in
8-man football to above the 1,000
mark; with the 46 points here giv
ing it a total of 1,020 against 272
scored by its opponents over the
same span.
Six Dolphins shared the scoring
spoils here in the title triumph.
Quarterback Rip Howard, Ends
■Dickie Aldridge and Stacey Sel
lers each scored two TDs, while
Sellers and Howard added a PAT
each; Richard Pickett, a half
back, tallied the other TD, while
Back Franik Barbee and End
Billy Helms had the other points
after.
Howard, Southport’s talented
southpaw quarterback, had his
best night of the season when he
ran for two touchdowns, passed
for two more, while completing
eight of nine throws, intercepted
two passes and made a shirt
tearing save on one occasion
when Pharr appeared to be long
gone. Aldridge rounded out his
two-touchdown performance with
some good defensive play to
make this the best game of his
three-year career.
In addition to his touchdown,
Pickett teamed with Big Ed Har
per to pou*,»X pqt a lot of yard
age that shook up the Tar Heel
defenders as the Southport half
backs hammered away at the
line. This set up tricky end- .
around maneuvers and pass plays
as the Bladen county boys con
centrated on trying to stop the
Dolphin running game.
Pharr Shines In Defeat
For Coach Wilma Hughes’ in
jured-belabored Tar Heel club,.
White “Bo’* Pharr proved he
was deserving of the two-time
A11-BB8MC honors he has receiv
ed. The 175-pound senior speed
ster ground out yard after yard
and topped his team’s offensive
efforts with three touchdowns and
turned in a good defensive show,
also. End Robert Inman had the
other TH touchdown. Pharr, In
man and Quarterback Mickey '
Grimsley had the Panther FATs.
- Defensive Standouts
Defensive standouts included
Guard Floyd Bordeaux, Grims
ley, an'd Inman, in addition to
Pharr for the losers; Roger Sel
lers, Pickett, Woody Taylor,
Wade Beard and Jerry Swain for
the champs.
Southport rolled up a total of
fensive of 415 yards; 231 rushing
net and 184 passing net; to 251
for the losers. The champs led in
first downs, 16-11.
Pharr Goes 42
Pharr had the longest scoring
run of the night, going 42 yards
for his team’s third TD in the
final chapter and added others
on runs of 16 and 1 yards. Dickie
Aldridge took a pass from Rip
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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 Stele
Port Pilot thi'ough the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, November 19,
7:11 A. M. 1:10 A. M.
7:34 P. M. 1:48 P. M.
Friday, November 20
8:02 A. M. 1:57 A. M.
8:26 P. M. i ■ 2:40 P. M.
Saturday, November 21
8:55 A. M. 2:46 A. M.
9:20 P. M. 3:32 P. M.
Sunday, November 22
9:48 A. M. 3:37 A. M.
10:17 P. M. 4:26 P. M.
Monday, November 23
10:46 A. M. 4:31 A. M.
11:17 P. M. 5:22 P. M.
Tuesday, November 24
11:45 A. M. 5:28 A. M.
6:20 P. M.
Wednesday, November 25
0:20 A. M. 6:30 A. M.
12:45 P. M. 7:21 P. M.