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SOUTHPORT. N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1964
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Delivers Driver Education Cars
DELIVERY—Dub Clewis, Plymouth, Dodge and Chrysler dealer in Southport,
is shown here delivering keys to George Frink, left, and Joe Young, right, for their
new plymouths which will be used in the Brunswick County Driver Education
program. Superintendent of Schools A. Woodrow Taylor, far left, is an interested
on-looker. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Committee Named
Poverty War Organized
Shallotte Plans
Christmas Parade
A gala Christmas parade has ■
been planned for the Town of
Shallotte Friday afternoon at 4
o’clock and plans outlined by
Mayor Roney Cheers this
morning make it sound like the
most ambitious undertaking of
this kind in the history of this
progressive Brunswick county
town.
According to Mayor Cheers,
there will be 25 units in the par
ade, and this will include three
marching bands. There will be
numerous floats, including some
sponsored by big companies and
corporations in the area. Smoky
the Bear, a float sponsored by
the Forest Service, is one that is
sure to appeal to the youngsters.
Miss Brunswick county, Caro
lyn Minton, will ride on one of
the floats and other beauty rep
resentatives will appear in the
parade, along with other digni
taries.
The big interest for the young
sters of c curse, will be Santa
Claus, and he will be there com
plete with all the trappings.
Thurston Mintz is in charge of
plans for the parade but has had
the complete cooperation of the
Shallotte Merchants Association
in the all-out effort that' is being
made to make this the best par
ade ever held in Shallotte.
Everyone is invited to attend,
and parents and children are ex
pected from every section of
Brunswick county.
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lnewsj
SOUTHPORT PARADE
The Christmas parade in South
port will be held on Friday, De
cember 11, and a feature will
be the new fire truck, which will
be delivered early hext wek.
LIGHT BULB SALE
The Bolivia Lions Club will
conduct their annual light bulb
sale tomorrow (Thursday) from
4:30 to 7:30 p. m.
CHURCH BAZAAR
The Women of St. 'Philips
Church will hold their annual ba
zaar Friday, starting at 9:30
o'clock in the parish house. Lunch
will be served starting at 11
o'clock.
BENEFIT BARBECUE
A barpecue supper will be ser
ved at Zion Methodist Church at
Town Creek Saturday starting at
6:30 p. m. The pit-cooked bar
becue will be seirved buffet-styled
in the fellowship hall. Proceeds
from the supper will go to the
building fund,
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Tobacco Farmers
To Hold Meeting
A county-wide tobacco produc
tion meeting has been planned for
7 p. m. December 15 at ShaMotte
High School auditorium, reports
A. S. Knowles, acting county ex
tension chairman. This meeting
will give tobacco growers an op
portunity to become familiar with
new or any improved production
practices.
It was just announced last) week
that four new tobacco varieties
will be released this season.
There were no new varieties re
leased for the past season.
Knowles said there would be
quite a bit of new information
available at this county winter
meeting. Tobacco Extension Spe
cialist will present the program
that will be based upon research,
surveys and demonstrations de
signed to return growers the
greatest profit for his efforts, Re- >
member the date, December 15
■and put it on your calendar of
activities.
Sanford Dinner
Draws Locally
Brunswick County will be rep
resented at toe Sanford Appreci
ation Dinner when approximately
2,000 people are expected to say
“Thank You” To Governor San
ford, according to Dinner Chair
man Hargrove Bowles.
Tickets in' this area may be
obtained from Ernest E. Parker.
The sale of toe tickets will fi
nance the dinner and establish a
scholarship fund at Methodist Col
lege in Fayetteville. The local
chairman pointed out that no in
vitations are being issued and
anyone who desires to come may
do so. *
The doors to the Dorton Arena
■v^ill open at 6 p. m. and the
program is expected to begin
shortly after 7 p. m. Speakers
will include U. S. Commissioner
of Education, Francis Keppel;
Sidney Blaokmer, distinguished
■actor of Salisbury, who will rep
resent the arts; and Acmory
Houghton, Jr., President of Corn
ing Glass will speak for industry. ‘
Richard Adler, broadway com
poser and producer, will serve as
master of ceremonies. Music will
be provided by, the Marching
Band of A & T College of Greens
boro; toe 30th Infantry Command
Band of the National Guard;
and toe N. C, State Stage Band
(Continued on page 7)
1 A Shallotte man was named
director and chairman of the War
on Poverty program in Bruns
wick County during a reorganiz
ation of the leadership at a
speciaal meeting of the Board of
County Commisioners and the
program's advisory group Mon
day night in Southport.
Robert Stanley, editor of the
Brunswick Beacon, Shallotte
Newspaper, was appointed to the
dual position in the poverty pro
gram while the board was in exe
cutive session after Phillip Tho
mas, Jr., of Shalotte, resigned
from the job.
The commissioners and the ad
isory committee also named a 40
man non-political executive com
mittee to supervise the program
in the county.
In naming the new committee,
the commissioners left the door
open for the group to name an
other director and chairman if
they desire. They disolved the
original steering committee and
appointed the executive commit
tee to make a new start on the
program.
In a resolution unanimously
adopted duringt he meeting, the
commissioners “totally relinqu
ished all reins of authority and
gave the executive committee
our blessings as an independent
and self governing perpetual
body which can recommend and
approve a director.”
• Thomas gave several reasons
for resigning before giving his
impressions of how the war on
poverty program should be run in
the county.
He said his decision to resign
was a hard one to make. But he
poverty program should ber un in
said the prograam’s work kept
getting bigger and bigger, he had
a hard time arranging meetings
although thC various leaders had
valid excuses for not attending,
the large aresponsibilities of the
program and financial reasons.
Thomas outlined some of his
views on the poverty program.
He suggested having the execut
ive committee hire the director
instead of his toeing employed by
the old board of commissioners
who go out of office on Monday.
“This is the most democratic
way,” he said.
He called for having a paid
director of the program, and said
a salary of $10,000 a year can be
earned. If the county can not af
ford to pay the ful salary now, he
said it should make a token pay
ment, such as mileage for travel.
The county should try to pay the
salary of the director at first he
suggested. “A working director
should have federal funds coming
into the county within four
weeks, I believe,” he said. “The
federal government will pay most
of the salary when we get start
‘ ed.”
He called for a director who is
an executive who can handle
large sums of money and deal
with large numbers of people.
“Once you have your director, let
him be the boss and back him to
the limit,” he added.
Thomas said the board of com
Continued On Page Four
Census Figures
Furnishes Facts
For Farm Plans
The 1964 Census of Agriculture,
now being conducted by the Bu
reau of the Census, U. S. Depart
ment of Commerce, in Bruns
wick County, will bring up to date
farm statistics last collected in
1959.
Here are a few of the many
facts recorded in the 1959 farm
census for this County:
There were 1,605 farms in 1969,
compared with 1,976 in 1954. The
average size of farm was 71.9
acres in 1959, compared with
72.8 acres in 1954.
The value of products sold by
the County's farmers in 1959 was
$4,081,189. The value of all crops
sold was $8,094,777. The value of
all livestock and livestock pro
ducts sold was $986,412.
The 1964 national Census of
Agriculture is the 18th in a se
ries which (began in 1840. Because
of the rapid changes American
agriculture has been undergoing
in recent years, Census Bureau
officials regard the current cen
sus as^ one of the most signifi
cant ever taken. They ask every
farmer to cooperate in compiling
an accurate record of these
changes toy filling out the census
form he receives in the mail and
holding the completed question
naire until a census taker calls
for it.
Negro Students
In College Day
The annual College Day pro
gram for seniors at Brunswick
County High School, Lincoln High
School and Union High School will
be held at Brunswick County
High School, Southport on Fri
day from 10 a. m until 2 p. m.
Mrs. Hankins, counselor, re
ports that the progrtyn might
more properly be labeled “Post
High School Opportunity Day’* as
representatives of technical and
vocational schools will be present
as well as representatives of the
senior colleges. This is done be
cause of the small percentage of
students who attend four year
colleges, she pointed ou,t.
A special feature of the pro
gram this year is an hour con
ference for parents of the seniors
to meet with the college repre
sentatives. A speial invitation
has been sent to all parents to
visit the school between 1 p. m.
and 2 p. m. It is hoped that all
parents who expect to have chil
dren entering college next year
will avail themselves of this op
portunity. to find out about en
trance requirements, fees, scho
larships and loans.
■So far, eighteen representatives
have accepted the invitation to at
tend this program. Colleges rep
resented include A. & T. College,
Bennett College, Barber-Scotia,
Fayetteville State, Shaw Univer
sity, Hampton Institute, Winston
Salem State, St. Augustine’s,
Southeastern Community College,
Fayetteville Technical Institute,
Cape Fear Industrial Center, De
Shazor’s Beauty School, Durham
Business College, (Raleigh Busi
ness College, Lincoln Hospital
'School of Nursing and Voorhees
College.
General assembly will be held
from 10 a. m. until 10:45 a. m.
at which time students of the
three schools will be greeted by
Superintendent A. Woodrow Tay
lor, Assistant Superintendent W.
'Continued on page ()
Frying Pan Lightship Leaves Station
LAST TIME—At the conclusion of the commissioning ceremonies at the Fry
ing Pan Light Tower last Tuesday morning the famous old Frying Pan lightship
circled the position once> then headed north to a Norfolk'shipyard where she will
undergo repairs prior to going on station at a point off the East Coast. The new
tower is shown in the left background.
Brunswick Farmers Hit
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Tobacco Quota
ortant
Gas Case Set
For Trial Here
The so-called “gas case” will
be one of the first tried during
the two-week session of Bruns
wick County Superior court which
will get underway Monday for
the trial of civil cases under
Judge W. A. Johnson of Lillington.
The case of Mary I. Jackson,
administrator of the estate of
Wesley Clyde Swain, . versus
Southern Butane Gas company
is scheduled to begin Monday.
The Jackson woman is seeking
to recover $150,000 from the gas
company for the death of Swain.
The case, wnen first tried, end
ed in a mistrial after eight days
on May 4. The jury said they
were hopelessly deadlocked and
could not reach a verdict.
Leland Jaycees
Make Progress
The Jaycee project to provide
lights for the Lela»d High School
athletic field should be complet
ed before March 1, according to
Leland Junior Chamber of Oom
(Continued From Page 8)
TIME and TIDE
i ^ was December 2, 1959, and former mayor and present
councillor of Southport, England, Mrs. Mae Bamber, personally
presented a book to the Southport, North Carolina, Public Li
brary from the mayor of the English sister town.
Herman Strong, a member of the Laurinburg police de
partment, weis named police chief of Southport. The engage
ment of Miss Mary Katherine Hevener of Staunton, Virginia,
and Charles Blake of Southport weis announced.
It was December 1, 1954, and it weis announced that Bruns
wick county would receive $219,155 in federal funds for Hurri
cane Hazel relief. M. D. Anderson of Hickman’s Crossroads was
appointed tax collector replacing Jack Brown who resigned to
be sworn in sis Clerk of Court.
The U. S. Government announced that the tobacco quotas
would be cut five percent in 1955. Judge W. J. McLamb, who
had served for several years, held his last session before giving
way to Earl Bellamy who was elected to the position in Nov
ember.
It was November 30, 1949, and it was announced that the
Holden Beach ferry would operate 24-hours a day, but the area
residents still waijted a bridge. Adjutant Douglas Hawes of
Continued On Page Four
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jx muiiHwicK county reierencm
committee favoring marketing
quotas on the tobacco vote De
cember 16 was formed in Supply
Tuesday night and immediately
got down to work tvith Edwin
Clemmons elected chairman.
Chairman Clemmons has called
a second county-wide meeting for
Friday night at the Agriculture
Building in Supply at 7:30 o'clock
to organize community commit
tees to support quotas. “We want
all Brunswick county tobacco
farmers to attend the meeting
Friday night,” he declared. “We
need of all the help we can get”.
The Tuesday night meeting of
county leaders was called by
Chairman Donnie Evans of the
Brunswick ASC committee to or
ganize a county referenda com
mittee, something that has al
ready been done oij the state and
national levels.
Chairman Evans said the to
bacco program is in the greatest
danger of being voted out since
1939. “How would you feel to
wake up on December 16 and
hear the announcement that flue
cured tobacco growers had voted
out the tobacco control program?
he asked. “This, my dear friends,
is a very real possibility, unless
we all do everything we possibly
can to get out a large and fav
orable vote,”
He said he knows there is op
position to the tobacco program
in the county “One -man told me
they will vote at least 800 votes
against it,” he pointed. “If that
is true, we will need more than
2,400 votes since quotas must be
approved by 2-3 of the voters to
be approved.”
Agriculture Stabilization and
Conservation Service Manager
Ralph D. Price said that the
North Crolina vote will deter
mine whether quotas will be in
effect in 1965. “It is that close,’’
he said. “They say some states
will vote overw'hrlmingly against
quotas.”
Most of the opposition, he said,
has resulted because of the de
cision to reduce tobacco allot
ments 19.5 percent in 1965, which
has hurt the small farmer most of
all. Manager Price said the cut
would cost county farmers $710,
391.50 next year. But if quotas are
rejected, it could mean that to
bacco would sell for 22 cents
per pound which is the world
price.
Manager Price said there were
several reasons for the cut.
“American farmers have increas
ed their tobacco yields greatly
over the past severaf years while
our exports have fallen off be
cause of the large number of to
bacco producing countries,” he
Continued On Page Four
Brunswick county tobacco
farmers will suffer a loss of 573.3
acres in their allotment as a re
sult of the action of Secretary of
Agriculture Orville L. Freeman
.fut.. of. 19.5
percent in the 1965
Next year Brunswick county
farmers will be permitted to plant
only 2,365.51 acres as compared
to 2,940.84 acres in the 1964 crop.
In simple but burdensome
terms, the acreage reduction
means the man With only three
acres allotment may plant only
2.4 acres. Every five-acre allot
ment will drop to four acres.
Agriculture Stabilization and
Conservation Service Manager
Ralph L. Price declared that the
19.5 per cent reduction would cost
Brunswick county tobacco farm
ers $710,391.50 next year if all
things remain equal.
Manager Price pointed out that
county farmer would produce
1,200,797 pounds less in 1965 than
they did this year. He arrived at
the figure by multiplying the
pounds per acre produced in 1964
(2,087) by the 1964 reduction (575.
33).
Then, with the average price
on the Border Belt Tobacco mar
ket being 59.16 cents per pound,
Manager Price multiplied this
figure by the 1,200,797 to arrive
at the conclusion that the new
reduction would cost Brunswick
county farmers $710,391.50 in 1965
if all the factors remain the
same.
On the other hand, if farmers
reject marketing quotas at the
referendum December 15, Man
ager Price said experts at the
Department of Agriculture believe
tobacco will sell at the world
market price of 22 cents per
pound. “And the same experts
say that it cost farmers 25 cents
to produce a pound of tobacco,’*
he remarked.
But farming sources are al
ready thinking out loud about the
1965 crop. Will the grower con
trive to produce as much on his
reduced acreage as he harvested
on the original acreage this year?
Or will the farmer diversify fur
ther to take up the slack stem
ming from the 19.5 per cent cut?
On the State level, the re
duction takes 81,978 acres of to
bacco out of production in 1965.
So Brunswick county, one of
the best tobacco growing counties
in the state, and North Carolina,’
which produces more flue-cured
tobacco than all the rest of the
bright-leaf-growing states, have
the most at stake and must take
the greatest cut in production
and consequent income.
Popular reaction to the Free
man order created a state-wide
lament but it is generally accept
ed in the light of mounting sur
pluses generated over the past
few years.
The feeling of farmers about
tile coming cut was expressed
Saturday by Lonnie Evans, chair
man of the county ASCS com
mittee and member of the Na
tional Tobacco Advisory Board.
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Lennon Praises
Long Service Of
US Coast Guard
Congressman Alton A. (Lennon
was the principal speaker at com
missioning ceremonies Tuesday
at the Frying Pan Light Tower
when that new facility became
a permanent replacement for the
old Frying Pan Lightship.
With several high ranking
Coast Guard officers in attend
ance, the Congressman praised
this service for its outstanding
record over the years, and gave
a brief resume of its history.
‘'From a moc\>?t revenue fleet,
consisting of ten small ships au
thorized in 1790 by the First Con
gress has sprung today’s modem,
higfhly diversified service known
as the United States Coast Guard.
The little fleet conceived of so
long ago by Alexander Hamilton
as an adjunct to the customs ser
vice has grown into our Chief
Agency for Maritime Safety
and Marine Law enforcement. It
has also won for itself an honored
place as an Armed Force with a
record of participation in every
major conflict in which our coun
try has been involved.
‘‘Shortly after its birth, the Re
venue Fleet went into action
against Napoleon’s navy in the
undeclared war with France, who
was then molesting our merchant
shipping. One of the original ten
cutters taking part in this epi
sode was the diligence whose
home port was Wilmington, North
Carolina. . Fbr thirty years sha
operated out of this great NortH
Carolina city. She and her sis
ter ships acquitted themselves so
well that they were soon entrust
ed with , additional responsibili
ties.
“That was the start of the
Coast Guard’s long association
with North Carolina. Over the
years, this relationship has grown
steadily more important. In the
1870’s,, the famous Revenue Ser
vice cutter Colfax operated out
Of Wilmington, achieving an err
visible record of service.
“The rapid rise of American
•trade created especially serious
Maritime safety problems in the
heavily traveled waters off the -V
North Carolina coast. To help re
duce shipping hazard's, the Fed
eral Government as far back
as 1790 purchased land for the
construction of a lighthouse at
Cape Fear, N. C. the light was
(Continued «n rage 71
Heavy’s Auto Sales has been ?
franchised by Kaiser Jeep Sales f
Corporation to handle the fam- »
ed ‘Jeep’ family of vehicles and i
approved special equipment.
Signing of the franchise was f
announced this week by Gene H. f
Russ, owner, of the new dealer
ship, who said the firm will mar
ket the full line of ‘Jeep’ vehicles
and equipment in this area. The »
dealership also will offer com- ?
plete parts and service facili
ties for the famed ‘‘go-anywhere’’
vehicles.
Key personnel of the dealer
ship, located on Highwaya 17 at
Shallotte are J. Lloyd Sullivan
and Harold Britt.
The ‘Jeep’ line of vehicles is
designed to serve a wide range
of purposes from six-passenger
family service to the roughest
kind of beach and other off-the
road hauling with gross vehicle
weights up to 8,600 pounds.
Shallotte
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 Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday,. Dec. 3
7:32 A. M. 1:07 A. M.
7:30 P. M. 1:44 P. M.
Friday, Dec. 4
8:00 A. M. 1:45 a. M.
8:08 P. M. 2:25 P. M.
Saturday, Dec, 5
8:37 A. M. 2:23 A. M.
8:43 P. M. 3:05 P. M.
Sunday, Dec. 6
9:14 A. M. 2:59 A. M.
9:18 P. M. J:44 P. M.
Monday, Dec. 7
9:48 A. M. 3:36 A. M.
9:53 P. M. 4:23 P. M.
Tuesday, Dec. 8
10:25 A. M. 4:13 A. M.
10:32 P. M. 5:03 P. M.
Wednesday, Dec. 9
11.03 A. M. 4:53 A' M.
^11:16 P. M. 5:45 P. At.