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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Volume 24 No. 29 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1965 5c A COPY Most ot the News All The Time PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Jaycees Here To Join Observance In Two Events The Southport Jaycees will join with the more than 200 Junior Chamber of Commerce chapters in North Carolina and the 531 Jaycee chapters in communities ■throughout the United States in the observance of Jaycee Week January 17-23, according to Wil liam Powell, president of the lo cal chapter. Jaycee Week, the annual anni versary observance of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, is cele brated across the United States by the some 225,000 Jaycees, in cluding 10,000 Jaycees in North Carolina. On next Friday night the an nual Jaycee banquet will be held in the Jaycee building and the outstanding young man of the year will be named. On Sunday afternoon, January 24, the Jay cee building will be dedicated and the public is invited. The purpose of the week is to focus attention on young men and the work they are doing in their communities, and to empha size that the Jaycees have done an outstanding job in the fields of youth activities, development of communities, development of ■ leaders for the future of the com munities in the U. S., and over all general civic betterment. During Jaycee Week in North Carolina, mdst of the chapters will honor their community’s out standing young man for the past 12 months by honoring him at a DSA banquet. Also, many Jay cees will attend church in groups. Here in Southport flowers for each of the churches will be pro vided by the Jaycees Sunday. The U. S. Jaycees will recog nize America’s Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1964 in Santa Mon ica, California, with national President, Stan Ladley making the presentations. North Carolina will honor its Three Outstanding Young men for 1964 on February-" 12 in Raleigh one day after the Tar Heel Jaycees have honored the Outstanding Young Farmer of the year at a banquet at New Bern. Jaycee Week celebrates the founding of the Junior Chamber in 1915, when Henry Giessembier savy a need for a young men’s ciVtc group and organized the first* Chapter. The movement spread so fast that in 1920, the U. S. Junior Chamber of Com merce was formed with 24 cities represented. Mrhf Mt» Of L-NEWS-1 BRUSH FIRES The two fire alarm's in South port Tuesday were to brush fires burning near the Presbyterian Church. TO TURN OX WATER City officials expect to be able to turn on the water for the new municipal system in Shallotte be fore the end of this week. YARD OF MONTH Yard of the Month honors for January go to Mr. and Mrs. Ed C. Newton who live on West St. The monthly contest i's sponsored by the Southport Garden dub. MONDAY MEETING The lay group for the home care of the chronically ill will meet Monday night at 8 o’clock in the Agriculture building, Sup ply. All citzens are urged to be present. Tl'KJI IlN MOatr Mrs. E. B. Brunson, chair man of the Christmas Seals Cam paign for Brunswick county want's to remind all persons who received seals and who have not already done so to turn in their money so a final report can be made. RECEIVES APPOINTMENT, . Thomas S. Bowmer of South port, member of the board of county commissioners for Bruns wick county, as been appointed a member of the governmental advisory committee of the North Carolina Seashore Commission. He succeeds Ira Chadwick of ■Shallotte. PANCAKE SUPI’EK The Brunswick County Shrine Club is sponsoring a Pancake and Sausage Supper on January 19 in Southport High School Cafe teria, starting at 5 p. m. A sim ilar supper will be held in the Shallotte High School Cafeteria on Jan. 22. Tickets purchased from any Shriner will be good at either supper. New Building For Shallotte CONSTRUCTION—This is a new unit in the Lewis Red & White Shopping Center in Shallotte where Jerry Lewis is planning to open a department store in the early Spring. His father, J. D. Lewis, already is planning another building addition. (Staff Photo by Allen) - Archer Named Town Manager At Long Beach Donald Archer, assistant town manager of ChapelHill for the past three years, will become town manager of Long Beach Feb. 1. His resignation in Chapel Hill will become effective Jan.. 31, Long Beach, in Brunswick Coun ty in the southeastern corner of the state, extends several miles along the coast., . . Archer was offered the Job by the Long Beach Town Board of Commissioners. A native of Binghamton, N. Y., he became assistant town manager in Chapel ■Hilt in 1961 upon his graduation from the University of North Carolina. The new city manager comes highly recommended for the post after three years’ experience in his Chapl Hill post. He succeeds Dan Walker, who resigned in No vember. Policeman Quits To Enter Army The assistant police chief of Southport has recently resigned and entered the Army Tuesday, says City Manager C. D. Pick errell. Edward D. Kelly, a 12-year vet eran of Army service, recently re-enlisted in the Army for three years at the Wilmington Recruit ing office. He was sworn in Tues day in Raleigh and sent to Fort Penning, Georgia. Before accepting the Southport position, Kelly had served as a member of the 82nd Airborne di vision at Fort Bragg. He received his discharge from the Army in the fall to become assistant chief. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and family lived on Moore street in South port. ^ City Manager Pickerrell said Kelly re-entered the Army be cause of higher pay. He had al ready spent 12 years in service, he added. Several persons have applied for the position. The Board of Aldermen has said they prefer a man from outside Southport for the position. Board Chairman States Position George T. Rourk, chairman of the board of county commission ers, has written the following let ter to explain his position with regard to the appointment of Harry Sell as electrical inspec tor, with responsibility for the en tire county: ‘‘At this time, I think that it is necessary for me to make a statement as to my stand on the matter of Electrical Inspector. ■First, I want it understood that I have nothing against Mr. Sell. 'He seems to be a very nice man, and his qualifications are unquestionable. “When it became evident that Mr. Reynolds, the former Elec trical Inspector, who resides at (Continued On Page 4) Shallotte School Pilot Coming Out Early Next Week Next week’s edition of The State Port Pilot will be publish ed on Tuesday. The reason for till's stepped-up .pteS^ jday is t%at pew: equipment'" is being installed at The News Reporter plant in Whiteville, where The Polot is printed and they need an extra day to make the change between issues of this paper. The News Reporter is moving : from its old location on Madison ‘ St. into a new building on Colum-' bus St. At the same time, a new 1 offset printing press has been ’ purchased and installed, and after next week The Pilot will be print ed by this new process. Remember: We will come out one day early next week, so get your advertising and new's copy to us in time for use. Routine Meeting Of County Board The Brunswick County Board of Education held a routine business meeting in Southport on Novem ber 30 with all members present. The board accepted two bids of $1,700 each for the two 1064 Dodges used in the Driver’s Edu cation program in the county. The cars were purchased by Paul Holden and Ernest Holden. The motion for the action was made by O. K. Bellamy of Shal lotte and seconded by Arthur J. Dosher of Southport. The board expressed concern about press coverage of their meeetings. The members pointed out that a newspaper story con cerning their November 10 meet ing incorrectly stated that the board had voted to give funds to assist Union school with a pav ing project. But when the official minutes were re-read at the . meeting, they stated that the board would study the budget to see if the requested funds could be made available. Board Attorney Kirby Sullivan ■ was asked to .negotiate an agree ment with the Bolivia Volunteer Fire Department or with other proper municipal authorities which would allow the construc tion of a fire station on Bolivia school property. The motion for Attorney Sullivan to work on the problem was made by Bellamy and seconded by Homer Holden of Bolivia. The board voted unanimously to construct a second exit in the front of the Southport gym in the area formerly used for the con cession stand. It will cost about $100. The motion for the action was made by Dosher and sec onded by Ernest McGee of Ice land. Superintendent A. W. Taylor and Assistant Superintendent Wil liam N. Williams were allowed $35 toward expenses for the Su perintendent’s conference in Dur ham. McGee made the motion, (Continued On Page Four) Students - and faculty of Shal lotte High School had a chance to learn more about the space age in a demonstration presented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration yesterday. Accompanying the Spacemobile and presenting the demonstration were William Nixon and Chris topher G. Trump. Traveling .throughout ...the United”'States. and in" ’ foreign, countries; the demonstration units provide an introduction to space science and to this nation’s space activities. The demonstration is presented by professional science educators ■who are authoritatively informed on the space sciences and the pro grams. of the National Aeronau tics arid Spate Administration. ‘Models of ' launch vehicles and spacecraft, mechanical and elec tronic devices, and other audio visual materials and experiments are a part of the Spacemobile demonstrating equipment. These aids are u’sed in demonstrating basic scientific principles and how these apply to the programs of NASA. ■For instance, the lecturer traces the history of rocketry — from the early efforts of the Chinese in the. 13th century, liq uid rocket research of America’s Dr. Robert Goddard, and to. the more recent success of the Ger man's and their V-2 missile. The scientific principles of or bits and propulsion are discussed along with the men whose discov eries and vision Raved the way to our present day exploration of outer space. The students were told about the various projects of the NASA as the lecturer explained them by utilizing authentic scale models of scientific payloads now explor ing outer space. They discussed the benefits of communications and weather sat ellites, the scientific information derived from current scientific (Continued On Page 4) Name Community ' Leaders To Aid March Of Dimes Mrs. M. H. Rourk, who is ser ving again this year as Bruns wick County Chairman for the March of Dimes, has appointed help to take this campaign into community chairmen who will help to take this campaign into every area. “I am proud of the splendid support that we have received during past years, and I wish to remind our people that there Is an ever-increasing need for funds with which to wage upon <birth defects and other perils of child health. I am sure that our response again will be gnerous. The following community chair men have been appointed: Ash, Mrs. William Mathews; Bolivia, Mrs. Paul Huffam; Boone’s Neck and Varnumtown, (Mrs. Norman Bellamy; Calabash, Mrs. Harry Bennett; Freeland, Mrs. Raymond Babson; •Grissettown, Mrs. Norman Gris 'sett; Holden Beach, Mrs. Hugh Dutton; Hickman’s Crossroads, Mrs. Ernest Stanland; Leland, Mrs. Sam Corbet and Mrs. W. H. Gainey (co-chairmen); Lcngwood, Mrs. W. A. Long; Myrtle Head, Lloyd Parker; 'Shallotte, Steve Becky; Shal lotte Point, Mrs. Harry E. Wil liams; Southport, Mrs. 'Bobby Jones; Sunset Beach and Ocean Isle, Mrs. G. E. Henderson and Mrs. Garland Clemmons, co chairmen; Thomasboro, Mrs. F. C. Osborn; Winnabow, Mrs. Norman Kimbrough; Colored Schools, C. A. CaveneSs. The Southport drive of the March of Dimes is being headed up by Mrs. R. A. Jones, Other workers include Mrs. J. E. Hahn, Mother's March; Mrs. A. L. Phelps, business collection; Mrs. j W. L. Hufham cannisters; and Mrs. W. G. Faulk, publicity. ; The Mothers March in South port will ■ br-hMd* Monday, Jan uary 18, between the hours of 6-8 • p. fn. It is hoped that everyone j will participate and make this the most successful March of Dimes drive ever held. Tests May Lead To Scholarships Top ranking high school seniors in this area will compete for scho larships toeing given by A. and T. College ait Greensboro. The scholarship winners are to toe selected on the basis of high scores earned on competitive col lege entrance examinations to toe given at 36 testing center's. The test is being conducted for the convenience of students in this area at the Williston High School at Wilmington on Monday February 16, beginning promptly at 1:30 p. m. o’clock, and at Cen-, tral High School, Whiteville, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 10:00 a. m. Mrs. I. B. Hankins, Counselor for Brunswick County Negro High Schools, said costs for the examin atioris are being borne entirely toy the A. and T. College General Alumni Assocition and there are no fees charged to participating students. Leading the list of individual awards are several scholarships of $1,600 each being given by the A. and T. Alumni group. More than $65,000, in tuition scholarships, will also be awarded by the college. TIME and TIDE .'•—■-••■•■ ™«— rar.Y„M ^ It was January 13, 1960, and the Southport gym was used as a morgue for 32 of the 34 bodies recovered from the Nat ional Airlines crash in Bolivia the previous week. The body of Julian A. Frank was discovered Saturday at Snow March but a Havana banker was missing. E. J. Prevatte of Southport was elected vice president of the General Board of the Baptist State Convention. Representat ive James C. Bowman of Southport announced he was not a candidate for re-election. James Harold Russ and Jerry Douglas Watts, both of Southport, and Betty Jean Gilbert of Bolivia, graduated from East Carolina College. It was January 13, 1955, and it was announced that the , first government employees would begin coming to Sonny Point in March. The Southern Coach company reduced service to three trips out of Southport dally oh the mail bus because of lack of passengers. The Howell E. Jackson,, a Liberty ship that had been beach ed beside highways 74-76-17 since Hurricane Hazel, was pushed back into the water by tugs Saturday. The Shallotte Pirates joined the Cape Fear Football Conference. Odell Williamson predicted that Ocean Isle Beach would have 15 new cottages by June 1. Continued On Page Four -• .. ... -4-v Bellamy Presides At Soil Meeting The first annual convention of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Dis tricts ever held in Southeastern North Carolina concluded a two day session at Wrightsville Beach Tuesday. Janies D. Bellamy, of Shallotte, president of the group, presided at the two day meeting. It was the largest convention ever held by the group in 22 years. Some 200 persons register ed for the activities Monday. The major events of the con vention were an address by Dr. John T. Caldwell, chancellor of North Carolina State College, and tours of erosion control points along the beaches of New Hanover county, the Ideal Cement plant and Carolina Nitrogen. The group also discussed American beach grass and visited plantings. Dr. Caldwell related the or ganization and control of the soil conservation district system to basic democracy. People joining in free association to achieve goals that each individual alone could not reach is democracy in action he said. Control of North Carolina beach erosion, a major problem and V JAMES D. Bellamy, Jr. project among conservationists of Eastern North Carolina was discussed. Tuesday the soil dis trict supervisors and professional personnel from all parts of the state viewed the Carolina Beach (Continued On Page 4) Erosion Control 1 Will Be Discussed ------* Certified Alfred B. Greene, president of the American Registry of Radio logic Technologist, recently an nounced the certification of Mrs. Dorcus W. Schmidt of Southport as a Radiologic Technologist. Fol lowing the completion of a two year course in X-Ray training at Cosher Memorial Hospital, Mrs. Schmidt successfully passed the written examination given by the registry in Raleigh. As a regis tered Radiologic Technologist Mrs. Schmidt will continue to serve as Chief Technologist at Cosher Memorial Hospital. Mother Of Local Woman Passes Mrs. Florence Stanford Tate, mother of Mrs. Philip King, li brarian of the Southport Public Library, died last Thursday at the age of 89 in Scottsboro, Alabama. . Funeral services were held in Newton, Alabama, on Sunday where Mrs. Tate and her hus band, F’rofessor A. W. Tate, had lived until 1937. Professor Tate was a pioneer educator in Ala bama, having established the Bap tist Collegiate Institute in 1896 when there were no public high schools south of Montgomery. For twenty years he served as presi dent of the institute, which was not only a boarding high school ■but a junior college. Mrs. Tate wa's also a teacher, “ and was widely known in edu cational and religious circles. In appreciation for the contributions of these two educators the Dale county Historical Society erect ed a granite marker in their hon or in the town of Newton. Follow ing the funeral services on Sun day there were so many friends and former students on hand to pay their last respects to Mrs. Tate that the city hall was opened so that they might visit with each other before returning to their widely scattered homes over the state of Alabama. Surviving in addition to Mrs. King are five other daughters and three sons; seventeen grandchil dren and eight great-grandchil dren. A proposed $14 million erosion control program for the Bruns wick county coastline will be un veiled Monday afternoon at a meeting of beach leaders at the courthouse in Southport. The plan, proposed by the U. S. Army Engineers, "calls for 59.921.000 in federal aid and 54.735.000 from state and local sources.' , , The Brunswick communities of Southport, Yaupon Beach, tfoldeh Beach, Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach are included in the proposed hurricane - protection measures. " The meeting, is scheduled to be gin at 2 p. in'. at the courthouse in Southport. Members of the board of county commissioners, officials of the beach areas and interested citi zens concerned with shore pro tection have been invited to at tend the meeting. Federal engineers, according to George E. Pickett of Raleigh, chief of the state Division of Navigable Waterways, are near ing completion of a study of the Brunswick coastline stretching south from Cape Fear Inlet to the state line. The plan will call for a beach fill seaward to be constructed in tegrally with a dune having a 25 foot crest at elevation of 20 feet above means sea level to protect each of the communities. The proposal calls for a dune stretching 0.7 miles at Yaupon Beach, 8.3 miles at Long Beach, 7.6 miles at Holden Beach, 5.3 miles at Ocean Isle Beach and 1.1 miles at Sunset Beach. “In all cases, the existing nat ural dune line would be limited to those sections of the beach where natural dunes have been destroyed or partially eroded and requires additional material to re inforce it”, Pickett pointed out. The pl'an will suggest that ail the material needed to build the dunes be “Borrowed”, from the nearby sounds and marshes with the use ’ of hydraulic pipeline dredging. This will include more than 31 million cubic yards of fill. Established state policy for par ticipation funds in hurricane-pro tection and ero’slon control pro jects is for 80 per cent of the non-federal share of the costs to come from state sources and 20 per cent from local funds. Pickett, who has asked local officials of the county and the beach communities to attend the meetihg, has advised that the total appropriation of $1 million appropriated by the 1963 General Assembly for this purpose have been exhausted. State appropriated funds for the project will be dependent upon future appropriations by the Gen eral Assembly”, he said. Pickett has advised local agencies that all rights-of-way needed for the project must be provided at no expense to the federal government. He added that local agencies must assure that any water pol lution, that would affect the health of bathers, will be elim inated. (Continued On Page Four) Stevens Gathers Information On Many Subjects Industrial Development Com mission Director Hoy Stevns has had a busy first week in Bruns wick county, setting up his office, working with the existing indus tries and gathering statistics. "When we arrived last Monday morning, there was nothing but furniture in the office,” Stevens said. "We brought enough office material in cars to last the first week. We still don’t have a filing cabinet but it should be here any day.” Stevens has alreardy been gath ering information about the coun ty to build a sales package, his first order of business. “I am a fanatic about statistics,” he said. "Did you know there were 6,016 houses in thi county in 1960? Each of the houses had an aver age of 4.7 rooms and 3.9 per sons.” He has ordered all types of in formation about the county from the state and federal govern ments and is gathering it him self. "Industries need all the in formation they can find before moving to a new area,” he said. “And they want us to be able to prove everything we say.” The new director has already visited the sewing plants at Shal lotte and Freeland. “I have writ ten several letters trying to se cure more contracts for both plants,” he added. Stevens has met with C. A. Caroon, owner of the newly es tablished crab processing plant in Southport, concerning the com pany’s needs. He is working with the Cape Fear Technical institute in order to set up courses and train the new workers. 'Stevens said he can not tell how long it will take to bring a new industry to Brunswick county. “You just don’t know in this work,” he declared.” It may take one month, one year or later. But right now I am working to gather iinformation, learn about the county and build a saes pac age.” Stevens pointed out that he will be working on tourist, agricul ture, promotions and other tings -besides industrial development. “Brunswick Town has four times what the Lost Colony has except for the drama," he declar (Continued On Page 4) Lounty Ministers Talk Chaplaincy 11 The Brunswick County Minis- ■ ter’s Association held its monthly v meeting at the Dosher Memorial ! Hospital on Monday night. The ministers were guests of Miss Frances Tillett, administrator, for dinner in the hospital dining room. Following the dinner there was a discussion of the hospital chaplaincy program. Suggestions were made for improving this volunteer service project by the ministers. Under the present pro gram a different minister in the association serves a's chaplain » each week, calling on the patients , Monday through Friday. Miss Tillett answered questions and gave helpful suggestions to the new ministers in the association. After the business session, the ■ministers delivered copies of a beautifully bound and illustrated 'book about the Bible to each of the rooms in' the hospital. The books were gifts of several mer chants in Southport. Tide Table Following Is 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, January 14 4:41 A. M. 11:25 A. M. 5:02 P. M. 11.33 P. M. Friday, January 15 5:42 A. M. 12:23 A. M. 6:05 P. M. Saturday, January 16 6:40 A. M. 0:29 A. M, 7:05 P. M. 1:18 P. M. Sunday, January 17 7:36 A. M. 1:24 A. M 8:01 P. M. 2:10 P. M. Monday, January 18 8:29 A. M. 2:16 A. M. 8:57 P. M. 3:01 P. M. Tuesday, January 19 9:21 A. M. 3:09 A. M. 9:49 P. M. 3:50 P. M. Wednesday, January 20 10:12 A. M. 4:00 A. M. 10:42 P. M. 4:39 P . M.