The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Volume 24 No. 29
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Erosion Control
1 Will Be Discussed
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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.
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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
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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.