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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1965
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Brunswick Men Get Scholarships
Students—Two all-expense paid scholarships were awarded to twff young
Brunswick County farmers Friday. On the left is Jerry McLamb, who lives be
tween Thomasboro and Hickman Crossroads, in the middle is Billy Wade Russ,
who lives between Grissettown and Longwood; on the right is Aubrey C. Johns
ton, cashier of the Shallotte bank and county key banker for the N. C. Bankers
Association.
School Plants
Criticized By
Grand Jurors |f
The Brunswick county schools,
especially Southport, were criti
cally examined by the new 1965
grand Jury last week during the
session of Superior court.
All schools In the county were
examined by the grand jury under
Foreman Vincent McKeithan
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day, and only two received pass
ing grades. Waccamaw was rated
as good and Leland fair.
The jury also expressed con
cern about the facilities at the
court house and at the county
jail.
The jury said Southport high
school needs a water cooler, a
larger lunchroom, storage rooms
tor supplies, a sump pump for
for the boiler room, a janitorial
wash room, a larger boiler, a sick
room, crash bars on all the doors
and additional fire extinguishers.
They said all restrooms need re
pairs, the plumbing should be
checked and general repairs are
needed on the inside and outside
of the school..
functioning fire alarm jys
tem, stair well repairs, the elim
ination of all gas heating, and a
larger gym are needed. Ir. addi
tion, the south side of the school
yard should be drained and grad
ed. New classrooms also are
needed.
The boys and girls bathrooms
at Cedar Grove need general re
pairs. The storage room leaks,
a new water fountain is needed and
the auditorium should be re
paired.
The lunch room at Shallotte
High School needs repairs. The
school yard should be top graded
and drained.
Storage cabinets and coat hang
ing racks are needed at Long
wood school.
The hall floor at Union High
School and the water fountain
need repairs. The latch on the
back door should be fixed and a
can washer Is needed In the
lunch room.
Piney Grove needs a coal bln,
fire extinguishers and tables and
chairs for the library.
Plumbing repairs are needed
In the girls bath room at Bolivia
High School. The school also
needs fire extinguishers and coat
rooms.
Brunswick County High School
needs a storage room, an addi
tional water fountain, coat rooms,
an auxilllary fire alarm, crash
bars on all doors, tile in hall
way, additional fire extin
guisher, and work on the floor in
the halls and library.
Continued On Page Four.
NEWS BRIEFS
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Ocean View Methodist
Church will have abarbecue sup
per Saturday, starting at 4 p. m.
Take-out plates will be avail
able.
BAKE SALE
Bake sale sponsored by Oak
Island Ladies Golf Club will be
held at 9 a. m. next to the post
office building in Southport. In
case of inclement weather,
sale will move across the street
to the porch of the house next
door to the bank.
SWINE MEETING
The first of the series of four
swine meetings will be held
Thursday night, at the Exten
sion Service Building in Supply
at 7:30 o’clock. Robert Shaw,
Robeson County Associate Agri
cultural Extension Agent, will be
speaker. His topic will be “Out
look and Economics.” Please
come and bring your friends.
THE EDITOR PRESIDES
Editor James M. Harper, Jr. president of the
N. C. Press Association, is shown here with Ed Rank
in, Director of Administration for the State of North
Carolina, as he calls the 40th Annual Newspaper In
stitute to order Thursday night in Chapel Hill, Rank
in took over for Governor Dan Moore, who was ill, in
handing out the press awards. (Photo By Jim High).
S&L Has Another
Prosperous Year
h. l. s>t. George was reelect
ed president of the Security Sav
ings & Loan at the annual mem
bership meeting held here Thurs
day, and In his report he point
ed out that assets of the associa
tion now total more than $4 mil
lion for the first time.
Officers elected to serve with
St. George were D. C. Herring,
vice-president, and W. P. Jor
gensen, secretary-treasurer.
% Earl Bellamy, Shallotte busi
ness man, was elected a mem
ber of the board of directors,
and the following members were
re-elected: L. J. Hardee, S. B.
Frink, Foster Mintz and S. Bunn
Frink. J. B. Church is an hon
orary member of the board.
Another year of progress and
growth was enjoyed by the Se
curity Savings and Loan Asso
ciation during 1964, according to
the institution’s annual report.
H. T. St. George, president,
said that asset growth of $297,625
during 1964 represented a sub
stantial increase over total
assets held one year ago. and
that assets at the end of 1964
stood at $4,080,203.
St. George said that the grow
th reflected a combination or
increases of mortgage loan and
savings balances outstanding. He
added that the flow of personal
savings appears to have been
stimulated materially by the re
duction in federal income taxes,
effective last spring.
Net savings gains at Security
Savings and Loan Association in
1964 totaled $455,551, bringing
total savings held by the institu
tion at year end to $3,549,078.
The Savings and Loan institu
tion also reported annual dividend
payments during 1964 totaling
$134,886, based on a regular
dividend rate of 14 percent.
New mortgage loans made by
the association during 1964
amounted to $987,826. and the
total mortgage loans outstanding
at the end of the year climbed
to $3,485,412.
In the annual report to the as
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Appointed
Mrs. Resale Whatley was
notified this week of her re
appointment as county accountant
for Brunswick county. The ap
pointment was made by State
Treasurer Edwin Gill under pro
visions of a special legislative
act and will expire the first
Monday In December, 1968.
Progress For
County Cited
William A. Powell, Chairman
of the Resources Development
Commission for Brunswick
County, announced this week that
retail sales for Brunswick Coun
ty for the first eleven months
of 1964 totaled $15,793,092.
Powell stated that these sales
were for the period January
through November. Statistics for
the month of December have not
been released by the North Caro
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Two Brunswick
Men Attending
Course At State
■Hie 1965 reclnlents of scholar
ships to the Bankers Short
Course in Modern Farming for
Brunswick County are Jerry
McLamb, Shallotte, and Billy
Wade Russ, Ash, reports A. S.
Knowles, County Extension
Chairman.
These young farmers will be
at N. C. State College in Raleigh
to attend the two weeks of in
tensive training in several areas
of agriculture January 25 through
February 5. The Waccamaw
Bank and Trust at Shallotte and
Southport are local sponsors and
provide the two all-expense
scholarships.
Both McLamb and Russ run a
sizable general farm operation.
They said they were gratful
for the opportunity to attend this
short course and believe the
additional training will be bene
ficial in making a greater success
in agriculture.
The study will cover a wide
range of subjects in areas of
poultry, marketing, field crops,
farm planning, food processing,
agricultural policy, soils and
fertilizers, economics, insect
and disease control, fruits and
vegetables, wildlife management,
farm mechanization, livestock
and forestry. They will be able
to spend more time on the subject
of their own choosing.
The men will be housed at the
State Fair Youth Center while in
Raleigh. They will meet young
farmers from throughout the
state and exchange ideas and
there will be special discussion
topics to broaden their outlook.
It will not be all work, for they
will attend a banquet and a college
basketball game.
“The two banks and their
leaders are to be commended for
their sponsoring these scholar
ships,*' says Knowles. “It is
another way of helping to develop
useful leadership in our
county.**
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Endorses Plan
The U. S. Army Engineer pre
liminary plan for Hurricane Pro
tection and beach erosion control
for Yaupon Beach together with
the requirements of local co
operation required by the Fed
eral Government for such pro
jects were discussed and explain
ed to the Board of Commissioners
of Yaupon Beach meeting in a
call session on Tuesday.
Property owners were well
represented at this meeting and
were in favor of the passage of
legislation by the General As
sembly which will permit munici
pal government to assess prop
erty owners to aid in the local
cost of hurricane protection and
beach erosion projects. The city
clerk was directed to write Rep
resentative Odell Williamson and
ask that he work for the pass
age of this special legislation.
The, meeting was held at the
Trade Winds Restaurant with
Mayor W. R. Price presiding.
“BE IT RESOLVED by the
Commissioners of the Town of
Yaupon Beach approve the U. S.
Army Engineer preliminary plan
for Hurricane Protection and
Beach Erosion control and urge
that it be constructed at the ear
liest practicable date.
The following resolution was
adopted:
“RESOLVED, That the Board
of Commissioners of the Town of
Yaupon Beach do hereby express
their intent to comply with the
requirements of local coopera
tion as required by the Federal
Government provided that the
State of North Carolina provides
not less than 80 % of the non
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Time And Tide
It was January 27, I960, and
no Inquest would be held in the
tlonal Airlines crash at Bolivi
water bonds vote was to be held in
There was a heavy demand f<
stock of the National Developmt
month. Donald R. Lennon of Le
and Judy Velma Murphy of Yau
grades at East Carolina College.
It was January 26, 1955, and I
son tore their pants in an effort
Hodges on a tour of county bea
store owner, was appointed forema
Some $12,000 was to be appropi
county because of Hurricane Ha
an application to construct a pier
livia took doubleheader wins f
It wais January 25, 1950, and
county had a blue baby in the Lo<
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SOUTHPORT |
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LMSTinguished bervice Award Presented
HONORED—Bobby Jones, left, is shown as he receives the Distinguished
bervice Award at the Jaycee banquet Friday night. With him are his wife, Sue
Jones, and C. D. Plckerrell, who made the award. (Photo By Albert Dosher)
Jaycee Award
Bobby Jones Man Of Year
Superior Court
Session Closes
A Southport Negro man was:
given a suspended sentence in
connection with the death of a
Negro woman two years ago after
a drinking party during the one
week Session of Brunswick Coun**'
ty Superior Court held in South
port last week and presided over
by Judge William Y. Bickett of
Raleigh. -
- Dan McKay, a 65 year old
handyman, was allowed to plead
guilty to involuntary man
slaughter after being charged
first with first degree murder
and then with second degree mur
der or manslaughter.
After the selection of the jury
to hear the case, District So
licitor James Bowman of South
port permitted McKay to plead
guilty to involuntary man
slaughter. He said he was taking
the step because the doctor who
performed the autopsy was in
Canada on vacation.
Prosecutor Bowman recom
mended that McKay receive
a suspended sentence and be
placed under probation.
Judge Bickett sentenced McKay
to a 10-year work term. The
sentence was suspended upon the
conditions that he be placed on
probation for five years, be of
good behavior, not violate any
law and pay cost.
McKay was defended by Attor
ney Ernest E. Parker, Jr., of
Southport. Attorney E. J. Pre
vatte acted as a special prose
cutor for the case.
The Negro man was charged
with murder following the death
of Maggie Parker, 61, after a
drinking party May 12, 1963 in
Southport. The autopsy said death
was due to a beating other than
self-inflicted.
The body of the Parker woman
was found in the front doorway
of her 608 North Caswell avenue
home by Southport Police Chief
Herman Strong. Her body was
covered with a blanket. McKay
was inside watching television.
McKay said he discovered the
body after having his hair cut
Continued On Page Four
Coroner Lowell Bennett said that
deaths of 34 persons In the Na
i January 6. A special $40,000
Southport February 23.
ir the 480.000 shares oLcommon
nt Corporation sold during the
land, Betty J. Gilbert of Bolivia
xrn Beach were honored for high
•avis Herring and Odell William
to ride with Governor Luther H.
ches. Fred Mlntz, Shallotte drug
n of the grand jury,
dated for road work In Brunswick
sel. Barbees Incorporated made
at Yaupon Be*."h. Leland and Bo
rom Southport during the week.
It was reported that Brunswick
kwoods Folly area. Holden Beach
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Nominated
Donald Brown, son of Dr.
and Mrs. L. G. Brown of South
port, has been notified by Con
gressman Alton Lennon of his
nomination for appointment to the
U. S. Naval Academy. He will
compete with six other nominees
for the one vacancy. A student
at New Hanover High School, he
is sports editor of the school
magazine, was a contestant for
the Morehead Scholarship and
won S awards In the Science
Fair, coming out third In
SENC District.
Local Teacher
Suffers Injury
A veteran Southport school
teacher, Miss Mary Lee Nor
ment, broke her left hip when
a dog knocked her down in the
school building Friday.
Miss Norment underwent an
operation in James Walker Me
morial Hospital Sunday to repair
her injured hip. She is expected
to return to Dosher Memorial
Hospital in Southport by the end
of the week.
According to official reports.
Miss Norment was returning to
class after play-period Friday
about 12:30 p. m. when the acci
dent happened. A dog ran into the
building when a student held the
door open for the class to enter.
Once inside the school, the dog
became excited. He ran into Miss
Norment as she was turning to
enter her classroom. The teacher
•was knocked down, falling on her
left hip and breaking it.
Miss Norment was rushed to
the Southport hospital immedi
ately. She was removed to Wil
mington early Sunday morning to
undergo an operation of placing
a pin in her injured hip.
It is not known at present how
long it will be before Miss Nor
ment can return to her class
room. Mrs. Elsie Jenkins of
Southport will substitute until she
returns.
Miss Norment is a veteran first
grade teacher at the Southport
school. A native of Lumbarton,
(Continued On Page Two)
The selection of Robert A
(Bobby) Jones as the outstand
ing young man of the year high*
lighted the Southport Junloi
Chamber of Commerce’s fourtl
annual distinguished servici
award’s banquet held at the Jay
cee Building Friday night.
The award was presented tc
Jones by Southport City Manage]
C. D. Pickerrell, chairman of th<
nominating committee to select
the outstanding young man. Othei
committee members included Su
perintendent A. W. Taylor, Ald
. erraan Crawford Rourk, Dan Har
relson and A1 Martin.
Jones is a former member o:
the board of aldermen for the
City of Southport. He was active
in the effort to get the name:
on the streets of Southport and lr
the house numbering progran:
that was a necessary prelude tc
securing home mail deliverj
here. For the past two years he
has taken the lead in the projecl
to construct the Jaycee building
which was dedicated Sunday.
He is married to the former
Sue LeClerc and they have five
children.
Before presenting the award tc
Jones, Pickerrell announced thal
H. A. Schmidt, G. W. Fisher, Jr.,
James Russ and William Powell
had been the other nominees.
The featured speaker of the
evening was Resources and De
velopment Commission Director
Roy Stevens who asked the Jay
cees to help him in working for
the development of Brunswick
county.
Stevens told the group he would
be working for the complete eco
nomic development of the county,
not just to bring new industry
here. He plans to work with the
existing businesses, agriculture,
tourist, highways, etc.
He congratulated the Jaycee
Club for winning the community
development award at the State
Convention and representing
North Carolina at the national
competition. “We will need the
help of all civic clubs in the
county to complete our mission,”
the new development man declar
ed.
Stevens fascinated the group
with the large number of statis
tics he knew about the county. He
(Continued On Page Two)
Woodard Now
On Committee
A Shallotte building contractor
was appointed to represent Lock
woods Folly township on the
Brunswick County Republican
Executive Committee at a spe
cial meeting of the group at
Shallotte Thursday night.
Henry Woodard was selected
to fill the vacancy created by
the resignationsJ.T.Clemmons
of Shallotte, who has held the
position for the past four years.
Clemmons told the executive
committee that he will continue
to serve as the GOP finance
chairman of the county. "I
served in both positions during
the last campaign, and I feel
that It lsjoo much for one
. t0., ** declared,
"t is time to open up tne
leadership of our party to more
Republicans.*'
Clemmons told the committee
that Woodard had been highly
recommended for commlttee uan
by Republicans In the Lockwooas
Folly area. He was unanimously
selected for membership.
Jaycee Building
Dedicated Here
With Ceremony
The New Junior Chamber of
Commerce Building was offi
cially dedicated during cere
monies In Southport Sunday
afternoon at the close of Jaycee
week.
“We dedicate this building in
the name of the Southport Jay
cees and to those people who by
their contributions to our fund
raising projects made it pos
sible," President William Powell
said in dedicating the building be
for some 50 persons Sunday.
“It Is dedicated," he con
tinued, “to the growth and prog
ress of the city of Southport and
to the Jaycee movement here."
G. W. Fisher, Jr., the immedi
ate past president of the South
port Jaycees, delivered the fea
tured address of the ceremonies.
He discussed the history of the
chapter and the building.
“If we were to sum up our
history in book form, the book
would contain over 1,620 pages
with 108 projects which repre
sent over 25,000 man-hours and
over $23,000.” he declared.
Fisher traced the history of the
local chapter to April 13, 1961,
when the group was organized
with 30 members under the lead
ership of President Kirby Sulli
van. The club received an award
for being the best first jreaf club
In the state, he pointed out.
H. A. Schmidt, Fisher and
Powell have all served as presi
dent, following in Sullivan's foot
steps. The budget of the club
ranges from $6,000 to $8,000 a
year. The locals have won 11
awards from the state organiza
tion based on community service. .
( Work on the Jaycee building
, began in March of 1963. Davis
Herring and D. Bunn Frink do
nated the land to the club for the
project. Bobby Jones was select
ed building foreman.
The structure has been com
pleted except for the air con
ditioner, the bricks on the back
and the outside work. The work
will be done by summer, Fisher
declared. ...
He announced that plaques hon
U orlng Herring and Frink, for do
nating the land, and to Jones, for
ram-rodlng the project, will be
placed In the building in the near
future.
Southport Mayer E. B. Tomlin
son attended the ceremonies and
fflonunended the Jaycees for the
fine work they are doing for the
city.
Rev. Robert Childs gave the in
vocation and benediction.
Mrs. Ressle Whatley received
notification of her re-appolnt
ment as Brunswick county ac
countant for a four year term by
State Treasurer Edwin Gill. She
has served in the post for the
past 12 years. Mrs. Whatley Is
the only accountant appointed by
Gill because of a special act in
the General Assembly.
Change Date Of
lax Notices
A new method of expediting the
collection of delinquent taxes was
approved at a meeting of the board
Of commissioners for Brunswick
comity Thursday in Southport.
The board unanimously voted to
advertise the sale of county too
liens in April of each year and if
the taxes are not paid, to sell the
liens in May of each year.
"Citizens who have not paid
their taxes, thereby permitting
the sale of the lien, may expect
to have their property foreclosed,
as provided by law, as soon there
after as possible," County Tax
Attorney A. H. Gainey said after
the meeting.
Continued On Page Four
Tide Table
VWtawtef la the tide
table for Southport during:
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIOH_LOW
Thursday, January 28
4:66 A.M. 11:22 A. M.
6:03 CP. M. 11:26 P. M.
Friday,
0:44 A. M.
6:61 P. M.
Saturday,
6:28 A. M.
6:36 P. M.
Sunday,
7:10 A. (M.
7:18 P. M.
Monday,
7:49 A. M.
7:86 P. M.
Tuesday,
8:26 A. M.
8:31 P. M.
Wednesday,
8:69 A. M.
9:06 P. M.
January 29
12:09 A.
M.
January 30
0:12 A. M.
12:64 P. M.
January 31
0:69 A. M
1:86 P.«y
February 1 •
1:88 A"
2:18 7
February
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