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Volume 24
No. 34
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1965
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Fox Round-Up At -Long Beach
Fox hunters, fox hounds and spectators by the hundreds are expected to flock to Long Beach
during the coming weekend for the annual Washington’s Birthday Fox Round-Up. This has become
A major winter sporting event in Eastern North Carolina.
Capt. James B.
Church Dies In
Durham Sunday
Capt. James B. Church, 87,
of Southport, died In Durham,
Sunday. He was the son of the
late James B. and Lucy Man
chester Church.
Final rites were held Tuesday
at Trinity Methodist Church with
burial in Old Southport Cemetery.
Capt. Jatnes( B. Church, for
more than half-century a prom
inent Citizen of Southport, died
Sunday afternoon in the Metho
dist Retirement Home in Dur
ham, where he had spent the past
yfeat. He was 87 years of age.
Capt. Church was a menhaden
fisherman who came here from
flew England. He was a native
ef Rhode Island, the son of Capt.
t-. ft. and Lucy Manchester
“Church. He was married to the
late -Laura B. Weeks of South
spoTt, and the couple had no chil
dren.
-Survivors include three sis
ters, Mrs. Lucy C. Frost of
friendship, Maine, Miss Olivia
JJ. ‘-Church, Pawtucket, R. I., and
Amy A. Buxton of Che
SRachet, R. I.
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“-NEWS'
! lONJDEAN’S list
John L. Barbee of Yaupon
“Beach has been named to the
'‘dean’s list for the fall term
“'at North Carolina State College
Raleigh where he is a senior.
*'PTa MEETING
‘ ‘“The Southport Parent
•’•^eachers Association will meet
w’tomorrow (Thursday) at 7;30
? O'clock in the high school audi
torium. A Founders Day pro
gram will be presented.
KiRETURN HERE
M Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Yaskell
'!ih!ave moved back to Southport
fr'from East Orange, N. J., where
a,tthey have made their home since
;yi946. He is a former Southport
5*“postmaster. She is a native of
^this community.
^MONDAY HOLIDAY
The Waccamaw Bank & Trust
<2®Co. at Southport and Shallotte,
^■“the Security Savings and Loan
^Association offices at Southport
and Shallotte and the court house
will be closed Monday for Wash
ington’s Birthday.
FUNDS AVAILABLE
Brunswick county farmers who
s* sign up under the feed grain pro
gram can receive their advance
payments immediately, says
ASCS Manager Ralph Price. The
Si sign-up started several weeks
ago, but the money has just been
111 made available.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
M, D. Davis has been employed
Part time by the Brunswick Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce to so
‘ licit memberships in that organ
* ization. He also is engaged in
? preparing a Brunswick County
Tourist Guide lor distribution
later in the Spring.
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CAPT. JAMES B. CHURCH
Bolivia Crash Is
Still A Mystery
The Civil Aeronautics Board
says a bomb caused the crash
of a New York-to-Miaml air
liner near the North Carolina
coast Jan. 6, 1960, killing a
heavily insured lawyer and 33
other persons aboard.
But five years later, investi
gators admit they have not de
termined whether the bombing
was suicide, murder or sabo
tage.
Evidence thus far uncovered
is circumstantial, Investigators
say. Still at stake is dispo
sition of nearly $1 million in
life insurance on Julian Frank,
a New York attorney.
The National Airlines four en
gine plane, a DC6B with 29 pas
sengers and a veteran crew of
five, was one of two substitute
flights for a Beoing 707 jet
grounded with a cracked wind
shield in New York. The other
flight, with 76 passengers,
reached Miami safely.
The ill-fated airliner was be
ginning a 550-mile leg across
the Atlantic from Wilmington,
to West Palm Beach, Fla., when
an explosion blew a gaping Uold
in its right side, investigators
determined.
Frank, 32, lived in Westport,
Conn., and had a small law of
fice in New Yotk City. Investi
gators said he reportedly had
lost as much as $600,000 in
stock transactions and financial
deals the previous year.
The CAB ruled July 29, 1960
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Need Applicants
For Grab Plant
C. B. Caroon, owner of the new
crab plant in Southport, an
nounced this week that he has a
supply of application forms to be
filled out by persons who want
jobs picking crab meat. These
may be obtained from the busi
ness office of the plant at the
corner of Kingsley and Bay
streets in Southport between 8
a. m. and S p. m. daily.
Caroon says that as a usual
thing women are used in this type
of employment. There is a min
imum age requirement of 18.
He plans to put 25 to 30 persons
to work soon after the first of
March.
Southport Men
In SENCBA Job
Two Southport men have been
added to the Board of Directors
of the South Eastern North Caro
lina Beach Association, the Asso
ciations President, Berry A.
Williams, announced today.
Southport's Mayor, Eugene B.
Tomlinson, Jr., and Southport
City Attorney Kirby Sullivan were
appointed by the Southport Board
of Aldermen to represent that
city on the Board of Directors
of the Beach Association.
Councilman Crawford Rourk
(Cmitin„(.,| 0l| 6)
Fox Hunt Will
Draw Hundreds
This Weekend
More than 5,000 persons are
expected to attend the fifth an
nual Washington’s Birthday Fox
Round-Up at Long Beach Friday,
Saturday and Monday.
The event will feature three
castouts, dances, the hounds hair
and chowder and other doings
concerned with fox hunt jpg at
Long Beach on Washington's
Birthday.
Registration for the fox hunt
will be held all day Thursday at
the Town Hall. All hound owners,
and spectators must register,
says W. L. Cameron of Vass who
has been named Master of the
Hounds for the event this year.
The three castouts will be at
6:30 a. m. on Friday, Saturday
and Monday. The hunts will start
at the Town Hall.
The famous hounds hair and
chowder dinner will be held Sat
urday at 5 p. m. at the Long
Beach Pavillion. Dances will be
conducted at the pavillion on Fri
day and Saturday at 8 p. m.
Music will be furtiished by the
Twi-Lighters of Southern Pines.
No events will ba held on Sun
day and the hunters will have an
opportunity to visit the historical
sites in Brunswick county and at
tend church services in this area.
Two new rules; have been
placed in effect tor this year’s
hunt. There will be no limit on the
number of hounds in the hunt. No
registration fee will be charged
to take part in the events.
Usually, between 30 and 40
foxes are tailed curing the fox
hunts, although Cameron hopes
that more than ever before will
be captured this year. "The new
rules should lead to a record
number of foxes tailed during the
round-up,” he said.
The Washington’s Birthday
Fox Hunt at Long Beach was rated
as one of the top 20 travel events
in the United States by the Na
tional Association of Travel or
ganizations in 1934. The event
was originated by town officials
to control a surplus population of
foxes. But after four years there
still are plenty of foxes at Long
Beach.
County Board
To Comply In
Jury Demands
The Brunswick County Board
of Commissioners discussed
general business at a meeting
in Southport Monday.
The board asked that cost esti
mates and plans be drawn up to
construct a fire escape at the
courthouse. The commissioners
decided to make the corrections
recommended by the grand Jury
to county property.
The board was informed that
the War of Poverty committee
had incorporated. Commissioner
Thomas S. Bowrner was named
to represent the commissioners
on the board of directors of
the organization.
Representative Odell William
son came before the board to
discuss the General AssembJj
and to receive recommenda
tion by the board. A general
discussion of county problems
was held, but no specific action
was taken.
Resources and Development
Commission Chairman William
Powell and Director Roy Stevens
discussed the organizations'
plans. They informed the board
about what they had been doing
- since January 1.
Norman Bellamy of Holden
Beach was selected to serve as
one of the two tax appraisers
in the county. He replaces Bed
ford Ludlum who could not ful
fill his duties because of illness.
I. D. Butler of Leland is the
other tax appraiser working
in the county.
The commissioners asked the
State Highway Commission to
look into a drainage problem on
road 1339 in Waccamaw township
and a road in Shallotte town
ship. Roy McKeithan and Rem
bent Duncan called the board's
attention to the Waccamaw road
and Eugene Carter discussed the
Shallotte road problem.
The board approved three bills
to be introduced in the General
Assembly by the State Seashore
Commission concerning beach
problems.
The bills cover beach erosion
control, dunes and financing.
New Pharmacist
For Southport
A lady pharmacist has accepted
a position at Watson's Pharmacy
in Southport, it was announced
Monday by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Willis, owners of the drug store.
Mrs. Jones R. (Betsy) Ciinard
of Charlotte began work as the
registered pharmacist at Wat
son's Monday. She replaces
the late Robert Willis, who owned
and operated Southport’s oldest
drug store for several years.
The new lady pharmacist has
worked in hospitals and drug
stores in large and small towns
in North Carolina for a number
of years.
Mrs. Ciinard is married to
Jones R. Ciinard who manages
a cleaning establishment at
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
"One of the reasons I accepted
the position in Southport was
to be near my husband,” she
added.
Mrs. Ciinard is a native of
Draper, a town on the North
Carolina-Virginia border. She
was valedictorian of her grad
uating class at Draper High
School.
She graduated from the Univer
sity of North Carolina with a
degree in pharmacy. She was
a member of the Order of the
Old Well and won the girl phar
macist's loving cup her senior
year, an honor based on scholar
ship, leadership and character.
Incidentally, she was one year
ahead of Carl Kirby, who runs
Kirby’s Prescription Center in
Southport with his brother
Tommy, at the UNC Pharmacist
(Continued On Page 6)
Time And Tide
It was February 17, 1960, and Cleyon Evans of Shallotte was
named chairman of the Brunswick Republican party, replacing
H. L. Willetts of Bolivia while Lester C, Babson of Freeland
was serving as district chairman of the GOP.
S. B. Frink filed for the state House of Representatives after
serving four terms in the state senate. The Brunswick Electric
Membership Corporation received a $1,535,000 federal grant to
improve services in the four counties it was serving. The Leland
boys, with a 22-1 record, were favored to win the county basket
ball tournament.
It was February 16, 1955, and Southport Attorney S, Bunn Frink
was endorsed for appointment as the resident judgment by the
Brunswick Bar Association. Billy White and Priscilla Russ were
crowned king and queen of Southport High School.
John P. Stedman, Bowen Russ and Howard Klnlaw, all of Lum
berton, announced plans to rebuild their Long Beach cottages.
Brunswick county was enjoying spring-like weather. The mar
riage of Miss Gertrude G. McNeill of Southport and Walter L.
Hufhman of Seagate was conducted Saturday.
It was February 15, 1950, and David. Ross was named by the
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MRS. BETSY CLINARD — PHARMACIST
Education Board ||
Asks Bond Election
GLORIA FAYE McKENZIE
Wins Contest
To Draw Seal
Three Brunswick County High
School juniors swept all honors
in designing a seal for the city
of Southport in a contest between
the two high schools sponsored
by the board of aldermen.
Gloria Faye McKenzie, 16,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McKenzie of Southport won $15
for taking first place; Norwood
Randolph, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Randolph of Bolivia, fin
ished second and won $10; and
LaRue Hewett, won $5 for third
Hewett of Bolivia and the late
Robert Hewett, won $5 for third
place. The prizes were awarded
Monday by City Manager C. D.
Pickerrell.
Last fall, Mayor E. B. Tomlin
son, Jr. organized a contest be
tween the junior classes at
Brunswick County High School
and Southport High School. The
BCHS students, under their junior
class sponsor, Mrs. O. B.
Parker, took all three prizes.
The first place winner, Gloria
McKenzie, is an honor student,
(Continued On Page 6)
Southport Men
Ribbon Winners
Two Southport city officials
took top honors at the George
town, South Carolina, Camellia
show in their first competition
outside the state.
Hubert Livingston, super
intendent of public works
in Southport, won a silver cup
for having the best camellia
grown under glass entered in the
show. It was the first cup
Livingston has won in camellia
competition in the past four
years.
In addition, the Southport public
works man won nine blue rib
bons, nine second place red rib
bons and a third place white. He
entered 25 blooms in the con
test.
C. D. Pickerrell, Southport
city manager, won six blue rib
bons, six reds and one white.
He entered 15 blooms.
Both Livingston and Pickerrell
have their own camellia green
houses in Southport. Livingston
has 124 varieties and Pickerrell
125.
Both men have competed in
several shows in the state during
the year, although this was the
first time the pair had been out
(Continued On Page Four)
A decision to comply with the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and to
call a special school consoli
dation election highlighted a
meeting of the Board of Educa
tion in Southport February 2.
Board Attorney Kirby Sulli
van discussed the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 as it applies to
public schools in the county and
told specifically how compliance
was related to receiving federal
funds for education. He explained
the extent of federal aid to ed
ucation in Brunswick county and
the methods by which the board
could show that it was comply
ing with the law.
On a motion by Arthur J.
Dosher which was seconded by
O. K. Bellamy and unanimously
passed, the board voted to sign
the pledge to comply with the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The board unanimously voted
to ask the Board of County Com
missioners to call a special bond
election to help finance a con
solidation plan the group pro
posed. The action was taken
on a motion by Ernest M. McGee,
Jr., seconded by Bellamy and
unanimously passed.
The board unanimously decided
to pay maintenance employees
on straight time, on the 25th
of each month and to give them
a five percent raise. The motion
for the action was made by McGee
and seconded by Bellamy.
Bellamy reported he had met
with the Shallotte Board of Aider
men but no agreement had been
(Continued On Page Pour)
Mrs. Bamber To
Visit City Again ;
Mrs. Mae Bamber, former
Mayor of Southport, England, and ]
a benefactor of the Southport, ’
N. C., Public Library, will be '
honored at a reception on Sunday •
afternoon from 4 until 5:30
o’clock at the home of Mrs.
James M. Harper, Jr. Friends
of Mrs. Bamber and others who
are interested in the library
and would like to meet her are
invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Living
ston, long-time friends of Mrs.
Bamber, will be her hosts while
she is in Southport. They will
drive on Monday to Daytona Beach
Florida, where Mr. and Mrs.
Bamber are vacationing. Mrs.
Bamber will return with them
on Thursday, at which time she
will be an honored guest at the
Southport Lion’s Club.
It was during the time when
Mr. Livingston was mayor of
Southport, N. C., and Mrs.
Bamber was mayor of Southport,
England, that they first became
acquainted. She visited here and
since that time has maintained
a lively interest in this town.
On several occasions she has
been responsible for shipments
of books to the local library and
it is for this reason the Library
Board, with the assistance of
the executive board of the South
port Woman’s Club, honors Mrs.
Bamber. The Southport Public
Library was started in 1911 as
a project of the Southport
Woman’s Club.
Legislature Is
Getting Down
To Work Early
By REP. ODELL WILLIAMSON
The General Assembly got
down to business this past week,
and the Appropriations Commit
tee, of which I am a member,
began to listen to requests fbr
additional money that the Ad
visory Budget Com mission failed
to recommend in the “B” bud
get.
There are different budgets
presented to the Legislature, and
I would like to explain the dif
ference between them.
The “A” budget consists of
the recommended appropriations
to keep the various state agencies
operating as they are now oper
ated. Of course, this budget was
recommended by the Advisory
Budget Commission.
The “B" budget consists of
various items that are asked
for by the different state agencies
for expanded services. All pf
these items are not recommend
by the Advisory Budget Commis
sion. The commission may have
recommended some of the items,
however.
In addition to the “A” and “BM
budgets, we also have a "C”
budget, which generally consists
of Items that are requested for
capital Improvements. For In
stance, a new library building
at a state-supported college
would be listed in this budget.
Since the allocation of all the
anticipated tax money has been
recommended by the Advisory
Budget Commission, except ap
proximately $200,000, you can
see the task that we have before
us in order to find money to in
crease the salaries of state em
ployees and do the other things
that have not been provided for in
the budget. The Advisory Budget
Commission has estimated that
the State would have a 12.7% in
crease in revenue during the next
two years over the last bien
nium. In addition to this pre
dicted increase, we have a credit
balance of $59.8 million that has
built up over the last two years.
However, this money has already
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City Aldermen
Ban Livestock
Decisions to rejoin the SEi$C
Beach Association and to oujt*
law livestock in the city high*
lighted a meeting of the South,
port Board of Aldermen at tbs
City Hall Thursday night.
SENCBA President Barry
Williams of Wilmington told the
aldermen about plans to revise
the organization’s program to
promote all the area. Af^y
some discussion, the board unaa.
Liuously voted to rejoin the
SENCBA on a motion by Pf.
Morman Hornstein which was
seconded by Johnie Vereen. They
agreed to contribute $200 to the
iroup.
The board had withdrawn from
membership in the SENCBA be.
:ause it felt more attention wag
seing paid the Wilmington area
ban Southport and Brunswick
:ounty.
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson and
attorney Kirby Sullivan were ap->
jointed to represent the board
m the SENCBA board of di
rectors. Alderman Crawford
tourk will serve on the high
vay committee and Hornstein;
vill be a member of the con
lervation committee.
(Continued On Page 6)
Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport during
1 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
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, February 18
9:47 A. M. 3:41 A. M.
10:28 P. M. 4:08 P. M.
Friday, February 19
10:33 A. M. 4:29 A. M.
11:03 P. M. 4:53 P. M.
Saturday, February 20
11:18 A. M. 5:18 A. M.
11:52 P. M. 5:37 A. M.
Sunday, Februady 21
12:04 A. M. 6:08 A. M.
6:24 P. M.
Monday, February 22
0:42 A. M. 7:01 A. M.
12:52 P. M. 7:14 P. M.
Tuesday, February 23
1:33 A. M. 7:57 A. M.
1:44 P. M. 8:08 P. M.
Wednesday, February 24
2:28 A. M. 8:56 A.,id.
2:40 P. M. 9:05 P. M,