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Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Volume 24
No. 35
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1965
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Williamson Is
Backing Road
Bonds All Way
By Rep. Odell Williamson
On Thursday of this past week,
the $300,000,000 road bond Issue
passed the House Roads Com
mittee, of which I am a member,
and also the Senate Roads Com
mittee. In regard to the formula
to be used In allocating part
of the proposed bond issue to
the cities and towns, I as well
as several other members of
the General Assembly originally
had the Impression that the funds
allocated could be spent on any
city street.
This is not the case. The
money can be spent only on those
streets that are a part of the
highway system. Instead of be
ing allotted directly to the
municipalities, as the Powell Bill
funds are allotted, this bond
money will be spent under the
supervision and direction of the
State Highway Commission.
Since this is the case, I have
come to the conclusion that the
formula Is about as equitable
as a proposal of this nature
can be. Of course, the High
way Commission will have Its
regular highway funds to take
care of any Inequities that may
exist.
Last week there was Intro
duced In the House a resolu
tion calling for a national con
vention on amending the Federal
constitution. The purpose of the
convention would be to change
the Constitution to allow states
with bicameral legislatures to
use factors other than population
to determine representation in
one of Its houses. Our Federal
government has one branch of Its
Congress where representation
Is based on geographical di
visions rather than on popula
tion, and I think this method is
working quite well.
If the purpose behind this
resolution is not accomplished
somehow, It Is very possible
that we In Brunswick County
may end up having to share a
representative in the General
Assembly with another county.
We have already had the state
Senate redistricted, and It Is
likely that it won’t be too long
eefore the state House of Repre
sentatives is redistricted if
something like this resolution
Is not enacted. It is my purpose
at this time to support this
resolution.
On Wednesday afternoon of last
week, several members of the
General Assembly made a trip
to old Camp Butner, which has
been taken over by the state
and Is being used to care for
mentally retarded children and
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DAY OF PRAYER
World Day of Prayer will be
observed at Ocean View Metho
dist Church at Yaupon Beach Fri
day, March 5, at 7 p. m. All
Southport churches are part
icipating. Everyone Is cordially
invited.
TO HONOR NIXONS
The Ocean View Methodist
Church will have a covered dish
dinner at the church at Yaupon
Beach Sunday at 12 noon, honor
ing Lt. Commander Robert T.
Nixon and family, who are being
transferred from this commu
nity. Everyone Is Invited.
BENEFIT OYSTER ROAST
An oyster roast will be held
at the Dixon Chapel Methodist
Church at Varnumtown near Hol
den Beach Saturday beginning at
3 p. m. Cakes and pies also
will be on sale. Proceeds will
go to the church building fund.
DEADLINE SET
The final date for filing a lease
and transfer for tobacco at the
ASCS office In Shallotte will be
April 1, says Manager R. L.
Price. "A lease and transfer
agreement approved for 1964 will
not apply for the 1965 crop,”
he declared.
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ADULT TYPING
All adult residents of the South
port area Interested In enrolling
In a 60-hour class In beginning
or advanced typing should meet
at Southport High School Tues
day night at 7:30 o’clock, says
Instructor Bernard Davis. The
typing class that started In De
cember still has 30-hours to go
before finishing up, he added.
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ENGLISH—Mrs. Audrey Miller, left, a native of
England, was one of the many Southport people who
enjoyed meeting and talking to Mrs. Mae Bamber,
right during her visit here during the past weekend.
A former mayor of Southport, England, she was
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Livingston.
Organization Aids
British Brides
In addition to her other duties,
Mrs. Mae Bamber, the former
mayor of Southport, England, who
visited Southport over the week
end, serves as the national presi
dent of the Transatlantic Brides
and Parents Association, an or
ganization which promotes good
will between English subjects who
marry American servicemen and
their parents.
The TBPA, which was formed
in the 1940’s, has more than
19,000 members scattered
throughout the world. Member
ship in the organization is limit
ed to English girls and boys who
marry American service per
sonnel and leave their native
country.
Mrs. J. C. Miller of Southport
is the only member of TBPA
living in Brunswick county. She
is a “postal member” of the
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,
chapter. “I guess I am the only
English girl who married an
American serviceman and lives
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Man Held For
Shooting Case
A Supply Negro died Monday
morning of gunshot wounds re
ceived Saturday night and his
brother is being held in connec
tion with the slaying.
Henry Wilson Davis died in
James Walker Memorial Hos
pital in Wilmington Monday
morning at 3:25 o’clock of bullet
wounds in his stomach, says
Coroner Lowell Bennett of
Shallotte.
His brother, Eunice Davis, 29,
is being held in Brunswick County
jail in Southport without bond.
Charges are pending further in
vestigation.
According to the Sheriff's de
partment, the two men were fight
ing when the shooting occurred.
Eunice Davis claims his brother
was coming after him with a
knife when he shot him four
times in the stomach with a
.32 pistol.
The department recovered the
pistol, knife and bullets and have
sent them to Raleigh for further
tests.
In another shooting in the same
general area of Supply, Thadus
Grlssett, 18, has been charged
with assault.
Deputy Drew Long said Gris
sett fired a .22 single shot rifle
through an automobile windshield
at Kinston Smith, 35. Smith
ducked and was not injured.
Grissett has been charged with
assault. He if under a $500
bond in tile county jail in South
port; v:: ’ i ■"
Deputy Long said Smith was
sitting in his automobile when
the shooting occurred. He was
able to duck and the shot missed.
Grissett claimed that Smith has
been mistreating his wife who
is Grissetfs sister.
Local Dancers I
In Pageant Show |
The Betty Cress Dancers, four
young and talented girls from
Southport, will dance at the Jay
cee’s Brunswick County Beauty
Pageant on March 13 at the
Shallotte High School.
The group is comprised of
Misses Sarah Barnes, Cathy Joy
ner, Susan Harrelson and Jeanne
Brown. They are advanced stu
dents of the Betty Cress Studio
of Wilmington and are scheduled
to give a performance as one of
the pageant program attractions.
Nursing Course
To Be Offered
The Cape Fear Technical In
stitute In Wilmington announces
that Brunswick County residents
are eligible for admission to
the practical nurse training pro
gram to begin at the school
March 15. Applications will
be received through March 1.
The one year program Is de
signed to prepare persons to
work as practical nurses.
Applicants must be female U.
S. citizens between 18 and 50
and be a high school graduate
or the-equivalent.
Expenses for the training are
as follows: registration fee $2;
tuition $30 per quarter (this may
be paid monthly); accident In
surance $2; books and a few
small Items of supply are sold
to students at cost. Total ex
penses for the course should
not exceed $175.
Further Information and nec
essary application forms may
be obtained by contacting the
director r'of admissions, Cape
Fear Technical Institute, 9 S.
13th Street, Wilmington. The
school is open from 8 a. m.
to 10 p. m. five days per week.
Complete applications must be
received by the school not later
than March 1.
Soil Testing
Good Practice
Soil testing Is a must 11 farmers
want to apply the proper amount
of lime to their soil according
to Harold B. Rice, Agronomist
with the Soli Testing Division,
N. C. Department of Agricul
ture.
Farmers may make reasonable
guesses when applying nitrogen
because the plant color shows
when nitrogen Is needed. But
lime Is a different story. Crops
generally grown by North Caro
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Planning Board
At Long Beach
Holds Meeting
The Long Beach Planning
Board discussed minimum lot
sizes, zoning, planning ap
proaches, and trailers during
a regular meeting at the Town
Hall Tuesday night.
Town manager Donald W.
Archer was unanimously elected
planning board secretary. The
action was taken on a motion
by Willard F. Ferrell and sec
onded by F. O. May.
The board discussed minimum
lot size at length but took no
definite action. Archer explained
that while 7,500 square feet is
the minimum residential lot size,
the zoning ordinance provides
that a single family residence
can be erected on a smaller lot
if the structure can meetthe min
imum yard regulations. If the
existing ordinance applied to the
so-called "Tranquil Harbour"
area of Long Beach as it
obviously does to the Blocks
and Lots on Ocean Drive, each
residential lot, irrespective of
size, would permit a conforming
single family dwelling and lots
containing 7500 square feet or
more would allow conforming
duplex dwellings.
Community Planner Daniel L.
Pascoe commented that a pro
vision could be made requiring
lots in single ownership to be
combined as one in order to meet
the minimum lot size require
ment.
But, Archer warned that while
such a provision is not un
common, there would exist an
ambiguity between it and the
exception permitting a single
family dwelling on any resi
dential lot if the yard set backs
were met.
The board agreed that the ex
isting zoning ordinance only
applies to the blocks and lots
on Ocean Drive. It has been cus
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Long Beach In
Board Session ■
The Long Beach Board of Com
missioners endorsed In theory
the Corps of Engineer’s plan
to combat beach erosion by
building sand dunes and accept
ed a preliminary engineering
survey on a new water distri
bution system at the regular
monthly meeting at the Town
Hall Saturday.
The board agreed in principal
with building sand dunes to com
bat beach erosion at Long Beach
as recommended by the Corps
of Engineers. But they believe
the sand that was on the beach
at one time has washed off-shore
and should be reclaimed for con
structing the dunes. The board
expressed the belief this was
the cheapest method of complet
ing the project.
The engineers have proposed
taking the sand from the Intra
coastal Waterway for building
the dunes.
The board accepted a pre
liminary engineering report on
a new water distribution sys
tem at Long Beach. The report
covers all aspects of the pro
posed project.
The commissioners asked the
Local Government Commission
if they could hold a bond issue
to finance the project. Town of
ficials believe it will require
a $600,000 bond ssue to con
struct the new water system.
They also made an application
with the Housing Home Finance
Agency for matching funds.
The board accepted Roscoe
Rogers’ bids of $525 for the
town motor grader. Two other
bids were received by the com
missioners.
Donald Archer, the new town
manager of Long Beach, was
named clerk, tax collector and
treasurer.
After A Long Day Of 'Hunting
SPOILS—Tired hounds sniff the lifeless forms of foxes they have run to
earth during the course of a hard day’s hunt at Long Beach on Friday.
For Catching Foxes
Friday Was The Day
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Consolidation To
Depend On Bonds
Y Plans to call a special school
consolidation bond Issue In the
near future are being discussed
by the Board of Education, says
Superintendent A. W. Taylor.
“We hope to hold the bond
election In the spring,” Su
perintendent Taylor declared.
“But we have not decided on the
particulars yet and all aspects
of a bond Issue are being dis
cussed at board meetings now.”
One of the proposals being
discussed by the board is a plan
to build one or two schools con
solidating Bolivia, Leland and
Southport and Waccamaw and
Shallotte and to construct addi
tions to the schools at Bruns
wich County High School, Lin
coln High School and Union High
School.
The board has not decided on
how much money to ask for In
the election. But a state laws
limits the amount of a county
school bond issue to net more
than $11/2 million.
The board believes that a coun
ty bond Issue and the money
received from .the state bond
Issue, which was approved by the
voters last fall, will enable them
to build the additional class
rooms. “They should take care
of our needs for quite awhile,”
Superintendent Taylor pointed
out.
The board is studying all the
facts and figures they can get
their hands on to draw up the
best plans for the county schools.
They are working with education
al surveys, projections and state
planning material, according to
Superintendent Taylor.
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Time And Tide
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It was February 24, 1960, and a government agency said dynamite
explosion was responsible for the crash of a Na^ldhal Airlines
plane near Bolivia January 6, killing 34 persdus. The charter
boat Riptide was launched In Southport Tuesday.'
Southport residents voted overwhelmingly In favor of a water
bond proposal to construct a new tank. A. Larnell Willetts, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Willetts of Wlnnabow, was named acting
postmaster of Whiteville. The Southport Dolphins and the Leland
Lady Tigers won the county tournament, the boys upsetting Leland
57 to 56 and the girls romping over Bolivia 80 to 44.
It was February 23, 1955, and the Board of County Commissioners
passed a resolution endorsing Southport Attorney S. Bunn Frink for
appointment as district Superior Court Judge. Coroner John G.
Caison resigned because of poor health and S. T. Bennett was named
to succeed him.
Mrs. C. Ed Taylor of Southport, who had served as an volunteer
weather bureau observer since the turn of the century, was honored
in Washington, D. C., for her part In warning about Hurricane Hazel.
The Brunswick county basketball tournament was to begin in Shal
lotte Wednesday.
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Golf Champions
At SPART Sought
Military and male Civil Ser
vice personnel of Sunny Point
Army Terminal are currently
engaging in a golf tournament
at the Oalc Island and Boiling
Spring Lakes Country Clubs to
determine the Sunny Point male
golf champion for 1965.
This is a 36-hole tournament
with 18 holes to be played at
Oak Island and 18 to be played
at Boiling Spring Lakes.
Low medal play scorer for
the thirty-six holes will be
considered Terminal champion
for 1965, while the low medal
play scorer with handicap will
be considered Sunny Point’s
handicap champion.
Dedication Of
Harbor Planned
A group of eight officials from
the State Ports Authority and
Tar Heels Afloat, will visit
Southport Thursday to make
preliminary plans for the dedi
cation of the new Southport Small
Boat harbor in May.
Chairman James Glore of the
Southport Ports Commission
said the State Ports Authority
is planning a dedication cere
mony for May 28 for the open
ing of the Southport facility. The
group Thursday will make pre
liminary plans for the event and
visit several areas of Bruns
wick county.
The group will arrive on the
state airplane, Kitty Hawk at
either the Wilmington airport or
the landing field at the Bruns
wick Navigation Company at Long
Beach at 10 a. m. If they land
in Wilmington, the group will
proceed by automobile to South
port. They will be met by Ernest
Parker, a Southport lawyer
who is a member of the state
board of the Conservation and
Development and Chairman
Glore.
They will visit at the Oak Is
land Country Club until 11:15 and
proceed to the Southport Small
Boat Harbor where they will be
met by members of the Southport
Ports Commission whose mem
bers include Lewis Hardee, G. L.
Henderson, Ed Oliver and Wil
liam C. Love; Mayor E. B. Tom
linson, City Manager C. D. Pick
errell, a representative of the
board of county commissioners.
Resources and Development
Commission Chairman William
Powell and members, Small Boat
Harbor Manager H. A. Schmidt
and U. S. Coast Guard and Sunny
Point officials.
After a complete tour of the
new Southport facility, the group
will go to Boiling Spring Lakes,
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Despite the cold weather, some
14 foxes were tailed or captured
alive during the fifth annual
Washington's Birthday Round-up
at Long Beach Friday, Satur
day and Monday.
Total registration figures re
veal that 497 persons registered
•tor the four-day event as either
hunters or spectators. But
humans were outnumbered since
more than 1,000 dogs were regis
tered for the hunt.
W. Lauch Cameron of Vass
served as the master of the
Hounds for the 1965 hunt at Long
Beach.
The first cast out was made
at 6 a. m. Friday at the west
end of Oak Island In an unde
veloped area. The hunters tailed
11 foxes the first day and cap
tured three alive. One proud
hunter auctioned his live fox
off the received $10 for lt.”That's
enough money to make women
go fox hunting,” one pretty girl
remarked.
But that was the last the hunt
ers and hounds saw of the foxes,
at least to catch. Because of the
cold weather Saturday and Mon
day mornings, the dogs could
not run down any more foxes.
It was Just too cold for the dogs
and hunters.
Saturday night some 600 per
sons attended the Hounds Hair
and Chowder feast at the Long
Beach Pavilion. On Friday and
Saturday night, dancing was held
at the pavilion with music pro
vided by the Twl-Lighters of
Southern Pines.
Since no events were held on
Sunday, hunters attended
churches at Long Beach and visit
ed the historical sites In the
county.
Good Average
For 1964 Crop
Waccamaw led all other town
ships In Brunswick county In
the average yield for flue-cured
tobacco In 1964, ASCS Manager
Ralph L. Price announced Mon
day.
The 324 flue-cured tobacco
farms In Waccamaw township
harvested 798.84 acres of the
golden leaf for a production of
1,827,702 and an average yield
of 2,288.
Shallotte township was a close
second with 313 farms harvest
ing 889.94 acres of. tobacco for
a production of 1,950,943 and
an average yield of 2,192.
Manager Price said 1,437
farms in Brunswick county were
allotted 2,940.88 acres of tobacco
in 1964. They harvested 2,853.85
acres for a production of
5,895,458 or an average yield
of 2,006. Only one county farmer
exceeded his acreage allotment.
The 78 farms In Smlthville
township harvested 138.71 acres
of tobacco for a product^ of
260,583 and an average yield
of 1,879.
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New Plans For.
Old Brunswick
Museum Ready :
* New plans for the Visitor's
Center-Museum building at
- Brunswick Town have been drawn
up and the state will call for
second construction bids In the
near future, It was announced
this week.
The building proposed now is
to be smaller than that previous
planned and functional rather than
a structure designed to match
the Colonial architecture of
buildings that once stood on the
site.
Sam Tarlton, state Historic
Sites Specialist at the Depart
ment of Archives and History,
said an architect employed by
the state is now revising plans
for the building. He said the
floor area would be reduced and
the design changed In an effort
to bring costs in line with an
$80,000 legislative appropriation
for the work.
Tarlton said the state has not
requested a drawing of the
structure for publication before
the contract Is let.
Ground was broken on Sept.
9, 1963, shortly after the Gen
eral Assembly allocated the
money, for the Visitor Center
Museum but construction has not
materialized.
Bids were first called In No
vember 1964 but low estimates
amounted to $70,774 without the
plumbing bid being opened.
Projected cost for the build
ing Is $57,000. The reminder Is
for site preparation and park
ing facilities.
Tarlton said the state Is hope
ful of receiving acceptable bids
on the second call.
The building, according to
Tarlton, would be constructed
near the old St. Phillips Church
ruins at the entrance to the
restoration site.
Considerable concern has been
expressed by local residents and
members of the General Assem
bly from the area on the proposed
architectural design of the
planned structure.
The state has turned aside re
peated suggestions that one of the
original buildings be restored
with this money providing a mu
seum area and the start on actual
restoration of the old town.
Tarlton and Archaeologist
Stanley South, who is In charge
of the site, say that the small ■
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First Man In
Race For Board
The first hat of the 1965 politi
cal season has been tossed Into;
the ring at Long Beach, says
Town Manager Donald Archer.
Alton J. Utley, 40, of Graham
became the first candidate to
file for a position on the Long
Beach Board of Commissioners
when he paid his $5 fee last
week.
Manager Archer said voters
would need to fill three seats
on the Long Beach governing
body In the May 4 municipal
election. The terms of A. Tur
ner Hlght of Fayetteville, Willey
W. Snow of Fayetteville and Ed.
Morgan of Long Beach expire
this year. None of the three
men have Indicated whether they
will seek reelection on May 4.
Utley Is in the Insurance
business in Graham. He is
also a retired fire chief. The
first candidate and his family
have had a cottage at Long Beach
for the past five years.
Manager Archer said candi
dates for positions on the board
have until April 1 to file.
Tide Table I
FtUnring is the tide I
table for Southport during 1
the week. These hours aw
approximately correct anc*‘
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fea
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, February 85,
3:24 A. M. 9:46 A.
3:37 P. <M. 10:01 P.
Friday, February 86,
4:18 A. M. 10:48 A.
4:31 P. M. 10:55 P.
Saturday, February 27,
5:10 A. M. 11:38 A.
5:22 P. M. 11:44 P.
Sunday, February 28,
5:57 A.M. 12:23 A.M.
6:08 P. M.
Monday, March 1,
6:41 A. M. 0:30 A. M.
6:51 P. M. 1.06 P. M.
Tuesday, March 2,
7:21 A. M. 1:12 A. M.
7:30 P. M. 1:45 P. M.
Wednesday, March 3,
7:58 A. M. 1:52 A. M.
8:06 P. M. 2:22 P. M.
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