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Volume 24
No. 36
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1965
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Capt. Louis C. Holden, David B. Ganon, Col. J. S. .Grygiel
Brunswick Man
Receives Honor
For Dredge Job
Two employees of the Army
Engineers In Wilmington, Cap
tain Louis C. Holden, master of
the dredge Merritt, and David B.
Ganon, a field employee, were
cited last week by Colonel J, S.
Grygiel, district engineer, for
their contributions to the dis
trict's mission. Both employees
are associated with the district’s
particular responsibility of
keeping the harbors and channels
of the State open for commerce,
or “Engineering. . . For Human
Needs.”
Captain Holden was cited for
sustained superior performance
during the past -year. .His..jcita.R,._
tlon, which carried a monetary
award of $200, read, “For
Important strides made in prov
ing the design capability of the
shallowdraft dredge Merritt and
for obtaining maximum pro
duction at minimum cost.”
Captain Holden, who has some
40 years' experience in dredging
operations, was placed in com
mand of the Merritt when it was
commissioned last February on
an experimental basis for
shallow water dredging and for
snagging. Under his supervision,
the Merritt has fulfilled many
“critical” dredging needs along
the coast, and is currently snag
ging the upper Cape Fear River.
David B. Ganon received a
check for $430 for an adopted
suggestion which saved the Fed
eral Government approximately
$8,550. Ganon took part in core
drilling performed in Wilmington
harbor recently to determine the
character of material that would
be encountered when the au
thorized 38-foot channel is dug.
Always alert to improving on
the-job efficiency, he suggested
changing a cable-lowering device
from manual to motor-driven.
The suggestion not only saved the
federal government some eight
thousand dollars, but also short
ened the completion time of the
core drilling operations quite
measurably.
Brief Bits Of
HVEWS
FISHING TRIP
T. L. Smith of Long Beach
has returned from a fishing trip
to Florida. Mrs. Smith visited
relatives in Charlotte while he
was gone.
REPUBLICAN MEETING
The Republican Club will meet
Friday night at 7:30 o’clock at the
Agriculture Building in Supply
to discuss plans to hold a spring
rally.
ATTENDS COURSE
H. T. Bowmer, rabies inspec
tor for Smithville township,
attended a training session con
ducted by Dr. D. W. Pittman in
Whiteville last Wednesday. Vac
cination will begin April 1.
NIECE DIES
A. W. Moore of Southport
received word Sunday of the death
of his niece, Mrs. Helen Moore
Boomer, in Rich Square. She
was the daughter of Mrs. Ada
P. Moore and the late Eugene
Moore of Ahoskle. Funeral ser
vices were conducted Tuesday
from Rich Square Methodist
Church.
Floating Drydock
Sinks Thursday
CARL MANIS
Manis Retires
From US Amy
Lt. Colonel Carl Manis, Jr.,
executive officer and director
for operations, Sunny Point
Army Terminal, retired Monday
from the military service after
serving on active duty with the
United States Army for more
than 20 years.
Colonel Manis was born in
Crown Point, Indiana, and en
tered the military service In
1944. His overseas assignments
Included duty In France, Eng
land, Germany, Japan, and Tai
wan.
During his years of service,
Colonel Manis received num
erous awards and citations, In
cluding the Bronze Star Medal
and the Army Commendation
Medal.
On the occasion of his retire
ment, the Colonel received a
Certificate of Appreciation sign
ed by General Harold K. John
son, Chief of Staff, United States
Army, which reads as follows:
“On the occasion of your re
tirement from active service, I
wish to extend to you my per
sonal thanks and the sincere
appreciation of the United States
Army for the many years of
outstanding service which you
(Continued On Page Four)
Buying Begins
At Crab Plant
C. B. Caroon, proprietor of tie
new crab plant in Southport, has
announced that he is now ready to
start buying fresh, live crabs.
Caroon says that he will not
begin processing crabmeat at his
plant here until about the middle
of March. “I want to start buy
ing before then,” he said, “so I
will have a supply of crabs com
ing in once I get started.”
He says he will pay a com
petitive market price for crabs,
which he will ship for the next
few days.
Caroon reports that he has had
good response to his request
for women to train for picking
crabmeat. “We need about 15
additional applicants”, he said
“Once we get started, I want
to be able to expand without
having to stop to take time to
train additional labor. We have
an instructor now, and we want
to give training to several addi
tional prospective workers.”
A floating drydock, being towed
by a tug, sank in 12-foot seas
off the mouth of the Cape Fear
River south of Fort Caswell early
Thursday, it was announced by
the Oak Island Coast Guard Sta
tion.
The drydock was being towed
by the tug Jean Turacomo when
it began to break up and sink
about 7:10 a. m. Thursday. The
position of the wreckage was
about three miles west of bouy
CF-2 south of Fort Caswell.
In announcing the sinking of
the drydock, the Coast Guard
officials said it did not present
a hazard to navigation in the
arta ___ ..._
When word was received that
the drydock was sinking in seas
driven by a 30 to 50 knot wind
from the southwest, the Coast
Guard tried to render aid. The
CG cutter Jonquil was unable
to approach the wreckage be
cause of the weather.
Thursday's winds were
stronger than any recorded here
in recent years except during a
hurricane. The Cape Fear river
had mountainous seas running
all day. The Cape Fear Pilots
Association, experts in the busi
ness of boarding ships, spent
several hours before they were
able to put a pilot aboard a wait
ing vessel Thursday.
Nursing Grants
Being Offered
Two nursing scholarships
totalling $900 will be awarded
this year by Southport women’s
clubs to high school senior girls
of Brunswick County graduating
in 1965.
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
president , announces that the
Southport Woman’s Club will give
its fourth annual scholarship in
the amount of $750 to a girl
entering training to become a
registered nurse.
In addition, Mrs. Sue Jones,
president of the Southport Junior
Woman’s Club, announces that
this group will award a $150
scholarship to the Cape Fear
Technical Institute, Wilmington,
for a girl desiring to receive
training as a licensed practical
nurse. This is a one year
course, which equips the graduate
to work in hospitals, private
and nursing homes, doctor’s
offices, schools and industries.
All senior girls in Brunswick
County are eligible to apply for
the scholarships. The award
in the field of registered nursing
will cover a three or four
year training period, according
to the school chosen. The
practical nurse scholarship is for
a one-year course, which it
is hoped will begin in September,
1965. In the event Cape Fear
Technical is unable to acquire
space necessary for a September
class, the scholarship will be for
training class already scheduled
for March, 1966.
The $750 scholarship of the
Southport Woman’s Club is made
possible through two of its divi
sions: The Brunswick County
Tuberculosis Association and the
Crippled Childrens’ Society.
Members of the Southport
Junior Woman’s Club raised the
money for the $150 award through
various club projects.
Application blanks for the two
awards have gone out to Mrs.
James T. Barnes and Mrs.
Irene B. Hankins, county high
school guidance counselors.
They will deliver them to all
(Continued On Page Four)
Board Asking
Salary Raise
For Officials
A decision to ask Representa
tive Odell Williamson to Intro
duce a bill in the General As
sembly requesting “substantial
salary raises" for the clerk of
Court, Register of Deeds,
coroner and the sheriff and his
deputies highlighted a meeting
of the Brunswick County Board
of Commissioners Monday In
Southport.
The commissioners asked
Representative Williamson to in
troduce legislation giving county
officials and officers whose sala
ries are set by the General
Assembly “substantial raises as
soon as it Is practicably
possible.”
In making the request, the
board cited the fact that the of
ficials have received no raises In
the past five years and that their
salaries are below average.
The motion for the action was
made by Climit Holden, seconded
by Parley Formy-Duval and
unanimously adopted.
Durwood Clark resigned as the
county purchasing agent and was
replaced by Commissioner
Thomas Bowmer. Clark said he
was resigning as purchasing
agent because of other county
duties. He serves as the Reg
ister of Deeds and clerk to the
board of commissioners.
The commissioners decided to
hold their next meeting on Friday,
March 12, at 4 p. m. to give
county residents who work during
the day a chance to attend the
meeting. The board will not meet
on their regular day, March 15,
because they will sit as the Board
of Equalization and Review to dis
cuss tax matters.
Henry’s Ornamental Iron
Works of Wilmington was award
ed the contract to Install a swing
ing type fire escape at the rear
of the courthouse.
The board received several
road petitions which they sent to
the State Highway Commission.
W. G. Tharp and E. C. Mize want
rural road 1412 in Town Creek
township paved. A petition was
received with 15 names ofper
(Continued On Page Four)
Movement To
Form New Town
Property owners at Colonial
Beach, Holden Beach, and Robin
son Beach In Brunswick county
are being asked to let
Representative Odell Williamson
know how they feel about In
corporating the three strands
Into the town of Holden Beach,
It was learned Tuesday.
A group of unidentified
residents of the Holden Beach
area, represented by Attorney
A. H. Gainey, Jr., of Southport,
mailed-out over 500 letters last
week to property owners of the
three strand areas.
The group wants to know how
the people feel about incorporat
ing. In addition to the Island
Itself, it is proposed that a strip
of land 500-feet wide along N.C.
Highway 133 from O’Neil’s Esso
Station to the Intracoastal Water
way would be included In the
new town.
Voting In the new town would
be by the free holding system
In which property owners and
residents of the proposed
municipality would be permitted
to cast ballots.
Attorney Gainey, who signed
the letter, Is a property owner
who represents a group of
(Continued On Page Four)
Inspect Small Boat Harbor
Representatives of the State Ports Authority and Tar Heels Afloat were here Friday to in
spect facilities of the Southport Small Boat Harbor looking toward a dedication ceremony on May
29-30. Shown here, left to right, are Sam Brown, E. C. Anderson, John Leach, L. S. Ficklen,
Cooper Cass, J. W. Davis and General James Gore. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Williamson Is
Down To Work
With Committee
The Committee on Water Re
sources and Control, of which
I am chairman, held its first
meeting this past Wednesday. We
had Walter Fuller, director of the
Water Resources Commission,
before us to explain to the mem
bership the various duties of the.,
commission. Woodrow Price,
chairman of the Seashore Com
mission, also talked to us. They
emphasized-"' the Important part
water plays in the economy of
the state, as well as In our every
day lives.
The legislation that has pro
duced the longest speeches and
the most debate Is the bill to
make Charlotte College a part of
the Greater University of North
C arollna along with the branches
at Chapel Hill, Greensboro and
Raleigh. The bill has already
passes tue Senate, and It will
probably pass the House before
you read this column.
The supporters of this bill con
tend tb' * the college should have
university status and that It needs
the leadership of the Greater
University to gain this status. It
Is also argued that with the large
population In the Charlotte area,
a lot of students can attend col
lege there and commute from
their homes, thereby eliminating
the need for some dormitories.
It Is also argued that the cam
puses at the other three branches
have already been filled with
buildings and have Just about
reached their saturation point. On
the other hand, the opposition
contends that Charlotte College Is
only a junior college now, and
that it will take more than the
Legislature to create a uni
versity. In other words, they think
this college should grow Into a
university before being des
ignated as such. They also con
tend that while we have a uni
Oontinued From Page Pour
I Time And Tide
It was March 2, 1960, and thieves broke Into the G. W. Kirby
& Son store at Supply Saturday and made oft with $429.26 and an
undetermined amount of merchandise. Parley P. FormyDuval of
Waccamaw announced he would be a candidate in the primary
for the Board of Commissioners.
Property owners at Holden Beach, under Lonnie D. Small of
Buies Creek, formed a corporation to build a fishing pier. Coach
Nelson Best’s Leland Tigers defeated Deep Run in the opening
round of the district tournament at Kenansville. The Elizabeth
town girls downed Shallotte 79 to 60 despite Nellie Tripp’s 39
points.
It was March 2, 1955, and the Shallotte boys defeated Bolivia
75 to 55 and the Leland girls dropped Waccamaw 80 to 56 for cham
pionship honors in the Brunswick county tournament. More than 50
houses were under construction or repair at Long Beach.
Rev. L. D. Hayman of Southport was named head of the Re
Cross drive in Brunswick county. Southport started baseball prac
tice Tuesday. The Lions Club at Shallotte and Southport were
sponsoring dances Saturday night. Material began arriving for the
construction of Yaupon Beach pier.
It was March 1, 1950, and Sheriff Walter M. Stanaland announced
he would challenge S. Bunn Frink for the senate seat in the Demo
cratic primary. Chairman W. Ar Kopp of Bolivia said a free bar
(Continued On Page Four)
Consider Plans
For Dedication
Jergensen Resigns
Postmaster Job
Niels Jorgensen, postmaster at
Southport, h?s resigned effective
April 9.
... News, of this action cam* ha a
shock and surprise to friends"
and business acquaintances here
in Southport. Jorgensen is a na
tive of Southport and has been a
popular public official.
There has been no announce
ment regarding an acting post
master, nor of when an examina
tion will be held to fill the vacancy
on a permanent basis.
Sunny Point In
New Army Plan
With the official activation of
MTMTS on February 15, Brig.
Gen. A. J. Montgomery, Com
manding General USATCA, was
announced at the Commanding
General of Headquarters (Pro
visional), Eastern Area, Military
Traffic Management and Ter
minal Service, one of three con
tinental U. S. areas under
MTMTS.
According the general orders
issued February 15, General
Montgomery has also been dele
gated command jurisdiction over
Eastern and Southeastern Traffic
regions, and operational control
of USATCA and USATC, Gulf.
•This extends his area of
responsibility to Include all
states east of a line formed
by the western boundaries of
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Mississippi; and gives him autho
rity for arranging for the move
ment of export traffic through
Gulf and Great Lakes ports
located within the Central Area.
The other MTMTS areas are:
Western Area, Which has
command jurisdiction over
% estern Traffic Region, MTMTS,
and operational control of
USATC, Pacific and JANOT, Oak
land; and the Central Area which
has jurisdiction over Central and
Southweastern Traffic Regions,
MTMTS.
The present organization of
Eastern Area, MTMTS, consists
of the following elements: Head
quarters, EAMTMTS (Brooklyn,
N. Y.)j Brooklyn Army Terminal
(Brooklyn, N. Y.); Sunny Point
Army Terminal (Southport,
N. C.); Kings Bay Army Ter
minal (Kingsland, Ga.)j Hampton
Roads Army Terminal (Norfolk,
Va,); USA Terminal Unit, Cape
Kennedy (Cape Canaveral, Fla.);
USA Air Traffic Coordinating
Offices at McGuire AFB
(Wrightstowu, N.J.), Dover (Del.)
AF Base, and Charleston (S.C.)
AF Base; USA Terminal Detach
ment, Great Lakes, (Toledo,
Ohio); USA Trailer Service
1 Agency (Brooklyn, N. Y.); Balti
more, Boston, Charleston,
Savannah and Philadelphia Out
ports; Hq USA Terminal Com
mand, Gulf (New Orleans, La.);
Beaumont and Corpus Christi
Outports (Texas); Mobile (Ala)
Outport; Eastern Traffic Region
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) and the South
eastern Traffic Region (Forest
(Continued On Page Four)
Tentative plans have been made
to hold Impressive dedication
ceremonies May 29-30 for the
Southport Small Boat Harbor and
several Important state officials
were here Friday to confer with
officers of Tar Heels Afloat and
local people about the program.
The tliree members oif'lie ‘
Southport Harbor Committee of
the State Ports Authority, Coop
er Cass, L. S. Ficklen and A. C.
Anderson, were here, along with
J. W. Davis, E. E. Lee, Jr.,
R. A. DeVane and L. C. Bruce,
employees of the State Ports
Authority.
Representing Tar Heels Afloat
were Sam Brown of Roanoke
Rapids, commodore, and John
Leach, secretary.
General James Glore, chair
man of the Southport Ports Au
thority, served as chairman of the
day’s events. Several other local
citizens also were present during
deliberations.
The visiting delegation arrived
in Wilmington during the morning
aboard the Kitty Hawk and came
to Southport by automobile. After
visiting Oak Island Country Club,
they went to the site of the Small
Boat Harbor, now nearing com
pletion, and from there on a tour
of the town.
A visit to Sunny Point Army
Terminal was next on the sched
ule, and then the party went to
Boiling Spring Lakes Country
Club where lunch was served.
Afterwards there was a full dis
cussion of plans for the dedica
tory event, with a firm decision
being made to pin down the dates
May 29-30.
The two representatives from
Tar Heels Afloat Indicated that a
large number of their members
will be here, and many of the
special activities will be built
around their participation.
An Invitation will be extended
Governor Dan K. Moore to be the
principal speaker, and other spe
cial events will be arranged. De
tails will be announced later by
those In charge of program ar
rangements.
Carmichael To
Head Teachers
The Classroom Teachers
Divlson of the Brunswick County
unit of the North Carolina Ed
ucation Association met to com
plete their business of the year
and to elect officers for the
1965-66 school year.
New officers Include: David
Carmichael, Shallotte High
School, President; Mrs. Betty
Hewett, Bolivia High School,
vice-president; Mrs. Dorothy
Glore, Southport High School,
secretary; and Mrs. Rebecca
Teachey, Leland High School,
secetary.
Ten members of the CTA
Division will be delegates to
the annual Delegate Assembly
in Asheville on March 20.
(Continued On Page Four)
Suit Threatens;
Status Of Town
Of Long Beach
Should non-resident property
owners be allowed to vote for
members of the board of com
missioners at the town of Long
Beach?
A court action was filed Thurs
day by Attorney General Thomas
Wade Bruton of the state of
North Carolina against the mem
bers of the board of commis
sioners at Long Beach chal
lenging their right to hold office
under the constitution of North
Carolina.
The petition challenges the
section of the Long Beach charter
permitting free holders or prop
erty owners to vote in town
elections, the right of the gov
ernor to appoint the elected mem
bers and declares previous elec
tions void, on constitutional
grounds. The suit asks the court
to declare the offices vacant be
cause the commissioners were
elected unlawfully and to call
an election as soon as possible
to be held tinder the provisions of
the constitution without non-resi
dent voting.
In other words, the suit says
that the mayor and commis
sioners unlawfully hold office be
cause the charter of Long Beach
is unconstitutional in that it al
lows freeholders to vote and
hold office.
The suit is based on Article
VI of the Constitution of the
State of North Carolina pertain
(Continued On Page Four)
Farm Folk Set
Drainage Work
Property owners in the Wet
Ash Swamp Watershed met at
Waccamaw School last Friday
night where they heard talks
about the benefits derived from, ',
watershed drainage and the pro
cedure for organizing a project
reports A. S. Knowles, County
Extension Chairman. The 30.
land-owners present decided that
they wanted to organize and get
started as quickly as possible.
They voted to set up a drain
age district and elected a steer
ing committee as follows: Shelton
Stanley, Chairman, H. E. Gore,
Vice Chairman, Milton McCum
bee, Secretary and Treasurer,
and members Jack Stout, Richard
Piver, Robert Milligan, Dennis
Evans, and Herman White. This
group will draw up a petition to
get land-owners to request aid In
getting the swamp drained. The
next step will be to prepare an
application to carry to the soil
and water conservation com
mittee for approval. Draining
these swamps in farming areas
are basic to successful farming,
said Knowles. These swamp
canals provide an outlet for farm
ditches and canals.
There will be an area Stocker
Cattle Sale In Clinton on April
16, says County Extension Chair
man, A. S. Knowles. If any of
our beef cattle farmers have
some late calves, this sale may
provide a market.
Anyone may purchase stocker
cattle, and anyone having calves
or stocker cattle that qualify
under the rules may sell on the
market. The sale expenses are
$3 per head.
Rules state that “all stocker
cattle must be dehorned. All
steers will be castrated proper
ly and completely healed. Bred
heifers, stags, and bulls will be
rejected. All cattle must weigh
at least 300 pounds the day of the
sale, and must grade common
or higher.
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Tide Table
Following is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are;
approximately correct and
were furnished The Statej
Port Pilot through the*
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, March 4,
8:32 A. M. 2:32 A. M
8:42 P. M. 2:59 P. M
Friday, March 5,
9:05 A. M. 3:11 A. M
9:20 P.M. 3:35 P. M
Saturday, March 6,
9:41 A. M. 3:51 A. M
9:59 P. M. 4:12 P. M
Sunday, March 7,
10:20 A. M. 4:35 A. M
10:47 P. M. 4:53 P. M
Monday, March 8,
11:06 A. M. 5:23 A. M
11:40 P. M. 5:40 P. M
Tuesday, March 9,
12:01 A. M. 6:19 A. M
6:35 P. M
Wednesday ,'March 10,
0:42 A.M. 7:25 A. M
1:07 P. M. 7:39 P. M