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Volume 24
No. 37
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1965
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New Officers For Shallotte Lodge
ELECTED—'Following are the new officers of the Shallotte Masonic Lodge. Front row, left
to right, Howard Gore, treasurer; Bailey Russ, Senior Warden; Wendell Bennett, Master;
Frank Bennett, Junior Warden; Edward Gore, secretary. Back row, Johnnie Nance, Tyler; Mic
hael Russ, Steward; Steve Beckey, Steward; Parker Phillips, Senior Deacon; Arthur Bellamy,
Junior Deacon.
Legislators To
Visit Area At
Festival Time
By ODELL WILLIAMSON
This past week I received a
letter from the clerk to the
board of county commissioners.
He wrote that the commissioners
had requested him to ask me
to introduce a bill to raise the
salaries of the elected officials
of Brunswick county and also the
other officers whose salaries at
the present time are set by
the Legislature. It was mentioned
- that these' officials had not had
an increase in pay in the last
foul* years and that I should make
it a substantial increase.
Amounts of this increase were
not recommended because, as
they pointed out, the re
sponsibility for this is in the
hands of the General Assembly.
Two years ago, I opposed
raising these salaries because
I was advised by the board of
county commissioners that is
would require a tax increase. But
for reasons already known, the
tax rate of Brunswick County
was raised. I am informed by
the present board that they think
the salaries can be raised with
out any further increase.
I agree with the commissioners
that the county officials’ salaries
set by the Legislature should be
raised, and I accept the responsi
bility of doing it. Therefore,
some time in the near future I
will introduce a pay-raise bill
that will be retroactive to March
1, 1965.
On Wednesday afternoon of this
past week, we had James D.
Bellamy, Jr., a citizen of our
county who is chairman of the
State Soil and Water Conservation
Committee, to come before the
Appropriations Committee to ask
for additional funds for his
department. Mr. Bellemy did
.. a real good job in his plea
; • for this extra money, and I am
proud to know that we have a
local citizen holding this
important position.
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*rief Bits Of
NEWS"®
YARD OF MONTH
Mr. and Mrs. George Linder
have the “Yard of the Month”
as chosen by the Southport Garden
Club. Their home overlooks the
old Southport Yacht Basin.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Edward Lewis of Denbigh, Vir
ginia, grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Hubbard of Southport, made
the dean’s list at Frederick Col
lege during the first semester.
RABIES INSPECTOR
G. B. Lewis has been appointed
rabies inspector for Northwest
and Town Creek townships and
will begin innoculatlng dogs the
last week in March. He is now
working out a schedule of appolnt
ments for his territory.
SIGN-UP PROGRESSES
Some 334 Brunswick County
farmers have signed-up to divert
3,952 acres and will receive
$59,641.85 under the Feed Grain
program, ASCS Manager Ralph
L. Price announced Monday. The
sign-up vlll continue until March
26.
Duke Endowment
Funds To Hospital
Fourth Of July
Plans Progress
Plans are progressing rapidly
for the Fourth of July Celebration
In Southport this year, says
Chairman William N. Williams.
The Heritage Show, sponsored
by the Southport Woman’s Club,
and the Arts Festival 'sponsored
by the Junior Woman’s dub,
have been incorporated into the
event this year. “I am delighted
that the Heritage Show and
Arts Festival — two successful
events in the past — have Joined
the Fourth of July Celebration,”
Chairman Williams declared.
He said it is fairly definite
that a band concert will be held
in the park during the event.
A fireworks display also is being
planned.
Several other events are in the
planning stages. “We hope to
have a Naval ship visit here
during the celebration,” Chair
man Williams said. “We are
also thinking about having a
parade.”
FHA Loans To
Help Program
To Develope
"Rural cooperative financed
through the new nationwide Eco
nomic Opportunity Program may
prove to be the key to higher
living standards for some Bruns
wick County families," Parks
Fields, Farmers Home Adminis
tration county supervisor, said
this week.
“Processing, marketing, pur
chasing and servicing coopera
tives made up mostly of firm
and other rural families with
limited incomes in Burnswlck
County may be eligible for fi
nancial assistance," he said.
Farmers Home Administra
tion, a credit agency of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture,
now has authority to finance local
cooperatives of rural families
with limited Incomes that furnish
such services as:
1. Marketing of fruits and vege
tables produced on family farms,
handicraft and other home-pro
duced goods.
2. Processing services in
cluding canning, freezing, grad
ing, washing, and packing.
3. Purchasing equipment and
services, including machinery
and equipment for Improvement
of agricultural land, breeding
services, and other supplies and
services essential for farm and
home needs.
Loans are repayable over
periods up to 30 years. They
carry an interest rate of 4-1/8
percent.
Through cooperatives needy
farm families can Improve their
buying and earning power, eco
nomically purchase items for
farming and obtain other basic
services and supplies at sub
stantial savings, Fields said.
FHA may advance loans to help
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Trustees of The Duke Endow
ment announced today appro
priations of $532,732 to assist
54 Carolina hospitals in charity
services.
This brings to $1,459,060 The
Endowment’s contribution to 192
hospitals for this purpose in
1965. In February, it appro
priated >926,328 to 138 hospitals.
The amount received by a hos
pital is based on $1 a day for
each free day of care reported
for the fiscal year which ended
Sept. 30, 1964.
Southport’s Dr. J, A. Dosher
Memorial hospital, a 48-bed in
stitution, will receive $2,264
under the current appropriation
to assist it in its charity ex
penditures last year. For the
previous year it received$2,328.
The current appropriations in
clude $392,310 for 37 North Caro
lina hospitals and $140,422 in
South Carolina. These institu
tions had 2,182,014 days of care
in the year and 24.4 per cent
of these days were for charity
patients. For North Carolina
hospitals, charity days were 25.2
per cent of the total. For South
Carolina, they were 22.4 per
cent.
For the 192 hospitals assisted,
20.3 per cent of the 7, 193,068
days of care were free, said
Marshall I. Pickens of Charlotte,
executive director of the Hospital
and Orphan sections. This
compares with 20 per cent re
ported by 190 hospitals for the
preceding fiscal year.
In addition to assisting hos
pitals by financing charity care,
The Endowment provides funds
to help build, equip, and purchase
hospitals. It contributes also to
Duke University, Davidson Col
lege, Johns C. Smith University,
and Furman University and to
the support of orphans and half
orphans. In North Carolina, it
helps in building, equipping, and
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First Highway
Death Sunday
The first traffic fatality of 1965
In Brunswick County occur
red Sunday night when a Wil
mington Negro man was killed
at the Intersection of Highways
17, 74 and 76 near Leland when
his car ran into a truck.
James Curtis Hill, 38, died
In James Walker Memorial Hos
pital In Wilmington Sunday night
at 10:05 o’clock. His wife, Mary
Hill, who was a passenger In the
car, Is In serious condition in
the hospital.
According to Patrolman Seith
Thomas of Leland, H1U apparent
ly pulled from a service station
driveway at the Intersection of the
three highways Into the path of a
tractor trailer truck driven
by Jacob Thomas Mazur of Wil
mington. The accident occurred
about 7:30 p. m.
Hill was rushed to the Wilming
ton hospital where he died three
hours later. Coroner Lowell Ben
nett said no Inquest will be held in
the death.
Mazur was uninjured but his
truck was damaged. Hill’s auto
mobile was a total loss.
AnnualBanquet
For NCEA This
Thursday Nite
The annual banquet meeting of
the Brunswick county unit of the
North Carolina Educational As
sociation will be held Thursday
night at 7 o’clock at the Ebb Tide
restaurant at Holden Beach, ac
cording to President Rockfellow
Venters, principal of Leland High
School.
The main address will be made
by Don Morrow, a field rep
resentative of the state organiza
tion. He will be introduced by
Superintendent A. W. Taylor.
President Venters said mem
bers of the county board of edu
cation, local school boards and
county leaders have been invited
to attend the banquet.
Superintendent Taylor will
present plaques to all retiring
teachers in the county. Assistant
Superintendent William Williams
will introduce the members of the
county board of education.
The new officers of the county
NCEA, are Mrs. Gelene Russ,
president; Mrs. Joyce Car
michael, vice president; Mrs.
Frances Stone, secretary; and
Robert Sellers, treasurer, all
of Shallotte High School.
They will be installed at the end
of the meeting.
Special music for the banquet
will be provided by the Melonetts
of Bolivia. Rev. Robert Childs
of Southport will give the de
votions.
The retiring officers of the
county unit include President
Venters, Donald M. Sellers, vice
president, and Mrs. Nina Lane,
secretary-treasurer, all of Le
land.
Southport Man
Dies In River,
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The Coast Guard discontinued
operations Monday but continue
to be on the look-out for the
body of a man believed to be
a SoiithBoiluxesiden.t, who, ap*si
parently drowned early Sunday.
Coast Guard officials and
Southport Police Chief Hermati
Strong believe that Raymond
Lewis, 34, son of Captain Walter
Lewis of Southport, drowned
early Sunday morning when he
fell or jumped from the South
port city pier into the Cape
Fear River.
Search operations began al
most immediately and the Coast
Guard dragged for the body all
day Sunday and Monday. They
searched a two or three acre area
in the front of the pier before
stopping Monday.
Chief Strong said he does not
expect the body to surface until
Thursday at the earliest. “If
the body actually is in the river,
it won’t surface before then,”
Chief Strong predicted. “It takes
a little longer for a body to
rise in cold water.”
Pfc. Robert Hatch, on duty
aboard an Army T-’ooat sta
tioned at Southport, told Chief
Strong he was awakened just past
midnight Sunday by a call for
help. He stepped on deck and
a man believed to be Lewis
was in the water between the
boat and the pier.
Hatch reached the man and
got him by the hand, but was
unable to lift the 240-pound Lewis
from the water. Lewis slipped
away and then refused any further
help, Hatch said.
Hatch said he then ran to
call Chief Strong . When they
returned, Lewis had disappear
ed.
A Civil Air Patrol aircraft
from the Shallotte unit joined
the search Sunday.
The identity of the man believed
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Begin Work On Bank Building
START—B. L. Nesmith, president of Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. is
shown, left, with City Manager C. D. Pickerrell, center, and Bill Love, cashier of
the Southport branch of that institution, as they broke ground Tuesday morning
for the new bank building to be loctaion on the corner of Moore and Howe
streets. (Staff Photo by Allen).
Construction Begins On
New Waccam aw Bank
construction on tne new nome
building for the Waccamaw Bank
and Trust company In Southport
started Tuesday and Is sched
uled to be completed In July,
President B. L. Nesmith of Ta
Uftwr -*Clty announced -this week.,,,
’ I President Nesmith, who will
supervise the construction of the
new bank building, was In South
port Tuesday to see the pro
ject underway.
After workers finished digging
the foundation concrete was pour
ed. The concrete will be allowed
one week to set before construc
tion continues.
The one-story brick building,
at the corner of Moore and Howe
streets in Southport, will be mod
ern In every way, President Ne
smith said. "It will be similar
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Approve Raise
For Personnel
Plans to provide office person
nel of the Brunswick County
Board of Education with five per
cent pay raises were approved at
a special meeting of the board
Thursday in Southport.
The board unanimously voted
to give office personnel a five
per cent raise if the cost does
not exceed available state funds.
The motion for the Action was
made by Ernest E. McGee and
seconded by Arthur J. Dosher.
Consulting Engineer R. T.
Burney of the Southeastern De
sign Association told the mem
bers that the new Lincoln gym
torium is 92 percent complete
and should be finished early in
March.
The board discussed plans
to build an additional classroom
at Shallotte High School. Su
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Time And Tide
IBBBBOCWCOBBeOQI
It was March 9, I960, and Brunswick county youngsters cele
brated National 4-H Club Week. The second annual high school
college and career day event In Brunswick county was to be held
Friday at Shallotte High School.
Gubernatorial candidate Terry Sanford was to visit Shallotte
Saturday evening. General Janies Glore was elected president
of the county unit of the American Cancer Society. A few flakes
of snow fell during a cold week in Brunswick county.
It was March 9, 1955, and the Coast Guard announced plans
to abandon Bald Head Island lighthouse and operate the radio
beacon from Oak Island. John G. Caison, who resigned as county
coroner two weeks previously, died in Southport Sunday afternoon.
Sheriff Elbert Gray and his deputies destroyed four whiskey
stills during the first five days of March. Billy McDowell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William McDowell, entered East Carolina College
four days after being discharged from the Air Force.
It was March 8, 1950, and the Brunswick county Republican con
vention Saturday voted to nominate their candidates in the May
primary. With Judge W. J. McLamb and Commissioners R. L,.
Rabon and B. E. Williams sick, Recorder’s court and the county board
did not hold sessions Monday in Southport.
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Beauty Pageant
Saturday Night
I Adult Typing
! Class Planned
All adults In the Southport
area Interested In taking a 60
hour course In beginning or ad
vanced typing should meet In the
Southport school auditorium
Monday night at 7:30 o’clock,
says Bernard Davis, who will
instruct the course. Ten adults
must slgn-up before a class can
begin. The class will meet three
hours each night for two nights
a week for two months.
Bellamy Busy
In State Post
A Brunswick County farmer
pleaded the State Soil and Wa
ter Conservation Committee’s
case for insufficient funds be
fore the joint appropraiations
committee of the General
Assembly in Raleigh last Wed
nesday.
James Bellamy of Shallotte,
newly elected chairman of the
agency’s board of directors,
asked for $243,558 which the
Advisory Budget Commission
whacked from the organiza
tion’s orig, •>' request.
The mo.'bj, Bellamy said, is
needed to continue a coordinated
soil and water program for the
state’s 88 separate districts.
Largest share of the request
would go for general expenses
for the districts. This was list
ed at $80,000 tills year and $95,
000 in 1966.
Bellamy, who said the activi
ties of the agency had steadily
increased in recent years, point
ed out that such growth neces
sitates the addition of person
nel and that part of the request
ed money is needed for salaries.
Each SENCland county has a
local soil and water district.
Two units of the eight North
Carolina Association of Soil and
Water districts are in the south
east. These are the Lower Cape
Fear and Lower Neuse districts.
Bellamy was extremely active
in the organization last year
while serving as the state
president.
Bellamy, president of the State
Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts and
Chairman of Brunswick Soil and
Water Conservation District,
chose Wrlghtsville Beach as the
site for the 1965 convention of
the association. District su
pervisors from Brunswick, New
Hanover and Pender Counties
were host to the occasion. Num
erous meetings were held
throughout the year inprepara
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Ten girls representing all sec
tions of the county will compete
for Miss Brunswick honors In the
fifth annual pageant at Shallotte
High School Saturday night be
ginning at 8 o’clock.
Contestants in the contest in
clude Judith Ann Aycock, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ay
cock of Leland, monologue, San
dra Lynn Bowling, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bige Bowling of
Bolivia, singing; Sharon Kaye
Bradsher, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Bradsher of Shallotte,
singing; Sandra Faye Corbett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tim
othy M. Corbett of Leland, piano;
Joyce Ann Gurley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gurley of
Long Beach, singing;
Ruby Lee Hickman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Hick
man of Bolivia, dancing; Belinda
Gail Holden, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Holden of Shallotte;
Sharon Ya’vonne Russ, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
Russ of Freeland, comedy panto
mine; Catherine Louise St.
George, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. St. George, Jr. of
Southport, pantom'ne; and Lynda
Joyce White, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Lee White of
Ash, singing.
Mrs. Shirley Ward of Longwood
will direct the fifth Annual Miss
Brunswick pageant which is spon
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Schedule For
Clinics Given
Pre-school clinics for children
entering the first grade next year
will be held at the various schools
In Brunswick county beginning
Friday, says Superintendent A.
W. Taylor.
"It Is necessary for a parent
to accompany each child In the
fall," Superintendent Taylor
pointed out.
Parents should take certain In
formation to the clinic, Including
birth certificate, immunization
records for polio, diphtheria,
whooping cough, small pox and
tetanus, a physical examination
record and a TB skin test re
port.
Clinics already have been
scheduled throughout the county,
Include Brunswick County High
School, March 12, Piney Grove
School March 12, Shallotte High
School March 25, Lincoln High
School March 25, Longwood High
School March 29, Waccamaw High
School March 30, Bolivia High
School March 30, T'.iion High
School March 31, f'-uthport High
School April 2, Leland High
School April 2 and Cedar Grove
School April 9.
Information Is
Collected For
All Sections
William A. Powell, Chairman
of the Resources Development
Commission for Brunswick
County, announced this week that
Community Data Sheets for the
Incorporated towns of the county
have been completed and sub
mitted to the Commerce ancj
Industry Division of the North
Carolina Department of Con
servation.
"We now have basic Infor
mation on each of the com
munities and our next job will
be to compile an extensive and
factural brochure on the county
to present to industrial prospects
that we are In contact with In
working for the industrial growth
of the county," Powell stated.
"We have already requested
quotations for the printing of the
binders for our brochure and we
will very possibly place an order
for these In the near future,"
Powell added.
The brochure will be designed
so that it can be especially pre
pared for each prospect. Some
Information will be standard but
each prospect has special
requirements and plans are to
submit up-to-date factual infor
mation, tailored to meet the re
quirements of the prospect.
"At present we are working
with two different prospects, and
their requirements are entirely
different,” Powell said.
"Our work is not 100%
Industrial promotion," Powell
added, "We are charged with
the promotion of the economic
growth of Brunswick County and
we are working on tourist
promotion, commerlcal and sport
fishing, agriculture and other
aspects for the potential growth."
Just recently representatives
of the commission attended a
conference at East Carolina
College In Greenville to study
the potential of minerals and
their related used.""'""'
Durlng the past month a survey
of hotel and motel accommoda
tions has been completed and
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Tree Cutting
Protest Heard
Southport citizens have ex
pressed concern over the pos
sible loss of some of the live
oak trees along West Street.
And a rumor has been heard that
the North Carolina State Highway
Department plans to cut several
of the trees when West Street is
improved as the main approach
to the State Ports Small Boat
Harbor.
Mayor Eugene Tomlinson
stated this week that City Man
ager Pickerrell talked Tuesday
morning with the Highway De
partment concerning this rumor.
The city manager was assured
that prior to any improvements
being started the State Highway
Department would come to South
port and discuss the planned work
with the mayor and board of
aldermen.
Mayor Tomlinson stated fur
ther that he believes "we could
have progress and retain our nat
ural beauty - one need not be
sacrificed to have the other.*'
He also said that the members
of the Board of Aldermen are
unanimous in their desire to see
Southport retain the natural at
mosphere that attracts so many
visitors every year.
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Tide Table
Following Is the tidt
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The St»t<
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fea
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, March 11,
l:50 A. M. 8:34 A. M
2:20 P. M. 8:49 P. Ml
Friday, March 12,
2:59 A. M. 9:46 A. M
3:32 P. M. 9:58 P. M
Saturday, March 13,
4:07 A. M. 10:50 A. M
4:40 P. M. 11:38 P. M
Sunday, March 14,
5:10 A. M. 11:47 A. M
5:40 P. M. 12:01 P. M
Monday, March 15,
6:08 A. M. 12:39 A. M
5:37 P. M.
Tuesday, March 10,
f:01A. M. 0:50 A.
7:29 P.M. 1:26 P.
Wednesday, March 17,
7:50 A.M. 1:45 A.
o:17 P. M. 2:11 P.