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Volume 24 No. 38 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1965 5f A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Progress Made
In Educational
Job In County
increased personnel, the up
grading of curriculum and teach
ing methods, adult education, and
expanded use of matching funds
are cited by Superintendent A.
W. Taylor as areas of major
accomplishment in Improving the
instructional program in Bruns
wich county schools.
In a bi-ennial progress report
drawn up for the Board of Ed
ucation and covering the 1963
64 and 1964-65 school years,
Superintendent Taylor says,
“realizing that the instructional
program is the heart and real
purpose of the school system, our
primary effort has been to im
prove instruction.'’
Listed first in the area of im
proved personnel is the increase
in the number of specialized staff
members. Mention Is made that
during the past two years the
central office personnel has seen
the addition of anassistant super
intendent, two full-time guidance
co-ordinators, an attendance
counselor, and two full-time
driver education Instructors. “It
should be stressed", said Super
intendent Taylor, “that all of
these additions to our staff are
paid by state funds. No Increase
in county school funds has been
required to pay salaries for these
specialized staff members.”
The superintendent’s report
goes on to point out that there
has been an increase in the
number of both regularly allotted
teachers and teachers received
through special allotment. The
increase in specially allotted
teachers has been mainly in vo
cational education and in special
education for slow learners and
advanced students.
It is noted that Southport High
School and Union High school
received home economics teach
ers beginning with the fall of
»4994. Union had offered home
economics for a numHer~oFyears"
•but had used a teacher from Its
regular allotment for the subject.
When the course was put on a
“Vocational" status this fall,
the school gained an additional
teacher as a result.
The Trade and Industrial Ed
ucation program has grown by
the addition of brick-laying at
B. C. H. S., industrial co-opera
tive training at Leland and car
pentry at Shallotte. Prior to
this year only Southport offered
a T. & I program. B. C. H. S.
has for many years offered a
brick-laying course but had used
a teacher from its regular allot
ment as instructor. The program
in carpentry at Shallotte Is not
yet operational but will be as soon
as an instructor is selected.
In special education three
classes are operated with Wacca
maw having two classes for re
medial work and Southport one
class for the academically gifted.
The report calls attention to the
fact that there were no special
education classes in Brunswick
County prior to the fall of 1963
when one class was begun at
Waccamaw and one class at
Southport. The third class opened
in the fall of 1964.
Superintendent Taylor explains
that “in the case of special ed
ucation teachers, the entire
salary is paid by state funds.
The county must, however, pay
a small portion of the salaries
of vocational education teachers
but never more than one third
of the salary.”
Efforts to bring and keep teach
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rief Bits Of
NEW
LEGION MEETING
The Southport Legion Post 194
is having a special meeting on
Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at
the Jaycee Building. All veterans
are urged to be there. James E.
Pinner is Post Commander.
BIG SIGN-UP
Some 385 Brunswick County
farmers have signed up to divert
4 651 acres under the feed grain
program and received $67,552.81
In advanced payments, says ASCS
Manager Ralph Price. The sign
up will continue until March 26.
VISIT SOUTHPORT
Mrs. Josephine Shirley and
Mrs. Ada Mae Starling of
Orlando, Fla., were recent
visitors in Southport. They are
daughters of the late Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Robbins and are
natives of Southport.
WINNER—Miss Sandra Faye Corbett of Le
land won the title of Miss Brunswick Saturday night
in the annual pageant sponsored by the Shallotte
Jaycees. She is a freshman at Wilmington College.
Sandra Corbett Is
Miss Brunswick
Miss Sandra Faye Corbett of
Leland was crowned Miss Bruns
wick County of 1965 before an
^audience of more than 1,200 per
sons at Shallotte high school
Saturday night.
The new Miss Brunswick Coun
ty, the 19-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Cor
bett of Leland, was selected from
ten other contestants entered In
the fifth annual pageant. She was
crowned by last year's queen,
Miss Carolyn Minton of South
port. The pageant was sponsored
by the Shallotte Jaycees.
Miss Corbett will represent
Brunswick county at the Miss
North Carolina state pageant In
July. She won a $500 scholar
ship from the Waccamaw Bank
and Trust company and the Se
curity Savings and Loan Asso
ciation among other prizes.
Miss Lynda Joyce White, 18,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Lee White of Ash, was named
first runner-up In the beauty
pageant. Another Leland girl,
Miss Judith Ann Aycock, 18
year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Aycock, was the
second runner-up.
Miss Ruby Lee Hickman, 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Roy Hickman of Bolivia, was
presented the Miss CongenlaUty
award by the other contestants.
Miss Catherine Louise St.
George, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. F. St. George, Jr., of South
port and Miss Sandra Lynn Bowl
ing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Blge Bowling of Bolivia were the
other two seml-flnallst.
The new Miss Brunswick coun
ty, Miss Corbett, Is a fresh
man at Wilmington college where
she Is majoring In English. She
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Course In First
Aid Completed
Certificates of completion for
courses in Basic and Advanced
First Aid have been awarded to
selected Sunny Point Army Ter
minal personal and other
employees who represent rescue
squad or other emergency type
activities in their respective
communities.
Upon completion of the final
course of instruction, which is
yet to be conducted, each of these
persons will be fully qualified
by the American Red Cross to
teach first aid classes.
This is part of a long-range
program to qualify certain ter
minal personnel as instructors in
order that Sunny Point may be
self-sustaining in the field of
first aid. It will also improve
community relations by providing
necessary know-how for mu
nicipalities in the surrounding
area to help themselves in
furtherance of over-all safety.
Annual Meeting
Of Baptist WNU
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It was announced by Mrs. Cath
erine King, Assoclatlonal WMU
President of Brunswick County,
that on Monday at 10 o’clock
the Women's Missionary Union
will hold its regular annual meet
ing at Boones Neck Church.
The guest speaker will be Rev.
Gene Phillips, Missionary for
Rhodesia, one of the most in
spiring speakers and men in
his field.
Mrs. King says that everyone
is invited to attend and hear the
message which he has to bring.
v
rromouon is
Special Work
What does a Director of a
Development Commission do?
This question has been asked
many times recently since the
establishment of the Resources
Development Commission for
Brunswick County and the an
nouncement that a director and
staff had been employed.
The duties of a director are
so varied that it is impossible
to outline each but in a recent
interview with Roy A. Stevens,
the Director of Brunswick
County’s Resources Development
Commission, some Insight into
his activities was revealed.
A typical day can start with
the ringing of the telephone, which
can start the wheels in motion
for an all-out effort to locate
an Industrial plant in the county.
A director must be prepared
and willing to move at a moments
notice, with factual information
in hand, to meet with a pros
pect any where and any time.
The director must be capable
of representing the area and sell
ing the area the same as any
salesman. His Job is more diffi
cult in that he has more competi
tion and many times he is sell
ing intangibles and vactors over
which he has no direct control.
His first Job is to know first
hand as many facts as possible
about the area which he
represents. In questioning Stev
ens it was found that in the first
two months that he was in
Brunswick County he traveled in
excess of 5,000 miles, much of
this within Brunswick County, se
curing Information.
The telephone is an Important
factor in the work of a develop
ment director. Just recently
Stevens was able to retain the
interest of a prospect in the mid
west by making a long distance
call that would have required sev
eral days and much expense to
have contracted the prospect in
person. Time would not allow for
a letter and would not have been
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Tomlinson To
Be Candidate
For Reelection
Members of the Southport
3oard of Aldermen set up the
nachlnery for the May 4municl
>al election and Mayor E. B.
romlinson, Jr., announced he
vould seek re-election at their
regular monthly meeting at City
iall Thursday night.
The seats occupied by Johnny
/ereen, Fred Spencer, Dr,*
Borman Hornsteln and Mayor
romlinson will be at stake in
:hls election.
Candidates will have only 17
lays, beginning April 1 and ending
\prll 17, to file for positions
jn the board. A $2 filing fee
will be required of all candi
iates.
Mrs. Charles H. Swan was
ippolnted registrar of Ward 1
ind Miss Annie St. George
registrar of Ward 2.
Mayor Tomlinson told the
Doard that plans for the Fourth
jf July celebration are progress
ing satisfactorily. He said he
las been assured that a Naval
ship will be in Southport for
the event.
Mayor Tomlinson also told the
Ooard that the State Highway
Department would begin re
surfacing marl paved streets on
be west side of Southport In
late May.
Harold Aldridge suggested that
main streets needing work should
oe repaired before any new paving
work is done. He said Bay street
and Howe street from the stop
light to the water are in need
3f work.
Mayor Tomlinson asked Al
dridge, Crawford Rourk and City
Manager C. D. Plckerrell to
:heck all city streets and
establish an order of priority,
rhey are to report back at the
lext meeting.
Mayor Tomlinson Informed the
ooard members that State High
way Commission officials will
meet with the board before decid
ing to cut down any treet on
West street. Dr. Hornsteln dhid
City Manager Plckerrell ad
Police Chief Herman Strolg
!ho*tid be assigned to- gasbj~<
:he trees on West street unl/t
;he highway officials decide whidi
way West street will run Into
:he new Southport Small Boat
H arbor.
City Auditor Walter Aldridge
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Dredge Merritt
Will Work Inlet
Congressman Alton Lennon has
Informed the Brunswick County
Board of Commissioners that
the USE Dredge Merritt is sched
uled to begin dredging opera
tions Jji .the Lockwood Folly inlet
3y the middle of April, subject
to weather conditions.
"The Merritt is definitely
scheduled to start dredging in
the Lockwood Folly Inlet on April
15, but since this is an outside
operation it is subject to weather
conditions at the time,”
Congressman Lennon said in
answer to a letter from the com
missioners.
The Merritt, a shallow draft
dredge, has been scheduled to
stay at the inlet from April
15 until May 15 by Colonel R.
J. B. Page, acting director of
the civil works for the U. S.
Corps of Engineers in Washing
ton, D. C. The schedule contains
no other stops in Brunswick
waters during the fiscal year
1965.
Projects at the Lockwood Folly
River and Shallotte River and
Inlet have been submitted to
Colonel J. S. Grygiel in the
Wilmington office of the corps,
but no word has been received
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OPEN—Lewis’, a clothinK store featuring apparel for children and ladies
has opened in the Red and White Shopping Center at Shallotte. The Pro
prietor is Jerry Lewis, a native of Shallotte. His wife is associated in the ope
ration of this business. (Staff Photo by Allen)
Williamson Is
At Breakfast
With Governor
By REP. ODELL WILLIAMSON
For several sessions of the
legislature, it has been the cus
tom for the governor of the state
to invite all members of the Gen
eral Assembly to have breakfast
with him during their stay in
Raleigh. This past Thursday
morning I had the honor, along
with 14 others, of eating break
fast with Governor Moore. The
biggest difference I noticed in the
occasion this time was that the
governor’s wife was up real early
to welcome the breakfast guests
to the mansion. The Moores’
three-year old granddaughter
was up, too.
I must say that when you eat
One of these breakfasts, you're
eating “high on the hog’’--coun
’ try-ham at it* best, sausage,"
orange juice, scrambled or fried
eggs, grits; biscuit, jelly and pre
serves. There was plenty of all of
it, and plenty of servants to servo x
it. Incidentally, the mansion ser
vants are honor-grade prisoners
from Central Prison.
Of course, the purpose of these
breakfasts is to give the mem
bers of the legislative and
the executive branches of the gov
ernment an opportunity to become
better acquainted personally.
Thus they establish a friendly
atmosphere for the discussion of
mutual problems.
The bill that would do away
with the death penalty In all
crimes except rape has been de
bated In the House Judiciary
Committee and will have been
voted on by the time you read
this column. Of course, there
were strong arguments put forth
on both sides. Because I am of the
opinion that we should keep
capital punishment on the books
as It is today, I will vote against
this bill in case it reaches the
House floor. Again, I am Incom
plete agreement with Governor
Moore, who served the State
many years as a Superior Court
judge and sees the need for con
tinuing this law.
The Daylight Savings Time bill
that has been introduced in the
House has been creating a great
deal of Interest among the people
of North Carolina. I have had
several letters from people of my
county In favor of this bill. The
latest one is in the form of a res
olution that was adopted by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Southport.
There have been strong argu
ments advanced by the people who
are for Daylight Savings Time and
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Time And Tide
KDOOO COB BOCSOBOa
It was March 16, I960, and Kenneth D. Johnson of Bolivia was
named county forest ranger, succeeding Dorman L. Mercer who
had retired. Betty Woodard and Steve Gore, both of Shallotte,
were named to the All-Waccamaw Athletic Association second
team In the girls and boys divisions.
A special series of services were scheduled by Rev. G. K.
Burney In connection with the dedication of a new sanctuary at
St. James AME Zion church In Southport. Mrs. Guy Shuler was
elected president of the Southport P.T.A, at a meeting Monday
night.
It was March 19, 1955, and Southport residents were to go to
the polls May 3 and vote on whether or not to have a city mana
ger form of government. Senator Ray Walton Introduced a bill
In the General Assembly to Incorporate Yaupon Beach.
Shallotte was eliminated In the semi-finals of the district Class
A tournament at Kenansvllle by Beulaville 68 to 50 after defeating
Deep Run 76 to 74 Wednesday night. Rev. E. S. Llngle, pastor
of Antioch Baptist Church, and Jimmy Jones organized a mission
Sunday school at Howells Point.
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Williamson Given
Board Backing j
f WELDON GORE
New Forester -|l
For District
Columbus County native Wel
don Gore has been assigned to the
District Forester’s staff In
Whltevllle as Watershed Forest
er.
Gore's working area will be
Columbus, Brunswick and New
Hanover Counties. His primary
duties will be to provide technical
forest management services to
private landowners In each of the
three counties and on the water
sheds, Dunn Swamp In Columbus
County and Caw Caw in Brunswick
Services offered to private
landowners are: advice to wood
land owners concerning good
: forest management practices;
advice on timber stand Im
provement work; timber market
ing services; insect and dis
ease control work and, market
ing information,
marketing Information.
Prior to his promotion, Gore
was serving as the Randolph
County Forester with head
quarters In Asheboro.
Gore attended Tabor City high
school and N. C. State College,
earning a Bachelor of Science In
Forest Management In 1961.
His office Is located in the N.
C. Division of Forestry district
headquarters on the Chadboum
highway west of Whltevllle.
Landowners desiring his ser
vices can contact him by calling
or visiting the office.
Mrs. Gore Is the former
Janelle White of Tabor City. They
have two children, Mark, 3, and
Allyson, bom last January 1.
They are Presbyterians and have
taken a home on Canal street.
Name Winners
For Contest
The Southport Garden Club
sponsored the “Litter Bug” con
test which has just conducted
In the Southport High School.
In an assembly program
Thursday, C. D. Plckerrell, City
manager of Southport, spoke to
grades 4-8 on their responsibility
In keeping Southport clean.
“Since we will have more
tourists In our city this year
than ever before, due to the
opening of the Small Boat Har
bor and ferry from Fort Fisher,
it Is most Important that we
keep Southport clean and free of
litter”, he, told his young
listeners.
In the absence of Mrs. A. E.
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The Brunswick county board of
commissioners unanimously
went on record favoring the ap
pointment of Representative
Odell Williamson as district
highway commissioner at ameet
lng In Southport Monday.
The board unanimously en
dorsed Representative William
son for the post on a motion
by D. Burt Frink which was
seconded by Parley Formy
Duval.
It is reported that Representa
tive Williamson is one of the
leading candidates for the post.
Governor Dan K. Moore will
make the appointment in early
summer.
The board received a petition
calling for action on the Horsepen
Road .In Waccamaw Township.
It was signed t>y 12 persons living *
in the Freeland area. The boarGL-.
sent the petition to the State High
way Commission for final action.
The resolution endorsing
Representative Williamson
follows:
“WHEREAS, it has been
brought to the attention of the
Board of Commissioners of
Brunswick County, State of North
Carolina, that, in accordance with
historical practice and policy
Governor Dan K. Moore will,
some time within the next few
months, appoint new members to
the State Highway Commission,
and
“WHEREAS, the County of
Brunswick has never, in its his
tory, been honored with having
had any one of its citizens ap
pointed as a member of said
Highway Commission, and
“WHEREAS, in fairness to
the citizens of our county,
the southeastern North Carolina
area in general, and the State
of North Carolina, it would ap
pear that a citizen of Brunswick
County should be so ap
pointed, and
“WHEREAS, this county is
most fortunate in that a resident
of said county, to-wit: the Honor
able Odell Williamson of
Shallotte, North Carolina a mem
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Jury List For
Superior Court
A group of county citizens
were selected to serve on the
Jury for the civil term of Bruns
wick Superior Court during the
week of April 26 at a meeting
of the Board of Commissioners
Friday.
County residents named for
jury duty during the session in
clude:
Laloa Willard Nelson, Lassie
Long, Donald Ray Long, J. P.
Jones, and Willie R. Warren,
all of Ash.
James Calvin Crouch, Jr.,
Jimmy Mack Ward, and Edwin
Creech, all" of Bolivia.
W. B. Sellers, Ralph L. Price,
James A. Bell, Johnny E.
Crocker, Robert P. Stanley, Carl
H. Stanley, and James Coleman,
all of Shallotte.
J. A. Purvis, Walter McNeil,
J. A. Squires, Marion E. Harrel
son, Calvin Everette and Roy
Lee Hammonds, all of Leland.
Cleveland Joyner, Robert N.
Clevlnger, Davis A. Brown, Nel
son Adams, and Charles Henry
Trott, all of Southport.
Cecil Holden, Abel Price
Junior Norton, Oree H. Gore,
Zeno Hankins, Wesley Garland
Varnum, and Kenneth Holden, all
of Supply.
Marvin Lee Evans of Free
land.
R. G. Ward of Winnabow, and
Howard J. Jenrette of Ocean
Drive Beach, S. C.
NCEA Banquet
Held Thursday
At Ebb Tide
Don Morrow, field representa
tive of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association, was the
speaker at the annual banquet of
the Brunswick county unit of that
organization held at the Ebb Tide
Restaurant at Holden Beach
Thursday evening.
As the closing feature of the
program, Superintendent A. W.
Taylor installed the new officers
of the Brunswick NCEA. They are
Mrs. Gelene Russ, president;
Mrs. Joyce Carmichael, vice
president; Mrs. Frances Stone,
secretary-treasurer; Robert
Sellers, treasurer. All are mem
bers of the Shallotte High School
faculty.
Rockfellow Venters, out-going
president of the Brunswick
NCEA, presided over the meet
ing. W. N. Williams, assistant
superintendent, introduced spe
cial guests; each principal in
troduced his local board mem
bers and other visitors from his
community and Superintendent
Taylor presented awards to re
tiring teachers.
In this latter group were Miss
Marjorie Kelly, Mrs. Louise B.
FormyDuval, Mrs. Roxie J.
Sasser and Mrs. Lucille S. Wil
liamson.
Morrow was introduced by Su
perintendent Taylor and said that
he had discarded the temptation
to make a light, humorous talk in
favor of discussing some of the
latest Important trends in public
school education in North Caro
lina.
He reminded the teache ■ in his
audience that they are now in
structing boys and girls who will
reach their earning peak 35 years
from this date, or in the year
2000. "When we visualize the
changes that have taken place
during the past 35 years, and when
we consider that changes are
coming now at an accelerated
pace, we realize that we are freed
with the problem of training the®*
young people to hold jobs which
have not yet been invented."
Morrow reminded his listeners
that dropouts become candidates
for unemployment and eventualt^'j
wMarnimtmSmm**warnedr ‘
that it is Important not only ti
keep them in school, nut u,
school helpful and meaningfiffTo ~'
them. He pointed out that while
employment for high school grad
uates is up, the dropout group has
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Delegates In
Asheville Now
The Brunswick county unit
of the North Carolina Educational
Association will be represented
by some 13 educators at the
NCEA state convention in Ashe
ville this week.
The county delegation will be
headed by Mrs. Gelene Russ,
the president Assistant Super
intendent William N. Williams,
Mrs. Ruth White, elementary su
pervisor, Leland Principal Rock
fellow Venters, Bolivia Principal
Thomas Davis, Waccamaw Prin
cipal Edwin Currie, Mrs. Joyce
Carmichael, county NCEA vice
president, Mrs. Frances Stone,
county NCEA secretary, and Joe
Best, Mrs. James Glore, David
Carmichael and Bill Simms, all
county teachers.
The state convention will open
Thursday evening In Asheville
with a speech by Dr. F. C. Robb,
president of George Peabody Col
lege In Tennessee. After a gen
eral session Friday, Governor
Dan K. Moore will address the
group that night.
The headquarters of the con
vention will be at the Asheville
Municipal Auditorium.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours aare
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, March 18,
8:35 A. M. 2:33 A. M.
9:03 P. M. 2:54 P. M.
Friday, March 19,
9:19 A. M. 3:19 A. M.
9:46 P. M. 3:36 P. M.
Saturday, March 20,
10:00 A: M: 4:04 A. M.
10:30 P. M. 4:17 P. M.
Sunday, March 21,
10:42 4:49 A. M.
11:14 P. M. 4:58 P. M.
Monday, March 22,
11:26 A. M. 5:35 A.
5:41 P. M.
Tuesday, March 23,
11:59 A. M. 6:24 A. M.
12:13 P. M. 6:28 P. M.
Wednesday, March 24,
0:48 A. M. 7:17 A. M.
1:02 P. M. 7:22 P. M.