The Pilot Covers
iBrunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
Volume 24
No. 40
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SOUTHPORT, N. G WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1965 5* A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Browine Scout Troop Organized
NEW—The Southport Brownie Scouts held an investitude service Monday, to
organize a new troop. Mrs. Horace Duncan, Mrs. George Hughes and Mrs. A:' W.
Taylor are the leaders and Clare Glore is the cadet scout. The 18 new Brown
ies include front row, left to right, Cindy Harrelson, Kelly Johnson, Stephanie
Stiller, Sharon Troll, Annell Royal and 'Janet Hogan; second row, Wanda Helms
Diane Melton, Libby Walton, Margaret Taylor, Ann Duncan, Gail Granger, Lu
Ann Hughes; and third row, Cindy Price, Linda Hickman, Katherine Hufham,
Carleen Splawn and Linda Floyd. The troop meets at the Home Economics Build
ing Southport on Monday.
Local Camellia
Exhibitors Win
In Greensboro
A Southport city official and
a Bolivia nursery took top hon
ors Saturday at the Greensboro
Camellia Show, which is one of
the biggest in the Carolinas.
Hubert Livingston, director of
public works for the city of
Southport, won a silver cup for
having the best minature entered
in the Greensboro show, which
attracted growers from through
out the United States. He placed
one tray of three flowers in
the court of honor and two blooms
on the memorial table.
Elmore Nursery of Bolivia won
the display table honor in the
professional division of the show.
The name of Livingston’s win
ning flower was “Angle Blush.”
It was the second cup he has
won in camellia shows through
out the Carolinas.
Livingston also won 10 first
place blue ribbons, 7 red sec
ond place ribbons and 12 yellow
third place awards. He entered
45 blooms in the show, win
ning 29 prizes.
Southport City Manager C. D.
Pickerrell picked up two first
places and one second. He en
tered 13 blooms.
A former Southport resident,
Dr. Allen Graham of Ramseur,
won numerous ribbons and placed
a bloom on the memorial table.
The last camellia show of the
season will be held in Elizabeth
City Saturday.
Brief Bits 0/1
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BENEFIT SUPPER
Members of the Daughters of
America will serve a turkey
supper Thursday night from 5
to 7:30 o’clock at their building
on Howe street. Plates for
children will be furnished at
reduced prices.
DEADLINE NEAR
Some 427 Brunswick county
farmers have signed up to divert
5,038 acres and received
advanced payments amounting to
$74,570.69 under the feed grain
program, ASCS Manager R. L.
Price announced Tuesday. The
sign-up will end on Friday.
L ELAND SHINDIG
The Leland Jaycees will
sponsor a Shindig at Leland High
School Saturday night at 7:30
o’clock. The Novas, featuring
Wayne Murry and Debbie
Yarbourgh, and the Hi-Liters
will present the program. No
advanced tickets will be sold.
Proceeds will be used toward
the completion of lighting of the
school athletic field.
AT CEDAR GROVE
There will be an important
meeting at Cedar Grove School
on Friday evening at 7:30 to
discuss the benefits of a water
shed program for the Oxpen Run
Swamp. The people will decide
whether they want to organize
a drainage district. Those
interested should plan to attend
to get first-hand information at
the meeting. This could be a
most important meeting.
To Amend Charter
For Long Beach
ROBERT L. KING
Brunswick Man
College Prof
A 26-year-old biology pro
fessor, native of Columbus Coun
ty and now calls neighboring Shal
lotte home, Is the first fulltime
instructor to be hired by South
eastern Communlyt College.
Robert Lee King, who was born
and raised In Western Prong
Township, will report for fulltime
duties with Southeastern In Au
gust.
Currently teaching at the Col
lege of the Abermarle, King will
be chief Instructor In the field of
biology, zoology and botany In
Southeastern college parallel
division and comes highly recom
mended by Dr. Warren Land, col
lege president.
King's employment by Dr. Land
was unanimously approved by the
college’s board of trustees at
their Thursday night session
here.
A 1956 graduate of Sliallotte
High School, King obtained his
bachelor’s degree from ElonCol
lege In 1960 and In 1961 he gained
his Master degree In blologyfrom
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege.
He has been teaching at the Col
lege of the Abermarle, located in
Elizabeth City, for the past four
ye^.rs. His work there Includes
Instruction at the coUege’s Hat
teras Marine Laboratory.
In other business, Dr. Land re
ported to trustees that satis
factory progress was being made
on applying for $326,000 In fed
eral funds for the college build
ing program.
These funds, If granted, will
enable the college to construct
four buildings Instead of three In
the first phase of construction.
Total construction funds, if the
federal monies become available,
wli. amount to $1.3 mllUon.
Dr. Land also reported that he
and Bob Sawyer of the architect
ural firm of Ballard, McKlm and
Sawyer of Wilmington, were In
Raleigh Friday to confer on the
building proposed for construc
tion and Dr. Land said the plans
were near final approval stage.
The Long Beach Board of Com
missioners, pressured by beach
residents seeking home rule,
adopted a compromise proposal
to eliminate freeholders or non
resident property owners from
voting in two town elections at
a meeting Saturday.
A bill will be . submitted td
the General , Assembly shortly
"entitled an act to revise and
consolidate the Charter of the
Town of Long Beach.”
Provision in the new charter
will call for the board members to
be residents and qualified vot
ers in the town.
It also will provide that a new
registration of all qualified vot
ers will be conducted for the
19G5 municipal election which
will be held May 4.
The charter will allow in
-cumbent non-resident commis
sioners to continue in office un
til their elected terms expire.
At present, four of the six mem
bers are non-resident free
holders.
The charter will be presented
to the State Senate by Sen. L.
P. McLendon, Jr., of Greens
boro and Senator Carl Meares
of Fair Bluff. Representative
Odell Williamson of Shallotte will
submit it to the House.
The board was pressured into
accepting the proposal in the
face of a pending civil lawsuit
in Brunswick Superior Court
which was submitted by a citi
zen’s committee of Long Beach.
The constitutionality of the old
charter was questioned in the
civil suit opened by the citizen’s
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Recover Body
01 Local Man
The body of a Southport man
who fell Into the Icy waters of
the Cape Fear River from the
City Pier more than two weeks
ago was found at Yaupon Beach
Monday.
Raymond Lewis’ body washed
up at Yaupon Beach east of the
fishing pier sometime Monday.
A woman looking for seashells
first saw the body about 12-feet
''.bove the water line at Mercer
street.
The body was discovered about
eight miles from where Lewis,
34, fell Into the river on March
7. Officials believe the last high
tide Sunday washed the body upon
the beach.
Brunswick County ^oroner
Lowell Bennett of Shallotte ruled
that Lewis died from drowning.
The body was first identified
by Harold Spencer, a brother
in-law of Lewis. Southport Police
Chief Herman Strong also Identi
fied the body.
Funeral services were held
at Harkers Island Tuesday at
11 o’clock at the Vlrgie Mae cem
etery with graveside rites con
ducted by the Rev. L. D. Hay
man of Southport.
Lewis is survived by his father,
Captain Walter Lewis of South
port; two sons, David Lewis and
Robert Lee Lewis; one brother,
Walter Preston Lewis, of More
head City; and two sisters, Mrs.
Harold Spencer of Southport and
Mrs. Louis Youman of Harkers
Island.
Maintenance Of
School Plants
Is Major Job
Efforts to provide additional
classroom space of a temporary
or portable nature and efforts
to keep old school facilities In
a good state of repair are major
Items in the report that Super
intendent of Schools A. W. Taylor
recently submitted to the Board
of Education on progress In the
Brunswick county schools during
the past two years.
Pointing out that needs are far
in excess of funds available for
building maintenance and
construction, Taylor said that
the lack of adequate classrooms
remains the greatest problem
faced by the school system.
In the way of new facilities
three mobile classroom units
have been purchased, one at Le
land High School and two at Union
High School, and three semi
portable units have been con
structed at Southport High School.
A new boiler room was construct
ed at Bolivia High School, a
new gymtorlum recently com
pleted at Lincoln High School,
and a storage room built for
the Southport School Cafeteria.
"We have a total of nine main
tenance employees,” Taylor
saiu. ■■rrom tnree to nve oi
these have been kept busy on
new construction almost con
tinually for the past two years.
"The county maintenance force
built the boiler room at Bolivia,
the three temporary units and
storage rooir. at Southport,
installed the heating system In the
Lincoln g- mtorlum and recon
structed the grandstand at
BCHS,” Taylor continued. "All
of these projects would not or
dinarily be considered to be a
part of maintenance work, but we
did them In the effort to make our
money go as far as possible."
While part of the total main
tenance force has been oecupi**^
with new construction, the re
mainder have had to take care of
all regular and emergency main
tenance Items according to the
superintendent’s report.
In addition to items of a gen
eral nature, such as replacing
window panes, painting and minor
plumbing repairs, the main
tenance force has hauled 1,600
tons of coal from the rail termi
nal at L eland to the Individual
schools and has distribute
a considerable quantity of lunch
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Expand Limits
Of Ocean Isle
A bill calling for the first an
nexation in the history of Ocean
Isle Beach passed the State House
of Representatives Monday and
moved on to the Senate.
The new proposal will annex
to the town of Ocean Isle Beach
an area including some eight
cottages. If approved it will be
the first expansion at Long Beach
since the town was incorporated
in 1959.
The measure, introduced by
Rep. Odell Williamson, describes
the proposed annexation as an
area beginning at the Homer L.
Johnston property at the Old
Sound Creek and running with
the Johnston line to the low
water mark of the Atlantic to
Tub’s Inlet and back to the Old
Sound Creek and the Western
line of Johnston’s property.
Bellamy Heads State Committee
COMMITTEE—This is the N. C. Soil and Water Conservation Committee of which
James D. Bellamy of Shallotte is chairman. Included, front row left to right,
sident of the North Carolina Associa-are James T. Moss, Youngsville, vice pre
tion of Soil and water Conservation Districts; Bellamy, Dr. Roy L. Loworn,
vice chairman of the committe and director of the North Carolina Agricultu
ral Experiment Station, Back row, Dr George Hyatt, Jr., director of the North
Carolina Argicultural, Extension Service; Thomas H. Bonham, Arden, NCASCD
president; Tom Newman, Clinton, and Fred Claridge, State Forester.
James D. Bellamy, Jr., has
been named chairman of the North
Carolina Soil and Water Con
servation Committee to succeed
jL>r. Davis S. Weaver, who has
held this position for the past
15 years..
Other members of the com
*tt#t4v**«* Jarpe.s jiv
Youngs vflle, vice president of the
N. C. Association of Soil and
Walter Conservation Districts;
Dr. Roy L. Lovvorn, vice-chair
man of the committee. Di
rector of the K. C. Agricultural
Experiment Station; Dr. George
Hyatt, Jr., Director of N. C.
Agricultural Extension Service;
Thomas H. Bonham, Arden, NC
ASCD president; Tom Newman,
Clinton, and Fred Claridge,State
Forester.
A native of Shallotte, the new
chairman has been a member of
his local board of supervisors
in Brunswick County for over 15
years. He served as chairman
of the Lower Cape Fear District
board until early 1964 when the
five-county district was sub
divided into four districts. He
is currently chairman of his
Brunswick District board. With
a near perfect attendance re
cord at local, state and national
association meetings, Bellamy
has been active in all phases of
soil and water conservation dis
trict work.
This is his third year as a
member of the State Committee,
the state agency under which dis
tricts conduct their programs.
He Is Immediate past president
of the N. C. Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
tricts.
As a beef cattle and tobacco
farmer near Shallotte, he is quite
active In many other civic or
ganizations and other groups.
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Time And Tide
It was March 23, I960, and Register of Deeds Henry M. Hick
mtui of Hickman’s Crossroads announced he would not be a can
didate for re-election because of health reasons and Durwood
T. Clark of Leland, a member of the board of commissioners,
filed for the office.
Members of the board of commissioners held a “bond-fire”
to burn $25,000 worth of cancelled bonds they recently paid off
to reduce the county’s indebtedness. The Civil Aeronautics Board,
meeting in Wilmington, opened a full-scale investigation into the
National Airlines crash near Bolivia in January.
It was March 23, 1S55, and a bill was introduced in the General
Assembly to name Dr. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte, Roy Sellers of
Bolivia and Thomas St. George of Southport to membership on
the board of education.
J°el L. Moore, Jr., of Southport was named director of the
Orlando, Florida, Convention Bureau. Rev. Lawrence Bridges
was collecting information to write a history of Brunswick coun
ty. Young people at the four Methodist churches in the county
were to participate in a Christian Witness Mission Saturday and
Sunday at Trinity Church in Southport.
It was March 22, 1950, and the gardens at Orton Plantation
had reached the height of their season’s beauty and visitors could
see a panorama of brilliant colors. The State Port Pilot published
on Tuesday because the Southport to Myrtle Beach motor boat
race was scheduled for Wednesday.
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Duke Professor
Heads Engineers
DR. EARL I. BROWN
Taylor Heads
Beta Council
Superintendent A. W. Taylor,
chairman of the executive com
mittee of the State Beta Council,
will be in charge of the group’s
convention in Asheville next
month in which a Shallotte girl is
the only" candidate for state
secretary.
Superintendent Taylor will be
in charge of the program, talent,
candidates and the dance after
the banquet at the State Beta
Convention in Asheville April
8-10.
LeDane Williamson, daughter
of Representative and Mrs. Odell
Williamson and a junior at Shal
lotte High School, is the only
candidate to announce thus far
for the state secretary post.
Morry Watkins of Bolivia has
been named chief convention
usher. He will be assisted by
Winfred Lesh, Carlton Sellers
and Alfred Miraravlc, all of
Bolivia, Wade Beard of South
port, Earl Smith of Waccamaw,
Wayne Shew of Leland and Ron
ald Hewett of Shallotte.
Joe Walton To
Head Jaycees
The election of new officers
with Joe Walton named presi
dent highlighted a meeting of the
Southport Junior Chamber of
Commerce at the Jaycee Build
ing Tuesday night.
Other new officers include
First Vice President Ed Royal,
Second Vice President Harold
Perkins, Secretary David M.
Blackwell, Treasurer W. C.
Jones and Jaybird Lesley Baker.
Bill Love and Hoyle Dosher were
named to the Board ofDirectors.
President William Powell said
the new officers will be install
ed at a banquet meeting at the
Jaycee Building April 27. The
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Dr. Bari £ Brown, H, Chair- ;
man of the department of civil
engineering of the Co.lege of
Engineering at Duke University,
has been elected president of
the North Carolina Section at l
the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE).
He was one of eight new officers
and members of the group’s board
of directors named to head the
organization of approximately
550 civil engineers residing in
the state of North Carolina. ■
Others elected were Emory
L. Wilson, Winston-Salem, first
vice-president; Irving Tourtel
lot , Charlotte, second vice
president; Ira W. Pearce, Char
lotte, secretary-treasurer.
Joining the newly elected of
ficers are these members of
the Section’s board of directors:
Leon C. Cheek, Jr., the im
mediate past president, of West
Charlotte; Henry M. von Oesen,
Eastern Branch representative,
Wilmington; Bertrand K. Thorn
ley, Jr., Southern Branch rep
resentative, Charlotte; and
Maxon H. King, Northern Branch
representative, Greensboro.
The new officials will take
office on April 1.
Dr. Brown is the nephew of
the late Col. Earl I. Brown of
Southport and is married to the
former Miss Anna Taylor, daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
C. Ed Taylor of Southport.
Honor Members
Of School Band
The Brunswick County High
School band had six members o f
its senior band selected to the
All-District Band of the South
eastern District Band and Or
chestra Association.
They are Janice Gore, Brenda
Galloway, Joseph Douglas—
trumpets; Patricia Price, Gloria
F. McKenzie—clarinets; and
Agnes Bernard—horn.
These students were chosen
at the district clinic which was
held February 28 at E. S. Smith
Senior High School at Fayette
ville. Selections were based
on the execution of scales,
articulation patterns, sight read
ing and general musicianship with
all selections made by a group
of clinicians from the Army band
at Fort Bragg.
Some two hundred bandsmen
participated in the clinic with
the hope of being chosen as a
part of the sixty-five piece con
cert band. It should be noted
that the clinic was not de
signed for competition, but to
have specialized instrumentalist
point out to the students their
weaknesses and relate to them
helpful hints to help raise the
calibre of musicians in this area.
As a climax to their selection,
the group went to Fayetteville
Saturday, March 6, to rehearse
with the All-District Band and
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Four Brunswick
Students Work ;
In Legislature :
3y Rep. Odell Williamson ■ “
The most Important thing that
took place this past week In the
General Assembly was Gov. Dan
K. Moore's revised budget
speech. All the members of the
General Assembly were In
terested in knowing what the gov
ernor was going to advocate for
the spending of the money in the
next two years. It was no sur
prise to the lawmakers for Gov
ernor Moore to stick by his guns
In regard to the 10 per cent
raise for state employees. Ifeel
sure that most of his rec
ommendations will be carried
out. However, It is still the
responsibility of the Legislature
to divide the revenue up where
It is needed most.
Some people frequently accuse
some of the lawmakers of intro
ducing legislation for the purpose
of getting publicity. About ten
days ago, a bill that carried
this label was introduced in the
House that would require a person
who is 65 years old or older to
get his automobile driver's li
cense renewed once every year. A
lot of people cf course feel that
the bill has some merit as a high
way safety measure, and it might
in some isolated instances. But
I would like to point out that some
people are older at 35 than others
are at 65 in many respects.- I
see no reason to cause this par
ticular group all this trouble, and
I can assure you I will vote
affainst this hill.
We were able to get rid of
one bill in which I was very
interested, and that was the bill
to double the minimum require
ment for compulsory liability
insurance. This bill created
some long debate prior to the
time of its defeat. -
Several other bills that had
created considerable interest
were also killed during the past
week. Among them were the
bill to have Daylight Savings
Time during the summer months
and the bill changing the day for
holding a primary election from
Saturday to Tuesday.
Last week there was a bill i*
Introduced in the House that calls
for a constitutional amendment
. to have the General Assembly
meet once every year instead
of every two years as we do
now. The state of South Caro
lina has this arrangement, but
frankly I am against it. The
North Carolina General as
sembly has been getting along .
very well by meeting on a Dien
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Scholarship To
Shallotte Girl ■
A honor student at Shallotte
high school has been awarded
a merit scholarship to attend
Methodist College in Fayette
ville, says Principal Winfred
Johnson. ‘«
Brenda Tripp, 18, daughter Of
Mrs. Pauline Tripp of Shallotte,
received word Monday that she
had been awarded a $575 scholar
ship to attend Methodist College*
Miss Tripp is a senior at
Shallotte and one of the lead
ing candidates for valedictorian
honors at the Brunswick county
school. She has been an active
student for four years, serving
as president of several clubs,
editor of the yearbook and as a
cheerleader.
Principal Johnson said 13
members of the senior class at
Shallotte have been accepted for
college for next year. Miss
Tripp is the first one to receive
a scholarship, he added. -
Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours asre
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. M.
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:mA. M.
1:02 P. M. 7:22 t. M.