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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume 24
No. 41
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1965
Si AOOPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Accident Near
Bolivia Causes
Highway Death
The second traffic fatality of
the year occurred In Brunswick
county early Saturday morning
when a head-on collision between
two New Jersey automobiles near
Bolivia resulted In death for one
of the drivers.
Jack R. Lamphere, 32, a Jersey
City, N. J., man who had been
living In Supply for the past
several weeks, was killed when
his car crashed head-on into
another automobile on U. S. 17
two miles north of Bolivia about
3:30 a. m,, according to Patrol
men Billy Day and Craig Howell.
Ruby Causey Burton of New
York City, the driver of the
other car, suffered a broken leg
and cuts. A passenger, James I
Cashin of Edison, N. J., the owner
of the car, suffered minor In
juries. Both were taken to James
Walker Hospital in Wilmington.
Patrolman Day said Lamphere
was travelling south on U. S.
17 when he crossed the center
line and crashed head-on into
the car driven by the Burton
woman.
Coroner Lowell Bennett said
no inquest will be held. It was
the second traffic death In Bruns
wick county this year.
New Pastor At
1 Baptist Church
A Fayetteville minister has
been called to serve as the new
pastor of the Southport Baptist
Churcn and he will arrive Thurs
day to assume his duties.
Rev. E. C. Chambl.ee, 56,
pastor of the Cedar Falls Baptist
Church In Fayetteville for the
past eight years, will succeed
Rev. Mark Owens at Southport's
largest church. Rev. Owens re
signed in August to accept a call
to Hudson.
Rev. Chambiee is a veteran
Baptist minister. He served for
two years as the missionary for
the Wilmington Association. He
has served as pastor of churches
ini Farmvllle and Burlington be
fore going to Fayetteville.
He has been active in Baptist
work, serving on the general
board for the Baptist State Con
vention for a two year term.
The new Southport minister is
a graduate of Wake Forest Col
lege and the Southern Baptist
Theological Siminary in Louis
ville, Ky.
Rev. and Mrs. Chambiee, who
will live at the parsonage, have
> one married son. He Is the di
rector of music at Chowan Col
lege and working on his doc
tor’s degree at the University
of North Carolina.
Rev. Chambiee was selected
for the Southport church by the
pulpit committee which was com
;b- posed of Chairman E. J. Pre
vatte, Mrs. Fred Smith, William
C. Love and Kirby Sullivan.
Erie/ Bits 0/8
NEWS-1
FEED GRAIN SIGN-UP
Some 510 Brunswick county
farmers signed up to divert 568.1
acres of corn, 33.1 of grain
sorghum and 45 acres of barley
under the feed grain program and
received $86,019.58 In advance
payments, says ASCS Manager
Ralph Price. The slgn-up ended
Friday.
BARBECUE SUPPER
Barbecue plate meals will be
sold at the Leland Fire Depart
ment Friday and Saturday. Pro
ceeds will by used to build glass
rooms at the Bethel Free Will
Baptist church.
SEEKS RELATIVES
A woman from Utah wishes
to correspond with decendents of
Benjamin Taylor who married
Nancy Williams. Family sheets
with data on Thomas Taylor and
Penelope Goodwyn will be
appreciated. She has data to
exchange. W rite Cor die D, J ack
son, 920 E. 7800 South, Midvale,
Utah.
JULY FOURTH PLANS
City Manager C, D. Pickerrell
was advised Tuesday from the
office of Representative Alton
Lennon that the 2nd Marine Divi
sion Band will be in Southport
for the Fourth of July Festival.
BENEFIT SUPPER
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church will
sponsor a benefit barbecue and
chicken noodle supper on Sat
urday, April 10 between the hours
of 5-9 p. m., at the educational
building of the church. Home
made cakes and pies will also
be on sale. All proceeds go to
the “New Church Building
Fund."
Jaycees Sponsor Cub Scouts
CHARTER—Harold Aldridge, left, institutional re
presentative, presents the charter for the Southport
Cub Scouts to Jaycee President William Powell at
ceremonies here Monday night. (Photo by 'Albert
Dosher).
Salary Hike Bill
Affects Officials
LT. ALFRED R. TURNER, JR.
New Officer
At Sunny Point
Lt. Alfred R. Turner, Jr.,
United States Navy, of Ridgewood,
New Jersey, has reported for
duty at Sunny Point Army
Terminal with assignment as
Military Sea Transportation Ser
vice Representative. He replaces
Lt. Commander Robert T. Nixon,
who is being assigned to Vietnam.
Lt. Turner is a graduate of
Ridgewood High School, N. J.,
and Bates College in Lewiston,
Maine.
He received his commission
after attending Officers’ Can
didate School at Newport, R. I.
Prior to his assignment to
Sunny Point, Lt. Turner has per
formed duty at Long Beach, Cal
ifornia, the Far East, and New
port, R. I.
He is married to the former
Ema M. Hollenger of Admo.it,
Austria.
They have one child, a son,
Alfred, age 3-1/2 months. They
will reside in the U. S. Govern
ment quarters at Fort Johnston,
Southport, during his tour of duty
at Sunny Point.
Republicans To
Attend Rally
The Brunswick County Re
publican Party will hold a fund
raising dinner at Coleman’s
Restaurant at Calabash Friday
night beginning at 7 o'clock
featuring John Wilkinson of
Washington.
"I want to personally invite
all voters to attend the rally
and hear John Wilkinson, who
is one of the best Republican
speakers in the state,” Chair
man H. L. Willetts of Bolivia
declared.
Wilkinson, an attorney, has
been called “Mr. Republican
in Eastern North Carolina” be
cause of his many activities on
behalf of the GOP in the stal,\
A first class orator, he once
ran for the United State Senate.
He was a delegate to the national
convention in California in July.
Tickets can be purchased from
the various Republican workers
in the townships of Brunswick
county. They will also be on
sale at the door.
Serving of the seafood dinner
will get underway at 7 p. m.
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A bill calling for “substantial
salary raises" for Brunswick
County officials was Introduced
In the General Assembly by Rep
resentative Odell Williamson
Monday.
The salary Increases in the
bill generally average less than
$1,000 annually. Some of the
raises are based on the number
of days that officials are called
to work.
The Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners asked Rep
resentative Williamson several
weeks ago to introduce legisla
tion to Increase the salaries of
elected officials "substan
tially.” Representative William
son decided what the new salaries
were to be and introduced the
bill. The pay hikes will be
retroactive to March 1.
The proposal, under consider
ation by Representative William
son for about a month, has been
outlined to the commissioners
seeking their approval of the
amount of pay hike In each post.
Under terms of the bill the pay
of Superior Court Clerk Jack
Brown and Register of Deeds
Durwood Clark would climb from
$4,500 to $5,200 annually. The
clerk of court’s salary also In
cludes compensation as clerk of
Recorder’s Court and as Juvenile
judge.
Clark would be required to
continue to serve as clerk to
the commissioners.
The salary of Sheriff E. V.
Leonard was Increased to $5,500
under the bill.
(Continued On Page Three)
Brunswick Bus
Record Good
For Past Year
Brunswick county school buses
traveled over 488,935 miles with
out a major accident and trans
ported an average of 4,534 stu
dents to and from school each
day without serious injury dur
ing the 1963-64 school year,
according to Superintendent A.
W. Taylor.
“The record of school trans
portation In Brunswick county
is excellent,” said Superinten
dent Taylor. “We operate a fleet
of 76 buses, practically all of
which are manned by student
drivers. We are proud of the
job they do.”
In direct charge of repairs
and servicing of buses is Head
Mechanic, Herman S. Love, a
crew of three mechanics and one
gasman. Thomas Brown is the,
transportation bookkeeper. r'
The total cost of operating
the county’s school trans
portation system last year was
$87,184.62. Of this total $21,
634.00 was paid out in salaries
to bus drivers. “These figures
may seem quite large,” com
mented Superintendent Taylor,
“but in reality are quite modes.
Each driver, for example, made
only $27.50 per month, which
is small pay compared to the
magnitude of the job.
He also pointed out that when
the total cost is divided by the
number of pupils transported,
that the actual cost was 11 cents
per pupil per day.
"Love and his men do a fine
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Missionary Is
Speaker For
WMU Meeting
Southern Rhodesia as amission
field of Southern Baptists, the
progress being made in the work
and the needs yet to be met were
the points brought out by the Rev.
Gene Phillips, missionary to
Southern Rhodesia, home on fur
lough, as he spoke to members
of Woman’s Missionary Union of
the Brunswick Baptist Associa
tion in its annual meeting held at
the Boone’s Neck Baptist Church
last Monday, Following the mes
sage of the Rev. Mr. Phillips,
there was a question and answer
period during which members of
the Union were encouraged to ask
questions about ills work in South
ern Rhodesia.
At the business meeting, held
immediately following dinner on
the grounds, committee reports
were heard and a resolution was
passed regarding the concern
of members of Woman’s Mission
ary Union over the problems
engendered by unsavory movies
and salacious reading matter.
Members pledged their individ
ual and united efforts to take
appropriate steps in this area
to bring public opinion to bear
upon the problem.
Officers for the coming year
were installed and a prayer of
dedication was led by Mi s. Cora
Frink of Shallotte. Those being
Installed were: Mrs. Catherine
King of Leland as president; Mrs.
Margaret C. MoRackan of South
port, as vice president; Mrs.
Nora Mae Beckham of Leland,
secretary - treasurer; Mrs.
Naomi R. Clemmons of Supply,
community missions chairman;
Mrs. Susie S. Carson of South
port, program chairman; Mrs.
Edna Bennett of Shallotte, mis
sion study chairman, Mrs. Ger
trude Williams of Bolivia, prayer
chairman; Mrs. Mary Beck Cor
bett of Leland, stewardship
chairman; Mrs. Kenneth White
of Shallotte, director of young
Woman’s Auxiliary; Mrs. Ann
M. Price of Southport, director
of Girls Auxiliary; and Mrs.
Ozalla C. Phelps of Southport,
director of the Sunbeam Band.
The 1966 meeting of the or
ganization will be held at the
Farmers Chapel Baptist Church.
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Two Brothers
Held For Trial
Two Columbus county broth
ers, charged In five counts each
of breaking, entering, larceny
and carrying away, In theft, si
Brunswick and Columbus county
stores, waived a preliminary
hearing in Recorder’s court In
Southport Monday and were
bounded over to Superior Court,
Culbreth Simmons, 31, and
James Oliver Simmons, 21, will
be tried In the May t'-rm of
Superior court on the above
charges. Bond was set at $2,
500 each after their lawyer S,
Bunn Frink of Shallotte, success
fully appealed to reduce the
origlnlal $5,000 figure.
The Simmons brothers con
fessed to five break-ins In Bruns
wick and Columbus counties
during the months of January,
February and March when they
were arrested last week by the
Sheriffs department, aided by
Waccamaw Township Constable
Nelson Babson.
They are charged with entering
George Fiver’s Store at Ash on
January 3 and taking $106, Lonnie
Evans Grocery In Ash, February
6, $500; Hughes Grocery In Long
wood, March 11, $300; Ennis
Long's Gulf Station at Supply,
(Continued On Page Four)
Gas Burning Demonstration
BURNS—Mrs Gladys Johnson is shown here with a jar of gas taken from a
ditch in the pasture at Magnolia Dairy. The gas has been ignited and is shown
burning with a hot, blue flame. The interested young onlooker is her son, Buz
(Staff photo by Allen).
Cancer Crusade In
Progress In County
The Brunswick county unit of
the American Cancer Society will
kick off the 1965 fund raising
campaign Thursday under the
leadership of Southport Attorney
A. H. Gainey, Jr., according to
M rs. H. Foster Mlntz of Bolivia,
president of the county unit.
A goal of $5,000 has been
set for the cancer drive In Bruns
wick county during the month
long campaign which will be con
ducted by mall this year.
Gainey will serve as the
crusade chairman In Brunswick
He will be assisted by Vice
Chairman A. C. Cavlness of
Southport, principal of Brunswick
County High School.
“The degree of our success in
the massive campaign directed at
reducing and ultimately eliminat
ing the ravages caused by cancer
and the time when It Is achieved,
whether early or late, depends
upon teamwork,” Gainey pointed
out. “I urge each and every
one of our citizens to contribute
to this worthy cause in order
that we might assure ultimate
victory over cancer."
Gainey, 34, who serves as the
solicitor of Brunswick County
Recorder’s court, is a native of
Time And Tide
K9C3004
It was March 30, 1960, and The State Port Pilot published a
special 14-page section of the development of the Tranquil Har
bour area of Long Beach. Deputy Sheriff H. G. Radcllffe announced
he would be a candidate tor Register of Deeds.
Robert Lee King, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. King of Supply,
received a $3,000 teaching fellowship at Appalachian State Teach
ers College. Rev. William E. Pauley, Jr., pastor of the Southport
and New Hope Presbyterian churches, resigned to accept a position
at Flora Macdonald College.
It was March 30, 1955, and Col. William A. McAleer arrived
In Southport to become the first commanding officer of Sunny
Point, whose name was to Include no reference to Wilmington
or outloading according to the Army. Snow fell In the Supply-Holden
Beach area of the county Monday.
Rev. William L. Hicks was to be ordained Into the priesthood
of the Episcopal Church Tuesday at services at St. Philip's Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Livingston were Installed as the Worthy
Patrol and Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star In Southport.
It was March 29, 1950, and Harry L. Mintz of Shallotte said he
would be a candidate for the House of Representatives while J. W.
Ruark of Southport was running tor Judge. Mrs. Ida B. Parker
was serving as the postmaster of Shallotte.
Retired Lt. Commander W. R. Bomberger was elected com
mander of the Brunswick County American Legion Post. A new
appointee, Dewey Anderson, was elected chairman of the Coun
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A. H. GAINEY, JR.
Leland. He is a graduate of
Leland High School and Wake
Forest College and Law School.
He has been practicing law In
Southport for the past five years.
In addition to serving as solici
tor, he is town attorney for
Shailotte and Bolivia, He is also
the attorney for the Brunswick
County Welfare Board.
A former chairman of the Heart
Fund drive In the county, Gainey
is married to the former Miss
Barbara Lewis of Leland. They
have three children: Steven, 10,
Brett, 7, and Suzanne 6. They
live In Southport.
(Continued On Page Three)
Arrested For
Taking Relics
A Lumberton college student
was arrested Tuesday morning
on charges of removing several
artifacts from the Brunswick
Town Historical site grounds with
the use of a metal locating de
vice.
Alexander T. McLean, in, 20,
will enter a plea of guilty In
Recorder's Court In Southport
Monday. Bond has been set
at $200.
According to Bill Faulk, site
assistant and security officer at
Brunswick Town, McLean used
a metal locating device to re
move several artifacts. The
items removed included one fry
ing pan handle, a .58 calibre
three-ring mlnle ball (bullet),
one clay pipe stem, several
pieces of colonial and Con
federate pottery and two pieces
(Continued On Page Three)
Several stockholders and
property owners of the North
Carolina Gas and Oil Company,
Inc., observed gas found near
Southport burn during a dem
onstration at Mack's Cafe In
Southport Thursday afternoon.
They were warned not to sell
their property to speculators and
to be on the lookout for oil
companies and their representa
tives trying to sell them out..
"We are organized of the
people, by the people and for
the people," Mrs. Arthur White
of Pender county told the stock
holders.
The corporation, formed to
promote the harnessing of natural
gas discovered In Eastern North
Carolina recently, discussed
many aspects of the business
before testing the gas found near
Southport. Three of the four
jars of gas caught fire.
A sample captured by Herbert
Swain, former chairman of the
board of county commissioners,
and one from Price’s creek
Ignited with a small flame for
a few seconds. But when a
match was dropped Into a sample
from Mrs. Margie Stevens’ land
at Magnolia Dairy, flames shot
up several inches.
The meeting was called by
G. W. McGlamery and attended
by seven persons. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur White and their son,
Floyd, of Penderlea explained
how the corporation works.
Floyd, a 19-year-old college
student, first discovered the gas
three years ago. After an In
vestigation, news came out In
January that gas had been dis
covered In North Carolina. He
was Interviewed on NBC TV
news.
Tests will be made and wells
dug In the near future to find
out If It Is natural or swamp
gas and to see if it can be
harnessed and sold.
Mrs. White said the cor
poration has assets of more than
$286,000, with no subscription In
excess of $1,000.
Originally established for
North Carolina residents only,
she pointed out that some out
of-state persons had purchased
shares by mistake.
Brunswick county residents
are well represented in the cor
poration. A large number of
stockholders are from Bolivia,
Southport and Leland while one
Is from Shallotte.
Because of the Investments,
the corporation has enough money
to purchase equipment, conduct
examinations and dig at least
three wells. A wen-known
geophysicist, who the leaders
would not Identify, has been hired.
Mrs. White warned the stock
holders several times to be on
the lookout for gas company rep
resentatives and speculators who
would sell them out If they had
a chance. "We have had
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Williamson To;
Call Fishermen
In Conference i
By REP. ODELL WILLIAMSON
During the time I was running
to be nominated and elected to the
House of Representatives, I
promised the commercial fish
ermen and oystermen of Bruns
wick County that I would meet
with them some time while the
General Assembly is in session
to try to work out with them afly
legislation that could be intro
duced to further the cause of
this Industry. T
I am calling this meeting to
be held at 1 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, April 17, at the Na
tional Guard Armory in Shallotte.
Any person that would like to hear
the proposals before the Legis
lature concerning this industry
and those who would like to maKe
some suggestions that would help
are invited to attend.
During our stay in Ralefgh the
lawmakers are not only kept
busy attending to the matters of
legislation, but we are also in
vited to attend many meetings
held by various organizations
in the city and state. For instance,
Tuesday night of this past week!
had the pleasure of attending a
dinner meeting of the Raleigh
Advertising Club. The mayor
of Raleigh, Jim Reid, was the
principal speaker. He pointed out
how advertising helps preserve
our democratic form of govern
ment by supporting newspapers,
magazines, radio and television.
When a person pays 10? for a
paper, he might think he is payr
ing the cost of the paper. Butthi$
is not the case. Without adver
tising, the paper could not be
published and sold at the small
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West Street To
Keep Its Trees
Mayor Eugene Tomlinson and
City Manager C. D. Pickerrell
met last week with State High
way Officials concerning Im
provements planned tor West St.
This meeting was arranged by
Mayor Tomlinson in response to
many statements of interest and
alarm about the possibility
of some of the large oak trees
having to be removed.
The Highway Department's
plan called for widening and re
surfacing the street to a 22
foot width, which would have re
quired the removal of three or
four of the largest trees along
the street.
Mayor Tomlinson stated the
city’s official position in the
matter as being the desire to
see no trees lost until actual
use of the street plainly Indicate
that there is no other alternative.
Highway officials then agreed
upon request of the mayor and
city manager that the street will
be resurfaced at its present width
of 18-feet with no trees being
lost in this improvement. The
resurfacing work should begin in
June or July. The highway
officials also agreed that the
repaving will be done with plant
mix hot asphalt, making this one
of the best surfaced streets in
town.
Mayor Tomlinson stated to tills
paper that the present board of
aldermen is unanimous in the
decision that if traffic should
prove too heavy for the 18
foot street, consideration will
be given to establishing one-way
traffic into the terminal by way
of West St. and exit by another
street, perhaps Brown or St.
George Street, rather than widen
West St. and lose any of the
trees. 1
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, April 1,
7:25 A. M. 1:28 A. M
7:40 P. M. 1:49 P. M
Friday, April 2,
8:03 A. M. 2:11 A. M
8:19 P. M. 2:28 P. M
Saturday, April 8,
8:41 A. M. 2:53 A. M
9:01 P. M. 3:07 p. M
Sunday, April 4,
9:22 A. M. 3:36 A. M
9:45 P. M. 3:48 P. M
Monday. Anrtl 5
10:06 A. M.
10:35 P. M.
Tuesday,
10:58 A. M.
11:30 P. M
Wednesday,
11:58 A. M.
4:23 A. M
4:33 P. M
April 6.
5:14 A. M
A22 P_M
April 7,
6:11 A. M
6:19 P. M