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Volume 24
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, April 7, 1965
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VISITORS—Members of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Press Association met in South
port Friday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr. This picture was taken of the
group on the steps in front of the Harper house. They are, back row, left to right, Orville Campbell, J. D.
Fitz, Mrs Harper, C. M. Ogle; middle row, Henry Weathers, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Paul Dickson, Mrs. Ogle
and Mrs. Don Hall; second row, Mrs. Jay Huskins, Mr. Huskins, Carl Jeffress, Mrs. Elizabeth Swindell,
Mr. Harper; foreground, Mrs. Curtis Russ, Mr. Dickson, Mr. Russ and Mr. Hall. (Staff Photo by Allen).
Staggered Term
For Shallotte
A bill has been introduced In
the North Carolina General
Assembly In Raleigh to allow
Shallotte residents to elect the
mayor and members of the Board
of Aldermen on a staggered term
Under the proposed law, the
mayor and two aldermen
receiving the highest number of
votes in the municipal election
May e win De elected for four
year terms. The candidates tor
the board receiving the third,
tourth, and fifth highest number
of votes will be elected for two
year terms. Every two years,
only three seats will be at stake.
Previously, the mayor and five
aldermen had to run every two
years in the municipal elections.
, , The bill was introduced in the
General Assembly by Rep
resentative Odell Williamson last
Wednesday. It has the approval
of the present Shallotte board.
The municipal election in Shal
lotte will be held on May 4.
The polling place will be the Town
Hall.
Henry C. Stone has been ap
pointed registrar for the election.
Murry DeHart and Ava Mil
iiken have been named judges.
The registration books will be
open for new names for only
seven days. They will open at
9 a. m. Friday, April 16, and
close April 24. The books will
be open from 9 a. m. until 5
6. m. except on April 17 when they
will remain open until 9 p. m.
Challenge day will be April 24.‘
Brief Bits Of
HERRING FRY
Town Creek American Legion
Post No. 445 is having their
annual herring fish fry Saturday
night at Walker Landing 1/2 mile
north of Town Creek Bridge on
U. S. 17. Everyone is invited.
RECEPTION SUNDAY
Rev. E. C. Chamblee, the new
pastor of the Southport Baptist
Church and his wife, will be
honored at a reception Sunday
from 3:30 until 5:30 p. m. at
the Daughters of America Build
ing. The public is invited.
TALENT SHOW FRIDAY
The Talent Show, sponsored by
the Junior Class of Southport
High School, originally scheduled
for Tuesday, April 13, at 8 p.
m. has been changed to Friday,
April 9, In the high school
auditorium. This change has
been made due to the Holy Week
church services. Tickets are
being sold by members of the
class and also will be sold at
the door.
Press Meeting Is
Members of the Board of Di
rectors of the North Carolina
Press association held a busi
ness meeting Friday morning in
Southport as a part of the two
day visit of members and their
wives to this city.
The newspaper people arrived
here Thursday afternoon in time
for supper before attending the
premier performance of “Sound
and Light” at the Battleship North
Carolina. Later they attended the
reception aboard the battleship.
J. D. Fitz, secretary-treas
urer of the Press Association, is
a member of the N. C. Battle
ship Commission. Orville Camp
bell, publisher of the Chapel Hill
Weekly, was chairman of the
Battleship Advisory Committee
named by Governor Luther H.
Hodges to investigate the feasi
bility of bringing the Showboat
to North Carolina as a war me
morial. James C. Bowman of
Southport also was a member
of that original committee.
They spent the night at River
side Motel in Southport and spent
the time prior to their Friday
morning business session walk
ing along the waterfront and visit
ing points of interest in the town.
Following lunch, they went on
a tour of Brunswick Town and
Orton Gardens. At the historic
site Stanley South served as their
guide. Later they went over to
Yaupon Beach, where they were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Sharpe at a cocktail party.
Most of the press delegation
spent Friday night in Southport
and left for their respective
homes on Saturday moring.
Among the visitors were Mr.
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Long Beach To
Hold Election
The political kettle at Long
Beach is boiling with candidates
for the Board of Commissioners
in what promises to be the first
election in the town’s history
in which only residents can run
for office and vote.
One Incumbent and five new
comers to politics have filed
for the three seats vacant on
the Long Beach Board of Com
missioners.
The candidates who have paid
their $5 filing fees Include In
cumbent Ed Morgan, Mrs.
Sanford Bedfield, James H. Kyle,
William C. Love, Bill Dorsett
and Willard Ferrell.
The board recently revised the
town charter while under pres
sure from resident seeking home
rule to allow only residents to
run for seats on the board and
vote in town elections.
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JOHN WILKINSON
Sub“Committee
Goes To Work
By REP. ODELL WILLIAMSON
This past week the Ap
propriations Committee listened
to their last requests for ad
ditional money from various de
partments and agencies seeking
increases over and above what
is already recommended in the
budget On a resolution
authorizing the chairmen of the
House and Senate Appropria
tions Committees to name a sub
committee to work on the budget
and requests to bring them in
line with the available revenue.
To accomplish this job, 15
members will be appointed from
the House Appropriations Com
mittee and 10 from the Seante
Appropriations Committee.
There will be other sub
committees named to check into
the money situation in other
agencies like the State Board
of Education, the Welfare De
partment, and probably the High
way Department. The members
of this Appropriations sub
committee are generally ap
pointed so that all areas of the
state are pretty well represent
ed and I do not anticipate serv
ing on this committee. How
ever, I probably will be called
on to serve on another subcom
mittee to look into the financial
status of one of the state agencies.
Of course, any action taken by
the subcommittees will have to
be approved by the whole com
mittee and then by the General
Assembly.
House making it permissible
for law enforcement officers to
change the color of their signal
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Says Goldwater
Warnings Are J,
Coming True
Bruis wick County Republicans
were warned by John Wilkinson
of Washington, not to give up
and let America die, when he
spoke at a rally at Calabash
Friday night.
“Don’t give up,” Wilkfnson,
an Eastern North Carolini Re
publican leader, told sortie 40
GOP faithful at the rally. *‘Our
forefathers had to fight a much
tougher battle to preserve their
liberty.”
“Speak out for your beliefs
and you will not be alone,” he
continued. “Do. vour best and
don’t let America die.”
America was established as
a union of states, ha said. It
provided freedom for the people,
not unlimited and centralized
authority.
“This concept of government
was the American way for cen
turies,” he pointed out. “Even
the leaders who opposed the idea
gave it lip-service. Today they
oppose it in the open.
“The government promises
something for nothing for every
one”, he continued. “What is
the Great Society? It is Wash
ington guaranteeing the abundant
life to everyone. But the only
way it can be done is to put
the people in shackles, something
our forefathers fought against.”
Wilkinson said that everyxmug
Barry Goldwater said about
foreigh policy in the 1964 cam
paign is coming true today.
“They called him trigger-happy
when he advocated the same
policies in Viet Nam then that
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Services Set
For Holy Week
Holy week services will be con
ducted for three nights next week
at the Southport Presbyterian
Church, according to Rev. Robert
Childs.
Rev. Childs will conduct the
services on Wednesday night
while Rev. Richard Holshouser,
pastor of the Acme Presbyterian
Church, will be In charge of
Maundy Thursday Communion on
Thursday and Rev. Jackie Coop
er, pastor of the Oak Island Bap
tist Church, will preach Friday
night. The services will begin
each night at 8 o'clock.
Rev. Childs said light refresh
ments will be served each night
after the services.
Protest Bill
Governing City
Power Business
Mayor Eugene Tomlinson has
requested support from Senator
Carl Meares and Representative
Odell Williamson against a bill
now before the North Carolina
General Assembly which would
prevent towns from having com
plete jurisdiction over electric
suppliers within the corporate
limits of the town.
“The passage of this bill could
seriously affect Southport in fu
ture years as the town expands”,
says the mayor. “There appears
to be considerable opposition to
the bill from municipalities all
over the state. It is feared that
the loss of control over electric
suppliers will open the door to
the loss of control over other
services and suppliers.
Representative Williamson’s
reply to the mayor’s request
follows:
“Thank you very much for your
telegram stating your opposition
to House bill No. 255. I will
study this bill very careful and
see if the bill can possibly be
amended to take care of the
objections now raised by the
muncipalities. Frankly, I must
say, that I do not believe that we
able to' Change this bill
any at all since it has the backing
of the other two suppliers of
electricity. It Is argued here
that under the proposed bill that
the muncipalities are protected
as to what they already have
and should be satisfied with this
arrangement.
“Since the fight two years ago
was more or less between the
power companies and electric
cooperatives, it seems now by
their getting together has given
the bill, itself, the necessary sup
port to cause it to pass the Gen
eral Assembly by alargemargin.
“Although, anything that I can
do in the interest of the
muncipalities I will be glad to do
so.”
Senator Meares wrote:
“Thank you for your telegram
of March 23 giving your views
on Senate Bill 95.
“I feel that joining the co-ops
and power companies together
is one of the most important
needs of this session of the
Legislature. The Governor
agrees with this. I, for one,
certainly do not wish to see
any city inconvenienced or hurt
by any legislation; but I think
it is really necessary for us
all to realize the seriousness of
the differences over the years
which have been building up inso
far as the power companies and
the co-ops are concerned. Now
that they have gotten together, I
feel that it is really and truly
important for this legislation to
be enacted into law.
“I hope, however, that your
city will not be put to any real
disadvantage. As you recall, you
asked me a pointed ques
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Time And Tide
It was April 6, 1960, and Mrs. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte, county
chairman of the March of Dimes, reported that $2,427.51 had been
raised during the recent drive. R. O. Lewis and Elrich Hickman,
both Democrats, wanted to be chairman of the Board of Elections.
Earlic Smith, Jr., and Mortimer C. Hampton were promoted
to first lieutenant in the state National Guard unit. Waccamaw
and Bolivia, two former 11-man teams, had joined the Border
Belt Eight ' Man Football Conference at a meeting in Clarkton Wed
nesday.
If was April 6, 1955, and the Sojthport Yacht Basin was to be
dredged to a depth of 10 feet before the end of the month. Visitors
would be welcome at Sunny Point until actual operations began, Col.
William A. McAleer said Monday.
It was announced that the 800-foot Yaupon Beach fishing pier
would be completed by May. Shallotte Township Constable Drew
Long, who purchased a pair of handcuffs in a pawn shop, locked
his wrist together while making a demonstration and had to have
them burned off in Wilmington.
It was April 12, 1950, and the Board of Education opened bids
totaling $255,876.56 for the construction of new buildings and addi
tions to the existing facilities at the various consolidated schools.
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Board Elects
Committees For
County Schools
Members of the local com
mittee for all schools in Bruns
wick county were appointed by
members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education during
their meeting in Southport
Monday night.
Nominated as district commit
teemen at Waccamaw High School
by Delmas Babson were: Pearley
Vereen, Freeland, Thurston
Hughes, Ash, D. W. Long, Free
land. (Two to be appointed later)
Nominated as district commit -
men at Shallotte High School by
O. K. Bellamy were: W.
D. Harrelson, Shallotte, J. E.
Kirby, Jr., Supply S. T. Inman,
Shallotte, Edwin Clemmons, Sup
ply, Edward E. Gore, Sunset
Beach.
Nominated as district commit
men at Bolivia High School by
Homer Holden were: Roy Swain,
Winnabow, Worth Mercer,
Bolivia, V. J. McKeithan, Bolivia,
J. M. Mills, Winnabow, Morrison
B. Watkins, Leland.
Nominated as district commit
men at Southport High School
by A. J. "'esher were: James
M. Wolfe, city, A. A. Dixon,
Yaupon Beach, Leon McKeithan,
city, Mrs. J. C. Crouch, Bolivia,
Hubert Brittian, Bolivia.
Nominated as district commit
teemen at Leland High School
by James Thompson were: J.
Elite Gainey, Lester Scott, Hew
lett Crooms, Donald R. White,
Lloyd Bordeaux.
Nominated as district commit
men at B. C. H. S. by Dosher
were: Eugene Gore, Herbert
Brown, Richard Davis,—city;
Alvah Cox, Arthur Gore-Bolivia.
Nominated as advisory com
mitteemen at Piney Grove by
Holden were: LaSalle Hankins,
W. B. Randolph, Carlie Mitchell,
Rev. H. C. Randolph, William K.
J ohnson.
Nominated as district commit
teemen at Union High School by
Bellamy were: John H. Johnson,
Supply, Lewis Stanley, Shallotte,
P. H. Stanley, Longwood, C. C.
Brown, Freeland.
„_„J?omioa±esl as.gdyUojey. oaffife..
mitteemen at Cedar Grove School
by Eellamy were: Elijah Gore,
chairman, Supply, P. R. Hankins,
Sr., Supply, Dalphus Bryant, Sec.,
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Reach Deadlock
In Board Vote
JAMES THOMPSON
Tractor Kills
Freeland Man
A prominent Freeland man was
Instantly killed when the tractor
he was driving turned over on him
while plowing at his farm Sat
urday night.
Arthur Lee Williams, 39, was
plowing his field when he fell
off the tractor he was driving
at the edge of rural road 1328.
The tractor turned over on top
of him.
Lyndon Simmons and Frankie
Babson observed the accident
and heard Williams yell for help-.
Simmons got his tractor and pull
ed the vehicle off the body of
Williams.
Brunswick County Coroner
Lowell Bennett of Shallotte ruled
that an accident had taken the
life of Williams. No inquest
will be held, he added.
Final rites were held Tuesday
-. ai.2_p. .m. ..at -New. BrlttlaiuBap
tist Church by the Rev. Howard
Fowler, with burial in the church
cemetery.
Survivors include his wife,
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Governor Moore To
Attend Dedication
Schedule Talk
On Bald Head
“The Natural History of Bald
Head Island and the Need for Its
Preservation" will be the sub
ject of a talk by Dr. Arthur
Cooper at Wilmington College
on Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Cooper, who has written
a very comprehensive book on
the subject of Bald Head, Is a pro
fessor of Botany and Forestry
at N. C. State at Raleigh and
is Chairman of the Conserva
tion and Legislation Conrtmit
tee of the N. C. Academy of Sci
ence.
The Wilmington Natural Sci
ence Club is sponsoring the ap
pearance of Dr. Cooper. The
meeting, to be held in Room
210 of Hoggard Hall, is open
to the public.
Career Day
Next Tuesday
Brunswick County’s annual Ca
reer Day program for students of
the three Negro High Schools has
been set for Tuesday at Lincoln
High School, Leland. Doctors,
lawyers, beauticians, bricklay
ers and representatives of more
than a dozen other occupations
will be on hand to relate to stu
dents their experiences in their
chosen fields.
The program is scheduled to
begin at 10 a. m. with a general
assembly program highlighted by
an address by Dale K. Spencer,
Assistant Superintendent of New
Hanover County Schools. Spencer
will be introduced by A. Woodrow
Taylor, Superintendent of Bruns
wick County Schools.
Following the general as
sembly program, students will
break up into groups to witness
discussions by Mrs. Phillip King,
Public Librarian, Southport;
French I. Davis, mortician, Wil
mington; James Harper, jour
nalism, Southport; Lawyer Kirby
Sullivan, Southport; Mrs. Ruth
White, teaching Brunswick Coun
ty Schools; technical trades,
Clarence Dodgens, Cape Fear
Technical Institute; Frank Hin
son, health career, Fayetteville;
Miss Gloria Irene Hankins, beau
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Plans for the dedication cere
monies for the Southport Small
Boat Harbor were discussed in
great detail at a meeting at the
Southport City Hall Tuesday
morning.
Chairman James Glore of the
Southport Ports Commission said
the ceremonies will be held on
May 30 after an Important pro
gram of events on May 29.
He announced that Governor
Dan K. Moore, and former gov
ernors Luther Hodges and Terry
Sanford will be in Southport for
the ceremonies. Congressman
Alton Lennon has been invited to
attend, but he has not replied.
Members of Tarheels Afloat,
yachting organization, will be
honored guests for the weekend
activities. Members of State
Ports Authority also will attend.
Present plans call for tours,
golf, dancing and dining and fish
fries In connection with the event.
The dedication ceremony will
be held on May 30, from 1 until
3 p. m. Governor Moore will be
one of the main speakers.
The Tarheels Afloat flotilla,
including 25 to 35 boats and 100
to 125 people, will arrive in
Southport on May 29.
Bus tours to the two golf
courses, Sunny Point, Orton
Plantation and Brunswick Town
will be conducted that afternoon.
Lt. Col. William O. Beasley of
Caswell Beach, commander of the
Coast Guard Auxiliary, and
Chairman Glore will be In charge
of the event.
A social hour, dinner and dance |
will be held at the Boiling Spring
Lakes County Cub that night. Hon
ored guests, members of Tar
heels Afloat and club members
will have a chance to attend.
Only 200 reservations will be
accepted. Stacy Dunford, the
caterer, was named to head the
committee In charge of the ban
quet.
After church Sunday, a public
Inspection of the harbor will be
made under the direction of Man
ager H. A. Schmidt. An outdoor
fish fry will be held after the
dedication ceremonies.
Citizens attending the meeting
Tuesday, In addition to the ones
already named, included James
Davis of the State Ports Au
thority, Southport City Manager
C. D. Pickerrell, Southport Po
lice Chief Herman Strong, Ernest
E. Parker. Jr., and Bob Smith of
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After deliberating in a secret
session for a little more than
two hours, the Brunswick County
Board of Education postponed
until April 20 the decision on
whether to re-hire A. W. Tay
lor as superintendent of Bruns
wick County Schools.
James Thompson of Leland
was unanimously elected chair
man of the board. He replaces
J. B. Ward of Longwood, who
did not run for re-election.
Before the vote on the new
chairman, Thompson andDelmas
Babson of Waccamaw, the first
two members of the board ever
elected in a non-partisian elec
tion, were given their oaths of
office by Mrs. Sylvia James,
assistant clerk of Superior court.
The board members decided
early in the meeting to make
the naming of a superintendent
the last item on the agenda.
At about 10:40 p. m., Chair
man Thompson called the board
into executive session, asked
Superintendent Taylor and Assis
tant Superintendent William N.
Williams to leave the room, and
ejected the representatives of
the newspapers.
For the next two hours and
five minutes the board met be
hind closed doors to discuss re
hirlng the superintendent and the
assistant. About 12:45 a. m.
the doors were re-opened and
Chairman Thompson announced
that no action would be taken
on re-hiring Superintendent Tay
lor until the April 20 meeting.
He said Assistant Superintendent
Williams was re-employed on a
unanimous vote. He gave no
details on what happened in the
closed door session.
The meeting opened after
Thompson and Babson were given
their oaths of office. Superin
tendent Taylor offered to serve
as the presiding officer and
parliamentarian until the new
chairman was elected, the next
item on the agenda, Arthur J.
Dosher of Southport protested
that Superintendent Taylor had'""1
no right to preside during the
election and did not have a vote
in electing the new chairman.
Dosher immediately nominated
Thompson and it was seconded
by Homer Holden of Bolivia.
No other nominations were
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Methodists To f
Hold Services
Revival services will be held
at Trinity Methodist Church In
Southport beginning Sunday and
continuing through Wednesday,
with services at 7:30 o’clock
evening. Rev. Auburn Lore, pas
tor of Wrightsville Beach Meth
odist Church, will be the visiting
preacher.
He is a native of West Vir
ginia and is a graduate ofMorris
Harvey College and Duke Divinity
School. He Is married to the
former Patricia Hocker of
Greensboro. Before coming to
Wrightsville Beach he served
churches in Graham and Chad
bourn.
The sermon subjects for the
services will be: Sunday, “Dare
We Say Christian,”; Monday,
“You’ve Had It”; Tuesday, “The
Fruit of A Great Dream”; Wed
nesday, “The Word is Integrity”.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
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 8
0:32 A. M. 7:16 A. M.
1:06 P. M. 7:27 P. M.
Friday, April 8,
1:38 A. M. 8:24 A. M.
2:17 P. M. 8:37 P. M.
Saturday, April 10,
2:46 A. M. 0:29 A. M.
3:26 P. M. 9:46 P. M.
Sunday, April 11,
3:51 A. M. 10:29 A. M.
4:29 P. M. 10:49 P. M.
Monday, April 12,
4:52 A. M. 11:24 A. M.
5:27 P. M. 11:47 P. M.
Tuesday, April 13,
5:46 A. M. 12:13 A. M.
6:20 P. M.
Wednesday, April 14,
6:37 A. M. 0:39 A. M.
7:08 P. M. 12:58 P. M,