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THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume 24
No. 44
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, April 21, 1965
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PRESENT—Leaders in charge of the public hearing on proposed chan*
ges in the North Carolina fishing laws held Saturday afternoon at Shallotte were
L. J. Hardee, J. T. Barnes, Dr. David Adams, Representative Odell Williamson ,
and Lloyd Chadwick. (Staff Photo by Allen)
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Fishermen Hear Laws
orunswicK county's nsmng in
terests expressed almost un
animous agreement with a
proposed plan to place the In
dustry under complete state con
trol at a meeting In the Shallotte
Armory Saturday afternoon call
ed by Representative Odell Wil
liamson.
After the department control
ed bill, which was Introduced In
the General Assembly Monday
night, was explained by Dr. David
Adams of Raleigh, state director
of commercial fishing, the ap
proximately 75 fishermen attend
ing expressed agreement al
though several persons objected
to different sections. . : .
But overall, the fisherman,-'
both big and small, eaid they
liked the bill. Since the income
derived 'from commercial fish
ing Is steadly declining, most
of the fishermen said something
had to be done and agreed the
state should try controling the
industry.
Representative William
son said the proposed bill would
affect Brunswick county directly
in several ways. It would do
away with all county fishing laws,
such as oysterlng two days a
week and taking shrimp Inclosed
season, abolish the coon oyster
and change the license fee
system.
The new law stands an
excellent chance of passage, Rep
resentative Williamson pointed
out. *‘1 called this meeting to
discuss the proposal and to find
out what the majority of the fish
ermen think about it.” he de
clared. “I will do what the
majority of the people want.”
The new law was drafted over
a two year period by a study
commissioner appointed by the
1962 General Assembly. James
Barns of Southport served on the
commission.
After hearings were held In
the coastal counties, the pro
posals were sent to the Insti
tute of Government in Chapel •
Hill where they were drafted into
the bill that was introduced Mon
day night.
“The basic principal of the new
bill is that the water resources
in North Carolina belong to all
the people in the state,” Dr.
Adams said in explaining the new
proposal.
The title of the agency direct
ing the fishing industry would be
changed from the Division of
Commerical Fishing to the
Division of Coastal Fishing. The
title was changed to bring sports
fishermen under the control of
the agency.
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NEWS-1
NAMED ALTERNATE: ; ■. * '
Benjamin J. Klnlaw of Rae
ford, a Spanish teacher at Wacca
maw High School has been select
ed as an alternate to attend the
1965 Summer Language Institute
at East Carolina College.
WATERSHED MEETING
Property owners in the Shal
lotte River Watershed west of
N. C. 130 highway, Wet Ash
and Ox Run Watersheds are ask
ed to meet at the Extension
Service Building in Supply Fri
day at 7:30 p. m. The meeting
, is called to give out more in
formation on the operation of-e
I watershed.
Local Fishing
Laws Cancelled
A number of county wide local
laws governing commercial fish
ing in Brunswick would be
abolished by the new bill placing
fishing directly under state con
trol, says Representative Odell
Williamson. . ..
"We have 13 laws on the books
that would be abolished by the
* new legislation," Representative
WUliamson said. "Some of the
county laws are good while others
are bad and outdated."
The 13 county regulations that
will be abolished upon the en
actment on the new legislation
include laws that: 1; j
Regulate the catching of dla-.
mond-back terrapin.
Prohibit catching fish in the
county by muddying the water or
use of hand seines.
Prohibit the commercial gath
ering of fish, oysters, clams or
terrapin by nonresidents of the
county, unless they hold a county
license therefor.
Establish open season for tak
ing of clams for commercial
purposes and sets minimum size
limit of one inch on clams.
Provide for election of "Shell
fish Commission" in the county,
which is empowered to make reg
ulations concerning the shell
, fish industry in Brunswick.
Prohibit shooting, or striking
by firelight at night, perch during
specified closed bedding season.
Prohibit the use of set hooks or
traps of any type in the waters
of the Waccamaw river or its
tributaries—except hook and line
fishing. Act also prohibits the use
, of gill or seine nets, except
during open season, December,
» January, and February, in the
same waters.
Prohibit all fishing other than
hook and line in the Waccamaw
river during the period April 1
through July 31 annually.
Provide that the time for the
filing of protests over leases of
oyster grounds in the county shall
be two years from the time of
the granting of the lease. Further
provides that no more "oyster
gardens" shall hereafter be
leased in the county.
Provide for the propagation and
rehabilitation of oyster and clam
beds in the county by re-seeding
the most productive areas and
closing them to commerce for
three years thereafter.
The Board of Conservation and
Development may not, in the ex
ercise thereof, preclude the
taking of shrimp, fish and clams
by residents of the named coun
ties for their personal use, from
all waters of the state which are
not "polluted” or closed for
"planting purposes." Also,
makes it lawful for citizens of
these counties to take, tor their
personal use, designated quan
tities of oysters from the open
waters of the state on Tuesdays
and Fridays during the closed
season; and the Chapter further
sets out penalties for the unlawful
sale, etc., of such seafood.
Except from the operation of
the taking of shrimp in waters of
Brunswick north and northwest of
the northern edge of the Intra
coastal Waterway. The terms of
the law are fully applicable to the
taking of shrimp from these wa
ters.
Prohibit the taking, for pur
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MBS. HUDNE HANKINS
Counselor To
Attend School
Mrs. Irene B. Hankins, guid
ance counselor for Brunswick
County Negro Schools, has been
awarded a fellowship for grad
uate study In the General Elec
tric Guidance Fellowship Pro
gram at the University of Louis
ville Summer Session In Louis
ville, Kentucky, this summer.
The General Electric Founda
tion has granted SO all-expense
paid fellowships to experienced
guidance counselors from nine
central states for the program,
which Is to be conducted from
June 21 through July 31.
The General Electric Founda
tion sponsors the program In
recognition of the Importance
of secondary-school guid
ance. The 50 fellowship recipi
ents are experienced counselors
from public, private, and paro
chial secondary schools In Ken
tucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Missouri, North Caro
lina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Fellows will enroll In courses
carrying six hours of graduate
credit. At the University of
Louisville, each fellow will enjoy
an Informal, personal relation
ship with members of the faculty,
with personnel of the General
Electric Company, and with the
other 49 counselors.
General Electric pioneered In
the sponsoring of the summer
programs for secondary-school
teachers, starting In 1945. This
is the second year that the Uni
versity of Louisville has held
the program. It Is one of two
universities where the guidance
fellowship program will be spon
sored by the General Electric
Foundation in the summer of
1965.
Mrs. Hankins, who lives In.
Southport, received a bachelor of.
science degree from Shaw Uni
versity, Raleigh, and a master's
degree in guidance and counseling
from Atlanta University. She Is a
member of the American and
North Carolina Personnel and
Guidance Associations and the
National Education Association,
and Is president of her local
professional organization.
Williamson Is
Kept Busy As
House Member
By REP. ODELL WILLIAMSON
Governor Dan Moore came be
fore the General Assembly for
his third time this past week
and presented his highway safety
program, which 1 feel quite sure
most of you have already read
about. His major recommenda
tion is for the enactment of an
automobile Inspection law, which
had been anticipated by the mem
bers prior to his speech. The
proposed bill calls for one annual
Inspection to be made by garages
approved by the Motor Vehicles
Department for this purpose.
Statistics claim that the enact
ment of this law would reduce
the number of .'deaths In North
Carolina approximately 100 for
the first year. W other words,
the Motor Vehicles Dept,
.contends that about one-tenth of
all fatal accidents are due to
faulty equipment. Personally,
1 have some reservations about
this figure. I feel quite sure
that this new proposed inspec
tion bill would be less objection
able than the old law, but I see
no reason why the current model
automobiles should have to be
inspected even If the law was
passed. I will try to amend
the bill to eliminate this group.
If I succeed In this endeavor,
I might vote for the bill, but I
am still debating It In my mind.
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Auto Accident
Takes One Life
A young Leland man was
Instantly, killed when his sports
car collided hJuu-on with an on
coming truck Saturday morning
at the intersection of Highways
17 and 74-76 near Leland.
David Lee Faulk, Jr., 21, son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Faulk,
died from injuries he received
in the accident.
The driver of the' truck,•
Francis M. Meares of s*
ton, was taken to James Walker
Memorial Hospital for observa
tion.
Patrolman J. W. LaShley ‘Of
Wilmington, who investigated the
accident said Faulk’s sports cat
was traveling west on the highj
wav when it veered into the left
lane and into the path of thd
Meares truck, colliding head-os
at 4;50 a. m. J
Faulk is survived by his parf
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Faulk; thref
sisters, Miss Peggy Ann Faul%
Miss Shera Lynn FaUlk and Miss
Angella Joy Faulk, all of tilt
home; and his paternal grand
mother, Mrs. Callie Faulk of Wil
mington.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2 p. m. in Coblefs
Oleander Chapel by the Rev.
C. Spivey. Burial was In Green
lawn Memorial park uemetecy,
Pallbearers were Jerry Waytae
Gore, E. W. Green Jr., Nfal
Currie Jr., William H. Burnett
II, Richard L. Burnett apd Morris
Boswell, Jr. , |
Final rites tor Ijtavie |,ee
Faulk, 21, of Leland, were held
Monday at 2 p, m, at Coble’s
Oleander Chapel by the Rev.
J. C. Spivey, with burial in Green
lawn Memorial Park.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Faulk of
Leland; three sisters, Misses
Peggy Faulk, Lynn Faulk and
Mrs. Angelia Joy Faulk, all of
the home; and his paternal grand
mother, Mrs. Callle Faulk of
Wilmington.
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OFFICIALS—These are the newly elected district officers of the Home Demon
stration Club, together with the ladies whom they replace. Left to right, Mrs.
Jeny Fennell, Pender county, new secretary; Mrs. W. A. Kopp, Brunswick, out
going president; Mrs. Fred Foyles, Pender county, new president; Mrs. Douglas
Hawes, out-going secretary; Mrs. Arthur Smith, New Hanover, out-going hist
orian; Mrs. H. L. Taylor, New Hanover county, new vice-president; Mrs. Wilbur
E. Earp, Brunswick county, new historian. <Staff Photo By Allen).
3SO Women Visitors
District Club Meeting
Re-elect Taylor \
As Superintendent
j . ' The Brunswick County Board of
' Education unanimously re-elect
ed A* W. Taylor superintendent
%ChooH» Tuesday night fir *
special session that saw the
naming of three principals held
up until the May meeting.
- The board re-elected Taylor
to his second two-year term in
less than five minutes after be
ginning the discussion. The only
trouble that developed in his re
appointment was who was to get
6 credit for nominating and
seconding tor him, something all
the members wanted to do.
The motion to re-elect Su
perintendent Taylor was made
by Delmas Babson of Waccamaw,
seconded by O. K. Bellamy of
Shallotte and unanimously ap
proved. The motion also lifted a
|250 restriction from Superin
tendent Taylor about spending
money from the maintenance and
capital outlay funds without the
approval of the board tor needed
action.
Before the action was taken, the
board heard a three-woman dele
gation from the Southport Junior
Woman’s Club ask that Superin
tendent Taylor be re-elected.
"Rehire him because he is the
best we have had,” said Mrs.
Norman Homstein of Southport,
spokesman for the group which
included Mrs. W. L. Hufham
of Southport and Mrs. Hugh Zack
ery of Long Beach. "We have
a good school team, let’skeepit.”
The session was in direct con
trast to a meeting held two weeks
ago when the board members met
behind closed doors to discuss
the problem of re-hiring Super
intendent Taylor tor over two
Time And Tide
It was April 20, I960, and the Republicans were going to have
a primary with Louise jB. Lewis and L. V. 'Walton running for
Register of Deeds, andjJ. E. Reynolds, Archie w. Holden, Rotha
L. Creech, C. Floyd Kfig, Grant Russ, James Hood, Sr., Thurs
ton Hughes, William E. Gainey and Peele Willetts, candidates for
commissioner. ( j
Joseph M. Rideout, Jf'., Him editor of the National Geographic
Society for more than §0 years, retired and moved to Southport.
General James Glore at Southport was elected president of the
Cancer Society in the bounty. The Southport Board of Aldermen
voted to construct a new Water tank.
It was April 20, 1
freighter, achieved the
ship to dock at Sunny
nounced plans to int
Long Beach.
Sheriff Elbert Gray,
county, destroyed 10 i
Boyd Moore, Ernest Pj
for the two seats on 1
three. '
|55, and the Heishburg, a German-owned
distinction Thursday of becoming the first
.Point. Representative Kirby Sullivan an
luce a bill calling for the incorporation of
trying to knock-out bootlegging in the
ills Monday. Incumbent G. E. Hubbard,
*ker and Clinton Bellamy were candidates
Southport Board of Aldermen from ward
It was April 19, 1950J and the Brunswick County Forestry Council
was organized Friday Iwith Dr. E. G. Goodman elected president.
A total of 47 candidates, including Democrats and Republicans,
had filed tor office jin Brunswick county to make a primary
necessary, f "
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(Tomlinson Has
No Opposition
Mayor Eugene B. Tomlinson,
Jr., Js unopposed for reelection
to that office in the municipal
election for Southport on May
4. He is seeking election for his
third term.
Whatever action that may be
lacking in the mayor’s race
promises to be more than com
pensated in the campaign for
three vacancies on the board
of aldermen. In the first ward
where two members will be elect
ed, Fred Spencer and Dr. N. M.
Hornstein have opposition from
W. p. Horne, w. L. Hufham
and Edward Hahn, the latter a
former mayor of the city.
In the second ward Hoyle Dosh
er, Bill Kincaide and Nelson
Adams are contesting for the seat
being vacated by Johnnie Vereen.
hours without taking any action.
But Tuesday, the board met in the
open with the press observing the
happenings.
The board re-hired seven
school principals, including
Thomas L. Davis of Bolivia, Roy
Biggerstaff of Southport, Edwin
Currie of Waccamaw, Alvin C.
Caviness of Brunswick County
High School, Henry Greene of
Cedar Grove, Winston Brown of
Piney Grove "and Joanthan Han
kins of Union High School.
Chairman Thompson asked the
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Cancer Drive
Funds Come In
The Brunswick county Cancer
drive received $383 in con
tributions from drivers from all
over the United states with the
help of Shallotte Radio station
WVCB and volunteers who worked
on US 17 in Shallotte all day
Saturday, says Campaign Chair
man A. H. Gainey, Jr., of South
port.
Radio station WVCB set-up
g. portable unit outside the sta
tion on US 17 to stop drivers
and collect money for the Cancer
Society in Brunswick County.
After each driver contributed
money to the drive, his name
was broadcast over the Shallotte
radio station.
The portable booth was maned
by Stan Knowles, Elrich Hick
man, Sam Inman, Faye Smith,
Karen Russ, Brenda Gail Smith,
J. G. Worrell and Earl Milli
ken.
Drivers from as far north
as Canada, as far south as
Florida and as far west as
Wyoming stopped at the booth
to contribute money to the drive.
The booth was open from 9:30
to 5 p. m. Saturday. Mrs. H.
Foster Mintz, president of the
county cancer drive, made
several appeals on the radio
on behalf of the county campaign.
More than 350 Home Demon
stration Club members from
Brunswick, Pender and New Han
over counties attended the annual
District 19 meeting at Fort Cas
well Tuesday.
After the business meetmg was
conducted at Fort Caswell in the
morning, the Home Demonstra
tion women had lunch before
touring Orton Plantation and
Brunswick Town.
New officers of the district,
elected at the morninf meeting,
included Mrs. Fred >oyles of
Burgaw, chalrmam, Mrs. H. U
Taylor of New Hanover, vice
chairman, Mrs. Jerry Fennell
of Rocky Point, secretary and
Mrs. Wilbur Earp of Bolivia,
historian.
They replaced the retiring of
ficers, including Mrs. W. A.
Kopp of Bolivia, chairman, Mrs.
Foyles, vice chairman, Mrs. D.
H. Hawes of Bolivia, secretary,
and Mrs. J. Arthur Smith of
New Hanover county, historian.
The featured event of the morn
ing session was a speach on
Brunswick Town by R. V. As
bury, Jr., of Wilmington. The
official guide at Old Brunswick
told about some of his interest
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Mayor Cheers |
Is Unopposed
Only six men filed for the five
seats on the Shallotte Board of
Aldermen and Mayor Roney
Cheers will be unopposed in the
municipal election in Shallotte
May 4.
Mayor Cheers, who has served
as the highest elected officer
in the town of Shallotte for the
past 12 years, will be unopposed
for a seventh term. He will be
elected to a four year term this
year as a result of legislation
Introduced in the General As
sembly last month.
Incumbents Henry Carter,
Thurston Mintz and Robert Hawes
together with Harry White, Con
rad Piggott and Beamon Hewett
have filed for the five seats on
the board.
Pigott and Hewett have never
run for seats on the board be
fore while White served as an
alderman in the past.
Mayor Cheers said a proposal
to sell beer off the premises will
probably be on the ballot. The
measure has been introduced in
the General Assembly by Rep
resentative Odell Williamson but
is in committee.
The members of the board will
be elected on a staggered term
basis tor the first time in the
history of the town of Shallotte.
Mayor Cheers and the two aider
men with the highest number of
votes in the municipal election
will be elected for four year
terms. The candidates for the
board receiving the third, fourth
and fifth highest number of votes
will be elected to two-year terms.
From now on only three seats
on the board will be at stake in
municipals elections in Shallotte.
Previously, the mayor and five
aldermen had to run every two
years.
The municipal election in Shal
lotte will be held on May 4. The
polling place will be the Town
Hall. Henry Stone is serving as
the registrar and Murry DeHart
and Ava Milllken are the judges.
Teacher List
For Brunswick
Is Incomplete
Faculty lists for several
Brunswick county schools were
approved by the Brunswick
County Board of Education
Tuesday night including those
from Bolivia High School, Le
land High School, Waccamaw
High School, Shallotte High
School, Brunswick County High
School, Plney Grove and Cedar
Grove.
Lists for Shallotte High School,
Lincoln High School, Longwood
School and Union High School
were incomplete and will be ap
proved at the next meeting of
the board. Jonathan Hankins has
been re-elected at Union.
Following are the lists that
were approved:
Bolivia High School:
Thomas L. Davis, principal;
Joan M. Reynolds, math; Sid
ney C. Mallory, social studies;
Romona F. King, science; Betty
N. Hewett, commercial; Ann H.
Sinclair, English and Spanish;
Johnny M. King, vocational agri
culture; Lila R. Hoggs, voca
tional Home economics; Pauline
H. Hewett, William H. Reynolds;
Pearle G. McNiel; Louise O.'
Crews; Elizabeth G. Burton;
Alice W. Lesh; Beulah C. Gar
rason; Shirley J. Redwine, all
elementary teachers.
Lunchroom workers- manager
Bonnie Maggard, Evie Walton^
and Julia Gales.
Leland High School:
Mrs. Mildred Naylor, first
grade; Mrs. Beatrice Sabiston,
first grade; Mrs. Nina Lane,
second grade; Mrs. Margaret
Bland, second grade; Miss Anna
Rogers, third grade; Mrs. Kath
leen Sutton, third grade; Mrs.
Addle May Butler, fourth grade;
Mrs. Roby Carr, fourth and fifth
grade; Mrs. Claire Conway, fifth
grade; Mrs. Ruby Sutton, sixth
grade; Mrs. Grace B. Payne,
sixth grade; Mrs. Hazel Scott,
seventh grade; Mrs. Donald Sel
lers, seventh grade; Mrs.
Rebecca Teachey, eighth grade;
Mrs. Bridges Sabiston, eighth
grade; Mrs. Hilda Council, Eng
lish and French; Mrs. Eva Jean
Dixon, home, economics; Mi's,
Clara Strong, math; Mrs. Veneta
Geedy, commercial subjects;
Mr. Joe Best, history, physical
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Prominent Man
Passes Sunday
Morris Thomas McCrakan, 67,
died Sunday at James Walker
Memorial Hospital in Wilming
ton alter an extended illness.
Final rites were held Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at the Southport
Baptist Church by the Revs. Ed
C. Chamblee and Jack Cooper,
with burial in Northwood Ceme
tery.
Survivors include his wile,
Mrs. Margaret C. McCrakan;
three daughters, Mrs. Ray Re
vels ol Lumberton, Mrs. Carol
Smith ol Silver Springs, Md. and
Mrs. Rebecca M. Moose ol Char
lotte; three sisters, Miss Lucille
McCrakan, Mrs. SophiaM. Mess
nick and Mrs. Thelma M. Davis,
all ol the home; and five grand
daughters.
The deceased was well known
to thousands ol North Carolina
Baptists who have attended sum
mer programs at the North Caro
lina Baptist Assembly at Fort
Caswell, where he was a resi
dent caretaker.
Prior to that he had owned
and operated a big farm on the
River Road near Walden Creek
before that property was taken
over by the government for the
Sunny Point Terminal.
Tide Table
Following to 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 22,
0:04 A. M. 6:41 A. M.
12:22 P.M. 6:38 P.M.
Friday, April 28
0:56 A. M. 7:34 A. M.
1:17 P. M. 7:36 P. M
Saturday, April 24,
1:49 A. M. 8:31 A. M.
2:16 P. M. 8:39 P. M.
Sunday, April 25,
2:45 A. M. 9:25 A. M.
3:13 P. M. 9:40 P. M.
Monday, April 26,
3:40 A. M. 10:16 A. M.
4:06 P. M. 10:36 P. M.
Tuesday, April 27,
4:13 A. M. 11:05 A. M.
4:57 P. M. 11:28 P. M
Wednesday, April 28,
5:19 A. M. 11:50 A. M*
5:43 P. M.