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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume 24 No. 45 12-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, AlPRIiL 28, 1965 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Fishermen Are' Given Praise By Williamson By REP. ODELL WILLIAMSON It has been said that the com mercial fishermen who take oys ters, shrimp and fish cannot get together. This statement proved to be wrong this past Saturday when I met with this group In my county to have explained to them a pro posed bill that makes some rather important changes in our com mercial fishing laws. For instance, the proposed bill will do away with all the existing local laws that pertain to Bruns wick county and also the other counties in regard to this in dustry. In effect, the bill will place in the hands of the Fish eries Commission under the De partment of Conservation and De velopment all the authority to promote and regulate the com mercial fishing industry. The bill will do away with th~ two-day-a-week taking of oysters and shrimp for home consumption out of season. It will require everybody who oysters to buy a license that can be revoked if the holder is caught violating the regulations of the department. This will be similar to the situa tion with our automobile driver’s license. The bill also provides that the department can lease any of its grounds to an individual for the purpose of growing oysters pro vided that there are no oysters in the leased area that would be to the benefit of the general public. This bill was explained in detail at the Saturday meeting by Dr, David Adams, who is the commis sioner of Commercial Fish eries. After this bill was explained to the group, everybody was given an opportunity to make a statement. Later, I asked for a show of hands of the ones who approved this proposed piece of legislation that was drawn up by a committee named for this purpose by an act of the 1963 Legislature.- Almost - everyone* voted for it. Then on the question of those who opposed, nobody voted against it. So with this endorsement, it will be my pur pose to support this legislation. However, I feel quite sure that certain statewide amendments will be proposed (and some adopted) prior to the time this • * bill is enacted into law. Several years ago, the peo ple of North Carolina adopted an amendment to the State constitu tion authorizing the General Assembly to set up a uniform court system in this state. This past week a bill was enacted into law that will bring about this change. Brunswick county will not be affected by this law until 1963. At that time there will be set up a court known as the “Dis trict Court,” which will in effect do away with our Recorder’s Cout. The judge will be elected by the people. The solicitor for this court will be appointed by the Superior Court judge from our judical district. There will be a uniform court cost over the entire state. This court cost will be paid in to the treasurer of the State of North Carolina, who in turn will pay the salary of the judge, solici tor and also the clerk of the Sut perior Court. The fines will con tinue to be paid in to the county as the case is at the present. Under the bill the counties will be paid a fair rental for the use of the courtroom. The clerk of court in a county with a population between 20,000 and 30,000 will receive a salary of $9,500. This will be quite a jump in salary for our clerk over the salary that he will draw after he receives the pro posed increase that I put in the salary bill that I introduced. The thinking of the legisla tors in Regard to the solicitor’s being appointed instead of being elected is that he can prosecute all cases on their merit rather than possibly having to give any thought to the political conse (Continued On Page Four) Erie/ Bits 0/1 NEWS-1 BENEFIT SUPPER A benefit barbecue supper will be held at Zion Methodist Church Saturday. This will be pit-cooked barbecue, prepared the day of serving. Proceeds will go to the building fund. BOLIVIA MAN HONORED G. A. Willetts of Willetts and Son Motor Sales, Bolivia, was the recipient of the Gold Car and Truck award from Ford Motor Company, for the 4th consecutive year. This award was presented at the Mustang birthday party on April 19 in Goldsboro and was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Willetts. Science Fair Winners AT SOUTHPORT—These are winners in the Science Fair program held last week at Southport High School in connection with the curriculum study. These boys and girls had projects on display in the Southport High School gymna sium for parents and patrons to observe Thursday night following the final PTA meeting of the year. (Staff photo by. Allen) . Compromise Seen Principals Jobs At Stake Members of the Brunswick County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to accept the resolution of the local commit tee at Shallotte High School de claring the office of principal vacant, voted to postpone until Monday night a final on the matter of passing on the election of Rockfeller Venters as principal at Leland High School and yot^l to override the action of the local committee at Lincoln High School and reelected James Clemmons principal. These actions followed a public hearing in the courtroom of the Brunswick County Courthouse in Southport, and the room was filled to overflowing. Board members first heard delegations for and against Winfred John son, principal for the past four years at Shallotte, then heard delegations who were for and against retaining Venters as principal at Leland, a position he has held for three years, board members went downstairs to the board of education office, where they conferred with mem bers of the present local com mittee at Shallotte and other in terested citizens, including members of the old committee. When these men left the room, O. K. Bellamy, member of the board of education from Shallotte School District, moved that the resolution from the local com mittee be accepted. His motion was seconded by Homer Holden, representing Bolivia School Dis trict. Arthur J. Dosher, repre senting Southport School District, and Delmas Babson, represent ing Waccamaw School District, voted against the motion. Chair man James Thompson, repre senting the Leland School Dis trict, voted to uphold the action of the local committee, thus de claring the office of principal at Shallotte High School vacant. When the decision was an nounced to a large number of citizens who had remained to find out the decision of the board there were angry rumblings, and one or two persons addressed mildly abusive remarks to members of (Continued On Page Four) Glee Clubs In Sunday Concert The public is cordially in vited to attend the annual glee club spring concert Friday night at 8 o’clock p. m. in the South port High School auditorium. The glee club, which boasts fifty-five members, and the junior glee club, with fifty-seven members, which also will per form will present a varied pro gram which everyone may en joy. Special features include “Blues in the Night”, a solo by Joyce Gurley; "Wouldn’t it be Lovely”, a solo by Brenda Jordan, a folk song group of Jeanne Brown, Kyra Parker, Susan Bellamy and Joyce Ward. “Speak Up” by Wayne Tur ner, Diane Warth, Brenda Pendergraph and Joyce Gur ley, and “Girl from Ipanema” and “Dream” by the sextette, Jean Brown, Patti Key, Susan Harrelson, Kathy Joyner, Brenda Jordan, Diane Warth. Accom panist for these girls will be Susan Bellamy. Curriculum Study, Science Fair Here r Here Tuesday } Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., is unopposed in the Southport municipal election Tuesday but a spirited race has developed for two vacancies on the board of aldermen in the first ward and one vacancy in the second ward. In the first ward Dr. N. M. Hornstein and Fred W. Spencer seek re-election, but they have opposition from J. E. Hahn, a former mayor, and from Pierce Horne and W. L. (Shorty) Hufham. In the second ward Johnny' Vereen is not a candidate for his old seat on the board. Contest ing for this honor are Hoyl Dosh er, William C. (Bill) Kincaide and Nelson Adams. None has ever before been a candidate for public office. Voters in the first ward vote in the fire station, voters in the second ward vote in the Capt. Church Building on the corner of Howe and Moore streets. Camp Planned At Waccamaw Adults will be able to share some of the camping experiences of Boy Scouts during the annual spring camporee this weekend. More than 200 boys are ex pected to attend the Waccamaw area camporee at Council Bluff on the eastern shore of Lake Waccamaw. Paul Rose, district scout executive, said the public is in vited to view camping events Sat urday afternoon and a big camp fire program Saturday night. Markers will be placed in the Bella Coola area to direct visitors to the camp, Rose said. The camp will be set up Fri day afternoon and will not ad journ until after worship serv ices Sunday, Rose announced. Scouting events which visitors are invited to observe include Skill contest; demonstrations on building a fire with flint and steel, compass work, signaling, first aid, lashing, cooking and pioneer ing projects. Rose predicts this to be one of the largest camporees ever held in the district which is com posed of Columbus, Bladen and part of Brunswick. In addition to Rose, adult leaders will be Scouters Wil liam S. Edmunds and John Al sup, both of Lake Waccamaw, and Alan Gore. Troops and Scoutmasters par ticipating will be Whiteville 501 509-513, Frank Gault, Weldon Hoose, Johnny McNeil; Lake Waccamaw 507, Ben Douglas; Chadbourn 504, Worth Dick Wil liamson; Fair Bluff 503, Jimmy Scott; Tabor City 508, James Todd; Bolton 502, Ernest Jacobs; Shallotte 506, Col. F. G. Moffitt; and those from Bladen County. Some 13 Southport High School * students were honored fex-ihetr. projects in the first annual Science Fair at the Southport gym Thursday night. The first place winners in* eluded Susan Harrelson, bio logy, “How Life Begins and Continues”; Brenda Pender graph, chemistry, “Preparation of Soap”; and Larry Brigman, general science, “The Spectrum and the Spectroscope”. Cliff White, the science teacher at Southport High School who directed the first annual fair, said 70 students entered pro jects in the event. The students had only six weeks to prepare the projects. Sherry Coleman took second place in biology with “Cell Animals and Their Life Activi ties,” while Gary Worley was third with “Embryology of Chick-Mitosis.” John Martin Lewis, Elliott Spencer, Larry Potter, Tommy Gilbert and Gregory Cumbee received honor able mention awards for their porjects in the category. Jerry Swain’s “Fireworks and Explosives” and Bill Furp less’ and Kack Keith’s “Blue prints, Silvering Glass and Silver sahs in Photography” received second place awards in chemis try. “Chemistry of Photo graphy” by Woodie Taylor and “Paints and their Composition” by Wade Beard tied for third place. Robert Clevenger, Bar bara Melton, Dianne Worth and Joyce Gurley took honorable mention in the catagory. (Continued On Page Four) Two Southport Girls GoingTo Honors School Two Southport girls will be Brunswick county’s only repre sentatives attending the Gov ernor’s School this summer al though 15 students were nominated for the honor, Superin tendent A. W. Taylor announced Monday. Miss Susan White Harrelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harrelson, and Miss Robin Elaine Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green, sophomore and junior, respectively, at South port High School, were the only two students named from Bruns wick county to attend the Gover nor’s School. Miss Harrelson will study in the social studies program at the Winston-Salem school for superior rising juniors and seniors, and Miss Green in the foreign languages section. The students nominated for Governor’s school from Bruns wick county included William Carlton Sellers ol Bolivia; Mar garet Elizabeth Goodman and Judith Ann Ganey, both of Le land; Kathryn Elizabeth Car son, Wayne Bland Turner, Miss Harrelson and Miss Green, all of Southport; Joseph Lafayette Inman Jr., Wayne Kendall Bel lamy and LaDane Williamson, all of Shallotte; Lydia Vardell Johnson of Brunswick County Hich School; Thomas Vernon, Jr., of Lincoln; and Emerson Fullwood, Kenneth Johnson and Edison Gore, all of Union. In order to qualify for nomina tion to the academic school, stu dents must have an I. Q. of 125 or better, an acceptable over all grade average in all sub jects and rank in the upper 20 percent of their class. Students must have a demon strated ability and interest as evidenced by training and par ticipation to be nominated for the performing arts school. The must pass both preliminary and fingl auditions to qualify for the tn addition, all students in this classification, had to have an I. Q. above 100 and have an acceptable academic record. All students nominated to attend the school had the ap proval of their principals and Superintendent A. Woodrow Tay lor. Cancer Funds Come In Slow Mrs. H. Foster Mintz of Bolivia, president of the Bruns wick County Chapter of the American Cancer Society, con fered Tuesday with Cancer Cru sade Chairman A. H. Gainey, Jr., and expressed concern that funds for this year’s drive are slow about coming in. The one-day traffic stopping drive at Shallotte, spearheaded by local chairman Earl Milliken, and members of the staff of WVCB radio station, brought in $468, easily the biggest single effort reported thus far. ' hairman Gainey said that the direct mail approach used this year means that the final re sponsibility for participation rests with the individual. “Some have responded promptly and generously,” he said. “We have received one check for $100 from one individual in response to our letters. This is, of course, an extreme stroke of good fortune, (Continued On Page Four) It was April 27, 1960, and Second Lieutenant and Mrs. James Varnum of Shallotte were featured in a double-page spread in Look Magazine advertising the attractions of the Air Force. Dr. I. Beverly Lake, a candidate for governor, visited Brunswick Wednesday. Halsted Holden, 32, son of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden of Shal lotte, was named town manager of Liberty. A new power line right of way was cut from Midway on Highway 211 to the Intra coastal Waterway at Tranquil Harbour, opening up possibilities of a new highway approach to Long Beach. It was April 27, 1955, and Representative Kirby Sullivan intro duced a bill Incorporating the town of Long Beach and naming J. A. Woltz, C. C. Carr, L. P. McLendon, Jr., John R. Barnes, E. F. Middleton and E. M. Underwood, Jr. to membership in the board of commissioners. Southport residents were to decide on whether to have a city manager form of government at the municipal election Tuesday. Some 693 first and second graders in county schools were inno culated for polio. Members of Bethel Baptist Church near South port planned to build a $40,000 structure. It was April 26, 1950, and an accident insurance program cover ing all Brunswick county school children went into effect Tuesday. The county NCEA unit held the annual banquet Tuesday night under the direction of Mrs. Guy C. McKeithan, its president. Members of the grand jury made surprising and unexpected visit on county institutions Friday while Superior court was not in session. The first county high school musical festival was held Thursday night at Bolivia High School. (Continued On Page Four) i • ■ • i Governor's School CONGRATULATIONS—Principal L. R. Biggerstaff congratulates Robin Green, left, and Susan Harrel son, right, who were notified last week of their accep ance for the Governor’s school in Winston-Salem this summer. (Staff photo by Allen) Dedication For Basin Is Planned Formal plans for the dedica tion of the Southport Small Boat Harbor on May 30, featuring an address by Governor Dan K, Moore, were made at a special meeting in Southport Thursday morning. Governor Moore will be in troduced by James C. Bowman of Southport, solicitor of the eighth solicitorial district. Former Governor Terry San ford will make a brief address at the dedication ceremonies. He will be introduced by Ernest E. Parker, Jr. of Southport, a member of the board of Conser vation and Development. Brig. Gen. James C. Glore, chairman of the Southport Ports Commission, will serve as the master of ceremonies. He will introduce Chairman John M. Reeves of the State Ports Au thority, and others who have been active in this project. Chairman Reeves will Intro duce members and staff of the SPA. L. G. Brunce, public re lations man with the SPA, will introduce members of the South port Ports Commission and other guests. The welcome will be extended by Southport Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr, The dedication ceremony will be held from 1 until 3 p. m. but some of the festivities will start on May 29. Present plans call for icurs, golf, dancing and dining and fish fries in connection with the event. 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 (Continued On Page Four) Boy Scouts To Camp In Area Preparations are now under way at Sunny Point Army Ter minal for the influx of some 500 Boy Scouts from the Coastal Dis trict, Cape Fear Area, Boy Scouts of America during the period April 30- May 2. Site of the encampment of these Scouts will be a portion of Sunny Point’s property located just off N. C. Highway 133 one mile north of the Brunswick County Boarding Home. Various Scout patrols through out the district will commence arriving Friday afternoon and following a welcoming address by the Terminal Commander, Lt. Colonel Archie B. Joyner, Jr., will establish camp. Saturday will be spent in com petitive events and scoring of camp skills and sites. A team of judges will review the Scouts activities, and ribbons and awards will be presented based on the results of these reviews and gradings. Sunday morning religious services will be conducted following which an award cere mony will be held. At this time all awards will be presented to the boy leaders. Following this the Scouts will break camp and depart for home areas. Shakespeare By Local Students * "A Shakespeare playr By kids?' You’re kidding”. Nope, that’s the straight dope. The play is “Julius Caesar,” the actors are students of Mrs. Ruth Hood’s 7th-8th grade at Southport High School and the play will be presented twice on Monday. The first time will be during the chapel session Monday afternoon, the second will be Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock for the benefit of the general public. For a small entrance fee, that is. The performance is being di rected by Mrs. Gilliam Horn stein and Mrs. Ellen Sherrod, two members of the Southport Junior Woman’s Club who have helped to make culture palatible for these youngsters. “You’d be surprised how they love it,” said Mrs. Hornsteln. “Not only do they know their lines, they have made their own costumes, props and sound ef fects.” Monday night you can see what she means. Invite Citizens To Give Plans The Resources Development Commission will hold a county wide meeting Thursday night ac cording to an announcement by William A. Powell, chairman of the commission. Powell stated that the meeting, to be held at 7:30 p. m. in the County Agriculture Building in Supply, is for the purpose of briefing citizens of the county on the progress made by the commission and enlist the assis tance of Brunswick county citizens in a planning-for-pro gress program for the county. “We are interested In all facets of the economic growth of the county and to be successful we must start work on several pro jects immediately,” Powell said. “We have basically divded our program into nine different cate gories and will work on these to promote the economic growth of Brunswick county,” Powell stated. The categories include agriculture, community develop ment, financing, highway and roads, industrial promotion, in dustrial services, transporta tion, tourist promotion and fish ing. Powell said plans for the overall program and plans for each of the categories will be discussed at the meeting. He extended a special Invitation to all Interested citizens to attend the meeting. Members of the Resources De velopment Commission in addi tion to Powell are J. T. Clemmons of Shallotte, vice-chairman; J. A, Francis of Southport, secretary, Harris V. Thompson of Ocean Isle Beach, treasurer, O. W. Cleaton, Leland, D. L. Mercer, Bolivia, J. R. Corbett, Supply, Ralph C. King, Freeland and L. H. Stanley of Shallotte. Plan Program At Brunswick : Nature Trail i Mrs, Roscoe D. McMUlan of Red Springs, president of the Garden Club of North Carolina, will unveil a marker on Sat urday, May 1, at Old Brunswick State Historic Site at 2:00o’clock in the afternoon indicating the participation of the Garden Clubs in the establishment of the Nature Trail there. Present for the ceremony will be Stanley South, archaeologist in-charge, members of the Na ture Trail Committee and state officers of the Garden Club of N. C. Inc. The Nature Trail has been developed under the direction of the committee which was ap pointed when the project was adopted two years ago and activity thus far has consisted of clear ing Brunswick Pond of its growth of grass and tangled bushes. The pond is being revealed and the Nature Trail will wind around its banks. The ceremony on May 1 will mark the culmination of efforts to make the Nature Trail ac cessible and will permit the identification of indigenous plants under the direction of Henry Rehder of Wilmington, chairman of the advisory com mittee on identification. The committee has as its chairman Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., of Southport and includes Mrs. E. A. Palmgren of Char lotte, Mrs. Henry L. Stevens, Jr., of Warsaw, Mrs. Ernest Parker of Southport, and Mrs. D. D. Blanchard of Wallace. The project has been developed in cooperation with the State De-: partment of Archives and History, which controls the site. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and to see the progress which has been made in the Nature Trail. Farm Bureau ^ Favors Control ? Ira L. Chadwick, president of the Brunswick County Farm Bu reau, urges Brunswick County to bacco farmers to give a resound ing vote of approval to acreage poundage controls in the flue cured tobacco referendum next Tuesday. Chadwick describes the acre age-poundage measure as “a positive solution to many of the major problems facing tobacco today.” The plan will be submitted to eligible growers as an alternative to the present acreage control program. A two-thirds majority of those voting will be required to carry the referendum. The Farm Bureau leader said that the “most pressing prob lem” plaguing the industry is an excess of tobacco, which has swollen the inventory of the Flue Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation to al most one billion pounds. ‘‘It’s obvious that our acreage program is not doing the job anymore,” he said. ‘‘We have to make a change now to a pro gram which will effectively keep supply in line with demand. Con gress knows that we are not living up to our part of the bar gain when we keep price supports but continue to grow too much tobacco. We have an opportunity now to get our hose in order.” Chadwick also cited the leaf quality problem, which, he said, j ‘‘is brought on to a large degree I by the practices we use to pro- § duce high yields. Take the incen- M (Continued On Page Four) M 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 29, 6:05 A. M. 0:16 A. M. 6:29 P. M. 12:33 P. M. Friday, April 30, 6:50 A.M. 1:30 A.M. 6:13 P. M. 1:15 P. M. Saturday, May 1, 7:34 A. M. 1:49 A. M. 7:58 P. M. 1:58 P. M. Sunday, May 2, 8:20 A. M. 2:35 A. M. 8:44 P. M. 2:41 P. M. Monday, May 3, 9:06 A. M. 3:23 A. M. 9:33 P. M. 3:27 P. M. Tuesday, May 4, 9:58 A. M. 4:13 A. M. 10:26 P. M. 4:17 P. M. Wednesday, May 5, 10:56 A. M. 5:07 A. M. 11:23 P. M. 5:11 P. M.