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Brunswick County
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Volume 24
No. 48
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WBDNBSDAY, MAY 12, 1965
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Big Catch Of King Mackerel
HAUL—Catches like this had fishermen stumbling around talking to themselves Monday. These men are
from the Paul Cunningham (second from the left) party of Bristol, Va., who were fishing with Capt. Abbie
Dosher aboard the Idle On HI. They had 69 king mackerel and were back at the dock by 1 o’clock.
(Photo by Dosher).
Five Girls From Sports Fishing Is
Brunswick Get
Scholarship Aid Good lhis Week
Ferry Service
Unlikely For
Summer Season
Five Brunswick County col
lege-bound seniors have received
the Prospective Teacher
Scholarship Loan Fund of
$350.
The North Carolina General
Assembly in 1957 established a -
scholarship loan as financial aid
for those students planning'"
teaching career in North Caro»
lina. Each recipient under the
provision of this program shall
be eligible for scholarship loans
each year provided a “C” aver
age is maintained, until she has
qualified for a teacher’s certifi
cate.
The recipients in Brunswick
County are Brenda Jordan, South
port High School, who will attend
Mars Hill; Sandra Russ, Leland
High School, who will enter UNC
at Greensboro; Eunice Harrison,
Lincoln High School, who will
enter St. Augustine College in
Raleigh; Laverna Joyner, Bruns
wick County High School, who wiU
enter A. & T. College in Greens
boro; Julia Hewett,ShallotteHigh
School, who will enter East Caro
lina.
Brenda Gail Tripp, an alter
nate fbr the Prospective Teacher
Scholarship Loan, will enter
Methodist College in Fayetteville
this September.
These students have had a su
perior scholastic and personal
record during their high school
years.
TO ATTEND BANQUET .
A. Woodrow Taylor, superin
tendent of Brunswick County
Schools, and Mrs. Taylor will
attend the banquet in Raleigh
Sunday evening honoring per
sons who have made the “Tar
Heel of the Week” column in the
News and Observer. This will
be a part of the 100th Anniver
sary celebration by the Raleigh
newspaper. Taylor was honored
while serving as high school
principal at Ahoskle.
PIANO RECITAL
The music pupils of Mrs. Carl
Walkins, Sr. will present a music
recital at the Southport Baptist
Church Friday at 8 o’clock.
Everyone is invited to attend.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The WSCS of Shiloh Metho
dist Church located on High
way 87 will sponsor a ham and
chicken supper Saturday, beginn
ing at 6:30 p. m. The supper
will be served in the fellow
ship hall of the church. Pro
ceeds to be used for building
fund. Homemade pies and cakes
will also be available.
BCHS CONCERT
The Brunswick County High
School Chorus and the Elemen
tary Chorus present their annual
spring concert Thursday at 8
p. m. in the school gymtorium.
Choruses are directed by Miss
C. M. Davis and James H. Frink.
The public is invited to attend.
Sports fishing, which was slow
getting started this season,
reached an early peak during
the past weekend with some out
standing catches of king mackerel
being made close to the bar and
with bluefish and the first Spanish
mackerel of the year showing up
.. on the shoals. To top it offr
several parties made fabulous
catches of trout near off-shore
wrecks.
Monday was the day for the
king mackerel. Top boat was
the Eva Kay of Capt. Dick
Skipper, who had 102 of these
fish with the George Emphrey
party of Westfield, Va., aboard,
Capt. Abbie Disher of the Idle On
in had the Paul Cunningham party
of Bristol, Va., and was back
at the dock by 1 o’clock with
69 king mackerel.
Capt. Fred Folford on the Davis
Bros, had the John Chesbesko
party of Concord and came in
with 82 king mackerel. Capt.
Hoyle Dosher in the Idle On IV
had the Elliott Link party of
Rockingham and they landed 76
kings. Capt. Basil Watts on the
Idle On n had a pari of t ie
George Emphrey party of West
field, Va., and they added 75
king mackerel to the day’s take.
Capt. Glenn Trunnell and the Josh
McCullen party from Reidsville
out on the Riptide had 65 king
mackerel.
Just to prove that charterboat
captains like to go fishing on their
day off, five of them went out
Thursday and brought in 142
trout while fishing near one of
the wrecks.. They tried their
luck again Sunday and brought
in 20 Spanish mackerel, the first
that have been reported here this
season.
The count was off some Tues
day, but the kings still were close
Inshore and the catches were
good. Will rather conditions
apparently fairly well settled, the
charterboatmen expect some big
catches during the next few days
and urge those who have
been planning a trip not to wait
until the weekend and run the
rlsh of being unable to get a
boat.
New 4-H Club
For Longwood
A 4-H club was organized in
the Longwood community last
week, organizational meeting be
ing held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Irone Long. Mrs. Long,
along with Miss Betty Hughes
and Mrs. Shirley Ward, are serv
ing as organizational leaders.
There were 13 children present
who joined the club and from
six to ten more are expected to
loin at or before the next meeting.
The following officers were se
lected: Judy Tharte, president;
Richie Dutton, vice president;
Kathy Ward, secretary - treasu
rer; and Kathy Russ, reporter.
A county council representative
and a recreation leader will be
selected at the next meeting.
Delicious refreshments were
served to the group by the leaders
at the conclusion of the business
meeting.
Talent Show And
Dress Revue Plans
The 4-H Talent Show and Dress
Revue will be held at the next
County Council Meeting which
will be held at the Shalfotte
High School auditorium Thurs
day of this week. Judges have
been secured for the talent con
test and trophies donated by the
Ebb-Tide Restaurant and will
be presented to the winners by
J. W. Robinson. The top three
members selected by the Judges
will represent Brunswick County
in the District Talent Contest
to be held in Moore county on
June 19.
The Dress Revue is under the
direction of Mrs. Eva Gray and
will be narrated by Susan Gray.
Trophies have been donated for
both the county junior and senior
winner. Lewis’ Department Store
of Shallotte is donating the trophy
for the senior winner.
County Demonstration Day is
coming up on May 15. Boys and
girls are encouraged to take
part in this event. The county
winners will then begin prepar
ing for the District Contest to be
held on June 29.
Riegel Slates
Major Addition
A new bleaching tower is to
be erected at Riegel Paper Cor
poration’s plant at Riegelwood
on the eastern edge of Colum
bus County. An expenditure of
$1,230,000 is involved in the ex
pansion.
Included is an addition to the
bleach plant building to cost about
$200,000. New equipment to be
added is a chlorine dioxide tow
er and auxiliaries costing
$410,000, an additional chlorine
dioxide generator and auxilia
ries, a peroxide make-up system,
new instrumentation, and elec
trical controls.
The new tower will become the
first bleaching stage in the soft
wood side of the bleach plant.
Purpose of the new bleaching
tower is to increase brightness
ir> the pulp delivered to custo
mers. In technical terms, the
goal is to reach 88 plus bright
ness.
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Beta Club Tag
Day Saturday
Beta Club members from
Southport High School will have
Tag Day Saturday, a scholarship
drive that the Beta Club has
planned to hold annually.
The proceeds from Tag Day
will be given to two or more
seniors, who plan to futher their
education after graduation from
high school. The faculty will
select the re'.pients and the
Beta Club Sc iOlarshlps will be
awarded at the Commencement
Exercise.
School patrons are urged to
give generously to the Beta Club
member who contacts them on
Saturday. Donations are tax
deductable.
Prospects for ferry serv
ice this summer between South
port and Ft. Fisher across the
lower Cape Fear river received
a jolt last week when highway
officials stated that it will be
October before facilities will be
available. f
Although '&M3*»ry *>f a second
replacement vessel for the Sea
Level was given as the reason,
the fact is that thus far nothing
has been done on the site for
the ferry slip on this side of
the river except preliminary sur
veying. No property has been
acquired for this purpose.
Highway Commissioner Chair,
man Merrill Evans and High
way Director W. F. Babcocl
confirmed Thursday that the
service, sought by area leaders
for more than a century, cannot
be initiated before October 15.
Babcock said this is the de
livery date promised for the sec
ond of two new ferryboats or
dered by the state this year.
The first boat, due July 15, will
join the Sea Level on the Car
teret County to Ocracoke Island
run.
The delay, Babcock explained,
was necessitated when the com
mission was forced to issue a
second call for bids on the two
vessels. Bid received on the
first call were excessive, ho
said.
“That pushed the schedule
back about 45 to 60 days,’’ Bab
cock said
Babcock suggested that a del
egation of leaders from the two
counties might persuade the
commission to move the Sea
Level to the new run when the
first new vessel is delivered.
“This is a matter of policy
and the commission must make
the decision.” he said.
Time And Tide
^ The date was May 8, 1935, and the chief subject for discussion
was politics. Our front page pictures showed State Senator S.
Bunn Frink and Representative R. E. Sentelle. In a municipal
election the day before John D. Eriksen had been elected mayor.
Back in those days an annual event to which many Southport
people looked forward was the arrival of the Vanderbilt yacht,
Alva. Not only was this a palatial craft, but it was large enough
to carry a twin-motored amphibian plane in dock. We had a column
of news from Supply and the by-line read “Miss Lottie Jane Frink”;
four oil tankers had come up the river in a single day and that was
news; and an editorial praised the legislation which substituted
lethal gas for the electric chair as a means to inflict capital
punishment in North Carolina.
May 8, 1940 and the consolidated schools of Brunswick were in the
midst of their graduation programs. Secretary of State Thad Eure
has been the speaker at Southport. One of the features of a forth
coming local flowers show was to be an exhibition of painting done
by Wilmington artists Claude Howell and Henry MacMillian. Fri
day was the day set for that event, and there was editorial comment
about the scope of the undertaking, with a name band as an extra,
added attraction for a Flower Show Ball.
There was good news from two fronts for the fishermen; There
was a verified report of bluefish and trout; and the U. S. Army
Engineers had called for bids for digging a yacht basin at the
western end of Moore street in Southport.
War in Europe has ended and in our is$ue of May 9, 1945, there
was a big cartoon to supplement the news Continued in headlines.
With the Japanese phase still in progress, the home front still
was being exhorted to: D^.jnore knitting, buy more bonds and give
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Fishing Bill Is
Cut In Volume
And Importance
The commercial fishing bill
started out to be a big bill not
only as far as the number of pages
is concerned, but also in the num
ber of things it proposed to do.
This bill has not been trimmed
down in size. It undertook to re
write the authority of so many
agencies—for instance, Water
Resources, Wildlife, and Stream
Sanitation—that it aroused many
objections. The sections of the
bill pertaining to the Water Re
sources, Wildlife, and Stream
Sanitation commissions of the
Conservation & Development De
partment have now been deleted.
I would like to point out that
all legislation is generally passed
after compromises have been
made and that this bill does not
reflect all of my thinking. How
ever, I’m quite sure that there
are certain parts of the bill that
have a lot of merit.
Two years ago the General
Assembly passed a bill setting
up what is known as the Legis
lative Council. At that time the
opponents of the bill agrued that
this was setting up a little General
Assembly. This past week, a
bill was introduced to eliminate
this body. Many think it is not
needed and that all the council
does is to give information to a
few members of the General As
sembly at the taxpayers’ expense.
Prior to the meeting of the Leg
islature, the bill to abolish this
council had very strong backing.
If it reaches the floor of the
House, I intend to vote for it
myself.
ims past weanesaay a Din
passed the House permitting a
person to get a divorce on one
year’s separation, provided the
party had obtained a separation
agreement from his or her spouse
for at least one year prior to the
granting of the divorce. The rep
resentatives in opposition to this
bill were afraid that by cutting
the time down from two years to
one, it would probably result in
a future Legislature’s passing a
bill that would allow the divorce
without a separation agreement.
It was also argued that the two
year period gives just a little
more time for the parties to
reconcile their differences and
thus avoid divorce. The members
favoring the measure contended
that it is useless to cause a per
son to have to wait this long a
period if there is agreement be
tween the two parties. They also
claimed that in possibly a lot
of cases it would eliminate hard
ships as to support of children.
During the time of a session
of the General Assembly, almost
all of the so-called important
people that come into our State
pay a visit to the General As
sembly. This past week we had
one that might fall in this cate
gory. He is Richard Chamber
lain, well known as TV’s Dr.
Kildare. He aroused right much
excitement among the clerks and
secretaries who were trying to
see him. After he left, it was
pointed out by a member of the
House that we have a bachelor
in the person of Rep. Jack Moody
of Chatham County who is with
us all the time.
The thing known as “strategy”
plays an important part in get
ting legislation passed in the
General Assembly. For instance,
a group that is sponsoring or
promoting a piece of legislation
that isn’t what would be consid
ered real desirable will always
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Southport Woman
In State Office
Has High Hopes
For Small Boat
Harbor In City
Mrs. Ernest Parker of South
port was elected and Installed
recording secretary of the
Garden Club of North Carolina,
Inc. at its annual convention in
Greensboro last week. She at
tended her first Executive Com
mittee meeting with other new
officers on Thursday morning
after the convention adjourned.
Mrs. Parker has served as
president of the Southport Gar
den Club and, on a statewide
level, as secretary of the Bruns
wick Town Nature Trail Com
mittee of the state organization.
Mrs. Parker attended David
son College and received her
degree from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The term of office is two
years. Elected to the state
presidency was Mrs. W. C.
Landoline, Sr. of Clemmons, who
prior to her election was editor
of "The North Carolina Gard
ener”, the official magazine of
the garden clubs.
Efforts had been made prior
to convention to have the Bruns
wick Town Nature Trail Com
mittee be made a standing com
mittee. The parliamentarian
MRS. ERNEST PARKER
ruled that the change could not
be made until the next conven
tion. Therefore the committee
will remain a special com
mittee until that time.
Larceny Cases In
Superior Court
SERGEANT SMITH
New Sargeant
At Sunny Point
Staff Sergeant Moten Smith,
Jr., of Sibert, Ky., has report
ed to Sunny Point Army Terminal
for a tour of duty at this installa
tion.
The new Sunny Point sergeant
has served on active duty with
the United States Army for over
17 years. He will be assigned
to the Operations Directorate
while at SPART.
During his military service he
has served four overseas tours
of duty, including twice being
assigned to Germany and once
each to Japan and Korea.
Sergeant Smith is married to
the former Pauline Sledenwurst
of Nurembert, Germany. They
have one child, a son, Hans,
age 14. The family plans to
reside in Southport during the
period the sergeant is assigned
to SPART.
Former Board
Member Dies
SHALLOTTE — Luther Clar
ence Tripp, Sr., 94, of Shal
lotte a former member of the
Brunswick County Commission,
died Wednesday in James Walker
Memorial Hospital in Wilmington
after a long illness.
M r. Tripp was a retired build
ing contractor and had been a long
time attendant of Zion Baptist
Church near Ash. He was a
former member of the county
Board of Commissioners in
Brunswick County. For the past
several years he had made his
home with his daughters in Wilm
ington.
Final rites were held Sunday
at 3 p. m. at Powell Funeral
Home Chapel in Shallotte by Dr.
W. D. Morris and the Revs.
W, G. Hawthorne and Scott Tur
ner, with burial in Gurganus
Cemetery near here.
Survivors include three daugh
ters, Mrs. George Ezzell and
Mrs. Rexie Bankhead, both of
Wilmington and Mrs. Bazil T.
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Joseph Goodman pleaded guilty
to a charge of manslaughter in
Brunswick county Superior court
here this morning and was sen
tenced by Judge William Y. Bick
ett to a term of from 4 to 7 years
on the roads.
Homicide charges against
Essie Hill have been continued
for the term, as have the rape
charges against Lindberg King.
The grand jury still has not re
turned a bill In the case charging
Eunice Davis with homocide.
Three cases of breaking,
entering and larceny took up
much of the time Tuesday, open
ing day for the May term for
trial of criminal cases. In each
trial the defendants pleaded
guilty, and up until noon to
day the jury had not heard
evidence In a single case.
Barbara Brooks and Patricia
Brown, women with prominent
family connections, pleaded
guilty on 5 of 13 counts of
breaking, entering and larceny
Involving several beach cottages.
They will be sentenced this after
noon.
Defendants In cases growing
out of another series of thefts are
Culbert Simmons and his broth
er, James Oliver Simmons. They
were charged in five bills of in
dictment and entered pleas of
guilty. Final judgement in their
cases will be made this afternoon.
The third pair who entered
pleas of guilty to charges of
breaking, entering and larceny
Tuesday are Owen DuBose and
Derris Ward, who were tried on
four counts. Judgement in their
cases will be made this after
noon by Judge Bickett.
With defendants coming into
court and entering pleas of guilty,
disposition of cases is prog
ressing rapidly and one court
official said today that the term
should be concluded sometime to
morrow (Thursday).
Service Places
Net $1.1 Million
Brunswick County’s 88 serv
ice establishments had total re
ceipts o f $1.1 million In 1963,
an increase of 133 percent from
1958, according to a report of
the 1963 census of business just
released by the Bureau of the
Census, u. S. Department of
Commerce. The last previous
census of business covered
operations during 1958.
The service trades in the
census of business included those
providing personal service to in
dividuals; miscellaneous busi
ness service; auto repair and
other auto services; and repair
services. Also included were
motion picture production and
distribution businesses; motion
picture theatres; other amuze
ment and recreation services
and hotels and motels.
The selected service trade
establishments in the county
employed 73 persons (exclusive
of proprietors) and had a pay
roll for the year of $158 thou
sand. The state as a whole
Included 23,677 establishments
with receipts of $597.7 million.
The bureau of the census re
port Selected Services, North
Carolina, 1963 Census of Busi
ness, from which these data are
taken, may be purchased from
the superintendent of documents,
Washington, D. C.
Robert W. MacArthur, pres
ident of Ramsey Roducts Cor
poration in Charlotte, who was
the fist cash customer at the
Southport Small Boat Harbor,
was so well pleased with the
service he received here that
he wrote the following letter
this week to James W. Davis,
executive director of the North
Carolina State Ports Authority:
"1 am a five year resident
of Charlotte, having moved
a manufacturing plant to Char
lotte, from Albany, New York,
I have been a severe critic of
things and people in North Car
olina from the Statehouse on
down. I have been quick to write
letters voicing my opinions about
the things around me that I did
n't like.
“I’d like to be as quick to
write you my opinion of the new
Marina at Southport. Without a
doubt, it is the finest Marina
from Wilmington to Ft. Lauder
dale. It is probably the finest
on the East Coast, but since I
haven't visited all of them I can
not say with authority.
“Mr. Schmidt and his assist
ants are without a doubt the most
cooperative, helpful, and sincere
men I have met since I moved
to North Carolina. They cannot
seem to do enough for us as
boat owners.
“I sincerely trust that the plans
for ultimate completion of the .
Marina work out as you have?’
planned, and that the Marina re-;?
ceives the promotion and praise^;
that it deserves. Believe me,?;
everyone I meet in the boating;
world will hear of it and I’m
sure I won’t be alone.*’ I
Two Pro Shops !
In County Hit
Thieves broke into the pro
at Oak Island Golf Club and at
Boiling Spring Lakes Golf Club
last Wednesday night and got away
with equipment and other mer
chandise valued at almost $7,500.
At Oak Island the noctournal
visitors entered through a rear
door of the pro shop and ap
parently took their time loading
their choice of clubs, balls,
shoes, golf bags, clothing and
other valuables, including the
cash register and the typewriter.
Bob Smith, club professional, es
timated the loss at almost $6,000.
At Bolling Spring Lakes the
take was somewhat smaller, but
once more the thieves appeared
to know what they were doing
as they selected the most ex
pensive merchandise in the pro
shop. Joe Batson, club pro, esti
mated the loss at about $1,500.
The Brunswick County Sher
iff’s Department and the SBI
were at work on the case early
Thursday morning, but the vis
itors left few clues. It appeared
that they wore gloves while they
carried on their selecting and
loading operations.
It appears that robberies of this
nature are not unusual. Just one
year ago the pro shop at the
Dunes Club and at the Surf Club
near Myrtle Beach, S. C., were
hit. Smith thinks these are out-of
state operators who load up one or
more cars and carry their loot
into congested, metropolitian
areas to be unloaded.
The loss at Oak Island was
covered by insurance but there
was no coverage on the stolen
goods at Boiling Spring Lakes.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport Airing
die week. These hours aare
approximately correct and
were furrished The State
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
high low
TIDE TABLE
THURSDAY, May 1*.
6:10 A. M. 0:19 A. M.
6:45 P. M. 12:30 P. M.
FRIDAY. MAY 14.
6:56 A. M. 1:07 A. M.
7:29 P. M. 1:12 P. M.
SATURDAY, MAY 15,
7:39 A. M. 1:50 A. M.
8:10 P. M. 1:52 P. M.
SUNDAY, MAY 16,
8:20 A. M. 2:33 A. M.
8:49 P. M. 2:32 P. M.
MONDAY, MAY 17,
8:58 A. M. 3:15 A. M.
9:28 P. M. 3:11 P. M.
TUESDAY, MAY J8,
9:38 A. M. 3:56 A. M.
10:05 P. M. 3:50 P. M.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19,
10:17 A. M. 4:37 A. M.
10:45 P. M. 4:29 P. M.