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Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Volume 24
No. 50
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1965
50 A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
SOUTHPORT SMALLBOAT HARBOR
DEDICATION—This is the Small Boat Harbor at Southport, where dedication ceremonies are
slated to be held Sunday afternoon with Governor Dan Moore as principal speaker. Many other im
portant state officials have indicated they plan to attend. Tar Heels Afloat will converge upon South
port during the weekend and will join in this dedication program. (Photo by Dosher).
Small Boat Harbor
Dedication Scheduled Sunday
Formal dedication of the South
port Small Boat Harbor will be
held here Sunday afternoon as
a climax to a two-day celebra
tion which will include the pos
sible presence of three men who
have served as Governor of North
Carolina, several members of
. the Council of State, Legislators
and other State officials and about
j5f 100 members of Tar Heels Afloat.
Governor Dan Moore issched
i? uled to be the principal speaker,
former Governor Terry Sanford
li; has accepted an invitation to ap
pear on the program and Gover
* nor Luther H. Hodges has been
invited and may attend.
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 Com mission and other
guests. The welcome will be
extended by Southport Mayor
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.
Present plans call for tours,
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
courses, Sunny Point, Orton
Plantation and Brunswick Town
will be conducted that after
noon. Lt. Col. William O. Beas
ley of Caswell Beach, com
mander 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
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Brief Bits Of
NVEWS-a
UNION SERVICE
The Southport Presbyterian
Church will be host to the church
es of Southport for the Union
Service Sunday night at 7:30
o’clock. The Rev. E. C. Cham
blee, pastor of the Southport
Baptist Church, will be the
preacher.
IMPORTANT MEETING
A county-wide meeting of civic
leaders will be held at the Agri
cultural Extension office in Sup
ply on Thursday, 7:30 p. m.
to explain the purpose of the
Human Resources Development
program. The program will be
outlined in detail and slides illus
trating the development of human
resources will be shown.
Dedication Program
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
Sunday, May 30, 1965
Master of Ceremonies ...... Brig. Gen. James Glore
Chairman Southport Port Commission
Welcome .. E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.
Mayor, City of Southport
Introductions . John M. Reeves,
Chairman State Ports Authority
Introduction, of
Terry Sanford .. Ernest E. Parker Jr.
Member of Board of C & D
Remarks ... Terry Sanford
Former Governor of North Carolina
Introduction of
Governor Dan K. Moore.James C. Bowman
District Solicitor
Address . Dan K. Moore
Governor of North Carolina
Commissioners Ask
For Ferry Service
Members of the board of com
missioners for Brunswick county
at their last meeting addressed a
resolution to Merrill Evans,
chairman of the State Highway
Commission, requesting that
ferry service between Southport
and Fort Fisher be Inaugurated
on July 1 of this year.
Text of their resolution fol
lows:
“Whereas, it has been brought
to the attention of the Board of
County Commissioners of Bruns
wick County that the proposed
Ferry Service between Southport
and Ft. Fisher has been delay
ed until September 1, 1965, or
Finals Tonight
At Southport
Thirty Southport High School
seniors will graduate tonight
(Wednesday) at eight o’clock dur
ing commencement activities in
the high school auditorium.
Dr. Douglas R. Jones, dean of
the School of Education at East
Carolina College, will deliver
the commencement address and
will be introduced by Su
perintendent A. Woodrow Tay
lor.
The valedictorian is Jerry
Swain and the salutatorian is
Brenda Jordan.
Members of the graduating
class are Dickie Aldridge, Wade
Beard, Vivian Bennett, Rosa Lee
Creech, Terry Dunford, Frances
Edwards, Bill Faulk, Ritchie
Full wood, Bill Furpless, Carolyn
Galloway, Leeloney Grueling,
Joyce Gurley, Ed Harper, Billy
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later and;
“Whereas it has been the un
derstanding of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners of Brunswick
County as well as the general
public in this entire area that
this service would begin July 1,
1965, and;
“Whereas it has been es
tablished as a fact the need for
such a facility at the present
time and;
“Whereas the implementation
of this service would not only
benefit the Lower Cape Fear
region, but would be of major
benefit to the coastal area of
North Carolina and the entire
state.
“Now therefore be it resolved
that the Brunswick County Com
missioners do hereby urge and
respectfully request the North
Carolina Highway Commission
to commence this service July
1* 1965, as originally scheduled.’*
Graduates At
East Carolina ,
A total of 1,330 candidates
for graduation received bache
lor’s or master’s degrees Sun
day in exercises which concluded
the 56th annual commencement
program at East Carolina Col
lege.
Baccalaureate degrees went to
1,100 members of the Class of
’65; master’s degrees were
awarded to 230 candidates. Sun
day’s graduates outnumber by
about 140 the previous record,
1,193 degree recipients last June.
The following Brunswick
Ash.
David Joseph Stanaland (BSj;
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Inspection Bill
Gets Favorable
Vote In House :
The auto inspection bill that
has created so much discussion
passed the General Assembly this
past week with a better than
2-to-l ratio. This margin of vic
tory for the proponents of this
legislation was rather surprising
to almost everyone. I would like
to point out the reasons for which
the bill gained the popularity it
had.
In the first place, the require
ments under the bill are not very
strenuous. They do not require
anything other than what the law
already requires a car to have in
order to operate on the public
highways in North Carolina.
Secondly, it was thought by the
members that the law would be
administered fairly and with
out any undue hardships on the
car owners.
Under the able leadership of
Gov. Dan K. Moore, in effect this
vote was sort of a vote of con
fidence in our present adminis
tration. The bill Itself provides
that all vehicles—new or used—
sold in North Carolina after
March 1, 1966, must have an ap
proved inspection sticker on the
car at the time of sale. Ap
proved garages will be certified
to take care of this inspection,
which should not work too much
of a hardship on a person having
to have an inspection made. The
inspection is required only one
time in a 12-month period. The
items required to be Inspected
under the law are brakes, lights,
mirror, windshield wiper, horn
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Integration Problems
School Board Faces Decision
Industrial Park ?
May Develop Eagle Island
Representative Odell William
son has introduced legislation
that would create a two-county
commission to acquire from the
government and to promote the
maritime development of Eagle
Island.
That is the approximately 2,
500-acre finger shaped body of
land lying between the Cape
Fear and Brunswick rivers in
New Hanover and Brunswick
counties.
Williamson said the proposal
is aimed at the industrializa
tion of the island when the U.
S. Maritime Administration re
moves the last of the liberty
ships from the layup basin -
probably within two years.
He pointed out, however, that
this does not mean that the
work of the commission would
be held up until that time. The
group would begin planning for
future development in the area
as soon as it is organized, Wil
liamson said.
The legislator said there is
some 900 acres of the island
now owned by the federal
government which probably
could revert to this proposed
commission for development.
Col. George Gillette of the
Port and Waterways Commis
sion says the waters bordering
the two rivers and “farther
north” offers “great” oppor
tunity for mari-time industrial
development.
Gt’lclt said one aim of such
a commission would be to pro
mote the deepening of the
Brunswick River to a 25-foot
channel depth to allow “regular
cargo ships” to move up to the
island.
“This is a mighty good area
for many types of industrial
development,” he said.
The bill calls tor the ap
pointment of a six-member
commission upon its ratifica
tion. Brunswick and New
Hanover counties would each
name two members and the
governor would make the oth
er two appointments. Terms
on the board would be stag
gered at two, four and six
years.
The act, If approved, would
empower the commission to
construct and operate port,
dock, storage, transportation,
industrial agricultural proces
sing and manufacturing facili
ties in the area. I would au
thorize the board to fix and
collect tolls for use of any of
its projects or facilities.
Approval of four members
would be needed before the
board could take any type of
action.
KING MACKEREL. AND AMBERJACK
CATCH—Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Bigger, Vance Johnson and Lea Wil
liams are shown here with th'eir catch Saturday while out with Oapt. Ahbie Dos
her aboard the Idle On III. They had 22 king mackerel, 8 amberjack and one
dblphin. (Photo by Dosher).
Policeman On
Duty At Beach
Ernest Hewett, veteran Bruns
wick county law enforcement of
ficer, has been added to the po
lice force at Long Beach for
duty during the summer months,
according to Police Chief Aubrey
Hickman.
Hewett is a resident of Shal
lotte and has served on the po
lice force there. In addition he
has served as constable for Lock
woods FoUy township for several
years. He assumed his new duties
Friday.
At the last meeting of the town
board an ordinance was passed
pertaining to operation of motor
vehicles on the beach strand,
and Chief Hickman says this
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Time And Tide
May 22, 1935—One of the most significant meetings held in
recent years at Southport had been the Eastern North Carolina
Hospital Association in the Masonic Hall. Dr. W. S. Rankin, head
of the Duke Hospital Endowment, had paid high tribute to the
Brunswick County Hospital and to Dr. J. Arthur Dosher. “Right
here,” Dr. Rankin said during the course of his talk, “1 want to
pay tribute to one man, Dr. Arthur Dosher. The Brunswick County
Hospital is built around him. and without him could not function.
I am not discrediting the work of his fine young assistant, Dr.
William Dosher, nor of his colleague of many years standing,
Dr. William Goley; but this hospital is build around one man. It
it is a real pleasure and inspiration to see work like this going om”
May 22, 1940--Brunswick county voters were getting ready
for a primary election on the coming Saturday. S. B. Frink had
been named one of the N. C, Delegates to the National Democratic
Convention. And there were reports of commencement exercises.
Movies had been taken of the birds on Battery Island; gala
amuzements were being talked of for Long Beach; and a local
minister had preached a sermon at the funeral of a murder and
suicide victim at one of the county churches. “Best chance I had
ever had to get some of those folks in church,” he explained.
May 23, 1945—Even though V-E Day had come and gone, there
still was a war going on. There was news of foreign service, com
mendations and of a new draft quota. There was activity on the
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King Mackerel Are
Here In Numbers
< -
Named Acting
Postmaster Here
A certificate of appointment
as Acting Postmaster at South
port was presented to Mrs. Mar
jorie P. Livingston Wednesday
by John W. Winburn, Postal Serv
ice Officer of Fayetteville.
Mrs. Livingston has been em
ployed in the post office for more
than 22 years and previously
served as acting postmaster from
August 16, 1951 to November 10.
1953. ’
Union Students
Receiving Aid
Josie Mae Johnson and Roger
Olen Butler, 1965 graduates of
Union High School, were among
the scholarship finalists at Ben
nett College and Livingstone Col
lege, respectively. Both were
interviewed on May 14 by the
steering committee for Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation for the 24
four-year scholarships of $4,000.
each at the rate of $1,000. per
year available to qualified high
school graduates.
In each instance, nominations
for awards had to be made by
the principal before March 15.
Each principal had the opportun
ity to name from one to three
young women as candidates for
scholarships at Bennett College
and one to three young men as
candidates for scholarships at
Livingstone.
The finalists, 25-30, at each
school were selected on the bases
of scholastic record, rank in
class, SAT scores, financial need
and potential for achievement.
From these 60 students twelve
could be selected for each of the
schools.
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Sports fishing at Southport was
back in high gear during the past
few days, with some of the sea
son's best catches being report
ed by charter boat skippers work
ing out of this port.
Clawson Ellis and party from
Sanford fished with Capt. Fred
Fulford aboard the Davis Bros.
Sunday and caught 35 king mack
erel. Monday Capt. Fulford found
the king mackerel more abundant
as John Chesbesko and party of
Concord returned to port with 100
of the specie.
J. E. Holden and party of
Statesville caught 46 king mack
erel Sunday while fishing with
Capt. Glenn Trunnell aboard the
Riptide.
Capt. Dick Skipper made a
Saturday trip to the Gulf Stream
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Adult Classes
At Waccamaw
Adult education courses cover
ing a wide range of fields are
being planned for Waccamaw High
School under the direction of
Ralph C. King.
In an effort to determine what
the adult educational needs will
be Waccamaw High School offi
cials are now attempting to have
each interested adult notify the
school and express his course
preference.
A minimum of ten students
must enroll in a course before
that subject may be taught, a
small supply fee, ranging from
two to four dollars, will be re
quired and all instructors will be
higly qualified in their respective
fields. One may register by filling
out a form sent to most adults in
the Ash area or by contacting the
school.
Academic, agricultural and in
dustrial, commercial, and home
economics courses will be
offered.
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education met
Monday night to consider
the problems brought on by the
413 requests received from
Negro students requesting as
signment to white schools for the
1965-66 session.
The fact that a total of 305
of these students have request
ed transfer to Shallotte High
School brings on complications
in the realm of accommodations,
since facilities at that school al
ready are overcrowded.
Results from the Freedom of
Choice applications returned by
the students last week 219 stu
dents at Union High School, 68
students at Cedar Grove Elemen
tary School and 18 at Long wood
Elementary School requested
transfer to Shallotte High School.
Elsewhere two students from
Lincoln High School requested
transfer to Leland High School;
nine students from Piney Grove
Elementary School requested
transfer to Bolivia High School;
26 students from Union High
School and 46 student from Long
wood Elementary School request
ed transfer to Waccamaw High
School; and seven students from
Brunswick County High School
requested transfer to South
port High School.
mere were no requests from
students at white schools for
transfer to one of the Negro
schools.
Homer Holden moved that due
to heavy demands on some fa
cilities, overcrowded conditions,
and related factors Supt. Taylor
draw up a plan by the next
meeting for assigning students
who had submitted requests for
reassignments under the free
dom of choice policy adopted
by the Board in order that as
signments might be made as
soon as possible. This was
seconded by Arthur J. Dosher
and carried unanimously.
Use of the Lincoln gym during
the summer months was discuss
ed. It was agreed that Supt.
Taylor set a date for the dedica
tion of the gym and that former
board of education members and
members of the former board of
county commissioners be invl‘;d ■'%
to participate in the dedication
ceremony along with present
members of these boards. It
was also agreed that maintenance
men who had worked on the gym
be extended a special invitation
to attend the ceremony.
Driver’s Education was dis
cussed and the board noted that
there was considerable dis
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Bookmobile To
Expand Service
Effective June 1, two additional
routes will be added to the Bruns
wick County Bookmobile schedule
to provide for increased use dur
ing the summer months. Addi
tion of the new routes has neces
sitated re-routing on all the pres
ent runs.
Bookmobile patrons and
potential patrons are advised to
check the weekly schedules in
this newspaper for changes both
in the day and the hours of
former community stops.
Residents of any area in the
county not presently receiving
bookmobile service, and who
would like to have it, should
send a request, in writing, to
the Southport Public Library,
which serves as headquarters for
Brunswick County Library Serv
ice. Mrs. Philip King, librarian,
says that bookmobile stops may
be scheduled wherever there are
five persons who wish to use it.
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, May 27,
4:33 A. M. 11:09 A. M.
5:07 P. M. 11:46 P. M.
Friday, May 28,
5:25 A. M. 11:57 A. M.
5:58 P. M.
Saturday, May 29,
6:15 A. M. 0:38 A. M.
6:48 P. M. 12:44 P. M.
Sunday, May SO,
7:07 A. M. 1:28 A. M
7:38 P. M. 1:31 P. M.
Monday, May 81,
8:00 A. M. 2:18 A. M.
8:30 P. M. 2:20 P. M.
Tuesday, June 1,
8:54 A. M. 3:10 A. M.
9:23 P. M. 3:11 P. M.
Wednesday, June 2,
9:51 A. M. 4:01 A. M.
10:17 P. M. 4:04 P. M.