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Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Volume 24
No. 51
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2,1965
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
New Drug Store In Southport
OPENING—This is the new home of Kirby Prescription Center located at the
corner of Moore and Howe streets in Southport which has recently been com
pleted. The grand opening is scheduled for this weekend. The protprietor are Carl
Kirby and Tommy Kirby. — (Photo by Dosher.)
Vacation Bible
School Starts
Here Saturday
The Southport Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School will begin
Monday and continue through June
18 with a daily schedule of 8;30
11:30 a. m. being maintained
throughout the two weeks. Prep
aration day will be Saturday from
9 until 10:30 a. m., following by
a parade.
Mrs. Margaret McRacken will
serve as principal; Mrs. Susie
Carson, assistant principal;
Mrs. Mary Hewett, secretary;
Mrs. Jesse Dosher, refresh
ment chairman.
The departments will be staff
ed as follows:
_Bed_nursery:.. Miss , Kathryn.
Carson and Miss Sylvia Gardner,
Three" year olde: Mre. A. B.
Troll, Mrs. John Potter, Mrs.
Catherine Lewis and Mrs. Woody
McRoy.
Four years olds: Mrs. W. C.
Jones, Mrs. Joe Wilmoth, Mrs.
John Vereen and Mrs. Sam Rees,
Jr.
Five year olds: Mrs. R. N.
Clevenger, Mrs. A. H. Gainey,
Jr., Mrs. J. J. Justice, and Mrs.
Paul D. Fisher.
Primary Department: Mrs. Al
bert Dosher, Mrs. Jack Cooper,
Mrs. T. S. Bowmer, Mrs. Jimmy
Davis, Mrs. w. C. Klncalde and
Mrs. Jimmy Dosher.
Junior Department: Mrs. Al
bert Russ, Mrs. W. L. Aldridge,
Rev. E. C. Chamblee, Mrs. E. C.
Chamblee and Mrs. F. M. Bur
dette.
Intermediate Department: Rev.
Jack Cooper, Mrs. Bill Faulk
and Mrs. Margaret McRackan.
The entire congregation is in
vited to the annual school picnic
on Friday, June 18, at 6:30 p. m.
Commencement will be held on
Sunday evening, June 20, at 7:30.
BAKE SALE
Members of the Live Oak Chap
ter, Order of Eastern Star, will
hold abake sale Saturday morning
next door to the Southport post
office.
SERIOUS OPERATION
Mrs. Carrie Chamblee Lewis
of Raleigh, mother of the pastor
of the Southport Baptist Church,
Rev. E. C. Chamblee, underwent
major surgery last week in Rex
Hospital when a leg was am
putated. She is 89 years of age.
She Is slowly recovering.
SOFTBALL MEETING
All persons interested in par
ticipating in a softball league this
summer are asked to attend a
meeting at the courthouse Thurs
day night at 7:30 o'clock. All
are requested to either attend
or send their names to the meet
ing. This will be the only way to
assure being on a team.
BENEFIT BARBECUE
A barbecue supper will beheld
at Zion Methodist Church Sat
urday at 6:30 p, m. The church
is located on highway 17 ap
proximately 12 miles South of
Wilmington. The barbecue will
be pit-cooked and will be served
buffet style. Supper will be
prepared to be taken out. Home
made cakes and pies will also
be on sale at the supper. Pro
ceeds will go to the Zion Metho
dist Church building fund.
Education Board
Studies Problem
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education have
notified the State Superintendent
of Public instruction that they
have undertaken the preparation
of an adequate plan of desegre
gation for submission to the U. S.
Office of Education to meet the
requirements of "General State
ment of Policies Under Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Re
specting Desegregation of Ele
mentary and Secondary Schools”.
They stated that the plan will be
submitted for transmittal to the
U. S. Commissioner of Educa
tion not later than June 15.
This action was taken by the
"board at their meeting here Tues
day night after they had given long
and thoughtful consideration to
the problems that have been
brought on by the flood of requests
for transfer of more than 400
Negro students to schools where
the enrollment heretofore has
been all-white.
Superintendent A. Woodrow
Taylor had been given the task of
working out some plan for coping
with this problem at the last
meeting of the board, and last
night the major part ofthe board’s
time was devoted to consider
ation of how to come forth with a
plan that will be fair and work
able.
There will be a call meeting
of the board of education to give
further consideration to the prob
lems pertaining to student as
signment prior to the June 15
deadline.
Edison Moore and two other
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Graduates To
Seek Training
Last week a total of 178 seniors
were graduated from Bolivia,.
Leland, Shallotte, Southport and
Waccamaw high schools, the
largest number ever to be
graduated from these Bruns
wick County Schools in one year.
Of this group 92, or 52% will
further their educational train
ing. This fall 46 will enroll In
colleges or universities; 26
have plans to attend either South
eastern Community College or
a technical and Industrial school;
15 will enter business colleges;
and 5 will study at a school of
nursing.
A year from now the Armed
Services will have about 20 In
their varied training programs.
Studying for a career in cosmeto
logy will be 19 of the senior
girls. Employed by construction
companies, dredge boats, Riegel,
Tlmme and other businesses will
be at least 22 of this year’s
graduating class. Of the 11
remaining graduates some will
be farming, or working at home.
Scholarships received by the
college bound seniors, at this
date, have exceeded $8,000.
Loans through NDEA and other
sources, as well as work op
portunities for students In col
lege, have been available to
several.
The Brunswick County Board
of Education Is proud of this
year’6 graduating class. Wood
row Taylor, superintendent of
schools, w. N. Williams, assis
tant superintendent, Mrs. Kath
leen Barnes, guidance coordina
tor, the school principals and
teachers Join with the board of
education members in wishing
each member of the class of
1965 happiness and success In
the years to come.
DR. A. W. COOPER
Dr. Cooper To
Discuss Island
Dr. Arthur W. Cooper, N. C.
State University plant ecologist
and coastal expert, will lecture
on the future of Bald Head Is
land at the Blockade Runner
Motor Hotel, Wrightsville Beach
on Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The Brunswick County His
torical Society, the Garden Club
Council of New Hanover County,
the New Hanover Fishing Club,
and the Wilmington Natural Sci
ence Club are among the local
groups sponsoring Dr. Cooper's
free public, illustrated lecture.
His talk will include a discus
sion of the natural history of the
Island, of which Baldhead is the
largest upland portion. The lec
turer will also outline alterna
tive proposals for development or
preservation and will conclude
with the arguments so far ad
vanced for the island’s preser
vation as a scenic, historical,
research, and recreational area.
Dr. Cooper will entertain ques
tions from the audience.
Dr. B. Frank Hall of the Pear
sall Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Wilmington, will intro
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Bolivia Dealer
Expands Firm
G, A. Willetts, owner of
Willetts and Son Motor Sales,
Bolivia, has recently purchased
the franchise for the Ford deal
ership in Clayton.
It i6 unusual for a young man
his age and experience to be of
fered an opportunity to purchase^
another dealership. During the
few years he has been connected
with Ford Motor Co. he has been
able to establish an Impressive
record by winning various awards
and for two consecutive years
won the Distinguished Achieve
ment Award.
The new dealership in Clayton
will operate under the name Clay
ton Motors, Inc. Willetts is
president of the business and
Warren Sellers, originally from
Bolivia, will act as vice presi
dent and general manager. Sel
lers and his family have been in
Clayton since March 1, and the
dealership began operations un
der the new management on
March 15. Sellers has had 15
years experience in the auto
mobile business.
Fisheries Bill
Would Exempt
Oystering Fee
By ODELL WILLIAMSON
During the past several months
since I have been In Raleigh, I
have through this weekly column
tried to keep the people of Bruns
wick county Informed of the
various pieces of legislation that
I thought would be of Interest to
them. Some weeks it has been
rather hard to come up with
something to write about. This
past week happened to fall Into
that category. However, this does
not moan that the General As
sembly has slowed its pace In re
gard to the enactment of bills or
debating and killing of bills.
For Instance, this past Thurs
day several hours were used
in the debating of a bill pertain
ing to chiropractors. The pro
ponents of this piece of legisla
tion contended that the bill it
self just clarified the extent of a
chiropractor's practice and that
It was not relaxing the present law
pertaining to this profession. On
the other hand, the opponents of
this legislation contended that the
bill itself was a relaxation In.
the present law and that if en
acted, a chiropractor could en
gage in the treatment of heart
disease and about anything else
other than the prescribing ot
medicine. The bill was defeated.
Another bill that consumed
quite a bit of time on the floor of
the House was a bill pertaining
to architects. The opponents of
this bill contended that It was
designed to help the architects
In that the services of an archi
tect would be required -In the
construction of a building to be
used by the public or by some
one other than the owner. There
fore, the owner would have this
additional expense. The mem
bers supporting this bill contend
ed that the bill would serve as
a safety measure by having a
qualified person to design a build
ing that would not have its roof
falling In by the weight of a little
snow or by Its own weight.
The commercial fisheries bill
that is now before the committee
oa Commercial Fisheries ha^hy.
now probably already been
amended all It will be. One
amendment that was adopted is
of interest to the people of my
county. This amendment providss
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B. P. Finch
Wreck Victim
Benjamin P. Finch, Wilming
ton man who was reared in South
port, was killed in a traffic acci
dent on U. S. Highway No, 17 near
Winnabow Thursday. State
Trooper C. G. Howell was the
investigating officer.
Finch, the brother of Edgar
Finch of Southport and Mrs. Ethel
Hayes of Whiteville and Mrs.
Eunice Huntley of Southport, was
the son of the late Benjamin
P. and Annis Bowen Finch, and a
native of Zebulon. He was chief
engineer for Norfolk Dredging
Co. and a member of Southport
Baptist Church.
Trooper Howell said Finch,
who resided at 126 Pilgrim Cir
cle, Wilmington, was the only
occupant of his car which ran
off US 17 and overturned three
times. Howell said speed was
the cause of the accident.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2:30 p. m. in Coble's
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At- Dedication Cere many
SPEAKER—Chairman John M. Reeves of the State Ports Authority” is
shown in the above photograph as he tells of the plans and purposes for the
Small Boat Harbor at Southport. Below, James W. Davis, standing before the
mike, pays special tribute to members of the Southport Sub-Committe of the
authority, they are, left to right, E. G. Anderson, L. S. Ficklen, Cooper D. Cass
and Judge Janies F. Latham.
Brunswick Man
Completes Term
In High Office
Sidney S. Kellam, Virginia
Beach civic leader and business
man, has been elected president
of tiie Ocean Hiway Associa
tion succeeding Roy A. Stevens,
of Southport as head of the non
profit association that promotes
travel on the north-south Ocean
Hiway between New York and
Florida. His election came at
the 31st annual meeting of the
Association in North Wildwood.
N. J.
Other new officers are John
Bouhan of Savannah, Ga., first
vice president; and W. w. Dall
ing of South Dennis, N. J., second
vice president. Vernon Derrick
son, Sr. of Dover, Del. was re
elected chairman of the Board.
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Time And Tide
The three Brunswick county doctors made the front page of The
Pilot for May 29, 1935. Shown standing together on the front steps
of the local hospital were Dr. William S. Dosher and the late Dr.
J. Arthur Dosher. There was a separate picture of the late Dr.
W. R. Goley of Shallotte. The Brunswick County Health Queen
Contest had ended in a tie, the winners being Marie Cooper of
Longwood and Pauline Ward of nearby Regan community.
A community Vacation Bible School was in progress at the high
school, with a total enrollment of 131 students. Things were busy
at the Brunswick County Hospital (late Dosher Memorial) with
17 operations for removal of appendix having been performed in
one week. Also on the health front was the distressing news that
there were three cases of scarlet fever in town.
May 29, 1940, and headlines in The Pilot of that week spoke of
primary election returns, in one case it had resulted in the nomina
tion of J. Melville Broughton of Raleigh for Governor; and here in
Brunswick a second primary race had been set up between Bill
Wells and Burnice Russ for the Democratic nomination for Regis
ter of Deeds.
Road work was going on in the county, with Highway No. 130
being resurfaced from Southport to Supply and U. S. No 17 being
recoated all the way from Grissettown to Brunswick River bridge
intersection. An automatic “hog greaser” had been purchased and
Installed on Bald Head island, and this was expected to bring
relief from ticks and lice to the swine population on the nearby
tropical island. There were plans afoot for a reunion of the C.T.M.
Battalion organized during World War I at Ft. Caswell.
Even back in 1945 June was being celebrated as Dairy Month in
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More Visitors At
Brunswick Town
- JONATHAN HANKINS
Union Principal
Receives Honor
Jonathan Hankins, principal of
Union High School, Shallotte, was
one of the 400 candidates for un
dergraduate, graduate and pro
fessional certificates at Com
mr-icameit Exercises at North
Carolina College at Durham on
Sunday.
Hankins, along with three other
principals studying at the college,
completed requirements for the
sixth year certificate in a
program that started under a
grant from the Southern Associa
tion of Secondary Schools in 1961
to encourage principals to do
advanced work in the area of ad
ministration.
He received his A. B. degree
from Storer College, Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia, in 1949
and the M. A. degree from North
Carolina College at Durham in
1958.
Also among the 400 candidates
for degrees at N.C.C. was one
of the first students to graduate
from Union undir Hankins' ad
ministration. Miss Lizzie Mae
Johnson, daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. H. L. Johnson of Shallotte
and the 1961 valedictorian,
of Union, was one of 30 under
grates, to receive honors dur
ing the exercises. Miss John
son graduates cum laude with a
B. S. in the natural sciences.
Emring the period from Jan
uary 1 through May 31 over
22,000 persons visited Bruns
wick Town. For the same period
last year the visitor count
was slightly over 10,000.
Many of these persons are
repeat visitors, returning year
after year to see the progress
made in clearing of areas and
the new excavations. The most
recent excavation is that of the
courthouse, which has been com
pleted and back-filled and is on
display. This is located near
the parking lot, to the left of St.
Philips Church near the Fort
Anderson mounds.
Work continues in the pond
on the Brunswick Town Nature
Trail. This project is sponsored
by the Garden Clubs of North
Carolina, Inc. Plans are being
made to restore the “Judge
Moore” well to a height of about
three feet, using the old colonial
brick that have been removed
from the ruins over a period of
years. This restoration will have
the same type of mortar joint
that may be seen in the St. Philips
Church.
Shallotte Man
Gets Doctorate
William L. Bennett will receive
the Doctor of Theology degree
in commencement exercises at
New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary in New Orleans, La.,
May 28. His major area of study
was church history.
A longtime resident of Shal
lotte, Bennett was graduated from
Shallotte High School and Wake
Forest College, cum laude and a
member of Phi Beta Kappa. He
has a master’s degree from Duke
University Graduate School and a
Bachelor of Divinity degree from
Duke Divinity School.
Pastor of Speedway Terrace
Baptist Church, Memphis, Tenn.,
Bennett is former pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church, Durham,
N. C., and 16th Street Baptist
Church, Greensboro, N. C. He is
author of a book, “Trumpet of
the Lord,” published by Zonder
van in 1959.
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Impressive Ceremony
Harbor Dedicated Sunday
The Southport Small Boat Har
bor was dedicated here Sunday In
the presence of one of the most
distinguished gatherings ever as
sembled In this city. The VIPs did
not Include Governor Dan K.
Moore, who had not fully recov
ered from a bout with the mumps,
but former Governor Terry San
ford, under whose administration
the project actually got under
way, was here to participate In the
program.
Brig. Gen. James Glore, chair
man of the Southport Ports Au
thority, served as master, of
ceremonies and kept the cere
mony moving at a quick pace
despite the fact there were many
Introductions and acknowledge
ments to be made.
He handled many of these him
self, but also participating In this
phase of the activities were John
M. Reeves, chairman of the Stale
Ports Authority, andL. C. Bruce,
director of Information tor that
organization.
Tom Walker, press secretary
tor Governor Moore, represented
the chief executive and read the
following speech tor the gov
ernor;
"This Is a particularly signifi
cant moment for me—to come
here, as I do, a native of the
mountain region of our State, to
stand on this Southeastern coast,
and to understand completely the
great community concept that Is
North Carolina. I cannot re
member a time when this concept
was more obvious to me than it
Is today.
"We do have a great com
munity. North, east, south and
west, we have almost five million
people, all of whom are dedicated
to one thing: Progress—the
building of a more abundant life
tor ourselves and all who will
follow us.
"Since 1959, when the people
of this State voted to invest In
the future of Brunswick County
with the approval of a bond Issue
tor improvements here, I have
followed with great Interest the
development of these port fa- ■
duties. For this reason I look
upon this event, not as the cli
max of an effort, but as a mile
stone, as an indication oc what can
be accomplished here In ihc days
ahead.
"I am convinced that an In
creasingly prosperous future for
Brunswick County and all the
counties of the Southeast is now
assured. Energetic action on the
part of the people of a region
creates interest In that region.
Interest prompts investigation.
And, In an area where a great
potential exists, investigation
leads inevitably to progress.
"More Industrial prospects
are looking at this area today
than ever before. They know
that where you find land, water,
and good, substantial, industrious
people, you find the basic In
gredients for a profitable invest
ment. Add all these things to the
avallabiUty ocean shipping lanes,
and you have a combination that
spells magic to industrial de
velopers.
"I want to commend the State
Ports Authority on the contri
bution it has made to this day.
John Reeves and his accociates
have done an excellent job.
“The Ports Authority’s
achievements at Morehead
City and Wilmington areamatter
of record. A total of 824 ves
sels, flying the flags of nations
from around the world, called at
these two terminals last year.
"It Is interesting to look back
on this development. Before 1952,
the Idea that North Carolina could
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Tide Table
Following la the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These boon aare
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, dune 3,
10:50 A. M. 4:55 A. M.
11:13 P. ML 5:00 P. M.
Friday, dune 4,
11:51 A. M.
Saturday
0:11 A. M.
12:54 P. M.
Sunday,
1:09 A. ML
1:56 P. M.
Monday,
2:08 A. M.
2:55 P. M.
Tuesday
3:05 A. M.
3:52 P. M.
Wedn
4:00 A. M.
4:45 P. M.
5:50 A. ML
6:00 P. M.