The Pilot Covers Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time Volume 24 No. 52 8-jPages Today SOUTHPORT, N. G WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1965 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Brunswick County NORTH CAROLINA VACATION LINING Signs Sell Brunswick DISPLAY—Two signboards have been erected at strategic locations on U. S. No. 17 by the Brunswick County Resources Development Commission. One is sit uated at the junction of Highways 17-74-76 and faces northbound traffic;; The other is north of the South Carolina line and also faces northbound travelers. Farm Notices Being Mailed In Brunswick Brunswick county farmers are urged to be on the lookout for their notice of measured acre aged for their farms. The first of these were mailed Tuesday and others will be mailed daily until every farmer has received a notice. It is important that farmers review these notices very care fully because if there is an excess or deficient acreage there will be a time limit for notifying the ASCS Office of his intentions regarding this acreage. In the case of flue-cured tobacco the time limit is 7 days from the date of the notice. For other crops or land uses the timelimit is 15 days from the date of the notice. To disregard these timelimits can cause a tobacco farmer to lose eligibility for price sup port on his entire crop, and may well cause a farmer participat ing in the feed grain or wheat programs to lose his entire diversion and price support pay ments. Any farmer who feels that his acreage has not been measured correctly can ask for a re measurement by making a de posit to cover the cost of this service. If the farmer is found to be correct and the measure ments are wrong then the de posit will be refunded. The cost of remeasurement is $1 per acre with a minimum of $8 per farm. To dispose of excess acreage the charge will be $5 for the first place plus $1 for each addi tional place the disposition is made. The same charge will apply for taking out or adding on diverted acreage under the feed grain and wheat stabilize tion programs. It is hoped that all farmers will be on the look-out for these notices and will take prompt action where it is needed. ENTERS LSU Don Brown, Southport boy, has entered summer school at LSU at Baton Rouge, La., where he will be a student this fall. He graduated with honors Friday night at New Hanover High School. LADIES NIGHT Dr. M. H. Rourk of shallotte, director of Lions International, will be the speaker at the Ladies Night program in Southport on June 17. New officers will be Installed at this meeting. YARD OF MONTH Mrs. Thomas St. George and Miss Marlon St. George have been honored by the Southport Garden Club with the selection of their home for "Yard of the Month" for June in Southport. BENEFIT FISH FRY The Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church will sponsor a benefit fish fry supper Saturday at Garland Var nam’s Landing from 5 to 9 p. m. Homemade cakes and pies will also be on sale. All proceeds go to the New Church Buildlr^ Fund. Southport Artist Exhibits Paintings An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Gilliam Hornsteinof Southport, will be shown at St, John’s Gallery in Wilmington through July 5. The exhibition was opened at a reception held in honor of the artist on Tuesday evening. This exhibit marks Mrs. Horn stein’s fourth one man show. A large selection of work in oils and graphic media, among them some of her prize winning works are Included. Other one man ex hibitions by Mrs, Hornstein were shown in Wilmington at the Ar tist’s Gallery during 1961, in Ra leigh at the Garden Gallery and in Greensboro at the Attic Gallery during 1964. A self-taught artist, Mrs. Homstein began painting in 1960. In 1961, one of her drawings war accepted in the N. C. Annual Artists Exhibition at the N. C. Museum of Art. Also in 1961, she won the Ethel Parker Cup for the best oil painting in the N. C. Federation of Women’s Clubs Annual Exhibition, and was presented the first prize in graphics in the first annual South port Arts Festival. In 1962, Mrs. Hornstein be came an exhibiting member with the N. C. Associated Artists, and was represented in their 1962 63 traveling show and has shown in their Invitational exhibitions. Paintings by Mrs. Hornstein were accepted in the 1962-63 and 1963-64 N. C. Annual Ar tists Exhibitions at the N. C. Museum of Art and were included in the traveling shows from these exhibitions. “The Light And The Dying”, an oil painting by Mrs. Hornstein, which was shown in 1963-64 N. C. Artists Exhibition is now in the permanent collection at the State Art Museum in Raleigh. Other honors received by Mrs. Hornstein Include the Best In Show Award (1963) and the Graphics Cup Award (1964) in the Southport Arts Festival, first prize for drawing in the Lower Cape Fear Exhibition (1963) held at Wilmington College, and the S. Clay Williams Cup for the best (Continued On Page Four) Lincoln Gym Is Dedicated Dedication of the Lincoln High school gymtorium was held Thursday night with Frank Toli ver, supervisor of North Carolina secondary schools, as the prin cipal speaker. He was introduced by Principal J. F. Clemmons. Following the opening song, “America” the invocation was given by the Rev. Ervin Pellom. Greetings were extended by James Thompson, chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Education. The history of Lincoln High School was given by Mrs. Viola M. Thomas and this was fol lowed by a choral selection by The girl’s chorus “Give Ear Unto My Prayer”. Following the address by the speaker, this group also sang "God So Loved The World”. Announcements were made and guests were Introduced by w. N. Williams, assistant super intendent of Brunswick county schools and the benediction was by Edison Moore, chairman of the Lincoln school committee. MRS. GILLIAM HORNSTEIN Senior Citizens Loan Available Elderly people, If they live In rural areas, need not give up the idea of building, buying or repairing their homes on credit. This word comes from Parks C. Fields, Farmers Home Ad ministration County Supervisor, serving Brunswick county. Fields said citizens who are 62-years and over, living in a rural community of 2,500 or less, may be eligible for a 33 year loan bearing 4 percent in terest to buy an older home or build a new one. The FHA supervisor said elderly residents may also be eligible for smaller loans for home repairs. He pointed out the increasing demand in small towns for rental units designed to meet the housing needs for older folks. The Farmers Home Ad m inistr ation can loan direct funds to non-profit organizations for construction of senior citizen rental housing units designed for Independent living. Funds for construction of senior citizen rental housing units may also be provided by private investors with FHA guar anteeing repayment. This fiscal year through April 30 Farmers Home Administra tion had advanced $5,586,876 to senior citizens for construction, buying and repairing of indivi dual homes. The total loaned is up 17 percent over a similar period last fiscal year. Over 1,200 elderly people in the 30 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were able to get loans tor new or improved housing through the senior citi zen rural housing program of Farmers Home Administration. Another $1,248,510 was ad vanced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture agency tor the construction of rental housing units for senior citizens dur ing the same period, July 1, 1964 through April 30, 1965. “Farmers Home Administra tion’s senior citizen housing loan program offers citizens, 62-years and older, an op portunity to have housing suited to their needs in the community (Continued On Page Four) Assembly Will Begin Summer Session Monday The first program of the North Carolina Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell will get underway Monday, commencing a busy schedule that will end on August 21. Known as “The Assembly By the Sea,’’ the conference center serves the members of the Bap tist churches in all parts of North Carolina. The summer program opens with the Junior and Intermedi ate Girls’ Auxiliary camp from June 14 through .June 19. The Young Women’s Auxiliary camp will begin June 21 and close June 26. S From July 28 through July 3, a Training Union Conference will be held. The period from July 5 through July 10 will be given over to Sunday School Week and Junior Choir camp. The Church Music Conference is scheduled July 12-17. Two Training Union conferences are planned, the first from July 19 to July 24, and the second begin ning July 26 and ending July 31. A Royal Ambassador camp will be held Aug. 2-7. August 6 through the eighth will be de* ...voted to a staff retreat. From Aug. 9 to Aug. 14, a second Royal Ambassador camp will be conducted. The North Carolina Baptist Assera bly will conclude its summer program with the Youth Confer ence Aug. 16-21. The property of the North Car olina Baptist Assembly consists of 248 acres of land located on the tip of Oak Island. In 1949, North Carolina Bap tists bought Fort Caswell. The purchase price was $86,000. The total investment in land and building is -now estimated at about $150,000. The personal property has a value almost equal to the amount invested iB real estate. Approval Of ' Eagles Island J Bill Delayed Representative Odell William son’s bill to create the Bruns wick-New Hanover Maritime Commission for the develop ment of Eagles Island hit a tem porary roadblock Tuesday when a request was made for postpone ment to allow for amendment. There were expressions of concern over some of the broad powers couched in the bill, and fear was expressed that passage in its present form might lead to a rash of other “commission” bills. However, it appeared that amendments would not be drastic and eventual passage of the leg islation appears to be assured. Williamson said he had been Informed of the pending amend ments during Hie lunch break Tuesday. He said he had agreed to meet with senators Wednesday morning and discuss with them whatever amendments might be proposed. Williamson said he did not think any amendments which might be Introduced today (Wed (Continued On Page Four) mm Big Haul Of Bull Dolphin GAMEFISH—This spectacular catch of dolphin was brought in last week by a party from Dunn, headed by Joe Ruark, lower left, a Southport native. They were out with Capt. Hoyle Dosher, upper right, aboard the Idle On IV. At the top of the picture with Capt. Dosher are Dr. Belmont Kitrell and Mr. Craig. With Ruark is Leo Dowling, and standing at the right of the fish rack are the Black brothers. (Photo by Dosher). School Board Sends In Plan For Compliance Members of the Brunswick County Board of Education gave unanimous approval Tuesday night to a plan to be submitted to the U. S. Office of Education to meet the requirements of * “General Statement of Policies: Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Respecting Desegre gation of Elementary and Secondary Schools", •nV The work of—adapting ...this, formula to the Brunswick county school situation will be under taken when the board is informed whether its proposal has been accepted. The remainder of a lengthy session was devoted to consid eration of the 1965-66 budget, with some discussion given to use of School Bond money avail able for construction in Bruns wick county. Drivers Education was dis cussed and the board directed that more efficiency be introduc ed into the program in order that all eligible students be qualified under the program as soon as possible. O. K. Bel lamy moved that the board au thorize the purchase of two addi tional driver education cars for an expanded summer program. This was seconded by Homer Holden and carried unanimously. Supt. Taylor advised the board that he had discussed the voca tional teacher allotment with Mr. Bates but there had not yet been ^ a final decision in the matter. Arthur J. Do she r moved that gutters and downspouts be in stalled over the front and side entrances of the B. C. H. S. Gym. This was seconded by Bellamy and carried by a un (Continued On Page Four) Time And Tide It was June 5, 1935, and Miss Annie May Woodside had just been elected Superintendent of Brunswick County Schools, succeed ing R. E. Sentelle. Members of the board of county commissioners had voted to discontinue the office of Home Demonstration agent, and in so doing had called down the wrath club women and 4-H members. It was good news that State highway forces were resur facing a portion of the Southport-Wilmington road. Something of a record must have been set in Recorder’s court that week, for although a session had been held, there had been no convictions. Wilhelm Schmidt, who had been fishing here for several months, was back in port after spending two days and nights at sea in a boat with a disabled motor. In the advertising section there' appeared an eye-catching illustration for lingerie, with nightgowns a specialty of the house at Ruark’s, 49? and 98?. The time was June 5, 1940, and the late R. C. St. George had been endorsed for the post of District Commander, American Legion; and his picture was on the front page. Also on page 1 was a photo of the late Governor J. Melville Broughton, who had received official word of his nomination. The new 76-foot yacht of Frank O. Sher rill, owner of Bald Head island, was due here, and there was a suggestion that he might be coerced into basing the craft at South port. Local tennis players were making daily pilgrimages over to Caswell to use the cement court, one of three hard playing sur faces in Brunswick; it was reported that the finger that had been completely severed from the hand of Dudlev Sutton. Southport youngster, had healed after being sewn back on by a local surgeon, and the report from Bald Head Island was that early truck crops were ready for harvest. A headline in our issue for June 6, 1945 proclaimed; “District Fire Tractor Saves Thousands of Acres”. The people of Brunswick were growing more and more fire protection conscious. Another front page story reported that Cpl. Audie Phelps had lost 17-lbs while being held a prisoner of war. The developers of Long Beach announced that they were prepared for a banner season, with a post (Continued On Page Four) Seeking Exhibits For Heritage Show THOMAS J. HARRELSON Harrelson On Job In Italy Thomas J. Harrelson of South port, student at Horton's Busi ness School of the University of Pennsylvania, is spending two months this summer in Bologna, Italy, where he is working in a bank as a part of his business training. This is a particularly pleasant assignment tor the Southport boy,, who interrupted his undergrad uate study at University of North Carolina to spend one year in Rome where he attended the Uni versity of Rome. This was dur ing the time that his uncle, Dr, Walter Harrelson, was in that city on a teaching fellowship. Harrelson will return to the Philadelphia school in the fall and will be the recipient of a $500 scholarship. He earned this by making all - A’s one semes ter and placing on the dean’s list for both sessions. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fan Harrelson of Southport and the grandson of the late Sheriff and Mrs. I. D. Harrelson. Primary Grades Books Available Books tor supplemental read ing in the prim ary grades are now available through all facilities of the Brunswick County Library service, according to Mrs. Bar bara L. Gainey of the Southport junior Woman’s Club. Mrs. Gainey, Education Chair man of the Club which is sponsor ing this project, says that it is de signed to make available books recommended by teachers for re medial summer reading in the first 3 grades ^f school. A limited number of pre primers and primers have been purchased and are available, on request, through the public li braries in Southport and Shallotte and on the Bookmobile. Parents and children should ask tor the "summer readers for primary grades*’, as these books will not be on the regular shelves of children’s books, included in the groups are the Cowboy Sam, (Continued On Page Four) Residents of Brunswick County are urged to exhibit family heir looms at a Heritage Show to be held in Southport on July 3-4. Mrs. James C. Bowman, chair man of the Fine Arts Committee, Southport Woman’s Club, sponsor of the show, states that entries last year were confined prin cipally to residents of Southport. The club Is anxious to have all sections of Brunswick county represented oils year, she says. Items desired for exhibition are antique furniture, jewelry, silver, china, clocks, bric-a brac and souvenirs of military conflicts prior to World War I. Letters, papers and documents dating from the colonial and revolutionary periods would be particularly interesting; as would items concerning a family mem ber’s direct participation in the Civil War. Emphasis is being placed on family heritages, and the Fine Arts Committee hopes that long time residents of Brunswick county will share their family treasures by participation in the Heritage Show. In order that the historical or genealogical significance of entries may be fully appreciated, it is requested that a card or paper be submitted with each item. Information requested is the age of the item, its exact name, person to whom it now belongs and a brief history of it, if available. This informa tion may be written in longhand or typewritten. All entries fOr the show should be mailed or delivered in per son to Mrs. Bryant Potter, chair man, Exhibits Committee, 210 Brunswick Street, P. O. Box 267, Southport. In the event exhibitors are unable to deliver or mail their entries, Mrs. Potter will make transportation avail able. She may be reached either by mail or by telephone at South port 457-3582. Mrs. Potter will be responsible for the safe re turn of all entries. A guard (Continued On Page Four) Miss Brunswick In Charlotte Sandra Corbett, Miss Bruns wick County, is in Charlotte this week competing in the Miss North Carolina Pageant. This morning the 20-year-old Leland beauty made the AP re lease with the statement that this is her first visit to the Queen City. She confessed to having butterflies but protested that she is not afraid of the competition which she faces through the coming week. Tne five foot eight inch, 130 pound county title winner is ex pected to make a good showing in the statewide contest, accord ing to Mrs. Shirley Ward, local pageant director who will accom pany Miss Corbett to Charlotte. Miss Corbett, who played the piano in the Miss Brunswick contest, has elected to dance in the talent competition, she has been attending the Betty cress Studio in Wilmington and has been practicing a performance to the lauded tune “Tequilla”. This dance she is expected to do in Charlotte with a professional touch. Set Up Funds To Construct Keepers House By REP. ODELL WILLIAMSON The most Important piece of legislation that passed the Gen eral Assembly this past week was the appropriations bill. There was a lot of people who were in terested In knowing what was in this bill. The State employees were waiting to see whether or not the money for their 10 per cent pay raise was Included. Of course, I am glad to report that this has been taken care of, plus a 10 percent Increase for the school bus county mechanics. The bill also provided for the funds to carry out the Governor’s rec ommended increase for the school teachers.. This appro priations bill provided for the most money being spent of any appropriations bill that has ever passed the General Assembly. I was able to get an appro priation of $15,000 for a resi dence building at Brunswick Town, with the contract being let this coming week for the - museum building, it should not be very long before a contract can be let for the attendants quarters. These two build ings should do a lot toward mak ing Brunswick Town a fine at traction for helping promote more tourists In our area. This past week the House killed a Senate bill that would have required a person between the ages of sixteen and eighteen to have at least a ninth grade edu cation prior to the time he could take the driving license test. The sponsors of tills measure contended that this was a safety measure, plus It would help to keep this group In school. The opponents to this bill contended that we already have our school laws and that if a person could not pass the ninth grade and could pass the driving license exam, there was no need of penaltlzing this person for that. If by getting his driver’s license he could help his father or family, he should be able to do so. This was' my feeling on the matter, and I help kill the bill. : The bill setting up the Bruns-'‘-V,# wick and New Hanover Maritime Commission for the purpose of promoting Eagles Island as an industrial area ran into quite a bit of opposition In the Senate from the Committee of One Hun dred In Wilmington, but as of this time the bill has now been ap proved by the Senate committee, and I expect it will have passed prior to the time you have read this article. (Continued On Page Four) More Bids On Ferry Project Bids for the dredging of slips and approach channel on both sides of the Cape Fear river for the ferry from Southport to Fort Fisher were scheduled to be opened today (Wednesday) in Ra leigh. The Highway Commission also has advertised for bids for the construction of ferry docks on the east bank of the Cape Fear river at Federal Point and on the west bank of the Cape Fear river at a point about 2 miles above South port. During the past few days there has been some speculation re garding possible delay in Inaugu rating ferry service across the lower Cape Fear river, but the report Tuesday was that all ac tivities in this connection will go on as scheduled, with completion possible sometime during the early fall. 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 Gape Fear Pilot’s Association. TIDE tari.b IX>W Thursday, June 10, 4:53 A. M. 11:16 A. M. 5:34 P. M. 11:57 P. M. Friday, June 11, 5:41 A. M. 12:00 A. M. 6:21 P. M. Saturday, June 12, 6:28 A. M. 0:44 A. M. 7:04 P. M. 12:44 P. M. Sunday, June IS, 7:11 A. M. 1:28 A. M. 7:45 P. M. 1:25 P. M. Monday, June 14, 7:52 A. M. « 2:10 A. M. 8:24 P. M. 2:05 P. M. Tuesday, June 15, 8:32 A. M. 2:51 A. M. 9:02 P. M. 2:44 P. M. Wednesday, June 16, 9:10 A. M. 3:30 A. M. 9:38 P. M. 3:23 P. M.

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