The Pilot Covers Brunswick County! THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume 24 No. 53 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1965 54 A COPY PURI IfsMPn CA/CDV U/cnkirriMw Big Shark Caught in Old Yacht Basin HUGE—This 228-lb. shark was caught by 13-year-old Tommie Dosher in the old Southport Yacht Basin late Thursday afternoon. The big fish was hooked near the stern of the Idle On III and when young Dosher was able to haul him up to the bulkhead his father used a flying gaff to help get the monster on the dock. Fishing with the Southport youngster at the time was Perry Hall of Harrells. The shark was 8-ft., 7-inches in length—almost the combined length of the two young fishermen. (Photo by Dosher). After 30 Years Knowles Is Retiring A. S. Knowles will retire June 30 as Brunswick County Ex tension Chairman alter 30 years ol service with the N. C. Agri cultural Extension Service. He will be succeeded by A. F. (Archie) Martin, agricultural ex tension agent in Columbus Coun ty. The change in the extension position was announced jointly by George Rourk, chairman ol the Brunswick County Board ol Com missioners, and George Hyatt Jr., extension director at North Carolina State University at Ra leigh. Rourk and Hyatt said Knowles is to be commended lor the in terest that he has shown in the people ol Brunswick county. He came to Brunswick in 1949 alter having served as an extension agent in Wayne and Hoke coun ties. He is a 1935 graduate ol N. C. State with a degree in agri cultural engineering. Knowles said in announcing his retirement, “The work here has been enjoyable, andthelellowshlp ol the people so line that Bruns wick county will continue to be our home.” The new extension chairman, Martin, is 45, a native ol Northampton County, the lather ol two children, a veteran ol World War II, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, and a graduate ol N. C. State with a degree in agronomy. He has 18 years ol extension experience. Four ol those years were spent in Pasquotank county and the re maining 14 years in Columbus County. Grover Dobbins, district (Continued On Page Four) H Brief Bits Of HNfEW BAKE SALE The WSCS of Trinity Methodist Church will have a bake sale on Saturday morning between Leg gett’s store and the post office. BUDGET MEETING Members of the Brunswick County Board of Education met in special session Tuesday with members of the Brunswick Coun ty Commissioners to discuss budget problems for the coming school year. BENEFIT SUPPER The WSCS of the Shiloh Meth odist Church will sponsor a ham and chicken supper on Saturday beginning 6:30 p.m. The supper will be served buffet style in the fellowship hall. Proceeds will be used for building fund. The Church is located on Highway 87, near Maco. BIBLE SCHOOL CLOSES Vacation Bible School at the Southport Baptist Church will end this weekend with a picnic on Friday night at 6:30 o’clock for all the boys and girls and their parents at the church. Com mencement will be held on Sun ®venlne at 7:30 o’clock in The public is in vited to this service. L A. S. KNOWLES Varied Program Set For Fourth The Filth Annual Southport Arts Festival will oiler every thing from fireworks to choral music, fine art to donkey base ball, according to Bill Williams, chairman of the annual event. The festival, which began five years ago with an art show spon sored by the Southport Junior Woman’s Club has grown until almost every group in Southport is involved in offering a wide range of entertainment to visitors. At the heart of the festival is the art show. In the past, the art exhibit has attracted work by ar tists from the Panama Canal Zone to New York. This year, cash purchase prizes have been added for the first time. Sponsors ex pect this inducement to bring more entries than ever before. The art exhibit will be open to the public from July 2nd through July 4th at the city hall, the library and the high school gym. But the Art Exhibit is only a beginning. Other events include a Heritage Show by the Woman’s Club. This event will put on dis play valuable and interesting heirlooms, documents going back before the Civil War, antiques and other items of historic Interest. The Heritage show will be open to the public on July 3 and 4. Music will be provided by the 60 piece 2nd Marine Division Band from Camp Lejeune and the 31 member 2nd Marine Division Choral Group. Both are rec ognized as among the top musi cal organizations in the country. The band and choral concert will be held in the City Park at 3:00 p. m. on Saturday, July 3. Other attractions will include the mobile Civil War exhibit from the North Carolina Department of Archives and History; a parade through downtown Southport at 11 a. m. July 3rd; a huge fire works display on the waterfront on Saturday night; an Honest John missile on display; draw ing for a complete boat-motor (Continued On Page Four) Scholarship For Nurse Training Mrs. A. H. Gainey, Jr., educa tion chairman of die Southport Junior Woman’s Club, advises that the club will offer a scholar ship for a one-year course in practical nursing which will be taught by the Cape Fear Techni cal Institute. The scholarship will cover the costs of tuition and supplies. Any person between the ages of 18 and 50 is eligible tor the scholarship. Persons wishing to apply should contact Mrs. Sue King at the Southport Public Library. The deadline for the submission for applications is August 1. New Telephone Directory Out The new Southport-Long Beach telephone directory has been mailed to all telephone customers in this area, according to H. F. Kincaid, manager for Southern Bell. Approximately 1,350 books will be mailed to local subscrib ers. Kincaid asks that everyone de stroy their old telephone directories since many numbers have been changed. He pointed out that the first few pages of the directory have been designed to make telephon ing easier. The inside cover of the telephone directory is re served for emergency informa tion. The introductory pages also include a handy list of area code numbers to use in long dis tance calling, plus rates to cer tain cities and towns. “Many people do not realize all the help ful information contained in the first few pages of their telephone (Continued On Page Four) Legislature Is Near Close Of Good Session By ODELL WILLIAMSON At the time I am writing this, It is anticipated that the General Assembly will adjourn on Wed nesday the 16th. Therefore this will be the last column that I will be writing about this past session of the Legislature. I would like to say that writing this column has not been an easy task, and I appreciate very much the kind remarks from the people who have read It. I wish to thank this newspaper for allowing your representative this space so that I could use this means to help keep you In formed on legislative matters of Interest to Brunswick county. Now that the 1965 session of the Legislature is history, I can say that it has been a good session with respect to the overall good that It has done for the State of North Carolina. This General Assembly has appropriated ap proximately 30% more money In the field of education than any other General Assembly In the history of the State. This, after all, is the No. 1 program of our state government. In making this appropriation and others, we did not change our overall tax struc ture by adding any additional taxes on the people. There were many bills passed In other fields such as roads, courts, highway safety, and other areas that I am sure will add much to the progress of North Carolina. Sen. Volt Gilmore of Moore County Introduced a resolution asking for a study to be made In regard to the future of Bald Head Island after having contact ed Frank Sherrill, the owner of the property, and myself. The purpose of this commission will be, as I understand it, to see if development of this island or some other use would be better for the county and state. It was thought by Sen. Gilmore that if the commission decided on de velopment, then this might be a way of getting the State to help Out in gaining access to fills island. My own opinion In regard to this Island Is that it would do our county more good If It were developed. The bill that was Introduced creating the Brunswick-New Hanover Maritime Commission has now passed the General Assembly and Is law. This parti cular piece of legislation, which I think can do a lot toward de veloping this undeveloped area, caused me more trouble to have enacted Into law than any other bill I Introduced this year. Of course, the trouble was gett ing this bill through the Senate and not the House. Some of the opposition to this bill seemed to be afraid that the commission might promote industries that need dockage and therefore would be in competition with the state ports. I was able to convince them finally, however, that any individual or corporation could do this anyway if they see fit. In effect, all the bill does is create a corporation by legislation. A bill that would have returned approximately $40,000 to Bruns wick county in the form of the franchise tax that is paid the State of North Carolina passed the House and was killed in the Senate. This bill, even though it would not become effective till 1967, would have cost the state about $19,000,000. If it had (Continued On Page Pour) Swimming Class In Coastal Motel Pool .K