The Pilot Covers Brunswick Countyj THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume 25 No. 2 8-fPages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23-1965 5t A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Tragic Bolivia Air Crash .... Five Die (Clemmons Photo) AU five members of a Beaufort, 3. C. family were instantly killed Friday night near Bolivia ven the private plane, piloted by Robert Ellis, former Columbus county native, crashed. Also, killed in the crash were his wife and three small children. Above photo shows the wings and the deep hole made by the fuselage upon impact. In the foreground FAA officials and Marine helicopter pilots view the wreckage. The victims were not removed from the fuselage which was buried, until early Saturday night. Variety Program Fourth Planning Continues Work continues on the variety program that will be staged at Southport during the Fourth of July weekend under the spon sorship of the city administration and various civic clubs and or ganizations. Included will be the 5th Annual Southport Arts Festival which has helped establish this com munity as a summer capitol of art interest. It is being sponsored again this year by the Southport Junior Woman’s Club. The Southport Woman’s Club is sponsoring the second Heritage Show held here. Last year it was a project for the junior club members, but this activity created such a great interest that the senior club has decided to keep it going as one of the attractions for the holiday week- • end. Music for the occasion will come from the 2nd Marine Divi sion Band and Chorus. The band and choral concert will be held in Franklin Square at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon following a parade on Saturday morning. Six floats already have been lined up for this event. The Jaycees will be winding up their annual boat contest, for which the wilier will receive a new runabout and motor. On Saturday night there will be a big fireworks display on the waterfront and this has proved to be one of the biggest attractions in other years. Officials in charge are con tinuing their efforts this week to make this year’s celebration the best in the history of this community. BAKE SALE The Episcopal Churchwomen of St. Philip's Church, Southport, will hold a bake sale on Satur day, beginning at 9:30 a. m. between the Southport Post Office and Leggett’s store. DEAN’S LIST Carolyn Sue Segraves, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Se graves of Wlnnabow, made the dean’s list for the spring semes ter at Campbell College, Buies Creek. TO PREACH SUNDAY The Rev. Ross A. Cadle, di rector of admissions at Chowan College, Murfreesboro, will fill the pulpit of the Southport Bap tist Church Sunday, in the absence of the pastor. The Rev. Mr. Cadle has served pastorates at Warsaw, Enfield and Apex. He Is a native of West Virginia. He has been connected with Chowan College, a Baptist Junior College, for the past 14 years. Confederate Pistol Display Coming Mobile Museum To Visit Southport The Mobile Museum of History, North Carolina’s only traveling museum, will be on display in Southport July 2-4, as announced by the Junior Chamber of Com merce, local sponsor of the Mobile Museum visit. Featur ing a new exhibition of life in North Carolina during the Civil War, the museum is part of the program of the State Department of Archives and History's Museums Division. TV> Mobile Museum consists of a custom-built trailer which visitors enter through sliding glass doors. The museum operates by a self-contained lighting, sound, air conditioning and heating system. Fifteen visitors can be ac commodated in the Mobile Museum at one time. Their visit takes ten minutes. The story Governor Moore Names Boards Governor Dan K. Moore today named Charles A. Tate and Arthur M. Greene to the town,, board at Boiling Spring Lakes. Their terms will expire May 31, 1969. The governor also named Dr. R. B. McKnight and Homer L. Johnston to the town board at Ocean Isle Beach. Their terms will expire June 1, 1969, of the Civil War In North Caro lina is told through miniature scenes of the Battle of Fort Fisher and Blockade Running, artifacts recovered from sunken Civil War ships off the North Carolina coast, photographs of (Continued On Page Four) Ancient Pieces Of Linen Will Be On Display? Heirloom altar linens from St. Philip’s Church in Old Bruns wick will be on public display in St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Southport, on July 3 and 4. This will mark the first time in five, years that the linens have been removed from the tank vaults where they are stored. The linens, hand-woven in England, were a gift to “His Majesty's Chapel in the Carolinas” from “Queen Anne’s Bounty”; so, of course, pre-date the 4th of July celebration for which they will be exhibited. St. Philip’s, in Brunswick, originally served parishioners of the entire Wilmington-Southport area. When the parish was divided, part of the church furnishings went to St. James’ in Wilmington, and the rest to St. Philip’s—re-established in Southport. The problem of caring tor the priceless linens has oc cupied the attention of Southport churchwomen for over 200 years. In each generation only l or 2 women have the skill and patience required to mend the thinning fabrics; while those entrusted with laundering them do so with prayers and tropldation. There are 3 pieces of linen, and into the center section of each has been woven a scene from the (Continued On Page Four) Near Bolivia Friday Airplane Crash Kills 5 The tragic crash of a private single-engine plane Friday brought death to a young couple and their three children In a wooded Brunswick area. They were enroute to Wilmington to attend the Saturday wedding of the wife's sister. Killed when the 183-8 Delta Bonanza plane plunged nose-first into mucky soil near Bolivia were Robert W. Ellis, 30, his wife, Sally, 28; their children, Susan, 9, Robert W. Jr., 6, and Glenn Phillips Ellis, 3. The Ellis family left the Beau fort County (S. C.) Airport, which he managed, Friday evening en route to Wilmington. They were to attend the wed ding Saturday of Mrs. Ellis' sister^ Miss Clara Frances Yopp of Wilmington, to William D. Grice of Rt. 1 Bolton. Around 9:30 p. m. Friday, Ellis, an experienced pilot, radioed the FAA tower at New Hanover Airport for landing Instructions. When the plane did not appear by 10:30, the tower man reported it missing. The alert went out about the same time that the State High way Patrol in Brunswick re ceived a call from a resident of the Bolivia area who reported that Health Nurse Making Study In Baby Care Babies born in Brunswick county this year are getting a second examination—of their records that is. A new state and federal pro gram to determine the immuni zation status of babies is under way through the Brunswick County Health Department. Mrs. Marie Brown, registered nurse, has been employed to check the records of all babies and to en courage the parents to begin im munizations if they have not al ready done so. About 40 babies are born in Brunswick county every month, and of this number about one half do not receive immuni zations. Immunizations should begin in infancy and not delayed until children are ready to enter school. Mrs. Brown describes her job as an educational one now in the experimental stages. No local funds are called for in the pro gram, expenses for which are paid entirely from state and fed . Aral sources. Brunswick couniy is one of do counties carrying out such a program. The project will be continued for 17 months, at the end of which it will be evaluated. There is a possibility the program may be continued indefinitely if this ex perimental phase is considered successful. < Births records are checked as the first step in Mrs. Brown’s work. If the record fails to show that the baby has been immunized against diptheria, whooping cough, tetanus and smallpox then she sends this information to the family. The cards are not mailed until the babies are three months old, as these immunizations are not needed until babies reach two months of age. Babies are born with built-in immunization which lasts about two months. Families receiving the cards are asked whether or not their infants have been immunized. Upon receipt of the cards, Mrs. Brown visits the home of those who state that immuniza tions have not begun, and of course she also visits those who do not return the cards at all. During her visit Mrs. Brown will explain to the parents why such immunization should be se cured at an early age. She will encourage parents to have their babies immunized either by their private physicians of at the Health Department Clinics. Mrs. Brown began work April (Continued On Page Four) POOOOOPPOOPQQ00 Time And Tide An announcement In our edition for June 19, 1935, stated that L. J. Dawkins, principal at Southport for the past 9 years, had~ resigned to accept the principalship at Dixon High School in Onslow county. There had been a spectacular blaze that had removed a landmark on the Southport waterfront. The railroad dock at the end of Rhett street had burned, but members of the Southport Volunteer Fire Department and members of the crew of the Coast Guard Patrol Boat Naugatuck had prevented it from spreading to Other waterfront structures. A front page bulletin announced that one of the governmental agencies would erect a fish freezing and canning plant at South port. A reader of The Pilot had paid tribute to the faithful and ef fective service of a number of correspondents we had reporting news from their respective communities—a condition we wish were being duplicated now; and the society editor of that day, Mrs. Ruth Hood, had gleaned a full column of personals—another con dition which we wish were being duplicated now. The time was June 19, 1940, and Europe was at war. We had gone international in our coverage to the extent of announcing that France had fallen to Germany; and there were other stories to suggest that the United States was making military preparations. The Wilmington Engineers had announced that dredging of the Southport Yacht Basin would begin in August. Another nautical note was the report that U. S. warships were cruising off Southport, close enough for local boatmen to see them in operation. Brunswick was getting ready for a second primary on Saturday, with W. S. Wells facing J. B. Russ in a run-off race for Demo cratic nomination for Register of Deeds. Bowling alleys were in operation at Long Beach pavilion; information gleaned from our Not-Exactly News columnist of that vintage disclosed that the price for children’s haircuts at Bell’s Barbershop was 25 cents, while adults were charged 35 cents. (Continued On Page Four) At Ladies Night Program PRINCIPALS—Dr. M. H. Rourk, left member of the board of directors for Lions International, was the speaker at Ladies Night for Southport Lions Thursday. George Whatley, right, was chosen “Lion of the Year” for the club. Long Beach Tax Rate Is Doubled f** Archer Resigns At Long Beach Donald Archer, town mana ger of Long Beach, announced his resignation at the regular meeting of the town board Sat urday. Archer, who came to Long Beach last year from Chapel Hill where he had been assist ant city manager, will resign effective July 26 to take the post of city manager at Ben son. The resignation was accept ed by the board, which made no announcement concerning a replacement for Archer Speaker Tells 3 About Island Co-author of the “Bald Head Report,” Sheafe Satterthwalte, spoke to the Southport Junior Woman’s Club last week at their June meeting. The Conservation Department of North Carolina engaged Wild life Preserves Inc. of Tenafly, N. J., to study Bald Head Is land and since the first edition of this report has been sold out Satterthwaite is back making re visions for a second edition. Satterthwaite explained to the club how the life in the marshes of Bald Head is important to the fishing in this area in that the marshes supply breeding grounds and feeding areas. He says trees on the island are the best example on the Atlantic coast of salt spray growth. There is a colony of rats on Bald Head of a very rare breed that live in one large group on a socialistic idea, he added. Sat terthwaite urged club members to visit the island and find out more about keeping it a natural wildlife area. There was a business meet ing which followed at which time final plans were made for the Arts Festival. It was reported that thirteen hospital beds and fifteen bed pans have been given in the club’s name to the loan closet at Sup ply for the Brunswick County Chronically HI program. These items are loaned, for the duration of their illness, to persons who can’t afford to buy them and then returned for redis tribution. This program is car ried on in a state-wide basis as well as in this county. After the business meeting a film on CARE in Mexico was being shown when power failure was experienced and the meet ing was forced to adjourn. A one-hundred percent In crease in the advalorum tax rate for Long Beach property owners is included in the proposed bud get for the 1965-66 fiscal year. Approval of the budget by the town commission would hike the tax rate from 75 cents per $100 assessed valuation to the maxi mum allowable, $1.50 per $100. In presenting a balanced budget for the coming fiscal year, Town Manager Donald Archer recom mended the tax Increase to off set a current deficit of just over $28,000. Mayor E. F. Middleton ex pressed hope that the tax in crease would be in effect for only one year. Other members of the board also expressed the desire to lower taxes after the current deficit is met with the additional tax revenue levied on taxes filed for 1965. The higher tax rate would be reflected in tax notices to be mailed next month. Commissioner E. W. Morgan said that the tax increase was necessary to meet the deficit (Continued On Page Four) Dr. Rourkls Lions Speaker Dr. M. H. Rourk, member of the board of directors for Lions International, was the speaker at the Ladies Night pro gram of the Southport Lions Club Thursday night and installed the new officers. Lion George Whatley, secre tary-treasurer of the organiza tion and a former club presi- . dent, was honored by his fel low club members as "Lion of the Year.” Dr. Rourk spoke briefly on the subject of Llonism and point ed out the unlimited opportuni ties presented by this organiza tion, while outlining some of the responsibilities the mem bership has to keep Lions In ternational the world's outstand ing service organization. In his installation ceremony, Dr. Rourk charged the new of ficers with their respective duties and wished them well in their new endeavors. Kirby Sul livan, Southport attorney, is the outgoing president. The new officers are: President, Col. William O. Beasley; 1st vice president, James M. Harper, Jr.; 2nd vice president, Sen. W. T. Guest; 3rd vice president, H. G. Rat cliffe; secretar y-treasurer, George Whatley; tail-twister, Joe M. Rideout, Jr.; assistant tail twister, Morris Cranmer; lion tamer, Gen. James Glore, direc tors for two years, Dr. C. R. Conrad and A. W. Taylor; di rectors for one year, C. E. Bel lamy and Prince O’Brien. he had seen a flash of fire and heard the sound of an explosion from the direction of the Inter national Paper Co. 'woodlands a mile north of the town. Other residents of the com munity reported having heard an explosion around 9:30, but at the time thought it to be thunder as a squall was over the area. A helicopter spotted the wreck site early Saturday morning and directed Sgt. A. H. Clark of the State Patrol from US 17 onto a pulpwood road for six miles where the wreckage was found some 100 yards from the road. He was soon joined by Brunswick Coroner Lowell Bennett, along with Deputy Sheriff Drew Long, Don Willetts and Anson Lewis of the Boiling Springs CAP unit. They Observed that the plane apparently dived to the earth straight down, with the cabin area gauged underground and the wings sheared off above the soil where they collapsed and spewed gasoline over a 50-yard area which burned. When Major Henry Carter of the Shallotte CAP, who directed the search and other officials arrived, the soggy depressed area where the plane nosed into, was still a bubbling mass of heated water and mud. A dragline was brought to the site from Sunny Point and excavated a spot on the side of the muddy depression to en able withdrawal of the bodies. (Continued On Page Six) Methodists To 1 Have New Man Five Brunswick County Metho dist ministers were given pulpit appointments Thursday as. the 1965 North Carolina Conference; ended its 140th annual session in Raleigh. W. S. Davenport from Clark Street Methodist Church in Rocky Mount replaced Charles H. Lan caster at Trinity Methodist; Church in Southport. Rev. Lan-; caster goes to Asbury Pine in Lumberton. The Rev. Mr. Davenport preach Sunday in Southport and he and his family will move here Thurs-; day from Rocky Mount. He and Mrs. Davenport have three grown daughters and a son, Billy, who is seven years old. One of his daughters, Emily, will be here with her family. The Rev. and Mrs. Lancas ter and their three sons will leave on Thursday for their new home in Lumberton after being in Southport for four years. On the eve of their departure mem bers of the church held a recep tion in their honor at which time an original painting by Waters Thompson, Southport artist, was. presented the departing minister and his wife. At Zion Methodist Church at Town Creek, T. R. McKay was reappointed for another year. J. P. Pegg from Kenansville replaced J. A. Starnes at Bethel Methodist Church at Bolivia, . while Rev. Starnes was trans ferred to Salem Church in Golds boro. M. L. DeHart was reappoint ed for another year at Camp Methodist at Shallotte. W. B. Gregary from the Shal lotte Circuit switched with D. A, Weaver, of Duplin, who will serve the Shallotte Church. Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the week. These hours am approximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the oourtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW TIDE TABLE Thursday, June 24, 2:51 A. M. 0:36 A. M. 3:39 P. M. 10:18 P. M. Friday, June 25, 3:50 A. M. 10:30 A. M. 4:36 P. M. 11:18 P. M. ' Saturday, June 26, 4:40 A. M. 11:25 A. M. ” 5:32 P. M. Sunday, June 27, 5:47 A. M 0:15 A. M. > 6:27 P. M. 12:18 P. M. Monday, June 28, 6:46 A. M. 1:09 A. M. 7:22 P. M. 1:11 P. M. Tuesday, June 29, 7:45 A. M. 2:01 A. M. 8:15 P. M. 2:04 P. M. Wednesday, June 30, i:42 A. M. 2:54 A. M. 9:09 P. M. 2:57 P. M.,

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