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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.,