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Volume 25
No. 3
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30-1965
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Articles For Heritage Show
DISPLAY—Mrs. Judy White displays heirlooms which will be shown ait the Her
itage Show in the Southport Community Building Saturday and Sunday as a
feature of the Fourth of July celebration here.
Daughters Of »
America Hold
Special Night
Councilor night for members
and officers of Friendship Coun
cil Number 18, Daughters of
America, was held Tuesday night
in the Chapter Hall in Southport.
The assembly room was dec
orated with ivy in front of each
station, with red and blue candles
on each station and red, white
and blue flags in the windows,
carrying out their colors of red,
white and blue.
The flags bearers, Mrs. Pearl
Aldridge and Mrs. Gwendolyn
Dixon, lighted the candles, after
the lights were turned out.
Alter America was sung, the
councilor, Mrs. Evelyn Dosher,
led in a prayer of thanks for
the work that has been accom
plished during the past year and
for the lives of members that have
died during the past twelve
months.
Mrs. Thelma Fisher was the
only officer who had not missed
a meeting night during the past
year and she was presented a
special gift from the councilor.
All officers who had served
with the outgoing councilor were
asked to stand, and were pre
sented with a gift from the coun
cilor in appreciation for their
cooperation during the year.
Mrs. Ellen Watts gave a sum
mary of the work accomplished.
The councilor was presented
with a gift from the members of
the lodge, one from Mrs. Sally
Holden and one from Mrs. Watts
for the work she had done as
councilor.
Mrs. Laura Roughton is coun
cilor for the coming year. The
keys and rituals were turned over
to her by Mrs. Dosher while
wishing her the best of luck for the
new year.
Delicious refreshments were
served by Mrs. Watts and Mrs.
Catherine St. George.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Ocean View Methodist
Church will have a chicken sup
per on Friday night from 5:30
to 7:30 o’clock at the church.
CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
The Selective Service Board
will be closed July 1 through
July 5 and will reopen on July
6 on regular schedule.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Clara Ward of Longwood was
named to the Dean’s List at
Campbell College for the spring
semester.
ATTENDS WORKSHOP
Roy A. Stevens, director of
Brunswick County Resources De
velopment Commission, attended
a special workshop on problems
Involved in providing utilities for
Industry, Thursday at East Caro
lina College, Greenville. Specific
topics discussed dealt with the
nature and problems of providing
water, electricity, gas and tele
phone service for Industry.
For Hospital Storage
BUILDING—The above building is the new storage
facility for the 200-bed Civil Defense Emergency
Hospital located on the Shallotte High School campus
A. S. Knowles, County Civil Defense Director (left)
is inspecting the building with Parley P. Pormy
Duval, member of the boards county commissioners.
Hospital Unit In
Storage Facility
The Brunswick County Civil
Defense Agency’s 200-bed Emer
gency Hospital now has perma
nent storage space, reports A.
S. Knowles, Civil Defense Di
rector,
The storage building is located
on the Shallotte School Campus
behind the teacherage and ad
jacent to the football field. The
building is 28 feet x 45 feet and
is of masonry construction.
The building was begun last
summer. At that time the foot
ing was put in and blocks layed
to the top of the floor. During
late summer the concrete floor
was put in. David Carmichael
of Shallotte and others are com
mended for their free-gratis
labor contribution in getting the
building well underway. t
The County Commissioners
have recently sponsored the com
pletion of the building and the
200-bed Emergency Hospital was
moved into the new storage build
ing last Thursday. We are in
debted to Chandler Rourk and the
Shallotte Hardware for their co
operation in helping to store the
Hospital facilities while perma
nent storage was being planned
and built.
The 200-bed Emergency Hos
pital is loaned to the Brunswick
County Civil Defense Agency for
use in either a Natural or Man
Made Disaster. The facilities
will be brought up to a 30 day
operational capacity. This will
include medicine and films for
X-Ray.
The field hospital is complete
in every respect. It is new—
that is never been used, it
has a 15KW Emergency Genera
tor tor complete lighting, it has
one X-Ray Machine and a Genera
tor for its use only. It is equipped
Lost Is Found
Before Missed
Last Friday afternoon Wendell
Brown of Lester lost his pocket
book while visiting Brunswick
Town and at 6:15 he reported
his loss to the police depart
ment at Southport. He was a
little late.
At 5:35 the local police had
been advised by Arthur C. Men
dell of Greensboro that he had
found a pocketbook at Brunswick
Town. He had turned it in, so the
wallet lost by Brown was waiting
for him before he had even re
ported It missing.
with nine operating tables and a
water pump. In addition to the
above facilities, it has 200 folding
cots for beds, and has all the
other materials and equipment
necessary to operate as an in
dependent unit. The Government
will Inspect the hospital often
and keep it updated without cost.
The Shallotte School Is the only
available facility large enough
to set-up the hospital. The
County Commissioners and
County Board of Education
worked out an agreement to build
and store the hospital on the
Shallotte School Campus.
It is good to know that such
fine facilities are available to
Brunswick County, if ever
needed. This is just a small
part of the total program of the
County Civil Defense Agency to
save lives and property during
periods of disaster. It also
promotes shelter for the people
and training to be prepared should
any emergency or disaster ever
come our way.
Detection Of
T. B. Scheduled
Through School
The TIME test, a tuberculin
skin test, will be administered
by the Brunswick County Health
Department to students In the
first and eighth grades during
the next school year as the re
sult of funds provided by the
newly organized SENC Tubercu
losis Association.
On April 1 the Brunswick Coun
ty Tuberculosis Association,
which had been administered by
the Southport Woman’s Club since
it was organized, became a part
of the regional tuberculosis or
ganization which Is made up of
Bladen. Columbus, New Hanover,
Pender, Onslow and Brunswick
counties. At that time a request
was made of the new organiza
tion for the skin test which the
Brunswick County Health Depart^
merit thought was badly needed
In this county. The case detection
testing will cost approximately
$300.
In addition, $80. was allocated
for patient service, requests for
which will be made through the
Health Department.
Two nurses from the Bruns
wick County Health Department
will attend a training program at
Blue Ridge Assembly July
11-14 as the result of funds
allocated at the same time. They
are Mrs. Ruth Harrington and
Miss Grey Moore.
Mrs. Ed Harrelson serves as
a member of the committee which
allocates the funds which have
been budgeted and serves as
Brunswick’s representative of
the Executive Committee. Mrs.
James M. Harper, Jr. serves as
the contact person for approv
ing requests tor patient serv
ices. Other members of the board
of directors from Brunswick
county are Mrs. A. P. Henry,
Jr., Mrs. Elizabeth Brunson and
Douglas Hawes.
Sky Divers To
Perform Here t i
One of the main attrabtionsS
during the Fourth of July week
end here will be the appearance
of the “Sky Divers," who will
perform Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock at Taylor Field.
Flying in a Fairchild 404 plane,
the threedivers, Joe Jordan, Jack
Lancaster, and Rudy Allen, will
do a number of eye-catching
stunts.
One of the divers will jump
from 5000 ft., free falling 20
seconds before opening his para
cute. The other two divers will
jump from a height of 1200 ft.,
free falling 60 seconds, and pass
ing red and white smoke gre
nades back and forth while falling,
giving a simulated peppermint
appearance to the act.
Pilot of the plane is Tom Wat
son.
This show is another attraction
that is being brought in by the
Southport Jaycees. The wind and
weather will be a determining
factor in this event, and should
there be adverse conditions a
last-minute cancellation will be
made in the interest of safety.
The sky show is expected to
keep a big crowd in town follow
ing the music concert at 3 o'clock
at Franklin Square by the Marine
Band and Chorus.
Big Sailfish Caught Here
**rRI?*rrThis sailfish caught off Southport Sunday by fishermen aboard the
MaAllister yacht Daedalus. This craft is permanently based at Southport after
being,the first customer at the Small Boat Harbor.
Saturday Morning
&P?
Parade Heads Celebration
Hosiery Plant In J
Shallotte Building
Machinery Is being moved Into
the Martin Nielson building at
Shallotte this week by the Lark
sheer Hosiery Mill which plans
to go into production at his new
location in about two weeks.
Ronald Harris of Asheboro is
the manager and he has moved
with his wife to Shallotte.
According to information, the
operation will start with about
10 employees and application
forms will be available starting
Tuesday at the office of the
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Time And Tide
A new front page feature appeared In the June 26 edition in the
year 1935. It was Called “Outstanding News From Everywhere”,
and the keeper of the column was Miss Dorothy Bell, High Point
College student, at home for the summer months. There was a front
page feature, with photo, of John Wescott, identified as the last
surviving Confederate veteran in Brunswick. A serious forest fire
was raging in the Green Swamp, and boys from the CCC camp at
Southport were helping with the round-the-clock battle.
The Hood Building, recently purchased by Brunswick county,
was being remodeled for use as county offices; threat of infantile
paralysis had led to cancellation of at least two county-wide meet
ings, but no case had thus far been reported in Brunswick; and we
received an assist from Miss Branch Phelps, our Exam cor
respondent, who urged public spirited people of the various com
munities to send in the news to the county newspaper.
A front page headline in our issue of June 26, 1940, announced that
J. Melville Broughton the Democratic nominee for Governor, would
be the speaker at the Fourth of July reunion scheduled here for
members of the 2nd Trench Mortar Battalion, men who had served
at Ft. Caswell during world War 1. Randolph Scott, famous movie
star who had been a member of the outfit, had received a special
Invitation to attend.
W. S. Wells had received the Democratic nomination for Register
of Deeds in a second primary election on Saturday; a front page
headline proclaimed: “Army Training Is Planned For Adult Citi
zens”; and a local lady, Mrs. L. C. Fergus, had received an in
vitation to sing at the memorial service of the American Legion
Convention in High Point. In this issue we started running the
winning essays from the contest "Why We Should Protect Our
Forests From Fire”, and the first was by Gwendolyn Krahnke.
June 27 of the War years, vintage 1945; a Goldsboro corporation
had purchased a large area of beach property from the Caswell
Carolina Corporation. An unseasonal tropical storm had made
its appearance, and with it had come a rainfall totaling 7.56 inches.
This area had escaped damage from high winds and water, but
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Woodrow W. Robbins
Plan Revival At
Goshen Church
The Rev. Woodrow W. Rob
bins of High Point will be guest
speaker for a week of revival
meetings at Goshen Baptist
Church starting Monday night.
The Rev. Mr. Robbins Is a
former pastor of Soldier Bay
Baptist Church and Lebanon
Baptist Church In this county,
and has been pastor of a Baptist
Church in High Point for about
15 years. He is weU known in
Brunswick county and invites
friends from every section to
come worship with him during
the special week of revival.
Services will begin each eve
ning at 8 o’clock. A 15 minute
song service will precede the
regular services with special
music from several choirs from
nearby churches.
The Rev. Mr. Robbins is a
graduate of Leland High School,
attended Columbia Bible School
and Wake Forest College and his
first pastorate was at his home
church, Goshen. He has been
pastor of Lexington Avenue Bap
tist Church for the past 15 years.
Rev. J. C. Spivey of Wilmington
is pastor of Goshen Baptist
Church.
Plans for an old fashion parade,
replete with floats, Are trucks,
Boy Scouts, horses, pretty girls
and a 54-piece U. S. Marine band
are now being completed for
Southport’s big Fourth of July
celebration.
Harold Aldridge, parade chair
man, has announced that arrange
ments are making good progress.
Highlighting the parade, which
is scheduled for 11 o’clock Sat
urday morning, is the 2nd Marine
Division Band from Camp
Lejuene, The Oak Island Coast
Guard station is providing the
color guard.
The parade will form in front
of Brunswick County High School
and will march down Howe Street
to Moore, will pass through the
business district to Atlantic
Avenue and will break up in
front of Southport High School.
Parade officials urge spectators
to clear the street ahead of the
procession and it is urged that
no vehicles be parked after 10
a. m. Saturday on streets included
in the line of march.
A 24 member Marine chorus,
under the direction of First Lieu
tenant James J. Clark in, will
perform in Franklin Square be
side the City Hall at 3 o’clock
that afternoon.
The Southport Jaycees have
scheduled a repeat of their highly
successful fireworks display fbr
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Heritage Show
This Weekend
The second annual presenta
tion of the Heritage Show spon
sored by the Southport Woman’s
Club is scheduled this year for
July 3-4 to concide with the
Fourth of July celebration.
The main exhibition will be
held at the Community Building
overlooking the harbor. A
special display of the heirloom
altar linens from St. Phillip’s
Church at Brunswick Town will
be held at St. Phillip’s Episcopal
Church, Southport.
The Heritage Show is not
simply for display of antiques,
as stress is to be put on family
kinship with the items. Exhibits
will consist of furniture, jewelry,
silver, china, clocks, bric-a
brac and souvenirs of military
conflicts prior to World War I.
Entries are still being
accepted. Letters, papers and
documents dating from the
Colonial, Revolutionary and Civil
War periods will be accepted in
addition to the above items.
Board Adopts
Salary Scale 1
For Brunswick
The Board of County Commis
sioners has adopted a policy
concerning the setting of
salaries for clerical help em
ployed by the county in the
future.
The beginning salary of cleri
cal employees will begin at $200
per month tor the first year then
will be raised to $225 per month
minimum.
To be excluded from this reso
lution are the Welfare and Health
Department.
The following provisions are
Included in a statement of policy
designed to cover comity em
ployees:
Each department head shall
be responsible tor recruiting
and employing such clerical and
technical employees as author
ized by the budget tor his de
partment. When filling a vacancy,
each department head shall
submit to the board of county
commissioners a recommenda
tion as to the position to be filled
and the starting salary to be paid
the new employee, in line with
the duties and responsibilities to
be performed and the qualifica
fication and experience of the ap
plicant. The decision of the com
missioners shall determine the
rate of pay of each new employ
ee.
With the exception of the sher
iffs department, all county em
ployees shall work from 8:30
a. m. to 5 p. m. with a forty
five minute lunch period.
The following holidays, and
such other days as the board of
county commissioners may fix,
shall be observed by county of- -
flees: January 1, Easter Monday,
July 4, Washington’s birthday, '
Thanksgiving Day, and three days
at Christmas. Employees re-.
qulred to work on the holidays'
designated may be given compen
satory time off for the holiday
worked; provided further that
when a designated holiday tolls on
a Sunday, it will be observed the
following Monday.
All full-time county employees
subject to tills resolution shall be
'granted one day of vacation Mite <
pay tor each month of full-time "
service in each fiscal year.
At the last regular meeting of
the board, a delegation from the
Home Demonstration Clubs came
before the commissioners to seek
the services of an assistant home
agent. With the women was Mrs.
Billie H, DeVane, who has re
signed as home agent, creating
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Mobile Museum
Is Coming Here
Arrangements have been com
pleted with the North Carolina
Department of Archives and His
tory to have its Mobile Museum of
History on display in South-^
port in connection with that re-*W
sort town’s annual Fourth of July
celebration.
Joe Walton, president of the
local Jaycee chapter, has an
nounced that confirmation has
been received from Mrs. Jo
Phillips, Acting Education Cura
tor of the Department of Ar
chives and History that the Mo
bile Museum will be open to the
public in downtown Southport July
3-5.
The big trailer will be parked
in front of the Daughters of Amer
ica Building between Moore and
Bay streets.
Dioramas of the fall of Fort
Fisher and Blockade Running
and Civil War Relics, includ
ing a collection of guns, will be
among the displays.
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 Cape Fear
PUot’a Association.
HIGH LOW
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, July 1,
8:40 A. M. 3:45 A. M.
10:02 P. M. 3:51 P. M.
Friday, July 2,
10:37 A. ML 4:37 A. M.
10:58 P. M. 4:46 P. M.
Saturday, July 3,
11:35 A. M. 5:29 A. M.
11:52 P. M. 5:43 P. M.
Sunday, July 4,
12:34 A. M. 6:22 A. ML
6:44 P. M.
Monday, July 5,
0:48 A. M. 7:17 A. M.
1:31 P. M. 7:46 P. M.
Tuesday, July 6,
1:41 A. M. 8:11 A. M.
2:29 P. M. 8:47 P. M.
Wednesday, July 7,
2:36 A. M. 9:05 A. M.
3:25 P, M. 9:46 P. M..