The Pilot Covers Brunswick County! THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Mm: Most of the News All The Time Volume 25 No. 6 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1965 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Soloists With Staff Choir MARGARET MOORE MARGARET POOLE MBfiil r"i i "i i ij'i -i r.11i._T|ML RUTH COLVARD Assembly Staff Choir To Sing In Southport The Stall Choir ol the North Carolina Baptist Assembly will present a program ol sacred music at the Southport Baptist Church Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The choir, under the direction ol Carroll Stegall ol Randleman, is composed ol 48 college students who serve on the stall at the assembly. Homer McKeithan, Jr., ol Southport is the organist, Robert Jervis ol Fayetteville, the pianist. The program will include a wide variety ol music, with fami liar hymns and folk songs as well as the works ol Bach and Faure. A male quartet, a mixed quartet, the girls’ chorus and soloists will be featured in various selec tions. Through the years the Stall choir has earned a state-wide reputation lor its high calibre ol performance and for its meaningful contribution to the worship services held each Sun day at the assembly during its season, which runs from mid June to mid-August. The choir is often asked to sing for con ferences at the assembly. This is the first time, though, that lt“Har given a complete program in a local church. It was arranged by Rev. E. C. Chamblee, pastor ol the Southport Baptist Church, with the co-operation ol Fred J. Smith, manager ol the assembly. Featured soloist will be: Mar garet Poole, mezzo-soprano from Thomasville; RuthColvard, soprano from Pahokee, Florida; Margaret Ann Moore, soprano from Concord; and Carroll Stegall, baritone. Miss Colvard is already known to the Baptist congregation at Southport, since she sang for the morning wor ship service here last Sunday. Much Interest In 4-H Week By BURNETT COLEMAN Asst. Agricultural Ex. Agent N. C. State 4-H Club Week is July 26-30. It is being held on the N. C. State University campus. This will be a week filled with recreational activi ties, demonstration contests, a talent show, a dress revue and the State Health Pageant. Any 4-H’er who is 14 years ol age by July 26, 1965 is eligible to attend. This year there will be two sections of special interest peri ods and two special interest classes. A club member may choose to be in one ol the sec tions or a special interest class. Section I includes “Cars” their care and keep; Care - For World Friendship and Understanding; and a class on a challenge in re cord keeping. Section n will in clude “Your 4-H Demonstra tions”; “New 4-H Projects For You”; “Your Appearance Counts”; (lor boys) and "The Charming You” (for girls). The two special classes are Song Leadership and Recreation (Continued On Page Four) BBrief Bits Of H\EW BENEFIT FISH FRY A benefit fish fry will be served at Ocean View Methodist Church at Yaupon Beach Friday beginning at 5 o’clock. Fresh flounder will be the main item on the menu. EARLY NEXT WEEK The Pilot will be published on Tuesday next week instead of on Wednesday, the regular day for publication. The North Carolina Press Association will hold its Summer Convention in Asheville starting Thursday and it will be necessary for the editor to be there early. HOMER McKEITHAN, JR, CARROLL STEGALL Long Beach Tax Rate Set At $1.00 The Long Beach Board of Com missioners voted at the regular July meeting to establish an ad valorum tax rate of $1.00 for the fiscal year 1965-66. Outgoing Town Manager Donald Archer had recommended a tax "rote' 'bf' $i‘.50 per one hundred dollars of assessed evaluation in order to retire a deficit of $28,915.60 outstanding at the end of the fiscal year just past. In asking for a motion to set the tax rate at $1.00 per hundred, Mayor E. F. Middleton stated that he and sons of the commis sioners thought that it was a mistake to abandon plans for go ing to the higher rate. Approval of the lower tax rate was given, with one abstention, in the presence of a large dele gation of citizens who had re tained Southport attorney A. H. Gainey to represent them in pro testing the tax hike. Middleton stated that by ac cepting the lower rate, the Board committed Long Beach to run ning a deficit for the next two years. “This will definitely prevent our going ahead with plans for a bond issue for a water sys tem for at least two years,” Middleton said. At the June meeting, when ways to meet the current diflclt were discussed, it was pointed out that one of the main reasons for the proposed tax hike, raising the rate from .75 per hundred to $1,50 per hundred, was to put the town on a sound financial footing in order to get Local Government Commission ap proval for the proposed water system bond referendum. Commissioner E. M. Under wood said of the move to set the tax rate at $1.00 rather than at $1.50, "We’re not facing facts.” "We haven’t faced facts for four years, why face them now,” said Commissioner w. W. Ven nel. Gainey, the attorney for the group of citizens protesting the proposed tax raise, spoke to the Board. He told the commis sioners that their proposed budget did not take into account revenue to be derived by a new tax to be levied on The Bruns wick Electric Membership Cor poration, the R.E.A. power com pany serving Long Beach. Gainey said the electric co-op would be taxed at 50% of what their regular tax bill would be in the current fiscal year, 100% in the next fiscal year. Gainey also made mention of a complete revaluation of all Brunswick County taxable prop erty which is now being pre pared. "The people I represent don’t want Long Beach to have the dubious distinction of having the highest tax rate of any North Carolina beach,” Gainey said. After hearing Gainey, Mayor Middleton asked for a motion of acceptance of the proposed $1.00 rate. The motion was made by Commissioner Nick Coleman, seconded by E. M, Underwood. Underwood called for a roll call vote. With Commissioner Bill Love absent and not voting, the vote was three to nothing in favor. (Continued On Page Four) Sunny Point Name Change Sunny Point Army Terminal has been redesignated Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, effective July 1, 1965 per De-~ partment of the Army General Order No. 17. In addition, the same order, Kings Bay Army Terminal, a subordinate installation of Sunny Point which is located near Jack sonville, Florida, has been re designated Military Ocean Ter minal, Kings Bay. Both Kings Bay and Sunny Point are now under the jurisdiction of the Commander, Military Traffic Management and Terminal Serv ice, Headquarters, Washington, D. C„ with Eastern Area Mili tary Traffic Management and Terminal Service, Brooklyn, New York, the intermediate headquar ters. River Pilot Is Heart Victim James D. Loughlin, Southport resident and member of the Cape Fear Pilot Association, died Fri day morning in Wilmington after being fatally stricken with a heart attack as he boarded the tanker "Atlantic Trader’* to bring her down the river. His death was investigated by New Hanover Coroner Starr Mc Millan, who ruled that it had apparently resulted from a heart attack. The deceased was a native of Wilmington, where he resided until three years ago when he moved to Southport. He had a number of relatives in South port. Loughlin complained of short ness of breath shortly after boarding the ship and sat down on the deck to catch his breath, prior to going to the bridge to take command of the vessel, when he collapsed while in sit ting position, McMillan said. McMillan said Loughlin was brought back to the terminal on a tug and carried by ambulance to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Funeral services were con ducted at 3 p. m. Saturday at St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church in Southport by the Rev. Fred Foreman. Burial followed in Northwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers were B. M. Burris, W. W. McKinnon, Charles C. Blach, George H. Melvin, M. M. Hood and Earl Allen. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Desitte Bosser Loughlin of Southport; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Loughlin of Wil mington; three sons, James D. Loughlin Jr. of Tooele, Utah, William H. Loughlin of Wilming ton and Edward Loughlin of Wrightsville Beach; two broth ers, Charles E. Loughlin of Mo bile, Ala., and Howard N. Loughlin of Wilmington; two sisters, Mrs. Earnest Sylivant of Grifton and Mrs. Thomas Bowmer of Georgetown, S. C, Burlington Man Drowns In Surf At Long Beach Robert H. Shoffner, 48, general manager of the Coble Farm Equipment Company in Burling ton, drowned early Sunday morn ing while swimming near the Long Beach Pier. The accident was witnessed by dozens of people on the crowded fishing pier, several fishermen joined in rescue ef forts. According to eye witnesses, Shoffner was floating on a rubber raft about 500 feet from the strand with two of his five chil dren, Lyndall, 9 and Katherine, 12. The fatality was the first on any Brunswick County beach this year, the second in all the county. Earlier this year a Southport man drowned in the Cape Fear River near the Southport city pier. Sunday’s fatality occured when a wave dumped Shoffner and his two daughters Into the water. Their call for help was answered by Shoffner’s two sons, Robert H. Shoffner, Jr., 20, and Kenneth Shoffner, 18. Also joining In the rescue at tempt were W. H. Farrington, Route 1, High Point; S. D. Land ersman, Annapolis, Maryland; Gene Barber, Laurel Hill and Bruce Thomas, Sanford. Thomas was credited by wit nesses as being solely re sponsible for the rescue of the youngest Shoffner daughter. The Long Beach Volunteer Fire Department Resuce Squad used a resusitator on Shoffner for over an hour before Shoffner was pro nounced dead by an unidentified Fayetteville doctor. The body was taken to Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport for transfer to Gilbert Funeral Home. Brunswick County Cor oner Lowell Bennett pronounced accidental drowning as the cause of death. There will be no in quest, Bennett said. Shoffner’s body was flown back to Burlington Sunday afternoon. Crab Business ' Is Important North Carolina ranked third in the nation in 1964 in production of hard blue crabs, the State De partment of Conservation & De velopment advised this week. The information came from Harry Davis, reporting specialist for the U. S. Bureau of Commer cial Fisheries at Beaufort. North Carolina, with a produc tion of 24,091,500 pounds of hard blue crabs in 1964, passed Flori da, which reported a total of 21,747,000 pounds. Included in the North Carolina total were 69,700 pounds of soft or peeler type crabs. It’s the highest rank this state has ever had in hard blue crab production. Virginia ranked No. 1 in the nation last year in hard crab production, with around 52 mil lion pounds. Maryland, home of the National Crab Derby in which North Carolina crabs compete annually, was second with around 25 million pounds. Dr. David A. Adams State Fish eries Commissioner and head of the C&D Department’s Division (Continued On Page Eight) j CONFER Conference With The High Brass -General Wesley Guest, right, is shown here talking with former Kor ■ rcesiaent Syngman Rhee„ as, the latter inaugurates service over a newly in 4talled comm6fii«§^hs systefft. Pfekt tb her husband' is Mariame Rhee and fa-t*** middle is General Jameg A. VanFleet, Commander General of EUSAK For General Guest ^ 4 Recalls Friendship ! Death half-way round the world i'onday of Syngman Rhee, former president of Republic of Korea, brought back memories for Gen eral Wesley Guest of South port, who once was a close per sonal friend of this world figure. I General Guest, now retired and living in Southport, recalled that vhile serving with the Eighth : Army in Korea in 1951 he had been decorated with the Order of Military Merit by President Rhee. It was for special work in re-establishing communications in this war-devastated country, and it earned for General Guest the undying gratitude of the ruler of that country. General Guest said that he had photographs taken of President Rhee and himself, and brought forth a large scrapbook filled with documentary evidence that he had (Continued On Page Pour) j Time And Tide BHHBBDBBW iBBBBBBBflBBBBBBOBOOBO Our July 17 edition for the year 1935 announced that C. A. Ledford had been elected principal at Southport High School. Heavy rains had caused crop and road damage in Brunswick county, with a cave-in occurring on Highway No. 17 near Bolivia. Announcement was made that work was about to begin on the erection of a seafood freezing plant at Southport. A 6-foot alligator had been caught in a shrimp net while trawling operations were in progress in a creek near Southport; a mule be longing to a farmer in the Shallotte Village area had been struck and killed by lightning; and our community news coverage in cluded correspondence from Grissettown, Shallotte Village, Town Creek, Wlnnabow and Supply Route No. 1. Seven new historical markers had been erected in Brunswick according to report in our July 17 edition for the year 1940. A Little Theatre group had been organized here and Leila Hubbard (Pigott) had been elected president. Homecoming services were being planned at New Hope Presbyterian Church for the following Sunday. Contract had been let for printing 15.000 advertising folders for Brunswick county; cottages were springing up at Long Beach; and one of our columnists had observed that "It is getting to be right much of a summer colony over there.” W. R. Lingle had resigned as principal at Southport High School and had accepted a similar position in Jacksonville. This news was contained in The Pilot for July 18, 1945. Business was slacking off at the Wilmington Shipyard and the W. B. & S. had taken off their regular bus to that installation. The war was still in progress, but Japan was being subjected to a merciless bombing by u. S. forces. A front page picture showed a World War n hero, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in an informal pose with his mother. Shore fishermen had reported the first run of “August” mullets. Those who are inclined to be discouraged over this year’s (Continued On Page Four) Promoted At Sunny Point Lieutenant Jimmy J. Justice, Assistant Director for Operations at the Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, has recently been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. Photo shows Mrs. Justice pinning the new insignia of rank on her husbartd while Lt. Colonel Archie B. Joyner, Jr., terminal commander, looks on. Pupil Assignment Plan Announced A. W. Taylor, superintendent of Brunswick County Schools, Is in Raleigh today with Chairman James Thompson and Attorney Kirby Sullivan to confer with representatives of the Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare seeking approval of the integration plan that has been submitted for use during the coming school term. Dredge Starts On Ferry Slip A dredge from the Arkinston Dredging Co. moved into the mouth of Price Creek Monday, and Tuesday morning work be gan on cutting the slip for the Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry. Already the State Highway forces had been at work clear ing the right-of-way for the ap proach highway and clearing the site for the parking area and dock on this side of the river. The combined operation has created a scene of busy activity. The plan has been set up on the formula of integrating schools of Brunswick county on grades 1-7-9-11. This was done when 602 Negro students made application for reassignment to scnoois that formerly had been all-white. Under the proposal that has been submitted a total of 132 Negro students will be assigned to former all-white schools. This will be a total of 22 at Waccamaw, 94 at Shallotte, 9 at Bolivia, 5 at Southport and 2 (the only ones to apply) at Leland. A complete list of students reassignments appears on anoth er page in this issue of The Pilot. The Brunswick County Board of Education met Monday and Neil Mallory was interviewed by the board for the job as su pervisor of the county high schools. E. M. Underwood, of Sanford was interviewed regarding the auditing of school records and ac counts. He requested that he be (Continued On Page Eight) Credit Source Assistance To County Farmers A small amount of credit to needy farm and rural families may prove to be one of the Federal government’s biggest weapons in the battle against rural poverty in Brunswick county. This is the feeling of Parks C; Fields, who supervises the anti poverty campaign tor the Farmers Home Administration in this county. Among Hie anti-poverty weap ons available in rural areas in a recently authorized local pro gram which enables eligible farm and rural families to get capital to finance farm or business enterprises that will lead to in creased income. The new credit program offers help tor the first time to many rural families in Brunswick who previously were unable to obtain credit to improve their earnings. Loans are also available to rural cooperatives serving low income families and providing services and facilities not other wise available. Borrowers are provided con tinuing management aid to help them make a success of their farming or new business. Farm families may obtain loans to finance agricultural en terprises. Funds may be used to purchase livestock, machinery and equipment, construct or re pair farm buildings, pay annual operating expenses for seed, feed and fertilizer, refinance real estate debts and purchase land. The loans also may be used to buy shares in small coopera tives that serve rural people. Farm and nonfarm families living in the country or in small towns of not more than 3,500 population may obtain loans to finance non-agrlcultural enter prises. Economic opportunity loans may be made in amounts up to $2,500., bear 4-1/8 percent in terest, and may be repaid over periods up to 15 years. Eligible applicants must have an income that does not cover basic family living needs, be un able to obtain credit from other , sources, including the regular f 1 loan program of Farmers Home Administration, and show ai reasonable promise of succeed (Continued On Page Four) Tobacco Meet At Waccamaw TObacco prices tor 1965, new government grades and a grading demonstration will be a few of the subjects to be discussed at a special meeting on tobacco marketing for tobacco growers in the Vocational Agriculture De partment at Waccamaw High School next Tuesday night, ai 8 o’clock. This announcement comes from Ralph C. King, teacher of agriculture at Wac camaw. John H. Cyrus, a tobacco marketing specialist with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, will be present to discuss the current problems facing the tobacco industry and the tobacco grower with empha sis on preparing the tobacco crop to meet the 1965 market demand. Cyrus will employ an actual demonstration in tobacco grading and will use a special tobacco grading light in his dis cussion. All tobacco growers and per sons who will be involved in the preparation of tobacco tor market are urged to attend this meet ing. Some may wish to bring a few sticks of tobacco from a a particular curing to have it separated into its proper grades. 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 Oape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, duly 22, 1:10 A. M. 7:58 A. M. 2:03 P. M. 8:42 P. M. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2:11 A. M. 8:57 A. M. 3:06 P. M. 9:50 P. M. Sautrday, July 24, 3:17 A. M. 9:58 A. M. 4:09 P. M. 10:54 P. M. Sunday, July 25, 4:24 A .M 10:59 A. M. 5:10 P. M. 11:54 P. M. Monday, July 26, 5:28 A. M. 11:58 A. M. 6:09 P. M. Tuesday, July 27, 6:31 A. M. 0:51 A. M. 7:06 P. M. 12:54 P. M. Wednesday, July 28, 7 :30 A. M. 1:43 A. M. 8:00 P. M. 1:48 P. M.

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