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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume 25
No. 8
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1965
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Dr.Billy Graham Is Press Speaker
FEATURE—One of the highlights of the annual convention of the North Caro
lina Press Association in Asheville last week was the appearance of Dr. Billy Gra
ham as the speaker at the Friday luncheon at Grove Park Inn. With Dr. Gra
ham are Gault Braxton, left, and Josh Home, right, who were honored for
fifty yeare’ service to the press association, which they have served as president.
On the right is James M. Harper, Jr., president of NCPA during the past year.
Opens Thursday
Tobacco Markets Ready
The “Live Market” of the Bor
der Belt...
That’s what Whiteville’s to
bacco mart is destined to be,
according to Nelson Hodgkins,
who is its new sales supervisor
for the 1965 auction season which
begins on August 5.
In fact, Hodgkins has given as
a slogan for the market during
the coming season, "The Market
fefcXvJ
That’s Alive In ’65!”
Whiteville will again be the
only three-set buyer market in
Columbus County and Hodgkins
could well have added to its
slogan enough to have made it
thus: "The Market That’s Alive
In ’65, And Full of Drive As
It’s Been for 55!” For, the
local leaf auction will be going
into its 55th year of operation
when the chant of the auctioneer
begins to toll out the tune of the
green stuff over the gold stuff
brought in by farmers to the
Border Belt’s leading market at
the Columbus County seat.
"When we say ‘leading’, we
don’t mean lust leading in money
paid out, pounds sold, etc. like
some of the marts do in their
advertising,” says the new
supervisor, “but we mean to lead
in prices, pounds of tobacco
handled for our farmer friends,
and in rendering every service
possible to those friends. We
ask them to join us, those from
Columbus and adjoining counties,
and those from afar that have
made Whiteville their market for
many years, to give us another
chance to show them how we
appreciate their business.
"And, ” he continued, “we also
ask new friends to try out our
; H services, prices, etc. Our ware
housemen and merchants of
Whiteville would like to let them
know that Whiteville’s market is
really "Alive In ’65!”
Whiteville has grown, over the
years, from a small, one-set
buyer market handling only small
quantities of leaf to its present
large multi-million poundage
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Brief Bits Of
“NEWS=
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The Hospital Care Assoc, of
Durham is cooperating with the
Brunswick Farm Bureau in spon
soring a membership drive the
first two weeks of August, Farm
Bureau President Ira Chadwick
announces.
FRIDAY RECEPTION
There will be a reception for
the Rev. and Mrs. w. C. Daven
port at Trinity Methodist Church
on Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
The Rev. Mr. Davenport is the
new pastor. All church members
are urged to attend and visitors
will be welcome.
DR. COOPER COMING
Dr. Arthur W. Cooper and
Sheafe safterthwaite will speak
at the quarterly meeting of the
Brunswick County Historical So
ciety in the Parish House of
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
in Southport Monday evening at
8 o’clock. They will talk about
Bald Head Island and its his
torical significance for this area.
The public is Invited.
Winner In Crab Derby
CHAMP C. B. “Cash” Caroon is shown (left) hold
ing “Old Brunswick”, the first place winner in the
Annual Crab Derby at Carolina Beach. He is receiv
ing the trophy from Woodrow Price, managing edit
or of The News and Observer, who served as chief
judge for the event.
Brunswick Crab
| State Champion
Cash Caroon’s “Old Bruns
wick”, this county’s entry In the
fifth annual North Carolina Crab
Derby, swept to victory in re
cord time Saturday at Carolina
Beach.
The derby, held annually to
stimulate greater Interest in the
production and processing of
North Carolina crabmeat, was
sponsored by the Wilming
ton Chamber of Commerce and
the Department of Conservation
and Development.
“Old Brunswick*’ sped down
the 15-foot plywood raceway In
less than four seconds, clipping
more than four seconds off the
former mark set In 1963. This
is the first time the North Caro
lina winner has come from
Brunswick county. Other
counties in the competition were
Pender, Pamlico. Hyde, Beau
fort, and Carteret.
Caroon will now go to Cris
field, Maryland, September 4 for
the National Crab Derby.
Doctor Drowns In Brunswick
Searchers were still looking
Monday for the body of a 43
year-old Bowman Gray School
of Medicine doctor who report
edly drowned on an outing Sat
urday.
Deputy Sheriff Drew Long of
Brunswick County said Dr. Ber
nadin L. Sese, 43, apparently
drowned while trying to cross
an inlet between Sunset Beach
and Bird Beach.
Dr. Sese was from the Phil
ippine Islands. He was on an
outing, the officer said, with
five other persons.
Long said the party had
planned to cross the inlet short
ly before noon and that appar
ently Dr. Sese waited until near
high tide and was not able to
complete the swim across the
inlet. Long said the inlet was
about 300 yards wide at the
time.
A girl who was crossing the
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County School
Opening Date
Is August 25
The Brunswick County Board
of Education is nearing comple
tion of summer maintenance work
in all county schools according
to Superintendent A. W. Taylor
who announces that all Bruns
wick County schools will open
August 25.
Students are to report to school
at 8:30 on Wednesday, August
25, for orientation exercises.
School will be dismissed at noon
on this date. Students will be
given their classroom and
teacher assignments and other
details of enrollment and regis
tration will be worked out.
Thursday, August 26 is the first
official day of the regula. 180
day school rterm. School will
commence at 8;30 and dismiss
at 3:15 throughout the year.
Principals of the larger high
schools in the county will report
to work August 5. Other prin
cipals officially begin work
August 9 and August 12, although
many will be in their offices
several days prior to these dates.
Most teachers will report to work
officially on August 23. Excep
tions are home economics
teachers, who will report on
August* 1, and trade teachers,
who will report on August 12.
Janitors begin work August 19.
All members of the Board of
Education and principals will
meet Monday night, August 16
at 7:30 in the Board of Educa
tion office. A principal’s meet
ing will be held at 9:00 a. m.
Friday, August 13 at the Board
of Education office in the Bruns
wick county courthouse.
All Brunswick County bus
drivers will meet Tuesday,
August 24 at the Shallotte high
school auditorium at 9:00.
Butler Named
Tax Supervisor
Ira D, Butler, Jr., was ap
pointed Tax Supervisor tor
Brunswick county at a mee
sloners Monday. He will begin
work September 1 and his aft
pointment extends to June 30,
1967.
His appointment fills aposition
that members of the board see
as an important role in county
government during the coming
months while the revaluation pro
gram is in progress. Butler has
been engaged in this type work
with a company of independent
appraisers for the past three
years.
His salary has been set at
$5,000 per year, with a travel
allowance of $1,000.
Clemit Holden made the motion
to hire Butler' and T. S. Bow
mer seconded. Chairman Rourk
voted with them while D. F. Frink
and Parley FormyDuval ab
stained.
In another move to fill a post
in county government Col. Frank
Moffitt, retired Army officer, has
been employed on a part-time
basis to head the Department of
Civil Defense for Brunswick
county. He will receive $200
per month, plus $50 per month
for travel.
The 1965-66 budget was final
ly adopted with a rate of $1.60.
Four of the commissioners voted
in favor of this action, with
Chairman Rourk voting no.
Bowmer was given the au
thority to sign tax foreclosure
notices as suits are brought in
the absence of Chairman Rourk.
Visit To Ferry Site
INSPECTION—Ashley Murphy, commissioner for the 3rd Highway Division,
is shown here (third from the right) as he visited the site of the ferry slip on this
of the Cape Fear River Monday with members of the board of commission
ers for Brunswick county. The group, left to right, are T. S. Bowmer, D. B
Fnnk, Division Engineer Paul Dupre, Parley FormyDuval, Murphy, George
Rourk and Glemit Holden.
Official Visit
Highway Commissioner Here
Ashley Murphy, newly appoint
ed Highway Commissioner tor the
Third Division, paid an official
visit to Brunswick county Monday
when he met with members of the
board of commissioners.
Murphy discussed highway
spending during the next tour
years and emphasized the im
portance of the forthcoming Road
Bond Election. He showed the
formula under which these funds
will be spent and pointed out that
this will in no way affect
spending of Brunswick’s fair
-Share from the general fund..
After talking to the commis
sioners in the tax office, he ac
companied them to Price Creek
for an inspection of work that is
in progress for the preparation
of the ferry slip on this side of
the Cape Fear river.
Dredging of the docking area
n e a r Southport began two
weeks ago and should be com
pleted this week, Paul DuPre,
highway division engineer, an
nounced. He said the equipment
would move up to Federal Point
and begin work on the New
Hanover side of the river at
that time.
Docking facilities on both
sides of the Cape Fear River
should be completed in advance
of the planned transfer of the
ferry Sea Level to the new
crossing on that date, he said.
It was pointed out that a
round trip is planned for each
two-hour period during daylight
hours with 35 minutes allowed
for a one-way crossing.
Distance one way is four and.
a half miles.
Toll for the crossing has not
yet been set, DuPre said.
It was confirmed that a de
lay in negotiating for a dock
ing site near Southport would
not delay the service. “We
have right of entry and will
continue with the work,” Du
Pre pointed out.
Time Arid Tide
rted the election of Henry C.
School. This was the biggest
and included a 12-page sec
8 of the Whiteville tobacco
had announced that tobacco
ribution and could be picked
The Pilot for July 31, 1935, re]
Stone as principal of Shallotte High
issue ever published up to that dati
tion heralding the opening on Augui
market. County Agent J. E. Dods
marketing cards were ready fo? di
UP at the Farm Office at Supply.
One editorial cited the shameful
leading from Brunswick county to
camaw river was being surveyed tol determine the feasibility of
building a dam for the erection of 4 power plant; and news from
Baltimore was that Miss Eleanor N|ernsee was making a good
record as student nurse at Johns-Hopk'
eed for a hardsurfaced road
ke tobacco market; the Wac
Five years later there were sigi
Southport lady had received a letti
land, who reported generally good
that country was at war; there has be*
Brunswick so far for the year; and
ing a sales pitch to young men of militai
There had been excitement here in
ing when a seaplane had made an ei
quarrantlne station. A short time late:
a Navy destroyer had come in from
out to sea. What her final destln:
matter of conjecture.
of international unrest; A
from her family in Eng
nditions despite the fact
21 Army enlistments from
Marine Corps was slant
age.
uthport on Monday morn
argency landing alx)ve the
two motor launches from
side and towed the plane
on turned out to be was a
It was 1944, and the intervening ya
battles of World War n fought, but not!
front page report of another great nava
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i's had seen most of the
11 of them. There was a
victory for U. S. forces
four)
JULIA HEWETT
Sifig9l«>v-.|
DON EVANS
Students Attend
National Meeting
Miss Julia Hewett, president
of the Brunswick 4-H County
Council, and Don Evans, presi
dent of the Ash 4-H Club have
been selected as county repre
sentatives and are attending the
4-H Citizenship Short Course at
the National 4-H Center, in Wash
ington, D. Cv announces Burnett
Coleman, Assistant Agricultural
Extension agent.
"This is one of the greatest
opportunities that has been made
News Bureau
Meets Friday
The final organizational meet
ing of the Lower Cape Fear News
Bureau will be held Friday even
ing at the Southport Junior Cham
ber of Commerce Building on
Fodale Ave., according to Presi
dent E. C. Blake. The meeting
will begin at 8 o’clock.
Business to be transacted dur
ing the meeting includes a report
on bureau activities, the election
of six people to the board of
directors, a treasurer’s report
and completion of plans to solicit
funds needed to operate the
bureau during the coming year.
Operators of businesses in
Southport, Yaupon Beach and
Long Beach who are interested
in the Lower Cape Fear News
Bureau activities are urged to
attend the Friday meeting.
Carpentry work and plumbing
for the photo processing labora
tory located on the corner of
Moore St. and Davis St. was
completed Monday evening, ac
cording to Adrian Daniels, public
relations director. The electri
cal wiring is expected to be com
pleted by 5 p. m. Wednesday.
“If all goes well we will be
operating the laboratory on a
full scale by Friday,” reported
Daniels. Photo processing is
now being done in a dark room
owned by Abbie Dosher, captain
of the Idle On m.
Forty-three business opera
tors in Southport, Yaupon Beach
and Long Beach have signed
pledges to support activities of
the Lower Cape Fear News
Bureau.
available to a Brunswick County
boy and girl,*’ stated Coleman.
“The two youth leaders were
chosen on the basis of what they
personally will learn through the
experience and how they can be
expected to help others In citi
zenship. They will study the hori
zons of citizenship, starting in
the home and going to the com
munity, state and nation, and
world. They look at citizens
In various segments of society,
family, economics, political,
social, education, and values by
which people live, stated Cole
man.
“Taking part in a Citizenship
Short Course is not an award
in the usual sense; yet, it does
involve great responsibility for
putting what is learned to good
use as an individual and in co
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Man Is Found
Shot To Death
Officers of the Brunswick
county Sheriff’s Department are
continuing investigation into the
death of an unidentified man
wnose body was found Sunday
beside a rural road in the Green
Swamp.
Sheriff E. V. Leonard stated
Tuesday that no positive identi
fication of the victim had been
made but that important leads
were being checked out. Deputy
Charlie Skipper is in charge
of the investigation for die Bruns
wick county authorities.
Coroner Lowell Bennett said
the man was of dark complexion
“maybe of some foreign na
tionality”. He had been shot in
the head, with the bullet entering
just beneath the nose. There were
bloodstains at the site which in
dicated that he had died where
he was shot.
Bennett estimated that the vic
tim may have been dead for two
or three days before his body
was discovered.
No death weapon was found
at the scene and investigating
officers are proceeding on the
theory of murder, with robbery
as a possible motive.
County Board
Holds Regular
Session Monday
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met In regular ses
sion on Monday, evening when,
Julian Altobellls appeared be
fore the board to discuss plans
for the proposed boiler room
addition at Leland School. A
summary of estimated costs was
presented to the board.
Arthur J. Dosher moved that
Altobellls proceed on plans for
the proposed addition. It was
“urther moved that the plans in
clude a 30-foot stack with forced
Iraft.
Winfred Johnson, principal of
3hallotte High School, was
present, and chairman Thomp
son asked if he had any com
nents regarding certain checks
ssued from janitorial funds,
fohnson stated that it was his
inderstanding that the checks In
luestlon were issued to reim
burse Shallotte High School for
ocal school funds expended for
janitorial services.
Johnson submitted a list of
repairs needed at Shallotte school
which he and his committee re
quested be made.
A Supplement to the Plan for
Compliance with the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 was adopted by a
unanimous vote of all members
present.
A latter from LisbonC. Berry,
Jr., in behalf of William C.
Clemmons was read to the board.
The board accepted the bid
from Southern Desk Co. In the
amount of $3,016.77 on class
room furniture for six new class
rooms.
The Drivers Education budget
was approved on a motion by
Dosher, a second by Homer Hol
den and a unanimous vote of all
members present.
Bellamy moved that Paul M.
Brummett be hired as high school
supervisor. It was seconded by
Holden and carried by all mem
bers present.
Bellamy moved that work be
started as soon as possible on
the drainage projects at Shal
lotte High School and Loland
High School.
Assistant Superintendent Wtt
•• llams recommended to the board
a revision of purchase order
policy used by the board. He
pointed out that a revised pro
cedure was necessary if he were
to keep an accurate account of,
spending from funds which had
been verbally placed In his
charge.
The proposal submitted by Mr.
Williams was as follows:
"The Assistant Superintendent
Is designated as purchasing agent
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Five Inducted
During July j:
Five young men from Bruns
wick County were inducted Into
the Army on July 23. They
were Richard W. Burgess, Ed
ward Williams, Jr., Johnny R,
Jackson, Austin H. Miller and
John McMillan, Jr. The local
board had a call for ten, but only
the above five were inducted.
The local board is scheduled to
examine 74 registrants this
month, 37 August 4 and 37 more
on August 18. An induction
call, scheduled for August 26,
has been issued calling for 6
registrants.
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of Charles Gore is re
quested to notify the local board.
All registrants are reminded
to keep their local board advised
of all changes in their address,
marital and dependency status.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide
table for Southport during
the week. These hours are
approximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, August S,
2:03 A. M. 8:29 A. M.
2:84 P. M. 9:16 P. M.
Friday, August .6,
2:58 A. M. 9:22 A. M.
3:47 P. M. 10:12 P. M.
Saturday, August 7,
3:52 A.M. 10:15 A.M.
4:39 P. M. 11:06 P. M.
Sunday, August 8,
4:45 A. M. 11:06 A. M.
5:28 P. M. 11:53 P. M.
Monday, August 9,
5:34 A M. 11:53 A. M.
6:13 P. M.
Tuesday, August 10,
6:20 A. M. 0:38 A. M.
6:55 P. M. 12:37 P. M.
Wednesday, August 11,
7:02 A. M. 1:20 A. M.
7:34 P. M- 1:19 P. M.