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THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community The Pilot Covers Brunswick County Cutting The Ribbon- .... CEREMONY—Little Robby Howard is shown here in the arms of his grandfather, C. D. Pickerrell, as he clipped the ribbon Saturday afternoon to signify the formal opening of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. building in Southport. On the left is bank presid ent B. L. Nesmith, Jr., and on the right is Cashier William C. Love. •'-V''.ic . ' - .. ... "... / '■£ Waccamaw Bank & Trust Formal Opening Held The formal opening of the new building in Southport for the Wac camaw Bank & Trust Co. was held Saturday afternoon and was followed by a reception in which several hundred persons partici pated. On hand for the occasion was B. L. Nesmith, Jr., president of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co., who responded to words of praise and welcome from Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, who cited the new bank building as another link in the chain of progressive developments in the business life of this community. City Manager C. D. Pickerrell also spoke about signs of prog ress that are shaping up in South port and assured bank officials they are making a wise move in providing these modern, expand ed banking facilities. His grandson, Hobby Howard, wielded the scissors at the rib bon-cutting ceremony. The entire proceedings was predicated by the invocation, delivered by the Rev. E. C. Chamblee, pastor of Southport Baptist Church. Inside the airconditloned build ing, members of the clerical staff of the bank turned hostesses for the party occasion and pinned orchids on the ladles and poured punch and served cake to all visitors. There were suitable gifts for those who attended. Business use of the new quar ters must wait until next week until the last legal requirement is met, and Cashier William C. Love says that the final move will be made one day during the coming week. Meanwhile, it is business as usual in the crowd ed confines of the old bank build ing. Brief Bits Of MVEWS-I BAKE SALE The Daughters of America will have a bake sale Saturday at 9 o’clock between Leggett’s and the post office. YARD OF MONTH The Southport Garden Club has voted “Yard of the Month” honors to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Kennedy on Lord street. LIONS TO MEET The regular meeting of the Southport Lions Club will be held tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 6:30 o’clock at the Community Building in Southport. FHA OFFICE MOVES The Farmers Home Adminis tration office has moved to Lewis’ Shopping Center on the west side of Shallotte, The office Is located between the office of Dr. Madison and Joyce’s Beauty Shop. PTA MEETING The Southport PTA will hold Us first meeting of the year Thurs day beginning at 7:30 p. m. In the school auditorium. The new officers will be Installed during a brief business meeting, after which refreshments will be served in the school cafeteria. ASC Election Is | Today Determined! Ralph Price, office manager for the Brunswick ASC office, announced this afternoon the fol lowing results of the voting for community committeemen, which was completed Friday and for which ballots were counted this morning: Lockwoods Folly — Aldreth Phelps, chairman; Neil Holden and Edwin Sellers, members; McKinley Hewett and Delmas Green, first and second alter nates. Northwest — Paul Brown, Chairman: George Skipper and Forest Williams, members; Re fus Stewart and Bert Til man, first and second alternates. SmithvUle - Willie Clem mons, chairman; J. A. Chatman and Ervin Monroe, members; Louis Cox and Clifton Brown, first and second alternates. Shallotte — Curtis O. Hewett, chairman; Arthur W. Bellamy and Howard Gore, members; Guy Hughes and Luther Frink, first and second alternates. Town Creek — William P. Gore, chairman; Roy Willetts and Elbert Knox, members; Ellis Lewis and William Gardner, first and second alternates. Waccamaw — Roy W. Hughes, chairman; Gardner Teague and Gardner McCumbee, members; J. D. Long and Leon Watts, first and second alternates. On Friday morning at 10 o'clock, the newly elected community committeemen will meet in a convention at the ASC office in Shallotte for the purpose of electing a county committee. This convention will be open to (he public, but only the newly elected committeemen will act as dele gates and be permitted to partici pate in the election process. In this convention, one county committee member will be elect ed for a 1-year term, one mem ber for a 2-year term, and the (Continued On Page Four) New Lawyer In Southport Announcement was made this week that Thomas E. Horne will practice law with Kirby Sullivan in Southport under the firm name of Sullivan and Horne. David Blackwell, who had been a member of that firm for the past year, has gone to Reids vllle, where he is a member of the firm of McMichael and Grif fin. His home is near that city. Horne formerly practiced law in the greater Cincinnati area. He received his law degree from University of Kentucky in 1949. : He graduated from Campbell Col lege and is a native of Harnett county. During World War n ] he was a P-38 pilot in the South 1 Pacific. 1 Horne is married and his wife teaches in the Wilmington City f School system. They have one < son, who attends scnool at 1 Bolivia. JAMES L. WOLFE Southport Boy Now In Durham Security Life and Trust Co. of Winston-Salem Saturday an nounced the appointment of James L. Wolfe as agency supervisor in the James A. Whitehouse Dur ham Agency. Formerly a company repre sentative in the Gorrell and Sie wers Agency in Winston-Salem, Wolfe recently completed a six month training program in prep aration for his new assignment. He will assist Whitehouse in recruiting and training new men in the Durham agency. A native of Southport, Wolfe received a B. A. degree in in surance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel win. He received the Bill Baity Award for the highest academic average in the Insurance Department. He is a graduate of the Institute of Insurance Marketing conducted at Southern Methodist and Louisi ana State universities, and has completed if the Management Orientation School sponsored by the Life Insurance Agency Man agement Association. Wolfe joined Security Life and rrust Co. in 1963. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wolfe of Southport. News Bureau Nearing Goal The Lower Cape Fear News 3ureau represents what is prob ably the most broadly based co operative effort ever undertaken imong the merchants of the inter ■elated communities of Long leach, Southport and Yaupon leach. For almost three months, a Toup of merchants, charter boat perators and Interested citizens ave been working to raise a (Continued On Page Four) FLES Program Topic Of Talk At Club Session Mrs. Fred Smith of Southport, member of the faculty in the Wilmington School System nov engaged in teaching foreign lan guage in the elementary grades, was the speaker at the Septembei meeting of the Southport Woman's Club Thursday evening at the Community Building. Guests of honor at this meet ing were members of the South port High School faculty, whe were Introduced and in whose honor a reception was held ai the conclusion of the business session. In extending a welcome to these visitors, Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., recited some oi the school-related projects in which the Southport Woman’s Club has engaged over the years. The speaker was presented by Mrs. E. C. Blake. "In view of the present position of the United states as a world power, the American people can no longer afford linguistic iso lation,” said the speaker, "Americans have been slow to recognize the Importance ol modern foreign languages as an integral part of their children’s education be cause, historically, the U. S. has been able to develop into a strong nation without having to co operate closely with the rest o: the world. This period of na tional development, however, is past. Our destiny now depends in a large measure upon oui ability to understand, to influ ence, and to co-operate with other nations. “As American educators con sider realistically thi# nation’s ’role in the world of iphiorrow they recognize* that a knowledge of a modern foreign.language will be one of their '-students’ most valuable skills,’’1',declared Mrs., Smith. The option of in cluding modernforeignlanguages in die total public school curri culum or excluding it no longer exists. The problem is how soon can we require it, i ! « ‘“Mastery Of a language is most effectively and easily accom plished when use of it- begins at an Early age,” she continued. "Indications are that the third ‘or fourth grade is the optimum point to. start Foreign Language in Elementary School, since the child is normally at the height (Continued On Page Four) ! I Adult Classed , Being Formed The Cape Fear Technical In stitute is presently working with the Boards of Education and lo cal schools in the New Hanover, Pender and Brunswick County areas in setting up extension courses for adults in these areas. For several years the Institute has cooperated with local school officials in providing adult edu cation opportunities. Basic Education courses are offered at no cost to those who participate. Secondary courses require a fee of $2.00 plus the cost of books in the amount of $3.75 for Secondary I and $4.15 for Secondary n. Other courses will require a nominal fee in ad dition to cost of books. School officials in the Southport area have expressed enthusiastic interest in offering an adult edu cation program. L. R. Bigger staff, principal of the Southport High School, has set September 20, as the date for an organiza tional meeting for interested peo ple who live in the Southport School District. This meeting will be held at 7 o'clock In the (Continued On Page Pour) For Bookmobile Headquarters Seeking New Library Building Here aie uiiuerway loraurive to raise funds to erect a new head quarters building for the South port-Brunswick County Public Library, it is announced this week. The building program calls for a structure located in a down town location, close to foot traf fic, with an easy entrance from street level, it would contain i shelving for a book collection of up to 40,000 volumes; a pub lic meeting room, carport and loading area lor tne bookmobile; an exhibit area for use of the public, In addition to adequate reading and study space for 50 persons. The proposed building would be financed by a federal grant of 49% of the total cost of build ing, site and equipment, the re maining 51% to be raised locally. According to the Building Fund Committee, funds will be raised through memorial gifts, indlvid M » ' • ual gifts, and donations from corporations, businesses, or ganizations and industry. Purpose of the new building would be to serve as the central warehouse for books for the book mobile and Shallotte Library, as well as a public library for South port and surrounding areas. Un der the provisions of the Library Services and Construction Act, the building must be capable of meeting the needs of the coun ty for the next 20 years. N. C. State Library consultants esti mate this will require a minimum of 5100 square feet. The county library is presently housed on the second floor of the Southport City Hall in some 1500 square feet of space. These facilities are virtually exhausted' as to book shelving, reader space and work room for the staff. It is hoped that local funds nec essary will be in hand by early 1966 and construction started during die coming year. ssmat mmmmsm Architects Conception Of New Library Building At Southport ItpISSK ' ''•> *• ^- ’.. V’ *- *• - •" ..V V >4* Sea Level Is Coming IN DRYDOCK-The Sea Leve, ferry that formerly operated on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island and Ocracoke, will be placed into service on Oape Fear River between Southport and Fort Fisher around October 15. The vessel is now in dry dock at New Bern where it is being made ready for service on Cape Fear River. Construction of the ferry landings is on schedule, according to the N. C. Highway Commission. The new name of the Sea Level and the tolls for the one-hour crossing of Cape Fear River will be announced following the October 8 meeting of the highway commission. County Superintendent Taylor Resigns Post A. W. Taylor has resigned as superintendent of Brunswick county schools to accept a posi tion as superintendent of the Hamlet City School System. This action was taken at a call meet ing of the Brunswick County Board of Education Monday night and becomes effective October 1. Time And Tide EDITOR’S NOTE: The keeper of this column is now back from vacation! Ten survivors from the shipwrecked liner Dixie had been brought into Southport aboard the Texas Oil Co. tanker Reaper and were ferried ashore by men of Oak Island Coast Guard Station. There was news of the murder of Louis W. Ganus, Waccamaw township farmer state WPA was going to spend $4 million for port improvement at Southport. This was the news in our edition of September 11, 1935. There had been a tropical storm in this area in the preceeding Thursday night. Power failure and fallen trees constituted the chief damage, other than the fact that dirt roads had washed badly from rain. It was September li, 1940, and a perenniel problem here in Southport had earned the consideration of CoL G. W. Gillette, chief of the Engineers office in Wilmington: He was going to try to dis cover a way to control sandspur growth in the garrison. Pick pockets had infested Whiteville during the tobacco marketing sea son and that town had just passed the 12-million mark in total pounds sold. Gene O’Brien, ^in those days a pigeon fancier, had engaged in a good will exchange of messages with Mayor Tom Cooper of Wil mington—said me isages been conveyed by carrier pigeon; the dredge • (Continued On Page Four) A. W. TAYLOR The board failed to take any action on the matter of electing a replacement, but another meet* ing is set for next Monday night. In other action Arthur S. Dosh er moved that two mobile units be purchased from existing cap ital outlay funds with payment due on a 60 day basis and be situated as proposed in the Sep tember 7 meeting. This carried unanimously. The Superintendent was instructed to procure state literary funds to finance the cap ital outlay projects from which funds would be diverted to pay for the above mobile units. Dosher moved the bid from (.Continued on Page 4) Endorse Road Bond Election The Resources Development Commission for Brunswick coun ty has gone on record favoring the $300 million Road Bond Issue according to an announcement by w. A. Powell, chairman. Powell said in commenting on the bond issue that the members of the commission had unamious ly adopted a resolution pointing out the advantages of the in creased funds for highway con struction and maintenance. Powell reported that ac cording to the bill authorizing the bond issue Brunswick Coun ty will receive $694,000 in secondary road funds and the cities and towns in the county will receive $114,200.00 in pri mary street funds, plus a share of the 3rd. Division primary roads funds amounting to $12. 188,000. “With this money our streets, roads and highways can be im proved and maintained to ac commodate the thousands of tour ists who travel in Brunswick county each year,” Powell said. “If we are to continue to grow we must provide adequate facili ties, and only through a road bond issue will our highway commis sion be able to finance the grow ing demand for more and better^ highway facilities,” he declared. \ (Continued On Page Four) Excess Tobacco Poses Problem For Next Year By ARCHIE F. MARTIN County Extension Chairman Many Brunswick County farm ers have produced more tobacco than they can sell this year under their poundage quota. Some will tiave some good quality leaf left and the problem Is what to do with It. Should you store your excess tobacco until next year? Tobacco that has already been produced and Is In excess of' Ehe amount that the farmer can sell this year. That Is, the cost of producing this tobacco has nothing to do with decidii* on whether or not to store It. The three important things to consider In deter mining the feas ibility of storing tobacco are: (1) What will it cost per pound to store the tobacco?, (2) What will be the reduction, if any, In the per-pound value of stored tobacco next year? and (3) what will be the cost of producing the same poundage of tobacco m>«t year? If the total cost per pound of storing tobacco already pro duced, until next year, does not exceed the cost per pound of producing a crop of equal sale value next year, it may pay to store surplus tobacco. If ade quate facilities are already avail able on the farm then you would not charge fixed costs. However: If you have to have new con struction or give up other crop storage then you would charge those costs. The fixed costs are lepreciation, interest, taxes and Insurance on facilities. (Continued On Page EVrnr) Tide Table Following 1b the tide table for Southport daring the , week. These hotps are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear PiloPs Ar aodatton. Him low Thursday, September II, 11:13 A- M. 5:11 A. It. 11:22 P. M. 5:50 P. M. Friday, September IT, 12:11 A. M. 6:01 A. M. 6:52 P. M. Saturday, September 18, 0:24 A- M. 7:02 A. M. 1:15 P. M. 8.-01 P. M. Sunday, September If, 1:36 A. M. 8:10 A. 1C. 2:25 P. M 0:12 P. M. Monday, September M, 2:51 A. M. 8:21 A. M. 3:83 P. It 10:17 P. M. Tueoday, September 81, 4:01 A- M. 10:28 A. 1L 4:37 P. M. 11:17 P. M. Wednesday, September tt, 5:06 A. M. 11:30 A. M. 5:35 P. M 12:00 P. U.
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