North Carolina Newspapers

THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume 25 No. 18 8*Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1965 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY EARLY MORNING AT SEA OUTWARD BOUND—This is an early morning pic ture of Sheriff Ben Duke of Columbus county, pass enger aboard a Southport charterboat as she makes her way to sea and a rendezvous with king mackerel and other gamefish which abound offshore this time *********** ******************* of year. In the background is another Southport char terboat, headed for the same favorite fishing grounds. Some of the best fishing of the year is in prospect dur ing the next few weeks.—(Photo by Clemmons). ►.* ********* ** ****************** Much Interest In Slogan For . .. This County The slogan contest for Bruns wick county Is creating interest in several locations outside of the county according to w. A. Powell, chairman of the Resources De velopment Commission the spon soring organization for the con test. Powell stated that entires have been received from Concord, Wilmington, Whiteville and El Paso, Texas, in addition to sev eral hundred entries from with in Brunswick county. "In our opinion we have re ceived a number of good slogans to date,” Powell stated, "but we will not know exactly what the judges will decide until all entries are received and they have made their decision.” Powell emphasized that all en tries will be submitted to the judges and that their decision will be final. "I urge each citizen who has not submitted a. slogan to enter at the earliest possible date,” Powell stated. The contest is for a slogan to be used in advertising Bruns wick County and should contain not more than ten words. All entries should be submitted on post cards and should contain the name, address and telephone number of the individual submit ting the entry. The Resources Development Commission has set October 30 as the deadline for submitting entries. Brief Bits Of -NEWS CARNIVAL DATE The Halloween Carnival will be Friday, October 29, at the Southport High School gym. YARD OF MONTH Mr. and Mrs. Walter Aldridge of Caswell Avenue won Yard of the Month honors for October from the Southport Garden Club. OFFICE CLOSED The office of the Drivers Li cense Examiner In Southport will be closed Monday due to an in service training program which will be held that day in Fayette POSTPONE BAZAAR The date for the annual Methodist WSCS bazaar has been changed from November 5 to No vember 19, It will be an all-day affair and will be held in the Daughters of America Hall. i Name And Rates Set For Ferry * ** Two decisions have been reached during the past week regarding the Southport-Fisher Ferry, but neither is final an nouncement of the date when ser vice will begin. Highway Commissioner Ashley Murphy had a stormy session in Raleigh Friday before he got his colleagues to agree to a charge of $1.50 per automobile and 50-cents per person as toll for trips across the river. En gineer Ivan Hardesty and most of the commission members favored higher charges. Another important decision was the announcement made Mon day night by Commissioner Mur phy that the ferry will be named the "Southport-Fort Fisher Fer ry." This came after he had been besieged with letters suggesting names, most of them with his toric significance. The City of Southport had sug gested that the ferry be named for J. Vivian Whitfield, a Pen der country man who has been very helpful in getting this serv ice started. Last week Senator Whitfield wrote a letter asWng that his name be dropped from consideration. “I have found it harder to un name a ferry than it is to name one," Commissioner Murphy joked Monday night. "The name is registered with Lloyds of Lon don.” He said that he had re ceived more letters about the ferry name than he has the con troversial bridge at Wilmington. Farmers Have Time To Plan Fall is here and winter is just around the corner. Most of the to bacco has been sold and a good portion of the corn has been gathered. Caw Caw farmers are having easier days now and this is evidenced by the number of shot guns which are shouldered for hunting and boats which are launched for fishing. What about the many conserva tion practices which in the past there has been no time for them? This let-up in work pressure might very well provide the op portunity needed to get them started. Many fields which were des tined for cover crops still have not been seeded. Many fields of tobacco stalks are still standing unplowed. The residues of crops already harvested need to be mulched or disked into the top few inches of soil. Many plans for more per manent conservation practices have also had to be laid aside until the more pressing items were i : (Continued On Page Pour) Farm Bureau Meets Monday All commodity chairmen and committeemen, insurance agents, and board members are urged to attend the Brunswick county farm bureau meeting, Tuesday at the agriculture ex tension office in Supply, an nounced Ira L. Chadwick, presi dent this week. Paul Shackleford, district manager of Fremont, and Phil Rivenbark, now group area su pervisor of hospital care, Dur ham, will be the guest speakers. Final plans for the annual meeting and state convention attendance will be announced. District Clubs Meet Next Week Federated clubwomen from the eleven Woman’s Clubs and four Junior Clubs of District Eleven will attend the annual fall meet ing on October 18 at Carolina Beach. Hostesses for the day will be members of the Caro lina Beach woman’s Club, Mrs. E. w. Bame, president. The meeting will be at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, and will be preceded by a coffee hour from nine to ten o’clock in the Fellow ship Hall. Mrs. George Sutton, of Mt. Olive who will preside over the general sessions, said that 125 clubwomen are expected from the clubs representing New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Duplin and Sampson counties. Highlighting the morning ses sion will be an address by the North Carolina Federation Pres ident, Mrs. Fred B. Bunch, Jr., of Statesville who is attending each of the 16 District meetings. Major business of the day in cludes election of officers for the term 1966-1968. Newly federated clubs will be welcomed by the vice-president, Mrs. B. p. Blanchard of Rose Hill. Report on the district project will be made by Mrs. Howard Talley, Jr., of Wilmington, chairman. Officers serving the district in addition to those named above include Mrs. w. P. Reynolds, Director of Juniors, of Clinton, and Mrs. w. T. Perkins of Fai son, secretary and treasurer. The Jessie Taylor Award will be presented to the club doing outstanding work in Community Service. Department chairmen for the District Include: Mrs. Bobby Jones of Southport, conservation; Mrs. Duncan p. Randall of wil (Continued On Page Four) Two Highway Fatalities On * Highway No. 17 i Two highway fatalities in Brunswick county this week have « brought the total number of traffic deaths this year to eleven. Tom M. Hardy, 51-year-old Negro, was instantly killed Sun day afternoon on Highway No. 17, 7 miles south of Shallotte when he stepped from behind a parked car into the path of an automobile driven by William Lynn Spivey of Sanford. The case was Investigated by Patrolman J. E. Farmer of South port, who ruled that the accident was unavoidable. Before day this (Wednesday) morning a Camp Lejeune Marine was killed in a one-car accident on Highway No. 17 between Supply and Bolivia. The dead man was James L. Price, age 21. The accident was investigated by Patrolman Farmer, who said it occurred about 1:15 a. m. Three Marines were riding in a small sports car reportedly driven by William C. Jackeman. It went out of control on a curve and, according to Patrolman Farmer, traveled 244-ft before coming to a stop, Price died of severe head injuries. Jackeman and Curtis Holcomb, the other passenger, were given (Continued On Page Four) Successful Tournament Harvey, Spence Tourney Winners North Carolina’s Amateur Golfing Champion and a home club favorite professional finish ed one-two in the first Nortt Carolina Open Golf Tournament held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday over the oceanside championship course at Oak Is land. Bill Harvey’s 72 came after earlier rounds of 72 and 73 at wind-swept Oak Island Golf and Beach Club, making his 54-hole score read 217. That’s only one stroke over par for the distance. His victory was a slim one, though, with Wilmington pro Bob Spence just a shot behind at 218 following a last-day 74. Spence had stayed alive by twice chipping into the cup from 30 feet with an 8 iron, but when he needed most to hole out from far away he failed. That moment came on the long and arduous 18th, where par against the prevailing south west wind is a rarity. Spence approached the hole with a driver and a two-wood. Still far short, he leaned into a three wood and sent it into sand spurs 25 yards to the left of the green. From this point Spence needed to sink a chip shot to beat Harvey, who was already home and hoping. The chip skittered into the frog hair just off the green and died. Another chip missed, and with it went Spence’s chance to tie. He then sank his putt for 218 and won $500 for finishing as low professional. Harvey won $200 in merchandise and several dozen handshakes. Only three players managed to break par during the three days of the tournament. Buck Adams of Pinehurst and Larry Beck of Whispering Pines, a touring pro, posted a pair of 70’s on opening day when the weather was per fect and Jim Campbell of Fuquay had a 71 on Thursday when play ing conditions were not so good. During Friday’s rounds nobody beat the course. SS'* Brown shot an eagle on the par-5 first hole on Thursday, but a flock of scattered birdies was the only other major assault upon the standard figures for the Sale Of Bonds Still Lagging U. S. Savings Bonds sales in North Carolina during August amounted to $4,361,862, bring ing total sales for the year to $34,685,380. This is 65.3percent of the state’s annual quota of $53,100,000. Series E Bond sales in August were up 3.2 percent over August a year ago while Series H Bond sales showed a decline of 4 per cent. Total sales for the month were up 2.7 percent over Au gust of last year. Cumulative sales of E and H Bonds for the first 8 months were off 1 percent as compared with January-August of last year. Bond sales in Brunswick Coun ty during August were $991., ac cording to Aubrey C. Johnston, Brunswick County Volunteer Chairman. Cumulative bond sales in the county for the first 8 months of the year were $8,562. This is 23 percent of the county's goal of $37,170. for 1965. Time And Tide October 9, 1935, and a front page headline told of the conviction of Dillon Jenrette for second degree murder and of his sentence by Judge Clawson Williams to serve 20-30 years. The Southport plant of the North Carolina Fisheries, Inc., had been opened with the late Chas. E. Gause as manager. And a front page feature told of the place in history that has been earned by Fort Caswell. Twenty-five years ago this week the editor wrote that it would be a good thing to have a fire escape leading from the courtroom; home economics and public school music had been included in the curriculum of Southport High School after an absence of several years; and application had been made for a truck franchise to supple ment the freight-hauling efforts of the W. B. & a from Southport to Wilmington. H. M, Shannon had been named chairman of the Local Draft Board.' That action was reported in our issue of October 9, 1940. Another front page story told of the appointment of J. J. Hawes as chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Elections. Proof positive that this was the political season was summed up in the announcement that a Four-county Democratic Rally would be held in Whiteville later in the month. A Brunswick county man had shot and killed a $350 mule while trying to kill a chicken with a rifle; Mrs. Maxine Fulcher had been hostess at a birthday party for her son, Phillip Agnew, on his 7th birthday; and 21 Brunswick county young men had enlisted in the u. S. Army. It was the fall of 1945, October 10, to be exact, and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Harvell of Bolivia were overjoyed to learn that their son, Lassiter Harvell, had been liberated from a Japanese prison camp. Preparations were being made for the celebration of the 51st homecoming day at New Hope Presbyterian Church at Winnabow. (Continued On Page Four) course during the three days play. The only major mishap during the tournament came Thursday i when wind and rain messed up the early schedule. By mid morning the skies had cleared, and although the winds continued to blow with gale force, play started about 10:30 and continued without interruption. The weather on Wednesday had 1 been perfect, and on Friday it was good again, save for the wind. It was a major factor In send ing scores higher than usual for this outstanding field of golfers. At the conclusion of the tour nament on Friday afternoon Rye; Page, Jr., publisher of the Wil mington Star-News, was on hand to present cash prizes to the winning pros and gifts of mer chandise to the leading amateurs. The total prize money came to $3,700, of which $2,000 was con tributed by local sponsors. This was the first North Caro lina Open, restricted to profes sional and low-handicap ama teurs from this state. There Is talk of making this an annual event on the PGA calendar. It also was the first tournament staged by the members of Oak Island. There was so me Informal lunmnued on Page 4) Tournament Prizes Awarded Bob Spence of Pine Valley was low professional at the N. C. Open Golf Tourna ment Concluded at Oak Island Friday. Spence (left) was presented with a check for $500 by Rye B. Page publisher of Star-News Newspapers, after finishing with a three-day one-over piar 217. Winner of t’ie tournament was Bill Harvey, State Amateur champion, from Greensboro.—(CFN PHOTO) **************** ******** * * * * * * * * * * * * * *’ * * * * Murphy Calls For Road Bond Support Southport Woman State Chairman Mrs. James M, Harper, Jr., has been appointed by Governor Dan K. Moore to serve as State Chairman for United Nations Organization observance later this month. Mrs. Harper wiU participate in a news conference with Governor Moore in Raleigh on Friday of next week at which time plans for the observance will be an nounced. Lime For Soil Is Recommend By ARCHIE F. MARTIN County Extension Chairman Why should a farmer apply lime to his cropland? If you asked most farmers that ques tion they would probably say to make the soil sweeter or to supply calcium and magnesium. The answer would be correct but would not tell the whole story of the values of a properly limed field. What else does lime do? It improves the tilth of the soil and the particles of soil break apart more readily. This also helps to prevent the soil from packing. Lime creates a condi tion where iron and aluminum are not held by the soil particles and allowing them to hold elements that are essential to plant growth such as: Nitrogen, phosphate and potash. When these ele ments are supplied in fertilizers they are lost unless the field has been properly limed. Iron and aluminum are toxic to plant growth of most field crops but increases the activity of soil or ganisms. This activity is es sential to changing fertilizers into a form that the plants can use and to legumes that depend on bacteria to supply their nitrogen. If lime does so much good then why shouldn’t every farmer apply lime to his field every year? It is not expensive. The reason is that too much lime is very harmful. Too much lime will create a condition unfavorable to plant growth and it is difficult to (Continued On Page Pour) Highway Commissioner Ashley Murphy and Industrial leaders of Brunswick county were honored Monday night by the Brunswick County Resources Development Commission at a dinner at the Ebb Tide Restaurant at Holden Beach. Commissioner Murphy was the principal speaker. William c. Powell, president of the host organization, pre sided and recounted some of the objectives of his organization and gave a progress report. This was backed by Roy Stevens, executive director. Both of them made It clear that the development com mission members feel an obli gation to assist existing industry just as much as they try to get new businesses to locate in this county. Stevens told of efforts to gather information that is re quired by new prospects and said that several important con tacts have been made which he hopes will result in the location of new businesses in Brunswick. Commissioner Murphy was introduced by James M. Harper, Jr., Brunswick County Chair man of the Governor’s Committee for Better Roads. He used this opportunity to praise the early efforts of the Industrial Develop ment Commission, then urged each person present to take an active part in getting out a big vote for the Road Bond Election on November 2. This also was the central theme of Murphy’s talk. He said that he is becoming well acquainted with Brunswick county’s road prob lems and says that he will go all-out to help solve them. “I will not make you a promise that I do not intend to keep,” he assured his listeners. He said that improvement of Highway No. 17 from Wilmington to Supply is the No. 1 item on his list for primary roads. Close behind it he listed the construc tion of a 4-lane highway from Wilmington to Leland. “I think we may take this road on to the Columbus county line,” he said, “looking ahead to providing a 4 lane highway from the mountains to the coast.” The division comm.'ssioner said that secondary roads will be given their fair share, not only of the bond money but of general funds allocated to Bruns wick. H e said that first attention will be given to stabilizing the roads, with black-topping coming ■ (Continued On Page Four) Squirrel And ] Deer Opening ( Date Monday On October mornings there is frost in the lowlands and on mountain tops. The leaves are putting on the ever-stylrsh fall colors and there 4 the smell of wood smoke in the air. Although the hunting sea son started in the sultry heat of early September, the big ones get under way Oct. 15. This is when deer, bear, opossums, squirrel and luffed grouse become legal prey. Then, Nov. 20, rabbits, <Juail and wild turkey become legal game as do ducks, coot, wood cock and Wilson’s snipe. Goose hunting begins Nov. 6 except in Currituck Sound - where the goose season be gins with the duck season Nov. 20. During much of No- - vember the season will be op en for all types of game ex cept doves. The first segment of the dove season closes at sundown Oct. 16 and will re open Dec. 11. Altogether, Tar Heel hunters have almost six months of banting for on tVDe of Came or snnttuv Tide Table Following Is the tide table (or Southport during the week. These holers are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port, Pilot through the courtesy' of the Cape Fear PUotfs As sociation. High LOW Thursday, October lift, 10:04 A. M. 4:06 A. M. 10:10 P. M. 4:46 P. M: Friday, October 16, 10:68 A. M. 4:61 A. M. 11:16 P. M. 6:40 P. M. Saturday, October 16, 11:58 A. M. 5:45 A. M. 6:42 P. M. Sunday, October 17, 0:22 A. M. 6:48 A. M. 1:03 P. M. 7:40 P. M. Monday, October 18, 1:35 A. M. 7:50 A. M. 2:12 P, M. 8:57 P. M. Tuesday, October 18, 2:46 A. M. 8:10 A. M. 3:18 P. M. 9:58 P. M. Wednesday, October 20, 3:52 A. M. 10:15 A. M. 4:20 P.M. 10:55 P.M.