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THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume 25
No. 20
8-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1965
5i A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Club Of Year
AW-ARD—Mrs. A. D. Johnson, club of year President of Southport Home De
monstration Club, accepted the loving cup for her club which was voted the most'
Outstanding Club of the year in Home Demonstration club work in Brunswick
county. Hugh Vance is presenting this award on behalf of the Brunswick Elec
tric Membership Corporation. This was presented at the Annual Home Demons
tration Fall Achievement Program.
Woman Of Year
HONORD—Mrs. Wilbur Earp is shown.' here receiving the cup for having been
chosen “Woman of the Year" in Home Demonstration Club work. H. Foster
Mintz presents this award on behalf of the Atlantic Telephone Memership
Corporation. This was presented at the Annual Home Demonstration Fall
Achievement Program held at Tranquil Harbor Restaurant.
Farm Bureau
Has Chadwick
As President
Ira Chadwick was re-elected
president of the Brunswick Coun
ty Farm Bureau at a dinner
meeting Tuesday night at Bo
livia at which Walter Lowery,
field director for the state or
ganization, was the speaker.
Also re-elected were Harold
Robinson, vice-president and
Mrs. Freeman Hewett, secre
tary. Members of the board of
directors are J. D. Bellamy and
Billy Wade Russ, Shallotte; Lon
nie Evans, Waccamaw; A. w.
Clemmons, Lockwoods Folly;
J. T. Gilbert, Smithville; G. t.
Reid and Homer Holden, Town
Creek; and Angle Owens, North
west.
Several resolutions were dis
cussed and approved, to be passed
long to the state committee prior
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Brief Bits Of
NEWS*
BAKE SALE
A bake sale will be on Satur
day next door to the post office
at 9 a. m. sponsored by the
Trinity Methodist Church myf.
PLANT SALE
Members of the Woodbine Gar
den Club will sponsor a plant
sale on Friday and Saturday
mornings of this week. The lo
cation will be on the sidewalk next
to Leggett’s.
£
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Hold Achievement
Dinner For Clubs
Hoy Stevens, Brunswick County
Resources Development Di
rector, was the guest speaker
at the Annual Fall Achievement
dinner held at Tranquil Harbor
Restaurant last Tuesday. Mrs.
Joe Best, president, presided
and about 60 club women at
tended.
Stevens said "There are 3,000
other commissions just like ours
trying to lure industry in their
particular area. But, with 18
potentials, if only one is gained,
this is well. We have several
potentials now that look good to
the commission and our hopes are
high for one or two to locate in
our county.”
The Southport Home Dem
onstration club was chosen
"Club of the Year”. Hugh Vance,
Brunswick Electric Membership
Corporation advisor, presented
the loving cup to the winning club
for the years work and ac
complishments.
Mrs. Mary Earp was chosen
“Club Woman of the Year”, for
her outstanding contributions to
HD work. Whe was presented a
loving cup by H. Foster Mintz of
Bolivia, who represented the At
lantic Telephone Membership
Corp. The Brunswick County
Home Demonstration Council
also presented Mrs. Earp with a
silver bon bon dish.
Mrs. Foster Mintz, Bolivia
Club, gave the welcome address.
The Rev. Charles Lanier gave
the Invocation and Mrs. Douglas
Hawes, Bolivia Club, received the
special guests; Mr. and Mrs.
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4-H Achievement
Program Planned
, The 4-H clubs of the county
will hold their Annual Achieve
ment Night Thursday, November
4, at 7:30 at the Agricultural Ex
tension Building. Many exhibits
are expected, announced Burnette
Coleman, assistant county agent
this week. *
A total of 145 exhibits were en
tered last year with 45 blue rib
bons awarded to top winners.
They each exhibited at the Annual
Star News Program in Wilming
ton. All parents, friends, and
any interested persons are in
vited to come by and view the
work of these boys and girls
Coleman said. ’
Two Students
Enter Finals
Emerson Full wood and Edison
Gore, seniors at Union High
School, were among the 1,029
honored on October 2l as final
ists in the 1965-66 National
Achievement Scholarship Pro
gram for outstanding Negro
students.
More than 200 of these students
will win four-year scholarships
ranging in value from $1,000 to
$6,000 ($250 to $1,500 per year)
depending upon their need. Ford
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Brunswick County Voters Go To Polls
Tuesday In Road Bond Election
Brunswick county voters will
go to the polls Tuesday to cast
their ballots on the $300-mll
lion Road Bond Issue and the
constitutional amendment which
will give the legislature the power
to create a Court of Appeals.
The polls will open at 6:30
o’clock and will close at 6:30 in
the evening. Voting will be at
the regular polling places with
regular election officials in
charge.
Here In Brunswick county there
is much Interest in the road bond
Issue, with most of expressed
sentiment being In favor. The
proposal has received the en
dorsement of the board of county
commissioners, the board of ed
ucation, the board of aldermen
for Southport, the board of
realtors and numerous other
groups. Highway Commissioner
Ashley Murphy has made several
trips to Brunswick in behalf of the
forthcoming road bond election
• and residents of this county have
be^h. fully appraised of the im
portance of their active partici
pation.
The big problem appears to be
how to get out a big vote. Since
there are no candidates, and
since there is the absence of
political differences, those who
favor the bond issue fear there
will be Indifference on the part
of the voters. Almost 8,000
persons voted for president in
Brunswick last November. It is
hoped that 5,000 will vote Tues
day.
To correct this situation,
numerous groups and organiza
tions have been asked to help
remind voters to go to the poll
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Deadline For "
Contest Fridayi
The slogan contest for Bruns
wick county will be judged on
November 9, according to W.
A. Powell, Chairman of the
Resources Development Com
mission.
Powell stated that the deadline
is still October 30, and no
slogan will be submitted to the
judges that is not delivered or
postmarked before midnight of
that date.
The judges have selected No
vember 9, as the date to meet
to pick the three winners in the
contest.
“The judges, all from outside
the county, are well known In
the advertising and promotional
field and are considered to be
the best qualified to select the
slogan for Brunswick,” Powell
stated.
Several hundred entries have
been submitted in the contest
and the winners will be notified
as soon as the judges have com
pleted their work.
The Resources Development
Commission for Brunswick
County is sponsoring the contest
to secure a slogan to be used
In advertising.
Prizes of a $100 savings bond
for first prize, $50 savings bond
for second prize and a $25 sav
ings bond as third prize will
be awarded in the contest.
At Charter Night Meeting
OFFICIALS—Deputy District Governor Kirby Sul
livan of Southport is shown here with President H. L.
Beckham of the newly formed Supply Lioms Club
during thie Charter Night program Tursiday at Ebb
Tide Restaurant.-—(Stanley Photo).
Charter Night For
Supply Lions Club
District Governor Thorne Rey
nolds and former International
Director Wallace West partici
pated in the Charter Night pro
gram for the Supply Lions Club
at Ebb-Tide Restaurant Thurs
day night.
President H. L. Beckham of
the Supply club served as mas
ter of ceremonies for this oc
casion, which was attended by
representatives from other Lions
clubs in Brunswick county and
Wilmington. Also participating
in the program were Deputy Dis
trict Governor Kirby Sullivan and
Zone Chairman D. V. Jones.
James M. Harper, Jr., chair
man of the Governor’s Committee
for Better Roads, spoke to the
group and urged everyone present
to take an active personal in
terest in getting out a good vote
next Tuesday.
The charter for the new club
was presented by District Gov
ernor Reynolds and was accepted
by President Beckham.
Other officers of the Supply
club are Robert Ingram, secre
tary; Wilson Arnold, Lion Tamer;
Woodrow Smith, tail twister;
Floyd Kirby, Jr.. Fred Parker,
James Hawes, M. M. King and
Woodrow Smith, directors.
Time And Tide
There was a front page picture and a feature story about Capt.
Tommie St. George in our edition of October 23, 1935. The career
of this colorful member of the Cape Fear Pilots Association ex
tended from the days of the sailing vessels to the modern era. W.
Claude Gore had been chairman of the Brunswick County Board of
Education, succeeding U. L. Rourk, resigned.
The first anniversary of the establishment of the CCC Camp at
Southport was celebrated on the previous Saturday; Governor J. C.
B. Eringhause had ordered a special term of Superior Court;
and Postmaster L. T. Yaskell had been advised by the Adminis
tration of Veteran’s Affairs that burial flags were available through
the post office for use of veterans who held an honorable dis
charge from service.
On another election year the Democratic nominee for governor
appeared at a speaking engagement. The year was 1940, and the
gubernatorial nominee was Governor J. M. Broughton. He was
slated for a Friday night appearance at Shallotte, and on the fol
lowing Monday night Wilkins P. Horton, the man Broughton de
feated in the primary, was booked at Bolivia. H. M. Shannon had ]
been named the first chairman of the Brunswick County Selec
tive Service Board, and his picture appeared on the front page
of our October 23, edition. ,
Plans were being perfected for the upcoming visit here of the i
Outdoor writers Association of America. Ed Wells, local bird <
hunter, made news when he staged a successful marsh hen hunt ]
on the causeway near the inland waterway bridge by using his
pet pointer, Bill, on this strange quarry; and on the society page
there appeared an announcement of the marriage of Miss Margaret i
Elizabeth Aldridge of Southport to Mr. Salem Dickson Rankin of <
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Chairman For
Cancer Chapter
The Brunswick County Unit of
American Cancer Society met
Tuesday night and elected Dr.
Norman M. Hornstein president
and Carl M, Kirby, Southport
pharmacist, treasurer.
Mrs. Teresa B. Conrad was
elected chairman of the Service
Committee; Mrs. Ouida Hewett,
chairman of Publicity Commit
tee; Jonathan Hankins, Union High
School principal, Chairman of
Education Committee.
The board of directors appoint
ed were Mrs, John Holden and
Mrs. Albert Parker of Supply;
Mrs. Naomi Henry, Winnabow;
Mrs. Ruth McBride, Ash; Rock
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Miss Jeanne Brown
Is Homecoming Queen
The Southport High School
Homecoming activities were held
Friday night on Taylor Field at
halftime of the Southport-Clark
ton football game.
During half-time, Principal
L. R. Biggerstaff announced
Jeanne Marie Brown as the 1965
Homecoming Queen. She was then
escorted from her car by foot
ball co-captain Davey Herring
and crowned by Mr. Biggerstaff
and presented a large bouquet of
red carnations.
Contests were Nancy Lee, sen
ior; Jeanne Marie Brown, sen
ior; Cathy Joyner, junior; Susan
Harrelson, junior; and Patty Key,
sophomore. Each girl was at
tired in a smart fall suit and
wore a large pom-pom corsage.
The contestants for Home
coming Queen were brought
through the beautifully decorated
red and white goal posts, each
riding In convertibles furnished
by local residents and Brunswick
Motor Sales.
Jeanne Marie is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown
of Southport.
After the football game the an
nual homecoming dance was held
in the high school gymnasium.
The dance was formally opened
by the new queen and her attend
ants.
Escorts were Jeanne Brown,
Larry Shaw; Nancy Lee, Phil
Templeton; Susan Harrelson,
Dean Dunford; Patti Key, Donald
Sellers; Cathy Joyner, Wade
Beard.
Homecoming Queen
CROWNED—Jeanne Marie Brown, Southport High
School senior, was crowned Homecoming Queen at
halftime festivities here Friday night.—(Photo by
Dosher).
Prize, Reports, Refunds:
Electric Co-op Meet Friday
Friday is a “red letter” day
for the rural folk of Brunswick
and Columbus Counties. It’ll
be the annual meeting of the
Brunswick Electric Member
ship Corporation and will beheld
in Whiteville at Smith’s Ware
house, 701 Bypass.
An estimated 4,500 will at
tend if Interest runs as high as it
did last year. Again there will
be prizes befitting any mem
ber’s home; progress reports by
directors who are elected from
the corporation’s membership.
Farm folk were far behind their
more fortunate city cousins 30
years ago—electrically speak
ing, Then came the passage of
the federal Rural Electrification
Act by which cooperatives could
borrow money to start their own
power distribution facilities.
Farsighted leaders of Colum
ns and Brunswick joined forces
® create BEMC, and today the
lome without electricity in the
urea is a rarity. (The rural
io me WITH electricity before
Brunswick Electric was a rarity.)
Registration will begin at 11
u m., and starting at noon music
trill be furnished by the Columbus
bounty Band directed by R, a.
lodges, and by organist Marion
. Martin of Whiteville.
At 1 p. m. Mayor Horace B
yhitley of Whiteville will wel
ome those attending, after which
nessages from officers will be
heard. The reports will be by
C. D. Branch, Evergreen, presi
dent; J. B. Ward Jr., Longwood,
treasurer; E. D. Bishop, Shal
lotte, manager; and R. G. Hub
bard, administrative assistant.
The special speaker for the
occasion will be Marvin
Marshall, REA operations field
manager of Raleigh. Other guests
will include the Honorable Alton
Lennon of Wilmington, U. S. Con
gressman; and Gwynn Price,
chairman of the N. C. Rural
Electrification Authority.
Prizes to go to persons at
tending will be a TV set, electric
ranges and freezers.
Awards for the prize gardens
of the BEMC service area will
be presented by Hugh Vance.
There will be a first prize of
$50 of the gardens judged the
best in Brunswick and Columbus;
and second and third prizes in
each of the counties, amounting
to $25 and $15 respectively. A
runner-up prize for each county
will be in the form of a small
electrical appliance, Vance said.
Some of the members present
will receive their general refund
checks for 1964-65. The remain
ing members will receive theirs
before Christmas, and a total of
$119,000 is to be refunded.
Three directors are to be
elected during the meeting. The
committee on nominations have
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Tide Table
Following la the tide table
for Southport dnrtng the
week. These holers are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Port
Pilot through the courtesy
at the Gape Fear Pilot’s A»
aodatton.
HIGH LOW
Thursday. October 28,
10:25 A. M. 4:06 A. M.
10:35 P. M 4:51 P. M.
Friday, October 29,
11:10 A. M. 4:48 A.M.
11:21 P. M. 5:38 P. M.
Saturday, October 80,
11:58 A. M. 5:34 A. M
6:28 P. M.
Sunday, October 81,
0:10 A. M. 6:25 A. M.
12:48 P. M. 7:22 P. M.
Monday, November 1,
1:05 A. M. 7:23 A. M.
1:41 P. M 8:17 P. M.
Tuesday, November 2,
2:01 A. M. 8:24 A. M.
2:38 P. M. 9:12 P. M.
Wednesday. November 8,
2:58 A. M. 9:24 A. M.
3:29 P. M. 10:03 P M.