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Volume 25
No. 22
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1965
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Work Economic
Opportunity Is
Doing Described
Edgar May, assistant director
of the Office of Economic Oppor
tunity and author of “The Wasted
Americans”, one of the books
which alerted the nation to the
problems of poverty, captivated
his audience of over 300 women
from throughout North Carolina
at a luncheon session Wednesday
on the UNC-Greensboro to high
light the annual Fall Forum spon
sored by the North Carolina
Council of Women’s Organiza
tions.
May flew to Greensboro to
plnch-hlt for Sargent Shrlver,
OEO dierector, who on Tuesday
was called to Texas to meet with
President Johnson.
The 36-year-old former news
paperman and Pulitzer Prize
winner brilliantly described
some of the problems of the less
fortunate, of the poor and told
of happenings in the 13 months
of the war on poverty. . . de
scribing the period as a long,
arduous and difficult road to vic
tory.
“America has moved forward
on a social crusade that is un
paralleled in history,” he re
minded, “and if no other claim
can be made, the first achieve
ment can be called awareness.”
He pointed to the evil of poverty,
hunger and ignorance and toe evil
of the hopeless spirit found in
slums all over toe world, re
lating how “the war on poverty
has already filtered down to
a large number of persons on the
street”
He told of the 1300 community
action grants where communities
are delving into their own prob
lems and solutions through com
munity action boards; of the 561,
000 children this summer who had
the opportunity to touch abook for
the first time in toe “Headstart”
program; of the domestic peace
corps; and of toe job corps... re
lating that of toe first 30 job
corps men accepted, five had
never slept in a bed to himself
before, seven had never seen a
doctor or dentist, nine could
neither read nor write:
He concluded that “you have
to be able to measure progress to"'
a small way. . . a child holding
his first book; a mother’s smile
who becomes able to help her
tilth grader with his homework;
a 17-year-old reading his first
sentence.”
May’s speech was a con
tinuation of toe morning sessions
of the forum, which began with a
panel discussion moderated by
Dr. Rachel Davis and including
Dr. Lois Edtoger who spoke on
Women to Education and Ca
reers”; Dr. Sara Lemmon,
“Women in Education and Poli
tics”; and Dr. Eliska Chanlett,
whose discussion concerned the
plight of professional women, un
tapped reservoir of older women,
consumer affairs and population
control.
Declaring that “degrees, de
tergents and diapers can mix,”
Dr. Edtoger noted that women
are more numerous to education
than to any other industry but
that more educated women are
losing ground through early mar
riages and job discrimination.
(Continued On Page Four)
Brief Bits Of
MNEWS-*
BAKE SALE
The Southport Sub-Junior Wo
man’s Club will hold a bake
sale, Saturday at 9 a. m. between
the post office and Leggetts.
YARD OF MONTH
The Southport Garden Club an
nounces that Yard of The Month
honors go to Mr. and Mrs. E.
Sidney Forester on Cape Fear
River Rights.
TURKEY SHOOT
The Long Beach Volunteer Fire
Department will sponsor a turkey
shoot Saturday, November 13,
Saturday, November 20 and on
Thanksgiving Day next to Lor
alnne Restaurant.
FORESTRY DISPLAY
A forestry display on loan
from International Paper Co. may
be seen at Southport Public
Library during the month of Nov
ember. This was arranged
through the sponsorship of the
conservation committee of the
Southport Junior Woman’s Club.
WOMAN’S CLUB THURSDAY
The monthly meeting of the
Southport Woman’s Club will be
held Thursday evening at 7:30
o’clock at the Community Build
ing. Mrs. A. B. Joyner will be
in charge of the program and
the feature will be a film on "Pro
ject Hope”, the story of an
American hospital ship which op -
erates in many far corners of
the world.
INTERESTED—Shown reviewing the (new 87 page
statistical report and brochure on Brunswick County
are ('L to R) W. J. Griffin, ass’t director, and Dan E.
Stewart, director of the North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Development. Copies of the
Brochure were placed on file with the Department
last week.—(CFW Photo).
Information On
County Compiled
The Resources Development
Commission for Brunswick
County has completed an eighty
seven page statistical report and
brochure on Brunswick county
according to W. A. Powell,
chairman of the commission.
Powell stated that research
work had been underway for sev
eral months to secure and com
pile the information required for
this brochure.
Copies have been placed on
file with the North Carolina De
partment Conservation and De
velopment In Raleigh and with
the Industrial Department of
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany. Copies of the brochure
will go to other utilities and
railroad companies In the near
future.
Roy A. Stevens, director of
the commission, delivered the
copies to Raleigh as soon as
they were completed.
Stevens met with Dan E.
Stewart, Director of the Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment, and W. J. Griffin,
ass’t director and administrator
of the Commerce and Industry
Division, to review the brochure.
Both Stewart and Griffin com
plimented Stevens on the book.
A copy was circulated to each
member of the staff to notify
them that the brochure is avail
able.
In addition to the meeting with
Stewart and Griffin Stevens met
with James R. Hinkle, vice presi
dent, and Joe Turner, head of
the Industrial Department of
Carolina Power and Light Co.,
to review the brochure.
Powell, in commenting on the
brochure, stated that it is an
excellent job and much valuable
Information is included to assist
In selling Brunswick county to
Industrial prospects.
“It is amazing how much In
formation has been assembled
on Brunswick county,” Powell
stated.
Stevens said “We are delight
ed that we have this addition
al tool to assist In our work
and we feel that we are now
equipped to contact prospects.
Each of the prospects that we
are now working with will re
ceive a copy of the brochure
(Continued On Page Four)
Club Sponsors
Clean-Up Week
This week has been proclaimed
clean up Southport Week by
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.
Sponsored by Southport Jun
ior Woman’s Club, the 19 mem
bers of this organization are
putting on an extensive litterbug
campaign. Some of the projects
Include will be cleaning up city
eyesores; distribution of litter
bags to all citizens in general;
and trying to make people
conscious of the beauty surround
ing this area.
"One of Southport’s biggest
resources Is her natural beauty,
and this Is being marred by
litter piling up constantly on
her highways and streets”, Mrs.
Bobby Jones, president of the
Junior Woman’s Club, said this
week.
“It Is hoped that every citi
zen will cooperate and clean up
his own property, while en
couraging everyone else to do
likewise. Maybe with the com
munity spirit Southport can
muster when called upon, we will
see our city restored to its na
tural state of lovely green road
sides and streets and not un
sightly piles of junk cars and
litter,” she concluded.
Note-Burning
Held Sunday
Members of Southport Bap
tist Church participated in. a
note-burning ceremony Sunday
morning to celebrate the pay
ment of the last indebtedness on
the parsonage.
This is a $25,000 4-bedroom
home of brick construction that
was first used in 1959. Mem
bers of the building committee
were E. J. Prevatte, chairman;
W. L. Aldridge, H. A. Living
ston, Roy Swain and L.J. Hardee.
Jury List For
Superior Court
Jury lists have been drawn
for two terms of Brunswick
county Superior court for trial
of civil cases. The first con
venes on December 6, the sec
ond on December 13. Following
is the list for the first week:
Horace Ray Duncan, Charles
C, Poole, William L. Evans, Wil
liam H. Walker, J. B. Cochran,
Sr., William R. Price, South
port; Charles A. Hewett, W. E.
Stanaland, J. R. Mlntz, James
R. Chadwick, E. C. Skeen, Laury
Evans, Oddie Lehue, Jacob
Thompson, William Douglas Hen
derson, Raleigh G. Phelps, E. L
Tripp, William H. Floyd, Harris
R. Gore, James Earl Hardle,
Shallotte; Rollie Lee Sullivan,
J. M. Price, F. O. Simmons,
Gene A. Parker, Herbert Sykes,
Jr., Leland; John B. Robinson,
Harry Lee Bernard, Newman
Fulford, O. Y. Robinson, Al
fred K. Stanley, Bobby Clem
mons, Herman Bryant, Johnnie
Delmore Smith, Supply; w. E.
Stanaland, Melton McCumbee,
(Continued On Page Four)
Shallotte Man
T. B. Chairman
Dr. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte
has been named honorary chair
man of the forthcoming Christ
mas Seal Sale by R. Adm. Rob
ert B. Ellis, general chairman.
Dr. Rourk, who was born in
Wilmington, has practiced medi
cine in Brunswick county since
1936 and is well known through
out southeastern North Carolina.
The SENC Tuberculosis As
sociation is an amalgamation of
the six southeastern counties in
cluding Bladen, Brunswick, Co
lumbus, New Hanover, Onslow
and Pender Counties.
Its purpose is to strengthen
the educational programs in these
counties, not only in TB but in
other respiratory diseases, and
to assist the local health depart
ment with its case-detection pro
gram.
Brunswick has already re
ceived aid from the central As
sociation in the form of tuber
culin tests for the first and ninth
grades, including educational
materials for all children, par
ents and teachers involved.
Two Brunswick county public
health nurses were sent to the
institute at Blue Ridge during
the summer.
Dr. Rourk stressed that con
tributions to the Christmas Seal
Sale were not to be sent to him,
but to the central office in Wil
mington, P. O. Box 3157.
Letters containing the Christ
mas Seals, which are the only
source of income for the Associa
tion, will be in the mails onNov
ember 16.
Shallotte Lady
Heading March
Of Dimes Drive
Mrs. M. H. Rourk of Shallotte
has accepted appointment as
Brunswick County March of
Dimes Chairman, according to an
announcement from J. Marse
Grant, State March of Dimes
Chairman of Raleigh.
“I believe there is noth
ing more important than making
sure every baby born in this
country has the equal opportunity
to develop into a normal, healthy
person. "That’s why I’m working
to see that we have a successful
drive here this January,” de
clared Mrs. Rourk as she accept
ed the chairmanship for the 1966
campaign to fight birth defects.
"Some 250,000 American
babies—one out of 16—are born
each year with serious defects.
Birth defects also cause twice
as many deaths annually as does
cancer, when prenatal loss is
included,” said Mrs. Rourk.
Mrs. Rourk pointed out that
despite the magnitude of the prob
lem, Important progress is being
made through the March of
Dimes. She cited the role of
March of Dimes—supported re
search in the development of new
tests for PKU and galactosemia,
inborn errors of metabolism,
which can cause severe mental
retardation if not discovered and
treated soon after birth.
In addition, March of Dimes
funds go to support more than
50 hospital-affiliated centers,
including the University of North
Carolina, where teams of medical
experts provide diagnosis and
special treatment for victims
of birth defects. "What we are
really trying to do in the March
of Dimes,” declared Mrs. Rourk,
"is to find the answer to the
tragic question that must be ask
ed by millions of American
mothers”.
"Why did this have to happen
to my baby?”
Mrs. Rourk is a graduate of
Woman’s College in Greensboro.
She is a member of th§ Busi
ness and ^Professional Woman’s
Club, PTA, and Association of
University Women. Mrs. ttourk
has been active in March of Dimes
work for sixteen years. She and
Dr. Rourk are members of the
Presbyterian Church of Shallotte.
Sunny Point To
Receive Funds
According to the November
prospectus of work released by
the Savannah District Army En
gineers, they will be inviting bids
on $33.5 million of new construc
tion during the next 30 days.
Around $3 million is slated for
military construction in North
Carolina.
At Sunny Point Army Terminal
near Southport, bids will be
opened December 2 on construc
tion of a communications facility.
It will consist of a one-story
2,849 square-foot addition to an
existing fire house with oil fired
heating system and 13 tons of air
conditioning.
The bulk of the work is in South
Carolina at Fort Jackson, $17.5
million. Georgia projects will
get around $16 million.
Capt. Rob. Austin In Cockpit of the Douglas
Two In Three Days
Local Boat Makes Rescue
Twice within a three-day span
during the past weekend Capt.
Rob Austin, skipper of the char
terboat Douglas, rescued parties
who had capsized on the Cape
Fear Shoals while outside in
small boats.
Four persons were fished out
of the water Friday after their
boat had capsized and on Sunday
morning Capt. Austin rescued
five mfen whose boat went down
under them when a hole was
knocked in her bottom.
On Friday a Fayetteville party
was on the shoals when the boat
they were in, owned by Earl V.
Redick, capsized about 2-1/2
miles from Cape Fear. Capt.
Austin was returning with a party
which had been bluefishing
when one of the men aboard
spotted the men in the water.
The Douglas headed to their
rescue and found Redick, Vergil
Murphy, Henry Cramer and Rob
ert McAfee clinging to the side
of their capsized craft.
They were taken aboard the
larger boat and one of the men
who had swallowed a lot of water
received first aid attention from
Capt. Austin, who served in the
U. S. Coast Guard for 31 years.
All of the men were In good shape
before they reached shore.
Their boat, a 16-foot Thunder
bird, was taken In tow and the
100-hp Mercury motor was
saved. About $500 worth of
tackle, cameras, etc were lost.
Two days later, on Sunday
morning, Capt. Austin and the
Douglas were at the right place
at the right time again. His
boat was near at hand when a
hole came in the bottom of a
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■Ar ★ ★ ★ ★★★★★★★★★★★★
Awards Received
For 4-H Projects
Approximately 80 people at
tended the Annual 4-H Achieve
ment Night held at Supply No
vember 4. The 4-H’ers won 88
blue ribbons for their exhibits
and a total of 204 exhibits were
entered.
Kelly Reynolds, 1965 County
Council Vice President presided
at the meeting. Julian Bell led
the American Flag Pledge and
Susan Gray led the 4-H Flag
Pledge. Lynn Hewett led the
devotion and Sherry Fulford led
the group in singing.
George T. Rourk, chairman
county board of commissioners,
welcomed the group and said that
he and all the commissioners
were behind the 4-H program.
Archie F. Martin, county ex
tension chairman, recognized
guests.
Taking part on the program
were Jimmy Gray with a report
on wildlife camp, Linda Cheers,
with a report on electric con
gress and Richard Jones, with a
report on forestry camp.
The officers for 1966 were in
stalled by Martin. They are
President, Kelly Reynolds; Vice
President, Richard Jones; Secre
tary and Treasurer, Linda
Cheers; Reporter, Kenneth
Hewett; Recreation Leader, Steve
Hewett.
Awards were made to the fol
lowing 4-H club members;
GIRLS DIVISION
Kathy Ward, better grooming
certificate; Lynn Hewett, home
management certificate, junior
better grooming certificate,
health certificate and medal,
home economics medal, foods and
nutrition medal, county champion
recreation certificate, clothing
medal, (County Champion), public
speaking medal and certificate
And achievement medal.
Susan Gray, county champion in
photography, medal and certifi
cate, county champion in leader
ship, medal and certificate, coun
ty champion senior health queen,
medal and certificate, county
champion in food preservation,
medal and certificate, county
champion dress revue winner,
medal and certificate, county
champion in clothing, medal and
certificate, county champion in
achievement, medal and certifi
cate, county champion in can
ning and frozen foods, certifi
cate, county champion in auto
motive, medal and certificate
and county champion in home
economics, medal and certificate
and electric medal.
Linda Cheers, county champ
ion in electric, medal and certi
ficate, county champion in jun
ior dress revue, medal and cer
tificate, foods and nutrition
medal, clothing medal, home eco
nomics medal, and home man
agement certificate.
Julia Hewett, county champion
in leadership, medal and certifi
(Continued On Page Three)
I
Time And Tide
It was the month of November, the year of Oar Lord 1935, and
a park beautification project was to begin in Southport under the
sponsorship of WPA—and therein lies the tale of the beginning
of our beautiful Franklin Square. Weekend fishing has been in
terrupted by a 48-hour display of storm warnings.
Weather Bureau statistics showed that October had been the
driest month of the year in Southport; an Armistice Day Dance was
scheduled at Camp Sapona (CCC Camp at Southport); and speakers
has been scheduled for each of the five consolidated schools of
Brunswick county for patriotic addresses on Armistice Day.
A screaming black headline across the front page of The Pilot
for November 6, 1940, announced that “Democratic Candidates
Win In County," And so they had, for county, State and Federal
offices. That was the year Franklin Roosevelt was reelected for
his third term, in another but less colorful election, the Rev.
A. L. Brown had been elected moderator of the Brunswick Baptist
Association.
A Red Cross First Aid class was being taught in Southport; a
Washington, D. c„ sports writer, Don Carpenter, was coming
here on a fishing trip to test some of the highly publicized off
shore fishing; and the editor was having a farewell say about the
Outdoor Writers of America, who had met here and had adjourned
with words of praise for the great natural advantages of Bruns
wick county.
iff'
Service men were returning home, were urging the purchase
of Savings Bonds—and were buying them, too. That was during
the first week in November, 1945, and the clouds of war still
were hanging low. The first killing frost of the year had occurred
on Monday morning of that week.
The local American Legion Post was sponsoring an Armistice
Day Dance; hunters had killed three bears near winnabow; and a
front page story reported that a rush was on at the Brunswick
(Continued On Page Four)
Gall For Bids
For Dredging
Lt. Colonel Beverly C. Snow
Jr., Wilmington District En
gineer, has announced that in
vitations to bid would be issue*
by his office on or about Novem
ber 9, 1965 for removal of shoal:
in the Atlantic Intracoasta
Waterway between Neuse Rivei
and Cape Fear River, includini
the Southport Boat Basin.
Quantity of material to be re
moved is estimated at 320,001
cubic yards, including allowabl*
overdepth dredging. Bids wil
be solicited from small business
concerns only.
Mrs. Inman Is
Wreck Victim
Mrs. Viola Pierce Inman, 43
a native of Hallsboro but mor
recently of Southport, died en
route to a Wilmington hospital
Thursday night, after being in
volved in a traffic accident si
miles north of Southport on N<
132.
State Trooper S. F. Thoma
said she was pronounced dea
on arrival at James Walker Me
morial Hospital.
Mrs. Inman was a former cor
respondent for The Whitevill
News Reporter for many year
while living in Hallsboro. Sh
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
J. Wesley Pierce, formerly o
Hallsboro, but now at Southport
The Pierce family moved to Shal
lotte about 5 years ago and ha
been residents of Southport fo
approximately two years.
She was a graduate of Halls
boro High School and a mem
ber of Hallsboro Baptist Church
Trooper Thomas said Mrs
Inman was a passenger in a 195'
station wagon being operated bj
James Davis Pierce, a brothei
of the victim; and that the statior
wagon was apparently struct
from the rear by an auto oper
ated by Jerry Daniel Freemaj
of Wrightsville Beach.
Pierce, Mrs. Jeanette Piero
and an unidentified small bo;
were also injured slightly in the
two-car collision. Freeman wa
not injured, Thomas' repor
showed.
Brunswick County Coroner Lo
well Bennett said Friday tha
charges of manslaughter and op
erating under the influence of al
cohol had been brought against
Jerry Daniel Freeman, a 22-yea
old Coast Guardsman, in th(
fatal auto accident.
Bennett said Freeman was ar
rested following the investlgatioi
by the coroner and highway pa
(Continued On Page Ftour)
| Federal Aid
For Schools
Has Problems
Problems are being en
countered in making use of the
$354,000 appropriated to the
Brunswick County Schools under
the recently enacted Elementary
and Secondary Education Act be
cause of strings which tie the act
to the "War on Poverty", ac
cording to Superintendent W. N.
Williams.
The widely publicized legis
lation which represents the
largest effort yet by the Federal
Government in the field of educa
tion is seen by Williams as "a
mixed blessing" for Brunswick
county.
"Although the amount of money
i appropriated under this act is
substantial, we are not allowed
to spend it on our total school
I program," Williams explained.
I "As It stands now, we caiinot
| spend these funds in all of our
' county schools, nor can we use
it for the benefit of all the chil
dren In any single school."
A stipulation written into the
act specifies that the bulk of the
money is to be spent on "educa
tionally deprived children who
1 reside in an economically de
prived area.”
The U. S. Office of Education
has supplied each county school
system with figures which
purport to show the number of
deprived children in each town
ship. Boards of Education are
expected to determine how many
of these children are in each
school. Unless the number of de
prived children in a school
reaches a certain percent of the
total enrollment, the school Is not
eligible.
"Although these funds are to
finance programs that will reach
well under half of our children,
they are In excess of what we
currently are spending at the
county level for all our schools,"
Williams said.
"Our total current expense
budget at the county level is only
$304,000. To distribute the
$354,000 In federal funds in the
manner prescribed by Washing
ton would result in a terrific
imbalance within our school sys
tem." ^
The State Board of Education ‘
and State Superintendent Charles
F. Carroll have lodged a strong
protest with the U. S. Office of
Education concerning the method
of distribution.
t
i Retail Sales
1 Up For Month
, Retail sales In Brunswick
’ county recorded an Increase of
10.2% in August 1965 over the
j same month of 1964 according
to W. A. Powell, chairman of the
| Resources Development Com
mission for Brunswick county.
Powell stated that statistics
reported by the North Carolina
Department of Revenue listed re
tail sales for August of $1,957,
176 compared to $1,776,511 for
August 1964.
Retail sales In Brunswick
county have increased $1,329,007
during the first eight months of
, 1965.
; Both July and August set re
. cords, Powell reported. In July
, retail sales exceeded $2,000,000
. for the first time and sales in
: August were the second highest
; month of the year and were higher
than any month of 1964.
s "If we can continue with our
1 present rate of increase, retail
. sales In Brunswick County will
exceed $19,000,000 during 1965,”
. Powell predicted.
* Tide Table
f Following la the tide table
for Southport during the
week. These hoqrs are ap
1 proximo tely correct and were
:• furnished The State Port
Pilot through the courfceoy
of the Gape Fear Pilot'* A*
aodatton.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, November 11,
9:05 A. M. 3:01 A. M.
9:23 P. M. 3:46 P. M.
c Friday, November 12,
9:55 A. M. 3:47 A. M.
1 10:16 P. M. 4:37 P. M.
, Saturday, November IS,
r 10:49 A. M. 4:38 A. M.
11:16 P. M. 5:31 P. M.
: Sunday, November 14,
t 11:49 A.M. 5:35 A.M.
6:31 P. M.
Monday, November 15,
0:22 A. M. 6:39 A. M.
7:34 P. M.
Tuesday, November 16,
1:30 A. M. 7:48 A. M.
1:55 P. M. 8:36 P. M.
Wednesday, November 17,
2:36 A. M. 8:56 A. M.
2:59 P. M. 9:36 P. M.
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