Most of the News All The Time THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Volume 25 No. 22 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1965 5t A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY 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 (Continued On Page Four) ■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. l

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