Volume 25 No. 25
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
_8-Pagos Today SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1965 5* A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Work Progresses On Boarding Home
BUILDING—This is the site of the new boarding home, located near Dosher Memori
al Hospital in Southport. It is being built by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Watts and Walter Sell
^s°i, Supply is the general contractor. It is expected to be ready for use next spring.
Sunny Point
Officer Now
Leaving Army
First Lieutenant Jimmy J.
Justice, assistant to the Director
tor Operations at the Military
Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, has
completed his active duty with
the u. S. Army and is returning
to civilian life.
Prior to his departure, Lt.
Justice received a letter ot ap
preciation from Lt. Colonel Ar
chie B. Joyner, Jr., Sunny Point
Commander, the text being as fol
lows:
"On the eve of your departure
from MOTSP and from the U. S.
Army, I wish to take this op
portunity to extend to you my
personal and official appreciation
for your exemplary performance
while assigned to this command.
"You have demonstrated a
comprehensive understanding of
the overall mission of this term
inal, and throughout your tour
of duty have shown high qualities
of professional competence and
leadership ability. In your vari
ous assignments you have ex
celled, having readily undertaken
and properly discharged the re
sponsibilities associated there
with. Your integrity, high moral
character, and loyalty have been
definite assets in promoting the
good community relations which
we at the Terminal enjoy with
the citizens of the surrounding
area.
"On behalf of the staff and
personnel of MOTSP, I convey our
very best wishes to you and your
family, and may you find success
and happiness in your chosen
civilian pursuits. It has been a
pleasure to have had you as a
member of my command.”
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
SOUTHPORT GAMES
Southport High School basket
ball teams will play a double
header Friday night at Williams
High School In Columbus county.
MYF BAKE SALE
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship will hold a bake sale Sat
urday in Southport, at 9 a. m.
between Leggetts and the
Post Office.
EPISCOPAL BAZAAR
The annual bazaar of the women
of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church,
will be held Friday in the Parish
House. Hours are from 10 a. m.
to 5 p. m. Luncheon will be
served.
IN NEW POSITION
Dan L. Walker has been em
ployed in a promotional capacity
in Carteret county where he is
studying and working on projects
designed to Improve the general
economy of that area. He is
former city manager at Long
Beach.
OYSTER ROAST
The Mt, Pisgah Baptist Church
will sponsor an Oyster Roast Sat
urday, December 11 at the Ennis
Long’s Garage (located on US 17
in front of Wilson Arnold’s home)
from 5 to 9 p. m. Homemade
cakes and pies will also be on
sale. All proceeds will go to
the new church building fund.
The public is invited.
Lt. Justice and Col. A. B. Joyner
County Farmers
Favor All Quotas
Although their vote was light,
Brunswick county farmers voted
approval of the four propositions
submitted to them in the ref
erendum held on November 23.
Cotton farmers voted 60 to 1
in favor of continuation of cot
ton quotas and 54 to 7 In favor
of permitting sale of acreage
outside the county. They also
voted 52 to 4 in favor of levy
ing an assessment of 50-cents
per bale for promotion of the
cotton Industry.
Peanut farmers voted 4 to 0
in favor of quotas for that crop.
Brunswick had four farmers
eligible to vote in the referendum
to determine if rice quotas are to
continue. They all voted, and they
all voted yes.
The preliminary state returns
from the November 23 growers
referendum show “yes” votes
by 97.8 percent of the 23,480
cotton farmers voting in North
Carolina. Returns from other
states also gave approval for
marketing quotas on cotton.
Approval of the quotas by cot
ton growers means that quotas
with penalties on excess cotton
will be in effect for the 1966
crop, and price-support and di
version payments—in addition to
loans--will be available to grow
ers who sign up and then carry
out provisions of the cotton pro
gram. Details of the program
will be announced before and
during the signup, which will be
held early in 1966. Growers who
elect not to participate in the re
duction program may plant within
their regular allotment and
forego price support yet not be
subject to marketing quota pen
alities. Such growers may also
apply for a share of an export
market acreage reserve and grow
and export all their cotton without
cotton from this farm would be
free of marketing quota penalties
provided the cotton acreage does
not exceed the farm allotment
plus the export market acre
age.
Ash Youth Hurt
When Hit By Gar
SOUTHPORT — A seven-year,
old Ash youth was injured when
he was struck by a car near
here.
Ronnie Norris was reported
in satisfactory condition at the
Dosher Memorial Hospital here
after he was struck by a car in
nearby Thomasboro.
Highway patrol authorities
said no charges were brought
against the driver of the car,
Mary Pteggy Poovy of Hickory.
Sunday Wreck
Injures Six
WINNABOW — An accident
here about 10:45 a. m. Sunday
on U.S. 17 hospitalized six per
sons.
Four of them were members
of a family on their way to
visit a relative who was a pa
tient in the same hospital to
which they were taken.
Admitted to intensive care at
James Walker Memorial Hospi
tal in Wilmington were Henry
C. Baker, 52, driver at one car,!
Sara Baker, 50, and Charles i
Baker, 13, all of Greenwood,
S.C. Hospital spokesmen said
the three were in fair condition.
Mitchell Baker, 18, also of
Greenwood and the two men;
in the other car, Lester Sharp-j
less, 35, driver, and Fred At
kinson Jr., 23, both of Win
nabow, were in satisfactory con
dition, according to hospital au
thorities.
Patrolmen G. C. Howell of
the North Carolina State High-!
way Patrol 6aid the accident
apparently occurred after the
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Social Security
Changes Offer
Added Benefit
If you received word that you
and your family had won a con
test which would pay $650 in
cash it would be pretty exciting
news. Yet, there are many peo
ple who do not realize that the
1965 Amendments to the Social
Security Act made changes in the
Social Security "Retirement
Test" which will permit them
In some instances to receive
$650 or even more in benefits
than before while continuing to
work.
Under present law, a work
er may earn $1200 in a year
and still get 12 full social se
curity checks. His earnings from
$1200 to $1700 in a year cause
deductions at a rate of two for
one. In other words, for each
$2 he 'fearns over $1200, $1 is
deducted from his monthly pay
ments. Earnings over $1700
cause $1 to be deducted for
each $1 of earnings.
Beginning with January 1966,
new deduction rates go into ef
fect. A worker will be able to
earn $1500 each year and get
payments for all months in the
year. His, earnings from $1500
to $2700 wUl be subject to the
two for one reduction. After
. $2700, $1 in earnings will cause
the loss of $1 in benefits.
$1 in earnings will cause the
loss of $1 in benefits.
As an example of the liberali
zation of the law, earnings of
$2700 could cause only $600 in de
ductions in 1966 compared to
$1250 in 1965.
There are other changes which
will be of benefit to the person
who is entitled to monthly social
security payments yet continues
to work. The amount of money
a person can earn during any
one month and stlU get a benefit
check has been raised from $100
to $125 per month. This rule
applies no matter what the work
er’s yearly income happens to
be.
These changes plus many more
made by the 1965 Amendments
will result in extra income for
ihlllions of social security ben
eficiaries throughout the country.
Now a semi-retired worker will
be able to earn more in a year
and still get some payments. This
will be particularly important
to aged people who have never
filed for social security pay
ments because they are work
ing and, up to now, have earned
too much money to qualify for
payments.
Any person who is retirement
age or over but has never ap
plied for benefits should contact
his local Social Security Office
immediately to find out how the
changes made by the 1965 Amend
ments will affect him. The office
serving this area is located at
14 South 16th Street, Wilmington.
Full information regarding the
changes in the Social Security
"Retirement Test” as well as
the other changes in social secur
ity can be obtained at the local of
fice. Their office hours are from
9 a. m. to 8:45 p. m. on Mondays,
9 to 5:15 Tuesdays through Fri
days, and 9 a. m. to 12 noon
on Saturdays. The telephone num
ber is 763-9971, Ext. 483. dur
ing regular office hours. The
telephone numbers for Monday
night and Saturday mornings are
762-2442 or 763-0016.
At the present time, the Sat
urday morning hours are ef
fective for December 4. 11 and
18.
Working On Ferry Slip
at5GRESP^ork or} the ferry shP at Price Creek is now in its latter stages
as the span for the last section of the loading dock is emplaced. Ferry service is ex
pected to begin about the first of the year.— (CFN Photo)
Columbus Was
Once Part Of
This County
"Columbus County was formed
in 1808 from Brunswick and
Bladen Counties and the town of
Whiteville was laid out on the
land of James B. White,” said
Robert H. Burns, Jr., of White
ville, when he addressed Lord
Craven Chapter, Colonial Dames
XVII Century. He further stated
that the old courthouse was built
at what was known as White’s
Crossing and is now a part of
Whiteville.
Mr. Burns used color slides
to depict the historic sites in
the county. He also displayed an
exhibit of early county maps, old
books and official documents.
In showing the slides Mr. Burns
read original histories of the
spots shown which had been writ
ten by members of the senior
class in one of the county high
schools. He began with a view
along Waccamaw River where
there was a skirmish with Lord
Cornwallis troops during the
Revolutionary War and where
there were many naval stores;
with Crusoe Island where slaves
and Frenchmen repaired after a
local uprising. He then showed
several homes and spots in Fair
Bluff on the Lumber River (first
known as Drowning Creek and
later as Lumbee River); of the
original town of Vineland which
superceded Whiteville; of a trad
ing post built by John Wooten
early in 1800 on Drowning Creek;
the location of the first town in
Columbus County called Woot
ensboro where John Wooten built
his home. He also included the
birthplace of Joe Brown who set
tled a group of discouraged farm
ers around Chadbourn and there
developed the thriving straw
berry industry for which that area
is famous.
Lord Craven Chapter, Colonial
Dames XVII Century, met at
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Time And
The date was November 27, 1935, and tomorrow was Thanksgiving.
There was a front page picture showing the pilgrims on their way
to church, and a front page editorial on Thanksgiving. Shrimping
still was good even that late in the season, and 140 boats were
working here.
In an early season basketball game, the Southport girls had de
feated Shallotte by a score of 1 l-l 0; boxing bouts were being
scheduled for the following Tuesday night at Camp Sapona; and there
was a front page note which said: “News crowded out this week will
appear next week.”
Five years later to the day, on Thanksgiving eve, the editor had
this to say about a world that was at war: “Each day that we stay
out of the present European conflict it appears that we get that
much further away from active participation; but no nation now in
existence will be able to* escape the reprecussions of this madness.
It is for our opportunity to use all of the resources at our com
mand for good that we should be truly thankful; and if we are to
have a reverent attitude of gratefulness, we must dedicate the efforts
of our people toward the restoration of world sanity.”
November 28, 1945, and although the war was over, the front
page still carried news of war. Returning service men were re
cording their discharges, and on the foreign front a new deal
for the Chinese situation had been proposed by Chiang Kal-Sheck.
A party of bear hunters from Tennessee was in Brunswick with
2® their dogs, and the Green Swamp was the center of their
activities. Shrimp production was at the season’s best, with one
boat, the Mary Clark, bringing in 87-bushels for one day. Dr.
w* Hayes was leaving Shallotte and Steve M ntz had resigned
as superintendent of the Brunswick County Home.
The year was 1950, the date November 29. Snow flakes had
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Ferry Crew Hired
And Ready To Go
Mrs. McRacken
To Be Honored
Mrs. Margaret McRacken, who
has served as Associational Mis
sionary for the Brunswick Bap
tist Association for the past 17
years, has resigned, to take
effect January 1. She will be
moving to Charlotte where she
will make her home after that
date.
An Appreciation Reception will
be held in her honor at the
Oak Island Baptist Mission at
Long Beach on Sunday afternoon,
December 12, from 2:30 to 4:30
p. m, A joint committee of the
Southport Baptist Church WM$
the Bethel Baptist Church WMS
and the Oak Island Mission WMS
will serve as hostesses. The mis
sions Committee of the Asso
ciation is the sponsor of the oc
casion.
Members of all Baptist
Churches are urged to attend as
well as other friends. By E. C.
Chamblee.
Brunswick Lags
In Seal Sales
Brunswick County’s contribu
tion to the SENC Tuberculosis
Association’s Christmas Seal
Sale to date is $125. Total for
the six county area is $4,047.13.
Dr. M. H. Rourk, Brunswick
county honorary chairman, and
Admiral Ellis, overall chairman,
expressed themselves as being
pleased with the original amount.
General letters were a few days
late in getting in the mail, and
remailing to those persons whose
address had changed has just been
completed.
Contributions from persons
who are on the list for the first
time have been more than gen
erous, and it is hoped that Bruns
wick will outdo itself this year.
Funds raised from Christmas
Seals are helping to pay for the
tuberculin testing program in
Brunswick county, as well as
educational promotion projects
and scholarships for public health
personnel. 1% of all funds raised
goes directly to medical re
search, several projects in North
Carolina being the recipients of
grants from the National Tuber
culosis Association.
Louisburg Bank
Quest Approved
The North Carolina Banking
Commission has approved a re
quest by Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company for the establish
ment of a bank in Louisburg in
Franklin county.
Announcement of commission
approval was made during the
weekend by Ben L. Nesmith,
president of the Waccamaw sys
tem of banks.
Nesmith said physical plans
are already underway for setting
up a bank in Franklin’s county
seat and it is expected that the
opening will come in early Jan
uary.
The new bank will be under
direction of James Grady who
is currently head ofWaccamaw’s
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Workmen are busy trying to
complete docking facilities for
the Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry
on both sides of the river, and that
is all that is holding up in
auguration of service across the
Cape Fear.
Meanwhile, the crew has been
hired and is standing by, ready
to go to work. Preston Bryant
is captain, Fred Barnhill is chief
engineer. Both quartermaster;
James E. Harding, Boiling Spring
Lakes, ferry engineer; Joseph
R. Gurley, Kures Beach, ferry
man; William J. Newton, South
port, deckhand; Earline R. Gar
rish, Southport, purser; Charles
H. Swan, port captain; and Jack
Russ, clerk.
This is the first crew. At least
one other will be added when op
eration begins.
The ferry is out ofdrydockand
has been moored at Cedar Island,
waiting for facilities here to be
completed.
No official announcement has
been made as to the probable
date, but sometime about the first
of the year appears to be a good
guess.
The State Highway Commis
sion could be given permission
by the Corps of Engineers to
construct navigational aids al
the ferry terminals at Federal
Point and Southport as early as
Dec. 10.
The SHC asked the Corps of
Engineers here for approval of
the plan to construct channel
markers for the ferry terminals
now being built on both sides of
the Cape Fear River.
A Corps spokesman Mon
day said the request was re
ceived Nov. li, and the Corps
will accept comments and com
plaints until Dec. 9. If none are
received, the spokesman said,
the permit will be issued.
The next step will be approval
by the Coast Guard.
The channels to the ferry
loading ramps are completed
and the ramps themselves are
being constructed. The ferry is
being refurbished and is sup
posed to be ready for service
when the loading ramps are
completed, shortly after the first
of the year.
The Corps spokesman here
said the usual 30-day period
of accepting complaints about
the construction of the markers
was set aside because of an
“urgent” request from the SHC.
Another factor in waiving the
waiting period, he said, was the
fact the ferry channels and
markers will be out of the
charted shipping fairways.
Plans submitted show eight
channel markers near the east
bank of the river to mark the
approach channel to the Fed
eral Point terminal in New
Hanover County. Another eight
are planned to mark the Price’*
Creek channel, two miles north
of Southport in Brunswick
County.
The markers are to be creo
soted timber piles, about 12
inches in diameter, with re*
Hectors.
Plans showing the proposed
work are available in the Wil
mington office of the Corps of
Engineers and the post offices
at Carolina Beach and South
port.
Information Is
Available For
Weed Varieties
By ARCHIE F. MARTIN
County Extension Chairman
Brunswick county tobacco
growers can get detailed Infor
mation on varieties available for
their 1966 crop from the County
Extension Office In Supply.
The office has received re
sults of the 1965 Official Tobacco
Variety Tests from North Caro
lina State University at Raleigh.
Included In the tests were 16
varieties, two of which will be
offered for planting for the first
time In 1966. The new varieties
are Speight G-7 and NC 2512.
Results of these tests are not to
be taken as official recommenda
tions. But we do believe the
tests can serve as useful guides
In helping farmers select a
variety for 1966.
Roy Bennett, Extension To
bacco Specialist at N. C. State
University, urges growers to look
over all of the varieties that they
have available for 1965 pianHng,
"Keep In mind,” Bennett said,
"that with the new releases of
1962, 1964 and 1965 there are
disease resistant varieties that
are very much like Hicks Infield
appearance and In the cured leaf,
and some are equal to Hicks In
chemical composition, physical
and smoke characteristics.
"Growers are now In a posi
tion to supply companies with
tobacco that Is equal to Hicks
In quality, yet carrying black
shank resistance," Bennett
added.
The Extension Tobacco Specia
list also pointed out that limited
Information Is available on the
new varieties, although they have
been through a more extensive
testing program than any new
varieties released prior to 1964.
Growers should pay more atten
tion to varieties which yield the
highest percentage hi the highest
priced grades and varieties which
have highest desirability at the
market.
"If you are satisfied with your
present variety stay with lt uaKJ
you have had a chance to gain
experience with the new to
bacco," Bennett suggests, ‘fit
Is better to grow a small acreage
of any new tobacco the first year
than to go into large scale pro
duction Immediately.”
Students Are
Being Tested ;
Junior high school and senior
high school students in the Bruns
wick county schools are again
taking the annual standardized
tests this week.
Seventh graders and tenth
graders will be administered the
California Test of Mental
Maturity; eight graders, the
California Achievement Test
Battery; and the ninth and
eleventh graders the Iowa Tests
of Educational Development.
These tests are given each
year for the purpose of lndlvudlal
guidance, individualization of In
struction, diagnosis of strengths
and weakness, and counseling
with parents.
Parents are encouraged to
make sure students are present
each day to take these tests. In
formation concerning results will
be available during the second
semester.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the
week. These hotpe are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished. The State Port
Pilot through the courtesy
of the Ospe Fear Pilot’s As
sociation.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, December 2
8:23 A. M. 2:23 A. M.
9:01 P. M. 2:47 P. if.
FWOay, December S
9:22 A. M. 3:17 ^ M
9:51 P. if. 3:33 a u
Saturday, December 4
10fl» A M. 4:10 A M.
10:39 P. M. 4:31 p M
8and*y, December 6
11:12 A M. 5:02 A. M.
11:2® P. M. 5;ip p ^
Monday, December 6
12:03 A. M. 5;5o a. if.
«:08 P. M.
T“®“day. December 7
0:12 A. M. 6:39 A ^
12:M P. if. 6:5® P. if.
Wednesday, December 8
12:58 A. if. 7:28 A U