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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
Volume 25
No. 35
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1965
5* A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Southport- Fort Fisher Ferry Operating
RUNNING—The first trip for the Southport-Fort
Fisher ferry was made Tuesday morning, bringing to
successful conclusion a project that has been promoted
by residents- of Brunswick and New Hanover counties
for more than twenty years. The winter schedule calls
for four round trips daily.
Set Scale For
Donations To
Library Fund
Designations lor various
classes of contributions to the
building fund of the Southport
Brunswick County Public Library
have now been set. They are:
Patron, Donor, $100 Club Mem
ber, and Contributor.
According to members of the
Building Fund Committee, a Pa
tron of the Library will be any
Individual or group donating
$1,000 or more. A gift of $500
to $1,000 carries the designa
tion of Donor. Members of the
$100 Club will be individuals or
business firms contributing this
amount. Persons making gifts
in any amount up to $100 will
be classified as Contributors.
The Committee pointed out that
contributions in any of the above
categories may be made as
memorials or tributes. A family
might wish to make a $1,000
contribution as a memorial to a
deceased relative. A church,
school or club might wish to
pay tribute to a living person by
making a contribution in that
person’s honor. Instead of plac
ing a book in the library at the
time of a death, a contribution
could be made to the building
fund as a memorial.
Miss Gertrude Loughlin and
Mrs. Annie E. Francis, chair
men of Individual Gift Solicita
tion, are most anxious that it
be understood contributions in
any amount are welcomed, and
may be given as memorials or
tributes.
Arrangements for memorial
or tribute contributions may be
made with Miss Loughlin, Mrs.
Francis or at the headquarters
library in Southport.
YARD OF THE MONTH
The Southport Garden Club an
honors for February go to the
James Glores on Willis Drive.
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Capt. J. I Davis was admitted
as a patient at Dosher Memorial
Hospital Tuesday for observa
tion and treatment.
SUPPER MEETING
Baptist pastors of churches
in the Brunswick Baptist Asso
ciation will be ' guests of the
Southport Baptist Church in a
supper meeting Monday evening
at 7 o’clock. Thi3 is a regular
monthly session of the Baptist
pastors’ organization. A commit
tee of women of the local church
is serving as hosts. These are
Mrs. Minnie Smith, Miss Annie
Mae Woodslde, Mrs. Nonie Kln
caide and Mrs. Mary Hewitt.
Ferry Makes First
Trip Across River
The Southport-Fort Fisher
ferry made Its first official trip
Tuesday morning when it pulled
away from the slip at Price
Creek neaj Southport and made
the trip across the Cape Fear
river to the Fort Fisher slip
In 25 minutes.
This was a long-awaited event
that has been In the planning and
promotion stage for more than
twenty years. Approval of the
ferry service was given by the
Sanford administration before he
left office, and last year when It
appeared that the project was In
danger of bogging down, Governor
Dan K. Moore let It be known
that he was Interested In seeing
this service start as promised.
Work on the physical accom
modations began last summer
and were finally completed last
week. The ferry service during
the winter months call for four
round trips dally, with trips leav
ing Southport at 6 and 9 a. m.
at 12 noon and at 3 p. m. The
fare Is $1.50 for each passen
ger type vehicle, plus 50-cents
per person. There are lounge
accommodations for the latter
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Cite Rules For
Pre-School Kids
The Brunswick County Health
Department and Board of Edu
cation wish to stress that there
are certain requirements that
children entering the first grade
must meet before they can be
enrolled In school.
These requirements are as
follow; Completed series of diph
theria, whooping cough, tetanus,
polio lnnoculatlons; smallpox
vaccination (with scar); tuber
culin skin test, physical exami
nation (Including feces report);
copy of child's birth certificate.
Parents of any child who have
not met these requirements
should start Immediately in get
ting them completed. They should
contact their family physician
or the Health Department at one ol
the following places; Southport
Health Department, Immuni
zation Clinic, 1st and 3rd Tues
day, 1-4 p. m.; Pediatric Clinic
4th Monday at 1 p. m.; Bolivia
Baptist Church, 3rd Wednes
day, l-3;30 p. m.; Old Leland
Post Office, 2nd Wednesday,
1:30-3:30 p. m.; Lincoln School,
3rd Friday at 8;30 a. m.; Shal
lotte Health Center, Immuni
zation Clinic, 1st and 3rd Thurs
day, 1-4 p. m.; Pediatric Clinic,
2nd and 4th Wednesday at 1
p. m
Pre-school clinics will beheld
In each school In Brunswick coun
ty beginning In March and winding
up In April. As soon as the sched
ule Is completed, parents will
be notified through the schools
and In the county papers.
MILTON COLEMAN
Coleman Begins
Extension Duty
Milton Coleman will begin his
duties as Assistant County Agri
cultural Agent in Brunswick
County Tuesday of next week.
He is the son of Mrs. Har
vey Coleman of Tabor City and
is married to the former Kay
Meares of Fair Bluff. She is
teaching at Tabor City High
School at present and they plan
to move to Brunswick county at
the end of the school year.
Coleman is a 1965 graduate of
N. C. State University and re
ceived his BS Degree in Animal
Science. While at State he was
a member of the Agricultural
Council for the School of Agri
culture and was also a mem
ber of the Animal Science Club.
He was an offcer in the Science
Club and received their award
for the most outstanding senior.
In 1964 he was a member of
the University Livestock Judging
Team that won several honors.
During this past summer he
worked with the Performance
Testing Program for Beef Cat
tle in North Carolina and since
that time he has been working at
home on the farm.
Coleman will be working with
the 4-h Clubs in Brunswick coun
ty and he has considerable ex
perience in this field as a 4-H
club member. He was a mem
ber in Columbus County for 11
years. During that time he re
ceived many honors for his club
work. He was named state Win
ner twice in Vegetable Demon
strations that he gave and one of
the demonstrations won National
honors at the National Convention
of Junior Vegetable Growers in
Colorado Springs. Milton made
two trips to Chicago as a result
of being State Winner in the Field
Crops project and for being a
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Brunswick In
Rotation For
Senate Seat
Members of the Brunswick
County Democratic Executive
Committee met Tuesday night In
Bolivia, ratified an agreement
plan of rotation with Columbus
and Bladen counties in the rota
tion of representation in the State
Senate, agreed to recommend
with Columbus county a plan for
each to have a Representative in
the Lower House of the General
Assembly and recommended
three men for appointment as
Democratic members of the
Brunswick County Board of Elec
tions.
The three counties of Bladen,
Brunswick and Columbus have
worked out a rotation agreement
on the selection of the state
senator to represent the three
county district in the stole leg
islature.
This report comes from offi
cials In the three counties, who
said Bladen was given the right
to nominate the senator for the
1966 election, then will come
Columbus In 1968, Brunswick
In 1970, then back to Columbus
in 1972, and finally Bladen ones
again In 1974.
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First Entries
Received For
1966 Pageant
A pair of seniors from Wac
camaw and Shallotte High Schools
are the first entries in the Miss
Brunswick County Pageant *co be
held at Shallotte High School
auditorium, March 12.
Mrs.' Shirley Ward, of Ash, di
rector of the pageant, said to
day that Wanda Faye Inman of
Freeland and Sarah Carole Hick
man of Shailotte are the pageant’s
Initial entries.
Miss Inman, a senior at Wac
camaw, is the 5-5 tall, 18-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Orbie Inman of Freeland. She
is a brown-eyed brownette with
fair complexion who has mea
surements of 36-26-40.
Wanda enjoys cooking, danc
ing and singing and participating
in gospel sings and talent events.
She belongs to the FHA and Glee
club at WHS, was an attendant in
the homecoming court and is
Future Farmers of America
Sweetheart at the Waccamaw
school. Secretary of the senior
class, she is also FHS song
leader.
Miss Hickman is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Hickman of Shallotte and is a
Shallotte High Senior. She stands
5-8 and weighs 115 pounds
and has statistics of 34-21-35;
has fair complexion, brown hair
and green eyes.
Sarah Carole is a member of
the Block S, Science, Pep and
FTA Clubs at SHS, holds offices
in the Science and Pep Clubs.
Also is affiliated with the Social
Studies and Spanish Clubs and is
Student Council secretary. She
has been a cheerleader at Shal
lotte for three years.
The talent of both the first
entries in the Miss Shallotte
Pageant will be singing.
The sponsoring Shallotte Jay
cees are seeking other entries
to the pageant and full in
formation may be secured by
contacting Mrs. Ward or Jay
cee President Jackie Thomas at
Box 329, Ocean Drive Beach,
S. C., Route 1,
Qualifications for the pageant
are that entrants must be single
and never have been married,
divorced or had marriage an
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Gunshot Wounds
Cause Of Death
Mrs. Mildred Pearl King, 32,
of Freeland died Sunday night
as a result of gunshot wounds.
She was the former Mildred Pearl
Ezzell of Columbus County.
Final rites were held Tuesday
at 3 p. m. at Palmyra Baptist
Church at Old Dock by the Revs.
R. L. Cumbee and Gaston Hester,
with burial in New Brittian Bap
tist Church Cemetery at Ash.
Survivors include her husband,
William Ermon King; two daugh
ters, Vickie and Cheryl King of
the home; her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George O. Ezzell of Old
Dock; three brothers, George
L. Ezzell of Williston, S. C.,
Maxie and Hubert Ezzell, both
of Naklna; and two sisters, Mrs.
Ruby Sutton of Augusta, Ga. and
Mrs. Edna E, FormyDuval of
Kinston.
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There was a snow scene on the front page of The Pilot for Feb
ruary 12, 1936, as Southport residents enjoyed one of the infrequent
visits of that evidence of winter weather. A group of officers from
the 321st Infantry under the late Col. Edgar H. Bain had planned a
3-day encampment at Fort Caswell.
The forest warden was urging landowners to take advantage of
the recent wet spell to do controlled burning of woodslands; the
local constabulary had cracked down upon pinball machines; and
Chevrolet advertised its 1936 models for $495, and up. (P.S, We
will be fair enough to add that this was a f.o.b. quotation on a strip
down job).
Time And Tide
The front page photo for February 12, 1941, showed a couple of
farm wives getting the water pot boiling in preparation for a hog
killing. W.P.A. forces were straightening dangerous curves In
highway No. 74-76 at Maco; and Representative J. W. Ruark of
Brunswick county was co-sponsor of a bill in the State Legislature
which would raise the pay of State Highway employees.
Johnnie Simmons had won his opening bout In the Wilmington
Golden Glove Boxing Tournament; the Kings Daughters were getting
ready to observe the anniversai7 of their organization; and both
Bolivia High School basketball teams were leading the standings
in Brunswick county pre-tournament play, each with a perfect 4-0
record.
Back In the thirties the Comstock was a dredge in the service of
the U. S. Army Engineers, and not only did she do a lot of work In
this vicinity, she carried a number of Southport men in her crew.
In our issue of February 6, 1946, it was reported that this vessel,
converted into a supply ship during World War n, was returning
to the United States following extensive wartime duty in the Caribbean.
Honor had come to Major John G. Swan of Southport for meritorious
service as master of the dredge Lyman, operating in the Philippines
during world War n.
The Hurricane Area as described by the Insurance companies
for the purpose of insuring yachts had been moved south of South
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SAKAH CAROLE HICKMAN
WANDA FAYE INMAN
Complete Plans To
Welcome Canadians
LT. BURKHART
New Officer At
Army Terminal
Lieutenant Michael H. Burk
hart of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
has recently been assigned to the
Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny
Point, and is performing duties
in the Directorate of Terminals.
The new lieutenant was born
In Pittsburgh, attended grade and
high schools in that city, then at
tended the University of Dayton
for three years, following which
he attended Duquesne University
for one year, graduating with a
Bachelor of Arts degree.
Lt. Burkhart was called to ac
tive duty in November 1965, and
prior to being assigned to Sunny
Point attended the Transportation
Corps Officer Basic Course at
Fort Eustis, Virginia.
He is unmarried and plans to
reside in Southport during his
tour of duty at Sunny Point.
Heart Drive
Needs Helpers
Volunteers are now being re
cruited for the Heart Sunday
canvass which is to be conduct
ed in the Shallotte, Southport
and Leland areas as the high
point of the 1966 Heart Fund
Campaign, it was announced this
week by Mrs. Hazel Scott, Le
land, A. Earl Milliken, Shal
lotte, and Mrs. Gene Fulwood
of Southport. The Volunteers will
call on their neighbors on Feb
ruary 20.
“So that everyone in the com
munity will have a chance to
give, it is our hope to enlist
the services of a number of
men and women who can find
time to call on about 20 neigh
bors to advance the most vital
health crusade of our time,”
the volunteers said. “The im
portance of our cause may be
judged by the fact that the heart
diseases are responsible for
more than half of all deaths
in this county, while on the aver
age one of each nine citizens is
afflicted.
“We are not asking very
much—certainly, not more than
an hour of your time.” they con
tinued. “Considering the seri
ousness of the problem and the
fact that heart disease poses a
threat to every family, the in
vestment is surely a wise one.”
Programs of the local, state
and national heart groups are
supported by public contributions
to the Heart Fund, memorial
gifts and bequests. Mrs. Free
man Hewett, chairman of the
1966 Heart Fund campaign in
Brunswick, is in charge of re
cruitment of Heart Fund Volun
teers.
Fifteen Canadian golf pro
fessionals will tour five North
Carolina golf courses February
13-19 in an "Operation Get Ac
quainted’’ designed to introduce
the Canadians to winter golf in
the Tar Heel State.
The tour will be sponsored by
the Department of Conservation
and Development’s Travel and
Promotion Division in coop
eration with the resort areas in
volved. The group will play
courses at the Cape Fear Coun
try Club in Wilmington, Oak
Island near Southport, Mid-Pines
and Whispering Pines in South
ern Pines and the Pinehurst
Country Club in Pinehurst.
“We have some great golf
courses in North Carolina suit
able for year around play,’’ said
Bill Hensley, director of the
Travel and Promotion Division.
"By showing these facilities to
golfers unable to play at home
during the winter we hope to at
tract more travel business to our
state.”
Hensley said that many Cana
dians take winter golf vacations
in the South but usually by-pass
North Carolina in search of
warmer climates. "We are miss
ing a good chance to boost our
state if we don’t let people know
what we have to offer,” he ex
plained.
The Canadian pros, accom
panied by Michael Barber, edi
tor of a Candian golf magazine,
will arrive in Wilmington Sunday
night. The group will play the
Cape Fear Country Club Course
Monday and the seaside Oak
Island course Tuesday. The tour
moves into the Sandhills region
Wednesday to play at Mid-Pines.
Pinehurst is set for Thursday
and Whispering Pines Friday.
The Canadians will return home
Saturday.
Making the trip are Bob Burns,
Cherry Hills Club, Ft. Erie, On
tario; Jim McLean, Whitlock Golf
Club, Hudson, Quebec; BobRoth
mel, Brantford Country Club,
Brantford, Ontario; Arnold Mc
Lean, Lorraine Golf Club, Lor
raine, Quebec; Murray Tucker,
Board of Trade Country Club,
Toronto, Ontario; Luc Brien,
Pinegrove Country Club, Mon
treal, Quebec; Jean-Paul Alary,
Mount Bruno Country Club, Mon
treal, Quebec; Stan Horne, Isles
mere Golf Club, Montreal, Que
bec; Bob Cunningham, Jr., St.
George’s Golf Club, Toronto, On
tario; Mel Taylor, Meadowbrook
Club, Toronto, Ontario; and
Bruce Murray, St. Catherine’s
Golf Club, St. Catherine, On
tario; Norm Smith, York Downs
Country Club, Toronto; Larry
Edwards, Lake View Country
Club, Toronto; and Bon Ure,:
Donaldo Golf Club, Toronto.
Cooperating with the Travel
and Promotion Division are the
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Guest Speaker
Coming Sunday
Special emphasis will be given
to the men and boys of the
Southport Baptist Church Sunday
at the evening hour of worship
at 7;30 o’clock when the guest
speaker will be the Rev. Edwin
Bullock of Raleigh, who is asso
ciate secretary for the Depart
ment of Brotherhood work for
North Carolina Baptists.
He will speak on the roll of
Baptist men organized in the
local Baptist Church and on the
work of boys in the Royal Am
bassador organizations. All men
of the Church are urged to be
present and aU boys between the
ages of 9 and 14 will be special
guests along with their leaders;
Gene Russ, Bill Faulk and Gerlg
Spencer.
There will be fellowship and
refreshments provided for all
present at the service in the
fellowship room at the close of
the hour. Arrangements are in
the hands of Mrs. Russ, Mrs.
Faulk and Mrs. Spencer, along
with wives of the deacons of the
church.
Application For
Federal Funds -
Being Prepared
A project application has been
presented by Brunswick county
to the State Department of Public
Instruction in connection with
. the Elementary Secondary Ed
ucation Act.
L, R. Biggerstaff, who is in
charge of the program for Bruns
wick county, makes it clear that
this is not a project application,
but is for authorization to
start, committees are now at
work developing a plan which en
compasses many phases of edu
cation from the beginning level
through adult classes. All of
these will be subject to project
approval.
The general title is “Opera
tion Upgrade” and it will cover
four principal areas: Reading
'and communication skills, li
brary and audio visual educa
tion, health and physical fittness
and general academic and cul
tural improvement.
Principals and board of edu
cation staff members are now
engaged in writing up the pro
ject, with February 16 set as a
target date for completion.
Heading the first area of in
terest, reading and communica
tions, is Mrs. Frances Stone,
chairman, Winfred Johnson, Ed
win Currie, Johathan Hankins and
Mrs. Ruth White.
Working on Library and audio
visual is Paul Brummett, chair
man, Henry Grene, Winston
Brown and P. R. Hankins.
Health and physical fitness has
James Clemmons as chairman,
with Rockfellow Venters and
Thomas Davis.
General academic and cultural
improvements will be covered by
a committee with Ralph King as
chairman, A. C. Caviness,
Bigger staff, Mrs. Jonathan Han
kins and Mrs. J. T. Barnes.
Faculty members at each
school are also assisting in com
piling the necessary facts and
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Seal Donations1
Still Come In
Contributions to the Christ
mas Seal Sale for SENC tuber
culosis association have reach
ed $19,041, still a little short
of the hoped for $21,000 raised
individually by the separate coun
ties last year. Brunswick had
$859, highest ever raised in
this county. J
Donations to the SENC area
are also fighting TB through the
International Union Against Tu
berculosis. Volunteers are busy
clipping the commemorative
stamps from envelopes in which
contributions were received.
These stamps will be forward
to the International Union to be
sold and the money used for
tuberculosis work in other coun
tries, where the problem is so
much greater than in the United
States.
While reports are not in from
the different counties where a ‘
great deal of tuberculin testing
has been done, they will be made
public when all contacts have beed
tuberculin tested and x-rayed,'
Bad weather has had some ef
fect on the program by delaying
the x-raying of contacts in some
of the six counties served by
the SENC area.
Contributions are still being
received at the headquarters and
Seal Sale officials say it is never
too late to send in a donation in any
amount.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during tat
week. These hoqrs we ip
proximately correct and were
furnished Hie State Fort
Pilot through the courtesy
of the Cape Few Pilot?* A#■
soctatton.
HIGH IOW
Thursday, February 10,
5:33 A. M. 12:04 A. M.
5: 57 P. M.
Friday, February 11,
6:33 A. M. 0:40 A. M.
6:45 P. M. 12:52 P. M.
Saturday, February 12,
7:33 A. M. 1:34 A M.
7:45 P. M. 1:02 P. M.
Sunday, February IS,
8:33 A. M. 2:34 A M.
8:45 P. M. 2:46 P. M.
Monday, February 14,
9:33 A. M. 3:34 A. M.
9:39 P. M. 3:40 P. M.
Tuesday, February 15,
10:33 A. M. 4:34 A. M.
10:39 P. M. 4:41 P. M.
Wednesday, Ferbuary 18,
11:21 A. M. 5:28 A. M.
11:27 P. M. 5:40 P. M.