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Volume 25 No. 36 THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. G WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1966 Si A CX>PY I Most of the News I All The Time PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY I Tees Off At Oak Island PLAY—Mike Barber, editor of Golf and Club News of Quebec, Canada, is shown here as he tees off while playing in a foursome Tuesday with Agnew Fulcher, second from left, and Bob Smith, professional at Oak Island Club. Weed Growers In Whiteville Meeting Friday L. T. Weeks, general manager of Flue-Cured Tobacco Coopera tive Stabilization Corporation, and the Cooperative’s Director from District Number 4, James B. Pate of Rowland, announced this week the 8th annual stabili zation district meeting for the tobacco growers in District Num ber 4 will be held in Whiteville at the County Agricultural Build ing on February 18, beginning at 2 p. m. This district includes the fol lowing counties from the Border Belt of North Carolina; Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Robeson, Columbus, Brunswick, New Han over, Bladen and Cumberland. Both Weeks and Pate stated that the meeting is being held solely for the benefit of tobacco growers and others interested in tobacco. An informative pro gram has been planned high lighted by an optimistic report from stabilization’s staff con cerning the previous year’s operations and the outlook for the future. John D. Palmer, president of Tobacco Associates, Inc., or his representative will discuss the recent activities of that organi zation’s efforts to promote in creased exports of flue-cured tobacco, w. H. W. (BUI) Ander son, executive secretary of To bacco Growers’ Information Committee, will discuss current problems confronting the indus try, including comments on to bacco taxation and the health is sue. StabUization’s members elect annually at the district meeting an advisory committee from each county in the district. These committeemen serve the vital function of helping to disseminate information regarding stabUiza tion’s operations to other tobacco growers in their area as well as to the general public. Both weeks and Pate pointed out that this meeting offers an excellent opportunity for every grower in the district to learn more about the tobacco pro gram. They encourage all growers to be In Whlteville at the County Agricultural Build ing on Friday to participate in this meeting. Of\ lnewsj ACCIDENTAL DEATH Following a coroner’s inquest Friday night into the death of Mrs. Mildred Pearl King the jury found that the fatal pistol wound was the result of an ac cident and her husband, William Erman King, was freed from blame. GOSPEL SING A Gospel Sing will be held at Bolivia High School auditorium, Saturday, beginning J 8 p. m., featuring the Hickman Family, New Gospel Singers, Southern H ar moneers, Richard son Family, andtheGospelteers. Proceeds will be for the benefit of the building fund of Shiloh Methodist Church. Shells And Crabs BEACHCOMBING—Clarence Murphy, Yaupon Beach building contractor, is shown here holding up one of the scores of big stone crabs that washed up along with bushels of conch shells and other marine life at the low er end of Long Beach as a result of Sunday’s storm. Shell collectors had a field day Tuesday. Group Presents Brunswick Story Five Brunswick county citi zens interested in and working for greater industrial develop ment of their area were told in Raleigh Monday of the basic re quirements industry needs be fore it will consider plant loca tions. The group met with Dan E. Ste wart, director, William J. Grif fin, assistant director, and staff members of the Department of Conservation and Development’s Commerce and Industry Division to discuss ways and means of securing more industry for the county. Stewart stressed the need of a community having adequate utilities such as water, sewage disposal facilities, electric power, and well-planned sites before it invites industrial pros pects to see what it has to of fer. Attending the meeting from Brunswick were W. A. Powell, Southport, chairman of the Brunswick County Resources De (Continued On Page FVjut) Decorated By Vice-President Vice President Hubert Humphrey decorated a North Carolina airman Saturday for courageous action in the Viet Nam conflict. It was one of several decora tions Humphrey bestowed while on a tour of U.S. military instal lations. On S.Sgt. Leon Fullwood of Southport, N.C., he pinned the Distinguished Service Cross. Afterward the vice president lunched with a group of officers and enlisted men of the 3rd Tactical Air Wing. Heart Sunday Big Push In Fund Campaign With Heart Month now in its third week, dedicated volunteers will use everything from smart socializing to door-to-door flying squad tactics to raise funds to fight heart disease. The Heart-O-Rama Dance will be held at the Shallotte Armory Friday night at 7:30 o’clock with music by the Escorts and Carna tions. These are all Brunswick C o u n t y talents, musicians, dancers, shindig girls devoting their time to fighting this dread disease. The HeartORama Country Style show will travel to Leland High School this week on Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock. The South ern Harmoneers, Freedom Gos pel Singers, WVCB’s Hired Hands, and Cowboy Durbin Var nam with his singing, swinging guitar. Entertainment like this all goes for the Heart Fund. On Sunday the fund campaign reaches a peak with a door-to door solicitation of funds. Under chairmanship of Mrs. Freeman Hewett, over 200 volunteers will personally canvass residence of the area. Special squads will call on from 15 to 25 houses each. Volunteers will leave an en velope at homes where there is no answer. These may be filled with a contribution and mailed to the Brunswick County Heart Fund or given to the area chair man. "In determining the size of your gift, remember you are giving for every heart you love; heart disease is. a family prob lem. It affects young children, teen-agers, young adults, mid dle-aged bread-winners and sen ior citizens. So give gen erously,’’ urges Mrs. Hewett. Community chair man through out the county are: Holden Beach, (Continued On Page Four) Need Volunteers For Gray Ladies Volunteer workers are needed lor the Gray Ladies serving at Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport. The group is being reorganized and new helpers are needed so that a lull Gray Lady Service program can be main tained. Gray Ladies are women who give personal services that con tribute to the comlort and re covery ol the sick, the injured or the handicapped. The work done ranges Irom writing let ters, reading and shopping for pa tients to aiding the hospital stall so that they may be freed from non-medical tasks. This program provides satisfaction to the vol unteer worker because she has certain knowledge that she is performing a needed and a help ful service. The Gray Ladies are a national organization and a branch ol the American Red Cross. In Southport the Gray Lady program was initiated in 1962 and with the help of the high school age group, the Candy Stripers, has been a great help to both patients and the hospital. At the hospital stairs request the South port Junior Woman’s Club is at (Continued On Pag* Four) Ordination At St. Phillips CEREMONY—The Rev. James Frederick Fordham, left, and the Rev. Thomas Clark Kehayes were ordained priests in the Episcopal Church Tuesday by Bishop Thomas H. Wright. The Rev. Mr. Fordham is rector of St. Phillips in Southport, scene of the ordination ceremony. Two Ordained For Ministry Here Tuesday Two young men were or dained to the ministry of the Episcopal Church in a colorful I ceremony Tuesday in St. Phil ip’s Church, Southport. James I Frederick Fordham and Thom ! as Carl Kehayes were advanced jto the priesthood by the Rt. Rev. Thomas H. Wright, Bishop of East Carolina, assisted by eighteen attending clergy. The Preface was read by the Rev. George B. Homes, rector of St. Paul’s Church, Edenton. The sermon was preached by the Rev. William L. Smith, rec tor of St. Anne’s Church, Jack sonville. The Litany was read by the Rev. Henry Johnston, rector of Holy Trinity Church, Fayetteville. The Epistle was read by the Rev. Edward T. Small, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd Church, Wil mington, and the Holy Gospel was read by the Rev. Hunley A. Elebash, Executive Secretary of the Diocese of East Caro lina. The ordinands were pre sented by the Rev. Howard T. Cutler of Holy Innocents Church, Lenoir County, and the Rev. Mr. Smith. The altar linens used for the service were a gift to the old St. Philip’s Church in Brunswick Town from Queen Anne in 1756, and are used only on special occasions. Following the serv ice the congregation entertained the clergy and their families and visitors for luncheon at the Boiling Springs Lakes club house. The Rev. Mr. Fordham is the rector of St. Philip’s Church, Southport and the Rev. Mr. Kehayes is assistant rector at St. Anne’s Church, Southport. Time And Tide j i j Members of the board of alderman for the City of Southport were working on a project for a new cemetery, to be located on the property near the CCC camp site. Incidentally, Camp Sapona was under quarantine because of a mild epidemic of influenza in this area. This was happening during the week of February 19, 1936. The WPA payroll, a sum of about $5,000 twice each month, was a boost to the county economy; shad fishermen were reporting good luck; and there were signs that this would be a good season for horse traders, as several truckloads of farm animals had been seen in and about the county. Five years later to the day and final census figures for 1940 showed Brunswick with a total population of 17,125. Lockwoods Folly led all other townships with 3,433 people. Dr. Archibald Henderson, professor at UNC, had recently written an account of a duel involving Robert Howe, a native of Brunswick, and this piece was lifted from his history book and was reprinted in The Pilot. A group of Cabarrus county fox hunters had enjoyed good sport on a recent expedition to this county, and Orton Nursery was in the news due to their use of live flshworms to turn the dirt in pots where plants had been transplanted. February 13, 1946, and there was a front page picture announcing that George Warren, who had served as executive officer at the Navy Section Base at Fort Caswell during World War II, was going into business in Whiteville. REA officials had expressed an interest in helping to bring telephone service to customers in Brunswick county. Brunswick county had exceeded its quota in the March of Dimes; the foundation was poured for the new Smith-Douglas plant at Navassa; and the old prison farm on Brunswick River was being offered for sale by the state Highway Commission. (Continued On Page Pour) Progress For { City Reported I For Past Year According to a statement pre pared by Mayor Eugene Tom linson and the Board of Aider men the City of Southport made notable progress during calen dar year 1965. - • Some of the major items Set forth in the statement are: Cooperation of the city officials in assisting C. B. Caroon'to establish a crab meat process ing plant in Southport. The city made property available at favorable rates for a long term lease. ; The city administration of ficially sponsored the enlarged Fourth of July Festival. The board appointed a committee made up of civic club representa tives to produce the weekend af fair. Somp. 3.500 npnnlp a ft prut pH JOHN L. BARBEE J. W. ROBINSON Two Candidates For Co] lllll ussioner SHIRLEY CAROLYN EVANS One Contestant , Enters Pageant f There is one new contestant ^ for the title of Miss Brunswick t this week as a reminder is passed [ along that February 24 is the 1 deadline for entries. | Mrs. Shirley Ward, pageant * director for the sponsoring Shal lotte Jaycees, urges young ladies who are toying with the idea of entering not to let the dead line catch them. "We are anxious to have a large list of contestants this year,” she said this week. (Continued On Page Pour) Homecoming At BCHS Friday Homecoming at Brunswick County High School will be cele brated on Friday evening at 7 o'clock in the school gym torium. The Brunswick County High School band will strike up a tune promptly at that hour. Among the activities planned will be departmental dance, in cluding students from kinder garten through grade 9; the crowning of the Miss Homecom ing Queen for the year 1965-66; basketball game between the B.C.H.S. Lions and the Union Bears; recognition of guests ano graduates of the school. Refreshments will be on sale throughout the evening. Funds raised will be used to help pay for band uniforms and for other school expenditures. Two candidates have announced for the Democratic nomination for member of the Board of County Commissioner, one for Smithville and the other for Lock woods Folly, and neither has ever run for public office be fore. John L. Barbee has announced that he will seek the democratic nomination for county commis sioner of Smithville Township. He is a member of the founding family of Yaupon Beach. In announcing he said, “that the greatest needs of Brunswick’s people are the improvement of its educational and medical facili ties. Through the office of com missioner, I will work toward the improvement of these facili ties and the progress of the county as a whole.” Barbee has plans to meet as many of the citizens of Bruns wick county as possible before the election. He stated that he wel comed the chance to talk with any civic or fraternal group in the county. He attended Southport School and graduated from State College in Industrial Arts. He is a past vice-president of Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, a com mittee member for "Operation Upgrade”, member of the North Carolina Education Association, and a director of Southport’s P.T.A. Halloween Carnival. He teaches math at Southport High School. He is a vice-president of Barbee’s Inc., a corporation that has developed Yaupon Beach and much of its surrounding area. The former Catherine Walton of Wilmington is the candidate’s wife, and they have one son, John, Jr., who is nine months old. J. W. Robinson is a native of Brunswick county who wandered far from home and through many interesting experiences before he returned home four years ago to go in business near the place where he was born. He owns and operates the Ebb Tide Restaurant at Holden Beach. He has participated in numerous promotional efforts for the de velopment of Brunswick county and took an active interest in the political campaigns during 1964. During his youth he spent sev eral years as a jockey, riding mounts on several leading east ern racetracks. Later he or ganized and led his own swing dance band. Once he was married, he decided it was time to settle down, and he knew the place to do it—right here in Brunswick county. His wife helps him in his res taurant operation. The only other political ac (Continued On Page Pour) the parade, with about 5,000 pres ent for the fireworks display and boat drawing. The board adopted a budget of $300,000 for fiscal year 1966, an increase of $21,000 over 1965. The tax rate will not be increased. Included in the new budget was a Merit Pay Plan for city em ployees which provides automatic raises for extended years of service. In order to provide more as sistance to Dosher Memorial Hospital the city’s monthly do nation was increased from $100 to $200 in conjunction with a like increase promised by the Board of County Commis sioners. ; Water and fire protection serv ice lines were extended to the Price Creek ferry landing. Prop erty owners and the State High way Commission purchased the pipe and city crews installed it* The annual contribution to the Southport - Brunswick Count; Public Library was increased from $3,600 to $3,900, with the city continuing to make the pres ent library space available at ho charge. A contract for construction of the sewage disposal plant was awarded to Consolidated Con struction Company of Fayette ville. This plant, which has been in the planning stage since 1958, will treat sewage now being dis charged direct into the Cape Fear River. The plant size is adequate (Continued On Page Four) Home Nursing Group Meets The Lay Group Committee of the Home care for the Chroni cally III held its January meet ing in the Agriculture Building Supply. Election i officers took place and the following were named: Chairman, Mrs. Sarah Kopp, Bolivia; vice-chairman, Mrs. Arebello Davis, Southport; treas urer, Miss Kay Moore, South port; secretary, Mrs. Kathryn Savage, Southport, publicity; Mrs. Mary Bellows, Southport. Mrs. Ruth Harrington gave a six months report on Home Care program. There are at present 77 patients on the program with 700 visits made by the three public health nurses in the county. She also stated that the doctors are sending in their reports earlier and in larger numbers. It was decided to change the meetings from the third Monday to the fourth Monday night of the month. * The three public health nurses are Miss Grey Moore, Mrs. Ella Aldridge and Mrs. Harrington. Tide Table; Following Is the tide table for Southport daring the week. These hotpr* are ap proximately correct and ware furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilot’s As sociation. HIGH LOW Thursday, February J.7, 6:08 A. M. 12:22 A. M. 6:15 P. M. Friday, February 18, 6:45 A. M. 12:28 A. M. 6:67 P. M. 1:04 P. M. Saturday, February 19, 7:27 A M. 1:10 A. M. 7:33 P. M. 1:46 P. M. Sunday, February 20, 8:03 A. M. 1:02 A. M. 8:09 P. M. 2:22 P. M. Monday, February 21, 8:39 A. M. 2:28 A. M. 8:45 P. M. 2:58 P. M. Tuesday, February 22, 9:09 A. M. 3:04 A. M. 9:15 P. M. 3:28 P. M. Wednesday, February 28, 9:39 A. M. 3:40 A. M. 9:51 P. M. 4:04 P. M.
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