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Volume 25
No. 38
12-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2,1956
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Decorates Southport Boy
HONORED—Vice President Hubert Humphrey is shown here shaking hands with an
Air Force lieutenant before moving on to Staff. Sgt. Leon Fullwood of Southport/ cent
er. The local boy received the Medal of Honor from Vice President Humphrey while
the latter was on a recent tour of South Viet Nam.
Final Pageant Entries
CONTESTANTS—Here are the final three entries in the Miss Brunswick pageant.
Left to right they are Barbara Ann Skipper of Shallotte, Maureen Patricia Jenkins of
Southport and Marsha Dale Hickman of Winnabow.
Contestants In
Miss Brunswick
Pageant At 10
Three final entries in the Miss
Brunswick pageant came in be
fore the deadline Friday, bring
ing the total number of con
testants to ten, according to Mrs.
Shirley Ward, pageant director.
Barbara Ann skipper is the 17
year old daughtei of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Skipper of Shallotte. She
has a definite trend toward art,
and in the pageant her talent will
be art display and sketching. She
has been active in student publi
cations at Shallotte High School,
where she is a senior and the
current Valentine Queen. She
wants to study commercial art
after completing her high school
work.
Maurine PatriciaJenkinsisthe
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Jenkins of Southport. She is 19
years old and is a graduate of
Southport High School. She has
completed a business course at
Kings Business College in Char
lotte and works at Brunswick
Motor Sales. . . In the pageant
her talent will be dancing.
Marsha Dale Hickman is 18
years of age and is the daughter
of Mrs. G. R. Hickman of Win
nabow. She is a senior at Bo
livia High School and hopes to
continue her education at Wil
mington College. She is a mem
ber of the Mellonettes Quartet
and of the Southern Harmoneers.
Naturally, in the pageant her
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L* Brief Bits Of j
-NEWS-®
SPECIAL DAY
March 2 is a special occasion
for Senator J. Vivian Whitfield
of Wallace. As a faithful booster
of the ferry project he has looked
forward for a long time to the
day of dedication. But there’s
another reason. March 2 is the
anniversary of his marriage. It
is the 20th Anniversary for
Senator and Mrs. Whitfield.
New Home Agent
For Brunswick
Mrs. Mary L. Russ will join
the Brunswick Extension Staff
as Home Economics Agent on
March 7. Mrs. Russ is married
to Michael Russ of Shallotte
and is the former Miss Mary
Lewis of Winnabow. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
P. Lewis of Winnabow.
Mrs. Russ graduated from
Bolivia High School and attended
Wilmington College for one year.
While at Wilmington, she was a
member of the college chorus.
She transferred to East Carolina
College where she majored in
Home Economics and received
her BS degree in 1965. At
East Carolina she was a mem
ber of the Home Economics Chap
ter.
Mrs. Russ joined the teaching
staff of Whiteville High School
as Home Economics teacher and
during her stay there the depart
ment became accredited.
We are looking forward to
having Mrs. Russ join the Exten
sion Staff in Brunswick County.
She is a former 4-H member
from Bolivia and is acquainted
with the activities of the Exten
sion Service. She is interested
in art and her Home Economics
background will be a valuable
asset to the 4-H and Home
Demonstration Clubs in the coun
ty.
Cucumbers Aid
Farmer Income
By ARCHIE F. MARTIN
Are you thinking of adding a
new enterprise to your farm
ing operation? Cucumbers may
be the crop that will bring in
additional income for you.
Pickling cucumbers is one of
North Carolina’s leading vege
table crops and the demand is
increasing. On some farms this
crop constitutes a major source
of the fam'ly income.
There will be a meeting for
farmers who might be interest
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MRS. RUSS
Retail Sales
Show Increase
Retail Sales in Brunswick coun
ty increased $2,162,277 in 1965
over 1964, according to reports
released from the North Caro
lina Department of Revenue,
which were compiled and com
pared by the Resources Develop
ment Commission for Brunswick
county.
Total retail sales for the year
1965 amounted to $19,425,624
represented a 12.5% increase
of 1964 retail sales of $17,263,
347.
March and October recorded
the largest increases with a 23.2%
increase in March and 20.6%
increase in October.
July recorded total retail sales
of $2,140,489, which was a 14.1%
increase over July 1965.
Sales tax on sales in Brunswick
County for 1965 totaled $391,
593.02. This was an increase
of $48,369.90 over the 1964 col
lections.
New Record Is
Set In State
For Shellfish
A new, all-time record high
In value of fish and shellfish
landed at North Carolina ports
was set in 1965.
This was revealed today In
a report complied by the U. S.
Bureau of Com mercial Fisheries
in cooperation with the State
Department of Conservation and
Development’s Commercial and
Sports Fisheries Division.
Value of fish and shellfish
landed at State ports last year
was put at $9.4 million, a gain
of 20 per cent over the 1964 value.
The previous high mark in value
was set in 1953 when it was
$8.3 million.
Fish and shellfish landed at
commercial fishing ports in
Pasquotank, Chowan, Washing
ton, Tyrrell, Dare, Hyde, Beau
fort, Pamlico, Craven, Carteret,
Onslow, Pender, New Hanover,
and Brunswick counties totaled
221,604,630 pounds, a drop of
about 3 per cent under the 1964
totals.
The report dealt only with
commercial fish landings and
doefe not include those caught
by sports fishermen.
During December, 1965, fish
and • shellfish landings amounted
to 66,577,632 pounds for a value
of $1,477,861 compared with 53,
676,626 pounds for a value of
$1,192,323 in December, 1964.
Landings of menhaden, a non
edible fish used for commercial
purposes, in 1965 totaled 156,
340,864 pounds for a value of
$2,031,184 against 1964 landings
of 172,991,671 pounds for a value
Of $2,108,529.
Shrimp landings totaled 5,416,
186 pounds for a value of $1,719,
235 inl965comparedwith4,279,
141 pounds for a value of $1,503, A..
288 in 1964.
Commercial fishermen landed
oysters which produced 86^,675
pounds of jssat, for * valde of./
Schedule Far
School Clinic
Listed below is a schedule of
the pre-school clinics for all
schools in Brunswick county;
March 18, Brunswick county
high school, 9 a. m.; March 21,
Cedar Grove school, 10 a. m„;
March 22, Lincoln high school,
9 a. m.; March 25, Waccamaw
high school, 9:30 a. m.; March
29, Leland high school, 9 a. m.;
Shallotte high school, 8;30 a. m.;
March 31, Bolivia high school,
9 a. m.; Long wood school, 9
a. m.; April 1, Piney Grove
school, 9 a. m.; April 4, Union
high school, 10 a. m.; Southport
high school, 9 a. m.
Following is the list of re
quirements that all children must
meet before being registered in
school. Completed series of
diphtheria, whooping cough,
tetanus, poliomyelitis, small
pox, physican examination (in
cluding a T.B. skin test and feces
examination); copy of child’s
birth certificate.
For a child who does not meet
these requirements, now is the
time to begin to get him ready
to enter school in the fall.
Keys To The Boarding Home
TURN-KEY—Odell Williamson, Shallotte businessman, turns the keys to the new
Ocean Trail Boarding Home to the new owners, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Watts. Williamson
supervised the construction of the home, located at Southport. Open House will be held
there Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 o’clock. (Beacon Photo)
Upen House At
New Boarding Home
Open House will be observed
Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4
o’clock at the Ocean Trail
Boarding Home at Southport, a
modern new facility which Is
expected to be in operation by
the middle of this month.
For Mr. and Mrs. Sam Watts
this building is a dream come
true after operating the Bruns
wick County Boarding Home for
the past 17 years. During that
time the facility had earned a
reputation for kind treatment,
cleanliness and good care, but
the building left much to be
desired.
As a matter of fact, this is
what brought on a crisis situa
tion that resulted in the con
struction of the new building.
The State Board of Public Wel
fare made it known that they
would not renew the license for
the continuation of Brunswick
County Boarding Home, and there
was much distress on the part
of the inmates and their next
of kin when it was thought they
would no longer be able to be
under the care of Mr. and Mrs.
Watts.
It was at this juncture that
Odell Williamson, Shallotte
businessman, came forward and
offered to back them financially
in this venture on their own.
He became so interested in the
project that he assumed personal
supervision of construction.
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Time And Tide
It was the first week In March 1936, and plans had been perfected
for the Brunswick County Baskeball Tournament to be played in
the Southport gym.. That famous old wooden structure had just been
given a new bill of health when contractors had inspected it and
had pronounced it safe for use for the tournament. Figures re
leased from the WPA office showed that approximately 15-percent of
the Brunswick population was dependent upon that source for their
cash income.
On our front page was a picture of “Little Coney”, already a
legend in the water sports activity of the town; a wing of the old
Southport High School building was being moved from the grove
to the campus of BCT; and there was a helpful hint to the farmers:
“Cottonseed Hulls Make Good Hen Nests.”
There was a big front-page picture of a good looking boy in our
edition for March 5, 1941. It was of Warren Wilson, Clemson Col
lege athlete, who was being billed at the time as a fine prospect for
the heavyweight boxing title. He has relatives here. There also
was a front page shot of Bald Head lighthouse, which was being
equipped with a radio beacon.
It looked like a good fishing season ahead, what with word that
the waters of the Cape Fear were literally teeming with small
fish and local boatmen were having unusually good luck with whiting.
On another sporting front one upstate visitor, after hunting here for
a few days, had ventured the guess that there were more foxes
than people in this county.
You’ll never guess what was on the front page of The Pilot for
February 27, 1946—a three column picture of the Battleship North
Carolina. She was all dressed up on war paint, and she was fresh
back from the wars, but there she was.
Southport girls had made headlines when they broke a 10
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White Quits As
Tax Collector
NORMAN BELLAMY
Two Candidates
Seek Nomination
V. A. Creech, Jr., entered the
race for the Democratic nomina
tion for county commissioner
from Town Creek this week and
Norman Bellamy tossed his hat
into the ring for election to the
Brunswick County Board of Ed
ucation, representing Shallotte
School District.
This will be the first time
Creech has run for public office.
He lives on the River Road near
the Lay-up Basin and is employed
as district sales manager for
Armour Fertilizer Co. He has
been with this firm for the past
10 years, and prior to that time
was employed by the Coastline
Railroad.
He has been active in the civic
and political life of his commun
ity. He graduated from high
school at Four Oaks and attend
ed Wilmington College for one and
one-half years.
Bellamy is a fisherman and
a building contractor. He has been
actively identified with education
on the local level for many years,
having served for two periods
on the local committee at Shal
lotte High School. He also had
been active in the civic and re
ligious affairs of his community,
being an active Baptist.
About six weeks still remain
before the deadline for filing for
county office in the May primary.
RETURNS HOME
Capt. J. it Davis has returned
home from Dosher Memorial
Hospital where he was a patient
for three weeks.
Bobby White has resigned as
Brunswick County Tax Collector,
a position he has held since the
resignation of D. H. Hawes three
years ago. Previously he had
served as deputy tax collector
under Hawes. Following is the
text of his letter to the board
of county commissioners:
“After long and sound de
liberation, I am submitting my
resignation as Tax Collector of
Brunswick County, to become
effective as soon as you have ap
pointed my successor and audit
ed the tax books. If possible,
I would like to be relieved of my
duties not later than March 15.
"I have been offered aposition
that I feel I cannot turn down.
I’ll be closer home and have
more regular hours.
“I would like to thank each
of' you and the citizens of this
county for making my job as
Tax Collector an enjoyable one.
All of you have meant a great
deal to me and my family. If
I can ever be any help to you
or the people of this county,
please call on me.
Set Workshops
For Teachers
Workshops for teacher aid
training in Operation Upgrade
will be held at four centers in
county beginning next week;
Union High School and Long
wood; Shallotte High School and
Cedar Grove; Bolivia High School
and Lincoln High School; BCHS
and Piney Grove.
Classes start M.irch 7 and
run Monday, Tuesday and Thurs
day, 3 hours per night, 6.-30 to
9:30. Classes will run for three
weeks, total of 30 hours.
During the week of March 7
Union and Shallotte will receive
classroom instruction and Bo
livia and BCHS will have ad
ministration; during the week
of March 14th reverse will occur.
During the week of March 21
training in audio-visual and re
production machines will be held
at Union, P. R. Hankins teacher;
Shallotte, David Carmichael
teacher; Bolivia, Neil Mallory,
teacher; BCHS, Jesse Francis
teacher.
Thomas Davis will teach ad
ministrative classes at Bolivia
and Shallotte and Alvin Caviness
will teach the same at BCHS
and Union.
No teacher is available yet for
classroom instructions. Supt.
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Committees For
Fourth Of July
Festival Named
Preparations for the 1966
Fourth of July Festival in South
port got underway last week when
Harold Aldridge, chairman, Mrs,
Elizabeth Robinson and C. D.
Pickerrell, co-chairmen, and
Mrs. Edythe Smith, treasurer,
met to name the various planning
and organizational committees
and really get things moving so
this year’s Festival will be the
biggest and best in the 4-year
history of the annual event.
Every year since the Festival
was re-originated as a local
project by the Southport Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the cele
bration has grown in size and
scope until now it is seriously
recognized as one of the most
colorful and enjoyable pageants
in this part of the country.
With this year’s early start,
and with the reception being given
by the various organizations and
personalities who are being in
vited to enter floats, marching
units and bands in the parade,
and to take part in all of the
events of the two-day, old-timey
celebration, there is every indi
cation that even last year’s ex
travaganza will be topped in 1966.
The following committees were
named and are already hard at
Parade Committee: G. W.
Fisher, chairman.
Float Personnel Committee:
Mrs. Marie Brown, chairman,
Mrs. Betty Smith, Miss Kathy
Joyner.
Float Committee: H. A.
Schmidt, chairman, Mrs. Ann
Donnell, Col. w. S. Norman.
Marching Units Committee
(Bands, clowns, Scouts, autos,
horses, etc.) Jaycees and Jay
cetes.
Transportation Committee;
Floats and guests: Billy Dosher,
chairman, Mrs. Delores Swan.
Food and Lodging Committee; ,
Mrs. Lena Fisher, chairman,
Mrs. Donald St. George.
Special Events Committee:
(Museum, Sky divers, Water
Show, etc.) Joe Walton, chairman,
Bill Faulk, Jaycete Representa
tive.
Finance Committee: Tommy
Kirby, chairman, DanHarrelson,
G. w. McGlamery, Frank Hardy.
Publicity Committee; James
F. Howard, chairman, Mrs. Fred
Willing, Mrs. Marie Johnson,
Col. W. O. Beasley.
Program Committee: Mrs.
Doris Harrelson, chairman, Mrs.
Ruby Bowman, Roy Stevens.
Thanks People
For Canadians
Bill Hensley, director of the
Advertising Division of the Board
of Conservation and Develop
ment, this week wrote the fol
lowing letter of appreciation to
Dan Harrelson, president of Oak
Island Golf Club, for the hos
pitality shown the Canadian golf
professionals on their recent
visit here.
“On behalf of Governor Moore,
this division and the Department
of Conservation and Develop
ment, I would like to thank the
fine people of Southport for a
job done well.
“It would be impossible for me
to convey my thanks and appre
ciation to everyone who assisted
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Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and were
furnished The State Port
Pilot through the courtesy
of the Cape Fear Pilot's As
sociation.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, March 3,
4:21 A. M. 11:04 A. M.
4:51 P. M. H:i6 P. M.
Friday, March 4,
5:27 A. M. 12:04 A. M.
5:51 P. M.
Saturday, {March 5,
6:21 A. M. 0:16 A. M.
6:51 P. M. 12:52 P. M.
Sunday, March 6,
7:15 A. M. 1:10 A. M.
7:39 P. M. 1:40 P. M.
Monday, March 7,
8:09 A. M. 2:04 A M
8:33 P. M. 2:28 P. M.
Tuesday, March 8,
8:57 A. M. 2:52 A M.
9:21 P. M. 3:16 P. M.
Wednesday, March 9,
9:45 A. M. 3:40 A. M.
10:15 P. M. 4:04 P. M.