The Pilot Covers Brunswick County! THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time Volume 25 No. 40 8-Pager. Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16,1966 5i A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Pre - Season Surfer AT LONG BEACH—Gregory Hoose, guest of the Lee Greer family of Whiteville at Long Beach last weekend, is shown here surfing Saturday afternoon, (March 12, that is). The weather was pretty and the waves were big, and the young man just couldn’t wait. (Shannon Photo). Coast Guard Auxiliary Foltillia Officers ELECTED—The Southport Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla was organized here Friday night and temporary officers were elected. They are, left to right, Col. William O. Beasley, division training officer; Wayland Vereen, vice commander; Jerry Sherrod, flotilla training officer; Dr. N. M. Homstein, commander of the local flotilla. Flotilla Will Operate Here As Auxiliary A large turnout attended the organizational meeting of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla last Friday night. The meeting was addressed by Ensign Leroy S. Young of the Fifth District Headquarters, USCG, Portsmouth, Virginia. An interesting film was shown ex plaining the purposes of the Auxiliary Unit. This volunteer group will promote safety on the water and help in search and rescue operations. Classes in navigation and general seaman ship will be taught both in theory and in practice. Col. William Beasley, a local resident is the Division 10 Train ing Officer, so the group will have expert help close at hand. Temporary officers elected were Dr. Norman M. Hornstein, Flo (Continued On Page Four) Brief Bite Of NEWS CHORUS COMING A letter received last week from Major General Ormond R, Simpson advised the committee in charge of arrangements for the Fourth of July celebration that the 2nd Marine Division Chorus will be here to partici pate in that program. This is an 18-member singing group un der direction of Sgt. Teddy L. Williams. BIBLE SCHOOL CLINIC A Vacation Bible School Clinic will be held at Bethel Baptist Church next Tuesday from 9:30 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. and all workers are urged to attend. They should bring age group textbooks and a covered dish for lunch. Beverages will be fur nished by the host church. DECLAMATION CONTEST The annual Declamation Con test sponsored by members of the Southport Junior Womans Club will be held Friday eve ning at 7:30 o’clock in the high school auditorium. The con test is open to students in grades 7 through 12. xir ir x xx x xx x x xxxxx Mayor Asks For Lower Ferry Rate Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., of Southport appeared before mem bers of the State Highway Com mission during their recent ses sion at Wrightsville Beach and asked for a reduction in existing rates. The text of his presentation follows: MBS. YOUNG Scholarship To Local Teacher Mrs. Elizabeth W. Young, mathematics teacher at the Brunswick High School, has been selected as one of the 30 en rollees this summerin the Na tional Science Foundation Insti tute for supervisors and math ematics teachers at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. The Institute will run for a period of six weeks, beginning June 30 and ending August 10, Courses to be taught include Madison Project Materials In Algebra and Symbolic Logic and Foundations of Mathematics. Mrs. Young has previous ly been enrolled in two other NSF institutes. During the summer of (Continued On Page Four) "We appreciate your allowing us time to present a request concerning a problem area that is of vital interest to Brunswick and New Hanover counties." “By way of background, early last fall I discussed the proposed schedule of fares for the South port-Fort Fisher Ferry with Mr. Baggs of your Ferry Division. This discussion revealed that the proposed fares were to be 40% of those charged on the Sea Level-Ocracoke Ferry, based on a comparison of the trip running time of the two ferry services." “Inasmuch as the proposed fares appeared high we asked our Commissioner, Mr. Murphy, to discuss with this commission the possibility of reducing the scheduled rates prior to their being published. At a fall meet ing you did reduce the proposed passenger fares by one-half; adults from $1.00 to $.50 and children from 50 cents to 25 cents; the passenger car fare of $1.50 and the truck fares remained as proposed." “We appreciate the resolute manner in which you, the present State Highway Commission, have carried to completion the com mittment of the previous admin istration to establish ferry serv ice across the lower Cape Fear River. The expressed hope of this service has been that it would entice visitors into south eastern North Carolina to enjoy the finest historical restorations, beaches, and resort communities to be found along the entire Atlantic Coast. But, gentlemen, we believe the automobile and passenger fares are still pro hibitive for the ferry really to serve its intended purpose.’ “During the past six months I have travelled from New York to Florida carefully observing existing fares on bridge systems and ferries. To the best of my knowledge the fare on our ferry places It fourth from the top in fares charged for either bridges or ferries in these states. “The cost for an average fam ily of six for a one way trip is $4.00. With a fare this large (Continued On Page Five) Red Cross Has Given Aid In South Vietnam North Carolina's Red Cross chapters are becoming in creasingly involved in the Viet Nam conflict, according to A1 Martin, chairman of the Bruns wick County Chapter. Martin said more than 100 ARC staff are on duty in that troubled country with U.S. fight ing forces, and more workers are being sent. ARC staff in Viet Nam are attached to fighting units, also are on duty with hospitalized wounded, and teams of recrea tion centers and with club mobile units. Martin said that, because of increased activity in behalf of the U.S. Forces in Viet Nam, the Red Cross nationally ex pects to overspend its military services budget for the 1965-66 fiscal year ending June 30 by more than $ 3,700,000. A 1965 statewide accomplish ment report recently made to Gov. Dan K. Moore indicated that one of every four North Carolina families of servicemen, many on duty in Viet Nam, was helped by the state’s 104 chap ters during the year, mainly involving family emergency and other situations requiring con tact with and often emergency leave for a serviceman. Other statewide 1965 accom plishment: Chapter instructors issued 32, 201 certificates in swimming and lifesaving courses. 20,645 in first aid, and 5,855 in care of sick and injured and mother baby care. Civilian and military donors gave 112,474 pints of blood for use as whole blood or deriva tives by hospitals which partici pate in the organization’s blood program. in a relatively light year for major disasters in the state, Red Cross spent $165,278 in North Carolina for the victims of flood, tornado, major fire and other catastrophes. Volunteers served J57,000 hours in military and veterans hospitals, and additional thou sands of hours in civilian hos pitals, in the blood program, disaster emergencies, health and safety instruction and other pro grams. Martin said this report also showed increased activity by young people over the state, particularly by high school and college campus volunteers. They serve mainly in hospitals, and In water safety and the blood pro gram. Scarlet Fever Not Epidemic The Brunswick County Health Department announced this veek that there have been 9 cases of scarlet fever reported to the local health department. Al though this figure is slightly above the number reported last year, the health department /eels that there is no cause for alarm. Scarlet Fever is caused by streptococi and therefore starts with a strep throat. Any strep infection should be treated. The health department does not have medications to treat, and recom mends that any child showing symptoms of sore throat should check with his family doctor to see if treatment is indicated. Miss Brunswick Receives Crown WINNER—Miss Marsha Dale Hickman, left, is the new Miss Brunswick. She is shown here with Miss Sandra Corbett, who relinquished this title Saturday night when she crowned this year’s winner. Hospital Gets Duke Funds To Assist Program Trustees of the Duke Endow ment announced this week an ap propriation of $664,266 to assist 59 North Carolina and South Car olina hospitals in financing char ity services. Among them is Dosher Me morial Hospital in Southport, which received $2,133 as com pared to an appropriation of $2, 264 last year. Thomas L. Perkins, Chairman of the Trustees, explained that this fund is in addition to $1, 404,392 distributed in February to 130 other hospitals and 43 child care institutions and brings to $2,068,658 the amount appro priated this year to help such in stitutions finance their charity programs. Of the total, the contribution to 189 hospitals for this purpose is $1,550,199, to 43 child care institutions, $518,459. The amount for hospitals is $91,139 greater than last year’s $1,459, 060 appropriation to 192 hos pitals. Assisted hospitals re ceived $1 a day for each day of free care in the fiscal year which ended Sept. 30, 1965. Allocations to child care institutions amount ed to approximately 73 cents for each day of care of orphans and half orphans. (Continued On Page Five) i Time And Tide Fire had destroyed the two-story brick Loughlin building located on the corner of Moore and Howe Streets in Southport in the early hours of Tuesday morning prior to the publication of our edition for March 18, 1936. The death of John Wescott, last Brunswick county survivor of the Confederate army, was also reported that day. A federal appropriation had been approved for marking wrecks on the coast of Brunswick as a protection for shippers; Sam J. Frink had been appointed a member of the board of county com missioners to succeed Kelly Mllliken; and a group of Southport citi zens had put up money for the purchase of the old Southport High School building in Franklin Park in order that this structure could be remodeled into a community building. The Pilot for March 19, 1941, had a front page picture with the caption “Running Water” and it showed a boy drinking from the overflow pipe of an artesian well. An invitation had been extended to movie star Randolph Scott to attend the forthcoming reunion of his old Coast Artillery unit of which he was a member when he was at Fort Caswell. There has been a 1-inch snowfall the previous Thursday at several points in Brunswick. Bolivia girls, led by Catherine Stone, had won the Star-News Basketball Tournament; heart diseases had been branded as North Carolina’s No. 1 killer even that long ago; and the pear trees had braved the cold snap and were blooming. Members of the Brunswick County Selective Service Board, were shown in front page pictures in our issue for March 13, 1946. They were J. J. Loughlin, Jr., Price Furpless and James Carr. The R. & S. Amusements were back in town and had drawn not only a front page story, but editorial comment as well. (Continued On Page Four) Marsha Hickman Is Pageant Winner A young lady who had col lected a host of fans in her appearances as a gospel singer and as a high school basketball player came out first Saturday night in the Miss Brunswick Pageant when Miss Marsha Hick man was first choice of the judges. The new Miss Brunswick is the 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hickman of Win MISS SIWAIN Miss Swain Is Honored Here Miss Dorothy Swain, for 30 years a member of the staff of the Brunswick County Welfare Department, was honored recent ly by her fellow workers, former associates and a number of friends. “One thing I want to make clear,” said the honoree: “I’m not quitting. I know I have been working here for 30 years, but I started young. I hope to keep right on going.” Miss Swain, who is a native of Southport, has served in almost every position in the organiza tion. On several occasions during her tenure she has been given the responsibility of acting super intendent. Included among her letters of good wishes was one from Dr. Ellen Winston, commissioner of the Department of Health, Educa tion and Welfare in Washington in which she expressed her ‘appreciation for the fine serv ice which you have rendered the public welfare program of North Carolina.” On the occasion of this ob servance, Miss Swain was hon ored at a surprise party in the office, during which many local persons called to pay their re spects and to wish her long and continued service. nabow. She is a senior at Bolivia High School, where she was chosen Homecoming Queen this year and a member of the varsity basketball team. For the past two years she has won the most valuable player award, and last year she was an all-conference selection. Her classmates have chosen her Most Talented and Best-All-Round. For her talent In Saturday night’s finals she sang a medley of songs of patriotic flavor, and to demonstrate her versatility she also played the guitar and the piano. First runner-up was Miss Sarah Carole Hickman of Shal lotte, who did a comedy skit. Second runner-up was Miss Jeanne Marie Brown of Southport, who did a jazz-tap routine. The title of Miss Congeniality went to Miss Barbara Skipper, whose talent was in the field of art and her specialty was sketching. Other contestants in the close ly-competetive field were Pris cilla Gay Hewett, Supply; Shirley Carolyn Evans, Freeland; Wanda Faye Inman, Freeland; Maureen Patricia Jenkins, Southport; Eunice Yvonne Chadwick, Shal lotte; and Gloria Annette Sellers, Winnabow. The pageant was under the direction of Mrs. Shirley Ward. Serving as master of ceremonies for the pageant was Art Bannon of WWAY television station. During intermission special entertainment was provided by Durbin Varnum, vocalist; and by the Betty Cress dancers from Southport. These included Kathy Joyner, Susan Harrelson, Sarah Barnes and C'rolynStyron. Miss Cress also danced one number. The stage decorations, design ed by Waters Thompson, por trayed a large, multi-hued sea shell which revolved to frame each contestant as she appear ed in the different divisions. Contest judges were Hiram Cuthrell of Whiteville; Mrs, Jane Phares, Myrtle Beach, S. C.; Earl Duncan, Tabor City; Mrs. Houston Brlsson, Dublin; (Continued On Page Four) Butler Named Tax Collector Members of the board of coun ty commissioners in special ses sion Tuesday evening appointed Ira D. Butler, Jr., to fill the unexpired term of Bobby White as Brunswick County Tax Col lector. Butler currently is serving as Tax Supervisor for Brunswick County. White, who has held the tax collector’s post since the resig nation of D. H. Hawes three years ago, resigned last month. ListEhgable Students For Special School With the recommendation of the high school principal and faculty, Superintendent of Schools George Williams has nominated 19 stu dents from Brunswick county schools for the Governor’s School this summer. This is the 4th summer the Governor’s School has been held at Salem College, Winston Salem. Each summer approxi mately 400 highly gifted or talent ed high school students are se lected from the rising junior and senior classes of North Carolina high schools. The Governor’s School provides a variety of unique and distinctive educational experiences to the students in the areas of the humanities, English and foreign language, mathemat ics, natural science, social sci ence, art, music, dance, and drama. Present plans call for the school to be in session from June 20 until August 5. Tui tion, room, board, instructional supplies, and books will be fur nished without charge. The school will be financed this year by an appropriation of the 1965 General Assembly of North Carolina. Successful candidates will be notified of their selection on or about May 10. The following are Governor’s School candidates from Brunswick County: Aca demic area - Bolivia High Shool, Roger Watkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Watkins, Le land; B.C.H.S., Agnes Bernard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bernard, Bolivia; Leland high school; Beth Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Blake, Leland; Nancy Raynor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Raynor, Jr., Leland; Marilyn Russ, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russ, Leland; Lincoln High • School, Lonnie Harrison, Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Harri son, Leland. Shallotte High School; Judy Hewett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hewett, Supply; Byron Hold en, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest (Continued On Page Five) Library Fund Gets Support Brunswick County residents are proving through their con tributions that they want an adequate public library building, according to Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr., treasurer of the Library Building Fund. Donations from $1 to $100 have been received to date, with all parts of the coun ty represented. Four new members have been added to the $100 Club. They are Mr. and Mrs. Odell William son, Ocean Isle Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lennon, Bolivia, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Lennon; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., Southport; and the Carolina Power and Light Company. These are in addition to the two previously announced; Melissa and Amelia Williams, Sunset Beach, in memory of Wil liam N. Williams; and Martin and King Real Estate, Southport. Other contributors throughout the county are; Bolivia—Elmore Motor Com pany and Willetts and Son Motor Sales. Supply—Albert Parker, Toy Lane and Grant Johnson. Shallotte—Robert H. Sellers, Stephen P. Frink, Mrs. A. A. White, George Sloane, L. B. Ben nett, Schick’s Restaurant. Long Beach Area—CoL and (Continued On Page Four)