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. 46 12-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1966 5t A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Shallotte Girl State Officer WORKING — Miss LaDane Williamson, left, serv ed as secretary of North Carolina Beta Clubs during the past year. She is shown here with other Beta Club state officers at the annual state convention in Ashe ville. Next to Miss Williamson is David Anderson of Ahoskie, president; Billy Barnes of Clayton, vice-pre sident; and Mrs. Lera Randall of Boone, state spon sor. About 3,000 high school students from through out the state attended. Two Southport Women Officers Of State Group Senator Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, chairman of the Governor’s Commission on the Education and Employment of Women, will address the annual luncheon meeting of the North Carolina Council of Women’s Or ganizations to be held at Caro lina Inn in Chapel Hill at 12:30 p. m. on Saturday. Invitation to the annual event has been extended by NCCWO President, Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr. of Southport, to pres idents and members of the 35 affiliated organizations. Mrs. Fred Smith, also of Southport, is third vice-president of this statewide organization for women. The luncheon session will be preceded by a meeting of the NCCWO board of directors at 10 a. m. at Carolina Inn and the annual meeting at 11 a. m. Appointed by President John F. Kennedy as director of the U. S. Travel Service in 1961, Senator Gilmore became the first director of the government’s new program to assist this country’s balance-of-payments position by developing international tourism to the United States and estab lished USTS travel promotion offices in London, Paris, Frank furt, Rome, Sao Paulo, Bogota, Mexico City, Tokyo and Sydney. He resigned the USTA position in May, 1964 to successfully cam paign as senator from the 19th district, comprised of Richmond, Scotland, Montgomery, Davidson and Moore counties. Mrs. Harper, in announcing the the speaker for the annual occa sion, reminded: “Since the Coun ■ cil is keenly interested in the Status of Women today, Senator Gilmore’s talk gives us an ex cellent opportunity to learn the thinking and plans of this new Governor’s Commission, you will certainly want to be present.” BAKE SALE There will be a bake sale of pies, cakes and candies spon sored by the Live Oak Garden Club on April 30, starting at 9 o’clock, between Leggett’s store and the post office. BACK IN STATES Capt. W. H. Murdaugh, Jr., and family have returned from duty with the U. S. Army in Germany and spent two days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Horne. They are moving to Ft. Benning, Ga. SCOTCH FOURSOME A scotch foursome will be played at Boiling Spring County Club, Saturday, April Anyone desiring to play : _u sign up in pro shop. Prizeo will be given. Brunswick 4 - H Judging Team TEAM — These are the members of the Brunswick County Livestock Judging Team which placed eighth in the recent Livestock Show in Kinston and fifth in the Livestock Show in Wilmington. Left to right, they are front row, Roy Hewett and Kenneth Hewett; back row, Steve Hewett, Milton Coleman, coach; and Jimmy Gray. Team member Richard Jones was absent when this picture was made. Livestock Judging Team Is Improving By MILTON COLEMAN Ass’t. Agri. Extension Agent Improvement varies most times from ,ust a little to a whole lot. With livestock judging, it generally comes slow. Brunswick County’s 4-H Live stock Judging Team showed im provement last Wednesday. The team placed 5th in the judging contest at the Southeastern North Carolina Market Stock Show and Sale. The previous week, the team tied for 8th place in a con test at Kinston. The team score was 625 points. Richard Jones was high individual with 217 out of a possible 300. Kenneth Hewett scored 211. Steve Hewett was next with 197. Al ternates Roy Hewett scored 184 while Jimmy Gray had 142. Roy and Jimmy are new members of the team this year. Once again the boys showed consistency in their judging. There were only 21 points sepa rating the three high scores that make up the team score. This is what we are looking for - every man looking for the same things. With two contests behind us, we know where to concen trate our workouts for further improvement. The next contest will be the state preliminaries in June at Raleigh. Swim Classes Start In June Swimming classes will be taught at the Yellow Banks at Long Beach the first two weeks of June, starting May 30. Both beginning and inter mediate classes will be offered. Mrs. Ken Wooten of Wilmington, a qualified Red Cross instructor, will teach. Applicants must be six years of age or older. The classes, meeting in the morning five times a week for the two weeks, will cost $10 each pupil. A Senior Lifesaving course will be taught at the Yellow Banks the first week of June in the morn ings. Ken Wooten of Wilmington, a Red Cross worker and qualified Red Cross instructor, will teach. Applicants must be good swimmers and 16 years of age or older. There must be 8 appli cants for this course to be of fered. No fee will be charged. These courses are sponsored by the Southport Junior Woman’s Club in cooperation with the American Red Cross in the in terest of water safety. Those interested in taking either course should apply as soon as possible since the number of students is limited. They may 5964 or Mrs. Darlene Powell at 278-5569 to apply. Volunteers To Take Training A draining course for Red Cross Hospital Volunteers, formerly known as Gray Ladies, is planned to instruct volunteer workers at Dosher Memorial Hospital. These volunteers per form non-medical duties to aid the comfort and recovery of pa tients and to free the regular hospital staff for performances of medical duties. Tne Red Cross training wiU be done by Mrs. Catherine Stuart of Fayetteville, a Red Cross worker, and Mrs. Gray Marshall (Continued on Page 4) Department Of Health Report For 3 Months The following is a summary of he Brunswick County Health De partment activities for the nonths of January, February and Warch. Communicable disease con :rol- immunizations: Diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus corn lined—143; diphtheria and tet mus combined—21; tetanus—16; polio—123; typhoid—7; small pox—187. Health education: talks made or jroup discussions led, 2. Tuberculosis control: New :ases reported~4; visits to pa rents, contacts and suspected :ases—32; tuberculin tests— legative—241, positive—52; X ray 110. Maternal Health; Visits by ex pectant mothers to maternity linics—72; nursing visits to ex pectant mothers—10; visits by urses to midwives—8; classes or mid wives—1, visits to lanned parenthood clinics, 52. Child Health: Visits by infants pediatric clinics—66; nursing visits to infants—16; visits by hildren to pediatric clinics— 41; nursing visits to children— 56. Chronic Diseases: Patients un ier program at end of last juarter—59; patients added to program this quarter—16; pa rents discharged from progran his quarter—9; nursing visits o chronic diseases patients, 470. Vital Statistics: Birth cer ificates received and processed —44; death certificates received md processed—46; stillbirth lertificates received and pro lessed—1; infant deaths under me year—2, under one month—1. Laboratory services: Water samples collected for analysis— 58; feces specimens examined— 151; feces specimens positive, lookworm— 27; other—13; blood test S.T.S^—137, hemoglobin— 115; diabetic screening test 54; papsmears—41; urinalysis— 115. Other programs: Health cer (Continued On Page 12) * /-v . .• ; State Library Group Formed A new approach to improving local public libraries in North Carolina was announced last week. The unique program will be directed by a statewide non profit organization, North Caro linians for Better Libraries. Gov. Moore commended the new organization. In a state ment, he said: “I am pleased that a group of our citizens has joined to lay the ground work for a long-range program to alleviate our library de ficiencies.” The new program, he pointed out, will be one in which local people will be encouraged and guided to help their own library system. ‘'The new organization will signal the beginning of more efficient and adequate libraries in North Carolina,” the governor added. Representatives from each of the state’s 100 counties will make up the nucleus of the organization. One of its primary functions will be to assist and guide groups that are interested in developing and improving local libraries. Most of North Carolina’s li braries do not have enough books, room, or qualified personnel. The new organization will pro vide guidance to help groups ob tain the support needed to ade quately stock and staff local li braries. North Carolinians for Better Libraries has applied for a char ter of incorporation. Incorpo rators include Mrs. Moore; Henry Belk, Goldsboro; Leslie N. Boney Jr., Wilmington; Archie K. Davis, Winston-Salem; C.A. Dillon, Raleigh; Mrs. J. Kemp Doughton, Sparta; W. Frank For (Continued on Page 4) Time And Tide There were political announcements on the front page of The Pilot for April 29, 1936. R. I. Mintz was seeking the Democratic nomi nation for re-election as Register of Deeds and R. E. Senteile was once more making the race for the Democratic nomination as Repre sentative to the General Assembly, w. R. Holmes had just been named acting-postmaster at Shallotte; the late Judge Peter Rourk had resigned as Recorder and the late J. w. Ruark had been named to fill his vacancy. And to make this a completely political week, Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, candidate for Governor, had filled a speaking engagement at Southport on the preceding Saturday. The time was April 30, 1941, and Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Southport was to be dedicated on the following Sunday. Three young citizens had tossed their hats into the political ring and were running for aldermen against members of the old board. The daring young men were Ormond Leggett, Robert and Ed Marlowe. Daylight Savings Time had set in the day before; an early season Gulf Stream trip for Capt. Hulan Watts and party had revealed the (Continued On Page Four) Consider Library Building Plans SESSION — Members of the building committee for the Southport - Brunswick County Library are shown here in session as they consider plans for providing a new building for library services. Starting at the lower left, with back to camera, Mack Jones, Mrs. Gilbert Reid, Lewis J. Hardee, D. C. Herring, C. D. Pickerrell, E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., Harold Aldridge, Mrs. A. P. Henry, Mrs. Phil King and Mrs. J. A. Francis. Signboards Proclaim Brunswick ADVERTISING — This is one of the three outdoor signboards that have been erected at strategic points in Piedmont North Carolina through the efforts of the Brunswick Resources Development Commission. Many favorable comments have been received from this advertising effort. Outdoor Signboards Tell Of Brunswick CAPT. JAMES VARNAM Decoration For Shallotte Man Captain James W. Varnum, son of Mrs. Ada L. Varnum of Shallotte, has been awarded the U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Sewart AFB, Tenn. Captain Varnum received the medal for meritorious service as an aircrew commander at Lincoln AFB* Neb. He was cited for his outstanding skill and exceptional airmanship while participating in training mis sions. He is now at Sewart as a mem ber of the Tactical Air Command which provides combat recon naissance, aerial firepower and assault airlift for U. S. Army forces. The captain, a graduate of Shallotte High School, received a B. S. degree in industrial (Continued on Page 4) The Resources Development Commission for Brunswick County has leased three outdoor advertising signs to promote tourist travel in the county. These signs are located on U.S. 74 east of Charlotte, 1-85 east of Greensboro and U. S. 70 east of Durham. The locations for the signs were selected after a study of traffic counts at several lo cations. In excess of 45,000 vehicles will pass the 3 signs each day. The signs are baked enamel with Scotchlite and carry the slogan “Beautiful, Bountiful Brunswick”. The signs promote the beaches, fishing, boating fa cilities and points of interest in the county. The signs are leased from Signs, Inc. of Greensboro and were produced by Highway Dis plays of St. Paul, Minnesota. Several proposals were re viewed in selecting the copy for the new signs. W. A. Powell, chairman of the commission, reported that he has received excellent com ments on the signs from both citizens of Brunswick county and residents of other areas wbo had seen them. Mental Health Meeting Held The Brunswick County Mental Retardation Council met Tuesday night at the agriculture extension building in Supply to map out plans and coordinate the different committees to set the mental re tardation program for Brunswick County into motion. Present at the meeting were Chairman J. J. Hawes, com mittee members Mrs. Boyd Rob inson, Mrs. A. A. White, Mrs. (Continued On Page 12) First Bluefish Show On Shoals Frank Hutton hooked a trio of bluefish Sunday afternoon on thd shoals on the way in with a party that had been on an offshore fishing trip. They were the first of the season. On Monday John Potter bolstered the report that the blues are here when he caught 50-lbs in a net while fisliing on the shoals. They were big fel lows, averaging from 1 1/2 lbs to 2-lbs. Potter also had 50-lbs of trout. The presence of the bluefish on the shoals means that Southport charterboatmen soon will be (Continued on Page 4) ' Tide Table Following la the tide Mk (or Southport daring the week. These hoqra we ap proximately correct and ware (drubbed The State Port Pilot through the ooarteqr at the Gape Pear POstfio A» HIGH LOW Thursday, April 28, 1:27 A M 8:15 A M 2:09 P M 8:28 P M Friday, April 29, 2:39 A M 9:16 A M 3:15 P M 9:40 P H Saturday, April SO, 3:39 A M 10:16 A M 4:21 P M 10:46 P M Sunday, May 1, 4:39 A M 11:10 A M 5:15 P M 11:40 P M Monday, May 2, 5:39 A M 12:04 A M 6:09 P M Tuesday, May S, 6:27 A M 0:34 A M 7:03 P M 12:46 P M Wednesday, May 4, 7:21 A M 1:28 A M 7:51 P M 1:34 P M . ■%

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