The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County!
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A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Volume 25
No. 47
12-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1966
5i A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
WRECKS — Albert Benjamin King, Southport man, was seriously injured early
Sunday morning when the Plymouth automobile he was driving (above) was in
collision with an old model Chevrolet (below) occupied by three Fayetteville men.
The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway No. 211 and Highway No. 87
near Southport. The driver of the Fayetteville car was issued a citation by Patrol
man Farmer, the investigating officer.
Fishing Takes
On All-Round
Look Saturday
Results of fishing expeditions
out of Southport Saturday and
Sunday made it look like mid
season, with blues and king
mackerel featuring the success
ful catches reported.
Most of the boats were out
both days, as well as a large
number of private boats. The
charter boats that went offshore
came in with the first bug catches
of king mackerel reported this
year. The Rip Tide of Capt.
Glenn Trunnell had more than
30 of these fish, while other
boats had comparable catches.
Boats fishing on the shoals
hit the bluefish that have been
out there for about one week.
These are unusually large fish
for this time of year and not
only have the charter boats been
bringing them in, the smaller
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PRINCESS CANDIDATE
Miss Lee Audry Dowling will
represent Southport High School
in the Strawberry Princess Con
test in Chadbourn Friday night.
She is a sophomore and is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Dowling of Southport.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The regular meeting of the
Brunswick County Historical
Society will be held in the Edu
cational Building of Shallotte
Methodist Church on Monday
evening at 8 o’clock. C. B.
Berry of Crescent Beach will
be in charge of the program.
YARD OF MONTH
The committee from the South
port Garden Club that designates
the Yard of the Month has
designated the enclosed yard of
Miss Edna Dozier for this honor
during May. Miss Dosher does
most of the work in her yard,
including use of her greenhouse
for rooting camellias and azal
eas.
No Criminal Cases
Here Next Week
Clerk of Superior Court Jack
Brown said today that even though
the May term of Superior court
which convenes in Southport Mon
day has been designated as a
mixed term, no criminal cases
will be tried.
Because this is true, it will be
unnecessary for members of the
Brunswick County Grand Jury
to report for duty Monday morn
ing according to Brown. How
ever, he points out that those
persons whose names have been
drawn for regular jury duty
during next week’s term will
be expected to be present when
court convenes Monday morning.
Judge Henry A. McKinnon, Jr.,
will preside over the one-week
term which now will be devoted
entirely to the trial of civil
cases. The clerk of court points
out that there will be plenty of
cases to keep court in session
throughout the week if lawyers
are able to agree upon a work
able docket.
The next regular term of crim
inal court will be held here in
September. v ,
Letter Thanks
Local People
Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Dosher
of Southport have received the
following self-explanatory letter
of appreciation from some Mary
land people whom they helped
recently while they were passing
through Brunswick county and had
their car stuck in the sand;
“My wife and I want to thank
you all again for helping us re
cover our car from the sandy
pulpwood road near Southport
last weekend. Without your kind
assistance, what turned out to be
a rather minor mishap could have
been a most unpleasant ex
perience, Thanks to your help,
we retrieved our car (at a sur
prisingly reasonable cost) and
were back on the highway before
sundown.
“We did not stay overnight,
but did take your suggestion and
stopped at the Lorraine (Restau
rant) for dinner Sunday night.
We discovered we were pretty
Rev. Astor L. McGee, pastor
of Calvary Baptist Church, Wil
mington, will be the guest speaker
for revival services at Bethel
Baptist Church scheduled to begin
on Monday
| Job Openings
Sunny Point Army Terminal,
Southport, Is recruiting the fol
lowing licensed personnel for the
Tug-Fireboat: Master, $3.03
per hour; Mate, $2.54 per hour;
Chief Engineer, $3.01 per hour;
Asst. Engineer, $2.54 per hour.
Applicants must be licensed
by the U. S. Coast Guard Marine
Inspection Service for vessels
of 500 tons or 1,200 horse power
for inland waters. Interested
licensed personnel are asked to
contact the Personnel Office,
Room 301, U. S. Customhouse,
Wilmington. They should bring
their license with them.
hungry after our exertions and
walking earlier, and found the
food at the Lorraine both plenti
ful and delicious.
“ Thank you again for lending
a helping hand to a couple of
stranded motorists. We certain
ly appreciated your help.
“Sincerely,
“Mr. and M::s. Robert
H. Curry
Southport Man
Treasurer Of
Banking Group
PINEHURST — Emsley A.
Laney, senior vice president, of
North Carolina National Bank.
Wilmington, will become presi
dent of the N. C. Bankers Asso
ciation Sunday during a three
day convention.
Around 1.000 bankers and
guests are expected for the con
vention here which begins Sun
day.
Following the NCBA’s officer
advancement tradition. Presi
dent Clyde L. Stutts of Shelby,
president of Union Trust Co.,
will be succeeded by Laney who
is now first vice president of
the association.
Lester V. I.owe. vice presi
dent of Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company, Southport is
completing the second year of
_a two-year term of office as
treasurer. Hubert W. Safriet,
president of the bank of Reids
ville, Reidsville, is unopposed to
succeed Lowe.
Stutts will preside over the
70th annual convention which
will feature addresses by Wil;
lard C. Rappleye Jr., editor of
American Banker. New York
City, and Archie K. Davis, Win
ston-Salem banking executive
'who is president of The Amer
ican Bankers Association.
W. C. Barrett, vice president
•of The State Bank. Laurinburg,
will succeed Laney. J. Paul
Ford, executive vice president
of The Bank of Blemont, Bel
mont, is unopposed for second
vice president to succeed Bar
rett.
J. Ruffin Bailey, a Raleigh
attorney, is general counsel of
the NCBA and Harry Gatton,
also of Raleigh, is executive di
rector.
Tuesday has been designated
“Archie Davis Day” in honor of
ABA President Davis who is the
second North Carolina banker
to head the national organiza
tion. Davis, an authority on Con
federate and Southern history,
will be speaking on Confeder
ate Memorial Day in NorOi'Car
olina. He is chairman of Wac
hovia Bank and Trust Com
pany.
Life Saving
Class Slated
Applicants are still being ac
cepted for both beginner and
intermediate swimming classes
and lifesaving course sponsored
by the Southport Junior Woman’s
Club in cooperation with the
American Red Cross. These
classes will be held on week
day mornings between May 30 and
June 10.
The swimming classes will be
taught by Mrs. Ken Wooten of
Wilmington, a qualified Red
Cross instructor. A fee of $10
will be charged and applicants
must be 6 years of age, or older.
Life saving classes will be
taught by Ken Wooten, a qualified
Red Cross Instructor. A mlni
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Beach Erosion Is Problem
ENCROACHMENT — The ocean is moving in on the cottages at some sections of
L°ng Beach as a result of Spring storms, which have aggravated the never-ending
beach erosion problem. Dunes and American Beach grass have helped to stabilize the
dunes along most of the beach front. (Shannon Photo)
Two Southport
Women Remain
State Officers
State Senator Voit Gilmore,
addressing the luncheon session
Saturday of the N. C. Council of
Women’s Organizations’ annual
meeting, promised his listeners
the goal of the North Carolina
Commission on the Education and
Employment of Women will seek
to "make the ‘status of women’
an obsolete term.”
Speaking at the Carolina Inn in
Chapel Hill, Sen. Gilmore, who
is chairman of the Governor’s
Commission, challenged the
women to think about their ‘‘po
litical muscle'’ while legislators
are on their campaign trails. He
also challenged them to upgrade
their skills and incomes and to
make an important place in poli
tics for themselves.
Introduced by Mrs. John Chase
of Eureka, member of the state
House of Representatives, he was
accompanied to the meeting by
four me mbers of the commission;
Rep. Chase, Mrs. Frank Brown,
Jr., of Cullowhee, Mrs. Dillard
Griffin of Durham and Dr. Mar
garet A, Hunt of Greensboro.
Prior to the luncheon session,
a meeting of the NCCWO board
of directors was held at 10 a. m.,
followed at 11 a. m. by the annual
meeting with Mrs. James M.
Harper, Jr. of Southport, presi
dent, presiding at both.
Mrs. Mayo Cherry of Rocky
Mount, chairman of the nomi
nating committee, presented the
following slate of officers which
was approved: Mrs. Phoebe Em
mons of Raleigh, president-elect;
Mrs. Fred Ellis of Chapel Hill,
first vice-president; Mrs. Fred
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Time And Tide \
I ! L
1936 was election year, and on one side of the front page of The
Pilot for May 6 there was announcement of the Republican slate to
candidates, which had been named in convention on the previous
Saturday, and on the other side of the page there was an article
listing 8 additional candidates for Democratic nominations. Among
them was Harry Robinson, who was running for sheriff.
The late Sheriff Jasper Russ had arrested the late Congressman
Marion A. Zioncheck; E. D. Bishop had been reelected mayor of
Shallotte; and April had been an unusually dry time that year, with
only 1,56-inches of rainfall here.
Announcement on the front page of The Pilot for May 7, 1947,
indicated that a Navy Section Base would be established at Fort
Caswell. The late John D. Eriksen had been reelected mayor of
Soutiport and all six members of the board of aldermen had been
returned to office with him.
Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds had gone on sale for the
first time during the past week at the Southport post office, and
there had been a healthy demand; there was a sombre note in a
front page headline: “Thirteen Percent Of The South’s Timber Is
Destroyed By Fire’’; and a quail had flown against the window of a
store in the Southport business district.
In the May 1, 1946, issue of The Pilot announcement was made of
the agreement by the Southport Lions Club to purchase the USO
Building and to retain it for use as a Community Center Building.
Bald Head Island had been offered as a site for the proposed United
Nation’s Building, and one local man had given his unqualified
endorsement to the idea. “That’s a good place for it”, safd'Post-‘
master L. T. Yaskell, “then Gromyko won’t have anywhere to go
when he walks out on a meeting’’!
The Rev. H, M. Baker of Coats had accepted a call to come as
pastor to the Southport Baptist Church; rationing still was in effect,
and a new sugar stamp had become valid; and Paul Arnold had
purchased the old Miller Hotel from Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Davis.
Time Marches On—to May 2, 1951, to be exact. A headline in
The Pilot reported “Sport Fishing Is Improving Daily’’. Bishop
Thomas H. Wright was coming here to dedicate the educational
hiiilding at St. Phillips Episcopal Church.
There was considerable interest in the Southport City election,
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County Precincts
Organize Saturday
CAPT. WILSON T. ARNOLD
Promotion For
Brunswick Man
Wilson T. Arnold, son of Mr,
and Mrs. A. W. Arnold of Supply,
has been promoted to captain in
the U. S. Air Force.
Captain Arnold is a helicopter
pilot at Moron AB, Spain. He is
a member of the Aerospace Res
cue and Recovery Service which
flies combat and peacetime air
rescue and aeromedical evacu
ation missions.
The captain, a graduate of
Shallotte High School, received
his B.S. degree from East Caro
lina College where he was com
missioned through the Air Force
Reserve Officer Training Corps
program. He is a member of
Theta Chi.
His wife, Judith, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L.
Berry of Hampton, Va.
Tree Farmers
Plan Meeting
Tree Farmers of Southeastern
North Carolina Area will meet
May 18 at White Lake to celebrate
the Silver Anniversary of Tree
Farming.
Chief speaker for the banquet
meeting will be State Forest Fred
H. Claridge of Raleigh. The
meeting will be held at Plantation
Restaurant, beginning at 7:30 p.
m.
There are more than 200 tree
farmers in the nine-county are,
and Brunswick leads the list with
54. Invitations have been sent to
all.
The program will include the
speech by Claridge, a parade of
forest products, a paper clothing
fashion show, and awards to new
tree farmers and outstanding in
specting foresters.
Sponsors of the event are the
forest industries of the state.
Foresters from the companies
administer the Tree F arm pro
gram, in cooperation with the
Agricultural Extension Service
and the North Carolina Division
of Forestry.
North Carolina, as of April 1,
had 1,257 Tree Farms, covering
I, 723,031 acres of timber. The
program began in the state in
1944, just three years after the
national program started with the
dedication of America’s first
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Organizational meetings will
be held Saturday at the 18 Bruns
wick county precincts with the
time for these meetings being left
to the discretion of the present
chairman. Unless there is some
good reason for not doing so, the
regular polling place usually is
the site.
In Southport voters of Pre
cinct No. 1 will meet at noon at
the courthouse. Mrs. Jean Full
wood is chairman. Voters of
Precinct No. 2 will meet at 7:30
o’clock at the Ruark House at the
corner of Nash and Lord Streets.
James Wolf' ‘^chairman. Voters
of Oak Island wecinct will meet
at the business office of Lorraine
Motel at 1:30 o’clock. James
Kyle is chairman.
Other precinct chairmen for
the county include: Hoods Creek,
E. E. Medlin; Leland, Ira D.
Butler; Town Creek, George Hen
ry Lanier; Bolivia, Douglas
Hawes; Mosquito, Jack Crouch;
Supply, Mrs. Coyet Gray; Se
cession, Johnnie Corbett; Shal
lotte, R. E. Bellamy; Frying
Pan, D. W. Holden; Grissettown,
R. J. Sommersette; Shingletree,
Jennings Edge; Longwood, J. B.
Ward, Jr.; Ash, Demette Milli
ken; Waccamaw, Elmer Smith;
Exum, Mrs. Moline Mintz.
PC A Training
Session Held
Credit services geared to the
needs of modern agriculture and
the ability of PCAs to meet the
changing needs of farmers are
two important factors in main
taining effective credit service in
today’s agriculture, according to
R. W. Geddes, assistant general
manager of the Wilmington Pro
duction Credit Association.
Geddes has just returned from
a two-day management develop
ment institute held in Goldsboro
for assistant general managers,
branch office managers and rep
resentatives of production credit
associations in Florida, Georgia,
and the two Carolinas.
Management development for
production credit association of
ficials is a continuing program
for PCAs to effectively provide
the service required in tiie chang
ing agriculture picture of today,
Geddes pointed out.
Modern methods of manage
ment presented at the institute
included creative thinking and
innovations, keeping and develop
ing business, reaching for growth
opportunity, and other topics.
Instructors included Gus W.
Campbell, management con
sultant of New York, and officers
of the Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank of Columbia, Geddes
said.
The Wilmington Association,
of which Geddes is assistant
general manager, has 1015
farmer-members and last year
extended $2,450,00. in capital
purpose and operating credit to
farmers of the area.
The Wilmington Association
makes short and intermediate
term loans to farmers in Bruns
wick, Pender and New Hanover
Counties with the principal of
fice in Wilmington and branch
offices located in Shallotte and
Burgaw.
Auxilliary To
Give Test For
New Applicants
Colonel William Beasley gave
an interesting lecture on "Navi
gation” at the meeting of the
U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary last
week. Practical demonstration
and discussion of plotting courses
and compensation for compass
errors were the features of the
evening.
Flotilla Commander, Dr. Nor
man Hornstein, announced that
there will be a rush program for
members to pass their exami
nations. The entire written ex
amination will be held at 8 p. m..
Friday. Passing the examination
is a requisite for membership.
The material in this examination
is covered by Coast Guard
pamphlets 302 and C. G. 213,
which may be obtained free of
charge from Flotilla Vice
Commander, Wayland Vereen.
Members will also have to pos
sess more advanced knowledge
which is covered in Chapman’s
Piloting, Seamanship and Small
Boat Handling”.
All citizens wishing to prove
that they are not landlubbers are
invited to take the examination.
The Friday night examination
will be conducted at the South
port Fire Station. Applicants are
asked to bring their own parallel
rulers, dividers and piloting aids
if possible.
Estuarine Area
To Be Discussed
The possibility of farming the
coastal zone between the land and
the sea—"estuarine’ areas—
will be among the topics to be
considered at a one-day short
course in Raleigh, May 12.
The conference on estuarine
ecology will bring together
leading state, federal, and uni
versity authorities in water re
source development.
The meeting will be sponsored
by the Water Resources Research
Institute of the Consolidated Uni
versity and the Division of Con
tinuing Education at North Caro
lina State University.
David H. Howells, director of
the institute, says the conference
will be concerned with the "rapid
movement toward economic
development of coastal areas.”
He points out that the estuary
areas are now primarily nurs
eries for commercial fisheries
and arenas for both commercial
and sport fishing, but he notes
that continued development of
the coast will bring inevitable
change.
"You have to give up something
to gain something,” he says.
Estuarine agriculture will be
the subject of the conference’s
lucheon address to be given by
Dr. Eugene P. Odum, an authority
in the field fromtheUniversityof
Georgia.
E. L. Rankin, the N. C. director
of administration, will open the
program. The program will be
divided so that state, federal
and university officials speaking
to the conference will be grouped
together.
J. R. Townsend, chairman of
the N. C. Board of Water Re
sources, will chairman the dis
cussion by state officials. Dr.
D. L. Leedy of the Office of
Water Resources Research, De
partment of Interior, will chair
man the federal section of the
program. Dr. Odum will preside
the presentation by university
officials.
"We feel it is time to get
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport dnrtwg the
week. These hoips are ap
proximately correct and ware
furnished The State Port
Pilot through the oourteey
of the Gape Fear Pilot's As
sociation.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, May S,
8:03 A M 2:16 A M
8:39 P M 2:22 P M
Friday, May 6,
8:51 A M 3:04 A M
9:21 P M 3:04 P M
Saturday, May 7,
9:39 A M 3:46 A M
10:09 P M 3:46 P M
Sunday, May 8,
10:21 AM 4:34 A M
10:51 P M 4:28 P M
Monday, May 9,
11:09 A M 5:22 A M
12:45 P M 5:16 P M
Tuesday, May 10,
12:03 A M 6:10 A M
6:10 P M
Wednesday, May 171,
0:33 A M 7:04 A M
12:57 P M 7:04 P M