THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOLUME 38 No. 3 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1966 5$ A COPY
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Attend Food Handlers School
- : FILM — J. S. Canady of the N. C. Board of Health is shown here showing a film at the
first session of the Food Service Sanitation Training School Tuesday morning at Supply.
Seated near the projector is Harold Aldridge, Brunswick county sanitarian, and second
from the end on the front row is Dr. John R. Black, Brunswick County Health Officer.
More than 100 persons enrolled for the three day session, which ends tomorrow (Thurs
day).
Coast Guard
Rescues Three
Adrift At Sea
For 19 hours and 15 minutes,
the three Charlotte men clung
to their capsized boat in the
rough Atlantic five miles off
the Brunswick county coast.
They kept up their morale by
calling to each other throughout
Saturday night to make sure no
one had gone to sleep and slid
away into the darkness.
They were confident they would
be rescued. The only question
Was when.
The “when” turned out to be
^ early Sunday afternoon, as a
Coast Guard cutter — directed
to them by a rescue plane —
pulled up alongside the flooded
16-foot outboard and lifted them
aboard.
Back in Charlotte Monday to
describe the ordeal were lawyer
George Miller, Allison-Erwin
Co. employe Billy K. Womble
and Piedmont Natural Gas Co.
employe Fred L. Mills.
Their stories indicate that they
were properly prepared when
they set out from Bald Head Island
off Southport about 2:30 p.m.
Saturday to fish, and that the
equipment — and their own
courage — helped them survive
the ordeal uninjured.
The boat had two motors, a
40-horsepower and a 10-horse
power spare, lots of life pre
servers, food and water and a
light for signaling.
“Both motors were fastened
to the boat,” recalled Miller.
“We were running on the 40,
but it conked out when a wave
flooded us. It felt like the boat
hit something, but I know it
wasn’t aground because we
were in 6 to 8 feet of water. We
had a depth finder.”
When the boat struck, it threw
Fred Mills into the water. His
watch stopped at 2;16 p.m. Satur
day.
“I threw Fred a couple of
life preservers,” Miller said.
“Waves kept coming in over the
stern. The second wave filled up
the boat. Billy and I put on life
preservers. Then a couple of
seconds later, the boat capsized.
“We tried to right it, but we
couldn’t turn it over because
we had an anchor line tied to
the boat, and the anchor dug in,
and that — plus the weight of
the motors on the rear, the gas
cans and some other things _
made it too heavy. We couldn’t
get enough leverage to turn it
over.
“We hung on and sat on top
of the boat during most of the
night. Sometime during the night
the rope that was anchoring us
broke and we started drifting. We
let her drift. We didn’t have any
light. Everything was gone.
, “That morning (Sunday) the
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NEED HEAD
The Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
win appear sponsor a Fish Fry
on Saturday, July 2 at Garland
Varnam»s Landing from the
hours a* 5;oo-9:00 p.m.
Hom6!tiacje cakes pies
iso be t>n saie> All proceeds
^ the “New Church
: Fu^i.
LIGHT
UP
YOUR
STUDY
HABITS
District
WINNER — Linda Cheers,
4-H Club at Holden Beach, is
tration “Light Up Your Stud;
the blue ribbon winners at D:
Brunswick 4-H
Members Winners
Five Brunswick County 4-H
club members were among the
winners at a District Contest on
Tuesday, June 21 at Southern
Wayne High School near Golds
boro. The annual 4-H Demon
stration Day was held with all 17
counties in the Southeastern Dis
trict participating.
Lynn Hewett and the Carna
tions, Norman Taylor, Dickie
Gray and Steve Evans, were blue
ribbon winners in the Talent
Contest. Certain blue award
talent acts will be invited to parti
cipate at State 4-H Club Week in
Raleigh during July.
Linda Cheers was awarded a
blue ribbon in the Electric pro
gram. The title of her demon
stration was ‘‘Light Up Your
Study Habits.”
Red ribbons awards were given
to Susan Gray and L. C. Fulford.
Susan was participating in the
Dress Revue. L. C. gave a
Rural Civil Defense Demonstra
tion.
White ribbon awards were
given as follows; Mary Hewett,
Dairy Foods; Roy Hewett and
Richard Jones, Livestock Con
servation; Lynn Hewett, Girl’s
Public Speaking; Reggie Hewett,
Boy’s Public Speaking; and Ken
neth Hewett, Forestry.
Others participating were Anne
Smith, in Egg Cookery, and Paula
Carlisle and Marsha Hewett in
talent. Only blue awards were
announced in these categories.
(Continued On Page Six)
Hewett Enjoys
Forestry Camp
Kenneth Hewett of Shallotte and
the Busy Bee 4-H Club was one of
approximately 100 4-H Clubboys
selected to attend Camp Millstone
last week. He received training
in forestry skills such as planting
and caring for trees, Identifying
trees, proper cutting of forest
for timber purposes, proper use
and care of forestry equipment
and other forestry skills.
The 4-H Club camp was spon
sored by Southern Bell in
cooperation with the Extension
Forestry Department andthe4-H
Club Department of the North
Carolina State College Extension
Service.
Baptists Have
Big Attendance
World Missions Week began
Monday at the North Carolina
Baptist Assembly with a full
capacity registration. This con
ference is sponsored jointly by
Woman’s Missionary Union and
the Brotherhood Department of
the North Carolina Baptist Con
vention. The theme of the week
is “Take Five (Days) For A
Larger View Of The World.”
Outstanding personel attending
the conference are Mrs. R. Kno
lan Benfield, president of W. M.U.
for North Carolina; Miss Miriam
Bobinson, executive secretary of
the W.M.U., and all State W.M.U.
personel. Edwin Bullock, who is
Brotherhood Associate, and Nor
man Godfrey, Secretary of Young
Men’s Department of the Broth
erhood Commission will be in
charge of the General Brother
hood conference and Royal Am
bassador Basic Leadership
Course for Counselors.
Prominent speakers include
Dr. and Mrs. James G. Stertz,
former missionaries to Ger
many, who are now at the First
Baptist Church, Wake Forest;
Mrs. Harry Wood, Christian
Service Corps Worker in Hawaii;
Miss Vella Jane Burch, from
Ruschlikon, Switzerland; Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Mitchiner of Oxford,
who are world travelers and will
be presenting Home Missions;
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stough ol
Aulander, recent visitors t<
Ghana and Nigeria. Mr. and
Mrs. Mel Luther of the First
Baptist Church in Garner are
directing the music for the week.
There will be separate camps
for Junior and Intermediate GAs,
both under the supervision oi
Miss Nancy Belle Cousins, State
GA Director. The Royal Am
bassador Camp for boys 9 through
14 will be under the direction
of Rev. Phillip King, First Bap
tist Church, Maxton, and a se
lected staff of counselors. The
boys will live in the barracks.
There will be a Youth Mission
Conference for Y.W.A.s and
young men 16 through 24, under
the supervision of Miss Sara
Ann Hobbs (State Y.W.A, Direc
tor) and Rev. Gerald Harris, Mt.
Olivet Baptist Church, Raleigh.
Winner"**^*^
member of the Better Youth
shown giving here demons
/ Habits”. Linda was one of
strict Demonstration Day.
Food Handlers
Attend School
In Brunswick
Clam fritters, hush puppies,
crab meat, flounder and a host
of other sea-food goodies served
along the Brunswick county coast
from famous Calabash to
Brunswick River are going to
school in Supply this week.
This Is the annual Food Serv
ice Sanitation Training School
for Brunswick County, in session
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week at the Agriculture
Extension Building.
The series of conferences are
brought about through the com
bined efforts of the Brunswick
County Health Department, Board
of Education, Cape Fear Techni
cal Institute and Local Restau
rant Association.
Restaurant personnel from all
levels from the entire Brunswick
county area are in attendance
for the purpose of studying ways
to Improve service, sanitation
and fresh food offered to the
tourist and home folks.
New adventures in eating out
will no doubt be recommended
as the techniques are being
studied by over one hundred
In attendnace.
Ways to Improve the eating
facilities and to assist the Coun
ty Travel Leaders in their “One
Day More” program on what to
see, what to do in historical,
recreational Brunswick are also
being discussed.
The Travel Industry is big
business in Brunswick county
with the interest being shown in
Brunswick Town and historic
Russellborough being excavated.
New sea-food industries along the
coast assure fresh supplies daily
for restaurants in the lower Cape
Fear.
For those who cannot visit the
area and sample this food, prized
for its fresh out-of-the-water
flavor, it is available canned and
frozen in many forms. This in
formation is also under discus
sion in the conferences at Supply.
i Art Shows Arew
Big Attraction
The sixth annual Arts Festival,
sponsored by the Junior Woman’s
Club, will be held this year on
Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
July 2-3-4, in Franklin Square.
This year three purchase
awards will be made. The Junior
Woman’s Club will purchase the
first place winner in oils and
graphics, if eligible. In addition,
the city of Southport will purchase
a painting or paintings from the
entire show. Purchase awards
will be oils, $175; graphics, $75;
and City of Southport purchase(s)
- $150. The winning work will
be added to the Southport Mu
nicipal Art Collection.
The juror will be Dr. Joseph
C. Sloane of the William Ackland
Memorial Art Center, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Entries will be received June
30 between 10 a. m. and 5 p. m.
at the high school gymnasium.
(Continued On Pag* Six)
Time And Tide
1936 was an early crop year in Brunswick and during the last
week in June several farmers had put in tobacco. This was recounted
in our edition for July 1, June also had been a warm month, and one
headline said; "Month of June Passes on Leaving Citizens Swelter
ing From Heat.”
Southport music lovers still were sending off prediction cards in
the Hit Parade contests, and there has been 10 more local winners
that week. There was a front page prediction that Brunswick would
go for Clyde R. Hoey in the second primary Saturday; Will Rogers
was starring in “The Connecticut Yankee,” which was playing at the
movies; and a parole had been granted Jesse C. Walker, convicted
killer of a Brunswick county sheriff.
In our July 2 issue for 1941 there was an announcement of the
opening date for the Border Belt Tobacco Market, with August 5th
having been set #or the opening. Orton Plantation owner J. Lawrence
Sprunt said tha: he was pleased with progress that had been made
in expanding the plantation gardens during the year.
June that year had not been excessively hot; reports from Frying
Pan lightship were that shark and barracuda were out there in
great numbers; and Southport boys were collecting scrap aluminum
for sale.
There was a front page bulletin in our edition for June 26, 1946:
Miss Annie Mae Woodside, superintendent of schools, had announced
that David Watson had been elected principal of Southport High School
for the coming year. Development along the coast of Brunswick
was the subject of a front page feature.
A State convention, that for court reporters, was scheduled to be
held at Southport during the coming week; Brunswick boatmen were
leery about fishing operations off the South Carolina coast; and the
late John White had been nominated as the Democratic candidate for
sheriff in the primary election held on the previous Saturday.
June 27, 1951, and there had been no further development in con
nection with the announcement made the week before regarding the
location of a U. S. Army ammunition outloading facility near South
port. Plans for the Fourth of July celebration were proceeding
according to schedule, with the Congressman coming and with the
Air Force Band from Pope Field also slated to appear.
The Baptist Assembly was off to a late start, with the opening
conference scheduled for the first week in July. Southport citizens
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Navy Destroyer Coming To Southport
VISITOR — This is the USS Johnston (DD-821), a ship of the Atlantic Fleet, which
will be in Southport Harbor during the Fourth of July Festival this year. Visiting hours
will be observed during each afternoon of her stay here.
4th Of July
Festival Plans Set
Leonard Winner Of
Sheriff Nomination
snerm-kc v. Leonard won tne
Democratic nomination for re
election in a second primary
race Saturday against David R.
Swain, a young man without
previous political experience who
made a surprisingly strong show
ing after trailing Leonard by
1001 votes in the first primary.
Strangely enough, Swain’s
principal strength came from
precincts in and around Shal
lotte, which is the home of
Sheriff Leonard. On the other
hand, Sheriff Leonard piled up
an overwhelming margin over his
young rival in the three precincts
in the Southport area, the home
ground for Swain.
Leonard was high man in 12
of the 18 precincts.
Sheriff Leonard will be opposed
in the November election by
Harold Willetts, Bolivia resident
who is a professional bondsman.
Johnnie Delmore Smith won
nomination as the Democratic
candidate for constable from
Lockwoods Folly township. He
received 495 votes to 381 for
Ernest Hewett.
Official
Primary Vote
Precincts
Hoods Creek
Leland
Town Creek
Bolivia
Spt. No. 1
Spt, No. 2
Oak Island
Mosquito
Supply
Secession
Shallotte
Frying Pan
Grissettown
Shingletree
Long wood
Ash
Waccamaw
Exum
Total
Leonard Swain
108 70
170 248
221 121
78 54
201 132
282 73
152 48
37 33
83 68
200 172
117 234
152 202
79 139
123 162
108 58
43 144
50 12
46 34
2250 2004
Board Holds
Call Meeting
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met Thursday night
and in the absence of chairman
O. K. Bellamy the Board des
ignated Dosher to act as tem
porary chairman for the meeting.
Mr. L. R. Biggerstaff, E.S.E.A.
project director, gave a detailed
description of the E.S.E.A. Pro
gram in the county.
Billy Russ, insurance agent
from Shallotte, discussed with
the board a School Student In
surance Program which could be
provided by the Standard Life
Insurance Co. of Rock Hill, S.C.
The following resolution of
fered by Delmas J. Babson and
seconded by James G. Thompson
was duly adopted:
“That under the provisions of
the North Carolina General Sta
tutes 115-157, Paragraph five:
“All teachers and principals
shall be paid their first monthly
voucher on September 25, 1966,
and on the 25th day of each suc
ceeding calendar month during
the school term of 1966-67, ex
cept that the final payment shall
be made when all requirements
of this Board shall have been met.
“It is understood in case of any
over payment which is not re
funded by the teacher or principal
that this Board of Education shall
sustain any loss by reason of an
overpayment to a teacher or
principal.”
Supt. George Williams gave a
report to the Board concerning
the progress being made on the
Boarding Home office facilities.
Supt. Williams reviewed with
the board the teacher allotment
for the 1966-67 school year. It
was pointed out that the elemen
tary teacher allotment Is six less
than last year and the high school
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An old-fashioned Fourth of July
Festival that lasts for three days
is all set and ready to go off in
Southport during the coming holi
day weekend, and the largest
crowd ever attracted to Bruns
wick county is expected to enjoy
the festive events that have been
lined up.
These include a varied menu of
entertainment that ranges all the
■ way from a donkey baseball game
to Heritage House, from church
services to fireworks display. In
between there will be two art
shows, a mammoth parade that
will be complete with marching
bands and colorful floats, a sky
diving show and a genuine
calliope.
Many of the participants will
arrive Friday, but the show really
hits the road on Saturday, with a
full round of events extending into
the evening. Sunday will be a
comparatively quiet day, with
emphasis upon recreation and
cultural events, but on Monday
entertainment becomes king as
the parade is followed by band
concerts, the sky show, and the
fireworks display on the South
port waterfront early in the eve
ning.
There are other pictures and
stories about the various events
that will help make this the most
ambitious celebration ever un
dertaken in Southport.
Play Program
Has Interest
The city recreation program
now in its second week is in
creasing each day. Mrs. Char
lotte Hart, director, says regis
tration has increased from 39
on the opening day to 75 at the
end of the first week.
On Wednesday, there was a
bubble gum contest with 36 en
trants and a number of specta
tors. Winners in their divisions
were: boys 6-8 years, 1st Brett
Gainey, 2nd Scotty Jones; girls
6-8 years, 1st Marie Hufham,
2nd Susan Gainey; boys 9-12
years, 1st Mike Royal, 2nd Ray
Lynn Hughes; girls 9-12 years,
1st Janet Hogan, 2nd Kelly John
son, boys over 12 years, 1st
Richard Faulk, 2nd Joe Jones.
me first week new equipment
that has proved very popular
with the children was obtained.
Among this equipment is a scoop
ball and soft ball game, a volly
ball, 2 sets of horseshoes, a dart
board and a tetherball game.
In the next three weeks crafts
will be featured. Vincent Le
Clerc, assistant director, will
be doing plaster moxas.
Next Wednesday, there will be
a pet show and children that have
any kind of pet are urged to par
ticipate. Anyone can join the
program at any time and they do
not have to attend every day.
There will be no program on Mon
day, July 4.
The movies for Friday, July
8, will be “Moby Dick", a 30
minute color film. A family
story becomes a new experience
as it is recreated through the
medium of the drawings of Gil
bert Wilson. These sensitive
but dramatic drawings in warm
browns, cold blues, and dismal
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Library Plans
County-Wide
Fund Campaign
Preliminary plans for house
to-house solicitation in behalf of
the library building fund were
made on Thursday night during a
dinner meeting at the home of
Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr., Winnabow,
for the purpose of organizing
county-wide coverage for this
drive.
It was decided that a short,
intensive campaign will be held
the last week in July. The goal
is to have every household in
Brunswick county visited by a
worker during this time.
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., chair
man of the Fund Campaign, point
ed out that a donation of $1.50
per person for every resident of
Brunswick county will take the
drive over the top. .
The group attending the dinner
meeting are to return to their
respective communities and en
list the help of organizations to
assist in the individual solici
tation.
From the Leland area, Harold
Benton of the Jaycees, and Mac
F. Jones were present. Mrs.
Doris C. Harrelson and Mrs.
Shannon Bray were delegates of
the Southport Woman’s Club and
Junior Woman's Club.
Other sections of the county
represented were Supply, Mrs.
Edna Gause; Ash, Rev. Willie
Frink, and Piney Grove, John
Baker.
Additional guests were Mrs.
E. B. Tomlinson, Miss Lilly
Maye Gore and Mrs. Janie Henry.
Members of the Southport
Brunswick County Library Build
ing Committee in attendance were
Mrs. Annie E. Francis, Miss
Gertrude Loughlin, Mrs. James
M. Harper, Jr., Mrs. Susie Car
son and the librarian, Mrs. Susan
King. Other members present
were Davis C. Herring, Lewis
Hardee, Harold Aldridge and
C. D. Pickerrell.
Heritage House
Plans All Set
Plans are complete for Heri
tage House, a display of antiques
and articles of historic interest,
over the weekend of the Fourth of
July in the Southport Community
Building.
The altar linens of St. Phillips
Episcopal Church, which have
been on display in prior years and
which have been a major exhibit
in earlier shows, will be on dis
play again at the church, which
is across the street from the
Community Building. Mrs. W. G.
Kemper and Mrs. James Loughlin
are in charge of this display.
These altar linens were origi
nally in St. Phillips Church at
Brunswick Town and were a gift
from "Queen Anne’s Bounty".
They are of fine damask and
religious pictures are woven into
the linen. They are remarkably
preserved though almost 300
years old.
Other items are being collect
ed and it is hoped that those who
have not yet been contacted to
exhibit articles of interest will
bring them to the Community
Building between 9 o’clock and
noon on Saturday as the show
will open at 1 o’clock that day.
If persons do not have trans
portation to bring their items,
they may call Mrs. James M.
Harper, Jr., chairman of the
show, and arrangements will be
made for picking them up on
Friday or Saturday morning. A
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Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the
week. 111000 hoqrs 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, June 30,
5:45 AM 11:58 A M
6:27 P M
Friday, July 1,
6:33 A M 0:52 A M
7.09 P M 12:46 P M
Saturday, July 2,
7:21 A M 1:34 A M
7:57 P M 1:34 P M
Sunday, July 3,
8:09 A M 2:22 A M
8:39 P M 2:16 A M
Monday, July 4,
8:51 A M 3:04 A M
9:15 P M 2:58 P M
Tuesday, July 5,
9:33 A M 3:40 A M
9:57 P M 3:40 P M
Wednesday. July,. 6,
10:09 AM 4:22 A M
10:33 P M 4:16 P M
T .