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VOLUME 38
No. 6
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1966
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Dan Stewart Welcomes Du Pont
SPEAKER — Dan E. Stewart, executive director of the Department of Conservation
and Development, is shown at Boiling Spring Lakes Country Club Thursday evening as
he welcomed Du Pont officials to Brunswick county and to North Carolina. At the left of
the speaker is A. D. Day, field project man for Du Pont. At the right of the speaker’s
stand is J. T. Clemmons, vice president of the Brunswick County Resources Development
Commission, and C. E. Dickey, assistant plant manager for the Brunswick county plant.
DuPont Officials Entertained
Officials of the Du Pont Com
pany were entertained and intro
duced to Brunswick county resi
dents Thursday evening during
a dinner at Boiling Spring Lakes,
sponsored by the Resources De
velopment Commission.
Officials present included A. D.
Day, field project manager, E. K.
Drawdy, assistant field project
manager, J. P. Bullis, field
superintendent, J. M. Hamilton,
employee relations superin
tendent, J. M. Shackelford, en
gineering office superintendent,
Knowles R. Bowen, Jr„ safety
superintendent, L. C. Britton,
control superintendent, and C. E.
Dickey, assistant plant manager.
J. T. Clemmons, vice-chair
man of the commission, served
as master of ceremonies and
made the introductions. Also in
troduced at the meeting were Dan
E. Stewart, director of the North
Carolina Department of Conser
vation and Development, and W. J.
Griffin, assistant director of the
Department of Conservation and
Development.
After the official welcome to
Du Pont by Clemmons, rep
resentative Brunswick county,
Stewart extended a welcome to
the firm on behalf of Governor
Dan Moore and the citizens of
North Carolina.
Stewart in speaking to the Du
Pont officials stated that he was
in a unique position, having been
an employee of the Du Pont
Company in 1917, having worked
with the citizens of Brunswick
county and representing the State
of North Carolina he could speak
from all three positions and say
that the association between” Du
Pont and Brunswick county will
be enjoyable.
Day, and Dickey, spoke on
behalf of Du Pont expressing
their thanks to the citizens of
Brunswick county and outlining
briefly the plans and policies of
the Du Pont Company.
George T. Rourk, Chairman
of the Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners, spoke briefly to
the Du Pont officials, pledging
the support of the county.
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HOSPITAL PATIENT
George Whatley of Southport
is a patient at James Walker
Memorial Hospital in Wilming
ton where he underwent an op
eration Tuesday.
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be
held tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:30
p. m. at the Community Build
ing.
CITIZENS PROTEST
Members of the Southport
Board of Aldermen in session
Thursday night heard a citizens
protest against the erection of
a lift station for the new sewage
disposal plant on the waterfront
at the foot of Nash street. The
matter was referred to consult
ing engineer Henry Von Osen for
further study.
Miss Brunswick County
CONTESTANT — This is pretty Marsha Hickman, Miss
Brunswick County for 1967, who spent last week in
Greensboro as a contestant in the Miss North Carolina
Pageant. She appeared on state-wide television Saturday
night.
Book Presented
For Libraries
The Brunswick County Chapter
of the National Foundation has
just presented to the Brunswick
County Library System and to all
high schools in the county copies
of “The Breakthrough.” This is
the story of Dr. Salk and his
study of Polio which resulted
in vaccine that is effective
against the disease.
The March of Dimes through
the Foundation made this re
search and victory possible.
“One of the paradoxies of life
in twentieth-century America
is that we who accept so readily
man’s fantastic strides in outer
space still harbor some of the
attitudes of the ancients toward
our children who were born less
than perfect,” a foundation
spokesman said this week.
“The challenge of birth de
fects has gone unmet through
the ages. To meet that challenge
the National Foundation-March
of Dimes entered the field of
birth defects n 1958.
“A serious birth defect is one
that either causes disfigurement,
results in a physcial or mental
Nursing Training
A survey is now being con
ducted by the Brunswick coun
ty Health and Welfare De
partments, J. Arthur DosherMe
morial Hospital, and the Cape
Fear Technical Institute of per
sons who may be interested in
health aide training. If enough
people are interested in taking
this course, it can be conducted
locally.
This course is required for
employment under Medicare in
Health Departments, Hospitals,
and Nursing Homes. Thiscourse
will be available for both men
and women. Those who are
interested, or who wish fur
ther information, please contact
one of the above departments
by August 1.
handicap, shortens life, or is
fatal.
“To secure for every baby the
best chance for normal develop
ment from the moment of con
ception has been the profound
concern of the National Foun
dation since it launched the fight
against birth defects.
“Many of the disabling condi
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Fanners Must
Apply To Get
Market Cards
Tobacco farmers must request
their 1966 tobacco market cards
in writing and state whether or not
they wish the ASCS Office to mail
their card, Ralph Price, ASC
office manager at Shallotte. said
this week.
‘‘As a convenience to our
Brunswick county farmers we are
mailing each one of them a form
to fill out showing, the number
of cards they want and the pounds
they want on each card,” Price
said. “There is also a place
on these forms to check whether
or not they wish the card mailed.”
All tobacco producers are
urged to complete and return
these forms as soon as pos
sible. Anyone needing assistance
in completing these form should
call or visit the ASCS office.
Price support will be made
available this year on untied
flue-cured tobacco of all grades
during the first 12 sales days
on all markets in South Carolina,
North Carolina and Virginia.
This represents a 5-day ex
pansion in the number of days
the support was available. For
the past three seasons, support
on untied tobacco has been avail
able for the first 7 sales days,
but only on lugs, primings, and
nondescript.
Price support will continue
to be available on all grades
of tied tobacco during the first
12 sales days and throughout
the season. However, untied to
bacco on the warehouse floor
will be graded and sold first
during the first 12 days of
sale.
All flue-cured tobacco mar
keted in Florida and Georgia
traditionally has been market
ed in untied form, and shortages
of labor for tying tobacco plus
favorable prices for tobacco in
untied form have resulted in
increased demands by farmers
in other areasfor additional mar
ketings of untied tobacco. ,
Contest Held
On Final Day
The city recreation pregram
has ended for this summer and
during the four weeks there were
a total of 115 persons to register.
The last week of the program
featured a trip to Brunswick Town
with about 4:5 people going. Jerry
Sherrod took the group on a guided
tour after which they had a picnic
lunch before returning home.
On Thursday movies were
shown on the two newest states,
Alaska and Hawaii. Friday closed
the season with an all-events day.
The parents were invited to come
watch their children compete for
awards in tetherball, darts and
horse shoes.
The following were winners in
their age groups; Tetherball -
Boys 6-9, 1st Keith Caroon; 2nd,
Norman Mintz; 3rd, Scot Jones.
Girls 6-9 - 1st, Stephanie Still
er; 2nd Katherine Hufham; 3rd
Lee Ann Hughes. Boys 10-13 -
1st Ray Lynn Hughes; 2nd, Scoot -
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Two Men Pinned In Wreckage
DEMOLISHED — The man on the left is attaching a cable so that the car in which
two men were killed in a bus-auto collision Sunday night can be pulled apart enough
to free the bodies of the victims, who still are entangled in the wreckage. (Clemmons
Photo) -
Two Are Killed
Bus-Car Hit Head On
Bowmer Resigns
Barbee Appointed
Thomas S. Bowmer resigned as
a member of the board cf county
commissioners at a session of
this body here Monday and John
L. Barbee was appointed to fill
his unexpired term.
Barbee is the Democratic nom
inee for commissioner from
Smithville township by virtue of
his victory over Bowmer in
the May Primary election. If he
is elected this fall, nis appoint
ment now will give him an op
portunity to gain valuable experi
ence before his regular term will
have started.
It is reported that Bowmer
has accepted a position with the
SENCland Community Action
Program, which is a three
county organization which admin
isters the War on Poverty Pro
gram in Brunswick, Columbus
and Bladen.
The board approved a plan
to place Brunswick county pris
oners in jails in adjoining coun
ties beginning August 17. This
is to meet demands being made
by the Inspectors for Correction
al Institutions, who have threat
ened to condemn the Brunswick
county jail.
Leslie D. Smith, who made
the inspection of the local jail,
included the following summary
in his report:
“Arrangements for eating and
Time And Tide
There was a couple of Interesting front page pictures in The Pilot
for July 22, 1936. One showed a fine catch of sheephead which had
been caught at Holden Beach; the other showed the Southport
Wilmington mall bus, with driver Rollie Walton standing beside his
vehicle with a mail pouch in his hand.
Southport has been the scene of a summer session of the N. C.
Fisheries Commission with members of the Board of Conservation
and Developme-.; present; Homecoming Day had been observed at
New Hope Pr -’b; > rian Church at Winnabow on the previous Sunday;
and Shirley Te >’e was playing little girl roles, her current hit being
“The Prlnc-ss Comes Across.”
r-' July 23, 1941, and the front page picture showed small grain
harvest in progress in waccamaw township. Shallotte was the scene
of a school bus drivers training program for that week.
Both the City of Southport and Brunswick county had levied their
new tax rates, each set at $1.60 per hundred. Dan Gregory and his
orchestra were to play for a dance at Long Beach; State Highway
officials had promised to investigate the condition of the pontoon
bridge over the intracoastal waterway near Southport; and another
anniversary had been celebrated at New Hope.
Preliminary clearing had started at the site of two blueberry
farms near Southport. That was twenty years ago this week. Heavy
rains had caused considerable damage to crops on Brunswick county/
farms during the past few days.
In fact, rains had hurt more than farming. Residents of the Wacca
maw section were complaining that high water had prevented their
normal harvest of redbreast and blue bream. A good crop of honey
was in the process of being harvested in the county by several farm
Wh° £ one into the business of beekeeping on a commercial
basis; and even though it was in the heat of summer, a Wilmington
coal dealer had a quarter-page advertisement in The Pilot warning'
home owners to order their winter fuel early
Fifteen years ago this week we carried a front page picture of Dr.
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THOMAS S. BOWMER
JOHN L. BARBEE
carrying of food to the jail is
not acceptable. Recommend that
the county have the local san
itarian inspect the arrangement
and comply with his recommen
dations.
“In my opinion the structure
of this jail is in such poor con
dition that the building as such
should be condemned. The first
responsibility for the safety and
security of the prisoners lies with
the county commissioners and
should this building collapse from
any means whatsoever, the coun
ty, should anyone be injured,
could expect large libel suits.
(State Statute 153-49).
“To add to the shortcomings
of this jail, the persons who
reside on the second floor have
no means of escape should a fire
occur. This building as well as
the equipment inside is not fire
proof. Insurance Commission
laws provide that a county or
state building where persons re
side, will be provided with a fire
escape.
“It was and still is my rec
ommendation that persons not be
confined at this jail and that un
til the county can alleviate its
situation, that arrangements be
made with an adjoining county for
the confinement of the county’s
prisoners.”
Sheriff E. V. Leonard says
that he and Deputy Sheriff H. G.
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Two men were killed when an
automobile traveling down the
wrong side of the highway met a
greyhound bus head-on Sunday
night seven miles south of Shal
lotte on U„ S. 17. Patrolmen de
clared the wreck to be one of
the most gruesome of recent
years in SoutheasternNorthCar
olina.
The driver and a passenger of
the car were both killed when
the heavy bus smashed into and
demolished the smaller vehicle.
Trooper Billy Day was in
charge of the investigation on
the scene. He received help in
traffic control from patrol
men and other law enforcement
officers from surrounding coun
ties.
William Jefferson Brown was
identified as the driver of the
car which slammed head-on
into the southbound bus. The bus
toppled sideward, resulting in
injury for the driver and 22 pas
sengers.
Brown, 25, was a resident of
Newark, N. J., but lived pre
viously in Wilmington. The other
occupant of the car was Marvin
Eugene Davis, 22, of Navassa.
Eyewitnesses said the car had
swerved off the right side of
the road and back before it struck
the bus, which overturned in the
front yard of the Sunset Motel.
Highway patrolmen said sev
eral persons were thrown from
the bus. They said that people
were lying in the road, in the
bus, and under the bus. One
passenger was reported wander
ing down the highway in an ap
parent state of shock.
The driver was thrown from
the bus and landed in front of
it. All but one of the passengers
were rushed to James Walker
Memorial Hospital in Wilming
ton. All but three were treated
and released. The driver is re
ported to be in Fair condition.
The bus, scheduled out of Ra
leigh, left Wilmington at 6:15
p. m. bound for Charleston with
passengers picked up at Wil
mington.
Patrolmen said the accident
occurred shortly after 7 p. m.
“It was the worse accident
I’ve ever seen,” said one high
way patrolman; “I’ve seen
wrecks when more people were
killed, but I've never seen one
quite this messy.”
The auto had to be pulled apart
by two wreckers before the bodies
could be removed. The car was
so badly demolished that it was
impossible to tow it away. It had
to be lifted on cables before it
could be removed.
Debris littered the scene of the
accident for more than four
hours. Parts of the vehicles scat
tered around the highway were
carried away by a pickup truck.
It took the workers almost 24
hours to clear the scene of
the wreck, the patrol reported.
Patrolmen estimated the dam
ages to the bus at $15,000.
The wreck was the second
multiple-fatality this year in
Brunswick county. Four persons
died March 27 in a two-car ac
cident approximately nine miles
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Board Approves
Election For
Two Principals
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met in regular ses
sion last Tuesday and heard
Jonathan Hankins, County Head
Start Director, discuss in detail
the program currently in oper
ation in the county.
Bids for two mobile units under
E.S.E.A. were opened by Supt.
George Williams and were dis
cussed by the board. The bids
were as follow: Universal Equip
ment Co. $11,980, Usry's, Inc.,
$11,820.
Roy Biggerstaff, E.S.E.A. pro
ject director, discussed with the
board the merits of the mobile
units furnished by the above men
tioned concerns. On a motion
by Homer Holden and a second
by Arthur J. Dosher, the
board accepted the bidsfromUni
versal Equipment Co.
David Carmichael was desig
nated as Trade & Industry Teach
er at Shallotte High School.
On a motion by Dosher, sec
onded by James Thompson, the
following personnel were em
ployed for the 1966-67 school
year: N. C. Phipps, principal,
Leland High School; Robert Sel
lers, principal, ShaUotte High
School; Phyllis Golden Gore,
teacher -Waccamaw High School;
Betty Rose, teacher at Southport
High School.
The following resignations
were accepted by the board:
Thomas Davis, principal, Bolivia
High School, Edward F. Mintz,
teacher, Waccamaw High School.
The Board authorized Supt.
Williams to obtain bids for a
Trade & Industry Shop Building
at Shallotte High School.
Supt. Williams advised the
Board that an additional special
education teacher has been al
lotted to the county.
Supt. Williams discussed with
the board problems involving the
water system at Leland High
School and suggested changes for
correction of these problems,
the board accepted these rec
ommendations.
Jury List For
Superior Court
The following names were
drawn for jury duty during the
term of Brunswick county Su
perior court which convenes here
on August 29:
Leland - Ennis Beck, C. E.
King, Jerry Bullard, John R.
Sellers, James F. Meares, Rob
ert Wayne Mintz, Raymond L,
Bordeaux, G. H. Lanier, Jr.
Southport - H. A. Livingston,
H. A. Schmidt, Wilmer G. Kemp
er, Samuel Jackson, James D,.‘
Melton, B. W. Duncan.
Long wood - J. A. Russ; Win
nabow - Emmett H. Caudill,
Pete Rogers; Ash -RudolphSimT
mons, Newman Smith, L. E.Gore,
Daniel Tharp; Freeland - Sher
wood Simmons; James Robert
Marlow, B. L Little, Talmadge
N. King, Jr.
Supply - Maceo Galloway, John
D. Gore, Levi B. Hewett, Willie
C. Clemmons, S. H. Robinson,
Exel Hankins.
Shallotte - Samuel Thomas,
Bryan Bennett, Henry Slade, Wil
lie Bland, Earl Gause, Harry
Hampton Bell, D. Wilbur Holden,
Billy Hoyt Cox, LavemeW. Hew
ett.
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during' the
week. These hop* ere ap
proximately correct and were
furnished. The State Port
Pilot through the oourteey
of the Cape Fear Pilot's As
sodatton.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, July 21,
10:27 A M 4:28 A M
10:51 P M 4:40 P M
Friday, July 22,
11:27 A M 5:16 A M
11:39 P M 5:40 P M
Saturday, July 23,
12:21 A M 6:10 A M
6:40 P M
Sunday, July 24,
0:39 A M 7:04 A M
1:21 P M 7:40 P M
Monday, July 25,
1:33 A M 7:58 A M
2:21 P M 8:46 P M
Tuesday, July 26,
2:33 A M 8:58 A M
3:21 P M 9:46 P M
Wednesday, July 27
3:33 A M 9:52 A M
4:21 P M 10:46 P M