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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County! THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time VOLUME 38 No. 7 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1966 Si A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Give To The County Library Building Fund Drive Light Tower Now Familiar Sight REPLACEMENT — This is the Frying Pan Light Tower, located at the tip of the shoals extending 30 miles to sea from the point of Bald Head Island. Two years ago it re placed the old Frying Pan Lightship, and since that time it has become the landmark for offshore fishermen going out from Southport on trips to the Gulf Stream. Bowmer Takes Position With Action Program Thomas S. Bowmer, of South port, has been appointed coor dinator for Brunswick County by Sencland Community Action, Inc., the anti-poverty agency for Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties. His office will be located in the Southport Small Boat Harbor building, Southport, N. C. Mr. Bowmer, a native of South port, received his education from Southport High School and Cataw ba College. For several years he was employed as a teacher in the Trade and Industrial Education Department of the Southport High School. He is a veteran of the U. S. Navy and comes to his present position from the Na tional Development Corporation where he was employed as a real estate broker. Bowmer is a member of the Southport Jaycees and is present ly serving as a director. He and his wife, the former jane Dixon, are members of the South port Baptist Church. He and his (Continued on Pag* 4) rwiririiryiririnrinrir>r»r«rir>iTfTr Brief Bits Of NEWS BENEFIT FISH FRY There will be a fish fry at Holy Light Holiness Church, Ash, Saturday, starting at 4 p.m. The church is located 1-1/4 miles from Highway 130 on the Exum road. Proceeds will go to the building fund. UNION SERVICE The Rev. John Huggins, pastor of Ocean View Methodist Church, will bring the message Sunday night for the Union service at Southport Presbyterian Church. The time will be 8 o’clock, and the public is invited. GOSPEL SING A gospel sing will be held at Southport High School auditorium Saturday at 8 p.m. featuring the Southern Harmoneers, the Richardson Family, New Gospel Singers of Conway, S. C., the Hickman Family and the Gospel teers. The program sponsored by Shiloh Methodist Church building committee. Mrs. Mae Bamber Southport Visitor Mrs. Mae Bamber, former Mayor of Southport, England, paid her fifth visit since 1950 to Southport, North Carolina, this weekend when she was a guest for two days in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert A. Livingston. She is in the United States to attend the National Convention of Transatlantic British Brides and Parents Associaton, an or ganization which has undertaken the project of facilitating visita tion between these two countries of persons directly affected by wartime marriages. Literally thousands of separated families have enjoyed visits made possible through this agency. Mrs. Bamber was one of the founders of the organization and is currently the president. Her trip this year is being com plicated by the airlines strike. There was no trouble on her overseas flight, and she managed to get reservations to Wilmington on Piedmont. But on Tuesday morning when she headed South to Jacksonville, Fla., she left Brunswick county by bus. She plans other stops at Tampa, Fla., and in San Antonio, Texas, en route to attend the international convention in Los Angeles. The tie-up of airlines facilities may cause her some added difficulty before she reaches the west coast. Her return trip to the east coast will be by bus, since she plans to stop off for several local meetings of the Brides and Parents Association. Mrs. Bamber has retained her ties with her friends here since her initial visit. That one had the late Bill Keziah as the man in charge of arrangements, and he had her met at the Virginia state line by a N. C, Highway Patrol escort. They accompanied her automobile to Raleigh, where she was received by then Gover nor W. Kerr Scott. The Highway Patrol stayed with her as she continued to Southport. Livingston was mayor at that time, and Mrs. Bamber was a member of the City Council of Southport, England. She was a guest in the Livingston home then, and on subsequent visits. In 1958, while she was serving as mayor of her home city, she visited Southport, North Caro lina, and attended several func tions attired in her official robes. MRS. BAMBER Farm Bureau Aid Dairymen Attendance by area dairy farm ers at a special meeting this week in Raleigh is being urged by Ira L. Chadwick, president ofthe Brunswick County Farm Bureau, who says that the meeting "will be of vital concern to all farmers with an interest in our dairy industry.” The meeting, a statewide ses sion being sponsored by the North Carolina Farm Bureau, is set for Friday at 11 a.m. in the audi torium of the State Highway Building in Raleigh. The purpose of the meeting, said Chadwick, is to acquaint dairy farmers with the Farm Bureau Marketing Association, "and to begin Immediately an organizational campaign to develop a statewide voice for dairy farmers dedicated to the promotion and protection of pro ducer interests.” The local farm leader said that Farm Bureau is striving for "a united dairy producer voice” in order to meet and cope with the changing milk situation. "We need to have a large turn-out from Brunswick county at this meeting,” said Chadwick. "We have to show that we are ready to tackle our problems, and are willing to work together to solve them.” Library Fund Drive Begins In Brunswick A house-to-house canvas lor funds for the new Southport 13 runs wick County Library build ing is underway throughout the county this week, with several organizations participating. The goal is $40,000, for which Federal matching funds are available. Of this amount, $14, 000 already has been raised, leaving a balance of $26,000 to be raised locally before the proj ect can be started. Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., of Southport is chairman of the Library Fund Committee and thinks the goal is well within the reach of citizens of Brunswick. “If we can collect donations at the rate of $2.00 per person,” he pointed out, “we can easily raise our matching funds. I feel that the outstanding service performed by the Public Library at Southport and Shallotte and by the Brunswick County Book mobile during the past several years has made alasting impres sion upon the thinking of our citi zens. “Brunswick county is making important forward strides in many respects,” Tomlinson con tinued, “not the least of these being a growing appreciation of the value of good books. We have been delighted that the older citizens as well as the young people have been taking full ad vantage of existing library facil ities, and we feel sure they will wish to share in the financial re sponsibility for improvement.” At Leland the Jaycees, under the direction of President Ben ton, are leading the library fund drive. In Southport members of the Southport Woman’s Club, the Junior Woman’s Club, the Jay cees and the Southport Citizens League are leading the drive for library funds. (Continued On Page Five) " - ■ '#/, ■ -f i \ Headstart Is Closing Here Brunswick county’s first Head start program was concluded today (Wednesday) and 60 pre school youngsters participated at the Southport Center, in this kindergarten program of pre paring them to enter the first grade. This was a program of en richment experiences to expand the child’s background and to make him better prepared for the year ahead. Some children had their first experience of going to the beach; seeing animals in a zoo; visiting the library, post office, bank, fire station, and various types of stores; eating a hamburger or a banana; and eating with a fork. For the last six weeks these children have been “Learning to Learn”. Attend 4-H Convention VISITORS — Brunswick county delegation attending State 4-H Club Week at North Carolina State University at Raleigh are front row, left to right, Kenneth Hewett, Susan Gray, Linda Cheers and Roy Hewett; second row, Steve Hewett, Jimmy Gray, Kelly Reynolds and Lynn Hewett. Brunswick Has 4-H Delegation A delegation of 8 4-H boys and girls and one adult leader traveled to Raleigh on Monday of this week to represent Bruns wick county at the 1966 State 4-H Club Week. The Brunswick delegation was joined by nearly 1,500 other 4-H members and their leaders for four days in classes, contests, recreation, fellowship and poli ticking. Dr. T. C. Blalock, State 4-H Club Leader, called club week "an excellent example of demo cracy in action.” Getting more specific, Blalock says club week serves as the or ganization’s annual meeting, it offers participants the oppor tunity for personal growth and development, and "it serves to motivate club members to strive even harder to live up to their motto "To Make The Best Better.” Another purpose of 4-H Club Week is to determine state win ners in the demonstration pro grams and various judging activ ities. Among the activities in which Brunswick county 4-H members will be participating are vespers program on Monday night and the Health Pageant. Members of the Brunswick county delegation included Lynn Hewett, Kenneth Hewett, Steve Hewett, Roy Hewett from the Busy (OonUnued on Pag* 4) Time And Tide July 29, 1936—Championship play was in progress for the woman’s doubles in the Southport Tennis Tournament. Favored were Hannah Reece and Eleanor Howey (Eleanor McAuley.) Their most serious, competition promised to come from Marion Watson and Elizabeth Watson (Elizabeth Griffin) a sister tandem. Prospects for the future Brunswick population were not good, based upon the headline covering vital statistics for the six months period just ended: “Fewer Births and More Deaths In Brunswick This Year.” The County Commissioners had just adopted a tentative budget calling for a tax rate of $1.50 for the coming year, and the tax valuation was $6,300,000. July 30, 1941—There was bad news in The Pilot for prospective young bridegrooms who had just received their greetings from Uncle Sam: “Getting Married At Last Minute Won’t Help Boys,” it said. A highway improvement project was in progress on route No. 74-76, bringing the roadway to a width of 22-feet. Three little girls—Pat and Stuart Arrington and Mary Minta Mintz had found a turtle nest at Long Beach; the management of the Amuzu was offering a free movie for kids cooperating in the aluminum scrap drive; and the Van Keys orchestra was coming to Long Beach for an engagement. July 24, 1946--The Furpless family had announced the gift of a Hammond organ to Trinity Methedist Church as a memorial for the late Lillie Drew Furpless. Even in the heat of summer there was news of school, with the announcement that September 2 would be the date of opening that year. Also a note of fall was continued in the article telling that hunting licenses had gone on sale; there was fishing news—of a Greensborq man who had hooked a lost sailfish; and the branch of the Waccamaw Rank and Trust Co. at Shallotte was expected to be open by tobacco S'1' July 25, 1951—This was the week for sensational headlines in The Pilot. One screamed: “Confession Breaks Four-Year Murder Mystery”; and across the front page a second one shouted: “Supply Man Being Sought For Rape.” Less sensational was the news that then Governor W, Kerr Scott would be guest of honor at a picnic (Continued on Page 4) DON TRACY Novelist Here To Visit Sharpe It was the second-time-around when Don Tracy and his wife Carolyn of Clearwater, Fla., visited Brunswick County last week. The couple had been to Southport several years ago when the author was doing research for his On The Midnight Tide, a novel on blockaderunning during the Civil War. The couple enjoyed revisiting Brunswick Town, Fort Anderson, Caswell, and other places men tioned in the book. They took the river ferry and spent some time in the new Ft. Fisher Museum, which Tracy found fascinating. On The Midnight Tide first was issued in hard covers and quickly got out of print. It is now available in a pocket book edition (Cardinal C-321) available from Mail Service Dept., Pocket Books, Inc., 630 Fifth Ave., New York, for 75?. The book is one of a number the prolific author has written on North Carolina. Others include Roanoke Rene gade, a Lost Colony story; Chero kee, an Indian romance, and Carolina Corsair. All of them were suggested to Tracy by Bill Sharpe when he was director of the State News Bureau. The original painting for the cover of Carolina Cor sair hangs in the Sharpe cottage at Yaupon Beach. It shows a ferocious Blackbeard, cutlass in one hand and an unferocious blonde in the other. Tracy is a veteran newspaper man and author, with a career which included service on the Baltimore News, Transradio, and other media. Aside from the North Carolina books, he has written several other historical novels, and other books. One of his most popular books was a whimsical juvenile titled The Duck that Flew Backwards, which originally appeared in The Satur day Evening Post. Another Post article told about Florida alli gator which lost its way and wound up at Catallochee Ranch in (Continued on Page 4) Waccamaw To Build Drive-In In Beach Area The Board of Directors of Wac camaw Bank and Trust Co., at their Saturday morning meeting, authorized the establishment of a teller’s window branch in the Yaupon-Long Beach-Tranquil Harbor area. Application is being made to the supervisory authori ties for approval of the branch. L. V. Lowe, vice-president of Waccamaw Bank, said “the es tablishment of this branch fol lows the rather rapid develop ment of this section of Bruns wick County, both from the regu lar increase in permanent resi dents as well as the sharp rise in seasonal residents.” The office will be operated out of the Southport branch of Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co., of which Lowe is in charge. He added, “This is further evidence of the faith Waccamaw Bank has in the development of Brunswick County.” Students Get Financial Aid There are 14 students working in Brunswick county this summer so they may go to college this fall. These students are working under the PACE Inc (Plan As suring College Education in North Carolina) program being coor dinated by the Division of Com munity Services of the State Board of Public Welfare. Job placements have been found for them in Brunswick County in the following agencies: South port-Brunswick County Library 1; Brunswick County Health Dept.-2; Brunswick County Board of Education-3; N. C. Depart ment of Archines and History-1; Ocean Isle Beach-1; Dosher Me morial Hospital-2; Brunswick County Tax Department-1; Lin coln High School PTA-1; Union High School PTA-1; Agri cultural Stabalization and Con servation-1. Funds for this work-study pro gram are made available under the Higher Education Act. The college or university must make application for funds in order to participate in the program. The students’ salary is paid 90 per cent by the college of his choice. The local agency pays the re maining ten per cent plus the cost of social security, etc. On an average, the cost to the local agency amounts to approximately eighteen cents per hour. Stu dents enrolled in the program are permitted to work forty hours per week. The number of weeks they may work varies from 7-13 weeks depending on the college they have chosen to attend. There are two requirements that must be met for a student to be eligible to participate in the PACE, Inc. program. They must be enrolled in one of the 35 colleges participating in the PACE program, and secondly, they must be certified by the college as to financial need. Once they have met these require ments, and have been placed in jobs, the college then has a legal responsibility to provide addi tional financial aid as it feels (Continued On Page Five) Training Union In Third Week At Ft. Caswell This week at the North Caro lina Baptist Assembly marks the third and final Training Union Conference of the summer. The Assembly pastor for the week is Dr. Russell Cherry of Rocky Mount and Roy Holder of Cherry ville is song leader. Other members of the faculty are Mrs. Neil Armstrong, or ganist; Mrs. Louis Christian, pianist; Bill Lawing, instrumen talist; Rev. Marvin Chapman, chief counsellor; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Teague, barracks counsel lors; Dr. Henry Turlington, morning assembly; and Mrs. Smoot Baker, head of aids in programming. Dr. and Mrs. Owen Herring, two outstanding speakers from Winston-Salem are also contrib uting their talents to the con ference. Dr. Herring is in charge of the bible study, while Mrs. Herring is the featured vespers speaker each night at the fort service. Mrs. Herring, who has spent much time at Fort Caswell, is the author of a recent publica tion entitled “About Turtles and Things Near Fort Caswell.” This book is on sale at many tourist establishments in the area. James P. Morgan, secretary of the Training Union Depart ment for the Baptist State Con vention in Raleigh, is overall chairman of the conference. Members of his staff who are serving this week include Rev. Sam H. O’Neal, who is director of Assoclational Promotion and Young People’s Work; Mrs. Katy Ruth Grayson, Director of Junior and Intermediate Work; and Mrs. Doris Morgan, Director of Children’s Work. The Training Union Depart ment is dedicated to growth to wards spiritual maturity. It seeks to aid church members in this growth through assisting the Baptist churches and mem bers to understand the ob jectives, philosophy, curri culum, techniques, materials, and tasks of the Training Union Program. It also seeks to as sist the churches to establish, enlarge, conduct and improve their Training Union Programs. The tasks of the Training Union are to interpret systematic theol ogy, Christian history, churchi (Continued on Page 4) Shallotte Man f On Committee . James D. Bellamy, Jr. of Shal lotte has accepted a three-year appointment as County Com mitteeman for the Farmers Home Administration in Brunswick county. He replaces Dalton Sim mons of Ash, who has served for the past three years. Bellamy is a local farmer and has served on various com-' munity, state, and national com mittees during the past few years. He is presently serving as chair man of the Brunswick County Soil Conservation District, Church School Superintendent of Camp Methodist Church, and is serving on a National three-man committee to study beach ero sion. Bellamy will serve on the FHA County Committee with Caston:> Stanley and A. P. Henry, Jr. Tide Table Following is the Ode table (or Southport during the week. These hotp-s saw ap proximately correct and wore furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Cape Fear Pilotfs As eodatton. HIGH LOW Thursday, July 28, 4:27 A M 10:46 A M 5:15 P M 11:40 P M Friday, July 29, 5:27 A Id 11:40 A M 6:03 P M Saturday, July SO, 6:15 A M 0:28 A M 6:51 P M 12:28 P M Sunday, July 31, 7:03 A M 1:16 A M 7:33 P M 1:10 P M Monday, August 1, 7:45 A M 1:58 A M 8:15 P M 1:52 P M Tuesday, August 2, 8:21 A M 2:34 A M 8:51 P M 2:34 P M Wednesday, August S, 8:03 A M 3:10 A M 9:21 P M 3:16 P M
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