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VOLUME 38
No. 8
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1966
St A GOPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Jaycettes Give Coffee Urn
GIFT — Mrs. Harold Perkins, Jaycette President, left, is shown presenting to W. C.
Jones, Jaycee president, a new coffee urn to be used in the Jaycee Building kitchen. The
new urn was one of this past year’s projects for the newly organized Jaycettes. (Dosh
er Photo).
Lightning Hits
Shallotte Shop
During Storm
Brunswick county’s oldest in
stitution of the kind burned to the
ground late last Saturday after
noon at Shallotte and probably no
replacement will ever become a
reality.
While nobody can say definitely
just what happened, the machine
and blacksmith shop of Isaac
Reynolds and his son Ellsworth
(Buck) Reynolds went up i n a
burst of flames destroying every
piece of machinery and working
tools and the wood-structure it
self.
The time was estimated to have
been about 5:15 p.m. during a
heavy electric storm and some
minutes after the storm had
abated neighbors saw smoke
pouring from the building and then
flames enveloped the whole
structure.
The heat from the fire was
reported so intense and so hot
no one could get near the blaze
to save anything not to mention
fighting the fire for it was too
near gone when discovered.
Accordingly, it was assumed
that the building was struck by
lightning and the furious electric
charge enveloped it all at one sud
den blow.
Destroyed was a fine aged lathe
which Reynolds had acquired
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LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be
held tomorrow (Thursday) eve
ning at 6£0 o’clock at the Com
munity Building.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Brunswick County His
torical Society will meet Mon
day evening at 8 o’clock in South
port at the fellowship hall of
Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
ON WELFARE BOARD
James M. Wolfe of Southport
has been appointed to the Bruns
wick County Welfare Board, ac
cording to Robert C. Howison,
Jr., chairman of the State Board
of Public Welfare. The new
board members will be presented
a certificate of appointment
signed by state Commissioner
Library Memorial Gift
CHECK — Mrs. Janie Henry of Winnabow is shown
here presenting a check in the amount of $100 to E. B.
Tomlinson, Jr., chairman of the Southport-Brunswick
County Library Building Fund Committee. The gift is in
memory of the late A. Preston Henry.
Explains Plan
Of Revaluation
The revaluation of all real
property, begun In 1965 and to be
completed for 1967, is in the final
stages. Approximately 95 per
cent of the work, being done by
the Allen Appraisal Co. of James
town, is complete. This work is
scheduled for completion in the
fall under terms of the contract
with the county.
This is the second reassess
ment program conducted in
Brunswick county since the 1955
session of the General Assembly
passed laws requiring every
county in the state to reassess all
real property at least once every
eight years. Brunswick’s first
reassessment under the schedule
in the 1955 law was in 1958.
The purpose of the ad valorem
property tax is to provide the
necessary funds for the opera
tion of county government. These
fimds are to be collected from
the property owners of the coun
ty whose tax is based upon the
value of each property owner
in an equal manner. For instance
a man who was the owner of
1/10 of the total property value
of the county could expect to Dav
1/10 of total taxes.
The purpose of a revaluation
is to provide a periodic check
of all the properties in the county
by qualified, impartial observers
who appraise each parcel of prop
erty in terms of its present
market value. The periodic check
seeks to insure that a property
in Shallotte township worth
$1,000 a^d one similar to it
in Northwest township worth
$1,000 are valued the same. When
this is done throughout the county
by a few well trained appraisers a
high percentage of equalization
exists and every property owner
will be assessed his fair share
of tax.
In reality, a revaluation is an
equalization program, designed
to distribute fairly the taxes
necessary to carry on the county
government.
Revaluation is undertaken
every eight years changing trends
in values, adjustments due to
unusual depreciation or appre
ciation, and revising building
costs schedules that have changed
since the preceeding revaluation.
The periodic revaluation pro
gram brings up to date the in
formation used in making assess
ments as well as equalizing prop
erty value.
Brunswick Has
Facilities Of
New Airport
A meeting this past week of
the Brunswick County Airport
Commission with Jchn Talbert
representing John Talbert and
Associates, Inc., Airport En
gineers, has assured the county
of an operating airport capable
of receiving light twins very
nicely. An airline captain, who
was viewing the field a short
time ago voiced approval and
stated that it could easily take a
DC-3.
The main runway is of grass,
3200 feet long by 200 feet wide.
On either end is a cleared area
1000 feet long by 200 feet wide.
There are no obstructions above
150' within a radius of 7000 feet
from the center point of the
finished runway.
The commission is making ar
rangements to further stabilize
the grass by heavy fertiliza
tion during the next 30 days,
thus assuring use during the late
fall and early winter months.
Many fishing and hunting sports
men are also aviation enthu
siasts.
The airport is located on High
way 133 5 miles from Southport
and within a mile of the com
munities of Yaupon Beach, Long
Beach and the Oak Island Golf
Course. The runway even at
present is well marked. It ex
tends northeast-southwest about
100 yards west and parallel to
Highway 133 and the Intera
coastal Waterway, which runs
east and west at the extreme
southwest end of the runway, bor
ders a small marina on the east
side of the highway and a fish
processing plant with huge vats
on the west.
At the present time there will
be no' attendant, but pre-arrange
ment can make for pick-up by car
and car rentals. It is hoped that
phone service and gas service
can be made available.
Brunswick County Airport
Commission members feel for
tunate in having a licensed in
structor and licensed A & E
mechanic in their midst as well
as several licensed pilots. Many
have expressed a desire to start;
taking instructions at an early
date.
One question often asked of
members by the commission re
lates to the posslblity of their
strip being used by airlines.
This is not considered feasible.
However, it could conceivably
become a part of a shuttle service
in the not to distant future. The
airport's primary value at this
time is to attract avaiation en
thusiasts to this area for their
enjoyment of sports activities.
North Carolina alone registers
over 700 members in their Acre
Club. Acre clubs of West Vir
ginia, Virginia and South Caro
lina are equally active. It is
surprising to note that the Bruns
wick area has the closest sea
shore to many West Virginia
areas. Today it is practical
for a group of busy executives
at Charleston or Huntington, W.
Va., to leave their office at noon
on Saturday fly to Brunswick
County Airport, eat dinner, board
one of the many famous charter
boats, go to the Gulf Stream,
engage in several hours of real
sport fishing, then back home
Sunday evening.
"We are now in position to
invite our share of their lucra
tive industry aviation," a com
mission spokesman said this
week.
Site Of New Waccamaw Bank Drive - In
SITE — This is the location chosen for the Drive-in Branch of the Waccamaw Bank &
Trust Co. to serve the Yaupon Beach-Long Beach area. The site is on the north side of
Ocean Highway where it is intersected by Barbee Blvd at Yaupon Beach. Lester Lowe,
cashier of the Southport branch of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. is shown here talk
ing to Gib Barbee about the new sign that has just been erected. Roscoe Rogers is
shown with his bulldozer, clearing the area surrounding the sign.
Board Of Education
Asks For Bond Election
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education Tues
day night made a formal request
to the Board of County Commis
sioners for a special bond elec
tion in the amount of $1,600,000
to provide funds necessary to
provide adequate facilities for
conducting schools in Bruns
wick county.
The resolution was offered by
Arthur J. Dosher, motion for its
approval was made by Homer
Holden and was seconded by
James Thompson. .The vote. jp
favor of the resolution was un
animous.
In a companion action, mem
bers of the board of education
reluctantly agreed to accept the
60-cent levy approved for school
purposes by the commissioners
in the preparation oi the 1966
67 budget. The board pointed
out that they were accepting
the 60-cent figure with the under
standing that they may be forced
to come back to the commis
sioners during the current fiscal
year to ask for supplemental
funds.
Part of the meeting was de
voted to consideration of the
schedule for the opening of
schools for the fall term. Prin
cipals go to work this week,
orientation day will be on August
24 and the first day of school
will be on August 25.
A delegation from Lincoln High
School appeared before the board
to seek information regarding a
reported shortage in lunchroom
funds. They were informed that
an audit of these accounts had
been conducted and that an ap
parent shortage had been reveal
ed. They were informed that the
District Solicitor has been given
the facts and that he had called
for the assistance of the State
Bureau of Investigation in the
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Time And Tide
Those who have suffered from the heat for the past week car
take comfort from the fact that twenty-five years ago this weel
the temperature climbed to the 99-degree mark here in Southport,
That was in the year 1936, and the fact was recorded in our editior
for August 5.
One change tho times, however, is that for the corresponding
week of twer ; years ogo good catches of shrimp were reported,
A Farm Bu> had been organized in Brunswick; the editor hac
warned tc’ -*cco farmers against celebrating their first sales by
the use of intoxicating beverage in the excess; and Eleanor Howey
and Hannah Reese had come through to win the woman’s double'
championship for the Southport Tennis Club.
The big news on the front page of The Pilot for August 6, 1941, was
that tobacco had sold for a 20-cent average on the opening of tne
Georgia market. Sharing this top-headline biling was news that
Southport Attorney R, I. Mintz had been ordered to report for active
duty with the U. S. Army.
There was other evidence of the wartime conditions prevailing
that year, with a draft quota of nine men being called up for duty;
silk imports from Japan had been limited, and cotton prices had
been boosted; and restrictions had been placed on the retail sales
of gasoline.
The time was August 7, 1946, and paving had begun on the highway
from U. S. No. 17 to Village Point; and there was word that new
business places were springing up at this picturesque seacoast area.
There was news, too, that building was going on at Colonial
Beach.
A Shallotte man had sold one 300-lb pile of tobacco for $300, thus
achieving the goal of many a farmer—that of selling tobacco for
a dollar-per-pound average. The Commandant of the 5th Coast
Guard District had given assurance that strategic Coast Guard
Stations soon would be restored to former strength, and Oak
(Continued on Page 4)
Presents Check
PRESENTATION — Aubrey C. Johnston, Vice President
of Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company of Shallotte, pre
sents Susan Gray a check to cover expenses to the 4-H
Citizenship Short Course in Washington, D. C. Susan is a
member of the Ocean Isle Club.
Two 4-H Members
In Washington
STEVE HEWETT
Hewett Youth
Gets Trip Aid
Steve Hewett, Busy Bees
4-H’er has been awarded a $35
scholarship for his meritorious
service to 4-H and his parents
during the past year.
W. D. Harrelson, Washam
Warlick-Harrelson of Shallotte,
gave $15, to the 4-H Club mem
ber, enabling him to enrich his
life with a week of studies at the
National 4-H Center in Washing
ton, D. C. Billy Russ, Russ
Motors of Shallotte, gave him
$10 and his club also gave him
$10. The Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Co. had previously award
ed him and another 4-H member
the registration.*
“Steve should not be deprived
of going to Washington this year
due to the money problem,”
(Continued On Page Five)
Two Brunswick County 4-H
Club members are in Washing
ton, D. C., this week attending
the Citizenship Short Course.
Susan Gray and Steve Hewett
were among a group of 4-H’ers
from the Southeastern District
that departed Sunday for the
nation’s capital. Susan is a
member of the Ocean Isle 4-H
Club and Steve is a member
of the Busy Bees 4-H Club.
The Citizenship Short Course
program is a varied selection
of citizenship studies. Assembly
and discussion programs are
given in The Aspects of Citi
zenship, The Nature of Freedom,
Confidence for Leadership and
World Horizons of 4-H Citizen
ship.
Washington will be the setting
for citizenship experience. Per
sonal visits will be made to many
historic shrines and points of
interest; U. S. Capitol, Supreme
Court, White House, Washington
Monument, U. S. Departments of
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Cox Attending
CAP Workshop
James C. Cox, Director of the
Southeastern North Carolina
Community Action, Inc., began a
two-week short course at the Uni
versity of Missouri Extension Di
vision’s Community Action
Training center, Monday, in Co
lumbia, Mo.
Co-sponsored by the Office of
Economic Opportunity, this in
tensive two week workshop is
designed for Community Action
Program (CAP) directors for
the purpose of expanding their
knowledge into new methods and
techniques for administering a
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Music Features
This Week For ]
Young People ;
A week of music study, wor
ship, recreation and fellowship is
underway at the North Carolina
Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell
as Junior Music Week is con
tinuing through August 6.
Dr.w. Emory Trainham, Jr.,
is the pastor for the week. He
is a graduate of the University
of Richmond and Union Theo
logical Seminary, also in Rich
mond, Virginia, and holds a cer
tificate of Clinical Training in
Pastoral Care and Counseling
from the University of Chicago,
After serving as pastor of nu
merous Baptist churches in
North Carolina and Virginia, he
is now minister at the First
Baptist Church in Lenior. Aside
from his duties as a minister, he
has taught at denominational as
semblies, local and state clinics^
and has served as guest lecturer
for Family Life Institutes, hos
pital nursing students, ministers,
doctors and industrial executives
supervisory training and is known
for pioneer work in Pastoral-Care
especially in Virginia and the
Carolinas.
He developed a church centered
counseling center which served
troubled people in a 100-mile
radius of Charlotte, which has
received counseling referrals
from domestic courts, physi
cians, psychiatrists and minis
ters. Presently he is serving as
a trustee of Gardner-Webb Col
lege; a member of the Christian
Life Committee, N. C. State
Baptist Convention; a rep
resentative of City Interracial
Committee; a member of Board
of Directors for Mental Health;
a Chairman of the Board of Di
rectors, Lenoir Community
Theatre; secretary of the North
Carolina Baptist Pastors Discus
sion Group; vice-chairman of the
Baptist Unity Movement; ateach
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DR. KENNETH D. COCHRANE
DR. W. EMORY TRAINHAM :
Tide Table
Following is the Ode Mb
for Southport during the
week. These hoqra are ap
proximately correct and ware
furnished. The State Port
Pilot through the courier
of the Cape Fear PlloCs >»
sodatton.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, August 4,
9:39 A M 3:46 A M
9:57 P M 3:52 P M
Friday, August 5,
10:09 A M 4:22 A M
10:27 P M 4:28 P M
Saturday, August 6,
10:51 A M 4:58 A M
11:03 P M 5:10 P M
Sunday, August 7,
11:27 A M 5:40 A M
11:39 P M 5:52 P M
Monday, August 8,
12:15 A M 6:22 A M
6:46 P M
Tuesday, August 9,
0:21 A M 7:10 A M
1:09 P M 7:46 P M
Wednesday, August 10,
1:1S A M 8:04 A M
2:15 P M 8:52 P M
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