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VOLUME 38
No. 13
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1966
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Slated For Fall Construction
.me siateiy new edifice depicted by the artist is slat
ed to become the hub of all of the Waccamaw Bank &
Trust Co. chain’s activities. The structure will be locat
ed at the corner of Madison and W. Webster Sts., and
will feature the latest innovations in banking buildings
and promises enhancement to the appearance of White
ville.
Waccamaw Ban*
Plans Building
At Home Office
Downtown Whiteville’s only
three-story building will go under
construction this fall.
It will be the new home office
of Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company.
The building will present a
definite new look to the Whiteville
business district.
The very modern building is
to be constructed on the corner
c#---Madison- and W. Webster
Streets and the building exterior
is basically bronze-tone glass
and metal with white stone. Bold
shadows will be created by the
wide overhang of the roof and
the positioning of the columns.
Chairman Ben Nesmith said,
“Waccamaw Bank is making a
major investment in Whiteville
to house our administrative sec
ties to keep pace with our rapid
growth in new sections of the
state. As headquarters for the
entire Waccamaw Bank and Trust
System, the building is designed
to serve the motoring public and
the walking customer with equal
convenience. This is accom
plished by on-site driveways to
the drive-up window and generous
parking areas.”
The main tellers area is ac
cessible from the MadisonStreet
sidewalk for convenience of the
nearby businesses and downtown
patrons.
Tellers and trust facilities will
>e on the ground level, execu
tive offices and operations on the
second level; lounges, filing and
offices for branch services on
the third floor. Adequate tellers
will be located within the main
foyer-banking room facing Madi
son, and immediately adjacent to
this area will be the trust de
partment with security vault, of
fices and conference space. This
service is located on the ground
floor, with covered access
directly from the driveway for
maximum customer convenience.
A portion of the main lobby will
be used for a conference and
meeting area when desired.
One of the unique features of
the building will be the open well
in the center of the building, pro
viding for a 24 foot ceiling height
reaching up through the second
’loor from the main lobby. In the
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iVINS GATLINBURG TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. S. w. Clewls of
L,ong Beach recently returned
’rom a trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Mr. Clewis, owner of Brunswick
Motor Sales, won the trip from
Chrysler Motor Company for an
mtstanding sales record.
DECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
Miss Anita McDonald of Wil
mington recently was awarded
one of the National Methodist
Youth Scholarships. She is a
student at Greensboro College,
where six of these grants were
received. Miss McDonald is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Mc
Donald of Wilmington.
^ From Bond Money
Board Votes Three Sites
/1 Didn't Happen
Brunswick Airport
Prevents Accident
This could be a story about
three Florida men being killed
in the crash of a light plane in
Brunswick county during a severe
electrical storm Monday night,
but it isn’t. Instead it is the
story of a miraculous chain of
circumstances that resulted in
the plane and its occupants land
ing safely at the Brunswick Coun
ty Airport just as the storm
closed in.
Joe Shields was the pilot of
the Cessna 310, twin-engine
plane. With him was his cousin,
Gil Shields, who is in the US
Air Force at McDill Field, and
another friend. They were three
happy men when they stepped
safely out of their plane.
Among the large crowd that
had gathered at the nearby air
port were four men from the
N. C. Wildlife Service who were
principally responsible for the
safe landing. They were Ray
Johnson of Rocky Mount, pilot,
Lawrence Musslewhite of Wil
mington, observer, Troy Sigmond
of Whiteville and Henry Barber
of Leland, Game Protectors.
The entire landing operation
required the better part of half
hour, and each car that passed
along the beach road and saw
the activity over on the airfield
sLuppeu uj investigate. unce
the nature of the trouble was
known, they formed a border
about the field, which they out
lined with their burning head
lights.
Among those on hand to greet
the Florida men was Dr. Richard
Conrad, president of the Bruns
wick County Airport Authority,
who stepped up on the wing to
tell the visitors “We are mighty
glad to have you.”
“You’re not nearly as glad as
we are to be here”, replied the
relieved Pilot Joe Shields.
From the beginning, the story
goes like this:
The men were flying from
Tampa, Florida, to Aurora to
carry a mechanical part to a
plant in this North Carolina town.
Late Monday afternoon they en
countered bad weather and de
cided to stop at Wilmington. They
discovered that this apparently
was the center of the storm, so
they headed for Myrtle Beach.
Soon they discovered that this
South Carolina town also was in
the grip of a squall. By this
time it was getting late, and
as they headed in over the ocean
they picked up the beams of the
Oak Island lighthouse and headed
for it.
They said they had no knowl
edge of an airport here, but they
began to circle. Although they had
two radios aboard, they were not
able to receive satisfactorily be
cause of storm conditions.
Meanwhile, back with the Wild
life boys.
They had been engaged in coor
dinated plane and boat checking in
MICHAEL M. LAMBERT, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Lam
bert of Yaupon Beach has been
accepted for the September term
at Strayer Junior College in
Washington, D. C. He is a May
graduate of Southport High School
and will be enrolled in the Auto
mated Accounting and Finance
program.
the Wrightsville Beach area Mon
day when a storm came up. The
boys in the boat4 Barber and Sig
mond, took refuge under abridge
while Johnson and Musslewhite
decided to set the plane down at
the New Hanover County Airport.
They found a storm in progress,
so they decided to come to the
field at Southport. There was
no rain and no sign of storm
here, so they worked on down
the intracoastal waterway to the
South Carolina line.
They were in radio communi
cation with Barber and Sigmond,
and when they learned that a bad
storm still was in progress in the
Wilmington area they decided to
tie down the plane at Brunswick
County Airport for the night.
They asked Barber and Sigmond
to drive down to pick them up.
The rendezvous was completed
and the four men were preparing
to leave the airstrip in the early
darkness when they saw the plane
overhead and Johnson said “i
think he wants to land, he maybe
in trouble’’. He ran over and
switched on his landing lights,
and when he did there was im
mediate response from the plane
in the air, which flashed its land
ing lights three times.
Pilot Johnson taxied the Wild
life Service plane to one end of
the runway and Barber went to
the other end of the field as the
Florida plane continued to circle.
Barber used the blue light on top
of his car to identify the ex
tremity at his end of the field,
and the lights on the Wildlife
Service plane were distinctive at
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The Brunswick County Board
of Education met Wednesday night
and voted to use funds from the
Special School Bonds plus the
half-million dollars from the
State School Bond Fund for the
construction of three consoli
dated high schools in Brunswick
county. The three buildings will
be located within a 5-mile radius
of Shallotte; within a 5-miJe
radius of Leland; and within a
5-mile radius of Southport. Con
struction of the three new plants
will be initiated and completed
at the same time.
It is contemplated that the
buildings will be used for grades
9 through 12. Due to the fact
wax piouaoie ounuing costs lor
the three buildings will exceed
the $2-mlllion available, plans
will not include the construc
tion of a gymnasium at any of the
three schools during the initial
construction phase.
The plant at Shallotte will be
to consolidate Waccamaw High
School, Union High School and
Shallotte High School. The plant
at Leland will consolidate Leland
High School, Lincoln High School
and a part of Bolivia High School.
The plant of Southport will con
solidate a part of Bolivia High
School, Brunswick Ctjunty High
School and Southport High School.
The meeting was presided over
by Arthur J. Dosher in the ab
sence of Chairman O. K. Bellamy.
On Thursday representatives
from the Board of Education,
the Board of County Commis
sioners, the school attorney and
the county attorney met with the
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Vacancies In
Faculties Now
Almost Filled
Superintendent George Wil
liams said Tuesday that all facul
ty vacancies except three have
been filled, and that applications
are on hand to fill these this
week.
At Bolivia, James M. Perry,
retired teacher and principal,
is acting principal.
There is one vacancy for a
math teacher, one for business
teacher and one for a science
teacher.
Supt. Williams said that at
tendance reports for the firstt
10 days were not yet available,
but he said that all schools were
off to a good beginning on the
new academic year.
The Board of Education of
fices are now located in the old
Brunswick County Boarding
Home, three miles from South
port on Highway No. 133-87. For
the first time in memory there
is plenty of office space and
room for all employees to do
their work.
This also is the headquarters
for the E.S.E.A program, which
is under the direction of L. R.
Biggerstaff.
During the past weekend the
Brunswick County Welfare De
partment has moved into new
quarters in the Boarding Home
Building and so did the Bruns
wick County Health Department.
The Board of Education is lo
cated at the main entrance, the
Welfare Department is located
in the first wing; and the Health
Department is in the second wing.
Referendum On
Soybeans Set
There will be a referendum for
soybean growers in North Caro
lina on September 9 and polling
places in Brunswick county are
as follow:
Longwood Farm Supply, Long
wood; Jenrette Grocery, Hick
man’s Crossroads; Delmas
Farm Supply, Ash; Washam and
Warlick and Harrelson, shal
lotte; A. P. Henry Store, Win
nabow.
Growers and their wives are
eligible to vote in this referen
dum to decide whether or not to
have an assessment of 1/2 cost
per bushel of soybeans sold this
fall. If two-thirds of the grow
ers approve the assessment the
funds collected will be used for
research on soybeans to increase
yields, improve marketing and
seek ways of increasing con
sumption of beans. They will
also be used to set up an office
for an executive secretary to
manage the program and funds
as determined by a Board of
Directors. An association of
growers to elect the direc
tors will be formed and will
be the N. C. Soybean Producers’
Association.
The law provides that in
dividual growers who do not want
to pay the assessment may apply
for a refund by writing to the
association within 30 days after
the sale of beans, even though a
majority of the growers favor
the program.
Time And Tide
The best news on ths front page on The Pilot for September 9,
1936, was that the late Dr. J. Arthur Dosher had been elected to
American College of Physicians and Surgeons. This is the highest
degree of recognition wiiich can come to a member of the medical
profession. A vessel mtnned by personnel from the U. S. Bureau of
Fisheries was tagging shrimp in local waters with the object of
being able to check on migratory habits.
The men's single werj being run off in Southport tennis tourna
ment which had stretched over a period of several weeks, with Fred
Willing having defeated Carey Reece in one of the early upsets.
Bad weather had interrupted Labor Day weekend fishing; the
editor had a stirring piece about the benefits of having electric lights
in homes, and expressed the hope that lines soon would run the full
length of Highway No. 17 through the county.
School had opened for the 1941 fall term, and The Pilot for the
week of September 10 reported that a vocational agriculture depart
ment had been added fcr the first time at Shallotte. Otto Hickman
had been named Chief of Police for Southport, succeeding Herbert
Rogers in this role.
Twenty-five years ago it was possible to know almost all the boys
and girls in the county who were going off to college. Some of them
enrolling that fall included: Victoria Lancaster and Josephine Moore,
Greensboro College; Doris Harrelson, A.C.C.; Marion Frink,
Lenolr-Rhyne; Malcolm Frink, Earl Bellamy and Neil Thomas;
U.N.C.; Edward Taylor, Davison; and David Watson, E.C.C.
Twenty years ago this week the Waccamaw River project was
much in the news, and a headline in our issue for September 11,
1946, figured the benefits would "Mount Into Millions” if this
proposed work were carried out. Another major engineering
project was the proposal by residence at Carolina Beach to dredge
another ocean inlet.
The old McRacken home on the Corner of Moore and Howe street
had been sold and the house was to be removed. The second floor—
including the "widow’s walk”--of the Morse home on the water
front was being torn down; sport fishing was good again after a spell
of bad weather; and some mixed-up pear trees on the J. J. Knox
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Big Flounder
PRIZE — Rusty Drew is the proud young man hiding
behind the 514-lb. flounder he caught while fishing at
Dutchman’s Creek Saturday afternoon with his uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ellis of Charlotte. The youngster
PhoT 9 year °Id S°n °f Mr‘ and Mrs' Billy Drew- (Strong
Big Rattlesnake
RATTLER — Dick Galloway, 10-year old Southport
youngster, holds the body of a rattlesnake he saw crossing
the street near the corner of Owens and Burrington in
Southport last Wednesday. William T. McNeil shot the
snake with a .22 rifle. It has 11 rattles and a button.
Sea-Going Doctor
Two Injured In
Freak Accident
An Aioemarie doctor pulled his
way hand over hand along a tow
rope through rough seas Sunday to
give assistance to two men who
were injured in a freak accident
aboard the sports fishing boat
South wind.
He was Dr. John Wallace and
he made his dangerous passage
after Ronnie Davis of Fayetteville
and Wayland Vereen of Southport
had been hurt when a cleat snap
ped free during an attempted
towing operation involving the
Challenge, sports fishing cruiser
Owned bv the Alhemarlo mon
The Davis boy was hit in the
forehead by the flying cleat and
sustained a bad gash. Vereen
was hit on the left forearm where
he wears his wrist watch and
sustained a fracture. Both men
were given first aid by Dr. Wal
lace, once he was safely aboard,
during the return trip to South
port, where both received treat
ment at Dosher Memorial Hos
pital.
John Davis owns the Southwind
and he and his son, together with
Johnnie Vereen of Exum and his
son, Wayland Vereen, of South
port, had been fishing offshore
and were on their way in when
they received a radio call from
the Challenge. The report was
that this craft was without power
in the vicinity of the 12-mile
lump and required a tow. The
Southwind headed in her direc
tion, located the Challenge and
passed a line aboard. Just as the
line came taut, each boat slid off
on a sea, imposing an unusual
strain. When this happened the
cleat pulled loose and hit the two
men, both of whom were standing
in the stern of the Southwind.
Whe he saw Vereen knocked to
the deck and his son standing up
THE REV. C. EVERETT
PRICE of Wrightsboro Methodist
Church will be guest minister for
a revival that will be held next
week at Ocean View Methodist
Church at Yaupon Beach. The
Rev. Johnnie S. Huggins is pas
tor. Services will be held each
evening at 7:30 o’clock.
with his face covered with blood,
Skipper Davis called out “We
need a doctor”. That is when
Dr. Wallace hit the water. Waves
from 6-8-feet high were running,
so he made use of the line which
still was attached to another
cleat aboard the Southwind to
haul himself through the rough
seas.
On the way in Dr. Wallace kept
ice packs about the cuts on the
Davis boy's face and onVereen’s
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Tobacco Sales
Continue High
In Whiteville
"It’s just not worth the dif
ference to tie up our tobacco,"
remarked one farmer on the Co
lumbus scene last week, as he
compared his sales this year of
tied and untied leaf.
While the current auctions are
restricted to tied tobacco, the
prices given for that which was
bought untied during the first 12
days of the season was especially
gratifying.
“To pay for the labor required
for tying, a producer needs to
receive four or five cents more
per pound than he did for the
identical untied grades," as
serted Leo Fisher who was in
terviewed last week.
Fisher said he observed that
the tied offerings were about one
cent higher for the same untied
grade during the earlier part of
the season.
One warehousemen conjec
tured that ideally the 1967 market
here should open later, and thus
farmers would be able (hope
fully) to tinload most of their crop
without the expense of tying it.
Much of the current Columbus
crop was sold on the untied
in ueorgia, ana many
farmers are now transporting
their remaining pullings to mar
kets on the old belt.
Sales will resume tomorrow,
and a heavy sale Is anticipated.
Friday’s warehouse records In
Columbus, and the season pic
ture, follow:
FRIDAY
Chadbourn — 270,032 lbs..
$195,396, $72.36 avg.
Clarkton — 149,126 lbs., 104,
696, 70.21 avg. ' ’
Fair Bluff — 130,715 lbs..
93,190, 71.29 avg. *
Fairmont — 763,254 lbs.. 540.
092, 70.76 avg. ^ ’
Fayetteville — 90,918 lbs..
61,037, 67.13 avg. ’
Lumberton — 506,786 lbs..
352.976, 69.65 avg. ’
Tabor City — 179,220 lbs..
127,882, 71.35 avg.
Whltevllle—578,150 lbs., 410,
522, 71.01 avg. * *
SEASON
Chadbourn — 5,943,102 lbs.,
$4,162,729, $70.04 avg. '
Clarkton — 4,486,573 lbs.,
3,091,107, 67.29 avg.
Fair Bluff — 4,794,710 lbs.,
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Bond Sales Up
In Brunswick
For the fifth successive month,
U. S. Savings Bonds sales have
continued their upward trend In
North Carolina. Sales during July
totaled $4,410,799 and were up
9 percent over July of last year.
Bond sales were the largest re
corded for July since 1946.
Savings Bonds sold during July
in Brunswick County amounted
to $1507. according to Aubrey
Johnston, Brunswick County Vol
unteer Chair man. January-July
sales in the county totaled $15,
999. This is 43 percent of the
county’s goal of $37,170. for 1966.
E Bond sales in the state
for July were up 11.2 percent,
while H Bond sales were down
40.1 percent.
Cumulative Savings Bonds
sales for January-July totaled
$32,098,548, which is nearly 6
percent above sales for the same
period of 1965 and are the best
January-July sales since 1955.
This is 60.7 percent of North
Carolina’s 1966 dollar quota of
$52,900,000.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot's Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, September 8,
0:39 A M 7:22 A M
1:39 P M 8:22 P M
Friday, September 9,
1:51 A M 8:34 A M
2:45 P M 9:34 P m
Saturday, September 10,
3:03 A M 9:40 A M
3:51-P M 10:34 p M
Sunday, September 11,
4:28 AM 10:46 A M
4:57 P M 11.34 P M
Monday, September 12,
5:21 AM 1! 46 A M
5:51 P M
Tuesday, September 18,
6:15 A M 0:28 A M
6:45 P M 12:40 P M
Wendesday, September 14,
7:15 A M 1:16 A M
7:33 P M 1:34 P M