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The Pilot Covers 1 Brunswick County THE STATE POUT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time VOLUME 38 No. 14 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 14, 1966 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Governor Greets Southport Girl VISITOR — Alison G. Beasley, daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Wm. O. Beasley of Southport, as she visited Governor Dan K. Moore in his office at the State Capitol last week where her father had gone to obtain a proclamation of September as “Sight Con servation Month”. He is state representative for the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness. Local Citizens Participate In Sight Program Governor Dan K. Moore, last Wednesday, signed a proclama tion declaring September as "Sight Saving Month", On hand to witness the signing of the proclamation was Alison G. Beasley, daughter of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Wm. O. Beasley of Caswell Beach. The proclama tion is as follows: "Good vision is a precious gift bestowed by God and nature upon all mankind, and our eyes are windows of light through which we see and understand each other and enjoy the beauty of the world in which we live. “The ruthless threat of blind ness is increasing although at least half of all blindness is due to neglect and for that reason is needless. Therefore, we owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to recognize the wisdom of pro tecting vision, to join fully in the battle against blindness, and to learn how to take care of our eyes and the eyes of our chil dren. "In cooperation with the Na tional Society for the Prevention of Blindness, the North Carolina Association for the Blind, the North CarolinaState Commission for the Blind, and the North (Continued on Peg# 4) •¥ + *■¥■*-¥■***.**.***. FIRST ART CLASS Miss Hester Donnelly of Wil mington, in cooperation with the Cape Fear Technical Insti tute, will begin art classes in Southport on Tuesday afternoon and evening next week. Classes for beginners will be held at 3:30 o’clock, for advanced students at 7 o’clock. CHANGE OF LOCATION The representative of the So cial Security office, Wilmington, will be located in the Conference room of the new county office building, formerly the Brunswick County Boarding Home, on the second and fourth Mondays of each month beginning Monday, September 26. The entrance at the rear of the building will be used and all visitors are requested to use the door at the back of the Board of Edu cation office. ★ * * NEWS ief Bits Of * * * * * * Historical Map GIFT — Dr. Joseph W. Hooper, chairman of the board of commissoienrs for New Hanover county, is shown here as he presents a copy of an historical map to Chairman William Powell of the Brunswick Resources Development Commission. Brunswick Town was a rival in importance with Wilmington as the principal Cape River city in the days when this map was first published. Southport Board Backs Bond Vote Members of the Board of Aldermen for the City of South port in regular session here Thursday night discussed the proposed special school bond election and gave their unani mous approval and pledge of support to the program as out lined last week by the Brunswick County Board of Education, A letter outlining their action was addressed to the education body, the text being as follows: “The Board of Aldermen of the City of Southport, by formal motion in its September 8th meet ing, unanimously, with all mem bers present, endorsed your school consolidation program. “Brunswick county is right now at the threshold of its greatest era of expansion. We believe that the benefits to be derived from consolidation will be one of the major factors aiding this expansion. “The Board and I pledge our wholehearted support to the pro posed school bond issue and will assist you in every way possible. “We appreciate your concern and interest in the betterment of our county’s educational fa cilities.” P. T. A. Planning First Program Ray H. Walton, newly elected president of the Southport Parent-Teacher Association, has announced that the first meeting of the association for the current school year will be held on Thurs day night at 7:30 o’clock at the high school auditorium. There will be a short business meeting during which recommen dations from the executive com mittee will be heard, goals set, committees appointed and the nev officers will be installed. Officers to be installed are Walton, president; Mrs. James Melton, vice president; Mrs, Susie S. Carso.., secretary; are Mrs. Floyd Dilsaver, treasurer The membership chairman wil be available to accept dues are (Continued On Page Four.) Purpose Of Anti-Poverty Program Given (Ed. Note—‘This is the first in a series of articles on Sencland Community Action, Inc., the anti poverty agency for Columbus, Bladen and Brunswick counties. The articles will tell what Senc land Community Action is, what its purposes are, who the people are who administer its programs, and its organization. This first story deals with the latter subject.) Sencland Community Action, Inc., was formerly organized Oc tober 20, 1965, when leaders from the counties of Columbus, Bladen, and Brunswick met and approved a corporation made up of what till then was known as Forward, Columbus, the Bladen County Development Corporation and the Brunswick County De velopment Commission. The purpose of the union, ac cording to James C. CoXj execu tive director, was and is to bet ter able the three counties to fight poverty and its causes through the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Before the counties joined to gether, each was attempting to receive funds made available by the act on an'individual basis. With the tri-county corporation, all business now is handled through the central office in County Hall, Whiteville. Sencland Community Action, Inc., is a private, non-profit corporation, governed by a Board of Directors. Twenty-one mem bers make up the board, seven from, each of the three counties. Dry w. C. Keith of Elizabeth (Continued On Page Three) Shallotte Boy Tenth Victim An 11-year-old boy was killed near Grlssettown Tuesday night when he was struck by a car while riding a bicycle. Authorities at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilming ton said Leo Lenwood Ford, oi Route 1, Shallotte, was dead on arrival at the hospital. Trooper Billy Day of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol identified the driver oi f the car as William A. Bough iner, 46, of New Castle, Pa. ! Day said Boughner said he was driving north on U.S. 17 approximately one mile south of here when the accident oc curred. The investigation indicated the dead youth was riding his bike on the shoulder of the road, and swerved into the path of the auto, the patrolman said. Boughner said he saw the youth prior to the accident and had pulled over toward the center of the road when the boy suddenly swerved in front of him. Day said the accident occurr ed shortly before 7:30 p.m. The highway Patrol filed no charges against Boughner. Hold Classes For Health Aids INSTRUCTION — Mrs. Ida A. Underwood is shown here as she lectures to the class of Health Aids at Dosher Memorial Hospital Monday morning. This was the first day of an S-weeks session designed to bring more trained workers into the field of patient care. Seeks Help Of Executives Now In Retirement James C. Cox executive di rector of Sencland Community Action, Inc., is attempting to build up membership in aSCORE Chapter in this area and he asks that anyone interested, contact him at his office in County Hall, Whiteville, N. C. SCORE is the Service Corps of Retired Executives. Its mem bership consists of businessmen, retired or active, who are willing to make their managerial skills .and experiences available to small businesses. “A chapter was formed In Tabor City in the fall of last year,” said Cox, “but it has only four members now. Such an organization can provide an excellent service for small busi nessmen and we would like to see an active chapter in the area.” There are 166 SCORE Chap ters in the country with a mem bership of about 3,200. Volun teers in the organization work closely with community action groups engaged in the Nation’s war against poverty. According to Cox, SCORE seeks to make the small busi ness owner or manager more ef ficient by helping him acquire a balanced approach to the manage ment of his business. Also pro vided is financial counseling. “In many cases already,” Cox said, “those who are retired and are active in Score has helped a small business-man solve the problem that has meant success for his business.” Time And Tide In our edition for September 16, 1936, there was a front page picture of a new silo at Hillcrest Dairy near Southport, now the Lindner Brothers Farm. Robert Jones was the manager. There was another picture, showing Eleanor Howey (McAuley), Hannah and Carey Reece, all double winners in the Southport Tennis Tournament. There was talk of holding a sailing regatta at Southport the following summer; sports fishing was good again here in the lower Cape Fear after muddy water caused by up-state rains had cleared; and although several tobacco warehouse advertisements said that prices were high and that selling was brisk, nowhere could there be found a statement of the average price being paid. Must have been pretty bad! September 17, 1941, and the most interesting story on the front page of The Pilot that week was about a couple of youngsters who had locked J themselves inside an abandoned hearse, then had frightened off their would-be rescuers with unearthly noises. But the story came off with a happy ending. This might well have been dubbed “Crazy Week,” for another front page piece told of an embarrassing mix-up in clothing at the local dry cleaners: A well known man about town had to go to a Saturday night dance in a suit that fitted like a straight-jacket; while the next morning in a local church a Southport minister had filled the pulpit dressed in baggy britches and with a drape-shape jacket. But in a more serious vein, a British trawler, manned by navy personnel, had stopped over in the Southport harbor. The time was September 18, 1946, and there was a front page story bragging about the publicity Brunswick county was receiving from a live rattlesnake in the State Museum in Raleigh. He had, in fact, been dubbed “Brunswick.” Brunswick county officers had located and destroyed a small still whose venom was possibly more dangerous than that of the snake, since galvanized tin had been used as a cheap substitute for cooper in this outfit. The tax rate for the City of Southport had gone to $2.00; there was a front-page picture of Sigmond Swain of Shallotte, who was going to study in California at Pasadena Playhouse; and a Shallotte couple had come up with a great, great, grandson—and that’s some thing you don’t see very much of, then or now. The U. S. Air Force had announced plans for the establishment of an (Continued on Page 4) In Charge Of Essay Program LEADERS — The Rev. Fred Fordham, center, is chair man of the Peace Essay contest being sponsored by the Southport Lions Club. With him are, left, President W. Frank Hardy, and Secretary George Whatley of the South port Lions Club. Lion Fordham plans to work principally through the schools in carry out this nation-wide contest on the local level. (Dosher Photo) Classes For Health Aids At Hospital DAVID JORGENSEN Planning Class On Radiation A course designed to train potential Radiological Monitor Instructors have been announced by the University of North Caro lina Extension Division. The course will consist of one three hour session one night a week for eleven weeks and will begin at 7:30 p. m. Monday, Sep tember 26, at the court house basement in Elizabethtown. The instructor for the course will be David Jorgensen, Assistant Radi ological Safety Officer at Duke University. Subject matter to be Included will be Basic Concepts of Nu clear Science, Effects of Nu clear Weapons, Civil Defense Radiological Instruments, Radio active Fallout, Radiological Monitoring Techniques, Radia tion Protection, Radioactive (Continued on Page 4) Eighteen Brunswick county wmen are enrolled in training program for Health Aids that get underway Monday morning at Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport. The training is to qualify these students for duty as Nurses Aids in hospitals or for Home Nursing assignments. The course will be taught for three hours per day for eight weeks, a total of 120 hours. The course is being conducted in cooperation with Cape Fear Technical Institute of Wil mington, with two registered nurses serving as instructors. They are Mrs. Carol Templon and Mrs. Ida A. Underwood. One purpose of this training program is to qualify success (Contlnued on Page 4) McKeithan New Tax Collector Homer McKeithan of Southport has been appointed tax collector for Brunswick county and has already reported for duty. He succeeds Bobby White, who resigned several months ago to accept private employment. In the meantime, the business of this office have been carried out under the direction of Ira D. Butler, Jr., tax supervisor. Frank Ballard, Wilmington ar chitect, appeared before the board to present preliminary plans for renovation of the pres ent Brunswick county jail. Mem bers of the board were impress ed with his progress and have directed him to proceed with drawing up the plans. Cicero Lanier of the State In surance Department appeared before the board to discuss the (Continued On Pag* Four) County Board Of Education Holds Session The Brunswick County Board of Education held a called meet ing on Wednesday night in the Board of Education office. All members were present. Supt. George Williams review ed with the Board a letter re ceived from Harold Howe, II, U. S. Commissioner of Educa tion, concerning desegregation of schools and faculty. The letter indicated that additional efforts should be made by the Board of Education to bring about a greater desegregation of schools and school facilities. The board authorized Supt. Williams to contact Health Education and Welfare officials concerning the present status of desegration of schools and faculties in Bruns wick County, and to reach a satisfactory ■ solution concern ing this problem. The board also reopened the student freedom of choice of school for a period of ten days. This action was taken in com pliance with recommendations from the Dept, of H. E. & W. to encourage student transfers from a segregated school to a desegregated school situation. Attorney Kirby Sullivan dis cussed with the board the legal procedure and forms necessary for filing in connection with the proposed School Bond Issue. On a motion by Arthur J. Dosher, the following resolution was read. "BE IT RESOLVED BY the Brunswick County Board of Edu cation: "Section I. The Brunswick County Board of Education has determined and found as a fact that adequate school facilities are not now available in the County of Brunswick to comply with the requirements of Sec tion 3 of Article IX of the Con stitution of North Carolna for the maintenance of schools six months in every year, and that it is necessary in order to main tain such six months' school term as required by said section 3 of Article DC of the Constitution, to erect additional school buildings and other school plant facilities, remodel, enlarge and reconstruct existing school buildings and other school plant facilities and acquire necessary land and equlnment therefor, in order to provide additional school facili ties In said county, the estimated cost of such additional school (Continued on Page 4) Farmer Loans Now Available Parks C. Fields, county super visor of the Farmers Home Ad ministration, has announced that emergency loans are available to Brunswick county farmers who have suffered crop damage. Most of the damage has resulted from excessive rainfall; however, some hail damage has occurred in the county. Loans may be obtained to pur chase feed, seed, fertilizer, in secticides and to pay other farm operating and family living ex penses. Funds may also be used for payment of certain bills to the extent of the applicant’s equi ty in the livestock and equipment taken as security for the loan. Additional information can be obtained from the FHA office in Shallotte. Applications should be filed well in advance of the date that loan funds are needed. 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 15, 8:03 AM 2:04 AM 8:27 PM 2:22 PM Friday, September 16, 8:57 AM 2:52 AM 9:15 PM 3:16 PM Saturday, September 17, 9:45 A M 3:34 A M 10:03 PM 4:10 PM Sunday, September 18, 10:39 AM 4:22 AM 10:51PM 4:58 PM Monday, September 19, 11:33 AM 5:10 AM 11:45 PM 5:52 PM Tuesday, September 20, 12:33 AM 6:04 AM 6:52 P M Wednesday, September 21, 0:45 A M 6:58 P M 1:27 P M 7:52 P M
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