The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
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THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 38
No. 17
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1966
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Winning Putt On No. 18 At Oak Island
WINNER — Gene Hamm, Durham professional and golf course architect, is shown
here on the 18th green at Oak Island Golf Course Friday as he sinks his putt for his win
ning 213 score in the 54-hold North Carolina Open Golf Tournament, Hamm finished six
strokes ahead of runner-up Sonny George. (Beacon Photo)
At Oak Island :
Hamm Wins N. C. Open
Gene Hamm, dlmunitlve Dur
ham golfer, won the Second An
nual North Carolina Open Golf
Tournament at Oak Island Golf
Course last week with a 3-under
par 213 for the 54- hole event.
He finished a healthy six strokes
ahead of Sonny George of Golds
boro, formerly of Whiteville, who
carded 219. Another stroke back
at 220 was Hamp Auld of Raleigh,
formerly of Wilmington.
Victory was worth $500 first
prize for Hamm, George picked
up $350 and Auld $250.
Bill Harvey of Greensboro, last
year's winner, took top honors
for amateurs and was tied for
fourth place with Larry Beck,
Chuck Alexander and Tommy
Card, all with scores of 221.
Card, home pro at Sedgefield,
led the field after the first day
with a four under par 68, a com
petitive course record and a tie
for the all-time best score posted
previously by Ken Cooper, Ra
leigh amateur.
In contrast to last year when
only three sub-par rounds were
played, there were six players
who shot better than 72 on open
ing day.
Hamm was one stroke back
of Case with a three under par
69 and Harvey George, Coke
Trimmel and Larry Beck all
posted scores of 71. Gene
Thompson was even par.
On Friday Hamm had a 71
for the only sub-par round. Auld,
Alexander and A1 Goodrich, the
latter from Goldsboro, all match
ed par. Amateur Jimmy Belton
Of Gastonia shot a 71 on Friday
and was the only man to break
par the last day. Beck and
George each had a 72.
The visiting pros found the
local course in excellent con
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Brief Bits Of
NEWS
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CEMETERY CLEANING
There will be a cemetery
cleaning on October 13 at Grif
fin Cemetery near Ash. Every
one with loved ones buried there
is urged to join in this project.
NOT THIS MAN
The James Thompson mention
ed in the court report last week
is not the James G. Thompson
of Leland, member of the Bruns
wick County Board of Education.
OYSTER ROAST
Brunswick County Barracks
1744, Veterans of World War I,
will have an oyster roast at the
Milligan place at Shallotte Point
Friday, starting at 2 o’clock.
Members are urged to attend
and to bring their wives.
REVIVAL SERVICES
A revival meeting is in prog
ress this week at Bolivia Bap
tist Church. The Rev. J. Clyde
Yates of Eastway Baptist Church,
Charlotte, is conducting the serv
ice, which opens each evening
at 7:30 o’clock.
SAVED LIFE
The James D. Pierce family
had Mr. and Mrs. Charles J.
Koscinskl of Detroit, Michigan,
as overnight guests recently. The
Kosclnskis had been to Nassau,
Florida, Georgia and South Caro
lina on their honeymoon and came
by to see the Pierces before
returning to Detroit.
In 1963, when the Pierces were
living in Shallotte, Mr. Koscinskl
saved the life of Libby Pierce
from drowning. He was serving
at that time with the 7th Special
Forces and was stationed at Fort
Bragg.
Helping Hospital Ship
WORK — Pictured above Mrs. Edythe Smith and Mrs.
Sue Jones converting used white shirts to hospital gowns
for use by children on the hospital ship SS HOPE.
Growth Reported Al
Telephone Meeting
H. Clifton Blue, newspaper man
and former legislator from Aber
deen, was speaker at the Ninth
Annual Meeting of members of
the Atlantic Telephone Member
ship Corporation at Shallotte
Thursday night.
During the business session
Harry L. Mintz, Joe C. Stanaland
and Elbert L. Pigott were re
elected members of the board
of directors without opposition.
At a brief meeting of the board
Mintz was re-elected president
of the coop, Pigott was named
vice-chairman and Stanaland
was named secretary-treasurer.
W. E. Bellamy Jr., manager
of Atlantic Telephone Member
ship Corp., reported the growth
rate within the co-op had doubled
during the past year.
Present membership of the
organization is 2,348.
“A noticeable trend that we’re
going to have to take into ac
count,” Bellamy said, “is the
growing demand for private lines.
"We may be confronted within
the next year or two with the
situation of going to an all one
party system.”
Blue told his audience that he
was born and reared in a rural
community, hence he has an ap
preciation for the change that has
come about in the lives of Bruns
wick county citizens who are
served by the Atlantic Telephone
Membership Corporation. He
reminisced about his early ex
periences, then declared that
"In our Christian homes lies
the strength of our great nation.”
Blue took account of the fact
that decisions by governmental
leaders on the State and Federal
level now affect the life of the
average citizen much more
drastically than in the days of our
fathers and grandfathers. He
urged intelligent participation in
primary and general elections.
"There is need for leadership
in every walk of life”, he said,
"and it is time for every good
citizen come forward and partic
ipate.”
“Democracy frequently ap
pears to be slow and cumbersome
and expensive”, he said, "but it
is worth it”.
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Homecoming Is
Set Here Friday
The cheerleaders and football
team of Southport High School
announce their Homecoming Fri
day night.
The Homecoming Queen will be
chosen by the high school from the
following contestants Joyce
Ward, Faye Stidham, Donna Lee,
Susan Bellamy and Sarah Barnes.
The crowning will take place at
half-time of the Friday night’s
Southport-Clarkton game. There
will be a dance in the gym fol
lowing the game from 10:30 to 12
p. m. and passes will admit those
wishing to attend. The passes
may be obtained from the office
of the Southport High School.
Burning Permit
Law Effective
County Ranger Kenneth John
son this week reminded citizens
of Brunswick County that between
October 1 and June 1 it is neces
sary to obtain a burning permit
before doing any burning within
500 feet of any woodlands.
The State Law relating to the
burning of brush reads as fol
lows: “Starting fires within 500
feet of areas under protection
of State Forest Service—It shall
be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to start or cause
to be started any fire or ignite
any material in any of the areas
of woodland under the protection
of the State Forest Service or
within 500 feet of any such pro
tected area during the hours
starting at midnight and ending
at 4 p.m. without first obtaining
from the State Forester or one
of his duly authorized agents a
permit to start or cause to be
started any fire or ignite any
material in such above mention
ed places between the first dav
of October and the first day of
June, inclusive. No charge shall
be made for the granting of said
permit.
During periods of hazardous
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Columbus In
Sales Holiday
For Tobacco
Tobacco auctions in Columbus
have ceased for a one-week
period beginning this morning.
The action was taken in de
fiance with the advice of the
Bright Leaf Warehouse Associa
tion because “we felt it was our
duty to the farmers,” according
to Gaither Crutchfield, speaking
for the local warehousemen.
The same initiative was taken
by all other warehousemen in
Columbus County, namely Chad
bourn, and Tabor City. All
of the Columbus markets will
begin auction sale again at 9 a.m.
next Monday.
Crutchfield reported that two
buying companies had announced
that they would be unable to be
represented on the floors this
week, while a third company said
it would have only token rep
resentation available.
Reason for the companies’cur
tailment was congestion within
the redrying plants. If sales
had continued this week without
full representation of all buying
companies, a drop in prices be
cause of the smaller competition
probably would have been felt,
one warehouse operator explain
ed.
uoua iviarKei mews service
reported that volume of sales was
h light last ‘week on most markets
of the N.C.-S.C, Border Belt,
. and that a downward price trend
continued through Friday as the
eighth week of auctions came to
a close.
Three markets on the North
Carolina sector of the belt have
already closed for the season—
Fair Bluff, Clarkton and Fayette
ville.
Season's gross sales on the
Columbus County markets
through Friday:
Chadbourn — 10,268,567 lbs.,
$7,284,647; $70.94 avg.
Fair Bluff — 7,600,627 lbs.,
$5,268,133; $69.31 avg.
Tabor City — 8,393,250 lbs.,
$5,857,665; $69.79 avg.
WhltevUle — 28,173,224 lbs.,
$19,662,600; $69.79 avg.
Hospital Hope,
Funds Sought
One of the major projects of
the International Affairs Com
mittee of the Southport Junior
Woman’s Club Is Project Hope.
Hope (Health Opportunity for
People Everywhere) is the prin
tcipal activity of the People-to
People Health Foundation, Inc. of
Washington, D. C., an Independ
ent, non-profit corporation.
This project centers around
the 15,000 ton Navy ship SS
Hope, on loan from the US
Government. The ship is per
manently staffed with doctors,
nurses and technicians and vo
lunteer teams of specialists are
flown to the ship for two month
service without pay. In five
years the personnel have train
ed 3,000 physicians, etc.; treat
ed 100,000 persons, conducted
over 8,000 major operations,
vaccinated one million people
and distributed nearly two mil
lion cartons of milk.
This distribution of milk is
one of the most important as
pects of the ship’s program, as
this program teaches better
health habits as well as to give
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Explains New Objective
t0SSCVSSI°uN ~ P' CoL ^rchie Bl Joyner, commanding officer at Sunny Point Army
I*™?1"31- ls.®howH here explaining the Zero Defects Program which is being emphasiz
ed at the military installation near Southport. F
Zero Defects
Program At
Sunny Point
On September 30 the Military
Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point,
under the guidance of the Mili
tary Traffic Manager ment and
Terminal Service, Washington,
D. C., and the Eastern Area,
Military Traffic Management and
Terminal Service, Brooklyn,
N. Y., instituted a plan of future
procedure entitled the Zero De
fects Program.
For the commencement of this
program, Lt. Colonel Archie B.
Joyner, Jr., the MOTSP Com
mander, spoke before an as
sembly of Sunny Point military
and civilian personnel and set
forth his views on the subject, as
well as the views of Major
General John J. Lane, MTMTS
Commander, and Brigadier
General Austin B. Montgomery,
EAMTMTS Commander.
Some of the comments made
concerning the objectives of the
Zero Defects Program were as
follow:
"ZD is an employee motivated
program that rests on the as
SUmDtion that thp inrtivirinal f>an
achieve perfection in what he does
if he wants to. ZD makes each
man his own severest critic and
makes craftsmanship a rule and
not the exception. Each person
must take pride in his work. He
must believe that what he is
doing is important enough to
warrant doing it right the first
time. In addition to strong indi
vidual motivation the ZD Pro
gram relies on careful analysis
of the causes of error. Why
do mistakes happen? Most mis
takes or errors result from lack
of knowledge, lack of attention,
poor working conditions, inade
quate equipment or a combination
of these. Whatever the cause
or causes, they must be identi
fied and eliminated wherever
possible.
"Since its inception four years
ago by a major defense con
tractor, the ZD idea has been
tried and proven by numerous
industrial and government activ
ities. It really works. I be
lieve it can work to instill pride
of craftsmanship and reverse
the traditional acceptance of
human error as a normal by
product of personal effort and I
challenge each of you to set
your mind on this program with
a full determination to do error
free work. If you do this, I know
the results will be outstanding."
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Time And Tide
Political news predominated in The Pilot for October 7, 1936:
Senator Bob Reynolds had been in town for a visit; Judge Henry L.
Stevens had been the speaker at the meeting of Young Democrats;
and Kenneth McKeithan had been elected president of that organi
zation.
Improvement was promised in electric service for Southport
citizens with the purchase of new machinery for the power plant;
the editor had had a word of praise for the Coast Guard as it watched
over the shrimping activities of “some 200 boats in local waters”;
and tentative dates had been set for sailing regatta here for following
summer.
“Ft. Caswell Is Purchased By U. S. Navy As Site of Section Base
Allotted For Southport”—that was the big headline on the front page
of The Pilot for October 8, 1941.
The front page picture showed St. Phillips Church at Brunswick
Town and the Indian Trail Tree in the Cranmer yard. The caption
was “Points of Interest.” That was another year when hot weather
carried over into the fall period, and 90-degree temperature had
October 9, 1951, and national recognition had come to Bald Head
Island as a result of the proposal that this site be chosen as a
permanent home for the United Nations. Capt. W. E. Bellamy had
gone back on active duty with the U. S. Army Engineers as master
of the U.S.E. Dredge Henry Bacon.
At a business note, North Carolina Equipment Co. was establishing
a branch of its business at Leland; a headline proclaimed: “Grow
ing Grapes Popular Crop For Brunswick”; and Esquire Magazine
had made Inquiry about fishing and other recreation in the Southport
area.
On our front page for October 3, 1951, there was a picture of
County Agent A. S, Knowles supervising David Swain and Marvin
Bennett as they fitted out their dairy calves for the Livestock Show
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Support Fire Safety Program
INSPECTION — Fire Chief Ormond Leggett of the
Southport Volunteer Fire Department and Mrs. E. C.
Harrelson look over the UL Approved fire extinguisher
which is being sold by the Southport Woman’s Club to
help pay for the new roof on the club building. The ex
tinguishers are provided by the Hartford Fire Insurance
Co. as part of a public relations program, and are recom
mended for homes, boats and cars as the dry chemical
works on grease, oil, gasoline or electrical fires. They may
be ordered from Woman’s Club members.
Public Hearing
On Bond Election
SGT. COLEMAN
New Sergeant
Staff Sergeant Kenneth O.
Coleman of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, has recently been as
signed duty at the Military Ocean
Terminal, Sunny Point.
The new Sunny Point non
commissioned officer is a vet
eran of the military service,
having been in the U. S. Army
for over 25 years.
During his long military ca
reer, Sergeant Coleman served
overseas on seven different oc
casions, his latest tour of duty
being in Vietnam.
Sergeant Coleman is married,
and in addition to his wife, Lucie,
has two sons, Jerry 10 and
Patrick 8. His family is at
present residing in Oakland,
California, the date for their
joining him at MOTSP as yet
undecided.
Farm Bureau
Seeks Members
A county kick-off meeting
Tuesday night launched the 1966
enrollment effort of the Bruns
wick County Farm Bureau.
Ira L. Chadwick, president,
announced that the drive for new
members of the farm organiza
tion officially gets underway
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A crowd of about 75 persons,
representing almost every sec
tion of Brunswick county, at
tended a public hearing in the
courtroom of the Brunswick
county courthouse in Southport
Monday afternoon to discuss de
tails of the forthcoming School
Bond Election, scheduled for No
vember 8 on the same date as the
general election.
The county commissioners sat
as a body at this hearing, although
most of the questions were per
taining to school needs and de
ficiencies and were answered
by George Williams, superin
tendent of Brunswick County
Schools, and his assistant, Ralph
King. Two members of the
Board of Education, Arthur J.
Dosher and James Thompson,
were present but neither par
ticipated in the discussion.
Leading off with the questions
was Roney Cheers of Shallotte,
who stated that he does not think
the $2,006,000 which will be
available if the school bond elec
tion receives a favorable vote is
sufficient for the construction of
three schools. Cheers said that
he had been informed that none
of the proposed new buildings
would have a gymnasium and
asked Superintendent Williams if
this will affect the accredited
status of the schools.
Superintendent Williams said
that the Brunswick County Board
of Education has recommended
the construction of three schools
in order to take care of the
present and predictable needs
of the children of this county.
He said that it is possible that
available funds will not build
three schools, complete with a
gymnasium, but said that alter
nate bids will be accepted so that
these facilities may be ommitted
if necessary.
He said that the lack of a
gymnasium will not affect the
accredited status of the schools
if classroom, library and labora
tory requirements are met.
Williams stated that not only
will the construction of three
new high schools provide ade
quate, modern facilities for stu
dents in tills classification, but
that existing buildings then will
become available for use of ele
mentary grades now badly over
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District 11
Club Women
Meeting Here
The Eleventh District of the
N. C. Federation of Women's
Clubs will hold Its annual fall
meeting on next Wednesday In
Southport, the meeting to be held
at Trinity Methodist Church and
the luncheon following at the
Community Building.
Miss Marjorie Yokley of Mount
Airy, president of the NCFWC,
and Mrs. Joe Lamb, Jr., of
Elizabeth City, third vice-presi
dent and Director of Juniors,
will be the featured speakers for
the day.
Presiding will be Mrs. E. p.
Blanchard of Rose Hill, district
president. Mrs. E. C. Harrel
son, president of the Southport
Woman's Club, is hostess for the
day and will welcome the visi
tors. Mayor Eugene Tomlinson
will welcome the guests in behalf
of the City of Southport.
After the luncheon a tour Is
planned for Brunswick Town,
where the district recently con
tributed for the restoration of
one of the old wells.
Committees announced by Mrs.
Harrelson for the day are;
Registration: Mrs. Philip King,
Mrs. A. D. Harrelson and Mrs.
Ernest Parker. Coffee Hour:
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George, Mrs. Robert Thompson,
Mrs. James Melton and Mrs.
Fred Willing. Hospitality: Mrs.
James M. Harper, Jr., Mrs.
James Barnes, Mrs. William Mc
Dougie, Mrs. P. I. Rook and
Mrs. W. P. Jorgensen. Club
House: Mrs, D. C. Herring, Mrs.
E. C. Blake and Mrs. C. D.
Pickerrell.
Decorations: Mrs. W. S. Nor
man, Mrs. Leslie Bellows and
Mrs. W. R. Lingle. Luncheon:
Mrs. A, B. Joyner, Mrs. A. E.
Huntley, Mrs. W. G. Faulk, Jr.,
Mrs. Henry Goodwin, Mrs. C. E.
-Royal, Mrs. James Wolfe and
Mrs. Clinton Bellamy. Door
Prizes: Mrs. L. J. Hardee and
Mrs. E. J. Prevatte. Pages:
Mrs. George Williams and Mrs.
Frank Hardy.
Clubs In District Eleven which
will send representatives are:
Carolina Beach, Clinton Woman’s
Club, Clinton Study Club, Clinton
Juniors, Faison Sesame, Garland,
Roseboro, Rose Hill, Southport,
Southport Juniors, Wallace, Wal
lace Juniors, Wilmington Wo
man’s Club, North Carolina Soro
sis and North Carolina Junior
Sorosis.
Jury List Is
Drawn Monday
JUXUIO
was drawn Monday by members
of the board of commissioners,
to serve during the October term
of Superior court:
Leland: R. G. Pritchard, John
C. Skipper, Dixie Mapson, Jr.,
Willie J. Bordeaux, Edward W.
Reaves, Marvin Barefoot, E. W.
Benton, Ernest N. Sullivan, Doug
las w. Padgett, Harry Allen.
Southport: Hugh Price, Eddie
Warnett, Jr.; Longwood; Ran
dolph Stanley; Freeland: Kenneth
R. Bab son, Marshall Long.
Supply: Talmage Brown,
Joseph E. Hewett, John Dawson,
Harlee Kirby, Waldo Hewett
Dale W. Holden, Thomas Gallo
way, Jr., Johnnie W. Singletary.
Shallotte: Samuel V. Boyd, Lis
ton Randall, D. G. Bozeman,
F. H. Hardee, R. D. Stanley,
W. Earl Benton, Bennie R. In
man.
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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, October 6,
12:09 AM 5:58 AM
6:52 PM
Friday, October 7,
0:21 AM 6:58 AM
1:15 PM 7:58 PM
Saturday, October 8,
1:39 AM 8:10 AM
2:21 PM 9:10 PM
Sunday, October 9,
2:51 AM 9:22 AM
3:27 PM 10:10 PM
Monday, October 10,
4:03 AM 10:28 AM
4:33 PM 11:10 PM
Tuesday, October 11,
5:03 AM 11:22 AM
5:27 PM 11:58 PM
Wednesday, October 12,
5:57 AM 12:22 AM
6:21 PM