Know The Facts About The School Bond Issue Before You Vote On November 8
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Brunswick County
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VOLUME 38
No. 18
lO-Pagos Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1966
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
History Comes Alive On Screen
PROGRAM — W. K. Dorsey, travel consultant at Cape Fear Technical Institute, is
shown here as he presents color slides of the area, including the one above showing the
costumed guide at Brunswick Town.
Film Program
Makes History
Come To Life
A new method for telling an
old story has been used by Cape
Fear Technical Institute to make
the Battle of Fort Fisher and the
early settlement at Brunswick
Town come alive for history
students this fall*.
These are only two of the
important historic subjects that
have been put on sound-slide film
as a part of the travel training
program, “What To See, What
To Do in North Carolina.” Other
programs in this series of Con
tinuing Stories of North Carolina
now are in the making.
The scenes of Fort Fisher and
of Brunswick Town are included
in the SCHAR Tour program,
which features scenic, recrea
tional, and historic places in New
Hanover and Brunswick counties.
The beautiful slides in natural
color are backed up with a narra
tive sound tract that makes the
scenes come to life.
Another in the series of pro
grams is the Battle of Benton
ville, a Civil War engagement
of great significance that took
place in Johnson county. It is
probable that a full program will
be developed on Fort Fisher and
Brunswick Town, and plans are
to produce a sound-slide program
on Tryo i Palace.
W. K. Dorsey, travel consultant
with Cape Fear Technical Insti
tute, has used some of this ma
terial in his training programs
for service people who deal with
the traveling public. From his
experience in these schools he
has developed material which he
believes will be particularly
adaptable for use in classes in
North Carolinahistory in the pub
lic schools of this state. He says
that there is a terrific demand
for these programs for use by
P.T.A. and booster club groups
at the various schools and by
civic clubs and garden clubs.
These sound-slide programs
may be obtained for showing with
out charge from Cape Fear Tech
nical Institute.
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Brief Bits Of l
NEWS
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REVIVAL SERVICE
Revival services at Bethel
Baptist Church at Southport will
begin Monday evening at 7:30
o’clock with the Rev. David Mor
ris, pastor of Burgaw Baptist
Church, as guest preacher. Serv
ices will continue through Sunday
evening. The public is cordially
invited. The Rev. C. L. Turner
is pastor at Bethel.
FARM BUREAU MEETING
All board members, member
ship committee members and
commodity committee members
are urged to attend the October
meeting of the Farm Bureau
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Agricultural Extension Building
in Supply. Final plans for the
annual meeting will be made as
well as resolutions that can ef
fect all Brunswick Farmers. It is
urgent that all committee mem
bers attend, stated Chadwick.
Midnight Duel
Takes One Life
The Green Swamp in Columbus
County was the scene of a duel
Sunday around midnight and re
sulted in the death of one of the
men.
Members of the N. C. Wildlife
Agency were staked out in the
swamp for the purpose of enforc
ing hunting laws when the inci
dent occurred.
L. L. Lineberry, wildlife su
pervisor of District 4, said Pro
tector Jerry Rudd was attempting
to make an arrest when he was
fired upon by Dosure Guy
Simmons, 35, who lived in the
vicinity.
Protector Rudd returned fire,
Lineberry said, with bullets
striking Simmons in the hip and
thigh, according to Coroner J.B.
Long Jr.
Protector Rudd was stationed
approximately two miles east of
Highway 211 on Carolina Avenue
within the swamp when he re
portedly encountered Simmons.
Other Wildlife protection of
ficers were at the scene within
minutes after the shooting,
include Patrolman Troy Sigmon
who transported Simmons to the
Columbus County Hospital where
he was admitted to the emergency
room.
Simmons failed to respond to
treatment and died at 7:10 a. m.
yesterday morning, the coroner
reported.
Simmons was reared in the
Freeland community. His wife
was in High Point at the time of
the shooting, but returned here
last night.
Both supervisor Lineberry and
the coroner said their invesi
gation of the case continues.
Guy Simmons was a veteran
of the Korean War and was the
son of the late Henry Lee and
Sarah King Simmons of Bruns
wick County.
Final rites will be held Tues
day at 3 p. m. at Myrtle Head
Baptist Church in Brunswick
County by the Rev. Anson Smith,
with burial in Inman Cemetery
in the same area.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mary Jo Moss Simmons of
High Point; a daughter, Debbie
Simmons of High Point; two
brothers, Travis Simmons of
Little River, S. C. and Glenn Foy
Simmons of Norfolk, Va.; and
three sisters, Mrs. Lela Evans of
Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Minnie Lee
Evans of Freeland and Mrs. Ina
Mae Wood of Wilmington.
Beach Board
Favors Bonds
Members of the Town Council
at Sunset Beach at their regular
meeting on October 5 by un
animous vote passed the fol
lowing resolution in favor of the
Brunswick County School Bond
Issue which will be decided in a
special election on November 8;
“WHEREAS, On November 8,
1966 the people of Brunswick
County will vote on the proposed
$1,500,000 School Bond Issue for
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Nursing Course
In Fifth Week
The fifth week of the nurses
aid course has been completed,
thus passing the half way mark.
A written examination ended the
fourth week, and a high average
Is still maintained by the 22 stu
dents enrolled.
The two-week period covered
patient bedside care by some of
the students at the Ocean Tran
Rest Home, which is owned by
Mrs. Hazel Watts and her son,
Gene. Caring for pre-operative
and post-operative patients was
included, thus caring for isola
tion cases, and patients receiving
oxygen.
Due to the interest of both
Instructors and students the
course has shown much promise.
A graduation ceremony and pres
entation of diplomas will be held
at Dosher Memorial Hospital on
October 31.
Farm Bureau
Begins Drive
The Brunswick Farm Bureau’s
annual membership enrollment
is now underway, according to
Ira L. Chadwick, president of
the county organization.
Chadwick said the Brunswick
County Farm Bureau is shooting
for a goal of 500 farm families
on the rolls this year. This is
an Increase of 200 over the
present membership.
“Farmers continue to decline
in number every year,’’ said the
local Farm Bureau leader.
“Still, Farm Bureau’s member
ship is increasing. It shows that
farmers realize they have to work
together as a team in order to
get things done these days.”
Chadwick is also serving as
county enrollment chairman.
Appointed to the county enroll
ment drive committee were T. C.
Lennon, chairman of Smithville
Township; Homer Holden, chair
man of Town Creek; A. W. Clem
mons, chairman of Lockwoods
Folly; and James D. Bellamy,
Jr., chairman of Shallotte.
Other members of the enroll
ment committee are T. J. Gil
bert, Frank Cox, W. O. Beasley,
Jack Crouch, Gilbert Reid, O. K.
Bellamy, J. C. Stanaland, Bryan
R. Smith, Billy W. Russ, J. B.
Ward, Jr., Billy Ingram, LeGwin
Varnam, Henry C. Williams,
Mack Long, J. E. Gilbert, Mrs.
Vera Bowling, Roy Willetts,
Joseph Willetts, Carl K. Lewis,
Elmer Aycock, John Smith.
Members of the Farm Bureau
Ladies Committee active in the
enrollment program are: Mrs.
Virginia Gilbert, Mrs. Harold
C. Robinson, Mrs. Mary Stana
land, Mrs. Worth Mercer, Mrs.
Gynn Clemmons, Mrs. Velma
Robinson, Mrs. Mable Reid, Mrs.
Grace Williamson, Mrs. Lonnie
Evans, Mrs. Virginia Bellamy,
Mrs. Mable T. Owens and.Mrs.
Jackie Long.
President Chadwick says he
is “optimistic about the pros
pects for a membership boost.
Yaupon Beach
Raising Funds
For Erosion
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Board of Commis
sioners of the Town of Yaupon
Beach on October 3 the follow
ing matters were given atten
tion;
The result of the 1965-1966
audit, prepared by Jano, Cline
and Barnard, Certified Public
Accountants, were reviewed by
Mayor w. R. Price and members
of the board. Yaupon Beach ended
the year with total assets of
$54,665.33. Of this amount $41,
624.83 was fixed properties, $5,
083.57 Erosion Fund; $4,411.78
Powell Fund; and $3,543.15
General Fund.
During the year Yaupon Beach
has constructed a new town hall
and fire station with Yaupon resi
dents playing a big part by their
generous contributions of ma
terial and labor. The town has
also paved Trott Street and Ocean
Drive this past year.
The town’s erosion program
was discussed at length. A letter
was read from Col. Pickett of
the Water Resources Commis
sion. In this letter he stated
that the program set up by the
town had a good chance of being
approved by the next session of
Congress. The Colonel was en
couraged by the positive action
of Yaupon Beach in assessing
property owners to get the town’s
pro-rated share of the needed
funds. This assessment has been
well received by local property
owners.
Mayor Price reported that the
property assessment in Yaupon
Beach has exceeded $1,000,000,
that the town ended the year with
surplus funds. Yaupon Beach can
look forward to an even better
1966-1967 year, he said.
Corporation To
Help Building
A development corporation has
been organized In Brunswick
county for the purpose of assist
ing industrial and commercial
firms in securing financing, ac
cording to H. A. Templeton, Jr.,
president of the new organiza
tion.
Templeton reported that a
group of individuals, who are
interested in this place of the po
tential growth of Brunswick coun
ty, had organized under the name
of Brunswick Development Cor
poration.
The purpose of this corporation
will be to assist in securing Small
Business Administration Loans.
Templeton stated. The charter
and by-laws were prepared in
accordance with the requirements
of S.B.A. and the next endeavor
will be to secure active partici
pation from all sections of Bruns
wick county.
Stock is for sale to any indi
vidual. firm, corporation or
partnership that is interested
in the development of Brunswick
county, Templeton reported.
Stock is valued at $5. per
share with a minimum purchase
of five shares. The charter limits
the ownership of stock to no more
than twenty-five percent of the
outstanding stock to any one indi
vidual, firm, corporation or part
nership.
Templeton said that the cor
poration is for the sole purpose
of financing industrial or com
mercial buildings. The cor
poration can not operate any
business or engage in promo
tional activities, under the terms
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Space For Elementary Grades
AVAILABLE — This is the Shallotte High School building
able for use of the elementary grades if the School Bond Issu
vember 8 election for the construction of a new high school
of Brunswick county.
which will become avail
j is approved at the No
building to serve that area
Annual Baptist
Association Is
Two-Day Meet
The Brunswick Baptist As
sociation will hold its annual
meeting on October 19-20. The
first day will be held at South
port Baptist Church on Wednes
day from 9:30 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
The second day will be with the
Beulah Baptist Church from 9:30
a.m. to 2;35 p.m.
Officers of the association are
Kirby Sullivan, Moderator, Tyler
Potter, Vice-Moderator, Miss
Ruth Galloway, Treasurer, Eld
ridge Ludlum, Clerk, and Henry
L. Register, Associational Mis
sionary.
The association consist of 38
churches and missions with a
membership of about 5000. Each
church will send letters of re
ports to the associatonal meet
ing along with messengers to take
part in discussion of business
and to make decisions for the new
year. Reports will be heard
from all the organizations of the
association which consist of the
Sunday School, Training Union,
Brotherhood, Womans Mission
ary Union and Music Department.
Representatives of all agencies
of toe Baptist denominational
work will be represented from
toe state office in Raleigh, or
reports will be given from them.
These agencies consist of hos
pital, childrens homes, colleges
and toe home for the aging.
All other agencies that are a
part of the denomination will
be reported on and messengers
will be given up to date informa
tion of what has happened during
the past year. Several hundred
messengers are expected to
attend toe two day meeting. Lunch
will be served each day by toe
host church.
The association has no control
over either of the churches, and
each church is an autonomous
body, governing themselves. Al
though each church is an in
dependent body, there is an in
ter-dependent relationship be
tween toe churches. Through
toe co-operation of the church
es about $90,000 was contributed
during toe past year for the local
program of toe churches and toe
promotion of the Christian move
ment around toe world. The
Brunswick Baptist Association
is only one of 80 such associa
tions in North Carolina, rep
resenting aboutone million mem
bers, all of which is a part of
the Southern Baptist Convention,
consisting or about 10 million
members in 50 states. All to
gether these churches support
more than 2000 missionaries in
more than 60 countries.
Time And Tide
Thirty years ago this week a new
by the W.B.&S. It was a long, s
which appeared ten years ahead of
had been a raise in bid for Bald H
at $4,575 at a tax sale.
A shrimp truck had backed into a
and had broken away about one-h;
mark; Goshen Baptist Church w
Baptist Association; and at the loc;
pie picture, “Dimples”, was playir
The Pilot for October 15, 194
Hut for Southport, a project slated t<
new on the announcement that the
purchased by the Navy for use as a
At Orton Gardens there was are]
lias were in bloom. War maneuvei
and a War Department spokesrm
clear of the areas in use; a shrimp
citement when it came in towing a
which it had salvaged from the sea.
The year was 1946, and the fi
October 16, was of the seagoing
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bus had been placed into service
leek-looking sedan by Chevrolet
lagging automotive design. There
ead Island, with the price resting
cedar tree at the Whittlers Bench
ilf the limbs of this famous land
is host to the annual Brunswick
il theatre the latest Shirley Tem
g.
1, announced approval of a USO
p cost $22,000. There was nothing
Fort Cashwell property had been
Section Base.
port that the season’s first camel
s were in progress in Brunswick,
in had advised motorists to stay
boat had caused considerable ex
strange catch—a barrage balloon
ont page picture in our issue for
iredge Hoffman of which John G,
on Page 4)
Fence Encloses Site
GATE — This is the gate to the new chain link fence
that now encloses the historic site at Brunswick Town.
The new Visitors Center-Museum now is almost complete.
Brunswick Town
Is Now Enclosed
Girls Auxiliary
Holds Workshop
Members of the Girls Aux
iliary of the Brunswick Baptist
Association held their annual
workshop meeting at the Peace
Memorial Church on October 2
with approximately 100 people on
hand for the conferences on mis
sion study, programs, prayer,
stewardship and the other various
activities of the Auxiliary.
Mrs. Leroy Price of Southport
is Director for the Auxiliary,
and Mrs. Norman King of Leland
is president of the Brunswick
Baptist Associational W.M.U.,
which is the sponsoring organiza
tion for the girls’ work.
Lions Discuss
School Bonds
Accreditation and improve
ment of lunchroom facilities for
both elementary and high school
students were the primary con
cerns expressed by members of
the Southport Lions Club Thurs
day night during a question and
answer period following a panel
discussion of the School Bond
Election.
George Williams, superintend
ent of Brunswick county schools,
appeared on the panel, along with
Kirby Sullivan, attorney for the
Board of Education, and E. J.
Prevatte, county attorney.
Williams explained the thinking
behind the decision to seek ap
proval of the voters for sale of
bonds for the construction of
three consolidated high schools
and explained the educational
benefits which will be involved.
He also made the point that
removal of the four high school
grades from existing buildings
will create plenty of space and
an improved academic atmos
phere for elementary school
education in the county.
“I believe this program, if
carried out, will be just as bene
ficial for the students in the ele
mentary grades as it will for the
high school students,” he said.
In response to questions re
garding the accredited status of
the high schools, Williams raid
that the three proposed new build
ings will provide adequate facili
ties to meet the physical equip
ment demands of the State De
partment as well as of the South
eastern Association.
With the near completion of
the Visitor Center-Museum at
Brunswick Town State Historic
Site a security fence has been
Installed and the site now will
maintain regular hours. Pre
viously, the public had access
to the site 24 hours a day and
over the years, with no facilities
to close the site, much vandal-'
ism has occurred. Much of
this was in the destruction of tne
identification signs, and removal
of signs and growing plants. Oc
casionally pranksters would
overturn the picnic tables and
outside booths. A total of 20
signs have disappeared or have
been defaced in the last three
months.
The State Legislature appro
priated $15,000 for the construc
tion of a caretaker’s residence
to be located on the site near the
new Visitor Center-Museum, but
it was determined that Brunswick
Town lies within the restricted
easement area or buffer zone
of Ocean Military Terminal, Sun
ny Point, and no residence can
be located on the property. It
was decided to inclose the site
with a 6 foot chain link fence
to afford a means to protect
the museum and the site after
closing time. The main en
trance is located on the state's
property line just west of the
dual lane road into the site.
The site and museum will be
open daily from 9 a. m. until
5 p. m. and from 1:30 p. m. un
til 5:30 p. m. on Sundays. The
museum and site will be open
these hours and anyone enter
ing the site after the gate is
closed and locked will be tres
passing and when apprehended
will be treated accordingly.
The visitation to the site from
J anuary 1 through October 7
was 62,012 and shows an in
crease over last year. Bruns
wick Town is third highest in
visitation in the other State His
toric Sites, being led only by
Fort Fisher State Historic Site
and Town Creek Indian Mound
State Historic Site. An annual
Increase has been noticeable
since 1963.
The museum opening and dedi
cation will be in the spring of
1967 after the exhibits have been
completed and installed. As
soon as the building is completed
and accepted by the state the
office will be moved to it’s new
quarters and the modern rest
room facilities will be opened
to the public.
A new parking lot facility re
cently has been completed for
the convenience of the public.
Old Buildings
For Elementary
Grade Program
The approval of the $1,500,
000 proposed school bond issue
by the voters of Brunswick coun
ty on November 8th will provide
for three new high schools to
serve all students in grades 9-12.
Passage of the proposed bond
issue on November 8 also would
tremendously improve the ele
mentary educational program,
according to George F. Wil
liams, Superintendent of Bruns
wick County Schools. The
elementary schools would ex
perience improvements almost
comparable to the improvements
that would be afforded the high
school program for which the
proposed bond issue is desig
nated.
“Since the elementary school
would separate would provide
many advantages to student
leadership in our present schools,
for the most part dominated by
the high school students, whereas
with separate facilities, leader
ship capacities of the school as
an independent unit would be
provided for the elementary stu
dent,” declared the superintend
ent.
“Other advantages of separate
facilities include more effective
and convenient leadership of
elementary activities such as
recesses and lunch periods,
music programs, etc. Our pres
ent facilities would also provide
adequate room for elementary
libraries, science rooms, music
instruction and other activities
that would be conducive to an
accredited elementary school,”
he concluded.
Leland People
Discuss Bonds
Citizens of Leland School Dis
trict Interested in the Specia'
School Bond election met Mon
day evening at the high school
auditorium to hear Superintend
ent George Williams explain the
need for three new consolidated
high schools in Brunswick county
and the plans and prospects for
financing these improvements.
He pointed out that approval
of the school bond issue will
enable the county toborrow$1.5
million which will be added to the
$500,006 which will become
available from the State School
Bond Fund when plans are ap
proved for a long-range building
program for schools in Bruns
wick county.
Williams admitted that it may
be necessary to omit physical
education plants from the original
construction, but declared that in
view of the sudden and expected
future growth in the Leland area
it was felt that it will require
three schools to adequately pro
vide for the high school needs
of Brunswick county students
during the next 25-40 year
period.
He explained that the Board of
Education, with the approval of
the State Department, has voted
to construct a consolidated high
school within the radius of 5
miles of Shallotte, Leland and
Southport. These locations were
chosen to keep travel at a rea
sonable minimum and to be set
up to serve areas which have
demonstrated the greatest growth
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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 13,
6:51 A M 0:46 A M
7:15 P M 1:16 P M
Friday, October 14,
7:45 A M 1:34 A M
8:03 PM 2:10 P M
Saturday, October 15,
8:33 A M 2:22 A M
8:51 P M 2:58 P M
Sunday, October 16,
9:21 A M 3:10 A M
9:39 P M 3:46 P M
Monday, October 17,
10:15 A M 3:52 A M
10:27 PM *4:40 P M
Tuesday, October 18,
11:09 A M 4:40 A M
11:21 P M 5:28 P M
Wednesday. October 19,
12:03 A M 5:34 A M
6:22 P M