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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOLUME 38
No. 21
12-Pages Today
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1966
5i A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Build Strong Bridge — Scott
5>ome z,uuu members or Brunswick Electric
ship Corporation listen while Lt. Gov. Robert
urges building of strong bridge to link today
Member
W. Scott
with to
morrow for more informed people and better communi
ties-. Speaker is out of view to left. (Clemmons photo)
Build For Future, Scott Tells REA
Those who direct the affairs of
North Carolina are doing a good
job by the people but there is still
much to be done, Lt. Gov.
Robert w. Scott declared in an
address here Friday afternoon.
Speaking at the annual meet
ing of the Brunswick Electric
Membership Corporation here,
Scott said other states are eye
ing progress being made in North
Carolina in roads, education,
mental health facilities, to men
tion some, and to such an extent
that representatives are coming
to the state for a first-hand view
of the North Carolina way of doing
things.
He told the 2,000 BEMC mem
bers present that only two other
states have a lower government
cost than the Tar Heel state,
the state stands near the top In
the smallness of capital debt
and only four other states have
fewer workers to run the state’s
business.
Still, he went on, there are
deficiencies which must be met,
one being the shortage of teach
ers for public schools (short
1,800 at the beginning of the
current year), more must be
done in the mental health field,
greater attention must be given
the state’s water resources, and
more hospitals are needed.
Declaring there are 5,000,000
people in North Carolina now, he
urged more and better roads,
more parks and centers for rec
reation and all because more
cars are on the road and more
people are taking to the out
doors since they have more lei
sure time than ever before.
■rupuiauou-wise, ne said the
state is growing twice as fast
as the national average and this
is a challenge to ^evjs'ry citizen.
He said the electric coopera
tive and the state were similar
in that both were controlled by
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NEWS
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SCOUT MEETING
Parents and their daughters
interested in the organization of
a Junior Girl Scout Troop in
Southport are invited to meet
Friday afternoon at 3:30 in the
Fellowship Hall of Trinity Metho
dist Church.
LIONS CLUB FISH FRY
The Supply Lions Club will
sponsor a fish fry Saturday after
noon at the J. M. Parker and Son
Warehouse, beginning at 5
o'clock. Proceeds will go to the
White Cane Fund.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The WSCS of Shiloh Methodist
Church located Highway 87, Le
land, will sponsor a chicken
and ham supper at the church on
Saturday beginning at 6 p. m.
Homemade pies and cakes will
also be on sale. Proceeds go
to the building fund.
PLAN BANQUET
On November 10 at 6 p. m.
at First Baptist Church, Shal
lotte, the Brunswick Baptist As
sociational W.M.U. Executive
Board will hold its annual ban
quet for all W.M.U. presidents,
their husbands and pastors and
their wives from all the Baptist
Churches in the Brunswick As
sociation.
Graduate 22 From
Nurses Aid Course
i V* 14*04 auuauun tJAtrui&eS
were held Monday morning in the
Daughters of America Hall for
the 22 members of the class of
nurses aids that has been taught
at Dosher Memorial Hospital for
the past several weeks.
Participating in the program
were W. F. Cupit, hospital ad
ministrator, who presided; the
Rev. Fred Fordham, who de
livered the invocation and the
benediction; Dr. Norman A.
Templon, who greeted the visi
tors and congratulated the gradu
ates; Kirby Sullivan, who gave
a brief graduation address;
George Crowley of Cape Fear
Technical Institute, which par
ticipated with Dosher Memorial
Hospital hold this course; and
by L. T. Yaskell, chair man of the
board of trustees of the hospital,
who delivered the certificates.
One of the most unusual things
about the class is the fact that
there were 18 students the first
day, 22 students the second day
and there never was a single in
stance of being absent or tardy.
The course included class
room instruction as well as prac
tical training with patients at
Dosher Memorial Hospital and at
Ocean Trail Rest Home. The
instructors were very compli
mentary about the way students
carried out their assignments.
Completion of the course cre
ates a valuable supply of per
sons trained in the field of prac
tical nursing and service as
nurses aids in the hospital. In
completing this course, the stu
dents have taken a step toward
compliance with some of the
requirements of medicare.
Mrs. Underwood and Mrs.
Templon were instructors for
this course.
An advanced course for nurses
aids already has been organized.
Achievement To
Be Featured
Final plans have been made
for the 1966 Annual 4-H Achieve
ment Program to be held at the
Extension Service Building in
Supply on Saturday at 7;30 p.m.
During the program the 4-H
members will be recognized for
the accomplishments they have
made during the year. Special
awards will be made to outstand
ing 4-H’ers and leaders and mer
chants will be recognized for
their jobof leading club members
and backing the program.
Richard Jones, current vice
president of the 4-H County Coun
cil, will preside the over the
program.
On Friday 4-H’ers will carry
their exhibits to the Extension
Building. They are to be in by 5
p.m. The exhibits will be judged
on Saturday morning. Those ex
hibits that are declared blue
ribbon winners will be eligible
to enter the Star-News Honor
Program at Wilmington on Nov
ember 18-19.
The public is invited to attend
the program and see some of the
accomplishments by the 4-H club
members during the past year.
MRS. FRED SMITH
Mrs. Fred Smith
State Officer
Mrs. J. Fred Smith of South
port was installed as first vice
president of Alpha Delta Kappa,
national professional sorority,
at a banquet in the Heart of
Charlotte Motel Saturday night.
Not only has Mrs. Smith been
active in this organization and in
her profession as a teacher, but
as wife of the superintendent of
the North Carolina Baptist As
sembly she is kept busy on a year
round basis.
Mrs. Smith holds a B. S. degree
in grammar grade, history, Eng
lish and physical education from
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege. She has had graduate
courses, workshops and summer
school at East Carolina, Mere
dith, University at Raleigh and
Wilmington College.
Her teaching experience in
cludes English and physical edu
cation in Bladenboro, one year;
elementary grades in Raleigh
Schools, two years; fourth grade
in Wake county, ten years; fourth
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Fred W. Spencer
Funeral Sunday
Frederick Waddell Spencer,
78, of Southport, died in Dosher
Memorial Hospital, Southport,
Friday night after a long illness.
He served on the board of Aider
men of Southport for 13 years and
was a member of the EyotaTribe
No. 5, Improved Order of Red
Men for 50 years
Mr. Spencer was a Southport
contractor for 45 years and was
a life-long member of Antioch
Baptist Church, having been
ordained a deacon at the age of
18 and had served the church
in all capacities over the years.
He was a native of Brunswick
County, the son of the late John
P. and Emma Smith Spencer.
Final rites were held Sunday at
3 p. m. at Antioch Baptist Church
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More Training
In Vocations
Is Prospect
The consolidation of the high
schools in Brunswick county
would not only provide a compre
hensive academic curriculum but
also would allow for the develop
ment of an expanded and impro ved
vocational program." sinc£ more
than 50 per cent of the students
are served by these programs,
this is an important aspect of the
total school program, according
to Ralph C. King, assistant
superintendent of the Brunswick
County Schools.
These programs consist of
courses such as vocational agri
culture and home economics,
trade programs such as, welding,
brick laying, cabinet making,
marineology, and introductions
to vocations courses. A vocation
al program offering on the job
training is also available.
“Our eight high schools pres
ently offer a total of 21 vocation
al education programs,” King
declared. “All schools have at
least two vocational programs,
with others having three pro
grams and one school offering
four programs. Should the eight
schools be consolidated into three
new schools as proposed by the
Brunswick county Board of Edu
cation, subject to the approval of
the $1,500,000.00 bond issue on
November the 8, and with our
present vocational program, it
would be reasonable to assume
that each school could have 6 or
7 vocational programs. This
would represent a broad compre
hensive vocational curriculum,
when properly organized and de
veloped,” King stated.
School Bonds, Too
General Election Next Tuesday
Schools Will
Be Accredited
In New Building
Should the $1,500,000.00 pro
posed school bond issue be ap
proved by the citizens of Bruns
wick county on November the 8
and the proposed new schools
become a reality, they would be
accredited high schools, accord
ing to George P. Williams, Super
intendent of the Brunswick coun
ty schools.
"The State Department of Pub
lic Instruction would issue an
interim accreditation for the
new schools until the self-study
and evaluation for each of the
new schools could be completed,
at which time the schools would,
in all probability, be fully ac
credited by the N. C. State De
partment and also by the South
ern Association of Schools and
Colleges," williams further
stated.
"At the present time, only one
high school in Brunswick county
is accredited by the State De
partment of Public Instruction,
under the new and recent stand
ards, Most of the high schools in
the county are presently ac
credited under the old standards
(1930). However, in most cases
this accreditation is in serious
jeopardy due in part to poor
and inadequate school facilities."
Supt. Williams said.
Halloween Fete
Here Is Success
The Southport High School
Halloween Carnival, last Friday
night, was a big success, ac
cording to Principal T. M.(Pete)
Lee and Coach Porky Mintz.
Though a final total was not
released on the big event, it was
certain that several hundred dol
lars was procured through the
carnival. It will go toward
purchasing a new sports and
other activities bus for the
school.
Mintz said a crowd of several
hundred persons attended the
carnival. “Even the afternoon
session was good, attendance was
fine for it,” he said. The after
noon carnival session was added
as a new attraction this year to
enable persons who could not at
tend at night to participate.
There were many persons from
out-of-town for the Southport
Halloween fete, the officials said,
including more adults than nor
mally attends such an event here.
One of the most popular
features, according to Mintz, was
the auction sale at which products
were furnished free of cost to the
carnival sponsors, the Parent
Teachers Association and these
were auctioned off to help in the
final proceeds. A country store
was another top feature, in ad
dition to the usual features of the
carnival.—(JIGGS POWERS).
Time And Tide
Thirty years ago this week the new flatbed press at The News
Reporter Plant in Whiteville was used for the first time to print
The Pilot. The most significant change was in the size of the paper
which now went from seven to eight columns. There had been a
general election the day before, and the late Clyde R. Hoey had been
elected governor of North Carolina.
The season’s first frost already had hit here, on October 30. The
James Roosevelt yacht, Half-Moon, had been in the Southport harbor
and a missing shrimp trawler had been found by the Coast Guard after
her skipper had swam ashore to notify them of her position.
Five years later, on November 5, 1941, the Outdoor Writers were
back in Southport and with them was the late Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson,
noted ornithologist, who was back in his favorite haunts. State
American Legion officials were coming here for a District meeting
and there was a front page story telling that the CCC Camp at Bolton
soon would be closed.
In connection with the coming of the Legionnaires we had one of
the most ambitious co-op advertisements we ever carried in this
newspaper. It was a double page spread, and there were 24
advertisers. The central theme was a welcome to the veterans at
their meeting here.
The Pilot for November 6, 1946, showed scenes from the Halloween
Carnival at Southport. Janice Swan was the queen, Gene Fulfood was
the king, and the crown bearer was little Michael Hardee.
Shallotte citizens were seeking dependable telephone service; the
annual homecoming had been observed at New Hope Presbyterian
Church at Winnabow and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Livingston had pur
chased the Episcopal Rectory. On the lighter side, a deer which had
taken refuge from the hounds inside a wire enclosure at the Price
farm near Southport had leaped nimbly from the pen once the disap
pointed dogs had dispersed.
Fifteen years ago this week plans for the U. S. Army Terminal at
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Winners At Waccamaw
ROYALTY— Cathy Richardson was crowned queen
and Jerry White was crowned king during coronation cere
monies at the Halloween Carnival Friday night at Wacca
maw High School. Queen Cathy is a member of the fresh
man class while Jerry is a senior. (Photo by Mrs. R. Sim
mons) V
SHALLOTTE’S HOMECOMING QUEEN, Miss Christine Love
(right), gets her crown from the 1965 Queen, Miss Leanah
White, now a Fayetteville Methodist College freshman, as Pirate
jridder Jerry Holden looks on. He sponsored the new Queen
n the contest. The ceremony took place at the halftime of the
Whiteville-Shallotte game, the Buc Homecoming tilt, Friday night
—Elgie Clemmons photo.
Little Enthusiasm
Shown In Election
With the General Election less
than one week away little excite
ment has been generated among
the voters of Brunswick county.
A light vote may be one result of
this condition.
The fact that several Demo
crat candidates are unopposed
probably accounts for some of
the lack of activity. Clerk of
Court Jack Brown, Recorder
Clinton Bellamy and Coroner
Lowell Bennett do not have op
position on the county ticket. The
same holds true for Congress
man Alton Lennon, Solicitor
James C. Bowman and James C.
Green, candidate for the State
Senate, on the district level.
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Name Officials
To Serve Polls
Next Tuesday
Only one of two vacancies still
exist in the list of officials who
will serve Tuesday at the General
Election, Chairman H. Foster
Mintz of the Brunswick County
Board of Elections, said Tues
day.
The polls will open at 6:30 a. m.
and will remain open until 6:30
p.m. Election returns will be
tabulated and posted Tuesday
night at the Agriculture Extension
Building at Supply. j
Following is the list of election
officials as announced by Chair
man Mintz:
HOODS CREEK — Registrar,
G. W. Lennon; Democrat judge,
Mrs. Mabel D. Williams; Re
publican judge, Rozell Skipper;
Democrat marker, Mrs. Addie
Scott; Republican marker, L. C.
Milliner; Democrat clerk, Mrs.
Eloise Brown; Republican clerk,
Mrs. Agnes Skipper.
LELAND — Registrar, L. H.
Reynolds; Democrat judge, Mrs.
Ella Perry; Republican judge,
Thomas L. Gillis; Democrat
Marker, Elmer Aycock; Republi
can marker, Henry M. Bordeaux;
Democrat clerk, Miss Louise
Willis; Republican clerk, Mrs.
Hertha Bell Chiles.
TOWN CREEK -- Registrar,
Mrs. A, p. Henry, Jr.; Dem
ocrat judge, W. D. Lanier; Re
publican judge, Woodus Mercer;
Democrat marker, Cedric Mintz;
Republican marker, B. J. Mills; |
Democrat clerk, Mrs. Elizabeth
Goodman; Republican clerk, Mrs.
Elizabeth Mercer. J
wuluvia — Registrar, Rcyce
Rabon; Democrat judge, L. H.
McKeithan; Republican judge, Al- ,
fred Willetts; Democrat marker,
D. L. Mercer; Republican mark
er, C. W. Knox; Democrat clerk,
Mrs. Homer Holden; Republican
clerk, Mrs. Eva Mae Willetts.
SOUTHPORT #1 — Registrar,
Mrs. Mary Bellows; Democrat
judge, Mrs. Jo Norman; Republi
can judge, Mrs. Vera McKeithan;
Democrat marker, Mrs. Jean
Fulwood; Republican marker,
Mrs. Frances Key; Democrat
clerk, Mrs. Elinor Jackson; Re
publican clerk, Mrs. Dorcas
Ann Lewis.
SOUTHPORT #2 — Registrar,
Miss Annie St. George; Dem
ocrat judge, Miss Elsket St.
George; Republican judge, Ed
Harrelson; Democrat marker,
Ivan Ludlum; Republican mark
er, H. A. Schmidt; Democrat
clerk, Mrs. Inez Adams; Re
publican clerk, Mrs. Ellen Watts.
OAK ISLAND — Registrar,
Sam Edwards; Democrat judge,
Linwood King; Republican judge,
Mrs. W. R. Price; Democrat
marker, Mrs. Pat Cromer; Re
publican marker, w. R. Price.
MOSQUITO — Registrar, C. S.
Ward; Democrat judge, Mrs.
Nancy Crouch; Republican judge,
Mrs. Willie Clemmons; Dem
ocrat marker; Clarence Lennon;
Republican marker, Mrs. Betty
Clemmons.
SUPPLY — Registrar, Mrs.
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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, November S,
10:57 AM 4:46 A M
11:09 P M 5:40 P M
Friday, November 4,
H:61 A M 5:40 A M
6:34 P M
Saturday, November 5,
0:15 A M 6:46 A M
0:57 P M 7:40 P M
Sunday, November 6,
1:27 A M 7:52 A M
2:30 P M 8:46 P M
Monday, November 7,
2:39 AM 9:04 A M
3:03 PM 9:46 P M
Tuesday, November 8,
3:45 A M 10:10 A M
4:09 P M 10:40 P M
Wednesday, November 9,
4:45 A M 11:10 A M
5:03 P M 11:34 P M