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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County] THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time mmsm VOLUME 38 No. 27 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1966 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Marching Band In Parade : GOOD — This is the Brunswick County High School Band, one of the biggest hits in the Annual Christmas Parade at Shallotte. This organization is in strong demand for parade appearances throughout the southeastern part of the state. (Beacon Photo) Shallotte Has Big Christmas Parade Again By OUBDA HEWETT Approximately 3000 persons gathered in Shallotte Thursday afternoon for the big Christmas Parade with anxiety that can only be expressed by presence of being there. The parade officially got un derway with Police Chief M. L. Galloway leading the twenty-five unit procession. This was fol lowed by the National Guard Color Unit. “This one was better, more well-planned and more colorful. The bands were great. There were more pretty girls. And we love Uncle Charlie” — could be heard as the parade descended the two mile stretch through town. Mayor Roney W. Cheers, in a shiny red car driven by assistant .Police Chief Sam West, was the first unit. Following the Mayor was Chan nel 14’s Radio personality ■•'Uncle Charlie.” He was riding on a “back country” float with wash pot, collard heads and other items typical of other days. Uncle Charlie, the Parade Marshall, was accompanied by Jay Worrell, co-manager of WVCB Radio. The man with the little hat, Woodrow Russ, accompanied by McKinley Hewett, was driving the car pull ing the float. A minute red and white attired baton twirler pranced behind Un cle Charlie, followed by the Cub Scouts Troop No. 506. They were accompanied by four den moth ers, Mesdames Fulford, Hardee, Madison and Inman. . - Miss Marsha Hickman, 1966 (Continued on Page 4) »Brief Bits Of\ 'news EARLY NEXT WEEK The Pilot will be published on Tuesday of next week to help with the holiday schedule at the printing plant of The News Re porter in Whiteville. CHRISTMAS TREES ; Christmas trees are on sale this week by members of the Southport Police Department in front of the office on Nash Street. TREE DECORATION The Woodbine Garden Club again is urging residents of Southport to participate in its project of decorating live outdoor Christmas trees. COURT ADJOURNS The second week of a two weeks term of Brunswick county Superior court for trial of civil cases adjourned Tuesday morn ing when most of the cases re maining on the calendar were continued. Court was in ses sion all last week, with Judge Leo CarrofBurlingtonpresiding. CHRISTMAS PARTY The 4-H County Council will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday at the Extension Service Building in Supply. The meeting will begin promptly at ?:30 p. m. A Christmas party has been planned and all 4-H club members and leaders are urged to attend. Southport Man Honored DECORATED — William J. Cox, left, is shown as he is congratulated by Capt. A. B. Engel, commander of the Coast Guard at Curtis Bay, for winning the achievement medal. Cox had a part in helping to develop an electronics system with which to monitor six unmanned light sta tions from one site. He is the son of Mrs. Katie Cox of Southport and is a graduate of Southport High School. Brunswick County In Special Area Brunswick County is included in a new development program aim ed at improving the lot of low income families and checking migration of people from their native areas where they would like to remain. The region includes the coastal area of the Carolinas and Geor gia and was authorized under the Economic Development Act of 1965. It is the fourth estab lished in the nation, the others being the Ozarks in Arkansas, the upper Great Lakes and the Appalachian region. Forty five North Carolina counties are in the region, 28 in South Carolina and 96 in Geor gia. The dividing line in North Carolina runs just east of Wake county in a general north-south direction through Scotland coun ty. The development plan was initiated some months ago by Governor Robert McNair of South Carolina in cooperation with Governor Dan Moore and Gover nor Carl Sanders of Georgia. A commission will be set up to guide the program. The three governors will be members of the commission and they will se lect a co-chairman to work with the federal co-chairman, and all under guidance of the U. S. Department of Commerce. The commission will make a study of needs of the region, and base on finding, will make recom mendations and take such actions as feasible in attracting job opportunities to the combined coastal area to the end that people with ijpmmon ties might (Continued On Page Four) Better Hurry With The Mail For Christmas “You are a rare person Jf you haven’t been getting more mail than ever before, ” said Mrs. Marjorie Livingston, Acting Postmaster at Southport, this week. "Last year the Postal Service delivered nearly 76 bill lion pieces of mail and it nov| looks as if this year the figurd will be around 80 billion.” In this age of prosperity more people are moving from one pi ace to the next, more businesses are selling more products on credit, more checks and bills and ad vertisements, newspapers, mag azines and books are moving through the mails and more peo ple are writing to friends’and relatives spread all across the land. “At Christmas time you notice it most,” Mrs. Livingston says. “Postmaster General Lawrence F. O’Brien is predicting that over ten per cent of the nation’s mail volume this year will be delivered just before Christmas. In fact, the U. S. Postal Service will probably handle a great deal more mail in=the month of De cember than most countries han dle in ten or twenty years. “Therefore, it is no wonder that this season the request for' customer cooperation is a bit more urgent than ever. The Post Office is using just about every means snort of sitting down and talking with each of us individual ly to remind people to shop and mail- early and use ZIP codes in order to spread out the flow of mail, avoiding a last minute del uge. The Postmaster General has noted that mailing early and use of ZIP Code were the keys to the great success of the Postal Service during the past two Christmases when virtually every piece of holiday mail was delivered on time. In a recent speech he said, “Everyone in the Post Office Department wants to see that each Christmas mes sage is delivered before Decem ber 25. We want to do all we can to make this holiday the most joyous ever. After all, more than anyone else, at this time of the year, we really are Santa’s helpers. I sincerely hope that everyone will cooperate with us and make this the most joyous of seasons,” Baby Is Found Near Shallotte Investigation is underway by members of the Brunswick coun ty Sheriff Department into the death of a premature baby at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington Friday night. The new born child was found abandoned near Highway No. 130 a short distance from Shallotte early Friday morning and was taken to Dosher Memorial Hos pital in Southport. Later it was moved to the Wilmington hos pital, where death occurred that night. Coroner Lowell Bennett or dered an autopsy and that report showed that the child died of a collapsed lung. The infant ap peared to be premature, since it weighed only 3-lbs, 1-/2 oz. Outgoing And Incoming President GAVEL — Mrs. E. C. Harrelson, left, hands over the gavel to Mrs. Bryant Potter, right, as the latter assumes the duties of president of Southport Woman’s Club at the annual Christmas meeting Thursday. (Photo by Dosher) Mrs. Potter Is Woman’s Club New President The Southport Woman's Club held a Christmas tea for mem bers and guests Thursday at the Community Building. The meeting was opened by Henry Van Dykes Christmas Prayer given by Mrs. E. C. Harrelson, president. A short business session and review of highlights of the past year followed. Mrs. James M. Harper Jr., using the appropriate theme, “Gifts''- That Cannot Be Pur chased,” installed thenewSouth port Woman’s Club officers for 1967. They are Mrs. Bryant Potter, president; Mrs. W. S. Norman, 1st vice president; Mrs. C. D. Pickerrell, 2nd vice presi dent; Mrs. Henry Goodwin, secretary; and Mrs. James Wolfe, treasurer. Mrs. Harper then presented Mrs. Harrelson a gift from the club members. The following new members were recognized and welcomed in the club: Mrs. Jack Vermillion, Mrs. Kenneth Pierpont, Mrs. Landis Brown and Mrs. Pierce Horne. Christmas music was played while refreshments were served. Greens and red candles were used to decorate throughout the building with a log fire lending to the festive air. Hostesses were Mrs. H. T. St. George, Mrs. Wolfe, Mrs. James Melton, Mrs. Wm. Stearns, Mrs. P. L Rook, Mrs. A. E. Huntley and Mrs. Harrel son. Time And Tide Thirty-five years ago there was a movement afoot in Southport to dredge a yacht basin and joining in this promotion were transient yacht owners, who stressed the need for these facilities here. That was back in 1936, the week of December 16. The late Governor J. C. B Ehringhaus had contacted the U. S. Navy Department with regard to being sure that the USS Perch, new submarine on a shakedown cruise, would stop for a visit at Southport; semi-annual pension checks had arrived for distribution to widows of Confederate veterans, and they were 22 in number; and the editor had asked the very pertinent question, “Why Fire works”? What he wanted to know was how and why they ever got to be a part of the celebration of the birth of Christ. Wednesday, December 17, 1941, and our second issue following the start of World War n. There were unmistakable front page signs of the times, one of them being a picture showing the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war. On the lighter side, they had erected new storm doors at the old post office, and the editor—with tongue in check—was giving directions as to how to enter and leave the building. On the society page there was a write-up of the marriage of Miss Evelyn Young Loughlin to Mr. Charles Alexander Fox. There was a suggestion of means whereby the local postal workers might be able to work more efficiently—and most of it involved cooperation and patience on the part of the patrons. Five years later the war was over but the front page of The Pilot for December 18, 1946 had a lot to do with shooting. For instance, there was a virtual roadblock of men and dogs and cars for a front page picture of a party of bear hunters from Johnson City, Tenn.; one fellow had got himself in trouble by shooting a doe deer; and James R. Rabon, member of a deer hunting family, had missed a sure shot when he had fallen victim to the “sucker trick” of failing to breach his gun enough to cock it. Shallotte and Leland were off to another good year in basket ball, with the Pirates taking a pair of games from Southport and Leland doing likewise from Waccamaw; and once more there was. a plug for the postoffice department both in news and editorially. (Continued on Page 4) School Fashion Show ATTRACTION — A Holiday Fashion Show will be pre sented Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock in the Southport High School auditorium by members of the home econo mics department. It will feature wool suits, dresses, semi formals and formals for the season. The show promises some interesting new ideas in fashions. Everyone is in vited. Methodist Choir To Sing Messiah The choir of Trinity Metho dist Church will sing the Christ mas portions of Handel’s "Mes siah” on Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Twenty six voices will join to sing this most famous of ora torios, which was first per formed in London in 1743. At that time King George n was in the audience and as the Hallelujah Chorus was first sung the King rose to his fee and the entire audience followed suit. That day a custom was established that has been upheld by every audi ence until the present time. A well-known writer once de scribed the "Messiah” as "Han del’s most popular work; more than that, it is one of those out standing products of genius which appeal to all lovers of music, to modest amateurs, and even to illiterate persons, as well as to severe critics of art, musicians of all styles, all epochs, and to all nations alike, irrespective of all the differences of artistic creed which in other respects may separate them.” The opening recitative, "Com fort Ye My People”, will be sung by Mrs. Bryant Potter, and will be followed by the joyous chorus, "And the Glory of the Lord”, by the entire choir. Dempsey Hewett will sing the bass aria, "But Who May Abide The Day of His Coming”. The chorus “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings” is followed by "For Unto Us A Child is Born”, again with the choir. Mrs. L. T. Yaskell sings the recitative "There Were Shep herds Abiding in the Field” and the choir continues the story with the chorus “Glory to God.” The recitative and arias for alto and soprano will be sung by Mrs. Rachel Rook and Miss Cin (Continued on Page 4) New Lieutenant At Sunny Point Second Lieutenant John P. Stobie, of Pittsburgh, Pennsyl vania, has recently arrived for assignment and duty at the Mili tary Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point. Lt. Stobie attended The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, graduating in May of this year with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and a Reserve Commission In the United States Army. In September, he was ordered to active duty and was enrolled in the Transportation Corps Of ficers’ Basic Course at Fort Eus tis, Virginia. Following completion of this course, Lt. Stobie reported for (Continued on Page 4) More Economic Opportunity Aid Is In Prospect "An amendment to Title m of the Economic Opportunity Act signed November 8 by President Johnson will provide addition al and much needed resources for hard-pressed, low-income rural people desiring to improve their farm income or start small business," Parks C. Fields, FHA County Supervisor stated this week. The Economic Opportunity Act amendment increases from $2,500 to $3,500 the maximum loan that the Farmers Home Ad ministration can make to individ ual farmers or other rural resi dents at the bottom of the eco nomic ladder. The amendment also authorizes additional credit to borrowers so long as their total outstanding indebtedness for an economic opportunity loan does not exceed $3,500. Since the office of Economic Opportunity rural loan program started in January 1965, the Farmers Home Administration extended credit totaling $2,142, 690. to over 1575 rural people throughout North Carolina. These Economic Opportunity borrowers are operating more than 150 different kinds of non agricultural enterprises—in ad dition to farming—as a result of credit extended through this program. Loans average $1,360. “In some cases the cost of obtaining land, buildings and equipment for small rural-based business has been a barrier to developing a reasonably sound loan under the previous $2,500. limit,” Fields explained. “The authorization which permits the making of larger loans to bor rowers will allow them to ac quire and develop more adequate resources to help provide a bet ter standard of living.” This amendment will also make it possible for some rural loan borrowers to expand their opera tion in cases where needed capi tal is not available from conven tional credit sources. Additional Information on these loans may be obtained from the County FHA Office in Shal lotte. Christmas Ball Great Success Mellow music and a mood of holiday gaiety prevailed Friday night at beautiful Boiling Spring Lakes Country Club for the Christmas Ball, sponsored by members of the Southport Junior Woman’s Club for the benefit of the Brunswick County Library Building Fund. A final financial report was not available this week, but couples who attended contributed in the neighborhood of $500, with only a small amount to be deducted for expenses. Music was by the Wilmington Community Or chestra through the courtesy of the American Federation of Musicians. The rrchestra was under the direction of William F. Adcock, head of the music department at Wilmington College. There was a strong flavor of music from other years, although the band was able to go modern once in awhile to afford musical con trast. One of the featured performers was Dr. Richard Conrad, South port dentist, who was a member of the reed section. An interesting portion of the (Continued on Page 4> 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, December 15, 10:15 A M 3:52 A M 10:21 PM 4:34 P M Friday, December 16, 10:57 AM 4:34 A M 11:09 P M 5:16 P M Saturday, December 17, 11:39 A M 5:22 A M 6:04 P M Sunday, December 18, 6:10 A M 12:21 P M 6:52 P M Monday, December 19, 0:45 A M 7:04 A M 1:09 P M 7:40 P M Tuesday, December 20, 1:39 A M 7:58 A M 1:57 P M 8:28 P M Wednesday, December 21, 2:33 A M 8:58 A M 2:51 P M 9:22 P M
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