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THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
Most of the News
All The Time
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1966
St A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
MRS. BOB S1DEBOTHAM AND HIS MOTHER
cmporary Duty
tins Into Weeks
ED HARPER
i Bob’s wife that we
the store open until
hie to come back to
i '■ Foxy Howard. “We
t it would only be a few
now it has been eight
botham is the owner of
, tft- Store at Oak Is
ht weeks ago he fell
od a concussion. He
ious for a few days
. ~ed into a coma from
as not yet recovered.
:ag this time Side
store has remained
- > to the work of his
ltle Oak Island Moose
■ a had beena member
■ ■inston-Salem Moose
about 20 years and
cental in the founding
Island Moose Lodge.
'dub held its first meet
ning of October 26.
• evening Sidebotham
of a severe head
: lie went home his
ached, so he went to
- it three o’clock the
■orning he arose to go
athroom to get some
Suddenly he blacked
U, striking his head
•si-board heater. His
uiia, heard him fall,
die room and found
■ scious on the floor,
cut on the top of his
s.-lxitham was taken by
m Dosher Memorial
Soutliport.
ciained unconscious
the next day but then
b was able to carry on
cis and could recog
He seemed to be
• normally. On Sunday,
, however, he lapsed
-• He was tlien moved
' usive care unit of
-c r Memorial Hospital
■- ton. He remained
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:il be no runs of the
County Bookmobile
week ol Dec. 25. The
ill resume on Tuesday,
with the Supply, Boiling
■ikes and Waccamaw
ION SERVICE
red I'ordham and the
ll‘Jn of St. Philip’sEpis
■irch extend a cordial
their friends of other
nuns to join them in
imas Eve Service. It
:,d on Saturday, Decem
. inning at 11 p.m. The
ill be Holy Communion
the birth of Jesus,
■'•dpersons are welcome
•-■mbers of St. Philip’s
■munion.
LT. TYSINGER
Ash Airman
Has Commission
Harold E. Tysinger, son of
Mrs. Irene K. Tysinger of Free
land, has been commissioned a
second lieutenant in the U. S. Air
Force upon graduation from Of
ficer Training School (OTS) at
Lackland AFB, Tex.
Lieutenant Tysinger, selected
for OTS through competitive ex
amination, is being assigned to
Chanute AFB, 111., for training as
a missile launch officer.
The lieutenant is a graduate of
Waccamaw High School, Ash. He
received an A A degree from Wil
mington College and his BS
degree in I960 from the Universi
ty of North Carolina.
Ignorance Is
Poor Excuse
Ignorance of the law excuses
no one.
That is something everybody
has heard, and it applies to a draft
boards deliberations and actions,
as well as to any other agency set
up to administer public law.
The law makes it the re
sponsibility of the individual reg
istrant to do everything that the
law requires ol him. The law
requires him to do these things
within a certain time limit. If
he doesn’t do them, he can lose
many privileges and rights given
him under the law.
“It is the duty ol every man
registered with a draft board to
be alert and protect his rights
under the law,” advises Chair
man H. A. Livingston.
“Certainly it is the moral
responsibility of parents to have
their sons make themselves
aware of the necessity of com
plying with all provisions of law
and regulations,” he says.
“It is too bad that registrants,
parents, and employers often
sleep on their rights until it is too
late, or extremely difficult under
our regulations, to do anything
about their cases,” he says.
Livingston says that somo
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Nomination For
Mother Of Year
Being Received
Miss Lela Moore Hall of
Wilmington, chairman of District
22 of the North Carolina State
Mothers Association, announces
that official blanks for nominat
ing qualified mothers for State
Mother of the Year for 1967 may
now be obtained from her. Coun
ties in this district are New Han
over, Brunswick and Onslow.
Last year’s selection for the
Mother of the Year from District
22 was Mrs. Minta Mintz of
Shallotte.
A mother must be nominated by
a duly constituted organization.
Nominations by individuals are
not accepted. The official blanks
which must be used, contain the
rules and qualifications required
for the selection of the State
Mother. The achievements of the
children as reflected in the care
and nurture of the mother; serv
ice in the community (and state)
through religious, civic, cultural
and educational activities evi
dencing the concern of the mother
outside the home are given prime
importance in consideration of
the State and National Mother of
tlie Year.
The Congress of the United
States proclaimed the second
Sunday in May as Mother’s Day—
a National Flag holiday. Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, thenSecre
tary of State, proclaimed that
its purpose was “To Establish,
promote and perpetuate work for
the well being of the home; to
give emphasis to the home as
the fountainhead of the State”.
The North Carolina State Moth
ers Association, an affiliate of
the American Mothers Com
mittee, Inc., that selects and hon
ors a National Mother from the
State Mothers nominated by the
50 states and Puerto Rico, is or
ganized to carry out this purpose.
There are now district com
mittees to promote the nomi
nation and recognition of as many
qualified mothers as possible.
This strengthens the purpose of
bringing attention of the general
public, particularly young peo
ple, the rewards of dedicated and
devoted motherhood. A district
lominee is selected in each of the
2£ districts to represent the
mothers of each of the districts
in the selection of the State Moth
er of the Year by a state selec
tion committee, of which Miss
Ruth C. Wilson, 1121 Harvey
Street in Raleigh is chairman.
Other members are chosen from
representatives of Statewide or
ganizations.
The nominations for State
Mother of the Year is not a popu
larity contest. She must have
already earned the acclaim by
those who have known her and
her family through the years.
All nominations must be in the
hands of the district chairman by
February 15, 1967.
Directors Ask
For More Funds
The Board of Directors of
SENCland Community Action,
Inc. has approved five anti-pov
erty projects developed by the
agency’s staff and has requested
$470,944 from the Office of
Economic Opportunity to carry
out the programs during the
coining year.
The “Conduct and Administra
tion” component will require
$79,920 in Federal Funds to car
ry out the administrative, cleri
cal, and record-keeping activi
ties of the Anti-Poverty Offices
in Bladen, Brunswick and Colum
bus Counties.
The “Multi-Purpose Services
Centers” will require $218,746
in Federal Funds to establish
ten (10) centers throughout the
tri-county area as a means of
extending social, health, edu
cation, welfare and employment
services to low-income fami
lies. This project will be ad
ministered by SENCland Com
munity Action, Inc,
The “Family Planning” proj
ect will require $24,092 in Fed
eral Funds and is designed to
educate participants in planned
parenthood. The administration
of this project is being delegated
to the Health Departments in
Bladen, Brunswick and Colum
bus Counties.
The “Home Management”
project will require $38,347 to
provide instruction in basic
homemaking skills and will be
administered by the Agricul
tural Extension Services of
Bladen, Brunswick and Colum
bus Counties.
The "Nelson Amendment”
project will require $115,839 in
Federal f unds and will provide
work for unemployed persons who
will assist in the excavation of
Brunswick Town. This project
will be administered jointly by
SFNC'land Community Action and
the North Carolina Department
of Archives and History.
An additional $95,904 is to be
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Proposed For Progress
A public hearing has been scheduled by the State Highway Com
mission for December 21 at Acme-Delco High School to hear objec
tions, if any, to a project to improve US 74 from Bolton to Leland,
as illustrated by the dotted line on map. A map showing the Bruns
wick portion of the proposed project has been posted in the court
house. Money for the project will come from Primary Road Bond
Funds. Plans are also being formulated for extensive improvements
from the new bridge in Wilmington to Leland. The hearing at Acme
Delco will begin at 2 p.m.
Donations For
Library Fund
Still Coming
Dr. J. Richard Corbett, radio
logist serving Dosher Memorial
Hospital, has contributed a
second $100 to the building fund of
the Southport-Brunswick County
Public Library. Although Dr.
Corbett makes his home in Wil
mington, he says he is interest
ed in everything concerning the
future of Southport.
The Southport and Shallotte
offices of the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company made a very
substantial joint donation tills
week. The check was given by
Lester V. Lowe, vice-president,
to Mrs. Philip King, librarian.
Other contributions this week
included $00 from the Southport
Jaycettes and gifts from Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Sides, Long
Beach; Mr. and Mrs. C. Willard
Greene, Boiling Spring Lakes,
and Harry Weeks, Southport.
Jury List For
Criminal Term
The following jury list was
drawn Monday by the board of
commissioners for service
during the term of Brunswick
county Superior court which
convenes on Monday, January
16, for trial of criminal cases:
Supply: Thomas S. Bennett,
Woodrow Smith, John McMillan,
Carl Clemmons, Junior Thomp
son, Jesse R. Caison, Durbin
Varnum, Robert L. Carlisle.
Shallotte: Horace G. Hewett,
James E. Bland, J. Conrad Pi
gott, O. O. Barnes, W. T. White,
Earl Gore, A. M. Phelps, Wil
liam R. Cheers, E. L. Chad
wick, Sr., Zeb Davis, R. j.
Sominersett.
Southport: John F. Jackson,
Willaii. F. Ferrell, Edward Han
kins, Noah Jones, W. L. Jones,
Matthew M. Lambert, James
Fraser.
Bolivia: Jack C. Crouch, Paul
McDowell, T. C. Lennon. Long
wood: Hyet Holden, Bryan R.
Smith, Harvey Stevenson; Na
vassa: Charlie McKoy.
Leland: Robert W. Everette,
Ernest Radford, J. C. Finch,
Lee B. Sullivan, James P.
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!l WESTERN
AUTO
Hundred Dollar Photo
DONOR — John H. Bray, owner of the Western Auto store in Southport, jokingly
told City Manager C. D. Pickerrell he would give $100 to the Library Building Fund
provided his picture was in the State Port Pilot. Pick’s reply was “start writing the
check. Here is Bray’s $100 picture. The lovely lady center is Mrs. Bray.
Back At Home
For Holidays
Among the students at home for
the holidays in the Southport
area are:
Lew Hardee, Miss Martha Har
relson and Ed Harper, University
of North Carolina; Vincent Le
Clerc and Jerry Swain, N. C.
State University; Barbara Mel
ton, Robin Greene, Dianne Warth,
Dianne Carrier, and Valerie
Swain, East Carolina College;
Susan Key, Salem College; Sandy
Oliver, UNC-Greensboro; Patti
Key, St. Mary’s; Sally Ward,
Kenneth King, Cindy Hardy, Kathy
Joyner, Bill Furpless, Darrell
Wilmouth, Frank Barbee and Ed
Joyner, Wilmington College;
Jerry Dilsaver Frederick Mili
tary Academy; Davey Herring,
Hargrave Military Academy;
Tommy Burriss, Carolina Mili
tary Academy; Rodney Garner,
Wingate; and A1 Templeton,
Military School in Savannah, Ga.
Time And Tide
Our Christmas week issue of The Pilot for 193G came out in
December 24, and for this one time we used green ink, a sort of
color printing that was 30 years before its time. May it never be
said that The Pilot is not a pioneer! (Confidentally, it was a sort
of sickly green, barely legible. And we never have tried it again).
The Southport business district was decorated for Christmas, with
colored lights across the streets at the four principal business
intersections.
There was good news from the Post Office Department: Sunday
morning delivery in Southport was scheduled to begin on January 3,
1937 shipment ol Christmas evergreens, principally holly, was
adding to the income of several Brunswick farmers; and Christmas
vacation for Brunswick county school children had included those
for the one-teacher unit at Bald Head Island.
December 24, 1941, and World War II was two weeks old. There
had been a report from the Potter boys, Frank and Bryant, that they
were safe aboard their ship in the Pa<,:f>''. The N. C. Department
of Conservation and Development had official Christmas card
that year that carried a Brunswick county fishing scene. We had
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Ferry Slip Needs
Additional Work
Light Contest
Again This Year
The Southport Garden Club
is again sponsoring the outdoor
Christmas decorating contest.
The following categories will be
judged:
Prettiest Living Tree, 1st and
2nd prizes; Prettiest Door, 1st
and 2nd prizes; All Over Deco
ration, 1st and 2nd prizes; Most
Unusual decoration.
Judging will take place Decem
ber 23 after G p. m.
Glee Club Has
Good Program
The Junior High School Glee
Club of Southport High School
delighted a large audience Thurs
day night with its rendition of
Christmas carols, heralding the
arrival of the Christinas season.
Responding to the traditional
story of the Christ Child being
born in Bethlehem, which was
very vividly narrated by the Rev.
Fred Fordharn, pastor of St.
Philips Episcopal Church, the
audience joined with the glee
club in singing the Christmas
carols of many generations and
nations.
The musical group was under
the direction of James F. Frink
of the Brunswick County High
School, who was assisted at the
piano by Mrs. Aimie E, Francis,
teacher of language arts at the
Southport High School.
The program was sponsored
by Mrs. Ruth Hood, teacher of
special education at the South
port High School.
As of this (Tuesday) morning
there was no new word as to
when the Southport-Fort Fisher
Ferry would be ready to return
from drydock in New Bern to
resume her winter schedule of
operations across the Cape Fear
river.
There has been a delay of more
than two weeks in the delivery
which first was announced, and
a crew has been standing by to go
to New Bern and get her when
word is received that she is
ready.
Meanwhile, the North Carolina
State Highway Commission has
applied to the Corps of Army
Engineers for permission to
redredge two entrance channels
and turning basins in the Cape
Fear River in connection with
the Fort Fisher-Southport ferry.
One of the points is at Federal
Point, Fort Fisher in New Han
over County, and the other two
miles north of Southport at Prices
Creek (the Southport landing of
the ferry).
The plans submitted show
130,000 cubic yards of material
will be removed from the points
and deposited along the shore
line and on the mainland.
Plans of the proposed work
may be seen at the Wilmington
office of the Corps of Engineers
and in the Carolina Beach and
Southport postoffices.
All data interested parties may
wish to submit in support or
opposition to the proposed dredg
ing should be submitted in writing
to the Wilmington COE office
prior to 4:45 p. m. Jan. 1G,
according to Col. Beverly C. Snow
Jr., district engineer.
Making Gifts
Gives Meaning
At Christmas
By LYNN HEWETT
4-H COUNTY COUNCIL
SECRETARY
Christmas gifts can be a bur
den or lots of fun. More and
more of the families of 4-H
club members are making their
lifts, helping the budget and the
enjoyment of togetherness is a
definite reward that grows up
with the children.
I know of one family that made
its own Christmas cards, and
each person that received one of
the cards appreciated the trouble
and time and the thought that had
been spent to send the greeting.
I know of other families that
enjoy making tree ornaments,
decorations for the table, for
the mantle and for the windows
and doors. It’s fun to go in the
woods and pick out a tree with all
the family, or just go to the tree
lot and pick outgone for pur
chasing. The pleasure of working
together is the main idea.
I have chosen four ideas that
you might think would be excel
lent for gifts, yet only cost a
little time.
1. Copies of your family
favorite recipes, including short
cuts or variations. These can be
made into miniature scrapbooks
or placed on the back of your
Christmas cards. And you might
type them on index cards ready
to file for that favorite cook.
2. For your flower loving
friend, a prize bulb or plant from
your flower garden will make
an ideal gift. You might make
seed packets from last year's
Christmas cards for your fa
vorite seeds, but remember
to carefully label each one. Small
bulbs can be packaged in deco
rated egg cartons tied with gay
ribbons.
3. For the neighbor that works,
you might send a box with the
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
tor Southport during the
week. These hours arei ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, December 22,
3:27 A M 9:58 A M
3:45 P M 10:10 P M
Friday, December 28,
4:15 A M 10:52 A M
4:33 P M 10:58 P M
Saturday, December 24,
5:30 A M 11:40 A M
5:21 P M 11:46 P M
Sunday, December 25.
5:51 A M 12:34 A M
6:09 P M
Monday, December 26,
6:39 A M 0:34 A M
6:57 P M 1:16 P M
Tuesday, December 27,
7:27 A M 1:16 A M
7:39 P M 2:04 P M
Wednesday, December 28,
8:09 A M 2:04 A M
8:27 P M 2:46 P M