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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 38
No. 34
8* Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1967
5* A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Receives Bronze Star
^>d"liral °-c- Rohnke flew down to Oak Island Coast Station Monday
from Portsmouth to award the Bronze Star Medal to EM2 Ronald Savage, right. The
award was for heroism under enemy fire in South Vietnam. 8 8
At Oak Island Station
Receives Bronze Star
The Bronze Star, designating
meritorious achievement, was
presented to EN2 Ronald D. Sav
age, USCG, by Admiral O. C.
Rohnke, Commander Filth Coast
Guard District, at ceremonies
held at the Oak Island Coast
Guard Station Monday.
Admiral Rohnke, who arrived
at Oak Island by helicopter, pre
sided at the ceremony at which
he presented the medal to Savage
and make a personal inspection
of the station.
The Bronze Star, which was
awarded Savage by the Com
mander in Chief, United States
Pacific Fleet, is in tribute of
the courageous performance
demonstrated by Savage while
serving with the Coast Guard
Cutter Point Slocum (WPB
82313), Coast Guard Squadron
One, while engaged in Market
Time operations to interdict Viet
Cong infiltration attempt near
the mouth of the Co-Chien River.
Savage, while assisting in the
capture of a 100 foot vessel aban
doned by the Viet Cong, volun
teered to board the flaming ves
sel and extinguish the fire al
though under heavy fire from the
Viet Cong along the beach. Sav
age was instrumental in ex
tinguishing the fire and cap
turing the vessel with its 100 ton
cargo of arms and ammunition.
Following is the text of the
citation:
“For meritorious achievement
while serving in USCGC Point
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BENEFIT SUPPER
There will be a chicken supper
at Holy Light Holiness Church,
Ash, Saturday, starting at 4 p.m.
Proceeds will go to the building
fund.
HEADS GRAV LADIES
Mrs. A, H. Gainey, Jr. is taking
over the duties of the Red Cross
Gray Ladies Auxiliary of Dosher
Memorial Hospital in Southport
since Mrs. G. V. Barbee, Jr.,
resigned.
ON HONOR ROLL
Miss Barbara Ann Melton of
Southport and Miss Ruby Jane
Stanley of Ash were Brunswick
county students making the honor
roll at East Carolina College
during the fall quarter.
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Approval was given by the
State Highway Commission to
resurfacing 16.3 miles of high
way in the primary and secondary
road system in Brunswick county
at its meeting in Raleigh last
week.
ELECT OFFICERS
At a meeting of the board of
directors of National Develop
ment Corporation in its office
in Long Beach on January 20
the following officers were elect
ed: E. F. Middleton, president;
H. A. Templeton, Jr., vice presi
dent-general manager; D. C.
Herring, secretary; A. E. An
derson,' Jr., assistant secre
tary-treasurer.
Accepts Plaque
RECOGNITION — Mrs. Doris Moss, field representa
tive of the District Social Security office, presents a
plaque to E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., chairman of the Brunswick
County Board of Health, in recognition of work in con
nection with Home Health Agencies.
Brunswick Health
Work Recognized
A plaque Indicating Brunswick
County Health Department’s cer
tification as a Home Health
Agency under Medicare was pre
sented last week by Mrs. Doris
Moss, Field Representative of
the District Social Security Of
fice, to Eugene B. Tomlinson,
Chairman of the County Board of
Health and of the Advisory Com
mittee for the Home Health Serv
ice Program. The plaque was
presented in a simple ceremony
at the County Health Department.
The Brunswick County Health
Department was one of the first
of the present 14 certified Home
Health Agencies In North Caro
lina, according to Dr. burns
Jones, Assistant State Health Di
rector.
Medicare Is the Federal Health
Insurance Program which helps
to pay medical expenses for the
age 65 and over. This insurance
not only helps to pay for hospital
and doctor expenses, but it also
helps pay for professional care In
the home, If such care Is pre
scribed by a doctor and If the
service Is available through a
certified agency. To be eligible
to receive, you must have signed
up for the Insurance, and be un
der the care of a doctor who
feels that this care Is neces
sary. Services provided by the
Brunswick County Home Health
Service include nursing care and
physical therapy.
The Home Health Service Pro
gram Is only one of the many
services provided by the B uns
wlck County health Department
which is presently staffed by
three nurses, one sanitarian,
three clerks and one part-time
health director and Immunization
education aide. To meet the de
mand of the increasing services
and new programs, additional
personnel are needed, according
to Dr. John R. Black, County
Health Director.
The members of the advisory
committee for the Home Health
Service Program Include In ad
dition to Mr. Tomlinson, Chalr
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James Harper, member of the
staff of the Virginian-Pilot, Nor
folk, Va., won first place in the
contest for best news writing
during 1966, sponsored by the
Virginia Press Association. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James M. Harper, Jr., of South
port.
Farm Bureau
Board Meets
The Brunswick County Farm
Bureau Board of Directors met
at Schick’s Restaurant in Shal
lotte for a dutch supper and their
January business meeting. The
session was called to order by
the President Ira L. Chadwick.
New board members Installed
at the meeting were: Elmer Ay
cock, Northwest; Henry C. Wil
liams, Lockwoods Folly; Homer
Holden, Town Creek; Billy wade
Russ, Shallotte; Bryan Smith,
Waccamaw; and T. J. Gilbert.
S mlthvllle.
Committees for the new year
were appointed as follow: New
Enrollment, Homer Holden, A. w.
Clemmons and Edwin Clemmons;
Special Projects, Henry C. Wll
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Study Reveals
Training Need
For Residents
The Advisory Committee of
SENCland Community Action,
Inc., met Tuesday Night. At
tending also were members of the
Board and representatives from
the Regional Office of Office of
Economic Opportunity in Wash
ington, D. C„ and The State
Planning Task Force in Raleigh.
The Community Action Agency
is the anti-poverty agency for
Bladen, Brunswick and Colum
bus Counties.
Approximately 150 persons
heard a startling report recently
conducted by SENCland Com
munity Action, Inc. The report
was made from studies of 50
communities, 3,722 families, and
15,225 residents. Deputy Di
rector, Charles Mumford, gave
the report.
' Mumford pointed out that the
large outmigration of persons
18 years of age and over is due
to unavailability of jobs leaving
an unusual number of very young
and very old people.
In group surveyed, two thirds
of the 19-45 year age group fail
ed to complete high school, indi
cating the need for additional
training to improve employa
bility.
Some of the other categories
reported on were: INCOME:
Forty-two percent of the fami
lies had less than $1,000 in gross
Income in 1965. Only 14% had
Incomes of $3,000 or more. Just
under one-third of the families
received some type of Govern
ment aid.
MEDICAL: Forty percent of
the men examined for military
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Jean Fullwood
City Chairman
' Mrs. Gene Fullwood, local
business woman and housewife,
has been appointed to head Heart
Fund campaign activities in
Southport. The announcement
was made by Mrs. Freeman
Hewett, 1967 Heart Fund Chair
man for Brunswick county.
The chairman of the 1967 Heart
Sunday appeal in Southport will
be Mrs. Glenn Hart according to
Mrs. Hewett.
Heart Sunday will be observed
In Southport as the high pGint of
the Heart Fund campaign in Feb
ruary, designated Heart Month by
Governor Dan Moore. Volunteers
will call on their neighbors on
February 26. Mrs. Hart needs
a number of volunteers to cover
the residential sections of the
city.
The volunteers will serve a
dual purpose. They will distrib
ute Information telling how to
safeguard the lives and hearts
of all members of a family. They
will also receive Heart Fund
contributions.
Proceeds of the drive are
used to support research, educa
tion and community service ac
tivities of the North Carolina
Heart Association, the only
voluntary health agency
here devoted exclusively to
combating diseases of the
heart and circulation, which
are responsible for more than
one-half of all deaths in this coun
ty. The Brunswick Association
Is part of the North Carolina and
American Heart Association.
Time And Tide
In our issue for February 3, 1937, there was this headline:
“January Was Month of Mild Weather.” The Brunswick county
chairman for the American Red Cross expressed in print his ap
preciation for the $480 contributed by citizens of this county to the
Flood Relief Drive sponsored by that organization. The editor said
that he was proud, too.
Thirty years ago there was news from more different sections
than now is being sent in to The Pilot. There was even one column
from Bald Head Island. There also were three regular school
columns—Waccamaw, Shallotte and Southport.
There was a front page story in our issue for February 4, 1942,
reporting a campaign to buy a new schoolhouse bell to take the place
of one that had been cracked when rung too vigorously during Hallo
ween celebration. Victory Gardens were being suggested, and'one
loyal landowner was offering free garden sites—with no takers.
Groundhog day had come and gone, but in its wake was gloom:
Six weeks more of winter weather was in prospect, according to that
superstition.
Brunswick county was to undertake a locally administered revalua
tion program. That announcement was made in The Pilot for February
5, 1947, W, P, Jorgensen was tax supervisor. Representative Odell
Williamson had introduced a bill in the State Legislature to abolish:
Rural Policemen for Brunswick.
It had been cold in Southport with the official Weather Bureau
figures showing a low reading of 19-degrees on Monday of that week.
Shallotte was to be the site of the Annual basketball tournament,
scheduled for two weeks hence; quail hunters had reported a poor
season—and were puzzled; and there was a story which said: “Early
Fishermen Have Good Luck.”
The front page picture in The Pilot for January 30, 1952, showed a
Whiteville man with a big turkey gobbler he had killed while hunting
*n Brunswick, wiring of the Southport gym had been completed by a
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Army Units Debark At Sunny Point
RETURN — Not all of the shipments at Sunny Point last year were of ammunition
and supplies. Here are U.S. Army units who marched through Southport after landing
at Sunny Point following service in the Dominican Republic.
Big Business
Sunny Point Stays Busy
Pageant Contestants
ENTRIES — Sharon Bradsher, left, and Victoria
Hughes, right, have become the first two entries in the
Miss Brunswick County Pageant, sponsored again this
year by the Shallotte Jaycees.
First Two Entries
In County Pageant
Mrs. Shirley ward, director of
the Miss Brunswick County Pag
eant. announced the names of
the first two contestants to enter
this week. They are Miss Sharor
Bradsher and Miss Victoria
Hughes.
Miss Bradsher Is the daughter
of Mr, and Mrs, A. w. Bradsher
of Shallotte and Is a sophomore
at East Carolina College where
she is a member of the Alpha
Phi Sorority. She graduated
from Shallotte High School in
1965 and is a speech major in
college.
This young lady is 5-ft., 6-1/2
inches tall, has brown eyes and
brown hair and a medium dark
complexion. Her talent category
will be a reading presentation.
Miss Hughes is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton V. Hughes
of Ash and is a senior at wac
camaw High School. She wants
to attend Southeastern Com
munity College in Whiteville.
This contestant is 5-ft., 4
inches tall, has brown hair and
brown eyes and dark complexion.
Her talent presentation will be a
comedy monologue.
Mrs. ward says that she hopes 1
there will be entries from every ]
section of Brunswick county this
year. “This is a marvelous op- !
portunlty for our Brunswick
county girls,” she said, “and I
hope we will have a full roster
of contestants for this year’s
awards.”
Bids Withdrawn
For Dredging
Proposed dredging of a portion
of the Cape Fear River for the
Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry was
the only project withdrawn in a
$13 million state highway letting
last week.
Keith Hundley, public relations
director of the State Highway De
partment, said the project was
withdrawn because the State
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The Military Ocean Terminal
Sunny Point, which is located on
the west bank of the Cape Fear
River approximately five miles
north of Southport, continued to
exert a considerable influence on
the economy of the area during
calendar year 1966.
During this period, the ter ml-.,
nal averaged more than two hun
dred full time Civil Service em
ployees on its salaries to these
employees. The majority of these
permanently reside in Brunswick
and New Hanover counties, and
therefore this money is mainly
absorbed within the local econo
my.
Colonel Archie B. Joyner, Jr.,
who resides with the other mili
tary personnel at Fort Johnston
in Southport, commands Sunny
Point.
The Military Ocean Terminal,
Sunny Point, otherwise known as
MOTSU, has as its main mission
the loading and/or discharging
ammunition or explosive cargo,
and during 1966 processed a con
siderable amount of cargo
through MOTSU, and in addition
processed some cargo through
the Port of Wilmington.
The cargo is loaded aboard or
discharged trim vessels by long
shore men who report to the
terminal on an as needed basis,
and as the type of commodity
being handled is considered
hazardous cargo, these long
shoremen are paid premium
wages for their labor. During
the year, $3,450,000 was paid
to these longshoremen. As
these personnel also reside in the
Southport/Wilmington area,
these funds are for the 'most
part spent in this locality.
It is obvious that to support
an operation of this magnitude
wherein nearly $5-million was
spent in direct labor costs, other
substantial costs would accrue
for services, supplies, and
equipment. examples of ex
penditures mainly within the lo
cal area are as follows; Pro
curement of supplies or serv
ices for maintenance of termi
nal facilities and equipment,
£446,000; Dredging Operation,
£600,000; Total Expenditures tor
railroad operation, vessel pilots,
:ug fees, ship stores, cafeteria
supplies, etc., $423,000.
While as previously mention
ed the main mission of the Mili
:ary Ocean Terminal is the
landllng of ammunition and ex
rtosive cargo, the terminal did
n fact accomplish an equally
mportant function of moving
nilitary personnel, supplies and
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City Purchases
Cranmer Home
At a call meeting of the Board
of Aldermen Monday night a de
cision was reached to purchase
the E. H. Cranmer home on Moore
Street. There was no announce
ment of definite plans for Its use.
Recently the trustees for the
Cranmer estate have sold a lot
on the east side of the residence
for a site for the proposed South
port-Brunswick County Library.
A lot on the west side of the home
las been purchased by a group in
terested in the preservation of the
[ndian Trail Tree and plans have
been made to create a park in
memory of the late w. B. Keziah.
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Gift Of Land
Helps Finance
New Auditorium
"The Baptists seem to have
their hands on the pulse of hu
manity and seek to touch the needs
of people,” said Miss Rachel E.
Hatch to a close friend, Mrs.
L. D. Huie of Warsaw.
So Miss Hatch, an Episcopa
lian, left her entire estate, in
cluding 1,493 acres of land be
tween Kenansvllle and Pink Hill,
to the Baptist State Convention
of N. C.
No deed had been Issued on the
property since 1880. The estate
also included stocks, bonds and
cash.
The General Board of the State
Convention voted at its recent
meeting that proceeds from the
estate be used to erect the pro
posed new auditorium at N. C.
Baptist Assembly at Southport.
It will be named the Rachel E.
Hatch Memorial Auditorium. The
proposal to borrow $250,000 to
build the badly-needed structure
will apparently no longer be
necessary.
Rachel Hatch spent her early
life on a sprawling farm in Dup
lin county near Kenansvllle. The
old home place burned, and the
last 35 years of her life were
spent in Richmond, Va. She died
recently at 86.
Miss Hatch read extensively,
keeping in step with the times,
and was a diligent Bible scholar.
She never failed to encourage
young people to secure a proper
education and devote their talents
to uplifting humanity.
According to friends and neigh
bors, she believed that faith in
God demanded expression in
everyday life. Neighbors recount
that when anyone was ill, she
always came with a word of en
couragement and usually a gift.
She treasured and nourished
every friendship. The tenants
on her farms felt she was a
member of their families.
"One who went about doing
good,” sums up the life of Rachel
Hatch, according to those who
knew her best.
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Man Is Shot
By Patrolman
Eunice Ottls Davis, Bruns
wick county Negro man, was shot
Sunday afternoon by Highway Pa
trolman Billy Day while resist
ing arrest on a minor traffic
charge.
Davis, who underwent surgery
in James Walker Memorial Hos
pital Sunday night lor an abdomi
nal gunshot wound, is listed In
"satisfactory” condition.
Patrolman Day was described
by hospital authorities as "not
critically or seriously Injured”
in the fight and was treated
and discharged In “fair” con
dition.
Clothing torn and disarrayed.
Day described the events that
led to the Sunday afternoon shoot
ing.
Day said that at 3:45 p. m.
he stopped a truck in which there
were two passengers and Davis,
the driver, on an unpaved country'
road off the Ocean Isle Road.
The patrolman said he told
David that he was under arrest
for reckless operation and would
have to go to jail.
Trooper Day said that a short
right ensued with Davis as he
:ried to get the man Into the pa
:rol car; but that Davis finally
igreed to go, saying, "All right!
ill right, I’ll go with you.”
The patrolman said they had
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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
nnwiiy, February 2,
1:39 AM 8:04 A M
1:57 P M 8:16 P M
Friday, February 8,
2:45 A M 9:16 A M
2:57 P M 9:22 P M
Saturday, February 4,
3:51AM 10:16 AM
3:03 PM 10:22 PM
Sunday, February 5,
4:51 A M 11:16 A M
5:03 P M 11:22 P M
Monday, February 6,
5:45 A M 12:10 A 1C
5:57 P M
Tuesday, February 7,
6:39 A M
6:51 P M 12:68 p M
Wednesday, February 8,
7:21 A M 0:58 A M
7:33 PM 1:40 P M
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