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VOLUME 38
No. 36
8-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1967
A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Southport Cub Scouts
**iSa*^*® These are the Southport Cub Scouts, who were honored at their An
nual Banquet on Saturday evening at the Community Building in Southport. We gave
up on trying to allign cutlines, so pick out the one you think is your favorite Cub
Scout — and you probably will be right. (Photo by Dosher)
Pace Program
Available Again
For Brunswick
Approximately fourteen
Brunswick County citizens rep
resenting private non-profit and
public agencies met today to
institute plans for a P.A.C.E.
program to be held in this
county next summer. The group
is serving as a steering com
mittee responsible for setting
up a local outlet for carrying
out the provisions of the pro
gram.
The P.A.C.E. program is
designed for the student who is
academically qualified to do
college work but whose finan
cial situation is such that col
lege would prove to be impos
sible without some outside
assistance. It is open to any
student who is a high school
graduate, has been accepted as
a student by one of the par
‘—ticipatlng colleges or univer
sities, and whose financial need
has been certified by the col
lege or university of his or
her choice. Once a student
has been certified as being
eligible for the P.A.C.E. pro
gram, a job would then be lo
cated for him in his home com
munity in any public, non-profit
non-political, non-religious
agency or organization. (For
example - city government,
county government, health de
partments, hospitals, recrea
tional programs, etc.) The col
leges, under grants from the
U. S. Dept, of Education, would
pay in excess of 75% of the
student’s salary, while the us
ing agency in the local com
munity would be required to
pay in cash the balance of sal
ary costs. The participating
college or university deter
mines the number of weeks
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Brief Bits Of
NEWS
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Marvin Nash, District Gover
nor for 31-H, will be the speak
er at the regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club tomorrow
(Thursday) at 6:30 o’clock at the
Community Building.
LUNCHEON PROGRAM
Colonel Bee Brown will be the
guest speaker at the Junior
Woman’s Club of Southport In
ternational Affairs luncheon Fri
day at noon at the Presbyterian
Church. Colonel Brown will
present a program on CARE.
The public is invited.
NURSING MEETING
The Brunswick County Home
Care Group for the Chronically
IU will meet Monday evening at
8 o’clock in the agriculture build
ing in Supply. Two nursing con
sultants with the Medicare Sec
tion of the State Board of Health
will be guest speakers. They
are Jane Davis and Estelle Robin
son. The public is invited to
attend.
*ANEL program
A panel discussion on Church
Community relationship will be
m°.u!uCte? °n Tuesday evening at
Trinity Methodist church under
the auspices of thp uropc »*•_
Ed Royal and
co-chairmen, and serving with
them on the programwlinlc n
Pickerrell, Mrs. Susan Carson
Ray Walton, E. B. Tomllnsom
Jr. and James M. Harper,
Refreshments will be served foil
lowing the program and a cordial
invitation is extended for all
interested persons to attend.
Talk Of Bridge
From Long Beach
Highway officials agreed with
the need but gave little en
couragement to prospects for
early construction of a high level
bridge across the Intracoastal
Waterway at the Yellow Banks
during a public hearing last
Wednesday afternoon.
The meeting was held at the
City Hall of Long Beach and
was called to order by Mayor
E. F. Middleton. One of the
leading proponents of the prop
osition was Roy Milliken, prop
erty owner from Greensboro.
Representing State Highway of
ficials were Commissioner Ash
ley Murphy of Atkinson and Paul
DuPre from Wilmington. They
listened to the appeal and grant
ed that there is an apparent
need for this additional access
to the growing beach resort area.
But they pointed out that there
are many projects ahead of this
one on the highway construction
schedule, and they all cost money.
The bridge would cross the
canal at the Yellow Banks and
would provide sufficient clear
ance for inland waterway traf
fic. It would require a high
way extending from the end of
Lincolnton Street to a junction
with Highway No. 130 at Mid
way. Highway officials were in
formed that there will be no
problem of obtaining right of
way rights for the necessary
road.
Property owners and other in
terested citizens were not too
discouraged with the results of
this first public hearing on this
project, and there are prospects
that the matter will be pursued
further.
Another matter of concern to
beach residents was the damage
caused by erosion from last
week’s storms. A delegation from
Long Beach and Yaupon Beach
went to Raleigh Thursday for a
conference with General Edward
Griffin to see if there is some re
lief possible.
Farmers Learn
About Soybeans
Soybean growers are urged to
attend a county-wide meeting on
production practices Monday
evening in the auditorium of the
County Extension Office in Sup
ply at 7:30 o’clock.
Dr. Howard Small, agronomy
specialist from N. C. State Uni
versity, will be present to dis
cuss new varieties and the latest
production practices.
The outlook for soybean prices
is good for 1967 and the crop is
increasing in importance here in
Brunswick every year,” Archie
F. Martin, county extension
chairman, said this week, “it
is rapidly becoming the second
most important crop in the coun
ty. The average county yield
is about 26 bushels per acre
and there is plenty of room for
improvement. Some growers in
Brunswick are already producing
yields of 35 to 40 bushels per
acre. By following the best known
practices and planting the newer
varieties the average yields can
be ra<sed 10 bushels per acre.
If the crop is going to be a profit
able one then it is necessary to
produce higher yields than we
have in the past.
“The most important prac
tice right now is to have your
fields tested to determine wheth
er or not they need lime. If
they do need lime then you will
not make a high yield no matter
how good a job you might do on
the other production practices.
Soybeans belong to the legume
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Changes Made
In Personnal
P. B. Woodson, District Man
ager for Southern Bell, announced
this week the appointment of R. E.
Nantz as manager for the
Wilmington group. He will re
place H. F. Kincaid who has ac
cepted the position of group man
ager in Lumberton. The change
will be effective March 1.
Kincaid has been located in
Wilmington since 1951 and has
been manager of the Wilmington,
Southport and Long Beach areas
for the past 8 years.
Nantz joined Southern Bell in
Charlotte in 1965 following his
graduation from Catawba Col
lege. He has worked as office
manager in Winston-Salem, man
ager in Greensboro, and is pres
ently a commercial supervisor in
the State Commercial Office in
Charlotte.
Nantz is a native of MooresviUe
and is married to the former
Mary Elisabeth Cobb of Moores
ville. They plan to move to Wil
mington shortly after March 1.
Woodson also announced that
R. U. Beck, district public rela
tions manager, is being trans
ferred to the company headquar
ters in Atlanta. His replacement
has not been named at this time.
Four Students
In Top Ranks
Four Brunswick county stu
dents at North Carolina state
University have won top aca
demic honors for the past se
mester.
Chancellor John T. Caldwell
said the students have been
named to the prestigious Deans’
List for obtaining a grade aver
age of B or better for all course
work during the first half of the
1966-67 academic year.
The students are among 1.022
students named to the list—the
top 10 percent—out of N C
State’s 10,000 plus students.*
The Chancellor said the stu
dents are:
Fredderlck L. Benton, a
junior in engineering, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Benton,
Leland.
Jesse S. Clemmons, a senior
hi agricultural education, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S.
Clemmons, Supply.
Johnny v. Creech, a sopho
more In mathematics, son of Mr.
and Mrs. v. A. Creech Sr., Le
land. '
Samuel w. Russ, a senior In
engineering, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Russ, Shallotte.
Presidents Of
P. T. A. In Other
Years Honored
Twenty-one years ofPTAwork
In Southport since the re-organi
zation of the local unit in No
vember 1945, will be recognized
at the Founders Day meeting of
the association on Thursday night
at 7:30 o’clock in the high school
auditorium. All former presi
dents of the PTA are especially
invited to this meeting. A silver
offering will be taken as a part
of the Founders Day celebration.
This offering or gift will go to the
State Congress of Parents and
Teachers to be used to promote
PTA work throughout the state.
Also, as a part of the program,
a group of school children under
the direction of Mrs. MinetteLin
gle will present several song
and dance numbers.
The grade count will be re
sumed at this meeting and all
parents and patrons are urged to
attend and be counted for the
room or grade of their choice
and help that room win an award.
. The membership committee
will be at the door on Thursday
night to serve those who desire
to become members of PTA and
it is hoped that many will join.)
Some of PTA’s future plans
for this school year Include the
purchase of an activity bus for
the school; a program concern
ing the proposed local district
bond issue; a talent show fea
ture on one of the programs;
a program featuring a discus
sion between a teacher and a
parent; the presentation of a
scholarship; and a Curriculum
Fair.
Lynn Hewett
Heading Sales
Miss Lynn Hewett of Supply
has been appointed Balloon Days
Chairman for the Heart Fund in
Shallotte. The appointment was
announced today by the Brunswick
Heart Association.
Miss Hewett will organize a
Balloon Days Committee and
supervise the sale of balloons
during this weekend, when the
North Carolina and American
Heart Associations hold their
annual Balloons Day campaign.
Contributions to the Heart Fund
go to the Heart Association’s
programs in research, public
education and community serv
ice.
Heart Fund Balloons will be
sold at the Shallotte Shopping
centers this weekend, Miss
Hewett said today.
“When you see a child with bal
loons, bright red with the famous
heart torch, you know all the
money you give is for the Heart
Fund drive now in progress in
our county,” she said.
“This is our way ofhelpingthe
Heart Fund, knowing we might
be helping another youngster
somewhere live a little longer,
or become cured of some dread
ed Heart Disease,” Miss Hewett
said.
Time And Tide
There were several stories of provocative interest in The Pilot
for February 17, 1937; A decision had been reached by State Highway
officials to relocate Highway No. 130 and to have it intersect U. S
No. 17 at G. T. Rourk Store before being hardsurfaced; publicity
about flogging cases in Brunswick was gaining unfavorable reaction
from people upstate; a local doctor had charged policitcal favoritism
with regard to admission as patients at Brunswick County Hospital
(late Dosher Memorial); and the Southport Waterfront was being
^e&ried up, the old Praeger Shrimp and Fish Co. house being one of
the buildings to go.
„ I.n I°“r js®ue for February 18, 1947, there was a headline “USO
T° ?e ‘Home fway From Home’ ”• Capt. and Mrs.
Fridolf Anderson had arrived as directors of the local installation.
.,McEwen was named chairman of a committee in charge of
obiter ating all signs which rnight be helpful to enemy aircraft*
A new selective service registration had added 850 eligible names
for the draft; a one-act play contest was schedule for Southport
High School that week, with four of the consolidated schools entered;
and J. D. Sutton had resigned as business manager at Dosher Me
morial Hospital.
A four-column layout of the building which comprised the U. S.
Quarantine Station dominated the frontpage of The Pilot for February
19, 1947. A representative of the Public Buildings Authority was here
to investigate plans for declaring these buildings surplus, and
offering them for sale on the basis that they be moved by the pur
chaser. A regular little community onpilings, situated in the middle
of the river, and with no takers.
A big hanger-type shed had been erected on the waterfront and
Lewis Spaulding had started building boats for Lewis J. Hardee; two
trucks had jammed together at Brunswick River bridge and tied
“Le™1 f?r 30 hour 311(1 one-half during the rush period; and prog
iff* was, b?lnS made on the construction of the Brunswick Cold
Storage plant at Shallotte.
CiaQ^oUlatuW!re ln h*11 bl0?m lor Valentine Day at Orton Gardens
i •» *», l was a fron* page story ln our issue for February
; , at Fear» and there was a beautiful photo on Orton Mansion.
1101 c?urt session had convened on Monday and had adjourned
before noon the same day. J
There had been an act of good neighborliness on the part of
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PATRICIA KIRBY
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LINDA FLOWERS
JOYCE WARD
FAYE STIDHAM
WHITNEY ZACHARY
SYLVIA GARDNER
Seven Added To
Pageant Entries
Seven more entries came in
this week for the Miss Brunswick
Pageant, which will be held at
Shallotte High School on the eve
ning of March 11.
Arrangements have been made
to sell advance reserved seat
tickets. All seats will be num
bered, and these will be sold on
a first come, first served basis.
All advance sale tickets must
be jmrchased at Clem’s Texaco,
Shallotte.
Five of the newest entries are
'from Southport, one is from Shal
lotte and one from Bolivia.
Joyce Elaine Ward is a 5-6
redhead with blue eyes and fair
complexion. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ward
and for her talent routine will do
a comedy monologue and song.
She is an all-conference basket
ball player and is current Home
coming Queen at Southport. She
is a high school senior.
Sylvia Palestene Gardner is a
member of the senior class at
Southport High School. She is
5-8, has brown hair and green
eyes and an olive complexion.
Her parents are deceased and
she makes her home with Mr. and
Mrs. John Bray. Mrs. Bray is
her sister. Sylvia wants to be a
nurse, and in the pageant will do
a dramatic monologue.
Joann Gregory is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Gregory.
She is a member of the senior
class at Southport High School
and plans to play the piano in her
talent presentation. She is 5-4,
has dark brown hair, brown eyes
and a fair complexion.
Whitney Leigh Zachary is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Zachary, and like her mother,
is an artist. This will be her
talent presentation in the pageant.
She is 5-6, has light brown hair
and a fair complexion. Her eyes
are brown. She plans to attend
Wilmington College after gradu
ation from high school, which will
be this year.
Faye Stidham is a senior at
Southport High School, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stid
ham. She is 5-7, has dark brown
hair, fair complexion and brown
eyes. Her talent presentation
will be pantomime.
Patricial Inez Kirby is a sen
ior at Shallotte High School and
hopes to be either a model or
an airline hostess. Her talent
is singing, she is 5-3 and a blond.
Her complexion is fair and her
eyes are blue. Her parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Leon M. Kir
by, Sr. of Supply.
Linda Darnell Flowers is a
senior at Bolivia High School.
Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Lee Flowers and her talent
is singing. She stands 5-7-1/2,
is an ash blond with fair com
plexion and has blue eyes, she
wants to go to Wilmington Col
lege.
All of these contestants have
been active in the various clubs
and organizations in their
respective schools.
Ash Man Gets
Unit Award
Staff Sergeant Julius Frink,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J,
Frink of Ash, has helped his or
ganization at Charleston AFB,
S. C., earn the coveted U. S. Air
Force Outstanding Unit Award.
Sergeant Frink will wear a
distinctive blue ribbon as a per
manent decoration as an airframe
maintenance technician in the
437th Field Maintenance Squad
ron. His unit received the award
for exceptionally meritorious
achievement while supporting
the Military Airlift Command
(MAC) global airlift system.
The sergeant and members
of his 1,200-man organization,
honored during a special parade
at Charleston, were cited for
outstanding proficiency in air
craft maintenance and repair
from June 1964 through May 1966.
The squadron, with 75 per cent
of its activities supporting u, S. 1
operations in Vietnam, primarily 1
services C-124 Globe master,
C-130 Hercules and tne new
turbofan jet C-141 Starlifter
transports.
Squadron functions include re
lated aerospace ground equip
ment repair and maintenance,
and maintenance of some 1,100
transient aircraft monthly. Per
sonnel of the unit’s propulsion
branch, who rebuilt and repaired
more than 470 aircraft engines
last year, also serve temporary
duty at overseas bases helping
maintain MAC’S world-wide net
work for the airlift of u. S.
forces.
Sergeant Frink is a graduate
of Union High School, Shallotte.
His wife, Deloris, is the daugh
ter of John H. Davidson of Sun
flower, Ala.
JOANN GREGORY
Mrs. Smith Is
Heading Group
In Heart Work
Mrs. Dorsie Smith of Ash has
been appointed Rheumatic Fever
Prevention Chairman for the
Brunswick Heart Association, it
was announced today by Mrs.
Freeman Hewett, chairmanof the
local heart group.
As chairman of the Heart As
sociation’s program to control
rheumatic fever, Mrs. Smith
will be responsible for securing
the cooperation of local physi
cians and pharmacists in the dis
tribution of low-cost penicillin
to rheumatic fever victims who
must take the medicine daily to
avoid recurrent attacks and the
possible development of rheu
matic heart disease.
“Shallotte Rexall Drugs Store
and W. R. Roycroft, pharmacist,
are participating in the program
in our county,” said Mrs. Smith.
‘‘Through their cooperation, the
Heart Association has undertaken
an effort to make penicillin avail
able to victims on whom the
purchase of the drug might work a
financial hardship. Rheumatic
heart disease is one of the few
forms of heart disease which can
be prevented,” Mrs. Smith
added.
Using a statewide network of
volunteer physicians and phar
macists, the association provides
the medication at low cost. The
physicians identify patients whom
the program would benefit, and
provide a special prescription
form which may be presented to
Mr. Roycroft, the volunteer phar
macist. Mr. Roycroft then dis
penses the Heart Association
provided medication.
Mrs. Smith said that an esti
mated 15,000 North Carolinans
suffered from rheumatic fever.
\11 of them run the risk of heart
iamage, unless penicillin is
aken daily to ward off recurrent
ittacks of the fever.
Mobile Unit
At Bolivia
The Employment Service Mo
bile Team's Trailer Unit is now
located at the Bolivia High School
to provide a full employment
service to residents of the Bo
livia area. Next week the trail
er unit will move to Winnabow.
Office hours at the trailer unit
are 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday,
The Mobile Team has an office
in downtown Southport and at the
National Guard Armory, Shal
lotte, In addition to the trailer
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Brunswick REA
Cooperates In
Inflation War
The Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation, Shallotte,
North Carolina, has made an ad
vance payment of $60,000 on its
loans from the Rural Electrifica
tion Administration in response
to the Agency’s request that its
borrowers help counter inflation
by stepping up payments to the
U, S„ Treasury.
The advance payment is in
addition to regular quarterly
principal and interest payments
the cooperative makes to REA on
funds borrowed to provide
electric service to about 13,000
consumers. Previously, the co
operative had made advance pay
ments of $536,776.94 on its REA
loans.
The counter inflation program
under which the cooperative acted
was announced by REA Adminis
trator Norman M. Clapp on Oc
tober 25 in response to Presi
dent Johnson’s memorandum of
September 9. The President
asked that both public and private
sectors of the economy practice
self-restraint as a means of com
batting inflation.
Mr. Clapp said “we gave very
careful consideration to means by
which the REA lending programs
could best be carried forward
consistent with current national
objectives. We believe that the
program worked out represents
a practical solution which will
enable the rural electric and
telephone systems to plan in
telligently, keep their line of
credit intact and yet make a
constructive and significant con
tribution to the effort to reduce
inflationary pressures in the
economy.”
The counter inflation program
calls for:
—Deferring all postponable
construction.
—Reducing the net cash impact
of the program on the Treasury
during current circumstances
by —r
1. Getting borrowers to make
advance payments on their loans;
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Superior Court
Here Next Week
A one week term of Superior
court for trial of civil cases,
with Judge James H. Pou Bailey
of Raleigh presiding.
Names of the following citi
zens have been drawn for jury
duty: Southport—Theodore Bur
ney, Albert Frink, JohnO. Smith,
Anson Lewis, George Goley Stan
ley; Ash—S. E. Carlisle, Norman
Barden; winnabow — Arnold
Spaulding.
Supply—Wade Bryant, J. H.
Royal, Neil Holden, Charles E,
Clemmons, Delmas Green,
James E. Kirby, E. B. Gore;
Shallotte—George Bland, Henry
Todd, Harold R. Britt, Palmer
Bellamy, Sam B. Somersett,
Stephen P. Frink, Thomas L.
Ballard.
Leland—G. S. Bordeaux, C. R.
Hayes, James L. Rich, Sam Sulli
van, Elmer D. Ganey, James M.
Skipper, Ernest G. Owens, Albert
Callihan, Alonzo Rlchburg; ocean
Drive Beach, s. C.—Mitchell
Marlow; Bolivia—Stacy Sellers,
L. F. Lewis, J. Daniel Johnson;
Longwood — George Stanley;
Freeland — Edward L. Bab son,
O. Dwight Mintz, E. L. Vereen.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
fop 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. February 16,
6:46 A M
12:03 P M 6:46 P M
Friday, February 17,
0:45 A M 7:22 A M
12:57 P M 7:34 P M
Saturday, February 18,
1:45 AM 8:28 A M
1:57 PM 8:34 P M
Sunday. February 19,
2:45 A M 9:34 A M
3:03 P M ' 9;40 P 1^
Monday, February 20,
3:51 AM 10:40 A M
1:15 P M 10:40 P M
Tuesday, February 21,
1 15 A M 11:34 A M
>15 P M 11:40 P M
Wednesday, February 22,
5:51 A M 12:28 A M
(109 PM %