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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 VOLUME 38 No. 42 8-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1967 5i A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Services For Citizens Are Now Available Steps have been taken under a directive from President Johnson to assure that rural communities in Brunswick County have access to all existing services in their development efforts, Chairman Parks C. Fields of the county’s Technical Action Panel said this week. Fields, who also in County Su pervisor of Farmers Home Ad ministration, said the system will be operated through the Technical Action Panel. The county TAP will serve as a central, “one stop” source of information on programs available to rural com munities that might help them solve economic problems and develop community facilities. The system has been ordered to carry out a Presidential order that Secretary of Agriculture Or ville L. Freeman “put the facili ties of the Department of Agri culture field offices at the dis posal of all Federal agencies to assist them in making their pro grams effective in rural areas.” Fields said it will advance the Agriculture Department’s "out reach” program, designed to in sure that rural community needs are not overlooked, and that rural people know of programs avail able to them both through the Department of Agriculture and other agencies. The Brunswick County Tech nical Action Panel Included local officials of Department of Agri culture agencies (Farmers Home Administration, Soil Conserva tion Service, Agricultural Stabi lization and Conservation Serv ice, Forest Service) as well as the Extension and Vocational Ag riculture services. Local organizations concerned with community advancement will be able to determine through the county TAP whether a federal, state, local or private agency can help with a project that Gan not be carried out solely with local resources. Fields said county offices of any of the agencies represented on the Technical Action Panel can Initiate action on an inquiry. They include: Farmers Home Administration Office in Lewis’Shopping Center, Shallotte; Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation Service lo cated above the Coastal Drug Store, Shallotte; Soil Conserva tion Service located in the old Bank Building, Shallotte; Agri cultural Extension Service, Sup ply. One-Millionth Ton At Riegel The one- millionth ton of paper board recently rolled fromRie gel Paper Corporation’s Paper Machine, the “Carolina Belle.” The machine, located at the company’s Riegelwood mill, has produced over 600,000 miles of paperboard since she was placed into operation injune, 1958. This is approximately the distance 24 times around the world. The history-making millionth ton made was Carolina Foldcote, and came off the machine onto a reel of paper weighing over 11 tons. The reel was divided into five orders, the one-millionth ton fading into the different roUs as orders were marked for ship ment. While the one-millionth ton of paperboard was being made on the “Belle,” Riegel was start ing up its second paper machine at Riegelwood. The new $18 million machine is located ad jacent to the record-breaking “Carolina Belle,” and was re cently named the “Carolina Queen.” According to Dr. C. E. Hart ford, Riegel Vice-President and General Manager of the Pulp and Paperboard Division, “This one-millionth ton of paper marks (Continued On Page Four) ij: Brief Bits Of iji I NEWS I .vWSXWvWsXwXxxxxxxxtt LELAND MEETING There will be a public meet ing at Lei and High school audi torium Wednesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed incorporation of the Leland com munity and the surrounding area. All interested citizens are urged to attend. BENEFIT SUPPER The WSCS of Shiloh Methodist Church, located on highway 87 near Leland, will sponsor a baked ham or fried chicken supper at the church on Saturday beginning at 6 o’clock. Proceeds will go to the building fund. Homemade pies and cakes will also be on sale, k ■ Mobile Museum. At Brunswick Town COMING — This is one of the exhibits in the Mobile Museum of History which will be at Brunswick Town April 2 through April 7. This popular project of the Depart ment of Archives and History has traveled the length and breadth of North Carolina during the past four years. April Crusade For Funds For Cancer Program Plans for launching it’s annual educational and fund-raising cru sade during the month of April got under way recently when R. B. Owens, district field con sultant, met with the Brunswick County Unit of the American Cancer Society. "Special emphasis will be placed on cancer’s seven warning signals, in spite of years of effort by the Society to make them common knowledge. Plans for the April crusade call for each family in Brunswick county to receive a list of these signals to serve as reminders of the necessity of annual check ups. The Society’s 1967 Crusade theme will be “guard those you love. Know cancer’s warning sig nals. Give to the American Can cer Society.” Farm Bureau Meeting Held Mrs. Virginia Gilbert of Bo livia was elected chairman ofthe Farm Bureau Ladies Committee during the March meeting held Tuesday night at the Agricultural Extension Building in Supply. Mrs. Jackie Long of Supply will act as recording secretary and Mrs. Joyce Russ of Ash was elected special projects chair man. Ira L. Chadwick, president of the county organization, presided over the meeting held with the different Commodity Committee men. Walter Lowery, North Carolina Farm Bureau field represent ative, was the guest speaker of the evening. All Farm Bureau members were urged by Lowery and President Chadwick to con tact their representative and sen ators concerning the dlscussior in the legislature on filing gas tax. James D. Bellamy, Jr., of Shallotte, Farm Bureau Board member and livestock commit teeman, discussed with the at tending members the production basis in livestock competition in North Carolina and a resolu tion stating Farm Bureau views on the subject was adopted to be sent to Gov. Dan Moore. During the special meeting of the ladies committee, Mrs. Gil bert and the other ladies present adopted a special project as a Ladies activity for promotion of a building fund for the future. They will endeavor to sell note paper and all-occasion cards for their first project. The cards are unique and feature little verses that will fit any housewife, whether she be a farm wife or not. Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Russ, Mrs. Long, Mrs. Ira Chadwick, Mrs. Gilbert Reid, Miss Pauline Lewis, Mrs. Edwin Clemmons, Mrs. Lonnie Evans, Miss Terry Gilbert and Mrs. Ouida Hewett, Farm Bureau secretary, served refreshments to the approxi mately 35 members attending. Mobile Museum At Brunswick Town The Mobile Museum of History, North Carolina’s only traveling museum, will be on display at Brunswick Town State Historic Site from April 2nd to April 7th, as announced by the North Caro lina Dept, of Archives and His tory, local sponsor of the Mobile Museum visit. The museum is part of the program of th State Department of Archives and His tory, and features a new series of exhibits pertaining to “Rural Life in North Carolina: 1820 1860.” In co-operation with the De partment of Public Instruction, an entirely new program has been instituted for the Mobile Museum. The purpose of the Mobile Museum is now two phased. First, through the use of exhibits and printed material North Carolina’s history is brought to many of the citizens of our State. Secondly, but of greater importance, it serves as an aid to the teachers of North Carolina history, assisting them to broaden the scope of text book information for their stu dents. This phase of the program is carried out through classroom demonstrations, displayed arti- 1 facts of the period, and lectures presented by the Mobile Museum Curator. The Mobile Museum Exhibit Unit consists of a custom-built van trailer which visitors enter through sliding glass doors. It operates by a self-contained lighting, sound, air-conditioning and heating system. The museum will be on display for school children at Brunswick Town State Historic Site from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is free to the public. The Mobile Museum project was instituted in 1963 by a grant from the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to the Department of Archives and History. The mu seum, now owned and operated by the department, travels the whole of North Carolina, bring ing history to the citizens of the state in a new and interesting manner. Add Days For Untied Selling Most likely two right steps to ward the right direction have been taken to benefitBrunswick County tobacco farmers. —Thursday the United States Department of Agriculture ex tended support of untied flue cured tobacco for the first 95 sales hours of this year on mar kets of the area. —Then, on Friday the Agri culture Department announced that it will support prices for flue-cured tobacco at 59.9 cents a pound during the 1967 season. Manifold benefit of the two measures include the fact that Columbus farmers will have more time to get their untied leaf on the local market. Last year they sold much early-sea son harvests on out-of-state markets which opened in advance of the N. C.-S. C. Border Belt markets. Some farmers chose to sell parts of their crops on the Old Belt which opened with untied sales after tied sales were un derway on the local belt. Shortage of Labor, and the dif ference they got between untied (Continued On Page Four) Legion Meeting Scheduled Here There will be a meeting at the Catholic Meeting Room, April 12, at 7:30 p.m., to formulate plans for getting Southport American Legion Post 194 active again. Father Chan Chase will be host. According to Edgar W. Mount castle, assistant department ad jutant of the American Legion, the local post has shown a distinct drop in membership over the past few years and the Department Headquarters wants to do some- ' thing about it. American Legion represent atives at the meeting will include Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Best, Divi sion Two Commander; Ben B. Halterman, District Membership Chairman; W. D. Robbins, Past National Executive Committee man; and C. E. Thompson, Dis trict Nine Commander. The meeting will be short but to the point, said Mounteastle. Son Receives \rmy Commissior John A. Connell, 22, son of Mrs. Suzanne M. Connell, South port, was commissioned an Army second lieutenant after graduat ing from the Infantry Officer Can didate School, Ft. Benning, Ga., March 20. He was trained in leadership, tactics of small infantry units, and use of infantry weapons. He also received instruction in map and aerial photograph reading, guerrilla warfare, and counter (Continued On Page Four) Proceeds From Heart Campaign Are Encouraging With only 35 percent of vol unteers' envelopes counted, Brunswick’s Heart contributions stood at $895 today, It was an nounced by Mrs. Freeman Hewett chairman of the 1967 canvass. Tellers had opened approxi mately 450 of the contribution envelopes received by the vast number of volunteers and counted a total of $895.00 by March 15. The remaining envelopes will be opened shortly and their con tents tallied along with contribu tions mailed in by families that were not at home when Heart Volunteers called. A new total will be announced later, about April 15, the Heart Chairman said. “We earnestly urge all resi dents who were not at home on Heart Sunday to insert a gene rous contribution In the “not at-home’ envelopes left by their volunteers,’’ Mrs. Hewett said today. “The envelopes are al ready addressed to Heart Fund headquarters and need only to be stamped and mailed.’’ “A. Earl Milliken, County Pro grams Chairman, will stage another Heart-O-Rama Show at the Waccamaw High School very shortly, featuring Brunswick County Country and Gospel Mu sic, with all proceeds going to the Heart Fund, stated Mrs. Hewett. Special gifts, Memorial gifts, and all other contributions may be given at the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co., Shallotte and Aubrey C. Johnston, Brunswick County Heart Treasurer. Baptists Give Easter Cantata The choir of Southport Baptist Church presented “Our Living Lord” as its Easter Cantata on Sunday evening. Following is the program: “Hall Day of victory,” so prano obligato, Gloria Stiller; bass solo, Lester Lowe; choir; “The Entry Into Jerusalem,” bass solo, Lester Lowe, women’s chorus, choir; “The Last Sup per,” tenor solo, Edgar Finch; “The Crucifixion,” choir; “The Burial”, contralto and tenor duet, Amaretta Prevatte, Edgar Finch, choir; “Night Within the Garden,” contralto solo, Gloria Stiller. “The Opened Tomb,” women’s chorus, men’s chorus, choir; “The Angel's Song,” two-part women’s chorus; “The Woman At the Sepulcher,” choir; “Now Is Christ Risen,” choir; “I Know That My Redeemer Liveth,” so prano solo, Gloria Stiller; “Our Lord Victorious,” choir; “Lift L Up Your Heads,” bass solo, Les ter Lowe; “The King of Glory,” choir. The choir included the follow ing persons: Director, Mrs. A. E. Huntley; Sopranos, Mrs. Leola Pickerell, Mrs. Amaretta Pre vatte,‘ Mrs. Gertha ward, Mrs. Barbara Faulk, Mrs. Susie Car son, Mrs. Gene Russ, Mrs. Gloria Stiller, Miss Kyra Parker; Altos, Mrs. Brenda Garner, Mrs. Doro thy Hardee, Mrs. Dolores Swan, Mrs. Charlotte Hart; Bass, Lester Lowe; Tenor, Edgar Finch; Baritone, E. J. Prevatte. Time And Tide There was an announcement in The Pllotfor March 31, 1937, which boded ill for the future of the Public Health Service in Southport; Henceforth the quarantine officers would board ships in Wilmington instead in the local harbor. There had been an early Easter, and with it a chilly weekend for those with new holiday finery; the late R. E. Sentelle was representing Brunswick in the House of Representatives in Raleigh; and there was a project on for the propogation of shad in the Cape Fear River. ' April 1, 1942, and the front page picture of two Waccamaw township brothers reminded readers that world war n was on. They were Irvin and Bob Milligan, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Haxve Milligan. Special Easter services were being planned here. March was gone, leaving behind a reputation for having been a wet and warm month. A dance band from N. C. State College was coming here to play for a charity dance. There was a strange appeal to labor: The late Congressman Bayard Clark had said the 40-hour week would have to go, that “the war was no WPA project.” A front page picture in our edition for April 2, 1947, showed Gaither Crutchfield, whiteville tobacconist, with a 28-lb. rockfish he had caught at Lockwoods Folly. There was an announcement that there would be no closed season on freshwater fishing that spring in Brunswick. The Brunswick County Selective Board that had included the late H. M. Shannon, James C. Carr and Price Furpless and J, J, Lough lin had been honored. It was election year, and there was a great deal of interest being generated in Brunswick. A cold snap had set back flower blooming at Orton; and once more special Easter services were being planned, with a sunrise service at Shallotte. The front page picture in our issue for April 2, 1952, showed Latitia Hickman (Grant) local girl, riding on a float in the Azalea Festival Parade. That was the picture, but the big, black headline (Continued On Page Pour) Check For Library GIFT — Joe Best, president of the Leland Jaycees, left, and Bernard Benton, center, chairman of fund raising com mittee, center, are shown here delivering a check for $100 to Mack F. Jones, member of the Building Committee for the Southport-Brunswick County Public Library. Barbecue Ticket SALE — Just why it took three top salesmen to sell Dempsey Hewett a ticket to the public barbecue that will be held Saturday across the street from his barbershop may never be known, but here they are, Harold Aldridge, Frank Hardy, Hewett and Lester Lowe. On second thought, want to bet he didn’t trade them a haircut? Pro ceeds will help defray expenses of the 4th of July Festival. Brunswick Adds To Course Total -I PAGE Program For Students PACE summer work study program Is a cooperative venture between the college student, the school in which he is enrolled, and the community agency or or ganization with which he or she works. The student must be accepted by, or enrolled in a participating college and need financial assist ance to go to college or remain in college. The college student’s aid officer has the responsibility of determining eligibility. Stu dents who are interested and eligible should apply at once to the financial aid office of the college of their choice. Two Airmen In Test Group A U. S. Air Force aircraft mechanic and an airfram re pairman from Ash are members pf an airlift wing cited for setting in unofficial world’s record for low-altitude airdrops by C-141 Lockheed Starlifter aircraft. Airman Third Class Ronald K. Gore, son of Mrs.' Dorise M. Gore of Ash, supported the 437th Military Airlift Wing at Charles ton AFB, S. C., in its recent test airdrop of 34 tons of cargo. Staff Sergeant Julius Frink, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Frink of Ash, also supported the recent test airdrop. The payload, a string of 28 loaded pallets connected by ca bles, was paradropped from a 500-foot altitude at 160 miles per hour. The cargo hit a 120-foot square bullseye on the Star lifter’s initial flight over the tar get zone. Wing members conducted the test-part of a demonstration for a Military Airlift Command (MAC) headquarters inspection team—to prove the vast potential of the huge new C-141. The test, combined with other capa (Continued on Page 4) North Carolina golf, which may be played against a backdrop of soaring mountain peaks or in view of white ocean beaches, is the subject of a new, full-color booklet now available through the state’s Travel and Pro motion Di vision. The booklet is entitled, “North Carolina, Golf State U. S. A.’’ There is a full color picture of No. 12 at Oak Island and the publication has the following comment about the two Bruns wick county golf courses: “Oak Island, near Southport is another of southeastern North Carolina’s fine golfing faeilities. It adjoins the beach, and a few miles further inland is the new Boiling Springs Lakes course." In addition to providing color photographs and brief narrative of the state’s golfing facilities, the brochure serves as a direc tory of the more than 245 regu lation courses located in North Carolina. Also contained in the directory section are 15 “pitch and-put" or par-3 courses. For each course listed, the di rectory gives the number of holes, par, maximum yardage and greens fee, along with brief comments concerning terrain, types of greens and available facilities. Public and private courses are listed separately. “There is no season of the year when golf is not being played somewhere in the State,’’ ac cording to the booklet. “There’s winter golf in the sandhills and summer golf in the mountains; year-round golf at courses ex tending from the shores ofthe Atlantic Ocean to the ruggedly handsome high country of the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains.’’ Travel and Promotion Direc tor Bill F. Hensley said the new publication was produced to "fa cilitate the steadily increasing number of inquiries received by this Division concerning golf in North Carolina. “We are convinced that our claim to the title ‘Golf State U. S. A.’ is validated by the great number and variety of courses available in North Caro (Continued On Page B\»ur) Appeals Court Becomes Part Of Judiciary By ODELL WILLIAMSON Last week I mentioned that members of the General As sembly had received copies of the budget books containing ex penditures recommended by the Advisory Budget Commission for the next biennium. Now that I have had a little time to study the books, I find that I am happy about some of the recommendations, but dis appointed that certain other items which I had thought might be recommended had not been re quested and, therefore, were not mentioned in the budget. One of the items that I am happy about is a $75,000 appro priation for additions to buildings at the Whiteville Forestry head quarters. I will work to see that this item remains in the budget. The money will be spent for a 2,088-square-foot addition to the equipment repair shop, a new 6,720-square-foot open-type equipment storage shelter, and a new 2,176-square-foot hangar to take care of two airplanes. I was disappointed to learn that the Advisory Budget Com mission had not even been asked to allocate $190,000 for covering part of the boat slips at the small boat harbor in Southport. This past Wednesday, the di rector of the State Ports Au thority, Mr. Davis, appeared be fore the joint Senate-House op proprlatlons committee, of which I am a member, to request funds for the ports of Wilmington and Morehead City over and above the amounts recommended by the Advisory Budget Commison. During his appearance, Mr. Davis —representing the Ports Authority—again did not ask for the $190,000. In answer to questions about his reasons for not requesting the money from the Advisory Budget Commission, Mr. Davis said that the Ports Authority has in mind a plan to finance im provements at Southport through the sale of bonds. He said that the plan has already been drawn up and that the Ports Authority is waiting for the money market to (Continued On Page Four) George Whatley Dies Saturday George Whatley, 66, retired bookkeeper with Lincoln Con struction Co., died Saturday morning in Dosher Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Georgia, the son of the late George and Mary Layfield Whatley. Mr. Whatley was a former president of the Southport Lions Club and was secretary at the time of his death. He was also named Lion of The Year at one time. Final rites were held Monday at 3 p. m. at Southport Baptist Church by the Revs. E. C. Cham blee and Fred Fordham with burial in Northwood Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ressie Robinson Whatley; a brother, Albert Whatley of St. Augustine, Fla., and a sister, Mrs. Mary Caruthers, Jackson ville, Fla. Active pallbearers were Mer ritt Moore, Dallas Plgott, Worth Ward, James Kyle, C. D. Pick erell, w. E. McDougald, and Kirby Sullivan, Frank Hardy and L. J. Hardee. 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 ^Sunday, March 30, 11:21 A M 5:28 A M 5:34 P M Friday, March 31, 6:22 A M 12:10 P M 6:28 P M Saturday, April 1, 12:57 A M 7:28 A M 1:21 P M 7:28 P M Sunday, April 2, 1:57 A M 8:28 A M 2:27 P M 8:40 P M Monday, April 3, 3:03 A M 9:28 A M 3:27 P M 9:40 P M Tuesday, April 4, 4:03 A M 10:28 A M 4:27 PM 10:40 P M Wednesday, April 5, 4:57 PM 11:16 A M 5:15 P M_ 11:34 P M