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VOLUME 38
No. 47
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3,1967
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Plenty Of King Mackerel
CATCH — King mackerel were plentiful for off shore parties out of Southport dur
ing the past weekend. The results of one of these catches is shown above as a garbage
can full of these fish are dumped on the cleaning table where they were operated on by
Tommy Dosher, James Dowling and Charles Sellers. A Morganton party was out aboard
the Idle On IV with Capt. Larry Stubbs while a party from Waxhdw was out with Capt.
H. A. Schmidt aboard the Idle On III.
Here In Brunswick
Forest Fires Being Set
Use of chemical bombers by
the State Forestry Service in
Brunswick is credited with saving
many thousands of dollars of
damage to the county’s woodlands
during April and May, according
to County Ranger Kenneth John
son.
Ranger Johnson made the
report simultaneous with the an
nouncement that improved condi
tions have allowed reinstatement
of burning permits in the county.
March and April were consid
ered the most hazardous season
for forest fires. “Conditions for
fires were far worse this season
than last season,” Johnson
pointed out.
“By having use of the air
planes, however,” he said, “what
was to have been a great loss to
forest owners was diminished
immensely.”
Aerial support for the forestry
ground crews were used ex
tensively for the first time in
the district. “The planes were
able to get there to the fires
quickly, use suppressive meas
ures until the ground crews ar
rived, and then continue to sup
port the ground crews,” he said.
Without the bombers, he said,
“the potential for large tracts
being burned was far greater
than last year.
About 50 per cent of the
(season's fires were deliberatelj
set, Johnson feels. Another 30
per cent resulted from debris
burning which got “out of hand.”
Electric fences were blamed
for a e-rnwinc cause (TO ner c.ent'l
of the March-April fires, “and
this is one problem that we are
going to have to do something
about.”
“If a farmer will keep the area
under and around his electric
fence clean, chance of it setting
a fire is slight, except when an
animal or storm knocks a wire
down.” Careless of the part of
some farmers in not keeping
vegetation cleared from under
electric fences even after warn
ing, have necessitated legal re
course of several occasions this
year, Johnson stated.
While the foresters' normal
work schedule calls for 160 hours
of work per month, March found
the personnel on duty 200-250
hours a month; and 300-320 hours
in April.
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1 NEWS I
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will be held
tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:30
o’clock in the Community Build
ing. Election of officers is the
important business on the agenda
for this meeting.
WINS TRIP
Henry L. Leggett, jr. rep
resentative of the Brunswick
County Farm Bureau Insurances
Services, recently qualified for
the Southern Farm Bureau Life
Insurance Company sponsored,
All Star Trip to be held in June.
Mr. Leggett and his family who
live at Ocean Isle Beach, will
receive an expense paid trip
to the All Star Meeting at the
Beautiful Callaway Gardens, Pine
Mountain, Georgia, June 14-17.
Highway Visitors
At Brunswick Town
The Ocean Hiway Association,
in session at wrightsville Beach
during the past weekend, paid a
visit to Bnutswick Town and Or
ton Plantation on Monday after
noon, largely at the instigation of
Ray A. Stevens, director of the
Brunswick Resources Develop
ment Commission, who is a form
er president of this travel promo
tion group.
Earlier that day Stevens had
introduced Mrs. Dan K. Moore,
wife of the governor of North
Carolina, who spoke at the lunch
eon meeting. Stevens spoke in
glowing terms of the efforts of
North Carolina's first lady in
travel promotion.
Mrs. Moore moved to the
speakers stand and said, “I am
sorry that my husband isn’t pres
ent because there is just an out
side chance that he isn’t aware of
all Mr. Stephens said. So I shall
remember every word of it to
relate it to him.”
Also present for the convention
was Governor Charles L. Terry
of Delaware and he was among
the visitors to the two points of
interest in Brunswick county
during the afternoon. More than
100 persons were in that group,
and at Brunswick Town they had
an opportunity to visit the Visi
tor Center-Museum, which was
dedicated only the week before
at a ceremony for which Mrs.
Moore was the principal speaker.
Shallotte Man
On Maneuvers
P o nf o i ri To
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of Mrs. Ada L. Varnum of Shal
lotte, participated in Clove Hitch
HI, a joint amphibious and air
borne training exercise being
conducted in the Caribbean
through April 30.
Captain Varnum is a C-130
Hercules pilot at Sewart AFB,
Tenn. He took part in the massive
maneuver involving some 21,000
personnel from the joint military
services, including units of the
Air National Guard, as a member
of the Tactical Air Command
contingent that is providing as
sault airlift and strike support.
The 22-day exercise was con
ducted by the unified Atlantic
Command and was designed to
test tactical concepts in joint
operations. It included the air
drop of 1,800 paratroopers in a
simulated airborne assault on
Vieques Island and an amphibious
assault on the east coast of Puerto
Rico.
His father is Talmadge Var
num of Supply.
The captain, a graduate of Shal
lotte High School, received his
B. S. degree in 1958 from the Uni
versity of North Carolina and
was commissioned there upon
completion of the Air Force Re
serve Officers Training Corps
program.
His wife, Emily, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
L. Gore of Shallotte.
William Robert Toler of South
port has been promoted to Radio
man 3/c at the Naval Base in San
Diego, Cal. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Toler of
Southport and achieved his rating
as petty officer at a ceremony
aboard the USS Klondike on April
16.
Book Fair On
At Waccamaw
The junior class of wacca
maw High School will sponsor a
Book Fair next week May 10-12
during which time students may
brouse through the reading room
and purchase books of their
choice. The hours will be from
8:30 a. m. to 3:10 p. m. daily.
Books will be on display in the
high school library.
The committee in charge of the
Book Fair invites all students,
parents and interested visitors
to attend. It is hoped that the fair
not only will encourage student
interest in reading and help to
build home libraries but also
will contribute to a worthwhile
project. The school will earn a
percent of profits, which will be
used in a class project.
Miss Bernice Odom is serving
as chairman of the Book Fair.
Serving with her are Mrs. Claire
Evans and Linwood King. Miss
Wanda Hughes is student chair
man.
The display will include at
tractive new books from many
publishers and in popular price
range. All reading areas of in
terest to students will be repre
sented.
Friday Program
Elementary school children at
Southport High School, under the
direction of Mrs. Minnette
Lingle, will present a program
of songs, dances and skits in the
auditorium Friday evening at 8
o’clock. Mrs. Johnson Cumbee
and Mrs. Bernice Troll are as
sisting Mrs. Lingle with this pro
duction.
Proceeds will go into the
general expense fund for the
school.
Small Boat And
Seven Men Are
Towed To Port
A float plan system that is
operated at the Southport Boat
Harbor helped set in motion
search operations that resulted in
the rescue Sunday afternoon of
boat in the vicinity of the Cape
Fear light tower.
Seven Fayetteville area men
were brought in safely after
spending almost 24 hours adrift
in a 17-foot boat off the N. C.
coast.
A Coast Guard patrol boat
towed the small private craft
to safety In Southport Harbor
Monday morning.
Aboard were 30-year-old Jer
ry Swanson, owner, and his broth
ers Doug, Harry and George,
all of the Fayetteville-Hope Mills
area, Jack and Albert Wilkes,
cousins of the Swansons, and an
unidentified friend.
The Coast Guard station at
Oak Island, near Southport, said
it received a radio call from the
outboard motorboat at 6; 15 p. m.
Sunday saying it was low on fuel
and asking for assistance. A
private aircraft spotted the boat
about . 7 a, m. Monday some 10
miles northwest of Frying Pan
Light Station, or almost 30
miles at sea.
The men had gone out black
fishing on Sunday.
FHA Workers
Attend Meet
Members of the Farmers Home
Administration Office at Shal
lotte which serves Brunswick
County attended a one-day
workshop on the uniform Com
mercial Code in Raleigh on April
25, Parks C. Fields announced
this week.
In 1965 General Assembly
adopted the Uniform Commer
cial Code which becomes ef
fective in North Carolina on July
1. North Carolina becomes one
of the 48 States which have
adopted the Code in the ininrest
of having a coherent and uniform
body of commercial laws through
out the Nation.
The Farmers Home Adminis
tration is the credit arm of the
United States Department of Ag
riculture with offices serving
each county in North Carolina.,
Under authority given by Con
gress, the agency administers
loan programs which have as
their overall objectives the
strengthening of the family farm
and rural communities, and re
ducing rural poverty.
Through the Operating Loan
Program, the FHA provides the
following types of loan services:
Operating loans which enable
family farmers to purchase need
ed items of farming equipment,
improve their farms, and pro
vide operating captial; Individu
al Economic Opportunity loans
which give low-income rural peo
ple the opportunity to establish
themselves in income-producing
enterprises to obtain a better
standard of living; and in
counties designated by the Sec
retary of Agriculture, the agency
makes Emergency loans to farm
ers, who have sustained economic
losses due to adverse weather
conditions, to continue the op
eration of their farms during
these periods.
Through the Real Estate Loan
Programs, FHA provides loans
which enable family farmers to
purchase or to improve farms
or refinance debts. Also avail
able are Rural Housing loans
which enable families in rural
areas to borrow for the purpose
of providing adequate housing.
Through the FHA Community
Service Loan Programs, rural
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Winners In Judging Contest
WINNERS — Above are members of the Waccamaw High School FFA Chapter
livestock judging team which won first place Thursday in the Brunswick-Pender Fede
ration Livestock Judging Contest. Front row, left to right: Chris Chappell, Dennie
Milligan, Dennis Little, Michael Russ, FFA Advisor. Back row, Jerry Little, Billy
Hughes, Charles Fowler and Buddy Hamaker. (Photo by King)
In 8 Municipalities
Local Elections Held
Waccamaw Wins
In Stock Judging
Dr. Burdette !
Opens Office !
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Or. F. M. Burdette, who was
engage^ in the practice of medi
cine in Southport for 20 years
before joining the staff of a Wil
mington hospital last year, is re
turning here and will open his new
office in the annex of the Kirby
Prescription Building on Howe
Street.
For the past few weeks Dr.
Burdette has been seeing patients
at his temporary office in Shal
lotte.
Southport Lions
Honor Whatley
Members of the Southport
Lions Club are making plans tc
honor the man who has served
for the past several years as
secretary of their organization
by redecorating the Lions Room
in the Community Center Build
ing and naming it the George
Whatley room.
The idea originated with his
fellow club members, who wanted
to make a personal contribution
to this memorial. Thus far funds
totaling in the neighborhood ol
$100 have come in, and others
have expressed their desire tc
participate.
H. A. Livingston has been
named chairman of the commit
tee in charge of this project and
he said this week that he wishes
to make it clear that gifts from
non-club members will be wel
comed.
Livingston says that it is hoped
that work on this project to honor
the late Lions Club secretary
can be completed during the
month of May.
Lion Lester Lowe has been
named acting secretary to fill the
unexpired term of Lion Whatley.
Time And Tide
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May 5, 1937, Esther Mae Potter (now Mrs. Joseph Willetts) had
graduated from Southport High School with a record of never having
been absent or tardy. There appeared to be a revival of interest in
sailing, and Allen C. Ewing had purchased a sharpie and was using
it in and about the local harbor.
Z. G. Ray had been elected principal at Waccamaw High School;
Dr. Frank P. Graham, president of the University of North Caro
lina, had visited Southport; and there was a news report that former
Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels and Mrs. Daniels were to visit
here during the coming week.
The year was 1942, the month was May and in the first week there
were political rumblings. Both of the men who were candidates
for the Democratic nomination for State Senate have since passed
on, but that week one had charged that the other should resign as
Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee; and he had
countered with the charge that even though he was party chairman,
he was not being properly consulted regarding dates for political
speakings.
One-third the population of Brunswick had registered on the first
day for War Ration Books; gasoline rationing was to be next on the
war program, with registration due the following week; and Doris
Corlette, (Mrs. Ed Harrelson) was to be a member of the May
Court at Atlantic Christian College on the coming Saturday.
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The Waccamaw High Schoo]
FFA Livestock Judging Tearr
won top honors at the Bruns
wick-Pender Federation Live
stock Judging Contest held
Thursday at the Swain Dairy
Farm at Southport. The contest
included judging swine as well as
beef and dairy cattle.
Waccamaw boys won in all
three phases of the judging con
test in a field that included par
ticipation from 10 different
schools. Their FFA advisor is
Michael Russ.
Members of the winning dairy
judging team were Jerry Little,
Billy Hughes, Charles Fowler
and Buddy Hamaker. On the
beef and swine judging team were
Dennis Little, Donnie Milligan,
Chris Chappell and Jack Sim
mons.
Judge Mallard
Heads Program
Friends of President Leslie
Campbell in Columbus, Bruns
wick, and Bladen counties will
honor President Leslie H. Camp
bell at a dinner meeting in the
Tri-County area this spring. Dr.
Campbell is retiring at the close
of the present term as president
of Campbell College.
Judge Raymond B. Mallard of
Tabor City is chairman of the
committee that is planning the
event. The group will meet for
a one-o’clock lunch at Heritage
Hotel in Whitevil]e Friday.
The dinner meeting will be the
second of several such events
ijicuiueu ivi t astern worm Caro
lina this spring.
At the first, in Sanford earlier
this month, over 200 community
leaders of Lee, Moore, and Chat
ham counties heard Richardson
Preyer, Robert Gavin, Robert
Pomeranz and others praise the
75-year-old educator for his
major contribution to education
and culture in North Carolina
through the development of
Campbell into a principal senior
college of the state.
The former Baptist academy
and junior college has been in
transition since 1961, when it
admitted its first third-year
class; and it won recognition as
a full fledged senior institution
early last winter when the South
ern Association of Colleges and
schools awarded its upper-level
program full accreditation. It
had been fully accredited as a
junior college since 1941.
One function of the dinner
meetings is to help retire short
term-debt incurred during the
period of change. And friends of
the college will contribute fifty
dollars a plate as they make their
reservations for the event.
Dr. Campbell, who began his
teaching career in 1911, suc
ceeded his father, the founder of
Buies Creek Academy and Camp
bell College, when Dr. James
Archibald Campbell died in 1934,
He Is to be succeeded by a Camp
bell alumnus, Dr. Norman A.
Wiggins, professor of law at Wake
Forest College, whose appoint
ment was announced April 21.
Municipal elections were held
Tuesday for eight incorporated
towns in Brunswick county.
In Southport Mayor E. B. Tom
linson, running unopposed, re
ceived 292 votes. Mrs. J. A.
Gilbert had 261 votes and Harold
Aldridge had 255 to win re
election as aldermen from Ward
No. 2 and were unopposed. In
the only contest, Crawford L.
Rourk polled 179 votes to 139
for W. L. Hufham to win re
election as alderman from ward
No. 1.
At Long Beach Alvin Staley
led the ticket with 119 votes.
R. Sam Edwards was second
with 114 and L. D. Jones polled
89 votes to win the three places
on the board of Town Commis
sioners. Other candidates were
Billy R, Dorsett 44, John J.
Burke 38, Willard Ferrell 35,
Mrs. Dorothy Cupit 24 and Mrs.
Elizabeth Pickett 7.
At Yaupon Beach Gib Barbee,
Jr., led the balloting with 89
votes followed by C. E. Murphy
with 83. with six men being
elected, other successful candi
dates included Linwood King 67,
J. C. Newman 64, Wayland Ve
reen 64 and w. E. McDougle
59. The other five candidates
were J. F. Aman 54, E. L.
Champion 46, Richard L. Ap
pling 35, G. Jarvis Jones 24 and
A. c. Harris 8.
At Boiling Spring Lakes there
was no opposition for the three
candidates for aldermen, all of
whom were incumbents. James
Hufham had 41 votes, A. E.
Huntley 38 votes and John Cobb
vnfpc
At Bolivia where a mayor and
four aldermen were elected J. M.
King led the balloting with 25
votes to win reelection as mayor.
For aldermen R. K. McKeithan
24, Paul Hufham 21, E. B. Mur
rell 19 and D. H. Hawes 18
were elected. Arliss Willetts
polled 14 votes.
In Shallotte there were four
candidates for three places on
the town board. Results gave
Harry White 74, Michael Russ
73, Robert Hawes 58, and they
were elected. Henry Carter,
incumbent, ran fourth with 38
votes.
At Ocean Isle Beach there
were four candidates for three
places on the board.
Successful candidates were
George Sloane 20, Ernest Holden
18, and Dave Bennett 16. Mrs.
Virginia Williamson polled 15
votes.
At Sunset Beach five candidates
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Students And
Parents Night
The Vocational Guidance Com
mittee of Union High School, Shal
lotte, has planned a Parent-Stu
dent Vocational night Tuesday
from 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the high
school gymtorlum.
The purpose of the meeting is
to inform students and parents of
the many jobs opportunities
available for students other than
the four-year college program.
All parents and students from
grades 10-12 are asked to attend
this meeting.
There will be speakers from
various community colleges,
trade schools, Industries and
businesses to inform the group
about the job opportunities and
finance to secure training for
these jobs.
New Plan For
Picking Jury
In Legislature
By ODELL WILLIAMSON
Under a new law passed by the
General Assembly this past week,
a three-member jury commis
sion will be created in each of
the State’s 100 counties. The
commission will prepare jury
lists every two years.
One member of the commission
for each county will be appointed
by the resident superior court
judge, one by the clerk of court,
and the other by the board of
county commissioners.
These 100 jury commissions,
which must be named before Oc
tober 1, 1967, will do what the
sheriff in most counties has done
in the past.
Under the new law, people will
be excused from jury duty only
for reasons of compelling per
sonal hardship.
In the House Roads Commit
tee last week, we were able to kill
a bill that would have required
the State Highway Commission
to paint a white line along the
edge of all secondary roads
o Unffln 1 r\r\
vehicles or more per day. The
measure had been passed by the
Senate.
The Highway Commission esti
mated that this piece of legisla
tion, if passed, would cost $2
million. The money would have
had to come out of secondary
road funds—and these funds al
ready are short. Therefore, it
was the feelingofthe House Roads
Committee that the matter should
be left to the discretion of the
Highway Commission and not
made a requirement.
In effect, the committee’sdeci
sion means that the Highway
Commission can spend his money
to the best advantage of the
motoring public. If the commis
sion has any money it can afford
to spend on this worthwhile pro
ject, it can do so.
Earlier in the current General
Assembly session, Representa
tive Clyde Collier and I received
a resolution from the town board
of Shallotte requesting us to in
troduce legislation that would
designate Shallotte as a town
other than Southport in which the
district court might sit—pro
vided, of course, Shallotte quali
fied under the court commission
law. The district judge would
also have to designate the town
as a place for the court to sit.
At the time we received the
resolution, it was our thinking
that, since the request involved
a change in policy, we should
also have the endorsement of a
majority of the board of commis
sioners for Brunswick County.
We realized that if we received
such an endorsement, we would
have practically no other choice
but to introduce the requested
bill.
This past week we received
a resolution signed by three
members of the Brunswick
County board of commissioners.
It endorsed the resolution we
had received earlier from the
town board of Shallotte. There
fore, last Thursday your rep-'
resentatives introduced the re
quested piece of legislation.
During my campaigns for nom
ination and election, I was ques
tioned by many DeoDle in white
ville, Chadbourn, and other
places In Columbus County about
my thoughts on allowing the peo
ple of the county to vote on the
question of ABC stores.
I answered the questions then
—and I take the same position now
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport (luring 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.
Thursday, May 4,
4:15 A M ,10:34 A M
4:39 P M 10:58 P M
Friday, May 5,
5:03 A M 11:16 a M
5:27 P M 11:46 p M
Saturday, May 6,
5:45 A M 11:58 A M
6:03 P M
Sunday, May 7,
6:27 A M 0:34 A M
6:45 P M 12:40 P M
Monday, May 8,
7:03 A M 1:10 A M
7:21 P M 1:16 P M
Tuesday, May 9,
7:39 A M 1:52 A M
7:57 P M 1:52 P M
Wednesday, May 10,
8:15 A M 2:34 A M
8:33 P M 2:28 P M
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