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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. 48 12-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1967 5t A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Long Beach Councilmen ORGANIZE — James H. Kyle, second from left, has been elected Mayor of Long Beach, succeeding E. F. Middleton. He is shown here with his fellow members of the board. They are, left to right, L. D. Jones, Kyle, Sam Edwards, Alvin Staley. O. G. Coleman and Ed Morgan. (Barringer Photo) James H. Kyle Is New Mayor At Long Beach The organization meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Long Beach was held Saturday and James H. Kyle was elected Mayor. R. Sam Edwards, L. D. Jones and Alvin Staley were adminis tered the oath of office prior the election by the board of Kyle as mayor to serve for a term of two years. He is for merly of Fayetteville and has lived in Long Beach for the past four years. He and his wife, Faye, are members of St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church in Southport and are active in civic affairs. This meeting marked the end of a 12 year period of service on the council for E. F. Middle ton and E. M. Underwood, Jr. During that time the town grew from a tax valuation of $45,000 in 1955 to $5,500,000 in 1967. Mayor Middleton, in his final remarks to the old board and welcome to the new board, re viewed the history of the town and said “Long Beach may not be the finest beach that was ever built but it is the only beach I have ever built”! He added that during his eight years as Mayor and four as councilman he had been “most sincere” in his decisions and had appreciated the fine service given by other members of the council and em ployees of the town. He recom mended the present employees to the new council. Recalling former councilmen and their activities Mr. Middle ton conveyed warm regard for their fine service. Finally, looking to the future, he stressed the need for a more (Continued On Page Pour) Brief Bits Of NEWS OFFICE HOURS CHANGED In order to give better serv ice to the county and community, the business office at Dosher Memorial Hospital is open for business from 7s30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Monday through Fri day and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur day and Sunday. BARBECUE SATURDAY The committee in charge of the Fourth of July Festival in South port will stage another all-day barbecue here Saturday with serving starting at 11 o'clock and continuing until after supper. This will be pit-cooked barbe cue, with Edgar Finch serving as chief chef. BENEFIT SUPPER Ocean View Methodist Church at Yaupon Beach will sponsor a benefit smorgasbord supper Fri day, beginning at 5:30 o’clock. All proceeds will go toward pay ment on air conditioning the church. Friends are invited to come as they are, eat in the church Fellowship Hall or take their plates home. SUPERIOR COURT Trial began Tuesday afternoon for H. Victor Stanley, charged with the fatal shooting of his brother, Joseph R. Stanley, who died on September 25, 1965. His was the first case to go before a jury this week during a term of Superior court for trial of crimi nal cases and presided over by Judge James H. Pou Bailey. 74 - 76 Holocaust Takes Two Lives ALAN PETERSON Peterson Boy To Annapolis BY JIGGS POWERS DELCO--The letter was short, approximately 50 words in length. But, it contained a distinct honor for a Brunswick County resident and Acme-Delco High School which he attends. (Continued On Page Eight; Dense smoke hovered over the highway Thursday where two men on a motorcycle met their death in Brunswick County just east of the Columbus line. Visibility was next to nil when the motorcycle bearing the two men ploughed into the rear of a slow-moving tractor-trailer on US 74-76, two miles east of Maco and were killed, reported Troop er Billy Day. Trooper Day said he could not determine which of the victims, Charles Boyce Martin, 39,, ofRt. 1 Evergreen, or Jack Douglas Inman, 29, Rt. 1 Delco, was op erating the motorcycle. When the two men gouged into the rear of the tractor-trailer, Day said, they were set afire from wreckage of the motorcycle which littered the roadway. A car driven by waiter Lyons, 26, of Rt. 1 Bolton, ran over one of the victims. Patrolman Day said he believed both men were killed on impact with the tractor trailer, however. Graham White Wilson was driving the tractor-trailer the Statesville man told officers that because of the thick smoke screen he was traveling only 20 mph. when the motorcycle smashed into the rear of his rig. The men were killed at 1:30 a. m. and had just finished work on the second shift of Riegel Pa (Continued On Page Eight! Colorful New Folder Tells County Story A new picture brochure on Brunswick county is receiving widespread distribution accord ing to an announcement this week by W. A. Powell, Chairman of the Resources Development Commission for Brunswick County. Powell stated that the new brochure contains 22 pictures of various scenes throughout the county. These include pictures of homes, churches, beach scenes, transportation, fishing, hunting, farming and historical sites. “The brochure, designed by Kenbert Inc. of Winston Salem, will be used in promotional ac tivities of the commission. A supply of 15,000 was received last week and already we are placing these new advertising pieces in distribution racks in North and South Carolina and along the coast of Eastern United States,” Powell reported. A supply has been provided for a travel show at Eutaw shopping Center at Fayetteville and the office of information at Fort Bragg. The new brochure will be used to servicS inquires generated by an eight week advertising campaign in five piedmont and western newspapers. Inquires were received two days after the first ad appeared in mid April. In addition to the new bro chure, a new fishing guide for Brunswick County is receiving wide distribution. The new guide has been mailed to all chambers of .commerce in North and South Carolina and to all newspapers, radio and .television stations in North Carolina, according to Powell. “To complete our advertising program the commission has erected two additional highway signs. One of these signs is located east of Asheville and one south of Washington, N. C. This makes a total of 5 spectacular 10' x 40’ outdoor signs now in use promoting Brunswick county. “We are positive that these efforts will generate additional business for Brunswick county,” Powell stated. Lightship Now Available COMING—Mayor E. B. Tomlinsno, Jr., has been advised by the U. S. Coast Guard that the old Frying Pan Lightship, which had been sought as a nautical museum at Southport, now is available. It is presently located at Cape May, N. J., and city officials now are considering plans for formal acceptance and for bringing the vessel here. Board Approves Employment Of More Personnel The Brunswick County Board of Education met Monday night to pass upon recommendations for employment of faculty members at several schools and to dis pose of other business. The board employed the fol lowing personnel for the Wacca maw High School: Doris Ward, Betty w. Long, Louise Walton, Daisy E. Long, Thelma Little, Lillian watts, Thelma Faulk, y Zelma R. Hewett, Mildred Lewis, Muriel Bennett. Lemuel (Continued On Page F\mr) Time And Tide Remember the long, sleek, grey Chevrolet bus that was used for several years on the Southport-Wilmington run by the W.B, & S? It was a reasonable forerunner of the present day station wagon, and even with running boards, the 1937 model that appeared in a picture on the front page of The Pilot, it was a pretty nifty piece of transpor tation. This was the issue for May 12, 1937. The racing sailing schooner Intrepid had visited the Southport harbor; there was a story revealing that a promotional phamplet had (Continued on Page 4> Ferry Trips Will Resume Next Week The Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry is scheduled to resume operation Monday with lower toll charges in force. Paid Dupre, Division engineer in Wilmington for the highway department, said this week re opening of the ferry is scheduled for May 15. He said dredging was finished Saturday on the Southport basin. The dredge is doing some work on the Fort Fisher side this week, he added. Dupre said the basin has been dredged two feet deeper than previously with the depth at mean low water now 14 feet. He said the department hopes this might extend the period be tween dredging. Heavy silting is normal in the Cape Fear River. Dupre said the channel deepening oper ation may have added more silt than usual in the last few months. The new schedule of fares announced by E. H. Baggs, Ferry operations manager, on the Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry will be: Passenger car, station wagon, carryall, pickup, camper, 20 feet or less in length, and motor cycle—$1.50 regardless of the number of passengers. Formerly a charge of 50 cents per person was made in addition to the (Continued On Page Eight' Gary Alan Cheers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roney W. Cheers of Shallotte, is one of 107 students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s highest scholastic honorary or ganization. He is a graduate of Shallotte High School. ♦T ' tZZ* Drawing Of Southport Brunswick County Library Two thousand dollars more in contributions from Brunswick county residents will meet the goal in local funds necessary for the erection of the county library building pictured above. The architect’s plans have been approved by both county and state authoriteis and final specifications are now being drawn. Preliminary estimates indicate that the building will cost approximately $65,000. Of the total $81,000 in federal and local funds which will be available, the balance will be used for purchase of the site and all new equipment. Since all local funds must be on hand before federal funds will be released, the Library Committee is making an all-out effort to raise the balance needed before June 1. The County Headquarters Library will contain 5100 sq. ft. of space. There will be a children’s area, space for teen reading and study, an adult study area, workroom, space for browsing and magazine read ing, and a meeting room for the use of the public. The building is designed to meet the library needs of Bruns wick County for the next twenty years. Brunswick Man Votes Against Limit Increase By ODELL WILLIAMSON I am happy to announce that the State Highway Commission, after being requested to do so, has re duced fares and rates on the Southport-Fort Fisher ferry. The new, lower prices will go into effect when the ferry resumes operating this month on its sum mer schedule. The ferry is expected to start operating around May 15. Work now going on to dredge sand in the ferry slip should be completed by that date. The new, reduced fares and rates are as follows: —Pedestrian: 25 cents. —Bicycle and rider: 50 cents. —Passenger car, station wag on, carryall, pickup truck, cam per 20 feet or less in length, and motorcycle, along with driver and all passengers; $1.50. —Other vehicles or combi nations up to 40 feet in length, including passengers: $3. —All other vehicles or com binations up to 55 feet in length, including passengers: $10. The reduction in fares and rates will make it possible for more people than ever before to use the ferry, and it should help bring more tourists to our county. A bill doubling the minimum liability insurance coverage required of automobile owners passed the House and became (Continued On Page Eight) Variety Show On Saturday Members of the Southport Woman’s Club and the Southport Lions Club, plus a few of their singing and dancing friends, have joined forces to produce the May Follies Saturday night at 8 o’clock in the high school auditorium. This will be a variety show with a high fashion title and will fol low in the tradition of a long list of successful programs of this kind that have been presented her over the years. When one of these shows goes into production, three important developments usually occur: One, there is an abundance of talent in town, some of it unsus pected. Two, the audience always re ceives its money’s worth in fun and entertainment. Three, nobody enjoys the pro duction as much as those who are in it. And that’s the pattern again this season. The show has been in the practicing stage for more than a month and some compli cated musical numbers are tak ing shape. So are some dance routines. The latter might more proper ly be classified in the comedy skits, of which there are several. Included in the latter group will be a Maypole Dance, featuring men dancers and a May Queen contest for which all contestants are male. The cast includes many well known names, but these charac ters will be seen in new roles. The entire proceeds will go to the fund for renovation and re painting of the Community Center Building, a joint project of the Woman’s Club and the Lions Club in Southport. Music is under the direction of Mrs. Dallas Pigott with May Day sequences being directed by Mrs. Davis Herring. The accompa nist is Mrs. E. J. Prevatte. 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 Gape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, May 11 8:45 A M 3:10 A M 8:06 P M 3:04 P M Friday, May 12, 9:2a A M 3:52 A M 9:45 P M 3:46 P M Saturday, May 18, 10:03 A M 4:34 A M 10:33 P M 4:28 P M Sunday, May 14, 10:51 AM 5:16 A M 11:21 P M 5:16 P M Monday, May 15, 11:45 A M 6:04 A M 6:10 P M Tuesday, May 16, 0:15 A M 7:04 A M 12:51 P M 7:16 P M Wednesday, May 17, 1:15 A M 7:58 A M 1:57 P M 8:22 P M
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