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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County I THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community VOLUME 38 No. 52 12-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1967 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Old House—New Fence This is the foundation of the house built by Captain John Russell in 1751 on his Russellborough estate at Brunswick Town Historic Site. The picket fence was recently erected to limit the souvenir gathering in the area. Commissioners Discuss Needs Of Hospital The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners met in a reg ular session Monday night. All members of the Board were pres ent. A delegation of citizens from the Mill Creek area of Town Creek township came before the Board and requested improve ment of road no. 1515. The Board okayed this improvement and sent the request to the State Highway Commission. The Commissioners gave the State Highway Commission per mission to delete the several county roads from the highway system. It had been ascertained - that, the following roads served no useful purpose: Road no. 1118 at Holden's Beach, road no. 1503 at Supply, road no. 1520 at Town Creek, and road no. 1425 at Hood's creek. The fore going action was taken upon mo tion of A.C. Holden, was seconded by V.A. Creech and was carried. The Commissioners accepted an invitation from the city of Southport to attend the Fourth of July Festival. A motion was made by D.B. Frink and seconded by V.A. Creech that representative Odell Williamson be informed that the Board is in favor of legislation being passed in this session of the General Assembly increasing the salaries of the elected of ficials of Brunswick County at his discretion. The motion was unanimously carried. V.A. Creech, Jr., made a mo (Continued On Page Four) CAMPBELL COLLEGE GRAD George Thomas Savage of Southport received his bachelor of arts degree in social science at the commencement exercises at Campbell College last Friday. He is the son of Mrs. Kathryn R. Savage of Southport. UNC -G STUDENTS Three Brunswick County resi dents were awarded degrees during graduation ceremonies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Sunday. Bachelor of Art degrees were given to Lycla S. Clifton of Shallotte and Poinsettia S. Galloway of winna bow. Nell C. Hunnlcutt ofLeland was awarded a Master of Edu cation degree. RECEIVES AWARD Miss Leone Arntsen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Arntsen and a former resident of Southport, received the Amy Bradley Medal during graduation exercises at New Hanover High School in Wilmington. Miss Arnt sen had the highest scholastic average in the senior class based on her three years at the school. BENEFIT SUPPER The Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church near Supply will sponsor a Bene fit Supper (Barbecue or Fish) on Saturday, June 10, 1967 at the Educational Building of the church from 6:00-9:00 p. m. Homemade cakes and pies will also be on sale. All proceeds will go to the new church build ing fund. Adult tickets $1.25 and children under 12 years of age 50£. The public is cordially invited. Excavation At Brunswick Town IKStj'iiii YiirT'vnfigMi S aBiinflf Rev. E. C. Chamblee Rev. Chamblee Resigns Post Rev. E. C. Chamblee, pastor of the Southport Baptist Church for a little over two years, has re signed, effective June 30. He has accepted the pastorate of the Autryville, if. C. Baptist Church near Fayetteville and will assume the work there July 1. Rev. and Mvs. Chamblee will be on vacation after Sunday, June 11, for the remainder of the month and will move to Autryville about June 29. Before coming to Southport in April, 1965, Mr. Chamblee was pastor of the Cedar Falls Baptist Church at Fayetteville for nine years where he led the Church in a stewardship emphasis and building program. While at Southport the Church’s parsonage was freed of debt and all in debtedness on other Cnurch prop erties was paid off, and there have been 54 additions to the Church membership. Festival Has Long History By JAMES F. HOWARD Everyone enjoys Southport’s annual Fourth of July Festival because everyone is a part of it. Th visitors from out of town and out of state always remark that they had the feeling throughout the three-day affair that they were a part of the festivities and not just spectators. That is very likely the key to the success of the festival down through the years since the first one was held on July 4, 1795, when the soldiers stationed at Brunswick Town marched through the streets of Southport to celebrate the election of George Washington as President. The history of the festival dates back to that year, and since that modest beginning the most important part of the festival has been the people them selves, citizens of Southport and visitors alike, as they all make their patriotism known by cele brating the birth of the United States in the old-fashioned way. This year all of the services will be represented when the Navy sends a fighting ship to anchor in the Cape Fear River and opens its decks to the thou sands of visitors who would like to take a tour of inspection—to either day dream how it would be, or remember how it was. The Army is providing a color guard and a parade marshal, the Ma (Continued From Page 1) The most recent excavation at Brunswick Ttfwn State His toric Site is the house foundation at Russellborough. Part of a 55-acre plantation adjacent to the Colonial town of Brunswick, the construction was begun in 1751 by Captain John Russell, Master of His Majesty’s sloop-of-war “Scorpion”. Russell died before the house was completed and In 1758 the plantation and buildings were purchased by Royal Gov ernor Arthur Dobbs, who stated that he preferred the climate of the lower Cape Fear to that of New Bern, He purchased the plantation for the sum of 5 shil lings and one peppercorn, the latter to be delivered at the end of one year residency in the house, while living at Russell borough, Dobbs, at the age of 73, married a 15-year old Bruns wick maiden, justina Davis. In 1765 Dobbs died and William Tryon, the Lieutenant Governor, assumed the duties of Governor and moved to Russellborough, and later purchased it for the sum of 300 pounds sterling,quite an increase over the 5 shillings and a peppercorn that Dobbs had paid, in November of 1765 and again In 1766, the citizens of the lower Cape Fear openly and with arms protested the hated Stamp Act, aid Russellborough was surrounded by 500 “citi zens in arms”, as Tryon re ferred to them, and he was placed under virtual house arrest. When Governor Tryon moved into the controversial "Tryon’s Palace” at New Bern, he sold the plantation to William Dry, port collector for Brunswick, for 600 pounds, still an increase over the amount he had paid for it. Dry's residence was labeled a house of “universal hospitality”, and many prominent Cape Fear gen tlemen visited there. The house was burned in 1776 by the British, destroying the valuable furniture, liquors, etc. that was within. This foundation was excavated in 1966 and has since been opened to the public. It is just north of the Visitor-Center-Museum and a part of the Brunswick Town Site. Many objects recovered from the ruin are exhibited in the museum. Justina Davis Dobbs, a widow at 18 years of age, married another Governor, Abner Nash, and is buried in a little Colonial graveyard in Halifax. She bore Nash one daughter and was only 25 years old when she died. Deitz Named New Minister William F. Deitz of Southport will be ordained to the Baptist ministry Sunday afternoon at the Southport Baptist Church at 3;00 p.m. He was recently examined by the Council on Ordinations for the Brunswick Baptist Associa tion and recommended that the Southport Baptist Church pro ceed with his formal ordination. The Rev. E. C. Cnamblee pastor of the Southport Church will preach the ordination sermon. Others on the program are: Rev. W. C. Francis, Rev. Jackie Cooper, Rev. Henry E. Register, Rev. C. L. Turner, Tyler Potter, Lewis Harvell, Afton Smith and Mr. Deitz. Special music will be rendered by the Southport Church Choir. People of Southport and the surrounding area are invited to attend. Brunswick Red Cross To Reorganize By MRS. MAY BARBEE The Brunswick County Chap ter of the American Red Cross is and has been for the last several years inactive. This should be a matter of grave con cern to Brunswick County resi dents. our county lies in a dis aster prone area because of its exposed position to hurricanes. In the past we have suffered untold amounts of damage. The Red Cross is a private, charitable agency which has always come to our aid. Since 1954, $376,794 has been spent by the Red Cross for hurricane relief in Brunswick. 1405 fami lies have been helped during this period. After Hurricane Hazel (1954), $254,127 was given to Brunswick County residents. Without a functioning local or ganization, the Red Cross would be unable to channel relief serv ices and funds to our county. There would be no evacuation shelters, emergency communi cations. soup kitchens, or funds for homeless families. Only two requirements must be met to qualify as an active county Red Cross chapter. First, there must be a chapter organi zation and board which meets four times a year. Second, there must be a local fund cam paign. Part of the money would be used for local chapter ex penses. Always in the past more Red Cross money has been spent in the county than was raised here. It would take hundreds of hurricane free years to re pay our debt to the Red Cross. Thus, any money raised in Bruns wick will serve here, and more outside funds will serve with it. A public meeting to reorganize the Red Cross will be held Tues day, June 13th at 7 p. m. at the Agriculture Building in Supply. Mrs. Catherine Stewart, Red Cross Director for Eastern North Carolina will be present. We must find a Chapter Cnairman and other officers or set up a nominating committee to do so. Brunswick County must not wait until hurricane winds begin *to blow. Action must be taken now. Should this effort to save our local Red Cross fail, it will no longer be around to help us with disaster relief. All in terested people should attend, be willing to help, and bring an interested friend. Brunswick Is Widely Publicized Information on Brunswick County has been distributed in 23 states during the past month, according to a report made to the members of the Resources Development Commission for Brunswick County by the Di rector, Roy A. Stevens. In addition, brochures have been placed in the distribution racks of 183 Chambers of Com merce in 7 states along the East Coast of the United States. Stevens reported that the news paper advertising campaign which was sponsored by the Re sources Development Commis sion brought inquires from 22 towns. These were from cities and towns in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Michigan and New York. The Resources Development (Continued on Page 4 Ernest F. Gore, right, and General Butcher Help For Rural Towns In Brunswick Parks C. Fields, Chairman of the Brunswick County Technical Action Panel, said today the De partment of Agriculture had in structed its rural development specialists to “end the migra tion of rural people to large cities by helping small communities revitalize themselves.” Fields said instructions had been sent by Assistant Secre tary John A. Bviker to all the field staffs of USDA agencies urging them to expand efforts to extend services and benefits of all Federal agencies into rural areas and help rural communi ties make economic development plans and secure services needed to carry out the plans. The Assistant Secretary’s ac tion emphasized the importance of the technical action panels that the Secretary of Agricul ture has ordered established in each state and the approximately 3,000 rural counties to work with local community develop ment organizations. “Basically, what the Depart ment is doing,” Baker explains, “is realigning and fortifying its field offices to insure that rural communities do not miss out on help available from any source in their development programs. “We have established a ‘one stop’ service concept in every rural county to enable local lead ers to (1) get help they need in find out what is impeding the development of their local econ omyj. (2) obtain assistance in preparing economic development plans, and (3) tap all government (Continued on Page 4, Time And Tide Judge Sam Ervin was to hold court in Southport the week of June 9, 1937. There was a weekend rush to rent small boats for fishing, and many fishermen had to fish from the shore. Inquiries about the coming boat races were being received, and a party of Wilmington fishermen returned with a good trout catch after going out with Capt. H. T. Bowmer. An average of 106 children attended Bible School during the preceding week; and a table radio was offered as Grand Prize in a photo contest sponsored by this newspaper. Twenty-Five years ago this week was a period for the extermina tion of several types of wildlife around here. C. E. Brown killed 22 snakes while clearing his lot, and the late W. B. Keziah came by on horseback and complained that these were the snakes that he used to rid his feed bin of rats. An alligator hunt was conducted by several local youths, three State College students and the same Mr. Keziah. Three alligators were captured and Mr. Keziah was nipped on the wrist by an angry gator. Scrap metal was being collected to aid the armed services. During the week of June 11, 1947, it was announced that Dr. L. C. Fergus was leaving for California. Two new shrimp boats arrived in Southport that week and 17 year-old Billie Wells was named captain of one of them. , Leon J. Phelps had graduated from Shallotte High School with the distinction of going through 12 years of school without missing a day. Fifteen years ago this week a post-primary Democratic "love feast’* was held at Bolivia to organize the losers to support the victors in the November General Election. Twenty-four boats (Continued On Page Four; General Praises Southport Man Bank Declares Gash Dividend A cash dividend of 20 cents per share, payable on June 15, 1967 to shareholders of record on May 31, 1967, has been de clared by the Board of Directors of waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, with administrative of fices in Whiteville, according to Lawrence R. Bowers, president. The bank has 454,680 shares of stock outstanding, which makes the cash dividend disbursement for the current quarter total $90,936. E. Murray Acker DuPont Man To Speak Here F. Murray Acker, manager of Du Pont’s Cape Fear Project, will be the speaker at a Lions Club dinner meeting at 7 o’clock next Thursday night, June 15, at the Southport Community Build ing. Acker will speak about “The Du Pont Story.” A spokesman for the Hons Club said that the organization is going all out to make Acker welcome. Members of the Board of Resources Development Com mission for Brunswick County and other municipal and county officials will attend. Representa tives of the Lions Clubs of Bolivia, Shallotte and Supply are joining with the local club to wel come Acker and Du Point to Brunswick County. "TUe Cape Fear Plant of Du Pont, being located in northeast Brunswick County will prove an asset to the economic develop ment of the region,” the Lions spokesman said. “The Lions Club feels proud of having Mr. Acker as a part of the program.” Lions who plan to attend should send their reservations to W. A. Powell as soon as possible. “I was probably the greenest Second Lieutenant the United States Marine Corps ever had,” recalled Major General Joseph O. Butcher, Commanding Gen eral, Marine Corps Base, and Master Sergeant Earnest F. Gore (retired) did not seem to dis agree. The two Marines met for the first time in nearly 30 years recently when Master Sergeant Gore visited Camp Lejeune on Retired Marines Day, May 19. General Butcher recalled that after graduating from Basic School, situated in Philadelphia in those days, he was sent to the U.S.S, Arkansas for sea duty. In his first assignment, Gen eral Butcher worked with Ser geant Gore, then a gunnery sergeant, and “was taken under the wing of the ‘Gunny’.’’ “Every new officer needs a good senior enlisted man’s help” said General Butcher. The ex master sergeant just smiled. He served with then Lieutenant Butcher from 1937-1938, Alton Lennon Is Honored The Honorable Alton Lennon, United States Representative from the Seventh District of North Carolina, was honored last night at a gala reception in the Nation’s Capital. Congressman Lennon was presented the Dis tinguished Service Award by the Board of Trustees of the non partisan Americans for Consti tutional Action. ACA’s Distinguished Service Award is bestowed every two years upon those legislators whose voting records in the Con gress of the United States support legislation which serve to strengthen and defend the spirit and principles of the Constitution of the United States. In presenting the award to Con gressman Lennon, Admiral Ben Moreell, chairman of the Board of Trustees, stated: “On behalf of our Trustees I have the pleas ure of congratulating you this evening and personally thanking you for your outstanding record in the Congress and devotion to those fundamental principles of good government which serve to promote individual rights and responsibilities; a sound dollar; a growing economy; and a desire for victory over communist ag gression.” "The acceptance of this award does not imply that you are in complete agreement with all of the principles espoused by ACA nor doesitlmply any commitment for you to support them in the fu ture,” emphasized Admiral Moreell. “Our purpose tonight is solely to honor you for your dedication to the Constitution of the united States." Congressman Lennon is now serving his sixth term as a Member of the United States Congress and serves on the im portant Armed Services and Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committees. One Cent Tax Bill Now Halted By ODELL WILLIAMSON Representative* 13th House District Sometimes we have to kill a bill two or three times before we can get It dead enough not to be resurrected. Such a bill was the one proposing a local option one cent sales tax, which the House finally killed enough times for it to stay dead. This piece of legislation would have allowed the people of each county to vote the additional tax upon themselves if they saw fit to do so. The first time the bill was killed was when It was In the fi nance committee. But that wasn’t enough. It was still brought to the floor of the House on what is known as a minority report. A motion to adopt the minority report was defeated on the floor of the House by a few votes. That was another death blow~but it still did not kill the measure. The next day* a motion was made that the House reconsider the vote by which the minority report had failed. The Speaker of the House ruled that the motion to reconsider could be carried by a majority vote. In order to head off such a possibility, opponents of the bill made a motion to adjourn. A motion for adjournment is not de batable, and it carried by five votes. In other words, it was neces sary for those of us who opposed this bill to kill it in effect three times before we could finally bury it deep enough so that it would take a vote of at least two thirds of the House membership to resurrect it. I was one of those who fought this measure very hard—ever, though it had the endorsement of the administration and some other groups. My personal feel ing about the bill was that the responsibility for levying taxes belongs to the General Assembly. It should not be passed on to the voters in the separate counties. It was also my conviction that there are already enough taxes on food and the other necessities of life at this time. (Continued On Page Fourj TB Group Wants Help The SENC Tuberculosis As sociation is interested in finding individuals, or church, civic and social groups who will help its patient service committee. At present, there are 9 from Bladen, 5 from Brunswick, 17 from Columbus, 27 from New Hanover, 7 from Onslow and 6 from Pender. Some of the upswing may be attributed to better case-finding in the counties, such as the tuber culin testing of children entering school. In Brunswick, despite its small health department force, the first grade, ninth grade, and Home Economic stu dents are getting the tuberculin tests. The SENC Association has furnished Tine tests, with the exception of the home eco nomic students, for which the Board of Education pays. The general public may also have these tuberculin tests free on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at the health center in Shallotte. A positive reaction to the test is followed by a chest (Oootlnned on Pag* 4} 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, June 8, 7:51 A M 2:10 A M 8:00 P M 2:04 P M Friday,. Junei 8, 8:27 A M 2:52 A M 8:51 P M 2:45 P M Saturday, June 10, 9:08 A M 3:34 A M 9:33 P M 3:28 P M Sunday, June n, 9:57 A M 4:15 A M 10:15 PM 4:10 P M Monday, June 12, 10:45 A M 4:58 A M 11:03 P M 5:04 p m Tuesday, June IS, 11:30 A M 5:46 A M 5:58 P M Wednesday, June IS, 6:40 A M 12:39 P M 6:58 P M
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