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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County 'M 1 1 1 THE STATE PORT PILOT i A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time VOLUME 39 No. 1 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1967 5# A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SOUTHPORT jifESW mop"** SgSi 4JU.V team* . jB?. ' tmm r» ary ockuwot Thus Jaycee Boat The Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce will give this boat away — minus the three young ladies — during the Fourth of July Festival in Southport. The girls are, bow to stern, Lee Dowling, Pat Brown and Sarah Barnes. Destroyer Will Be At Festival The Navy destroyer U.S.S. Sarsfield will be in the Southport harbor from July 1 until July 5 to take part in this year's Fourth of July Festival. The ship will be open to the public on a schedule to be announced later. Last year there was another Navy vessel here for the festival and everyone enjoyed going aboard it. This year's parade will be the biggest one yet. There are already eighteen floats com mitted to be in the festival end It is likely that there will be at least four more. So far there are forty-one units scheduled to be in the parade, including floats, bands, marching units, clowns, dignitaries’ cars and the color guard. Officials at Fort Bragg have announced that the Parade Mar shal of the festival parade will be Special Forces Captain Dennis H. Carter, a highly-decorated veteran who has recently re turned from the war in Vietnam. Heritage House Will Be Open The Southport Woman's Club will again this year sponsor the Heritage House during the Fourth of July celebrations. It will be held in the Community Building and will be open on Sunday, Mon day and Tuesday afternoons, July 2nd, 3rd and 4th, from one until six p. m. Mrs. Davis Herring is general chairman, with Mrs. Frank Hardy as co-chairman. Registration will be held on Saturday, July 1st from nine a. m. until one p. m. and anyone wishing to display articles of interest is asked to bring them at this time. It is hoped that all of Brunswick County will participate. YARD OF THE MONTH The June recipient of the Southport Garden Club’s Yard of the Month Award was Mrs. James Loughlin, GRADUATE Franklin Eugene Sue, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A.'Sue of Le land, received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history during com mencement exercises at Wil mington College Sunday. BUY WHEELCHAIR The Junior women’s Club is using the proceeds from their Bingo Parties to purchase a wheel chair for Dosher Memorial Hos pital. 1927 CLASS REUNION The members of the 1927 grad uation class of Southport High School are planning a reunion at the school on July 3 from 3 p. m. until 6 p. m. All class members are urged to attend. SALEM COLLEGE GRADUATE Miss Susan Key of Southport recently graduated from Salem College in Winston-Salem, re ceiving Bachelor of Art Degrees in psychology and English. She is the daughter of Mrs. Francis Key. JAMES L. WOLFE Wolfe Named Sales Manager James L. Wolfe has been ap pointed agency sales manager of Security Life and Trust Com pany’s ordinary life agency here. Formerly agency supervisor of the company’s Durham office, he will be responsible for direct ing and expaning the Wilmington agency to provide service to more residents of this area. He will recruit and train new sales rep resentatives and supervise their sales activities. He and his staff will offer counseling on all forms of life, health and acci dent insurance, group and pension plans. Wolfe has been associated with Security since 1963. In addition to agency supervisor, he has held the positions of sales representa tive and management trainee in the home office in Winston-Sa lem. He is a graduate of the Life Underwirters Training Council, the Life Insurance Marketing In stitute, the Managers Orientation School of the Life Insurance Agency Management Association, and Security’s Agency Manage ment School. For these educa tional achievements, he earned Security’s “Gold E” award. A native of Southport, Wolfe is a graduate of Southport High School and the University of (Continued on P&gv iJ New Post Office At Ash Postmaster General Lawrence F. O’Brien announced that a con tract has been awarded to build a Post Office at Ash, North Caro lina. The building will be owned by Nell W, Walton, Ash, North Carolina 28420, who will rent it to the Post Office Department for five years with renewal op tions running through fifteen years. It will be located on High way 130 approximately .75 mile Southeast of the present quarters. Preliminary estimates indicate that the initial Investment in the project will total approximately $11,337. The new one-story building will be air-conditioned and offers more working room than the present building. It will have an interior space of 1,056 square feet compared with a total of 300 square feet in the present build (Continued on Page 4, New Directory Is Now Here The new telephone directories for Southport began arriving last Friday, June 9. Anyone who did not receive his directory by June 14 (Wednesday) should call the business office and ask for the service representative who han dles his account. R.; E. Nantz, manager for Southern Bell in Wilmington said, “We plan to get the new direc tories to all of our customers as soon as possible. So that we may accomplish this, we would like for any customer who does not receive a directory by the 14th to be sure and let us know. However, he added, “if any of our Southport customers have a need to call friends or business associates in the Wilmington or Wrightsville Beach area, please do not use the numbers listed in these sections of your new directory until June 18. Many of these numbers are new and will not be working until the Winter Park Central Office, which services these new numbers, be gins operating on June 18. Use the numbers listed in your tele phone directory until this time. Nantz asks that after June 18, the customers please throw away their old directories. That way there is no chance of getting wrong numbers by looking in the old directory by mistake. “Also", Nantz said, “please check the directory to make sure of the numbers you want before calling information. This will save you time and inconvenience and help you get the best service. A quick check of the new direc tory Indicates much progress. This year in the Southport area 2438 directories were ordered for distribution, new connects, and replacements, as compared to 2165 last year. This is an increase of 273 directories. Art Show To Be Held Southport will soon be bustling with activity as another mammoth 4th of July celebrations gets underway. One of the biggest attractions of the weekend will be the Seventh Annual South port Arts Festival, sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club, July 1-4. The show will be in the former Cranmer House, now being converted into a City Mu seum. The Festival is open to all ar tists, professional or amateur. Awards will be given in five cate gories: oils, water colors, graphics, crafts and a junior di vision. The Junior Woman’s Club is especially Interested in having mare entries in the crafts division. Any type of hand work is included in this division, such as cut work, knit ting, ceramics, wood carving, quilting, objects made with shells, etc. The main attraction to artist will be two Purchase Awards by the Junior Woman’s Club. These will be chosen from the ribbon winners eligible for the awards. Purchase Awards will be oils— $175.00 and water colors or graphics—$75.00. These win ning works will be added to the Southport Municipal Art Col lection now on display in the Southport Municipal Art Col Public Library. The club started this collection with two purchases from their 1965 show and it now includes works of Mark Lynch, Jr., Raleigh, and Florida; L.V. Huggins, Jr., Chapel Hill; Edith Saunders, Winston Salem; Thel ma Bennett, Winston Salem and Fort Caswell Beach, Claude (Continued On Page Five/ Local School Gets Boiler The Brunswick County Board of Education met last Monday night in a regular session. Among the items of business approved by the Board was the installa tion of an oil-fired boiler for Southport High School to be re place the old, coal-burning unit. Other matters brought before the board included the hiring of the following personnel for the 1967-68 school year; Bolivia High School—Cecilia Tripp Bor deaux and Martha L. Bell; Lin coln High School—Thomas L. Wallace; Leland High School— Watha F. Knight and Preston N. Holder; Waccamaw High School —Sara Joy walker; Shallotte High School—Irene Greene, Betty N. Hewett, Louise Crews and Glenda Bruton; and Union High School—Flossie Vernon. Mr. Biggerstaff, E.S.E.A. Di rector for the county schools, was present and explained the various aspects of the programs being offered under the E.S.E.A. Program. County school superintendent Williams submitted to the board the proposed budge for the coming school year, but no action was taken on this matter. The board did approve the following cur rent expense fund budge trans fers: $75 from professional dues to superintendent travel; $75 from professional dues to as sistant superintendent travel; $37.75 from attorney to office expenses: $75 from profession al dues to office expenses; $171.45 from supervisor’s office to office expenses; $1,400 from fuel to water, light power; $1, 465.74 from insurance to re tirement and social security; $710 from surety bonds to re tirement and social security; and $2,100 from library to repairs, buildings and grounds. The following budget trans fers were made in the capital outlay fund; $1,479.29 from new buildings to office furniture and equipment; $1,354.07 from furn iture and instruction apparatus to heating, plumbing and electrici ty; $218.23 from garage equip ment to new heating, plumbing and electricity; and $32.42 from equipment in superintendent’s of fice to new heating, plumbing and electricity. Joyce Ward was employed as a clerical assistant under the E.S.E.A. Program. The board also voted to purchase a new tractor mover and coal conveyor. Local Youths At Workshop The Brunswick Soil and Water Conservation District is sending Donald Ward and Wayne Benton, two local youths, to a one week Resource Conservation Work shop at North CarolinaState Uni versity in Raleigh during the week of June 12-16, 1967. The ex penses for these two boys are being paid by the local Lions Club and the local Jaycees. This workshop is being sponsored jointly by the N. C. Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America, the N. C. Association of Soil and water Conservation Districts and the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee with cooperation of many state and Federal natural resource development agencies. These students will receive instructions in many phases of conservation and natural re sources development including soil and water conservation, wildlife conservation, forestry, etc. In addition, a well rounded recreational program has been planned including competitive sports activities and swimming. At the conclusion of the workshop, tests will be given and first, second and third place prizes awarded to those making the high est relative scores. Photo By Boyce Spencer 437-pound blue marlin caught Monday off Southport. 437 Pound Blue Marlin Is Caught Off Southport Recreation Program To Start Soon A city-wide recreation pro gram for all children who have completed the first grade through 12 years old will begin Monday. This year’s program will cover a period of four weeks and will be under the joint supervision of Miss Lynn Ruark and Miss Le Verna Joyner. Miss Ruark is a Student at N. C. State Universi ty where she is majoring in history. Miss Joyner is a history major at A.& T. College in Greensboro. Plans for the summer’s pro gram include arts and crafts, recreation, field trips, and edu cational films. The programs will be each Monday through Friday; the morning program will be from 9-12 and the after noon progranv will be from 1-3. Volunteer help for the program will be welcome. Tubbs Inlet May Be Closed The Town of Sunset Beach has made application for a permit to close Tubbs Inlet for the purpose of stopping the severe erosion taking place within the town lim its. Plans submitted show approxi mately 1,000,000 cubic yards of material are to be dredged from a borrow area on the north side of Tubbs Inlet and deposited across the mouth of the Inlet in a disposal area 300 feet wide and 20 feet above mean sea level. For accuracy and complete ness of the record, all data in support of or in opposition to the proposed work should be sub mitted in writing setting forth sufficient detail to furnish a clear understanding of the reasons for support or opposition. The de termination as to whether a per mit will be issued must rest pri marily upon the effect of the work on navigation. However, other pertinent factors, including fish and wildlife conservation aspects, will be considered in determining whether it would be in the best public interest to grant a permit. In cases of conflicting property rights, the Corps of Engineers cannot undertake to adjudicate rival claims. Written comments pertinent to the proposed work, as outlined above, will be received in the Corps of Engineers, Wilming ton District, office until 4:45 p. m., EDT, 10 July 1967. Time And Tide Thirty years ago this week sallfish were spotted for the first time off Southport and it was suspected that there might be more of these gamefish in the area. The reason why they were not seen or caught before was that the charter boats did not operate farther than 12 miles from shore at that time. Capt. Fred Burris had caught 150 pounds of shrimp in a period of three hours one day during the past week, and all of these shrimp were sold at 15? per pound. The menhaden boat Southport was aground at Lockwoods Folly Inlet for two days and all the fir spoiled and had to be thrown away. C, Ed Taylor was named Solicitor of Recorder’s court by the county commissioners; and Bill Jorgensen was named tax collector. Twenty-five years ago this week Bald Head Island was reported to be completely deserted except for a few Coast Guardsmen. For the past few summers the island had been inhabi.ed by tourists, but because of the war, vacationists have been hesitant to visit the island. Many people were awaiting the end of the war so the large island could develop into a vacation resort. People were being warned to stay away from strange looking objects on the beaches because they could be bombs of some kind; a campaign to collect scrap rubber was being held to strengthen the nations supply of surplus goods; and the second primary was to be held later in I Continued on Page 41 JAMES M. STUBBS Stubbs Boy Presented Bronze Star' Specialist James M„ Stubbs, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Stubbs of Southport, was recently awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism in connection with military operations against a hostile force in Vietnam. Specialist Stubbs’ family lives in Charlotte, but he came to visit his grandfather nearly every summer when he was younger. He began to go fishing with “Pappy” Stubbs when he was seven years old and continued to do so until he was sixteen. Spe cialist Stubbs is known better around Southport by the name of Mike. The action for which Specialist Stubbs received the Bronze Star took place on April 15, 1937, and is described thoroughly in the of ficial proclamation: “ ... On this date, Specialist Stubbs was participating in a search and destroy operation when his company came upon a large Vlet Cong base camp with an extensive tunnel complex. Armed with a pistol, he checked the en trance for booby traps and en tered the tunnel with two com rades. They had moved about 100 meters when they were subjected to hostile Are. With complete disregard for his personal safe ty, Specialist Stubbs fired down the tunnel and moved to engage the insurgents. He killed one Viet Cong, wounded two others and captured them. The bold ini tiative and dauntless courage demonstrated by Specialist Four Stubbs resulted in the capture of numerous weapons and docu ments. Specialist Four Stubbs' outstanding display of aggres siveness, devotion to duty and personal bravery is in keeping with the finest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 1st Infantry Division and the United States Army. Final Rites For Vietnam Victim Held SHALLOTTE -- .Final rites were held at Jennies Branch Bap tist Church, Sunday at 3 p.m. with hill military honors being ac • •'.d at the burial in the church ce metery for Army Specialist 4 Kenneth Alric Gore. Sp/4 Gore, 19, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. V Gore, Jr., died in ambush action in Vietnam on June 3, his parents were notified last week. He had entered the service on June 1, 1966, shortly after graduating from Shallotte High School with the class of 1966. He was a member of the Shal lotte Pirate football and track teams while in school here. (Continued on Page 41 A 437-pound blue marlin—the first of the year off Southport and perhaps the largest ever caught here—was caught Monday by wil liam Davis of Sumter, S. C., aboard Capt. Rob Austin's charter boat Douglas. The giant marlin, which meas ured 12 feet, 5 inches in length, was boated after a 4 hour, 10 minute battle. The party of which Davis was a member char tered the boat for an overnight trip to the Gulf Stream. The fish was hooked at 8 o’clock Mon day morning and was not brought aboard the Douglas until 10 min utes after noon. One reason for the lengthy battle, according to Capt. Austin, was that the marlin entangled his tail in the leader wire. The fish was caught on 100 pound test line. Power Line Across River The Carolina Power and Light Company, Wilmington, has made ‘ application for a permit to con struct an overhead power line across Brunswick River, 389 feet north of the present bridge for U. S. Highway 17, 74, and 76 in Brunswick County approxi mately 2 miles west of Wilming ton. Plans submitted show the overhead cable will provide a vertical clearance of 32 feet above mean high water. Support ing poles are to be placed on shore. The old overhead wire crossing, just south of the pres ent bridge, Is to be removed upon completion of the new cross ing. The new applicant states the the proposed crossing is necessary due to highway con struction in the vicinity. Plans (Continued on Page 4 More Loans For Farmers Melvin H. Hearn, North Caro lina state director for the Farm ers Home Administration, said today he had received word from Washington that this agency had received authority to insure an additional $148 million of rural loans. This action announced in Wash ington by Secretary of Agri culture, Orville L. Freeman, will enable USDA’s Farmers Home Administration to commit an ad ditional $30 million in farm own ership loans and $118 million in rural housing loans to low and moderate income families. Previous allocations of funds for farm ownership loans were exhausted in February. There are some 20,000 applica tions and unfunded loan dockets currently being held by the Farm ers Home Administration. Funds for rural housing loans to low and moderate income families were exhausted in April. The Farmers Home Administration is now holding some 42,000 applications and unfunded loan dockets for rural housing loans. Both the funds for farm owner ship and rural housing loans are being mads available immedi ately. Farm ownership loans are made to buy land, construct or repair buildings, improve land and refinance debts. They are repayable over 40 years and bear 5 percent interest. Rural housing loans are made to farmers and other rural resi dents in open country and small rural communities with popu lations of not more than 5,500. Loans are made to construct and repair needed homes and es sential farm buildings, purchase homes or buy sites on which to build homes. The maximum term is 33 years. The interest rate on loans to families with low and moderate incomes is 5 percent. Large Tax Cut Passed By ODELL WILLIAMSON Representative 13th House District The House passed into law this past week the largest general tax cut in many years—and the first that I can remember during my time in the legislature. The new law will provide in come tax relief in the amount of $23.3 million for the people of our State. Four groups of tax payers are affected —People with dependents get an increase In the amount de ductible for exemptions from $300 to $600 each. —Servicemen in Viet Nam are exempted from taxes on income up to $500. —People over 65 years of age are granted an extra $1,000 ex emption. —Parents with children in college are allowed a $600 de duction for each eligible child. This tax relief had been recom mended by the Advisory Budget Commission and the Governor. The bill was debated at length on the floor of the house. Those favoring the cut argued that the people of the State were over taxed because the revenue act of 1965 raised $166 million more than the amount needed to take care of appropriations. Op ponents argued that the public was not asking for any tax de crease, and that the surplus money ought to be appropriated to provide additional State serv ices. . A bill was passed by the House last week that would change the required punishment for a per son Convicted of drunken driving. The measure would allow less punishment for a first offense, but it would tighten up the penalty for a second conviction. Under the new bill, a presid ing judge may allow a first of fender to keep his driver’s li cense on a restricted basis. The restrictions might allow a person, say, to drive to and from work, or maybe from home to church and back. Or the restric tions possibly would limit him to daytime driving only. On the other hand, the pro-4 posed legislation provides an automatic three-day jail sentence for any person convicted a second time. Supporters of the bill argued that under the present law, juries are reluctant to convict anybody charged with his first drunken driving offense because convic tion means total loss of driving pivileges. Most people use a car in connection with earning a living, the argument continued, so by allowing an offender care fully restricted use of his driver’s license, more convic tions should result. I think that the argument prob ably will hold true with regard to first offenders—but I am fair ly certain that this will not be the case with second offenders. Earlier in the current session, a bill was enacted into law to do away with the State’s practice of leasing public lands to private oyster gardens. Now a bill to put the old law back on the statute books has been reported favorably out of the Commercial Fisheries and Oyster Industries Committee, of which I am chairman. However, the new pro posal does not affect Brunswick County, which was specifically exempted. If passed, the new legislation will put Brunswick County back into the position it occupied prior to the 1965 session with regard to leasing of State lands to pri (Continued On Page Pour) 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 Thursday, June IS, 12:57 A M 7:34 A M 1:39 P M 8:04 P M Friday, June 16, 1:57 A M 8:34 A M 2:45 P M 9:i0 p M Saturday, June 17, 2:57 A M 9:28 A M 3:45 P M 10;16 p M Sunday, June 18, 3:57 A M io:28 A M 4:45 P M 11:16 P M Monday, June 19, 4:57 A M ii;22 a M 5:45 P M Tuesday, June 20, 5:57 A M 0:16 A M 6:39 P M 12:16 p m Wednesday, June 21, 6:51 A M 1 ;10 A M 7:33 PM 1:10 P M