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The Pilot Covers j Brunswick County! THE STATE PORT PILOT 1 Most of the News f A Good Newspaper In A Good Community All The Time mmmm VOLUME 39 No. 5 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1967 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY First Sailfish Of Season The first sailfish of the season was brought in Sunday by a party fishing aboard the Idle On III with Capt. Albert Dosher. The lucky angler was Sam McDonald of Lin colnton and his fish measured 5-ft., 9-inches. It is shown above, surrounded by the eight king mackerel, 6 dolphin and 2 amberjack that comprised the remainder of the catch. (Photo by Dosher) Referenda On Four Programs Slated Tuesday Four referendums of extreme importance will be held in Bruns wick County next Tuesday at the same polling places to save money and the farmers’ time. The voting will be at the regu lar ASCS polling places. The assessment programs to be voted on this year are: the tobacco assessment, which sup ports the work of Tobacco As sociates, for the years 1968, 1969 ■ and' 1C7C. • • i ■& The peanut assessment for a six year period, 1968 through 1973. Funds from this assess ment are used by the North Caro lina Peanut Growers Association in promoting the use and sale of peanuts grown in the state. The cotton assessment, which supports the work of the North Carolina Cotton Promotion As sociation, will be voted on for the period 1969 through 1973. The assessment has already been approved for 1968 in an earlier referendum, and the vote for the ensuing five years is being held under special legislation, enacted by the current General Assembly, to permit the cotton growers to get in step with the peanut and tobacco groups so that joint ref erendums can be held in the fu ture. All of the assessmentpro grams must receive a two-thirds majority of the vote if they are to continue. The Flue-cured Tobacco Ref erendum will be held to deter mine whether or not tobacco farmers want to continue acreage-poundage quotas for the 3 marketing years beginning July 1, 1968. Growers have the choice of, (1) Acreage-poundage mar keting quotas and price support, or (2) Unlimited production and no price support. Two-thirds of the vote must favor the program (Continued On Page Two) Brief Bits Of OFF THE PRESS “Capt’n Charlie and the Lights of the Lower Cape Fear, the latest book by Mrs. Ethel Herring, is off the press and is on sale in Southport. YARD OF MONTH Yard of the Month honors for Southport for July have been awarded by the Southport Garden Club to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Phelps for their grounds at their home on Leonard Street. SPECIAL SERVICES The Upper Room Assembly, located 5 miles south of shal lotte, will have a series of evangelistic services starting July 14 and continuing through July 18. Evangelist T. R. Music of Newport News, Va. will be the speaker. EYE OPERATION Tommy Rees, 5 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rees, Jr. of Southport, will be ad mitted next week to New Han over Memorial Hospital where eye surgery will be performed. He received serious eye dam 18, when a BB shot hit his left eye. Farmers Face Four Major Decisions Wide Publicity From Name Change Southport received nationwide publicity this week when recent action of the board of alderman made a spot on the Paul Harvey News and Radio Station WOR in Newark, N. J., taped a comment from Mayor E, B. Tomlinson, Jr., on the same subject. *" . It is well known that Southport has three streets named Lord and Howe and Dry. Recently the city fathers decided to name the alley running through the next block “I Am” Alley—thus giving a continuity to the well known phrase. Publicity resulting from the Fourth of July Festival got this story on the wire, resulting in the two follow-up stories this week. Directors Hold Monthly Meet The Board of Directors of SENCland Community Action, Inc., anti-poverty agency serving Columbus, Brunswick and Bladen Counties, met Friday night, July 7, for the purpose of electing an additional director from each county to serve as representative of citizens within that county. Byron McNeill of Clarkton was elected to represent Bladen County, William Bowen ofShal lotte will represent Brunswick County, and Starlon Nealy of Clarendon will represent Colum bus County. Columbus County’s other di rectors are Dr. Jesse C. Fish er, President, C. D. Raper, and Bobby Sessions of White ville, Mrs. Carlene Baldwin of Wananish, R. v. Gore of Fair Bluff, A. L. Williams of Chad bourn, and Ed Walton William son of Cerro Gordo. Bladen County is also rep resented by Dr. William Keith, Chairman, Joseph Gallehugh, W. J. Hair, and Mrs. Esther Huntley of Elizabethtown, Abram Hall of Riegelwood, and Carl i Suggs and waiter Hines of Bladenboro. Other members of the Board from Brunswick County are Jona than Hankins, Secretary, and Mrs. Ira Chadwick of southport, Park C. Fields of Shallotte, P. r. Hankins of Bolivia, A. Clement Holden of Supply, Ralph C. King of Freeland, and G. M. Sinclair of Yaupon Beach. Current activities of the agency were reported by James C. Cox, Director, and Charles H. Mum ford, Deputy Director. Dr. Fisher announced the ap pointment of directors to serve on an Executive Committee, a Committee on Representation which will review and approve all petitions and applications for membership on policy making boards, a Public Information Committee, and a Research and Advisory Committee to study de sign and conduct of programs and projects of existing agencies and make recommendations re flecting the needs of SENCland area. This committee will also (Continued On Page Two) Secretary of Agriculture Or ville L. Freeman on July 3 pro claimed acreage-poundage mar keting quotas for the 1968. 1969. and 1970 crops of flue-cured to bacco, and called a grower re ferendum for July 18. In the July 18 referendum, growers will decide by their vote whether marketing quotas and price support will continue in effect. If more than one-third of the growers voting vote "*• no",' marketing quotas and price sup port will not be in effect for the 1968 crop. Secretary Freeman announced a quota of 1,126.5 million pounds for the 1968 crop, essentially the same as the quota in effect the past 3 years. The 1968 average yield goal is 1,854 pounds per acre, the same as for the past 3 years. The national acreage al lotment for 1968 is 607,605 acres, about the same as in 1967. Acre age allotments and poundage quotas for individual farms will be about the same in 1968 as in the past 3 years, except for ad justments to reflect underinar ketings and overmarketings of farm quotas. Under acreage-poundage mar keting quotas, If the marketings from a farm are less than the poundage quota for the farm, the difference is added to the farm’s quota (both acres and pounds) for the following year. Likewise, any marketings in excess of the farms poundage quota are deduct ed from the farm’s quota (both acres and pounds) for the follow ing year. Under marketings of 1966 quotas amounted to 126 mil lion pounds, and over marketings were 35 million pounds. Department officials point ed out that acreage-poundage has proven its effectiveness during the first 2 years under the program. Estimated carryover of old crop flue-cured tobacco on July 1, 1967, beginning of the marketing year, was about 2,270 million pounds, farm-sales weight. This represented a de crease of 285 million pounds or 11 percent from the all-time high carryover 2 years earlier. Government loan holdings in cluded in July 1, 1967, carryover totaled 547 million pounds, down 206 million pounds, or 27 percent luring the past 2 years. Flue-cured tobacco growers received an average of 66.9 cents per pound for the 1966 crop, an all-time high. This represented an increase of 2.3 cents per pound over prices received for the 1965 crop, and 8.4 cents per pound over 1964 prices. Exports during the marketing year ended June 30, 1967, are estimated at about 560 million pounds, farm-sales weight, a third larger than the year before and the largest of record. In a referendum held in Decem ber 1964, 96.5 percent of the 359,951 flue-cured tobacco grow ers voting favored marketing quotas on the 1965, 1966, and 1967 crop, in a special referendum held in May 1965, 73.6 percent of the growers voting favored acre age-poundage quotas in lieu of quotas based on acreage allot ments only. 1. Estimated carryover of old crop flue-cured tobacco held by the trade and under Government loan on July l, 1967, was about 2,270 million pounds, farm l Continued on Page 4/ Fishing Facts Shown In New Study Report A special study report on North Carolina Commercial Fishing has just been received by the Re sources Development Commis sion for Brunswick County. The report, prepared by the Eastern North Carolina Develop ment Institute, was made at the request of the Resources Devel opment Commission, according to Roy A. Stevens, director. The special study and report covers the years 1957-1965, and provides much needed informa tion on the co mmercial fishing in dustry. vine stuay was started In De cember, 1966 and Information was secured from the many sources to make the report com plete. A supplement to the report on Brunswick county Is being pre pared at the present time and should be received within the next 30 days. The report on North Carolina provides detailed information on fish and shellfish landings for each year, price per pound, total dollar value for each county, and where each county ranked in land ings for each of the years cover ed by the report. Brunswick County fish landings in 1965 were valued at $981,200 and ranked 6th in the State. In shellfish landings Brunswick county ranked 5th in the state for 1965. For menhaden, Brunswick county ranked 2nd, a place that it has maintained during the entire period of the report. Only Car teret county reports more men haden landings than Brunswick. Also included in the report is the average price paid for each species of fish landed in North Carolin. The report compares fish land ings in North Carolina to those of South Carolina and Virginia. Stevens commenting on the re port stated that the information included will be vital in working with firms interested in the sea food industry. “Although the information included in the report has been available through several sources, this is the first time that it has been included in one report and in a manner that it can be used to our best advantage,” Stevens said. We are delighted with the report, and present plans are to deliver copies to two firms within the next week.” Visiting Boy Killed By Car A 5-year-old youngster from upstate In a vacation visit to Long Beach was struck and fatally injured Thursday by an automo bile driven by another vaca tionist. Perry Lewis Hawkins of Rt. 2, Dallas, died at New Hanover Memorial Hospital at 4:15 p.m. of injuries received in the accident. Coroner Lowell Bennett said the accident occurred around 2:25 p.m. the same day. The child was attempting to cross a street and ran out in front of a car driven by Maggie Proctor, 48, of Durham. He said that the driver of the car was unable to stop in time to avoid striking the child and she has not been charged by Long Beach Police. Bennett said the accident was unavoidable. The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Graham Haw kins. Time And Tide Thirty years ago this week interest was mounting concerning the regatta to be held in the Southport harbor by the Carolina Yacht Club. It was to be held the middle of August and entries from all over the state were expected. A “floating prep school’’ stopped at Southport during the week. It was actually a sailing schooner used as a school, owned by a man and woman who also served as teachers. Lights and water were now available to'the residents of Ft. Caswell. This was made possible by the construction of a 70,000 gallon water tower and the Installation of a diesel engine to provide the electric! ty. Bill Wells, local shrimp fleet owner, was trying to find a name for a new shrimp trawler. It was suggested that he use Summer Girl ill to continue that namesake. He immediately dismissed the idea because he thought that it was unlucky. The first Summer Girl sank off Wrightsville Beach and the second burned while in Southport Carolina. Twenty-five years ago this week a canvass was made throughout Brunswick county for recruits to make surgical bandages for the wounded service men overseas. Brunswick was one of 20 counties in North Carolina asked to ease the strain on the Red Cross workers who were making 90 per cent of all surgical bandages. ’ Complete reorganization of the Southport Civilian Defense or ganization was to take place as a result of a meeting here during the past week; crops throughout Brunswick county were expected to be outstanding; school was to reopen September 7 at all county schools. Twenty years ago this week shrimp were increasing in size as a result of the recent helt of shrimping in the area. The ban pro (Continued on Page 4 Swearing In Ceremony Judge James C. Bowman, right, is shown here as he is administered the oath of of fice Monday morning at a ceremony performed in the Superior Courtroom at South port. In the background is the portrait of the late Judge E. H. Cranmer of Southport. (Photo by Foxy Howard) Solemn Oath Is Given Judge On Taking Office EDITOR’S NOTE: When Judge James C. Bowman was adminis tered his oath of office on Monday morning before Clerk of Court J. E. Brown we were so deeply impressed with the gravity and solemnity of this ritual that we are printing the text of it. "I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States; and I do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the State of North Carolina, and to the consti tutional powers and authorities which are or may be established for the government thereof; that I will endeavor to support, main tain and defend the Constitution of said State, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, to the best of my knowl edge and ability, and I do solemn ly swear that I will well and truly serve the State of North Carolina in the office of Special Judge of the Superior Court of the said State; I will do equal law and right to all persons, rich and poor, without regard to any person. I will not wittingly or willingly take, by myself or by any other person, any fee, gift, gratuity or reward whatsoever, for any matter or thing by me to be done by virtue of my office, except the fees and salary by law appointed. wm not entertain, oy myself or by any other person, privately or openly any plea or quarrel pending in any of the said courts; I will not delay any person of common right by reason of any letter or command from any per son or persons in authority to me directed or for any other cause whatsoever; and in case any letter or orders come to me contrary to law, I will proceed to enforce the law, such letter or orders not withstanding; I will not appoint any person to be clerk or any of the said counts but such of the candidates as appear to me suffi ciently qualified for that office; (Continued On Page Two) Bowman Appointed To Superior Court Freak Accident Almost Serious A 2-year-old child left alone in the front seat of an automo bile caused an accident Friday night involving injury to three persons and extensive damage to the front of an ice cream stand at Long Beach. Marshal Johnson sustained bruises and contusions when his two year old son turned the switch key and caused a 1964 Chevrolet belonging to Ned Cloer to lurch forward, striking him with the bumper before plowing into the front of the building. Several blocks were knocked out of the structure. Cloer also was slightly hurt, as was an older brother of the child. The miracle is that nobody was killed, for the area had been packed with customers stand ing in front of the building. Graham Urges Vote Approval Agriculture Commissioner James A, Graham this week urged North Carolina farmers to vote for the continuation of tobacco, peanut, and cotton promotion as sessments in referendums scheduled for July 18. Graham also stressed the im portance for Tar Heel farmers of voting in the flue-cured to bacco allotment referendum, to be held the same day. “Expanding the sale and use of North Carolina tobacco, peanut, and cotton products is vital to both the farm and non-farm econ omy. •au uverwneiming majority of the farmers concerned have supported these assessments in past times, but farmers can’t expect these vital measures to pass without their continued ac tive support at the polls. It takes a two-thirds majority to pass the assessments and just sitting back and letting the other guy do the voting could, over a period of time, result in the loss of pro motion programs of great bene fit to the Tar Heel farmer. We cannot ever afford to let over confidence keep us from voting. Graham said marketing is now the biggest job facing farmers and the promotion programs of the N. C. Cotton Promotion Asso ciation are essential to the mar keting job. This promotion work is paid for out of assessment collections. Commissioner Graham ad vised farmers, “In addition to the three assessments referendums, farmers will have the chance, and should take the chance, to ‘put in their say’ about flue-cured tobacco allotments. “It is my opinion that the acreage-poundage arrangement for tobacco allotments has proven its effectiveness and deserves the farmer’s continued support.’’ Voting will be done in person ulv 18, at polling places select d by the Agricultural Stabillza Lon and Conservation Service. James C. Bowman, Southport attorney, was appointed to a four year term as a Special Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court by Governor Dan K. Moore and on Monday morning he was administered the oath of office by Clerk of Court Jack Brown. The ceremony took place in the court room of the courthouse in Southport prior to the weekly ses sion of Recorder’s court. Judge Bowman has served since January 1, 1963, as Solic itor of the Eighth Sollcitorial District, which is comprised of Brunswick, Columbus, New Han over and Pender counties. He was reelected to that position last year. Bowman’s appointment was one of four which affected court of ficers in this district. Judge Raymond B. Mallard of Tabor City was named Chief of the new North Carolina Court of Appeals; Judge Edward B. Clark was appointed Resident Judge of the Eighth Judicial District; and Alan Cobb of Wilmington assist ant district solicitor, was named to fill Bowman’s position. Judge Bowman has received a tentative assignment to hold his first term of Superior Court in Rockingham on July 24. He says that this is a suitable as signment since it was in Rock ingham, 29 years ago that he was sworn in as a practicing attorney before Judge Don Phillips. J udge Bowman was born in Kenly in 1910 and grew up in Wadesboro. He graduated from Wadesboro High School, attended Duke University and Virginia Military Institute, obtained L.L.B. degree from Washington College of Law, Washington, D. C., and was admitted to prac tice law in courts of North Caro lina in 1938. He Is a member of the Ameri can Bar Association, North Caro lina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association and also is ad mitted to practice in United States District Courts in North Caro lina, u nited States Supr e me Court and United States Court of Mili tary Appeals. Bowman served as solicitor of the Brunswick County Recorders Court during the period 1953 1957; served as Recorders Court Judge Brunswick County for several months in 1962, follow ing resignation of Recorder’s Court Judge Earl Bellamy and until appointment of a judge to fill the remainder of the elected judge’s term. He served in the 1957 and 1959 sessions of North Carolina General Assem bly in the House of Representa tives from Brunswick County. He has served as Solicitor of the Eighth Sollcltorial District, com prising Brunswick, New Han over, Pander and Columbus Counties from January 1, 1963, until his resignation to accept his new appointment. He is past president of the Southport Lions Club, past presi dent of the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association for three years, 32 degree Mason, member of Eastern Star and American Legion Post No. 194, Southport. He served in the United States Navy from Oc tober, 1941, to February, 1946, in European and Southwest Pacific areas aboard ships. Presently he is a lieutenant com mander in the United States Naval (Continued On Page Two) Advertising Is Paying Off In More Tourists Brunswick county advertising had an exposure to over 5-1/2 million people during the current year according to an announce ment this week by W. A. Powell, chairman of the Resources Development Commission for Brunswick County. Powell stated that a report presented to the members of the commission at their July meeting showed that for $8,253.92 spent on advertising that in excess of 5-1/2 million people saw some form of the advertising. The advertising of the co mmis sion covered 5 highway signs, Brunswick county brochures, fishing guides, North Carolina Travel Book, North Carolina State Ports Magazine, State Magazine and 8 Sunday editions of the Asheville Citizens Times, Charlotte Observer, Greensboro Daily News, High Point Enter prise and the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel. Newspaper advertising amounted to approximately 3, 900,000 of the exposures with highway signs covering 1,500,000 and magazines and special bro chures accounting for 125,000 ex posures. Powell stated “We are delight ed with the response to our ad vertising which cost less than .2 of a cent per exposure during this year. We feel that this ad vertising has brought many new visitors to Brunswick county. Our mail inquiries increased im mediately when the advertising campaign was started and each inquiry indicated an interest :n visiting Brunswick county. The inquiries were from many other states in addition to North Caro lina. “Everyone in the County prof its from the advertising dollar invested", Powell said. “These include the motels, restaurants, service stations, grocery stores, department stores, drug stores, gift shops and every other type business in the county.” Brunswick county’s tourist income for 1966 was $4.5 million, which was an increase of $300, 000 over 1965. “With the added facilities and interest, the Increase for 1967 should be considerably high er," said chairman Powell. Retail sales for the first 3 (Continued On Page Two) Strange Bottle Holds Message Mrs. Susie Speece, a visitor last week at the North Carolina Baptist Assembly, is back home in Union Grove where she is waiting for the mailman. The reason is a letter she wrote last week to a Capt. Frank C. Smith, and the reason she wrote to him is a message she found in a bottle that washed up on the beach at Fort Caswell. She was on a shelling expedition when she found a strange-looking, long necked bottle that was sealed with a cork. She opened it and found inside an invitation for the finder to communicate with Capt. Smith, who was purported to be the master of the SS Sunwalker; The date was “3 March, 1960” and the latitude was given as 40-46 north and the longitude 60-41 west. Mrs. Speece was at Caswell with a group from Hamm’s Grove Baptist Church. Tide Table Following: Is the tide table for Southport during1 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, July 13, 12:21 A M 6:16 A M 6:46 P M Friday, July 14, 0:33 A M 7:10 A M 1:27 P M 7:46 P M Saturday, July 15, 1:33 A M 8:04 A M 2:27 P M 8:52 P M Sunday, July 16, 2:33 A M 9:04 A M 3:27 P M 9:58 P M Monday, July 17, 3:39 A M 10:04 A M 4:33 P M 11:04 P M Tuesday, July 18, 4:39 A M 11:04 A M 5:33 P M 11:58 P M Wednesday, July 19, 5:39 AM 11:58 P M 6:27 P M
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