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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT - tft "&#''•£% ?p I Most of the News i HI A Good Newspaper In A Good Community All The Time VOLUME 39 No. 7 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1967 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Taking Down The Big Hill Heavy equipment is shown at work in the project to level the Big Hill at Long Beach, a landmark of long standing along the coast of Brunswick. The area is being laid off in residential building lots and is crisscrossed by new streets. (Spencer Photo) Says Poverty Program Made Start In State James C. Cox, executive di rector of SENCland Community Action, was guest speaker at the Whiteville Rotary Club on Thursday evening, July 20th. He stated that the idea for the nation’s poverty program ac tually had its beginning in North Carolina. During the administra tion of Gov. Terry Sanford, the North Carolina Fund program was begun. Based on the princi ples of this program, the na tional war to eliminate poverty was conceived. He explained the programs un derway in the six multi-purpose centers serving Columbus, Brunswick and Bladen Counties, and expressed appreciation for the fine spirit of cooperation be ing exhibited by coordinating government agencies in the three counties. Cox said that his agency is in terested In applying for the es tablishment of a Small Business Development Center, a unique community organization founded on the principle that small busi ness is part of the war on pover ty. He stated that all loans are approved or rejected by the Small Business Administration, and loan money comes from the SEA revolving loan fund. Adminis trative support for small Busi ness Development Centers is se cured through a number of sources—public, private, and foundations. "It will be an opportunity for the underprivileged who harbor the traditional American yearn ing for independence, for self employment”, he said, "for those workers with an idea or skill they feel could be the nucilus Of their own business. Thej need to borrow money, but loans are seldom available to such peo ple, and few of them know how to go about obtaining one. Many have never been inside a bank, and bankers are rarely interested in them. They need advice as well as money. Now, for the first time, we hope they will have a chance of getting both.” He added "many loan appli cants need management coun seling as much as money. These people are helped through man agement training or individual counseling from successful busi nessmen who have volunteered to share their experience and know how.” An informal discussion fol (Continued On Page Four) Brief Bits Of NEWS APPLIES FOR PERMIT Dr. C. H. Steffee of Fayette ville, has made application for a permit to construct a pier adjoining the Atlantic Intra coastal waterway just west of navigation marker no. 32 at How ell’s Point in Brunswick County. MARKETING CARDS Tobacco marketing cards are now being prepared at the ASC office in Shallotte and will be is sued prior to the opening' of the border belt markets. These cards will be mailed to those who request this delivery. Others will Pick up their card at the ASC’s Office. Southport Chief On National Radio By OUIDA HEWETT Chief Harold Cox, stationed at the U. S. Coast Guard Station at Oak Island in Brunswick County will be one of the featured guests on Master Control, a 30 minute variety program of entertainment and Inspiration heard around the world on Wednesday, August 2. The interview will feature the “Oak Island Lighthouse” and the significance of a lighthouse to the mariners of the modern age. Don Sturgis, the program’s announcer and host, will talk to Chief Cox by longdistance “beep er” telephone. The Brunswick county light house is the 3rd most powerful in the world and beams light that men who sailed the open seas may be warned that land is near. Egyptians and the Romans built lighthouses to guide sailors along the Mediterranean. One built about 300 B.C. on the Island of Pharos near Alexandria in Egypt was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and still is known as the Pharos of Alexan dria. This is still a great tour ist attraction for the Europeans. For our own tourist attraction, Oak Island, draws a number of people interested in the famous lighthouse and can learn the basic types of signals given to the modern day mariners that come by each night and day. During the 3rd Anniversary of the National Lighthouse Associa tion July 28-August 3, Master Control may be heard on WVCB Radio in Shallotte on August 2 at 11 o’clock with Chief Cox. This will also be aired on WMFD Radio (630 on your dial) at a later announced time. The stations feature Master Control each day as a public service for your in spiration. Master Control is heard on a 500 station network in the United States which is more than any one major radio network except Mu tual Broadcasting System. It is also heard on radio stations in twenty foreign countries. The program As produced by the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission. Farm Safety Is Theme Of Week Ira L. Chadwick, president of the Brunswick County Farm Bu reau, has proclaimed this as “Brunswick Farm Safety Week.” He urges all farm people and those allied with agriculture to apply full energy to reduce farm, home and highway accidents. “The number of accidental deaths to farm residents has risen every year since 1961. This means that the total number of fa talities is declining at a slower rate than is farm population,” stated Chadwick. “Farm accidents are increas ing at an alarming rate—espec ially among the younger age groups,” said Chadwick. The ages between 5 and 14 are most prone to accidents. The Farm Bureaupresidentof fers these suggestions for bettei safety for you: 1. Do not permit children to ride tractors and do not leave the keys in your trac tors. 2. Do not let children fondle any new-born animal—the animals could kill them or (Continued On r'uge Four' CHIEF HAROLD COX Brunswick Man Receives Honor The 1967-68 edition of Marquis “Who’s Who in the South and Southwest’’ includes a resume on Roy A. Stevens, director of the Resources Development Commission for Brunswick County. This Tenth Edition of this publication represents the most system!zed, perceptive effort in the book’s generation of publica tion to recognize particular merit and reference interest and to recognize the latest as well as continuing accomplishments in each field, and the individuals involved. A high point of this endeavor has been expansion of the list of must names—people of the south and southwest so important to the book’s reference useful ness and completeness that their biographical data are obtained through Marquis research if they fall to supply their own. The vast majority of biographees, must and otherwise, do furnish data and check the sketches based thereon prior to publication. The book contains 15,400 names, from the region embrac ing Alabama, Arkansas, the Dis trict of Columbia, Florida, Geor gia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mis sissippi, North Carolina, Okla homa, South Carolina, Ten nessee, Texas, Virginia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The names total, which in cludes 8,300 appearing for the first time, is approximately 1,000 more than in the previous edition. This increase, resulting in sub stantial measure from the en larged must list as well as the South’s population gains, reflects an intensification rather than any reduction of the high standards of selection. The must names include not only leading executives and officials in government, busi ness, education, religion, the press, civic affairs and other fields, but also untitled notables in careers like the fine arts and law. This edition introduces some leading names in the man agerial phase of professional and collegiate athletics; also top fig ures in the newer art and musi cal styles and in the latest scien tific developments. August 10 Is Date Set For Opening Sales The bright leal tobacco in dustry this season faces an ex tremely serious situation—in adequacy of redrying facilities, predicted Fred Royster, execu tive secretary of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association. Royster's statement was made Thursday night during the annual dinner meeting of the Border Belt warehouse Association which met at Whiteville. That congestion of redrying plants will be a problem, yes. But Royster reminded members that during the 23 years of the association, there have been no years without problems. The industry has overcome its problems, Royster asserted, be cause .of the unity which exists between its members—namely 93 markets, 250 companies, 450 warehousemen, plus manufac ‘ turers and individuals. ‘ We have the nearest thing to a monopoly that exists in this country,” Royster said. But in light of the health scare, labor crisis, he urged members to continue working together. ‘‘In unity we .can survive,” he said. PREDICTS INCREASE Royster said that during his • travels from Florida north ward he had observed the cur rent crop. ‘‘I have never seen a crop as uniform and mature as this year’s,” he claimed. He predicted that production will be approximately 15 per cent above that of 1966. To farmers, he recommended "Market your croppings just as soon as the redrying plants can take it.” First speaker of the program, held after a banquet in the Wac camaw Room of Holiday Restau rant, was L. T. Weeks, manager of Stabilization Corporation. Weeks announced that there will be no changes in marketing pro cedures this year. UVtiNfcK DISCUSSION Final action of members of the Border Belt group was es tablishment of their opening date . -tor this year’s marketing, -w , Earlier an executive commit tee for the organization had rec ommended August 3, but this brought strong protests from many warehousemen during the meeting. Chief proponent of the August - 3 opener was the Lumberton market. A spokesman for the Lumberton market said, “After seeing 40 million pounds go to Georgia last year, I content that we should open August 3.” Warehouseman Dial Gray of Whiteville pointed out that local harvesting is 10 days to two weeks behind that of last season. He al so noted that an early opening would cause farmers to lose some of their laborers to the ware houses and buying companies, and that labor is already in a state of crisis for farmers. “We are supposed to be agents for the farmers, and they’re not ready to start selling yet,” he maintained. Buell Lanier, speaking for the Chadbourn market, endorsed the August 10 opening date. Clyde Wayne of Brunswick, a farmer and member of the execu tive committee which earlier recommended the August 3 open (Continued <’• Pi'gv P’ouri 5vsni..’. . v.y.■ ■a1MPiM9SH Wheel Chair For Hospital A new wheel chair was donated to Dosher Memorial Hospital last week by th Junior Woman’s Club of Southport. Shown are Mrs. May Barbee, president of th club; Wm. F. Cupit, hospital administrator; Miss Cora Burney, nurse; seated in th chair is Miss Mary Anne Cornegayus. Junior Club Makes Report On Projects The Junior Woman’s Club of Southport held their July meet ing at the home of Mrs. Darlene Powell. Mrs. May Barbee pre sided. Mrs. Marrianne Gore and Miss Alneta Dixon, special arts fes tival committee, gave areporton the recent Art show. Ten paint ings were sold to visitors view ing the show. These were in ad dition to the purchases made by the City of Southport and the club. Because of the generosity of friends, the Junior Woman’s Club was again able to purchase the first place winner in Oils, “Nesting” by Frances Kendall, and the first place winner in Graphics “Vernal Miasma” by Richard Keys. These purchases will be added to the municipal art collection, which was started by the club with two purchases from their show in 1965. Club members expressed ap preciation to Blake Builders Sup ply for donating the silver cups awarded to first place winners and the ribbons awarded to first, second and third place winners in five categories, oils, waters colors, graphics, crafts and a junior dividion. After some dis cussion, it was agreed that the proceeds from the show would again go to the Southport-Bruns wick County Public Library. This year the money will be used to buy books, which will be so badly needed when the new, larger library is completed. Mrs. Barbara Gainey, Public (Continued On Page Four) Time And Tide Thirty years ago this week it was announced that the Coast Guard would send more patrol boats to the area to aid in the supervision of the yacht races to be held here in the next few weeks. Several famous yachts were to be here for the regatta. uus It was brought to mind that the first ship in this country was built at Southport. In 1525 a Spaniard, Don Lucas Vasquez de Avllon. founded a shipyard on the west bank of the Cape Fear river two and one-half miles from Southport and built a merchant ship, it was to take the place of one of his fleet that was wrecked near here. Twenty-five years ago this week a change in sponsorship and in personnel of the U.S.O. Building took place as a result of a meeting held here. The Public wanted dancing permitted in the building but it was the policy of the sponsoring organization, the Salvation’ Army, to prohibit this. * uon The age limits for military enlistment ranged from 17 to nr years. A change in the fishing laws promised plenty of fish for the area. A law was passed restricting fisheries from using faulty kegs to store fish that would endanger the storage of fish through the winter. Fox hunting showed possibilities in this county, and several upstate men had came to Shallotte and seemed to be successful in the pursuit of this sport. Twenty years ago this week a local marine railway was put into operation for the first time. Bill Wells hauled one of his fishing trawlers ashore to receive a paint job. Boats up to 65 feet in length could be accommodated. B A case of typhoid fever was reported in Waccamaw. The patient Jeanette Stanley, was reported ill by the countv health nurse. Mrs* Lou H. Smith. J ' » ‘vlrs* A picture on the front page showed Breman Furpless, former Southport theatre operator, posing with a lion. It was a fitting picture because the Southport man had been recently elected local Lions Club president. — Couple of Lions.” The headline above the picture read, “A Fifteen years ago this week a 15-year-old angler from Red Springs, Jimmie S ngleton, caught a 41-pound sailfish while fishing in Southport {Continued Op. Ffcge frourl Duke Endowment Assists Hospital wmm mmmrnm DR. WALTER HARRELSON Brunswick Man Is New Dean The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust ended its two day session last week by an nouncing the appointment of Dr. Walter Harrelson as the new dean of the divinity school. Han jlson, an internationally recognized scholar and writer in the Old Testament field, will assume his duties as dean of the divinity school July 1. Harrelson succeeds 'Dean James Sellers, who asked to be relieved so he might devote full tims to his professional duties. Harrelson is presently pro fessor of Old Testament and chairman of the department of religion. He received his doctor ate from the Union Theological Seminary in 1953. Methodists To Hold Revival The Rev. Herbert Maynard, director of New York’s Bowery Mission, will be the visiting speaker when annual revival services begin at Trinity Metho dist Church in Southport on Sep tember 10. They will continue through the following week. The Rev. Mr. Maynard is a Baptist minister and is a former resident of North Carolina. His boyhood was spent in Kentucky and West Virginia. The Bowery Mission is op erated by the Christian Herald Association and he is the first Southerner in its 82-year history to serve as director. Under his leadership this halfway house for alcoholics has undergone changes that have brought its work into the national limelight. In announcing the speaker for the forthcoming revival, the Rev. William Davenport, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, said “I think our people will appreci ate the opportunity to hear my friend, Herb Maynard. He is engaged in a tremendously worth while undertaking, and he has a background of experience which I 'eel we will be glad to share.” The Duke Endowment has made an appropriation of $15,000 to the Dr. J. Arthur Dosher Me morial Hospital for assistance In financing new equipment and some construction and alteration work at the hospital. Announcement of the gift was received by Administrator w. F. Cupit in a letter from James R. Felts, Jr., of Charlotte, execu tive director of the Hospital and Child Care sections of the En dowment. The funds will finance half of a $30,000 program in which the hospital will purchase and install new X-ray, labora tory, and dietary equipment, build new storage facilities, and make some alterations in the electrical system of the operating and de livery rooms. Cuplt expressed the hospital's appreciation for The Endow ment appropriation and added that the hospital receives each year a contribution for use in fi nancing operating expenses. This gift, which amounted to $1,763 last year, is based on $1 a day for each day of free care given. In the fiscal year which ended last September 30, the hospital, which has 48 beds, had a total of 10, 154 days of care. The Duke Endowment was es tablished in 1924 by the late James B. Duke. Its beneficiaries are nonprofit hospitals in the Carolinas, four educational insti tutions - Duke University, David son College, and Johnson C. Smith University in North Carolina and Furman University in South Carolina, nonprofit child-caring institutions in the two states, rural Methodist churches in North Carolina, and retired min isters, widows, and dependent or phaned children of ministers who served in the North Carolina or Western North Carolina Confer ence of the Methodist Church. Appropriations are made to hospitals for the construction and expansion of facilities and services. The Hospital Section staff, with headquarters in Char lotte, counsels assisted hospitals which seek advice on adminis trative matters or planning of facilities. The staff, also, has for yoars provided a statistical service which enables institu tions to compare their operations with others of similar category and gives them a basis for plan ning for more efficient operation. In recent months, The Endow ment has made it possible for as sisted hospitals to participate in two national services which pro vide financial and statistical in formation on a nationwide basis. Sunset Beach Withdraws Bid A public notice dated June 9, issued by the Wilmington Dis trict Corps of Engineers an nounced that the Town of Sunset Beach, had made application for a permit to close Tubbs Inlet for the purpose of stopping se vere erosion talcing place within the town limits. The town of Sunset Beach has withdrawn their application for permission to close this inlet. The town is reported to be con sidering other courses of action. | Stevens Calls Highway No. 17 Worst Section Members of the U. S. Highway Improvement and Development Assn. meeting in Washington Thursday were told that Highway 17, through Eastern North Caro lina, is the “worst section” of the Ocean Highway between New York and J acksonville, Fla. Roy A. Stevens, outgoing secretary of the association and former president of the Ocean Highway Assn., told members of the 13-county organization that the North-South route between New York and Florida is com pletely four-laned from New York to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.” Stevens, for mer executive director of the Greater Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and presently di rector of the Brunswick County Resources Development Com mission, said less than eight per cent... or about 25 miles... of Highway 17 is four-laned in East ern North Carolina. The city manager of New Bern, Ed Welch, said “our neighbors to the North and South have spent millions of dollars improving their sections of the Ocean High way and are a bit disturbed (with North Carolina), we’re way be > hind.” » The Highway 17 organization ' met to Install new officers and to ' prepare a new, up-to-date plan for improvements of the highway. A1 Travis, of Jacksonville, ended a three-year term as president of the association and was succeeded by John Derrick son of Elizabeth City. Stevens was succeeded as secretary by George Attix, also of Elizabeth City. Aiuuug uiuse representing Onslow County at the meeting were Travis; Phil B. Rieg, execu tive secretary of the Greater Jacksonville Chamber of Com merce; Gerald Hines, Mayor of Holly Ridge; and Luke Piner, a member of the Holly Ridge town board. New priorities were tentatively adopted for the eventual four laning of Highway 17 from Vir ginia to South c’aro:?--», goal of the 10-year-old organization. Recommended projects for Onslow County are the four laning of Highway 17 from Folk stone to the Pender County line and four-laning of Highway 17 from the Weyerhaeuser plant to the Jones County line. Already "programmed” by the State Highway Commission isaproject to four-lane Highway 17 from the Bell Fork Road (Sablston Crossroads) to the Weyerhaeuser plant. (Continued on Page 4> Board Members On Assignment John L. Barbee, chairman of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners, has notified us that the members of the board have been appointed to commit tees by the National Association of County Officials. V. A. Creech, jr., has been named to National Resources; A. C. Holden to Crime and Jails; George Rourk to County Plan ning; Bert Frink to Welfare; and Chairman Barbee to Health and Education. As members of these committees the commis sioners will be instrumenal in making policies for the national organization, plus being kept up to date on national developments concerning local affairs. r 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, July 27. 11:51 A M 5:52 A M 6:04 P M Friday, July 28, 0:03 A M 6:34 A M 12:39 P M 6:58 P M Saturday, July 29, 0:45 A M 7:16 A M 1:27 P M 7:52 P M Sunday, July 80, 1:33 A M 8 HO A M 2:21 P M 8:58 P M Monday, July 81, 2:33 A M 9:04 a M 3:15 P M 9:58 P M Tuesday, August l, 3:27 A M 9:58 A M 4:15 P M 10:52 P M Wednesday, August 2, 4:27 A M 10:39 A M 5:03 P M 11:45 P M
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