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VOLUME 39
No. 9
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1967
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Clearing Land To Plant Trees
This giant machine is engaged in clearing a large tract of land belonging to Interna
tional Paper Corp. and located on Highway No. 17 at Bell Swamp. When the land is
cleared of its present growth, principally hardwood, it will be replanted in fast growing
pine trees in another tree farming operation.
Food Editors
Will Be Here
In September
Brunswick county will host a
team of food editors from all
parts of North Carolina and other
southern states during Septem
ber according to W. A. Powell,
chairman of the Resources
Development Commission for
Brunswick County.
The group, under the sponsor
ship of the North Carolina De
partment of Conservation and
Development, will be given a
3-day tour of the seafood industry
of the county.
The tour is being coordinated
by Lewis F. Dunn, Seafood Spe
cialist of the Department of Con
servation and Development, and
H. P. Milford of the U. S. De
partment of Fisheries.
Present plans for the group are
to study shrimping, oystering,
and crab processing while in
Brunswick. They also are sched
uled for a flounder strikingparty
under the leadership of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Clemmons, and Mr.
and Mrs. Aubrey Johnston.
Clemmons is vice-chairman of
the Resources Development
Commission and Johnston is vice
president of Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company.
The group will meet with local
officials and seafood dealers
while visiting the county.
Powell stated that Brunswick
county was selected for the tour
because of its importance in
the seafood market.
All local details for the tour
are being handled by the Re
sources Development Commis
sion.
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
LIBRARY BIDS
Bids are being advertised tor
the construction of the new South
port-Bruns wick County Library
In Southport and will be opened
on August 17. The architects tor
the project are Ballard, McKim
and Sawyer of Wilmington.
Board Meeting
Members of the Board of Di
rectors of the Brunswick County
Farm Bureau are invited to the
August meeting Tuesday night at
8:30, at the Agricultural Exten
sion Building in Supply.
The Ladies Committee with
Mrs. Virginia Gilbert, is asked
to come for final plans for the
August Egg Production program
under the direction of the State
Farm Bureau Office.
Refreshments will be served.
Taking Off
All interested 4-H’ers who are
planning to attend camp next
week are urged to get in their
camp applications, says Milton
Coleman, Assistant Agricultural
Agent.
The campers will leave Monday
from the Extension Building in
Supply, for one of the best camps
in North Carolina, Betsy Jeff
Penn, for a week of fun-filled,
educational activities and last
ing memories for boys and girls
9 years old and up.
Fisheries Group
At Yaupon Beach
The featured speaker at the
Friday night meeting of the
N. C. Fisheries Association at
Tradewinds Restaurant, Long
Beach, will be Representative
Nelson Taylor of Beaufort, who
will discuss the legislation in the
recent session of the General
Assembly with regard to com
mercial fisheries.
The business session will in
clude a discussion of upcoming
events and those just passed,
and any other important matter
which might be brought up.
A committee will be named
to formulate plans for the up
coming self-assessment refer
endum. This committee is to re
port back to the next meeting of
the board of directors for ap
proval.
Anybody interested in com
mercial fishing is invited to at
tend the meeting, whether the in
terest is in fishing, buying and
selling, furnishing supplies to,
processing or otherwise.
An opportunity will be extended
for becoming members of the
association.
Elmer D. Willis is president
of the North Carolina Fisheries
Association and will preside at
the meeting.
County Board
Members Meet
President Fred Hauser of the
North Carolina Association of
County Commissioners has an
nounced that Congressman L. H.
Fountain, North Carolina Sec
ond District, will be the key
noter of the Association’s 60th
Annual Convention which will be
held August 13-16 at the Sir
Walter Hotel in Raleigh. Con
gressman Fountain will open the
meeting on Sunday evening with
an address to county commis
sioners, accountants, tax super
visors, attorneys and other coun
ty officials from the 100 North
Carolina counties.
Members of the Board of Com
missioners for Brunswick County
and County Attorney E. J.
Prevatte plan to attend.
On Monday morning, political
party Chairmen Tim Valentine
(D) and Jim Holshouser (R) will
speak to the delegates in a re
view of the issues facing North
Carolina voters. Representa
tives Sam Johnson (D-wake) and
George Clark (R-New Hanover)
will review the legislative pro
cesses from a party point of
view. Also on Monday State High
way Commission Chairman Joe
Hunt, State Welfare Board Chair
man Robert Howison, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction
Charles Carroll and State Per
sonnel Director Claude Caldwell
will discuss matters of concern
to county officials.
Highlighting the Tuesday ses
sion, Lt. Governor Robert w.
Scott and former Speaker of the
House David Britt will review the
1967 General Assembly session
for the delegates. Also on Tues
day Harlan Boyles, Deputy State
Treasurer, Senator Robert Mor
gan (D-Harnett), Representative
David Bumgardner (D-Gaston)
Representative Clarence Leath
erman (D-Lincoln) Senator Ed
Kemp (D-Guilford) and Floyd
Evans, President, North Caro
ling Public Welfare Directors
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EDGAR L. GORE
Teacher Gets
Masters Degree
Edgar L, Gore, a science
teacher at Lincoln High School,
Leland, completed requirements
for the master of science degree
in general science at Virginia
State College, Petersburg, during
the summer session just com
pleted.
The master’s degree provides
an opportunity for the high school
teacher to acquire considerable
breadth in the sciences and
mathematics and pursue some
depth in a single discipline.
Gore received his bachelor of
science degree at North Caro
lina A. & T. College and worked
toward his advanced degree while
attending the 1961, 1962, 1963,
and 1965 National Science Foun
dation-supported Summer Insti
tutes for High School Teachers at
Virginia State College. He is
married to the former Alice L.
Miller and they have four chil
dren.
Spotted Fever
Poses Danger
The rising number of cases of
“Spotted Fever” has put North
Carolina second only to Virginia
in the incidence of this acute com
municable disease, according to
Dr. John R. Black, Brunswick
County’s Health Director. There
have been several deaths already
this year and a large number of
cases have occurred considering
that it is still early summer.
“Spotted Fever”, sometimes
referred to as “Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever” because of its
original diagnosis in the Rocky
Mountain states, is often mis
judged as measles or German
measles. It is an acute communi
cable disease characterized by
fever, headache, muscle pains,
and a rash. The rash generally
begins on the hands and feet and
rapidly progresses to cover the
entire body. In severe untreated
cases, delirium, convulsions, and
death may occur.
The organism that causes this
disease (Rickettsia) is very simi
lar to a virus and is transmitted
by the bite of the dog tick. The
disease is most common on the
eastern seaboard, especially in
North Carolina, Virginia, Mary
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Good Committee
Members Key
To Sound ASC
ASC Community committees
should always be the "best peo
ple available’' according to Lon
nie Evans, chairman, Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conser
vation County Committee. Slates
of nominees for membership on
ASC Community committees soon
will be established at the ASCS
county office. The community
committee elections will be held
the third week in September.
"The committee system is
the backbone of the farm pro
grams," Chairman Evans de
clared. "Its responsibilities In
clude the conservation of natural
resources, the stabilization of
agricultural commodities and
price-support activities which
protect and improve farm in
come. We need the best possi
ble cross-section of farmers to
insure effective administration
of the various measures."
In Brunswick county, Evans ex
plained, over 900 farmers took
part last year in one or more
programs administered by the
ASC committees. Funds dis
bursed under the committees'
supervision amounted to over a
quarter of a million dollars.
Also last year 3,436 acres of
farmland were improved under
the Agricultural Conservation
Program cost-sharing arrange
ment. The total investment in
conservation was about $60,000,
with about half coming from the
participating farmer and the bal
ance from ACP.
Chairman Evans pointed out
that lists of eligible voters in each
community are available in the
ASCS county office. He explained
that any local resident who is
eligible to take part in an ASCS
farm program may vote in the
community committee elections,
and he may hold office as a
committeeman regardless of
race, color, creed, or national
origin. Further information re
garding qualifications of commit
teemen is available at the ASCS
county office.
Farmers who are eligible to
vote in the community committee
elections also have the right to
nominate by petition candidates
for committee membership any
farmer who is eligible and who
has indicated that he is willing to
serve. Such petitions, each one
nominating one farmer and signed
by six or more eligible voters,
may be filed at the county office
any time before August 24, 1967.
Eligible voters may sign as many
petitions as they wish. Additional
nominations may be made by the
Incumbent ASC community and
county committees. A recent
change in the nominating proce
dure seeks to insure fair and im
partial elections by reducing vote
splintering of minority group
candidates.
This year, for the first time,
the election of ASC community
committees throughout the nation
will be held during the third week
in September. Previously such
elections have been held at va
rious times in different states
from July through December.
The 1966 ASC elections in North
Carolina were held in September.
In Brunswick county, the elec
tions will be held by mail be
tween September 8 and 18. Each
community election will choose
three community committeemen
and two alternates. The regular
members elected will serve as
delegates to the county con
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Happy Ending To Dangerous Mission
„ Thre® y°.ul?g Peopje on vacation at Holden Beach flirted with danger Saturday and
came off frightened but unscathed. A young girl, two boys and a dog made their way
out}? the wreck of the B1l°ckade Ilunner linger during low tide. Rising water and a
muddy bottom got them m trouble as they headed for the beach. They changed their
course for the western end of Long Beach, a maneuver which made it necessary to
cross Lockwoods Folly Inlet. They did, and wound up safe but scared. Members oTthe
Rescue Squad of the Long Beach Volunteer Fire Department were on hand to render
assistance, but none was needed. A boat came over from Holden Beach to ferrv the
I"if™oried adventurers back across the inlet. The trio, shown at the right in the above
photo, are Joseph A. McArthur, Fayetteville; David Bordson and his sister, Carol,
Charlotte. (Spencer Photo). ’
FHA Loans For
Brunswick Go
Over ^-Million
Parks C. Fields, County Super
visor for the Farmers Home Ad
ministration, announced this
week that the Shallotte FHA office
approved over $572,000 in loan
funds for the fiscal year 1967.
' Cifte hundred fifteen loans were
approved. More than $300,000
was used directly for real estate
improvements. Based on a tax
rate of $1.60 and taxes assessed
on 50% of valuation, this means
an additional tax income of $2,
400 per year for Brunswick coun
ty.
Operating and emergency loans
totaled $123,880, and Economic
Opportunity loans totaled $21,
740.
FHA supervised credit is made
available to eligible persons who
are unable to qualify for loans
at other credit sources at rea
sonable rates and terms.
Loans are made to construct
or Improve housing, purchase
and develop farms, refinance
debts, purchase farm equipment
and livestock, and provide other
farm and family needs.
Loans may also be made to
groups to provide recreational
facilities, water or sewerage
systems, organize cooperatives
which provide services to low
income families, construct or
improve rental housing or labor
housing, assist watersheds in
providing facilities for drainage,
flood control and fish and wild
life production.
Individuals or groups desiring
additional information on these
loans should contact Fields at
the Farmers Home Administra
tion office in Shallotte. The
office is located in Lewis’ Shop
ping Center.
Time And Tide
Thirty years ago this week plans for the sailing regatta to be held
in Southport had been completed and thousands of visitors were ex
pected to attend the event. Judging from an incomplete entry list,
between forty and fifty boats were expected. The Southport harbor
had been picked as the ideal location for such a regatta. The news
paper that week was filled with pictures of yachts that were already
entered including an upside down view of the sailboat “Swift.”
The Brunswick county tax rate was to remain at $1.50 for the
following year. This was based on the $7,000,000 county valuation.
An appeal was made to Governor Clyde R. Hoey for the recapture
of Melvin Mintz, an escaped convict, who had been terrorizing the
citizens of Maco by riding up and down the road shooting his pistol;
a Reidsville youth had confessed to the breaking and entering of two
Brunswick county plantation homes from which he stole $125 and
several valuable articles.
Twenty-five years ago this week it was announced by the Red Cross
that surgical bandages for the wounded service man overseas would
be made locally. It was hoped that a monthly total of 20,000 bandages
could be attained by the women of Southport.
Brunswick county farmers were happy over the high prices
received from the Border Belt tobacco markets. Both the farmers
and the buyers agreed that the year’s crop was one of the finest
ever. The rationing board was in an office of its own. It was located
next to the county tax office after being located in the State Port
Pilot office for the first six months; the figure of $1.60 was
accepted as the county tax rate based on a valuation of $9,000,000;
and a Wilmington man took charge of the U.S.O. building following
the recent crisis that involved the use of the building.
Twenty years ago this-week a botanical rarity had been dis
covered growing in the yard' of D. J. Smith. It was classified by
famed botonists as the true myrtle, usually found only in southern
Europe.
A meeting of the Wildlife Resources Commission gave the
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Announce Plans
To Open School
Red Gross Glass
Monday Night
"Disaster Training” will be
the topic of the meeting of the
Brunswick County Red Cross
Chapter Monday night at 8
o’clock at the Agricultural Build
ing in Supply.
George Peterson, Fort Bragg
specialist, will lead the special
training class.
All members of the Brunswick
Red Cross team are expected.
The public is cordially invited.
Hospital Man
Explains Plan
William Henderson, executive
secretary of the Medical Care
Commission, met with members
of the Board of County Commis
sioners Monday to discuss possi
bilities for participation by his
organization in hospital con
struction in Brunswick.
Henderson said that for the
purpose of making hospital facil
ities available all over North
Carolina the state has been divid
ed into hospital districts. A
county with the population the
size of Brunswick’s, he says
would comprise a single district
despite the fact that it covers
a wide area.
In considering future plans for
hospital growth and development,
consideration was given to apro
posal for the construction of a
modern, new hospital in the cen
ter of the county. He made it
clear that his agency cannot par
ticipate in more than one major
building project in Brunswick.
Henderson spoke of the good
services that have been render
ed the people of Brunswick coun
ty through Dosher Memorial
Hospital for the past 35 years,
but said that within a few years
the chances are that this insti
tution will become outmoded and
inadequate because of its size.
He recalled that about ten years
ago the Medical Care Commis
sion participated in a renovation
program there.
Henderson was in Brunswick
County to attend a public meeting
in Shallotte Monday night where
the question of forming a Hospital
District was discussed. At the
conclusion of that meeting about
100 persons who attended voted
without dissent to establish such
a district.
Another important matter to
come before the commissioners
Monday was the business of se
lecting a three-man jury com
mission. Judge Edward B. Clark
and Clerk of Court Jack Brown
appeared before the board and
agreed that one of the three per
sons appointed should be a mem
ber of the Negro race. The judge,
the clerk and the board each will
make one appointment, but none
was made Monday.
Roy Stevens and William
Powell were reappointed to the
Brunswick County Planning
Board.
Plans have been announced for
the opening of Brunswick County
schools for the 1967-68 school
year with the first day of classes
on August 30.
Principals are to report to
work August 17 and there will
be a principals' meeting August
24. School janitors are sched
uled to begin work August 24.
There will be a county-wide
teachers’ meeting at Bolivia
High School at 9:30 a.m.f August
28. Bus drivers are to pick up
their buses at the Shallotte gar
age at 9 a.m., August 29.
August 30 will be the student
orientation day. School will be on
the short day schedule and will
dismiss at lunch. The regular
schedule will commence the fol
lowing day, August 30 and lunch
rooms will operate. Regular
school hours will be from 8:30
until 3;15.
Students and teachers will re
ceive a one day respite on Mon
day, September 4, when Labor
Day brings the first holiday of
the new school year.
Attend Family
Plan Session
Mrs. Doris Garrell, Mrs. Mar
vaneen Davis and Mrs. Sarah
Hester represented SENCland
Community Action by attending a
Family Planning workshop in
Rose Hill on July 24, 25, and 26.
Miss Janie Johnston, General
ized Nursing Consultant from the
State Board of Health, spoke
on the Introduction to Family
Planning, gave the reasons for
this program, who it is for, the
objectives and goals. A film on
planned families giving the dif
ferent methods of birth control,
was shown and discussed.
A complete program of Family
Planning and spacing of children
is now being offered to low
income families of the three
counties served by SENCland
Community Action. Two half day
clinics are held each month in
the Health Department for the
purpose of information and coun
seling with families who qualify
incomewise for this service. Both
husband and wife are encouraged
to come in together and learn of
the various methods that are
used. Referral is made to the
clinic by the health nurse working
out of the neighborhood center,
where a physical examination is
given by a medical doctor, after
which the family is advised as to
the method he deems best for
that particular family. Birth con
trol devices are furnished to
those in need.
Mrs. Garrell, Project Direc
tor for the Neighborhood cen
ters, stated “in this family plan
ning program we will not be able
to serve all the people in need of
the services, but we will serve
as many as possible. No under
privileged person will be turned
away who demonstrates a need
for family planning services. The
program is designed to educate
families who need information on
spacing children, the care and
attention required for each child,
the value of mental ar.d physical
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Ad vertise For
Building Bids
For Shallotte
Representative Alton Lennon
has announced that invitation
for bids for construction of the
new post office at Shallotte, lo
cated on the northeast corner
of Highway 17 and Pine Street,
were posted on August 7.
The proposed new facility will
be constructed according to post
office department specifications,
with a basic ten-year lease and
four five-year options, Lennon
further stated.
The new building will have
an interior floor space of 2,967
square feet, platform area of
318 square feet and aparkingand
maneuvering area of 12,576
square feet.
The purpose of competitive
bidding, according to Postmaster
General Lawrence F. O’Brien,
is to encourage the most attrac
tive and economical offer to the
Government in line with Presi
dent Johnson’s economy program
to achieve the best possible postal
service at the least possible cost.
Under the Department’s Lease
Construction program, the site
selected on the Northeast corner
of U. S. Highway No. 17 and
Pine Street, will be assigned to
the successful bidder, who will
purchase the property, construct
the building according to depart
mental specifications and lease it
to the Post Office Department
for a basic period of ten years,
with options to renew the lease
for an additional twenty years.
The Department’s capital in
vestment will be limited sub
stantially to postal equipment.
The building will remain under
private ownership with the owner
paying local real estate taxes.
Bidding documents may be ob
tained from G. D. Martin, P. O.
Box 20966, Greensboro, 27420.
The Real Estate Officer will sup
ply bidding forms, building speci
fications, lease provisions and
other information. Bids must be
submitted to the Real Estate Of
ficer by 2 p, sSepteipber 5.
Surplus Feed
Bins For Sale
Brunswick County farmers will
have an opportunity to purchase
surplus CCC bins for storage of
this year’s crops, according to
R. L. Price, Office Manager, of
the Brunswick County ASCS Of
fice. Price stated that 20 of
these bins have already been or
dered and that more will be
ordered if farmers show enough
interest.
With increased production of
small grains, corn, and soy
beans in prospect, bin sales are
being expedited as much as pos
sible to help assure orderly mar
keting and to protect farmers
against the price-depressing ef
fect of temporary excessive
market supplies, Price said.
Orders have been placed by
the North Carolina State ASC
Committee for 15 truck loads of
CCC bins. Two of these loads
are scheduled to be delivered
to Brunswick County. Each of
these truck loads will have ap
proximately 10 bins. These bins
will have a capacity of 3,250
bushels. The minimum sales
price is expected to be between
$450 and $475. The actual mini
mum price will vary depending
on the transportation and handling
costs to the various points in
North Carolina.
The local ASCS office will han
dle the s ale of the bins to far mer s.
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, August 10,
11:09 A M 5:04 A M
11:21 P M 5:28 P M
Friday, August 11,
12:09 A M 5:52 A M
6:28 P M
Saturday, August 12,
0:15 A M 6:46 A M
1:09. PM 7:34 PM
Sunday, August 18,
1:15 A M 7:46 A M
2:09 P M 8:40 P M
Monday, August 14,
2:21 A M 8:46 A M
3:15 P M 9:46 PM -
Tuesday, August 15,
3:27 A M 9:52 A M
4:21 P ' 10:46 P M
Wednesday, August 16,
4:33 A M 10:52 A M
5:15 PM 11:46 P M