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bmhb The Pilot Covers Brunswick County! I THE STATE PORT PILOT Most of the News I A Good Newspaper In A Good Community j n 8 All The Time VOLUME 39 No. 11 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1967 5* A GOPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Eagle Goes To Sea nf TvSctH .b 8 t5ree-mast sail‘ng barque what came in Friday with her crew nnrt w?rw™ C*,dets 2nd spent three days ™ Wilmington. She came through South P°rt, Harbor M°nday about noon and headed out to sea. Bald Head Island is shown in the background. (Photo by Spencer) njn Daughters Name Local Women As Officials The Daughters of America held their 41st Annual Session in High Point August 10-12. Those at tending from Southport were Mrs. Evelyn Gilbert, Deputy Na tional Councilor; Mrs. Pearl Ald ridge, Inside State Sentinel, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Dixon, State Flag Bearer. Also attending were Mrs. Mary Lou Coleman, Mrs. Delores Fortiscue and Mrs. Lena Fisher. Thursday afternoon, a tea was given to honor the National Coun cilor, Mrs. Delores whittschner, of Charleston, S. C. Thursday night, a reception was held in honor of the state officers of the Daughters of America and Junior Order United American Mechanics. Friday morning, the business session opened with Mrs. Gilbert presiding in the absence of the State Councilor. Friday evening, the Daughters of America joined with the Junior Order United Arrierican Mechanics and held their Annual Good Fellowship Banquet in the ballroom. This was followed by a dance. jovuiuaj iiiuming, uie annual Joint Memorial Service was held to pay respect to those re moved by death. Immediately following this service the busi ness session was resumed until all business was completed. New officers for the ensuing year were elected and Installed; Mrs. Evelyn Gilbert, Deputy Na tional Councilor; Mrs. Lena Fisher, State Conductor, and Mrs. Pearl Aldridge, state war den. The following were appoint ed to serve; State Flag Bearer, Mrs. Dixon; and Mrs. Mary Lou Coleman; Page, Mrs. Delores Fortiscue. NURSING MEET The Brunswick County Home Care group for the chronically ill will meet In the Agricultural Building In Supply on Monday at 8 p.m. The program will be on T. B. ENTERS COAST GUARD Stephen M. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Clark of Southport, has enlisted in the Coast Guard and left Friday for Cape May, N. J. where he will be for 9 weeks during boot train ing. . Tell - Tale Footprint This is a footprint left behind by one of the thieves who entered the Elmore Motor Co. garage at Bolivia Monday night and made off with $2,000 in merchandise. This mold was made by SBI Agents during their investigation Tues day. (Photo by Spencer) Market Averages Above Last Year The season average forWhlte vllle tobacco market thus far has produced an average better than $2 per 100 pounds above the last year’s average to the same point, figures furnished by USDA show. When the week ended Thursday the Whiteville market had sold untied leaf in excess of 6.6 million pounds for an average of $68.92. In addition there was 6,880 pounds of tied leaf sold, averaging $69.97. Thursday was the eleventh day of the marketing season in this area. A season report of last season through the eleventh day indicated that Whiteville sales had amounted to 9.8 million untied for a $66.88 average; and 553,159 pounds tied, averaging $69.58. There apparently was a down ward trend in average prices by grades this week when compared with last week. Quality of offer ings continued to improve, ac cording to the Federal News Service. Extremely heavy deliveries are expected until the end of the untied selling period. Volume of sales was heavy on Columbus County markets last week, five hours per day sched (Continued on Page 4) Thieves Enter Elmore Motors Thieves broke into the Elmore Motor Co. garage at Bolivia Mon day night and made off with parts and tools valued at more than $2,000. Sheriff Harold Willetts called on State Bureau of In vestigation agents to assist in solving the crime. According to H. Foster Mintz, the unwanted visitors broke in a window, and one of the chief items they stole was a trans mission that was uncrated, ready to be installed by company me chanics the next day. The thieves forced their way into the parts department where they helped themselves to a couple of tape recorders, among other things. In the latter group was a package of parts that never had been unwrapped. One of the major losses was a clean sweep of mechanics’ tools, leaving the employees at a bad disadvantage for performing their normal services when they got to work Monday. Local Hospital Director Of Nurses Is Man William Huggins, R. N. has an assumed duties as the Director of Nursing at Dosher Memorial Hospital, replacing Mrs. Vera Howard who had been the acting director for the past three years. Huggins was born in New York City, but moved to Wilmington in 1948 where he attended New Hanover High School. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy in July 1956 and attended the Hospital’s Corps School, at Great Lakes, 111. He served in various Naval Hos pitals during his enlistment and due to this experience he decided to become a registered nurse. He was honorably discharged in January 1960 and soon after, entered nursing training at Me morial Hospital school of Nurs ing, Asheville, where he gradu ated in Sept. 1963. Since his graduation he worked on the staff at James Walker Memorial Hos pital and in the Veteran’s Ad ministration Hospital, Charles ton, S. C. He has done post graduate work in psychology and personnel management and has attended lengthy programs in Disaster and Emergency Nursing, sponsored by the American Red Cross and Civil Defense. Huggins is married to the for mer Patricia Fore of Boca Raton, Florida, who was his classmate in nursing training. They have two daughters, Catherine and Pa tricia, who resides with their mother in Wilmington, but who will join him as soon as he finds a place to live in Southport. At present he is staying with his brother, Johnny Huggins at Long Beach, who is the pastor at Ocean View Methodist Church. Huggins holds the distinction of being one of the few male nurses serving as a Director of Nursing Service in any hospital in North Carolina. Former Bolivia Woman Killed A Delco woman was found dead In the front seat of her car Thursday morning. Eight bul let wounds about the right arm and chest, Sheriff Ben Duke re ported. The dead woman was Identified as Virginia Dare Ford, 37, for merly of Delco. Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Squires arrived at a Rt. 1 Delco service station, known as Alex Ford’s Place around 10:05 a. m., live minutes after the woman was said to have been shot. Mrs. Ford was found slumped In the driver’s side of the front seat of her 1966 Pontiac, which was parked beside her husband’s service station. An unlit ciga rette was in her right hand. Two visible bullet wounds were in her right arm. It was reported to investigating officers that Mrs. Ford and her husband, Charles Alex Ford, 47, operator of the service station, had returned from Wilmington around 8 a. m. the same morning. Ford was said to have left his car in Wilmington and his wife had driven him back. It was also learned by officers that the husband and wife had been separated for a short time, with Mrs. Ford living in Bolivia. There were no witnesses to the shooting. The Ford's two children, Charles, 12, and Patricia, 16, were both in the living quarters of the service station when the shooting occurred. A small caliber automatic pis tol was found on a bar inside the service station. Ford, after being advised of (Continued on Page 4 Inspect Tour Attraction Three men who made a trip through Brunswick county Tuesday to line up a tour for a group of food editors next month stopped over at the Oyster Research Station on Lockwoods Folly River and were impressed with what they saw. In the left foreground is Roy A. Stevens and behind him is Lewis F. Dunn of the Department of Conserva tion and Development. Squatting in the right foreground is Jim Brown, chief of Bio logy Section, Commercial and Sport Fisheries, Department of C. & D.; and standing iis H. P. Medford, Fishery Marketing Specialist, U. S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Ancient Notes Papers, Diaries, Letters Needled Mrs. E. M. McEachem and Mrs. Robert w. Williams spoke about their Civil war Research Project at the August meeting of the Brunswick County Histori cal Society which met In the Sacred Heart Parish House In Southport. While doing research for a play presented at Thailan Hall In Jan uary 1965, to commemorate the fall of Fort Fisher, they found there Is a great deal of material .on the Civil war period that has never been collected, and decided to gather it together Into a file which will eventually be made available to people doing re search in the period. After two years of work, a great many letters, accounts and diaries have been copied and filed, but the ladies feel they have only scratched the surface of available material. The file system was set up with the help of the Department of Archives and History. Typed copies of the ac counts are filed chronologically within subject headings. The card files contain the biblio graphy, a cross-indexed subject file, and a biography file. They have also begun files on ships, fortifications and camps, and military companies, all facts taken from the original accounts and letters. The researchers stated that so far there has not been much ma terial collected from Brunswick county, and asked the coopera tion of the Historical Society in locating accounts and letters. The Mercer letters, Dr. Curtis' account, letters of Sidney Lanier, as well as various letters of sol diers stationed at the Brunswick (Continued On Page Four) Time And Tide Thirty years ago this week a large picture of the 427th Company CCC at Southport, a total of 160 men, appeared in a front page photo. Many of the men in the picture now reside permanently in Brunswick county. A tugboat and barge ran aground on Frying Pan Shoals. The tug and its tow were returning to New York after delivering a cargo of oil to Wilmington. At that point the shoals were unnavigable to any vessel drawing more than nine feet of water. The tug drew 12 feet and the barge 13. As of press time both were still grounded after 48 hours and the tug was leaking as a result of the pounding surf. Big game fish were being hooked by parties from Southport: the - county tax rate was to be $1.75; and school was to open August 31. Twenty-five years ago this week Judge E. H. Cranmer of Southport passed away in Southport at the age of 71. Judge Cranmer had been a member of the N.C. Bar Association since 1900 and was regarded by the people of Southport as its first citizen. A picture of three Mlntz brothers of this county appeared on the front page because of their being in the service at the same time. They were Harry Mlntz Rudolph Mlntz and Elwood Mintz. The Brunswick county agricultural agent requested that farmers stop their slaughtering of young calves; tobacco prices continued to be high on the Border Belt; and Capt. Charlie Swan had re • Continued on Page 4) I Southport Man Decorated Herman Rogers, Jr., has just returned from duty in South Vietnam where he received the Bronze Star Medal for bravery in action. He is shown above showing his mother, Mrs. Nonnie H. Rogers, the commendation that came with his medal. (Photo by Spencer) Additional Funds Needed For Library Apparently an additional $6,200 in. local funds will be required to complete the Southport-Bruns wick County Public Library building’ project, according to bids opened August 17. Bids opened by Frank Bal lard, architect, in the presence of members of the Library Board of Trustees and the Building Committee ran some $16,000 over original estimates made two years ago, when the build ing project was initiated. Total low bids amounted to $76,970. C. T. Chauncey, White ville, won the general contract with a bid of $58,280. Dixon and Waynick, Inc., Greensboro, had a low bid of $2,750 for plumb ing. The Electrical Contract went to Paul T. Turner of Wil mington, for $7,490. Cannon Refrigeration, Wilmington, was low bidder on Heating and Air Conditioning at $8,450. Actual contracts for the various phases of construction will be signed by Sept. 17, and building is expected to be started immediately after that date. Bids and construction agreements must first be approved by the North Carolina State Library, which controls federal funds to be used in the project. (Continued on Page 4) Tractor Kills Leland Farmer A Leland man was killed late Tuesday afternoon when crushed beneath a tractor which he was using in a field near his home. Johnnie Eugene Evans was found by a searching party com prised of friends and neighbors who were called by his wife when she became alarmed when he fail ed to come in at dark. They found him beneath the tractor, with the steering wheel against his chest. The tractor had stopped at 7; 15. Apparently the tractor had bogged down in a wet spot in the field, for logs were chained to the wheels and there was evidence that Evans had been trying to get it unstuck. The tragedy was investigated by Coroner L. B. Bennett, who held that death was due to acci dental causes and no inquest will be held. Patrolman G. C. Howell assist ed Coroner Bennett in his investi gation. ; Lennon Favors Allotment Sale I Inside County Representative Alton Lennon last week told the House Agri culture Tobacco Subcommittee that the “basic thinking of to bacco growers in his District favors legislation that will aid the thousands of farmers with small tobacco allotments eco nomically nonprofitable to oper axe. Congressman Lennon was among the first witnesses testi fying on bills under considera tion to authorize the transfer of flue-cured acreage allotments and acreage-poundage quotas. The North Carolina lawmaker said, “Careful consideration should be given any legislation that would permit the sale of allotments within the boundaries of counties, as well as the leasing of allotments across county lines, since many growers feel this ultimately will substantially af fect land values and collateral businesses in their respective counties.” He further stated that “under no conditions should the sale of allotments be authorized to cross county lines; neither should such purchased allotments be resold within a period of 3 to 5 years, in order to reduce the possibility of speculation.” There are 4,869 tobacco allot ments in the 7th Congressional District with one acre or less, and “the farmers concerned can not afford to mechanize planting, harvesting, curing, and market ing of tobacco or to obtain the necessary labor,” Congressman Lennon said. “In the event legislation is en acted to permit allotment sales or leases within a county or across county lines, it should be subject to a farmers’ referen dum,” Congressman Lennon stressed. He concluded his re marks urging the Subcommittee to make a judgment “in the best interest of the total flue-cured tobacco economy and the majority of our tobacco growers.’? " Bronze Star To Southport Man Benjamine H. ("Bubba”) Rogers, jr., of Southport has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for outstanding meritori ous service while a member of the armed forces in Vietnam. The award was presented to Army Specialist Five E-5 Rogers for his service “during the period August 1966 to July 1967 in con nection with ground operations against a hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. Through his untiring efforts and pro fessional ability, he consistently obtained outstanding results. He was quick to grasp the implica tions of new problems with which he was faced as a result of the ever changing situations inherent in a counterinsurgency operation. The energetic application of his extensive knowledge has ma terially contributed to the over all effort of the United States in Vietnam. He was a motivating example to all with whom he came in contact. His devotion to duty, loyalty, and meticulous attention to detail are in keeping with the finest traditions of the United States Army, and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, the 25th Infantry Division, and the military service.” 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 Thursday, August 24, 10:27 A M 4:28 A M 10:39 P M 4:46 P M Friday, August 25, 11:03 A M 5:04 A M 11:15 P M 5.28 p M Saturday, August 26, U:45 A M 5:46 A M 11:51 P M 6:16 P M Sunday, August 27, 12:33 A M 6:28 A M 7:10 P M Monday, August 28, 0:39 A M 7:16 A M 1:33 P M 8:10 P M Tuesday, August 29, 1:39 A M 8:16 A M 2:33 P M 9:16 P M Wednesday, August 80, 2:45 A M 9:16 A M 3:33 PM 10:16 P M
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