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THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOLUME 39
No. 12
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1967
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New Headquarters Building For Waccamaw Bank
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Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company started this week
and is scheduled for completion in the late summer of
1968. The new structure will be three stories high, and
will house all home office facilities and operations. The
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company operates 25
banks in 18 communities in eastern North Carolina,
four of them in Brunswick County. The new building
will be located at Madison and West Webster streets
in Whiteville.
Waccamaw Bank
Begins Working
On New Building
Construction of a new head
quarters building for the Wacca
maw Bank and Trust Company
started this week and is sched
uled for completion In the late
summer of 1968.
Lawrence R. Bowers, presi
dent, said the new structure will
be three stories high, and will
house all home office facilities
and operations. The Wvccamaw
Bank and Trust operates 25 banks
in 18 communities in eastern
North Carolina.
The new building will be lo
cated at Madison and West Web
ster streets in WMteville. Bow
ers said the new administrative
building is needed to keep pace
with waccamaw’s rapid growth,
and it also will provide many new
conveniences and innovations for
the banking public.
The project was designed by the
firm of Leslie N. Boney, Ar
chitect, in Wilmington, and the
general contractor is A. G. Car
ter, Jr., of Whiteville.
Architect Charles Boney, in
charge of design, described the
exterior as basically white stone
and bronze-colored glass and
metal. He said these exterior
materials will assure a clean
structure with simplicity and dig
nity.
Interior materials will include
teak wood paneling and fabric wall
covering, terrazzo and carpeted
floors, with white Italian mar
ble used at strategic locations.
The first floor will house
tellers and trust department fa
cilities, as well as conference
and meeting areas in a portion of
the main lobby.
An unusual feature will be an
open well in the center of the
building, providing a 24-foot ceil
ing height, reaching through the
second floor from the main lob
by.
The second floor will include
executive offices, conference
rooms and secretary areas, as
well as auditing and banking op
erations.
MONDAY HOLIDAY
Monday will be observed as a
holiday by city, county and state
offices In Brunswick county.
There will be no session of
Recorder's court and the county
commissioners will not meet.
The bank and savings and loan
also will be closed.
BAKE SALE AND BAZAAR
Mrs. Sanford Benfield, presi
dent of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service at Ocean View
Methodist Church, Yaupon Beach,
announces a church bazaar and
bake sale. The bazaar will be
Saturday, starting at 9 o’clock.
There will be many items on sale
made by the ladies of the church.
Mrs. Benfield invites all to come
out and support this event. It
will be at Long Beach, across
from the Shopping Center, and
next door to Nell’s Beauty Shop.
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Commendation Medal
Master Sgt. David A. Dosher, son of Capt. Arthur J.
Dosher of Southport, is shown here as he received the
Air Force Commendation Medal from his commanding
general for “loyal devotion to duty, vast knowledge of the
supply systems, managerial ability and determination”
while serving at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Sgt.
Dosher now is stationed at the Air Force Academy,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Nominees For ASC
Committee Named
ASC Committee election plans
for Brunswick county are now
complete, office manager Ralph
Price answered this week.
The county and Community
Committees have met and com
pleted a slate of nominees for
each community and ballots will
be mailed to each eligible voter
of record on September 8. These
ballots must be returned to the
ASCS office in Shallotte or post
marked by not later than Sep
tember 18. Any eligible voter
who does not receive a ballot
should call or visit the ASCS
office prior to September 18.
Ballots will be publicly tabu
lated at the ASCS office in Shal
lotte on September 22, beginning
at 8;30 a.m. The public is in
vited to witness the tabulation.
This will be done by the County
ASCS Committee who is also
responsible for settling questions
on election procedure or eligi
bility to vote or hold office. Such
determinations may be appealed
to the State Committee.
Persons having questions on
eligibility to vote or hold office
may contact the Brunswick Coun
ty ASC office manager or see
the secretary’s regulations at the
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Diana Ward Hughes, of Long*
wood, received the Bachelor of
Science degree at graduation
ceremonies at Campbell Col
lege, Friday. A secondary edu
cation major and a Dean’s list
student, she was president of
her dormitory and a member of
the women’s Executive Council.
Mrs. Hughes, wife of Earl Hughes
of Ash, a Campbell graduate, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. ward, Jr., of Longwood.
State Board
Plans Meeting
In Wilmington
The State Board of Education
will meet at Cape Fear Techni
cal institute Thursday of next
week for its regular monthly
meeting. Customarily, the,Jbc5*t4
meets in Raleigh.
The board plans to meet in va
rious parts of the State two or
three times a year sc that its
members may have an oppor
tunity to visit with personnel of
public schools, community col
leges and technical institutes.
Dr. w. Dallas Herring, chair
man of the Board of Education,
says that these meetings, held in
different sections of the state,
will give the local people an op
portunity to express their needs
to the board.
While at Cape Fear Technical
Institute, board members will
visit the Institute's training ves
sel, the S. S. Advance n, to ob
serve firsthand cadets who are
studying marine technology, an
educational program that is pre
paring young men as spacemen
in the exploration of the inner
space of the oceans.
Attending activities in connec
tion with the Board of Education
meeting at the Technical Insti
tute will be public school offi
cials and presidents of institu- /
tions in the state’s community
college system.
Plans are being made for a
side trip to Brunswick Town as a
part of the recreational program
connected with the meeting.
Funds Available
To Build Outdoo
Recreation Area
Credit for financing well plan
ned community-backed outdoor
recreation centers is available
in Brunswick county through the
Farmers Home Administration
supervised loan program.
Parks Fields, the agency's
county supervisor, with offices
at Shallotte, this week described
some of the various kinds of
projects that have been financed
by Farmers Home Administra
tion loans in rural areas. He
said these loans are proving to
be one of America’s most ef
fective rural areas development
tools. Some communities have
been able to attract new industry
because of their new recreation
projects.
Community recreation pro
jects financed by Farmers Home
Administration includes fishing
and boating and swimming facil
ities; sports, camping and pic
nicking areas; vacation farms;
travel trailer parks; vacation
cabins and cottages; hunting pre
serves; and golf courses.
“Rural communities,” he said,
“that can boast a new swimming
pool, an attractive public park, a
golf course or other such recre
ation facility have a very impor
tant asset in the fierce compe
tition to attract new businesses
and industry.”
“One rural community in east
ern North Carolina that borrowed
$100,000 to build a golf course,
swimming pool and tennis courts
in 1963 attracted two industries
that now employ 450 people. The
plant managers have frankly
stated that they chose the com
munity because of the recreation
facilities it provided their
employees,” he pointed out.
Any group who applies to the
Farmers Home Administration
for credit assistance will have
available to them the knowledge
that the agency has gained fi
fncing approximately 1,100 re
eation projects throughout the
untry.
is Complete information on loans
tff community groups for recre
'atio.. iiafpcsei alc.ig v lih details
about technical assistance in
developing the project can be
obtained from Mr. Fields at his
office in Shallotte.
Revival Service
At Ocean View
The Rev. Johnnie S. Huggins,
pastor of Ocean View Methodist
Church, Yaupon Beach, an
nounces that Fall Revival will
begin Sunday and continue through
Friday, September 11. The Rev.
Robert Drew, foi merly of Wil
mington, will be guest Evangelist.
Rev. Mr. Drew is pastor of
Macedonia Methodist Church,
prior to entering the ministry he
was a resident of Wilmington.
In 1958 he was licensed to preach
by Trinity Methodist Church of
Wilmington. Since then he has
earned his B.D. Degree from
Duke School of Divinity. He also
holds a B.S. from Clemson Uni
versity.
Services will begin promptly
each night at eight o’clock. Ocean
View extends a most cordial in
vitation for all to come out each
evening and take part in this fall
revival.
Time And Tide
Thirty years ago this week prehistoric fossils were found near
Freeland. The remains of a monstrous alligator were found in the
Waccamaw river basin and were verified by the curator of the State
Museum to be millions of years old.
A need was seen for large, fast sports fishing boats to operate
on Frying Pan Shoals. The secretary of the Southport Civic Club
believed that the craft should be able to transport at least six persons
and be capable of speeds not less than 15 knots.
'' The tug and barge that had run aground on Frying Pan Shoals had
been freed more than two days after the Incident; shrimping was
expected to be heavy soon; in the month of August, not a single
marriage license was issued to a white couple in Brunswick county.
Twenty-five years ago this week a Red Cross field worker, Lee
Greer of Whiteville, reported on his duties as a water safety in
structor. Greer is well known in Southport and is well qualified as
a water safety instructor, having once swam from Wilmington to
Southport. He was on a short vacation in Southport.
W. J. Martin, a former Raleigh newspaperman, had gone into the
honey-producing business at the age of seventy. He had five bee
yards in Brunswick county, each one having between 34 and 75
colonies; Bill Styron, a member of the pilots association, had entered
the Navy and was due to be assigned as a warrant officer in Norfolk;
Brunswick county had a monthly rationing quota of six new adult
bicycles.
Twenty years ago this week a 7’11” sailfish was caught off South
port, bringing the total to four in the last ten days. According to all
available records, this was the largest sail caught off the North
Carolina coast that season.
A need was seen for small fishing craft to cater to the
fishermen who prefer the river; Brunswick county beaches were
filled over the Labor Day weekend and all of the resort accommo
dations in the area were completely filled; the late Bill Keziah and
Bill Sharpe, state news bureau director, had completed a trip down
the inland waterway to gather information for an article on the
system.
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Uve Seahorse
Kathy Potter is shown here with a live seahorse which
she is gingerly holding by the tip of his tail as she lowers
him into a jar of clear water for picture taking purposes.
The. little creature was caught Thursday by her father,
John R. Potter, while shrimping in the bay near the Quar
antine Station. See related story and picture on page 2.
Thursday Is First
Full Day Of School
Receives Letter
Of Appreciation
William F. Cupit, administra
tor at Dosher Memorial Hospital,
has written a letter of apprecia
tion to Mrs. Vera Howard, for
her services as Acting Director
of Nursing. Mrs. Howard had
asked to be relieved of these
responsibilities in order to be
able to devote her full time to
patient care.
Text of the letter from Mr.
Cupit follows:
"Dear Mrs. Howard,
“I want to take this oppor
tunity on behalf of the hospital
staff and myself to convey to
you our sincere thanks and ap
preciation for your outstanding
performance as the Acting Di
rector of Nursing of this hospital
for the past three years.
"Your duties were much hard
er during this period due to the
shortage of nursing personnel
which actually increased your
responsibilities three fold. How
ever, because of your capabili
ties, determination and devotion
to the hospital, you were able to
direct your nursing personnel
without a major breakdown which
is most certainly an accomplish
ment. In many instances nursing
personnel were inexperienced,
unqualified and incapable, yet
you kept nursing standards at a
high level.
"Also, you have seen the hos
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More than five thousand Bruns
wick county boys and girls were
back in school this (Wednesday)
morning following their summer
vacation period as they spent
one-half day in an orientation
session.
Tomorrow (Thursday) they will
be in school all day.
But after only two and one
half days, the schedule will be
interrupted on Monday for the
observance of Labor Day.
There have been no startling
changes in the physical plants
nor in the official personnel since
last year, according to school
officials. Cedar Grove, an ele
mentary school with all Negro
students, has been discontinued
with pupils going either to Shal
lotte High School or to Lincoln
High School.
All principals have returned,
save at Bolivia High School,
where Edison N. Crowe, Jr.,
begins his first year as head
of that school. He comes to
Bolivia from Boiling Springs High
School in Cleveland county.
The lunchrooms did not oper
ate today (Wednesday) but will be
serving meals for students on
Thursday and daily from then
on.
Airport Funds
Get Attention
Several members of the North
Carolina Congressional Delega
tion met again Friday with offi
cials of the Federal Aviation
Agency to discuss possible ways
to lift the FAA freeze on Federal
matching funds affecting many
airport projects in North Caro
lina.
The FAA officials said they
had not yet completed a study of
the individual projects and of
what steps might be taken to per
mit construction to continue.
Both groups agreed to meet
again on Wednesday continue the
discussions.
Among those present was Rep
resentative Alton.
At this week's meeting it is
expected that the Attorney Gen
eral of North Carolina or his
representative; Robert N. Flour
noy, Aviation Specialist for the
Department of Conservation and
Development; Leigh Wilson of
the N. C. League of Municipali
ties; and John Morrissey of the
N. C. Association of County Com
missioners will be present.
Markets Going
On Abbreviated
Sales Schedule
Chadbourn, along with all flue
cured tobacco markets now
operating along the Border Belt
of North and South Carolina,
the Eastern Belt, and the
Georgia-Florida Belt will be
closed all of next week as far as
tobacco sales are concerned,
starting with the end of sales
tomorrow, Thursday.
It was alsoannouncedfollowing
the Tuesday night meeting, at
Raleigh, that it was decided that
the 10 markets of theMiddleBelt
would be allowed to open and hold
sales as previously scheduled, on
Thursday and Friday of next
week, Sept. 7 and 8.
The one-week sales holiday
was voted because of the conges
tion at the processing plants,
along with the jam-up in truck
transportation, because of a
shortage of labor, which has
hampered the buying firms from
removing their tobacco pur
chases from the warehousefloors
following the day's sales. It was
also pointed out that labor short
ages are also causing a slow
down in getting the tobacco on
the warehouse floors throughout
most of the area, with the result
that trucks are standing in line in
an effort to get floorspace.
The motion calling for a holi
<lay was made by L. T. Weeks,
general manager of the Flue
Cured Stabilization Corp. Weeks
said Stabilization facesa conges
tion problem in the handling of
Georgia tobacco the motion was
approved by a vote of 21-3.
Lawrence Wallace of Smith
field, president of Eastern Belt
warehousemen, seconded Weeks’
motion. The vote was 21 favoring
the action and three opposing,
with five members not voting.
"If we continue sales on any
basis next week, it will result
in Stabilization’s take getting
much higher,” Weeks told the
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Deadline Near
On Tax Refund
The president of the Brunswick
County Farm Bureau posted a
reminder to farmers today that
September 30th is the deadline
for applying for gas tax refunds.
Pres. Chadwick said farmers
may apply for refunds on gaso
line used for non-highway pur
poses during 1966.
Many Brunswick County farm
ers who do not apply, said Chad
wick, may be passing up refunds
totalling over $50 on 1966 gaso
line taxes.
Farmers with adequate gas
purchase records are eligible
tor a total refund of six cents
per gallon on gasoline used in
tractors and other non-highway
equipment on the farm.
The Brunswick farm leader
said the county Farm Bureau of
fice offers assistance to mem
bers in completing gas tax re
fund forms. The office, located
on main street in Shallotte, also
has gas tax refund forms, for
those applying this year for the
first time.
Farmers who filed last year
will be mailed an application
automatically this year, said
Chadwick.
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, August 81,
3:51 A M io:22 A M
4:33 P M 11:16 P M
Friday, September 1,
4:51 A M 11:16 A M
5:27 P M 12:04 P M
Saturday, September 2,
5:45 A M i2;l0 A M
0:15 P M
Sunday, September 8,
0:39 A M 0:52 A M
7:03 P 12:58 P M
Monday, September 4,
7:37 A M 1:34 A M
7:51 PM 1:52 P M
Tuesday, September 5,
8:15 A M 2:22 A M
8:39 P M 2:40 P M
Wednesday, September 6,
9:09 A M 3:04 A M
9:21 P M 3:28 P M