tp < * m I The Pilot Covers 1 Brunswick County i THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time VOLUME 39 No. 12 8-Poges Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1967 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY SIB-ffli M WBSBtm» mm.mm; mtmmammmmamma* as&unummtoMMHSiaaammm MAW 6AHK ANO T WMfriv»tLi , w«#tm cunkmA |U|,. -^wMiiS******^"*^ • ->V7'*&£*■ Jf. New Headquarters Building For Waccamaw Bank v-uuoiiui-uuii ui a new neaaquarters ouilding tor the 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. m 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 (Continued on Page 4j 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. < Continued ui> Page i) vac 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 (C’onti:. . On Page Four* 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