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VOLUME 39
No. 19
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1967
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Lightship Arrives At Southport
This is the Lightship Relief which recently was given to the City of Southport to be
converted into a nautical museum. Temporarily it is moored at the dock fronting on
the Cape Fear River at Fort Caswell. As soon as a permanent berth can be prepared
at the Southport Boat Harbor, the ship will be open for visitation and inspection.
(Photo by Spencer)
Southport Couple In Puerto Rico
The two people on the left are Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Blake who spent last week in
San Juan, Puerto Rico, and in the Virgin Islands as participants in a vacation arrang
ed by Hotpoint to honor some of its more active dealers.
Blakes Return
From Gala Tour
To Puerto Rico
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Blake
have returned from a vacation
trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico,
and to St. Thomas in the Virgin
Islands.
The trip was sponsored by Hot
point and came as a reward for
the unusual sales record made
by Blakes Builders Supplyduring
the past few months. Thisisonlv
one of several sales contests the
local appliance dealer has won.
The Southport couple flew from
Charlotte to Miami, thence to San
Juan. This was on Tuesday of last
week. On Wednesday the group
flew to St. Thomas for a one-day
tour of that Island, which features
a free port, meaning that goods
may be purchased duty-free.
At San Juan entertainment in
cluded deep sea fishing, but Blake
said it isn't'as good as you can
get right here at Southport. “Our
Southport fishing, month in and
month out, is the best I ever have
seen,” he Said.
He and his wife deviated from
the regular tour itinerary to make
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District Meeting
Of PTA Thursday
The Southport High School Par
ent-Teachers Association will
host the District 13 Conference
for Parents and Teachers tomor
row (Thursday). Registration
will begin at 9:30.
The meeting will open with
a solo by Mrs. Linda Fields of
Shallotte and will be followed by
a welcome from Mayor E. B.
Tomlinson, Jr. Following the
business session a luncheon will
be served in the Southport Com
munity Building. Benediction will
be pronounced by the Rev. W. S.
Davenport.
PTA members, school prin
cipals, superintendents and the
public from Bladen, Brunswick,
Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow
and Pender counties will attend
a half-day session for discussion
of "a broader understanding of
the role of school boards and their
contribution to public education. ”
State PTA President, Mrs.
Riley S. Monds, and Miss Frances
E. Setzer, State Field secretary,
will be featured speakers.
To promote “better communi
cation between boards of educa
tion and parents” was one of the
first commitments made by Mrs.
Monds when she was elected in
1966.
Educating the public and par
ticularly the PTA to every facet
of school board activity is the
goal of N.C. PTA this year, in
formed group officials.
District Conferences across
the state are being held to ad
vance the goal.
Mrs. Monds will also present a
special report on the state
smoking and health project gear
ed to an anti-smoking campaign
for teen-agers.
Registration and coffee at
9:30 a.m. will begin the Southport
conference, to be conducted by
Mrs. A. C. Lacroix of Carolina
Beach, District 13 director.
Sign Contract
For Shallotte
Post Office
Postmaster General Lawrence
F. O’Brien announced that a con
tract has been awarded to build
a Post Office at Shallotte.
The building will be owned
by Dr. and Mrs. H. Q. Dor
sett, Robbins, North Carolina
27325 who will lease it to the
Post Office Department for ten
years with renewal options
running through twenty years.
It will be located on the North
east comer of U. S. Highway
17 and Pine Street. Prelimi
nary estimates indicate that the
initial investment in the project
will total apporximately $55,
777. „
This represents the lowest re
sponsive bid of ten received by
the Department on a competi
tive basis.
The new one-story building
will be air-conditioned and offers
more working room than the
present building. It will have
an interior space of 2976 square
feet, compared with a total of
1330 squard feet in the present
building.
The new post office is ex
pected - to- be completed by
approximately May 1. Space
in the building located on Main
Street will then be abandoned
for postal purposes.
Postmaster General O’Brien
explained that the additional
space and equipment will mean
greater efficiency in line with
President Johnson’s directive to
provide the best possible postal
service at the least possible
cost.
Because the building will be
privately owned, the land will
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Scotts Guests
At Reception
Lt. Governor and Mrs. Bob
Scott were visitors in Bruns
wick county on Sunday hnd were
honored at a reception in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A.P.
Henry, Jr., at Winnabow.
Between the hours of three
and five in the afternoon many
friends and public officials called
to talk with the Lt. Governor.
They were greeted by the hosts;
and invited to have punch or<
coffee by the Henry’s daughter,;
Thetis, and her college roommate, |
Miss Martha Morris, of Mt. Airy.
Mrs. Foster Mintz served cof- 5
fee in the den and Mrs. James
M. Harper, Jr., poured punch
in the dining room. Throughout
the home lovely floral arrange
ments added to the festive air
of the occasion.
Assisting the hostess also were
Mrs. Wilbur E. Rabon, Mrs.
R. L. Sullivan, and Mrs. G.
L. Skipper.
Among officials present were
Carl Meares, member of the
State Highway Commission and
former state Senator; Repre
sentative Odell Williamson,
Judge James C. Bowman; Mayor
E. B. Tomlinson; Register-of
Deeds Derward Clark; and the
following members of the Bruns
wick County Board of Com
missioners: John Barbee, chair
man, George Rourk, D. B. Frink
and V. A. Creech, Jr.
Lieut. Governor And Wife Honored
Lieut Governor and Mrs. Robert Scott were guests of honor at a reception held Sun
day afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr., at Winnabow. Mr. and
Mrs. Henry are shown above, left, with Mr. and Mrs. Scott.
Visiting Writers
Several distinguished men of letters have visited Brunswick county during the past
two weeks, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sharpe of Yaupon Beach. Shown above, left to
right are Mrs. Paul Rockwlel, Mrs. Glenn Tucker, Glenn Tucker, Mrs. Sharpe, and
Col. Paul Rockwell. Tucker and Rockwell are both authors and former newspapermen.
Visit Mr. And Mrs. Sharpe
Writers Visit Brunswick
Last week Brunswick County
was visited by four writers who
had a good view of the attractions
around Southport.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tucker of
Fairview, N. C., and Colonel and
Mrs. Paul Rockwell of A sheville
spent three days at Yaupon Beach,
Time And Tide
Five years ago this week the annual meeting of the Brunswick
Electric Membership Corporation was to be held at Tabor City.
The North Carolina Shell Club had held its annual fall meeting
at Holden Beach during the preceeding weekend.
Although there had been an increase shown in the average family
income from Brunswick, we still rated 70th among North Carolina
counties. Army manuevers were in progress on Bald Head Island;
sports fishing had reached its all-time high for charter boats
from Southport during the weekend; and Southport had romped
over Tar Heel for 47-6 victory in 8-man football.
Ten years ago this week two fish caught by local anglers were
recognized as world records. Lee Dowling caught a 72 pound,
4 ounce black drum while fishing off Bald Head Island with a 20
pound test line. Mrs. Walter Lewis caught a 16 pound hogfish
from the John Ellen.
The fall run of king mackerel and bluefish had arrived. Some
boats caught as high as 60 king mackerel and Capt. Fred Fulford
reported a catch of 456 bluefish. Tragedy was averted when Joe
Walton of Southport was shot in the head accidentally by his father
while they were squirrel hunting. The wound was not critical.
Fifteen years ago this week more than two hundred people were
involved in the exodus of the territory included in the Sunny Point
Army Terminal. Real estate claims were settled for the more
than 100 tracts of land involved in the project. The expanse of
the modern transportation terminal was to cover more than 16 000
acres, instead of the originally proposed 20,000. ’
A giant anchor was hauled up in a local shrimp net and was
considered to be a very large catch. The anchor weighed between
eight and ten tons and it was necessary to have the bouy tender
come to place the rusty artifact on dry land.
Twenty years ago this week a front page picture of Bill Sharpe
and Bill Keziah, Southport’s one man chamber of commerce
appeared on the front page. Sharpe was then director of the State
Advertising Bureau.
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after visiting Calabash for a sea
food lunch. Col. Rockwell had
been here before, often as a
guest of Laurence Sprunt at Or
ton. He fought for France in
three wars—World War I, world
War n and the so-called Riff
war in Morocco. He has nu
merous decorations from France
and Spain and has just returned
from a trip to France as the
guest of that republic.
Colonel Rockwell served in the
French Foreign Legion in World
War I, and wrote a history,
“Fighting Americans in the
French Foreign Legion." His
brother, Kermit, was the first
A merican to bring down an enemy
plane in World War I (as mem
ber of the famous Lafayette Esca
drille). Since this was the first
war in which planes were used in
combat, he also was the first
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Bronze Star To
Shallotte Man
A Shallotte soldier was
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
with “V” device and the Purple
Heart recently as a result of
action in Vietnam.
Specialist 4 Kenneth A. Gore,
Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th
Infantry, 25th Infantry Division
was killed while manning the
perimeter of an ambush site
where he engaged hostile forces.
Specialist Gore was also post
humously promoted to the rank
of Sergeant, E-5 for his actions
in Vietnam. He was 19 years
old and he entered the Army
in June of 1966.
Specialist Gore was given full
military honors on June 11 at
the Jennies Branch Church in
Shallotte, and was buried in the
church cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward V. Gore
of Shallotte.
TOM WARING—EDITOR
Mrs. Mintz To
Head Chapter
The Brunswick County Cancer
Society met last Tuesday night
in the Agricultural Extension of
fice at Supply.
Main business of the meeting
was the election of officers for
the coming year. They will be;
President, Mrs. Foster Mintz;
vice-president, Mrs. Johnnie
Holden; secretary- treasurer,
Mrs. Kathleen Parker; service
chairman, Mrs. Teresa Conrad;
asst, service chairman, Mrs.
Sylvia Kirby; publicity chairman,
Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr.; educa
tion chairman, Mrs. Michael
Russ; medical advisor, Dr. Paul
Black; assistant med. advisor,
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Judge Mallard
Speaks Of Law
At Phone Meet
Chief Judge Raymond B. Mal
lard of the new North Carolina
Court of Appeals, former resi
dent Superior Court judge of the
13th judicial district, warned
that “a government under law
rather than under man will not
continue to endure when there
exists extensive and widespread
disrespect for its laws and when
there is a failure to punish those
who wilfully violate the laws.”
He was speaking at the Tenth An
nual Meeting of the Atlantic Tele
phone Membership Corporation
in Shallotte October 5.
Speaking before nearly 500
coop members and their families,
Judge Mallard commented, "We
must enact laws that command
respect, we must repeal such
laws as need repealing. We must
enforce the laws fairly, justly
and impartially.” The judge
further stated that in order to
do this a new judicial system is
being established in North Caro
lina below the Superior Court
level in all counties.
The new system is called the
General Court of Justice, divided
into an appellate and the trail
division, he said. The trial divi
sion will consist of the Superior
Court and the District Courts.
All courts below the Superior
Court level will be replaced by
the District Courts. The appel
late division consists of the Su
preme Cnuri and the new Court
of Appeals.
The jurisdiction of the new Dis
trict Courts and the Court of
Appeals are set forth in the State
Constitution, he said.
The meeting marked the tele
phone organisations’ 10th anni
versary. President Harry L.
Mintz, Jr., reviewed efforts to
bring telephone service to the
greater portion of Brunswick
county, now served by the coop,
which began in 1053. In spite of
being unable to convince com
mercial companies to serve the
area, growth has far exceeded
survey’s projected more than 10
years ago, he said.
Mintz lVirther cited the timeli
ness of the birth of the telephone
cooperative in meeting the tre
mendous growth and development
in the area during the past ten
years.
In the manager’s report, W. E.
Bellamy,. Jr., outlined the steps
resulting in present service of
ferings of 1-, 2-, and 4 party
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Infant Killed
In Auto Wreck
Pearly Lane, 18-months-old
Negro infant, was killed Satur
day morning when an automobile
in which she was a passenger
overturned on Highway No. 133
two miles south of the junction
with Highways 74-76 and 17.
Lawrence W. Everett, driver
of the car, was charged with
reckless driving and manslaugh
ter.
A coroners inquest has been
set for November 20.
Everett was injured, as were
Herbert Galloway and Talmadge
Pearce. All were from Wilming
ton.
These people were traveling
north on Highway No. 133, ap
parently at a high rate of speed.
The car could not make the curve
and crashed into the side of a
bridge, ran off the road into the
woods and hit a tree.
Tide Table
Following in the tide table
(or 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, October 18,
8:09 A M 2:10 A M
8:27 P M 2:40 P M
Friday, October 20,
8:45 A M 2:46 A M
8:57 P M 3:16 P M
Saturday, October 21,
9:15 A M 3:16 A M
9:27 P M 3:39 P M
Sunday, October 22,
9:51 A M 3:52 A M
9:57 P M 4:34 P M
Monday, October 23,
10:33 AM 4:28 A M
10:39 P M 5:16 P M
Tuesday, October 24,
11:21 A M 5:10 A M
11:27 P M 6:04 P M
Wednesday, October 25,
12:15 A M -45:58 A M
7:04 P M