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VOLUME 39
No. 23
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1967
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Morehead Scholarship Candidates
These are the seven young men from whom the Brunswick county candidate for
Morehead Scholar was selected. Byron Holden, the young man on the left, was the
winner. Other boys, left to right, are Tim Johnson, Clinton Milligan, Martin Bellamy,
Rodger Watkins, Danny Leonard and Thurston Gore. (Beacon Photo)
Shallotte Boy
Candidate For
Big Scholarship
Claude Bryon Holden, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Holden and
a senior at Shallotte High School,
has been recommended for con
sideration by the District Com
mittee in the Morehead Scholar
ship Program by the Brunswick
County Committee.
In making the announcement
Ernest E. Parker, Jr., chair
man of the county committee,
stated that the fine quality of the
boys nominated by the schools of
the county made the decision dif
ficult and expressed regrets that
only one boy could be recom
mended to the District Commit
tee. Other boys recommended to
. the county committee and who are
''pictured above are" DaftTel Ray*
* Leonard, Arthur Martin Bellamy,
Clinton Nivan Milligan and How
ard Thurston Gore of Shallotte
High School; William Roger Wat
kins of Bolivia High School; and
Timothy Lee Johnson of South
port High School.
Holden attended the Gover
nor’s School in Winston-Salem
this past summer, has been ac
tive in athletics, receiving letters
in three different sports, and
rates high scholastically in the
senior class at Shallotte.
Parker stated that the commit
tee feel that he is well qualified
for a Morehead Scholarship and
expressed hopes that he will be
a successful candidate.
Other members of the Bruns
wick County Committee are Dr.
M. H. Rourk, Dr. R. B. Mc
Knight, Kirby Sullivan, and Wil
liam A. Powell.
LIONS TO MEET
The regular meeting of the
Southport Lions Club will beheld
in the Community Building to
morrow (Thursday) evening at
6:30 o’clock.
EARLY NEXT WEEK
The State Port Pilot will be
published on Tuesday next week
in order to give everybody con
nected with the production of this
newspaper an opportunity to cele
brate Thanksgiving.
PRE-THANKSGIVING SALE
The Daughters of America will
have a bake sale Wednesday, No
vember 22, between Leggett’s and
the post office. If the weather is
bad the sale will be at the Daugh
ters of America building.
DRIVING COURSE
Individuals over 18 years of
age interested in taking a course
in Driver Training and Safety
Education should contact Ralph
C. King, Assistant Superintendent
by phone (457-2331 or 287-3740),
letter, or by coming by the Board
of Education office in Southport.
A fee of $16. per student will be
charged for the course.
BARBECUE SUPPER
There will be a barbecue sup
per at Zion Methodist church
Saturday, starting at 6:30 p.m.
The barbecue will be fresh pit
cooked on the church grounds on
the day of serving. For those who
wish, plates will be prepared to
take out. Homemade cakes and
pies will also be on sale at
this supper.
Brass Rubbings
Subject Of Talk
Dr. Isabel Tipton, professor
of physics at the University of
Tennessee in Knoxville, was the
speaker at the November meet
ing of the Brunswick County His
torical Society on Monday night
in the auditorium of the Bruns
wick Town Visitor Center-Mu
seum.
Dr. Tipton was introduced by
Mrs. Harry Mintz, program
chairman, after the short busi
ness meeting presided over by
Mrs. M. H. Rourk, president,
Miss Helen Taylor is secretary
of the organization.
Dr. Tipton's talk was on a
‘hobby which began Ih England
under unusual circumstances.
She and her husband, Dr. Samuel
Ridley Tipton, were traveling in
that country when illness made it
necessary for her husband to
remain in bed there for an ex
tended period. To occupy her
time while he was resting each
day, Dr. Tipton visited a number
of churches in the area and be
gan making “brass rubbings”
from the brass grave cover
ings inside the churches. This
has in recent years become an
engrossing hobby for ever in
creasing numbers of people. The
hobby has become so widespread
that at present permission must
be secured from the vicars before
“rubbings” can be made, and
churches charge for this.
The technique explained by Dr.
Tipton is similar to that prac
ticed by children over the years
of putting a piece of paper over a
coin and rubbing a pencil over the
paper, making an impression of
the face or inscription on the
coin appear on the paper. She:
demonstrated how it was done and
showed a number of examples of
her rubbings. Many of the figures
were life-sized.
Making “brass rubbings” is
most exacting, as the special
paper must be properly posi
tioned, a special crayon called
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Students From
County Honored
Larry Rooks of whiteviile has
been elected president of the
Student Government Association
at Southeastern Community Col
lege, heading a slate of officers
and senators for the 1967-68
school year.
Roy Herring of Lake Wacca
maw was elected vice president,
and Ann Pigott of Shallotte was
named secretary. Linda Page of
Lake View, S. C., was named
treasurer.
Six sophomores were elected
to terms as SGA Senators, and six
freshmen also were chosen as
Senators.
The sophomores include Vickie
Barnes of Shallotte, Barbara
Cartrette of Chadbourn, Bill
Glisson of Wilmington, Sharilyn
McPherson of Clarendon, Fran
ces Rogers of Whiteviile, and
Charles Smith of Chadbourn.
The freshmen include Pat
Clark of Whiteviile, James Crab
tree of Bladenboro, William R.
(Bill) King of Whiteviile, Eliza
beth Anne Ward of Whiteviile,
and Linda Waters of Bladenboro.
The Student Government Asso
ciation is one of SCO’s major
student groups. Columbus coun
ty officials installed a voting
machine for use by students in
their SGA election.
DR. TIPTON
Shriners Plan
Benefit Dance
The Brunswick County Shrine
Club will sponsor their annual
dance for the benefit of the
Cripple Childrens Hospital
Saturday night at Boiling Spring
Lakes Country Club with music
by the Stanley Williamson or
chestra.
This is a major project for this
Brunswick county organization,
who last year raised $500 for this
cause. They feel that they have
seen immediate, local benefits
from their efforts in that the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Bray of
Southport has been a patient
during the past few months at the
Shrine Hospital in Greenville,
S. C., and now is wearing a
brace furnished from this insti
tution.
A total of 150,000 children have
been helped through the efforts
of this Shrine activity, with 6,000
cripple children receiving bene
fits annually.
This year the services of this
program are being expanded to
provided hospitalization and care
for children suffering from
severe burns. A fund of
$10,000,000 has been earmarked
for this expansion program. It
is estimated that work in this
new field will cost in the neigh
borhood of $1,500,000 annually.
One interesting fact about the
work of the Shrine Hospitals is
that no paying patient is accepted,
meaning that continuation of this
program depends upon the
generous support of the public
through Shrine activities.
Union Service „
At Thanksgiving
Southport Presbyterian Church
people of Southport for a com
munity Thanksgiving service
Wednesday, November at 7:30
o’clock.
The service will be conducted
by the Rev. Fred Fordham, rector
of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church,
the Rev. W m. S. Davenport, pas
tor of Trinity Methodist Church,
the Rev. Chan Chase, pastor of
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
and the Rev. Robert R. Childs,
J r., pastor of Southport Presby
terian Church. E. B. Tomlinson
will also lead in the service,
representing the Southport Bap
tist Church.
The preacher will be the Rev.
Mr. Davenport.
Williamson In
Statement On
Next Campaign
Representative Odell William
son of Ocean Isle Beach in Bruns
wick County has announced that
he will not be a candidate for
the State House of Repre
sentatives in 1968.
Williamson, who was elected
along with Representative Clyde
Collier of Columbus County last
year to represent District 13,
said his reasons for declining
to run were strictly personal.
Rep. Williamson has served
six terms from Brunswick
County.
The following is the statement
of Rep. Williamson.
“This is written to you for
the purpose of your announcing
any time after Tuesday, Nov.
14, that I will not be a candi
date for re-election for one of
the House seats from the 13th
District for the 1969 session.
“As you are aware, I have
served my county and district
six terms and two special ses
sions in the North Carolina
Legislature. In doing so, I would
like to point out that I am grate
ful to the people whom I repre
sented for making this possible.
"The number one reason for
making this decision is strictly
personal in that for the nert
two years I plan to do some
things that I have not been able
to do during my terms in the
legislature.
“Any time that I can be of
service to any of you, please
feel free to call on me.”
Woman Killed
In Accident ;
Mrs. Charles Miliiken ofShal
lotte was killed In a freak high
way accident Saturday involving
a farm tractor, a truck and an
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According to Trooper Larry
Canipe, Mrs. Mllliken was kill
ed when the car driven by her
husband crashed into the back of.
a farm tractor operated by John
Jenrette around 6 p.m. one mile
south of 904 on US 17, eight
miles south of Shallotte.
The car then bounced back on
the road and hit nearly head-on
with a truck traveling north,
driven by Harker.
The car and tractor were both
heading south at the time of the
accident. All vehicles were de
molished.
Mllliken is listed in fair con
dition with compound fractures
of the legs and Mr. and Mrs.
Harker and Jenrette are reported
in good condition. All are at
the Ocean View Memorial Hos
pital at Myrtle Beach.
No charges have been made
pending investigation.
Progress On Library Building
Good progress is being made on the construction of the new Southport-Brunswick
County Library Building in Southport with completion scheduled early in the new
year. The building fronts on Moore Street and stands between the Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Co. and the Cranmer residence. (Photo by Spencer)
Adult Classes
Are Scheduled
For Southport
Southport High School, in co
operation with the Cape Fear
Technical Institute, again is
making plans to offer an Adult
Education Program during the
current school year. A meet
ing of all area residents who are
interested in organizing classes
for adults has been scheduled
for Thursday at 7:45 p.m., in
the school auditorium.
Tentative plans Include pro
vision for courses in the fol
lowing areas of interest:
Basic Adult Education—For
those with previous educational
achievement of less than eighth
grade, and who wish to improve
their reading, writing, language
and mathematics skills.
Secondary Education — For
those who have completed their
basic education program and wish
•to work toward high school equiv
alency.
Business Education—For high
school graduates who desire to
prepare for employment in the
business or secretarial fields.
Special Interest Courses—
Such as household plumbing,
house wiring, fundamentals of
choral music, modern math for
parents, and speed reading, for
persons interested In these
courses.
Other programs may be of
fered if there should prove to
be sufficient demand.
All Interested persons are
urged to be present at the or
ganizational meeting. Class
schedules will be established at
that time.
Time And Tide
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Thirty years ago this week a badly listing freighter enroute
from Texas to Maine pulled into the Southport harbor to correct
the problem. The ship was carrying approximately 3,600 tons
of sulphur. After lying at anchor in the harbor awaiting the lifting
of a heavy fog, the freighter then proceeded on to Wilmington for
necessary repairs to her damage hull.
interest was already mounting in anticipation of the fishing
roadeo scheduled to be held here the following spring. Plans
were announced by the local Civic Club; at a Wilmington meeting
of the Carolina Yacht Club plans were made for the yacht races to
be held in the local harbor the next summer.
Twenty-five years ago this week the war was showing its effect
on the yacht travel along the Inland Waterway. The time of year
for the yachts to appear already had passed, and not one yacht
had been through here on its way south. This was far from the
annual average of three hundred craft that nor mally passed through
the Southport waterfront.
A front page photo showed Robert B. Thompson and W. L. Sty
ren, two members of the Cape Fear Pilots Association. Both were
serving in the seafaring divisions of the armed services. The
latest rationing action by the war department had set a limit on
the number of miles that a motorist could travel.
Twenty years ago this week building funds had been raised by
the PTA members of the Brunswick County Training School for
the construction of a new building to be used for educational pur
poses. This marked a milestone in the progress of the school
located here in Southport.
In the first round of the 1947-1948 cage season, the Bolivia
girls beat the locals by a score of 21-12, after leading by a score
of 12-1 at halftime. However the Bolivia boys fell to the local five
by the high score of 16-15 after the Southport boys held an advan
tage at halftime of 8-5.
Fifteen years ago this week the Sprunts family, owners of the
famed Orton Plantation, donated a section of the property to be
used as an historic site. Included in the area was the old town
of Brunswick and St. Phillip's church.
An offer was received from the Carolina Power and Light Com
pany to purchase the local power plant; bears were robbing the honey
filled bee hives of the county and an effort was to be made to stop
them; the biggest real estate deal in the area recently was made
at Long Beach when E. F. Middleton sold 400 building lots to
Barbee, Inc., in Wake County. Plans called for the development
to begin immediately.
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Contributions For
Library Continue
LIEUT. MOUNT
Another New
Officer Here
Second Lieut. Kenneth M.
Mount of Garner, has recently
reported for assignment and duty
at the Military Ocean Terminal,
Sunny Point.
Lt. Mount attended the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and graduated from
that institution in 1966 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in
English. Alter graduation he
entered the Army and was sent
to Fort Dix, New Jersey, for
basic training. Upon comple
tion of basic training he was
then sent to Fort McClellan,
Alabama, for advanced individual
training, following which he was
selected for Officer Candidate
School and was sent to the Trans
portation School at Fort Eustis,
Virginia.
After completing the officer
candidate course he was com
missioned as a Second Lieut, in
the U. S. Army and has now
been assigned to Sunny Point.
Lt. Mount is unmarried. He
will reside in the Southport area
during his tour of duty at MOTSU.
Christmas Ball
Being Planned
The Southport Junior Woman's
Club will hold its Second Annual
Christmas Ball at the Boiling
Spring Lakes Country Club on
the night of December 8.
Music will be provided for this
year’s ball by the Continentals.
Everyone privileged to have
heard this group express appre
ciation of their music. Dr. Rich
ard Conrad will be a guest ar
tist for this occasion.
All proceeds will again go to
the Southport-Brunswick County
Public Library Building Fund.
Last Year's Benefit Ball was
attended by a capacity crowd,
which enabled the Junior Wom
an’s club to make a donation of
over $500 to the fund. Construc
tion is underway on the new li
brary building. It is hoped that
by January 1 sufficient funds will
have been raised to cover the
total cost of this much needed
facility.
Tickets will be sold by all
Junior Woman’s Club members
or reservations may be made
by contacting any club mem
ber.
Dress will be formal or semi
formal.
Contributions In excess of
$1500 toward the purchase of
equipment for the new South
port-Brunswick County Public
Library have been received
within the past 3 months, it Is
reported by Mrs. James M. Har
per, Jr., Chairman of the Board
of Trustees. This reduces the
amount now needed for furnish
ings and shelving to $4,700.
Memorial gilts have accounted
for a large portion of the funds
received. From Dayton, Ohio
J. T. Toblason sent $100 in
memory of his mother, Mrs.
Inga Toblason. The late Felton
Garner was honored by a $100
memorial from his wife, Mrs.
Felton Garner, of Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McMillan,
Jr., of Greensboro gave to the
fund in memory of Waters
Thompson and Bryant Potter.
Mrs. Anna M. Davis, Southport,
contributed in memory of Sam '
Rees.
wuaa ueiiruue jjougmm anu
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Weeks
donated in memory of Mrs. Car
rie weeks Murrell, sister of
Mrs. Irene Kemper. Memorial
gifts for J. A. Gilbert, George
Whatley and James D. Loughlin
were made by Mr. and Mrs.
M. M. Hood, Southport.
Julian Southerland, William S.
Wells and Mrs. Annie K. Vitou
were memorialized by Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Harrelson. An addi
tional contribution for Mr.
Southerland was made by Miss
Gertrude Loughlin.
The $100 memorial fund tor
Mrs. Emma Lou Harrelson
Kistler was completed by Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Shannon of Long
Beach.
Contributions of $100 or over
were made by the Brunswick
County Board of Realtors; the
Southport Woman’s Club; Dr. and
Mrs. Fred M. Burdette; Mr.
and Mrs. Ormond Leggett and
Carl Meares of Fair Bluff.
Lincoln Construction Co.,
through Donald Sneeden of Wil
mington, gave $250. Standard
Paint and Hardware, Wilmington,
donated $100.
Donation from Sea Harvest
Packing Co., Brunswick, Ga. now
stands at $100. This was done
through the efforts of Charles
W. Wells.
Twenty-five dollar gifts were
made by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey G.
Ratcliffe of Long Beach; Mr. and
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Second Bronze
Star Received
Army Sergeant Thomas T.
Maultsby, whose parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward W. Maultsby,
Sr. and wife, Cheryl, live at
Leland, received the second
award of the Bronze Star Medal
at Ft. Bennlng, Ga., Oct. 21.
Sgt. Maultsby earned the award
for outstanding meritorious ser
vice in Company B, 4th Batta
lion of the 25th Infantry Divi
sion’s 9th Infantry during his last
assignment in Vietnam.
Sgt. Maultsby, a squad leader
in Company C of the 31st In
fantry’s 5th Battalion at Ft. Ben
ning, entered the Army in No
vember 1965. He holds two
awards of the Purple Heart
Medal.
The sergeant is a 1963 grad
uate of Bolivia High School.
Before entering the Army, he
was employed by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad in Wilming
ton.
Cotton Quota
Vote Will Be
Held By Mail
Growers again this year will
vote by mail on marketing quotas
for their 1968 upland cotton crop,
Lonnie Evans, chairman, Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation County Committee,
said this week. Ballots are to
be returned to the ASCS County
office—by mall or in person—
during the period December
4 through 8.
Beginning with the referendum
on marketing quotas for the 1954
crop, growers have approved
quotas for each year’s cotton
crop, the Chairman stated, in
the vote last year, on quotas for
the 1967 upland cotton crop, 91.6
percent of the growers voting
approved the quotas. More than
300,000 persons voted—a gain
of more than 40 percent over
the previous year.
By law, quotas must be pro
claimed by the Secretary of Agri
culture in years when the total
cotton supply exceeds the normal
supply. That is the case this year.
Because growers cooperated
fully in the 1967 cotton program,
and because of abnormal weather
conditions and insect infestation,
cotton acreage and yields for"
1967 were substantially below
last year's and the upland crop
will total only a little over 8
million bales. Since domestic
usage and exports during this
marketing year are expected to
exceed the small 1967 crop, the
carryover by August 1, 1968,
is expected to fall to about 7
million bales.
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville L. Freeman recently
praised cotton farmers for the
magnificent job they have done
in whittling down the huge supply
of cotton to a stock of manage
able size in the short period of
2 years. Now, he said, the chal
lenge is to produce the right kind
of cotton and to keep production
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MRS. JENRETTE
Student
Mrs. Elizabeth Reaves Jen
rette, library aide at Union High
School, is now enrolled at South
eastern Community College,
Whiteville. Mrs. Jenrette, a
1955 honor graduate of the high
school she now serves, has en
visioned a college career for
many years. With some encour
agement and much determination
she is now attending Southeastern
two nights per week and is en
rolled in the college parallel
program. The position of library
aide is provided for in the school
through the ESEA program under
the Brunswick County Board of
Education.
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, November iff,
7:09 A M 1:04 M
7:21 P M 1:34 .? M
Friday, November 17,
7:45 A M 1:40 A M
7:57 P M 2:16 P M
Saturday, November 18,
8:21 A M 2:16 A M
8:33 P M 2:52 P M
amday, November 19,
8:57 A M 2:52 A M
9:03 P M 3:34 P M
Monday, November 20,
9:33 A M 3:28 A M
9:39 P M 4:10 A M
Tuesday, November 21,
10:09 A M 4:10 A M
10:21 PM 4:58 P M
Wednesday, November 22,
10:57 AM 4:52 A M
11:15 PM 5:40 P M