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VOLUME 39
No 25
8-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY* NOVEMBER 29, 1967
Sf A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
New Postoffice At Ash -
This is the new post office building at Ash, which now is in the final stages of con
struction. It is located on the north side of Highway No. 133 next door to Lonnie
Evans Store. (Photo by Spencer)
New Varieties
Ready For Use
By Tobaconists
RALEIGH — Four new flue
cured tobacco varieties tested
under the Regional Minimum
Standards Program have met
program requirements, the five
state Variety Advisory Com
mittee has announced.
Speight G-13, Coker 254, Bell
93 and McNair 14 qualified under
minimum standards. All varie
ties will be available for far
mer planting in 1938.
Dr. Guy L. Jones, chairman
of the Regional Variety Advisory
Committee and North Carolina
State University extension ag
ronomist, said the committee
\ placed major emphasis on che
mical, physical quality and smoke
characteristics in screening 1967
entries.
A number of entries were re
jected because they failed to
measure up to set physical stand
ards such as color, body, tex
ture, usability and acceptability,
the Variety Advisory Committee
explained.
The standards were modified
in 1967 to increase the range of
nicotine so it now includes en
tries which fall within 15 per
cent above the "standard” Hicks
and NC 95 varieties and 20 per
cent below these varieties.
This has the effect of permit
ting varieties with a lower nico
tine content than in previous
years, Dr. Jones relates.
"The 'chemical balance’ has
a decided effect on the smoking
characteristics of a variety; con
sequently, the committee placed
much emphasis on their relation
ship this year.
“The committee feels that all
four varieties — Speight G-13,
Coker 254, Bell 93 and McNair
(Continued on Page 4
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
LELAND P.T.A.
A musical program will be
presented by students of the first
grade at the regular meeting
of the Leland High School P.T.A.
next Monday night at 7:45 o’clock.
All parents and patrons are urged
to attend.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The WSCS of Shiloh Metho
dist Church will serve a baked
ham or fried chicken supper
at the church Saturday evening,
beginning at 6 o’clock. Home
made pies and cakes also will be
on sale. Proceeds will go to
the building fund of the church.
FRUITCAKE SALES
Members of the Southport
Lions club are engaged again
this year in the sale of fruit
cakes as a money raising proj
ect. W. e. McDougle says that
cakes are in the hands of Lions
Club members, who will be glad
to make home deliveries.
DRIVER COURSE
Individuals over 18yearsofage
interested in taking a course in
Driver Training and Safety Edu
cation should contact Ralph C.
King, Assistant Superintendent of
the Brunswick County Board of
Education, letter or by coming
by the Board of Education office
in Southport, a fee of $16 per
student will be charged for the
course.
Repair Playground Fquipment
Playground equipment at Southport High School is a
project that has been adopted by the Southport Jaycees
for several years. Jerry Sherrod is shewn here up the lad
der, with Charles Trott on the ground serving as anchor
man, as they replace the head of the popular giant-stride
swing. (Photo by Spencer).
Education Theme
Of Club Program
The November meeting of the
Junior Woman’s Club was one of
the most interesting and infor
mative meetings of the year with
a panel discussion on education.
The panel was comprised of John
Barbee, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners; Ralph
King, assistant superintendent of
the Brunswick County Board of
Education; Mrs. Kay Barnes,
guidance counselor, and w. B,
McDougle, an officer of the local
P.T.A. A. H. Gainey, Jr., local
attorney, was moderator for the
discussion. Guest participants
were James Thompson of Leland
and Norman Bellamy ofShallotte,
members of the Brunswick Coun
ty board of Education, Shallotte.
Members of the panel each gave’
a brief talk on the question,
‘What is the future growth of
education in Brunswick county
and what can the people do to
advance it’? After hearing the
opinions of the panel and guests,
the club members had some
questions.
In answer to the question of
why the last bond issue failed,
Barbee said “Perhaps the last
bond issue failed because the
public did not see the need to
improve schools because of the
increased tax money involved.
37.5 percent of the county tax
money now goes to our schools”.
Before this idea can be
counteracted it is the opinion of
King that “the people must come
to grips with two basic needs,
the first being to provide adequate
school facilities and consolida
tion and second to provide ade
quate staffing, before education
will be greatly upgraded in our
county. These will not become
(Continued on Page 4)
Southport P.T.A.
Here Thursday
The Southport P.T.A. will meet
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the
high school auditorium.
All parents are urged to at
tend and bring with them their
children. After a short business
session and program the meeting
will adjourn and parents will have
an opportunity to visit in the
classroom with their child and
his teacher.
Such a meeting is important
and helps to establish a proper
teacher-parent relationship.
Refreshments will be served
during a fellowship hour fol
lowing the meeting and class
room visitation.
William A. Powell, president
of the local association, reported
this week that he has received
word from state headquarters
that this year's enrollment has
sent a new high for the local
organization.
College Board
Exams Slated
For Saturday
The number of students from
Brunswick county registering
for the SAT and Achievement
Tests of the College Entrance
Examination Board las steadily1
increased over the past four
years. On Saturday, approxi
mately 145 seniors from the
eight high schools in the county
will travel to New Hanover High
School or Whiteville High School
to take one or more of these tests.
Approximately 850 colleges
and 300 scholarship sponsors
require applicants to submit
scores on one or more of these
tests. College admissions of
ficers and scholarship program
officials use these scores, in
combination with a students
school record, to assess his
ability to do college work.
Students who are to take the
test should be reminded to carry
their admission ticket received
from Princeton a few weeks ago.
They will be requested to show
this ticket to the supervisor on
the morning of the test. The
tickets are not transferable to
another person. Since students
are sometimes asked to identify
themselves, it is wise to have
some other positive identifica
tion.
Students are also reminded
to arrive at the test center
promptly at 8:30 a.m. with three
or four sharpened No. 2 pencils.
Parents can be of great help
to students by seeing that they
get a good night’s sleep Friday,
free from emotional strains.
Every attempt should be made
to provide students with trans
portation well in advance.
A final word to students—read
directions carefully, don’t guess
wildly and do your best.
Panel Heads
WSCS Program
--••A study on Ste subject “Paths
to world Order” was held on
Tuesday night at Trinity Metho
dist Church with several citizens
of the community participating
at the symposium and with about
45 persons present.
Directing the /study was the
Rev. w. S. Davenport, pastor
of the church, with the follow
ing persons making talks of about
30 minutes each: Mrs. Marie
Royal; the Rev. Robert Childs,
pastor of Southport Presbyterian
Church; William A. Powell, local
attorney; the Rev. Fred Fordham,
Rector of St. Philips Episcopal
Church; Sanford Lee, teacher In
the Southport scnool; ana haroia
Aldridge, Presbyterian layman.
Mrs. Ella Aldridge, president
of the Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service, welcomed the group
.and at the mid-way mark a supper
was served under her direction.
The study was based on the
Dag Hammarskjold Memorial
Lectures which were a part of
the program of the Sixth World
Order Study Conference in 1965
under the sponsorship of the
National Council of Churches.
They cover a wide range of
problems in the fields of peace,
(Continued On Page Four)
Auto Runs Into The River
Wuen you get to the end of Howe Street in Southport you have to stop and turn
around, or else run into the Cape Fear River. That is what happened to the driver of
this car Saturday night when he plunged over the bulkhead at the foot of the street
and plowed out into the muck and mud of low tide. A wrecker from Willetts Motor
Sales at Bolivia retrieved the station wagon before high water and the driver, a Negro
resident of that community, sustained no serious injury. (Photo by Spencer).
Bond Sales At
Terminal Earn
Plaque Award
Colonel Archie B. Joyner, Jr.,
commanding officer of the
Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny
Point, recently was presented a
plaque in recognition of outstand
ing achievement in the Army
Savings Bond Program on the
part of the military and civilian
personnel at Sunny Point.
Brigadier General Arthur Hu
row, Commanding General, East
ern .V.Ma, Military Traffic Man*-,
age me at and Terminal Service,
which is Sunny Point’s imme
diate higher headquarters, pre
sended the award. To be eligible
for this award an installation
must have a minimum of 80%
of its personnel purchasing Sav
ings Bonds each pay period. Sun
ny Point's participation was
100%, this being the third time
that MOTSU had attained that
percentage.
Templon New
Chief Of Staff
The Medical Staff at Dosher
Memorial Hospital met on Oc
tober 31 and elected Dr. Norman
A. Templon, Jr., Chief of Staff.
Dr. Richard Corbett was elected
as Vice-Chief of Staff and Dr.
Fred Burdett was elected secre
tary.
In August 1966, a resolution
was passed by the Medical Staff
to elect officers on a pre-ar
ranged rotation basis each year.
This gives all physicians on the
active medical staff an oppor
tunity to serve as the Chief of
Staff.
Time And Tide
■rFHii—»« . r i<~ntf n<r ig nan jii|n<rnr
Thirty years ago this week local shrimpers were busy with the
problem of out-guessing the shrimp. Shrimpers up and down tha
North Carolina coast were trying to relocate the large schools off
shore. Evidence showed that shrimp do inigrate a short distance
southward, so all of the trawlers were en rmite to Southport to try
to locate the big schools.
Bruce Etheridge, Director of the North Caroliia Department of
Conservation and Development, had announced that his department
was standing by and willing to render assistance in the construction
of the proposed yacht basin here.
Wild turkey hunting was a challenging sport for some of the folks
in the county and some were successful in their hunts for these
wildfowl; the Christmas seal drive was underway; and it was an
nounced that the jobless of Brunswick county were to get wage
benefits in the near future.
Twenty-five years ago this week it was announced that almost
ill,000 surgical bandages were made by the women of Southport
during the month of November. The local Red Cross chapter,
consisting of forty-nine women, worked a total of over 600
hours on the bandages for wounded soldiers overseas. The women
had been busy on the project for several months.
Chief W. H. Barnett, the commanding officer at Oak Island
Coast Guard Station for several years, had been promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant; service men were urged to take out life in
surance policies on themselves for the protection of their imme
diate families; and the rationing program for the county was being
followed closely for the expected changes resulting in a shortage
of certain items.
Twenty years ago this week several more shrimp trawlers
had installed ship-to- shore radios to insure against the possi
* ii°f belng lost a* sea> Another advantage of the installation was
ttot it allowed one craft to get in touch with another and report
what kind of catch it was getting in a certain area.
bears were shown in a front page photo. They had been
killed by members of the Hack Smithdeal party from out of state.
(Continued On Page Four)
Receives Recognition Plaque
Col. Archie B. Joyner is shown here as he received a
plaque from Brig. Gen. Arthur Hurow in recognition of
the 100-percent participation by the personnel at the
terminal in the Army Savings Bond Program.
Ambulance Owners
Submit Proposal
Seaman apprentice Bobby Lee
Spencer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Spencer of Southport, has
just completed 11 weeks of boot
camp at the Naval Training Cen
ter, Great Lakes, 111. He is
being transferred to Washington,
D. C. for further training.
Church Bazaar
On December 8
Mrs. Lillian K. Riley issues
the following invitation to resi
dents of Southport and surround
ing areas:
“The pleasure of your com
pany is requested at the Annual
Bazaar of the Churchwomen of
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church,
(Continued On Page Pour)
Three proprietors of funeral
services in Brunswick county
which also have participated in
ambulance service submitted a
proposal to members of the
board of county commissioners
Monday night as a basis for con
tinuing this latter service until
July, 1968.
If the regulating board in
charge of this new program on
the state level will grant permis
sion to continue the use of exist
ing equipment, each of the firms
agreed to remain in the ambu
lance business if the commis
sioners will reimburse them at
the rate of $100 per week for
losses which may occur during
the proposed period. It figures
out to about $3,000 each per firm.
This proposal is contingent
upon Information which may be
produced by contacts which Coun
ty Attorney E. J. Prevatte will
make this week in Raleigh and
Chapel Hill to determine the
obligations and responsibilities
which rest upon the commis
sioners in this matter.
The board agreed to take final
action on the matter as its regu
lar meeting here Monday.
Tom Gilbert of Southport. Dick
Powell of Shallotte and G. C.
Kilpatrick of Southport appeared
in person before the board at this
special meeting.
Powell and Gilbert emphasized
the continuing losses incurred by
the ambulance services. Both
men emphasized the impossi
bility of collecting ambulance
bills. They reported collections
of from 29 to 35 per cent of the
bills.
There was no disagreement
(Continued on Page *>
Waccamaw To
Sponsor Adult
Education Work
Adult classes in adult educa
tion covering a wide variety of
Interests will begin at Waccamaw
High School next week.
Welding classes will start on
December 6 at 7 p.m.; Secondary
Education classes begin on De
cember 4 at 7 p.m.; Business
Education classes will start on
December 4 at 7 p.m.; Funda
mentals of Choral Music sched
ule will be announced later, either
for December 5 or 6; Basic Edu
cation class starts on December
4 at 7 p.m.
Persons who for one reason or
another did not receive either
their elementary or high school
certificate are especially en
couraged to attend these classes.
Those who have not yet re
ceived their high school diplomas
will be given instruction toward
their preparation for taking the
N. C. State Equivalency Examin
ation and receiving their certi
ficate In that way.
A person must be at least 21
years old at the time he or she
takes the High School Equlvllency
test.
It is important that those taking
either of the above courses be
present at the first class meet
ing, since the organizational
meeting has already been held and
the classes scheduled.
It is hoped that all those in
terested and able to benefit by
one of these courses will be pres
ent on the date and time indicated.
Good Response
In Straw Vote
Residents of Northwest, Town
Creek and Smithvllle townships
In a recent, informal poll voted
overwhelmingly in favor of the
establishment of a new hospital
in the central part of Brunswick
county to be financed by local,
state and federal funds and a spe
cial tax levy of 10-cer.ts per hun
dred to help pay for it.
Three questions were prepared
and were approved by members
of the board of county commis
sioners for circulation through
the schools in these three town
ships. The questions and the
vote were as follow:
1. Would you favor the es
tablishment of a Modern County
Hospital to be paid for with
funds made available 2/3 Fed
eral and 1/3 County? Yes—597,
No—124.
2. If answer is yes, would you
favor a County Bond Issue, which
would probably increase your
rate about 10$ per $100? Yes
539, No—159.
3. would you favor the estab
lishment of the hospital in a Cen
tral County Area equally avail
able to all county residents?
Yes—577, No—131.
Christmas Ball
For Library
On the night of December 8,
the Southport Junior Woman’s
Club will hold its second annual
Christmas Benefit Ball at the
Boiling Spring Lakes Country
Club beginning at 9 p.m. Music
will be provided by the Conti
nentals with Dr. Richard Con
rad, Southport Dentist, as guest
artist. Proceeds will be donated
to the Southport Brunswick Coun
(Continued on Page 4)
Tide Table
Following' is the tide table
lor Southport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were tarnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, November 30,
6:27 A M
6:39 P M 12:58 P M
Friday, December 1,
7:21 A M 1:04 A M
7:33 P M 1:46 P M
Saturday, December 2,
8:15 AM 1:52 A M
8:27 P M 2:40 P M
Sunday, December S,
9:03A M 2:40 A M
9:21 P M 3:34 P M
Monday, December 4,
9:57 A M 3:34 A M
10:15 PM 4:22 P M
Tuesday, December 5,
10:51 A M 4:22 A M
11:09 P M 5:10 P M
Wednesday, December 6,
11:39 A M 5:16 A M
6:04 P M
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