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VOLUME 39
No. 30
8-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1968
5* A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Install Masonic Officers
Shallotte Lodge No. 727, Ancinet Free And Accepted Masons, recently installed of
ficers for 1968. Pictured first row left to right—Clarence Russ, Treasurer; Henderson
Rourk, Senior Warden; Steve Becky, Master; Herman Love, Junior Warden- Earl
Golden, Secretary; second row, left to right Johnnie Nance, Tyler; John Madison
Steward; Elrich Hickman, Senior Deacon; Bailey Russ, Chaplian; Thelton Hardie,’
Junior Deacon. Not present when photo was taken was Dickie Powell, Steward —Pho
to by Baldwin.
Highway Death
Total Reaches
17 For Year
Herbert Carl Hewett, 23-year
old resident of Supply, became
the 17th highway fatality in
Brunswick county for 1967 when
he died instantly in a head-on
collision with a tanker late Satur
day afternoon.
The accident occurred on the
Hickman’s Crossroads road .2
miles of U.S. No. 17. The victim
»« ..was traveling alone in a.Volks-,
wagon when it hit the big truck,
operated by James L. Garner of
Southport.
The larger vehicle dragged
the small passenger car for some
distance before coming to a halt.
The Volkswagon was a total loss
and considerable damage was
done to the tanker truck. Garner
escaped with minor injuries.
The accident was investigated
by Patrolman Larry Canipe, who
made no charges.
Hewett was funeralized Mon
day at Oak Grove Baptist Church,
with rites in charge of the Rev.
Drew Hardee. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include his father,
John Paul Hewett of Supply; three
sisters, Mrs. Wardie Mae Lan
caster and Mrs. Juanita Smith,
both of Supply and Mrs. Susie
Nones of Shallotte; and two broth
ers, Max and Rob Allen Hewett.
both of Supply.
Active pallbearers were
Frank, Robert Earl, Melton and
Nathan Hewett, Douglas McCall
and Junior Phelps.
Annual Report
Must Be Filed
The Brunswick County Vet
erans Service Officer, Craw
ford L. Rourk, states that area
veterans and widows receiving
non-service connected pension
from the Veterans Administra
tion are cautioned that the annual
income questionnaires received
with their December check must
be completed and returned to the
Veterans Administration before
January 31, to avoid suspension
of payments.
Income reports are required
by all persons receiving pension
from the Veterans Administra
tion. Service-connected dis
ability, death compensation or
dependency and indemnity recip
ients need not file annual in
come questionnaires.
The questionnaires are used
to determine entitlement to fu
ture payment? and to make ad
justments in payments where in
come requires it. income
limitations under the old pension
law are $1,400 for single persons
or widows without children and
$2,700 for married veterans or
widows with children. Under the
law which began July l, i960,
income limitations are $1,800
and $3,000 with graduated pay
iments based on needandthe level
of income below the maximums.
Assistance in completing the
annual Income questionnaires
may be obtained from Rourk in
the Police Station in Southport,
or mt the Health Center at Shal
lotte; or phone T. Formy-Duval,
District Officer, Wilmington.
Ray Walton Enters
Race For Judge
Ray H. Walton, Southport at
torney and former State Senator,
has announced that he is a candi
date for the Democratic nomina
tion for District Judge from the
district comprised of Bladen,
Brunswick and Columbus coun
ties. Two judges will be elected
to represent this district.
Walton attended Spartanburg
Junior College and graduated
from Wake Forest College and
from the Wake Forest College
Ti&w School. He served in the
State Senate during the 1955 and
1963 sessions and also has served
as a member of the Brunswick
County Board of Education.
He is married to the former
Mae Parker and they have one
daughter. Walton is a Mason;
a member of the Southport Lions
Club and a former president of
this organization; and is a
member of Trinity Methodist
Church where he is superintend
ent of the church school.
In making his announcement,
Walton had this to say:
“In December of this year
the operation of our new District
Court systems will begin. Our
district, composed of Brunswick,
Columbus and Bladen Counties,
will have two judges. This court
will handle a majority of the civil
cases and all criminal actions be
low the grade of felony. This
means that most litigation in our
district will be tried in the Dis
trict Court. Proceedings in this
court will be recorded and
civil appeals will go directly
to the State Court of Appeals.
“I have been an active trial
lawyer for seventeen years since
graduating from wake Forest
Law School in 1950. This prac
tice has included all of our state
courts including the North Caro
lina Supreme Court as well as
United States District Courts and
United States Court of Claims. I
believe this experience, and my
educational background, quali
fies me to serve as a District
Judge. I want to serve in this
capacity and I will be a candidate
in the spring primaries.'»
Walton is a member of the
13th Judicial District Bar As
sociation, North Carolina State
Bar Association, North Caro
lina State Bar, American Trial
Lawyers Association and the
American Bar Association.
Restrict Area
For Hunting
Effective immediately, hunting
on the property known as the Boil
ing Spring Lakes development
will be limited to one area east of
Highway 87 and another west of
said highway. These areas are
located in sections which are
remotely located and far from
those sections which have been
developed for homesites. This
new ruling has been made neces
sary by the fact that building is
Increasing at a rapid pace and
there is the ever-present danger
of a hunting accident to a property
owner or a member of his family
who is not engaged in the sport
but merely visiting his property.
All property owners are re
quested to obtain a hunting area
(Continued on Page 4)
RAY H. WALTON
Sanitation Code
Still Expanding
By Dr. Frank B. Thomas
N. C. State University
It seems that in any business
someone is going to try to get by
with the least effort, least quality,
or least weight. So, to improve
sanitation all along the pro
cessing channels and to insure
the consumers of best busy for
her dollar, we now have a man
datory meat inspection program.
We can read the handwriting
on the wall quite clearly now.
Poultry and poultry products will
probably be the next industry
providing us with protein foods to
come under the gun. Voluntary
inspection under the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture is now avail
able. Next, this will be moved
into a mandatory program some
time in the near future.
With these indicators and what
has already been said in Con
gress, it appears that fish
and fishery products are cer
tain to follow suit. Our shell- *
fish sanitation program at state
and federal levels has been oper
ating well for many years. How
ever, we see many fishery pro
ducts totally exempt from almost
any standards of sanitation or
quality. Thus, we better start
putting our house in order and get
ready for more, not less, inspec
tion and regulation.
Honestly, it would be nice to
do all this by educational methods
rather than by the regulatory
route. Seems man really never
learns as he should by exam
ple, or from someone else’s
experience. He ends up having
to be regulated.
Voluntary fishery products in
spection is available for several
commodities under the U. S. De
partment of the Interior for those
processing seafoods. It would be
a fine New Year’s resolution if all
in the seafood industry could
dedicate the new year to im
proving their sanitation and their
product quality. If resolutions
like this were a habit we wouldn't
need more regulatory acts on
the books.
If you need help in these areas
start now to prepare.
Shallotte Woman
Chairman For
Heart Campaign
Mrs. Shelby Rourk of Shallotte
has been named 1968 Heart Fund
Chairman for Brunswick county,
It was announced today by Bruns
wick Heart Association President
Edwin S. Clemmons of Supply.
As Heart Fund Chairman, Mrs.
Rourk will supervise the local
association’s 1968 fund raising
activities and will appoint local
community leaders to direct the
various activities planned for the
campaign during Heart Month.
Mrs. Rourk succeeds Mrs.
Freeman E. Hewett of Supply
who s erved as Heart Chairman
for the past three years. Mrs.
Hewett stated she thoroughly en
joyed working for the Heart As
sociation and with the many work
ers throughout the county, but
due to family obligations, she
has resigned as chairman. She
also stated that Mrs. Rourk Is a
wonderful worker and she feels
sure all the co-workers through
out the county will continue their
good work for such a great cause.
Mrs. Rourk has worked with
the Trainable Class at Shallotte
School and as a receptionist for
Dr. John Madison. She Is now
employed as a part-time substi
tute teacher of the local school.
She makes her home In Shallotte
with her two small sons. The
fhmily are members of the Shal
lotte Presbyterian Church.
The local campaign will be car
ried out in conjunction with the
drives of North Carolina and
American Heart Associations,
held each year during February.
Mrs. Rourk said that plans for
the local drive are being formu
lated and leaders and activities
will be announced shortly. She
pointed out that local funds will
go to conduct the Heart Associa
tion’s research, public edu
cation and community service
programs. |
“Heart Disease,” Mrs. Rourk
said, “is still the leading cause
of death In Brunswick, as It is
in the nation and the world. |Las| «
year some 22,000 North Caro*
linlans died as a result of%ar4 t
dlovascular disease. OurHWv*'
Association represents an oppof-\
tunity for every person in BrunA-1
wick to take hand In stamping ol
this killer.”
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Mitchell Pike
Pageant Head
Mitchell Pike has been named
chairman of the forthcoming Miss
Brunswick Pageant sponsored by
the Shallotte Jaycees and in ac
cepting this responsibility Pike
promised to exert every possible
effort to make this the biggest
and best event in history.
This was one of the important
matters of business disposed
during the Christmas and New
Year’s party held Saturday night s
at the Islander Restaurant at I
Ocean Isle Beach.
A meeting of the pageant com- f
mlttee has been set for Thurs- !
day night at the office of Gene f
Blair. All Shallotte Jaycee mem- |
bers are urged to attend thisim- *'
portant planning session. t §
Poses For New Drivers License
Mrs. Frances Milligan Ludum of Supply was one of the first day customers for one
of the new drivers licenses with personal photograph issued at the Shallotte Office of
the Drivers License Examiner. The senior license examiner is shown at the left ope
rating the new camera equipment that is a part of this operation. (Photo by Spencer).
With Your Picture
Driver’s License Change
Beginning January 2 you’ll get
mugged on your driver's license.
The license will cost you more.
But you'll get more for your
moiey. Quicker service, too.
Cine major change in the new
license will be a color photo
gr$>h of yourself dominating the
upier left hand corner of the
twe-by-three laminated license.
ifou will be photographed on
tfjP spot—after you take the
HITitten examination, road test,
and.meet all the other necessary
require merits — and get your
completed license, within a few
minutes. It is produced by the
poloroid process through so
phisticated electronic equipment
which prints your picture and
signature on the document and
seals it in plastic in something
ike two minutes.
Then you fork over $3.25 tor
rour new license, good for four
:;ears.
; Chauffeur's license, will cost
■jou $4.75.
f This is an increase of 75 cents
ter license, calculated to cover
fasts of the pictures and to recti
fy an operating deficit within the
P’ivers' License Examining
pvision of the N. C. Depart
Jbent of Motor Vehicles.
I L. E. Sessoms, the license
examiner who serves Columbus
County, has been thoroughly
trained in the operation of the
iew photographic equipment and
foresees no difficulty in the new
technique.
One critical point, Sessoms
says, is typing the name and ad
dress of the applicant in closely
(Continued 011 Page «.
Time And Tide
tmjbti inuirii<~>ifriif nan nr»iO»i<tuij<
Thirty years ago this week the huge run of shrimp during the past
week was believed to have earned the local boats close to $20,000.
The shrimp had not been caught in abundance in the past day or two,
but the shrimpers were still hopeful for another big week. Usually
the boats had ceased operation after Christmas but they would not
stop until they were sure that the run had passed.
The late Judge E. H. Cranmer announced that he would retire
from his position in the Superior court soon. The announcement
prompted others to run for the position, including the late J. j.
Burney of Wilmington.
The two convicts who were at large in Brunswick county during the
past month finally had been apprehended at Sanford by federal agents.
The two admitted that they were planning another bank robbery after
which they planned to flee the country.
Twenty-five years ago this week robbers entered the Southport
branch of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company but failed to
steal anything. The would-be robbers entered through the window
rumaged through the drawers, but ignored twenty dollars worth
of postage stamps. Their main purpose seemed to be entering the
vault, which they failed to do.
Roy Swain, a young Southport citizen, was installed as Master
of the Pythagoras Lodge. Swain became the youngest person ever
to attain the position in the history of the organization. He was
installed by c. Ed Taylor, the former master.
The Office of Defense Transportation has placed another restric
tion on the public schools. Those within two miles of school had to
walk. The bus could make only four stops each mile, with no
doubling back over bus routes.
Twenty years ago this week menhaden were recognized as the
greatest U.S. money fish. The specie, which is so abundant in
this area, had yielded $10,000,000 during the previous year. To get
this much oil, boats had to catch 900,000,000 menhaden, twenty
per cent of the nations fish caught during the past year. The
sardine on the Pacific coast was formerly the greatest money
fish.
Work on the new teacherage at Waccamaw High School was to
begin soon. The old -teacherage was destroyed by fire, along
with many of the personal possessions of the teachers living there.
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LICENSE EXAMINER L. E. SESSOMS
Register Of Deeds
Gets More Duties
List Winners
For Decorations
In the Christmas decoration
contest sponsored again this year
by the Southport Garden Club here
is a list of winners:
Overall decorations—1st
place, Rev. and Mrs. Robert C.
Childs; 2nd place, Dr. and Mrs.
C. R. Conrad.
Door decorations—1st place,
Mrs. A. E. Huntley; 2nd place,
Mrs. Fred Willing.
Students Hear
Old Graduates
The last two days before
Christmas vacation proved to be
inspirational for juniors and sen
iors in the Brunswick county
schools as former graduates,
home for the Christmas holidays,
returned to their alma mater to
hold seminars to answer ques
tions concerning college life, life
in the Armed Forces and charac
teristics of job experiences for
those about to graduate.
This is the third year that such
programs have been held in the
schools of this county at this sea
son. Each year sees an in
crease in the number of students
returning as well as schools and
occupations represented. School
officials feel that information re
ceived from these youngfolkj-ep
resents all facets of college life,
including some that may not be
deemed essential by college ad
mission officers when they come
to talk with students.
Mrs. Kay Barnes and Mrs.
Irene Hankins, guidance coordi
nators, along with the principals
and teachers of the eight schools
in Brunswick county, would like
to thank all of the former grad
uates for sharing their experi
ences with the students.
Personnel in Register of Deeds
Durwood Clark's office are get
ting busier and busier.
Through recent legislation of
the General Assembly, most
which takes affect with the new
year, Fisher will assume many
new responsibilities.
The new laws affect probate
of instruments (documents),
filing of corporate papers and
handling of jury lists and mar
riage license sales. They also
encourage use of stamps Instead
, of seals by notaries public and
provide for additional income for
Brunswick County through state
excise stamps on real property
transfers.
Register of Deeds already has
ordered a new special stamp
machine after receiving a go
ahead from the county commis
sioners.
The new duties mean that sev
eral new record books and file
cabinets have been added to Fish
er’s courthouse office.
“We’ve tried diligently to
learn the new things we have to
do,” Clark said, ‘‘and 1 think
we've got it worked out.”
The changes were preseeded by
lectures and classes sponsored
by the Institute of Government
and the Register of Deeds Asso
ciation.
Probably the most important
piece of new legislation was the
establishment of the Register of
Deeds office as the filing place
for all corporate documents. This
is one of several duties that was
transferred from the Clerk of
Court’s office.
This new duty alone means that
the register’s office has become
keeper of a number of big books
of corporate registrations.
As the new duties compound
at the beginning of the year.
The new procedures for his
office will include the keeping
of a record of right-of-way plans
for the State Highway Depart
ment. Since last July the High
(Continued on Page t
Hearing Here
Wednesday To
Study Erosion
Congressman Alton Lennon has
arranged for a meeting with the
dorps of Engineers in the Bruns
wick County court house next
Wednesday at 11 a. m.
At this meeting it is hoped to
have a fell explanation and dis
cussion of ihf erosion problems
of the Brund«lc*< county beaches
and the related Navigation prob
lems.
Following is the text of a re
cent letter from Col. Beverly
C. Snow, Jr., to Congressman
Lennon regarding the erosion
situation along the coast of
Brunswick:
“I am happy to furnish you the.
detailed report on the need to
stabilize Lockwoods Folly Inlet
as promised in my letter of 19
December 1967. During recent
weeks I have received a resolu
tion from the Board of County
Commissioners, Brunswick
County, requesting help to pre
vent erosion, a resolution also
from Brunswick County request
ing stabilization of Lockwoods
Folly Inlet and prevention of ero
sion at the east end of Holden
Beach, similar resolutions from
the Town of Bolivia, N. C., and
the Town of Shallotte, N. C.,
and numerous letters from in
terested citizens, local property
owners, and commercial fisher
men—all about the same prob
lems.
“The problem In Brunswick
County Is threefold: severe ero
sion is occurring at all of the
Brunswick County beaches; local
Interests desire stabilization of
Lockwoods Folly Inlet with jet
ties and deepening of the au
thorized channel from 6 feet at
mean-low-water to at least 9
feet, m.l.w.; local property own
ers have complained about
erosion of the mainland along the
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
The first two of these problems
are inextricably related, and the
solution is common to both. The
third problem, though not difficult
to solve from an engineering
viewpoint, will involve large ex
penditures if Federal responsi
bility is established.
"The erosion problem along''
the entire North Carolina coast
was studied under the authority
of Public Law 71 with priority
being given to areas of most ad
vanced erosion and greatest dam
age. The report for the Bruns
wick County beaches recom
mended five projects. These
projects have been authorized by
the Congress and are awaiting ap
propriation of funds for pre
construction planning and con
struction. The protection pro
vided by these projects would
consist of a berm and dune con
structed to an elevation of 20.0
feet, m.s.1., and anchored at each
end with a terminal groin or jetty.
The jetty would serve the dual
purpose of preventing erosion and
of stabilizing the inlet.
“The Lockwoods Folly Inlet
channel is an authorized project
which is maintained to its author
ized depth of 6 feet, m.l.w., with
the side-casting dredge MER
RITT. Previous studies indicate
that there is insufficient com
mercial navigation to justify im
provement of the channel to a
depth of 9 feet, m.l.w., and stabi
lization with jetties, if a review
report of the navigation project
was undertaken, It would require
considerable time with little
chance of justifying the improve
ments desired based on commer
cial interests would be required
to contribute, in cash, one-half
(Continued on Page 4 ’
Tide Table
Following la 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.
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Thursday, January 4,
11:09 A M 5:02 A M
11:33 P M 5:28 P M
Friday, January 5,
11:57 A M 5:40 A M
6:16 P M
Saturday, January 6,
0:21 A M 6:34 A M
12:39 P M 6:58 P M
Sunday, January 7,
1:09 A M 7:28 A M
1:27 P M 7:52 P M
Monday, January 8,
1:57 A M 8:22 A M
2:15 P M 8:40 P M
Tuesday, January 9,
2:51 A M 9:16 A M *
3:09 P M 9:34 P M
Wednesday, January 10,
3:45 A *|. 10:16 A M
I 3:57 P M* 10:22 P M