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VOLUME 39
No. 34.
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1968
54 A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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List Doners To
Building Fund
For Library
Preparations are presently
being made to compile the lists
of persons who have contributed
to the construction of the new
Southport-Brunswick County Li
brary in tiie amounts of $100 and
over. This is for the purpose of
ordering the plaques which will
list these persons.
“If we have anyone’s name
wrong, or if names have been
omitted through any error, now
is the time to determine it. It
will be very difficult to correct
any mistakes or omissions af
ter the li sts are sent to the manu
facturer” says Mrs. James M.
Harper, Jr., chairman of the
board of trustees.
“We would like for everyone
concerned to read the following
lists and call us if changes should
be made. Also, If there are
those persons who have intended
to contribute to the construction
and for any reason have failed
to do so we will accept their
contributions and list their names
along with those printed”, added
Mrs. Harper, “although we can
not do this once the lists are final.
Any names received by us through
February 15 will be included.”
In the category of memorials
in the amount of $100.00 the
following names have been list
ed: James F. Clemmons, Sr.;
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Frink; Fel-'
ton Garner; J. A. Gilbert; Arthur
Danvis Harrelson, Jr.; A. Pres
ton Henry; J. L. Henry; Murdoch
Hewett; Mrs. Emma Lou Harrel
son Kistler; Arthur B. LeClerc,
Sr.; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Lennon;
James A. Loughlin; James D.
Loughlin; Joseph J. Loughlin;
Susan Turn stall Loughlin; Mrs.
Catherine Elizabeth Pickerrell;
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Sherrod;
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ed Taylor;
- Waters Thompson; Mrs. Inga To
biason; Mrs. Ida Potter Watson;
C. P. Willetts, Sr.; William Nor
man Williams. Any mispelledor
omitted names should be re
ported.
In the list of individual contri
butions of $100.00 the names are
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Aldridge;
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Barbee,
Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. James C.
Bowman; Dr. and Mrs. Fred M,
Burdette, Jr.; Angelo V. and
Henry G. Catucci; Mrs. D. Stowe
Crouse; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fran
cis; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Har
dee; Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Henry,
Jr.; George Watts Hill; Mr. and
Mrs. Mac Jones; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert L. Jones; Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Jorgenson; Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Kirby; Mr. and Mrs. Or
mond Leggett; Eddie Long; Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Meares; Mr. and
Mrs. Edward L. Oliver, Jr.; Mr.\
and Mrs. R. M. Powell; Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Prevatte; Mr. and Mrs.
Harold St. George; Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Swan; Dr. and Mrs.
Norman Templon, Jr.; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert B. Thompson; Mrs.
Anna H. White; Mr. and Mrs.
Odell Williamson; Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Willing.
In the list of contributors of
$100.00 to $500.00 are Dr. J.
Richard Corbett; Mr. and Mrs.
C. D. Pickerrell and Flank O.
Sherrill. In the category be
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Brief Bits Of
NEWS
WAVE RECRUITER COMING
Navy Recruiter J. B. Helms
says that the WAVE Navy Re
cruiter will be in Wilmington on
February 6.
ATTENDING SCHOOL
Chief of Police Louis Clark
is in Chapel Hill this week attend
ing a three day short course at
the Institute of Government for
police officers.
LIONS TO MEET
The Rev. A. s. Lamm, new
pastor of Southport Baptist
Church, will be the speaker at
the regular meeting of Southport
Lions Club tomoi row (Thursday)
evening at 6:30.
APPLICANTS WANTED
The Long Beach Fire Depart
ment and Rescue Squad will meet
Friday night at the fire station
at which time applications for
membership will be accepted.
Training courses for fire fighting
and first aid will begin in Feb
ruary.
BENEFIT SUPPER
The Waccamaw High School
PTA is sponsoring a supper of
bar-b-que pork and chicken, or
baked ham on Friday from 5 p.m.
through 8 p.rn. at the school cafe
teria. The proceeds will go to
pay for the motor in the school
activity bus. Afterward there will
be a basketball game in the Wac
camaw gym between Nakina In
dians and the Waccamaw Eagles.
DR. REGINALD HAWKINS
Receives Air Medal
First Lt. Leo Richard Orenstein is shown here as he re
ceives the Air Medal from Col. Eugene I. Peterson, com
mander of the U.S. Army Training Center, Ft. Bragg. (U.
S. Army Photo by Pvt. Maurice R. Fliess)
Republicans Name
Sellers Chairman
The Brunswick County Repub
lican Party in their County Con
vention held Saturday at Bolivia
High School elected Dewey Sel
lers of Supply as their new chair
man.
The vote was cast by precinct
delegates, 49 for Sellers and 40
for H. L. Willetts.
In stepping down as chairman
after many years, Mr. Willetts
wished the incoming chairman
every success and extended to
him a promise of his continued
support.
In accepting the position as
county chairman Sellers prom
ised the Republican party of
Brunswick County a new day in
politics.
"One of the first things that
I will strive to accomplish will
be to encourage two or more can
didates to filing for the same of
fice this coming election, thereby
insuring a Republican Primary.’*
He thanked the convention for
electing the "finest Republican
Executive Committee we have
ever had.”
The following officials were
elected to the committee other
than the chairman: Vice-Chair
man, Mrs. Ruby Babson of Free
land; secretary, Town Croek;
Mrs. Frances Key, Southport.
The executive committee
elected includes L. C. Milinor,
Northwest: Charlie Knox, Town
Creek; Gilbert Grissett, Shal
lotte; Raymond Babson, Wac
camaw, J. T. Clemmons, Lock
woods Folly; C. a Caroon,
Smithville.
Southport Man
Receives Medal
First Lt. Leo Richard Oren
stein was awarded the Air Medal
at Ft. Bragg last week for his
service with Company B, 5th Spe
cial Forces Group, 1st Special
Forces, at Pleiku, South Viet
nam.
Presently commander of the
Training Center’s Company E,
6th Battalion, Orenstein is a 1960
graduate of Southport High
School. After attending Wil
mington College, he entered the
U. S. Army in January, 1961,
took Basic Combat Training at Ft.
Jackson, S. C., and received a
commission as second lieutenant
after completion of officer candi
date school.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
Rogers Jr., of Long Beach, he is
a member of Sigma Phi Kappa,
Loyal Order of Moose and Legion
of the Moose.
Previously, Orenstein has re
ceived the Vietnam Campaign
Medal, the Vietnam Service
Medal, the Good Conduct Medal,
the Armed Forces Expeditionary
Medal and the National Defense
Service Medal.
Col. Eugene L. Peterson,
Training Center commander,
presented Orenstein, 24, the Air
Medal during the 6th Battalion
orientation parade.
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Candidate For
At NAACP Meet
Dr. Reginald Hawkins, Char
lotte dentist and candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Governor of North Carolina,
shared the platform with Kelly
M. Alexander, State president of j
the NAACP, at a program at- I
tended by several hundred per- !
sons Sunday afternoon at Bruns- j
wick County High School. i
Presiding over the meeting was j
Eugene M. Gore, president of the i
Brunswick county unit of j
NAACP. The invocation was by j
the Rev. w. S. Davenport, pastor
of Trinity Methodist Church, and |
a welco me was extended by Mayor I
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr. Alexander
was introduced by Mrs. Elizabeth
W. Young and music was fur
nished by Mrs. Ora B. Clemmons,
soloist, and by a choral group.
Mrs. Mary I, Anderson gave a
reading.
Alexander spoke to the large
audience about the progress of
the NAACP, as an organization,
the benefits the Negro has
achieved, and the accomplish
ments and improvements that
still need to be made. He pre
sented questions to the group
that should be answered concern
ing their local government.
These were, among others: Are
Negroes living in good homes?
How many Negroes are in city
government? He stated that “Un
til this is solved, we are not
doing our job at home.” The '
following .challenges were list
ed in order for the Negro to
help make the community a bet
ter place to live: \
Engage in the political arena
(run qualified Negroes for public
office and support the Negro
candidate). Work for equal em
ployment opportunities. Give
children an education because—
“Illiteracy cannot walk beside
education in an equal manner.’'
Get children in best educational
Governor Here
Is Organized ; IS.
Mrs. Leland Massingale of
ShaJlotte, Mrs. Peggy Hood of
Southport and Mrs. James G.
Thompson of Leland, city chair
men, will serve as Campaign
Chairmen of the 1968 Heart Fund
Campaign in their respective
towns, it was announced this week
by Edwin S. Clemmons, president
of the Brunswick Heart Associa
tion. The campaign will be con
ducted throughout February and
wiU have a goal of $2,500.
Clemmons will be assisted by
Mrs. Shelby Rourk as Heart Fluid
Chairman. Announcement also
was made that other citizens will
serve as key committee chair
men in the month-long campaign
to underwrite research, educa
tional and community service
activities of the local Heart As
sociation.
Mrs. Freeman Hewett will
serve as publicity chairman; A.
Earl Milltken publicity and bene
fits chairman; Dr. B. B. Ward,
public education chairman, Dr.
M. H. Rourk, medical chairman;
Aubrey C. Johnston, special gifts
chairman; Mrs. Lena H. Robin
son, secretary and Mr. Johnston
will again serve as treasurer.
“Heart disease,” said Clem
mons, “is still the leading cause
of death in Brunswick county, as
it is in North Carolina and the
nation. Last year in North Caro
lina alone, 23,000 persons died
from cardiovascular disease.
The most effective way the peo
ple of Brunswick can fight this
killer is by contributing to the
Heart Fund.”
New DuPont Plant In Brunswick
F. M. Ackar, manager of the new DePont Plant in Brunswick county, said Thursday
night that construction is running ahead of schedule and predicted that operations
will begin this summer. This is a picture of the new buildings, looking toward the
northeast.
Plant Manager
For DuPont Is
PTA Speaker
F. M. Acker, manager of the
DuPont Plant in Brunswick coun
ty, was the /speaker at the month
ly meeting of the Southport P.T.A.
Thursday night and showed slides
that helped to tell a chapter of
“The DuPont Story”.
Of particular Interest to his
audience was his report that
construction at the plant near
Phoenix is progressing well
ahead of schedule, and he predict
ed that operations will begin there
by late summer. A plant office
building will be ready for use
prior to that time.
Mr. Acker said that a group
of young trainees now is attend
ing Cape Fear Technical In
stitute, getting ready for employ
ment in the new plant, which
will manufacture dacron. He says
another group will, follow this
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..The plant manager said that
60 men comprising key personel
involved in the initial operation
already have moved into the Wil
mington area. "I am sorry to
report that, so far, not one of
them has elected to make his
home in Brunswick county,” Mr.
Acker said.
In; a frank analysis of why this
is t^ue, the plant manager says
that (the problem is the absence
of desirable public school facili
ties jin Brunswick county. He
pointed out that these men have
achieved their position with the
cominy largely as a result of
their jaducation, and they want the
best i educational opportunities
possiple for their own children.
Mr: Acker praised Brunswick
counts' as a place to live and ex
pressed the wish that all of his
key then lived on this side of the
Cape. Fear River where traffic
congestion and trouble with
bridges would not interfere with
work schedules; but he said he
does not expect a great change
in this regard until Brunswick
county citizens enter into a pro
gram to generally upgrade their
public schools.
The plant manager thinks the
site in Northwest township is
ideal and predicts great future
growth. It was apparent that the
suggestions he was making about
the school situation was in the
thought that future DuPont em
ployees will elect to make their
home in Brunswick.
Following the slide program
and the informal talk by Mr.
Acker, he presided over a ques
tion and answer period in which
there was spirited participation.
Time And Tide
It was Wednesday, January 26, 1938, and the cat extermination
program sponsored by the Southport Civic Club had gotten a little
out of hand. Some over-anxious boys had started a private cam
paign against the town pets, armed with air rifles. The Scarlet
Masque Dramatic Club of Southport was to present “The Toper
Tavern” on the local stage soon; and two Southport youths, John
Simmons and Walter Jones, had entered the Wilmington Golden
Gloves boxing tournament.
The Aurora Borealis had made a freak appearance in the skies
over Southport the night before, and local citizens had experienced
some difficulty in radio reception. Floyd Gibbons, noted war
reporter and news commentator, had experienced misfortune in
Southport when his south-bound yacht had been damaged in the
inland waterway. His involuntary visit had been made very pleasant
by local citizens.
Wednesday, January 27, 1943, and Dr. Carl Reynolds, State
health officer, gave some good advice in a somewhat foreboding
statement: “North Carolina has suffered 2,243 cases of polio
since 1918—don’t say it can’t happen here again.” Stoves were
now being rationed. A liberty ship, the 57th to be launched at
the Wilmington yard, had been named for a Revolutionary War
hero and Brunswick county native, General Robert Howe.
During the upcoming semester, three Brunswick county boys
were enrolled in Wake Forest College. They were Harold Aldridge
of Southport and C. C. Hickman and william H. Robbins of Winna
bow. Robbins was on the editorial staff of the school newspaper.
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DuPont Office Building
This is the office building at the Brunswick County Du
Pont Plant, located near Phoenix. It is expected to be
ready for occupancy by early summer.
CP&L Places Order
For Power Units
Carolina Power and Light
Company, which Is studying a nu
clear plant site near Southport,
last week ordered three nuclear
steam electric generating units
from General Electric Company.
If the Brunswick County site
proves suitable, two of the units
will be installed here, said Paul
Colby, vice-president In charge
of CP&L’s operating and en
gineering department.
The three units are 800,000
kilowatts each and represent the
largest single order for
equipment ever placed by CP&L.
The first unit will be placed in
operation in 1973 and the second
in 1974. Installation date for the
third unit has not been set. Be
cause of the length of time it
takes to build a nuclear plant,
CP&L must anticipate the power
needs of its customers several
years in advance.
The growth in the electrical
needs of the CP&L area may be
seen in a comparison of the
company’s Sutton Plant near Wil
mington with the plant under
study in Brunswick County. The
first unit at Sutton was completed
in 1954, and the second in 1955.
Both units have a capacity of
217,000 kilowatts as compared
with the 1,600,000 kilowatt
capacity of the nuclear plant
CP&L is considering in Bruns
wick.
The CP&L order is for three
nuclear reactors that will supply
steam and for three turbine gen
erators which will convert the
steam Into electric energy. Colby
pointed out that part of the equip
ment ordered by CP&L will be
manufactured In the new General
Electric plant under construc
tion near Wilmington, North
Carolina. The combined capacity
of the three nuclear units will be
2,400,000 kilowatts and Is equiva
lent to the total capacity of
CP&L's present generating
plants.
Colby observed that to de
sign nuclear generating plants,
obtain a construction permit
from the Atomic Energy Com
mission and complete the instal
lation requires a minimum of five
years. CP&L presently is build
ing a 700,000 kilowatt nuclear
generating station at its K, B.
Robinson Plant near Hartsville,
South Carolina. Construction on
that unit which will be the first
commercial-size nuclear gener
ating station in the Carolinas is
about 20 percent completed.
By the mid-1970’s, CP&L fore
casts that its customers will be
using twice as much electricity
as today.
Emphasizing that the com
pany’s decision to order
additional nuclear units is based
on economics, Colby said, “We
are installing large, efficient
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More Visitors At
Brunswick Town
The two state historic sites
in this area, Brunswick Town
and Fort Fisher, led the other
nine sites in the state in visitation
in 1967. Fort Fisher visitation
was highest with a total of 143,
808 while Brunswick Town was
second with 73,692. Third was
Town Creek Indian Mound,
located at Mount Giliead, with
62,637.
A slight increase was noted for
the total of all sites in 1967 with
383,878 persons counted. Both
Brunswick Town and Fort Fisher
registered persons from well
over 40 different states and over
one dozen foreign countries.
Visitation has begun to in
crease after a mid-winter slack
with the last two weekends log
ging almost 600 each Sunday
afternoon at Brunswick Town.
CP&L Official
Here Tuesday
Raymond S. Talton of Raleigh,
chief planning engineer for Caro
lina Power and Light Company,
will be the speaker at the Feb
ruary meeting of the Southport
Woman’s Club on Tuesday after
noon at 3 o’clock. In order that
as many persons as possible
may hear him, the meeting will be
open to guests. He will speak
about the proposed nuclear power
plant near Southport which was
announced a few days ago.
Special guests at the meeting
will be newcomers to the South
port area. Mrs. Jack Vermillion,
chairman of the Home Life de
partment, is making an effort to
locate and invite to the meeting
those persons who have moved to
Southport and the beaches whc
would like to meet others who
have also just moved here as
well as those who have lived here
for some time. She is assisted
in this by a committee com
posed of Mrs. A. D. Johnson, Mrs.
C. Ed Royal, Mrs. Betty Smith
and Mrs. Sanford Benfield. A
Newcomers division of the club
has been proposed as a means
of providing enjoyment while new
residents are becoming ac
quainted with their new sur
roundings.
The meeting will be in the Com
munity Building on the garrison
In Southport. Non-club members,
both men and women, will be wel
comed and Mr. Talton will answer
questions concerning the gen
erating plant and its effect on the
immediate area as well as the en
tire county.
Committee To
Study Hospital
Need Organized
Earl Bellamy of Supply was
elected Monday night to serve
as chairman of a 30-man com
mittee to study the needs and to
determine the best method of ap
proach for the construction of
a countywide hospital.
Elected to serve as vice-chair
man was Junior Mills of Leland
and Doug Roycroft of Shallotte
was named Secretary.
These three men are members
of a six-man executive committee
which were chosen by vote of 1
committee members from each
township. The other three mem
bers of this group are L. T. Yas
kell, Smithville township; L. C.
Babson, Waccamaw township; and
Ira D. Butler, Northwest town
ship.
It was agreed the first step is
to get in touch with Mr. William
Henderson of the Medical Care
Commission and to follow his
recommendations as to the
proper steps to be followed.
Following Is a complete list
of members of the committee
which was appointed by the
Brunswick county board of com
missioners:
J. H. Mills, Jr., Leland; Pres
selean Bell, Winnabow; Gilbert •*
Reid, Winnabow; Ernest McGee,
Leland; Foster Mintz, Bolivia;
W. T. Bowen, Freeland; D. P.
Simmons, Ash; Esta Vereen,
Freeland; Mrs. Shirley Ward,
Ash; L. C. Babson, Freeland;
Edward Gore, Shallotte; Dewey t"
Grissett, Shallotte; C. J. Hardy, |
Shallotte; Douglas Raycroft,
Shallotte; J. C. Stanaland, Ash;
Earl Bellamy, Supply; Leo Ful
ford, Supply; W. C. Johns;
Shallotte; Cordis Smith, Sup*
Mack Long, Supply; L D. Butte.
Sr., Leland; E, W. Aycock, Le
land; James F. Clemmons, Le
land; I. M. Corbett, Leland; S. A.
Sue, Leland; James M. Harper,
Jr. Southport; C. B. Caroon,
Southport; Wesley Brown, South
port; Morris Crouch, Bolivia;
W. B. McDougle, Sr., Southport.
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Committee To
Study Relations
Mayor Eugene Tomlinson, Jr.,
and the board of Aldermen of the
city of Southport have appointed a
ten man Human Relations Com
mittee. Elected chairman of the
committee is Eugene W. Gore;
vice-chairman L. T. Yaskell and
co-secretaries Mrs. J. T. Barnes
and Mrs. Phil King. Others
serving on the committee are
Hiram Bellamy, Rev. W. S.
Davenport, Orie Gore, H. G.
McKeithan, John McMillan and
Harry Price.
The Human Relations Com
mittee is working for the better
ment of Southport, the main ob
jectives being to pro mote a deep
er feeling of pride in, and respon
sibility toward, the entire com
munity and all of its people. It is
hoped that through co-operation
of the people of Southport, this
objective can be accomplished.
Education and jobs are two specif
ic objectives of the committee.
Under the direction of the
Human Relations Committee two
projects are being planned by
the student councils of Southport
and Brunswick County High
Schools. On March 13, 14 and
15th, the youth of the community
will actively participate in the
local government. The student
councils will arrange for a
basketball game between the two
high schools.
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, February 1,
3:57 A M 3:40 A M
10:00 PM 4:10 P M
Friday, February 2,
10:33 A M 4:28 A M
10:81 P M 4:52 P M
Saturday, February 3,
11:15 A M 5:10 A M
11:33 P M 5:28 P M
Sunday, February 4,
11:61 A M 5:52 A M
6:10 P M
Monday, February 5,
0:15 A M 6:40 A M
12:33 P M 6:58 P M
Tuesday, February 6,
1:03 A M 7:34 A M
1:21 P M 7:45 P M
Wednesday, February 7,
1:57 A M 8:34 A M
2:15 P M 8:40 P M