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VOLUME 39
No. 35
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SOUTHPORT, ri C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, I960
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Apartment Building Going Up
This impressive, three-story framework is going up on the waterfront at Long Beach,
next door to the Celia Inn Motel. The building is designed for 10 four-room apart
ments, with bedrooms to be located on the top floor. It is being built by F. & F. In
vestment Corporation of Washington, D. C., and the contractor is Gates Construction
Co. It is expected to be ready for occupancy before the beach season opens this year.
(Photo by Spencer) ^
County Board
Holds Routine
Session Here
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met in session Jan
uary 29, at 7 p.m. in the Board of
Education office.
The board approved the fol
lowing teacher contracts for the
remainder of the 1967-1968
school year: Leland, Lois M.
Williams and Jean H. Bishop;
Lincoln, Sally R. Dudley; Shal
... Jotte, Judy C, Johnson and Shir
ley Skinner; Southport, Susan"
G. Key and Marie Mintz; Wac
camaw, Edward R. Ward.
The board approved a base
ball backstop project at Bolivia
High School to be completed by
local school patrons. Motion
carried.
Mrs. Francis stone, E.S.E.A.
Director, was present and gave
a report to the board concerning
this program being conducted
through several of the county
schools.
The board passed the following
Policy statement: “All teachers
and other personnel employed to
teach adult education classes
shall not devote more than six
hours per week for this purpose. ”
Approval was given the request
from Shallotte High School for two
overnight student trips to be con
ducted with established board
policy for such trips.
The board approved the pur
chase of one 54 passenger bus
to place at the Leland High School
to relieve overcrowded condi
tions. It also approved the pay
ment of $779.07 for the Shallotte
High School Library Project.
On a motion by Norman Bel
lamy, seconded by Arthur J.
Dosher, the board unanimously
passed the following resolution;
“WHEREAS, the Carolina
(Continued on Page 4,
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
barbecue supper
There will be a pork barbe
cue supper at Holy Light Holi
ness Church, Ash, Saturday,
starting at 2 p.m. and serving
as long as necessary. Proceeds
will go to the building fund.
CAMELLIA SHOW
The Tidewater Camellia Club
of Wilmington will sponsor a
Camellia Show on Saturday and
Sunday, February 24-25. It
Will be held In the National Guard
Armory on the Carolina Beach
Road.
CLASSES FOR RESCUE
WORKERS
Classes for members of the
Long Beach Rescue Squad mem
bers will begin February 13 at
7 p.m., with Robert N. Clevenger
serving as instructor. There
still Is time to enroll for this
training.
FESTIVAL BARBECUE
The Fourth of July Festival
Committee is sponsoring a bar
becue dinner on February 24
from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., take-out
only. Plates will be available
at the Southport Fire Station.
It is suggested that tickets be
purchased In advance.
Present Check To Library
Pictured here is Mrs. Gelene Russ, treasurer of Beta
Beta chaper of Alpha Delta Kappa, international honorary
woman educational sorority of Brunswick county, pre
senting C. D. Pickerrell, organization solicitation chair
man for Southport-Brunswick County Library Building
Fund, a check for $100. On Mr. Pickerrells right is Miss
Brightie G. Holden, who is president of the local chapter
of Alpha Delta Kappa. Both ladies are teachers in the
Shallotte High School.
Local Citizens Seek
School Bond Vote
n. giuujj vi l epi eseniauve citi
zens from the Southport, Long
Beach, Boiling Spring Lakes and
Bolivia area met last night in
the courthouse to discuss plans
to take immediate action toward
improving the public schools of
Brunswick county.
As a result of the meeting a
10-member committee, with
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., serving as
chairman and the 11th member,
will seek an early meeting with
members of the board of county
commissioners and members of
the Brunswick County Board of
Education. They propose to ask
for a special school bond election
this summer, with the hope that
construction on new, consolidated
high schools may begin by this
fall.
The meeting was called by
Mayor Tomlinson and was de
signed to have two represen
tatives from the various clubs and
organizations. It was well at
tended and during the early part of
the evening there was frank dis
cussion of educational defi
ciencies in Brunswick county and
of what the cost is, not only in
terms of lost opportunity for
boys and girls who are missing
out on superior educational ad
vantages, but also what it 1s
consisting from the point of a
diminishing economy.
Critical remarks finally were
woven into a decision to seek
prompt, corrective action on the
party of existing constituted au
thorities rather than to explore
any new avenues for relief.
Present at the meeting were
three members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education, each
of whom participated in the gen
eral discussion and promised to
work in every possible way to
create a desirable secondary
educational system for all of
Brunswick county.
Present were Arthur J. Dosh
er, James Thompson and Homer
Holden.
With nominations coming from
the floor, the following commit
tee was named to meet with the
commissioners and board of edu
cation members: W. E. Me
Dougie, sr., Louis Harvell, Ha
rold williams, Rev. Fred Ford
ham, James Hufham, Eugene
Gore, Mrs. Phil King, Mrs. Gib
Barbee, Mrs. Atton Smith, Jr.,
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr. ami
Mayor Tomlinson.
Death Claims
Dr. M. C. Guthrie
Dr. Marshall C. Guthrie, 88,
a former assistant surgeon
general of the Public Health Serv
ice, died last week at Naval
Medical Center In Bethesda. He
had been hospitalized for several
days after suffering a hemor
rhage.
Dr. Guthrie served In the Pub
lic Health Service from 1905 to
1943, and was prominent In health
campaigns to prevent Importation
of disease during the mass immi
gration periods of the early
1900s. He also helped establish
the first system of modern medi
cal services on Indian reserva
tions.
Born in Southport, Dr. Guthrie
attended Trinity College, now
Duke University, and received
his medical degree In 1904 from
the University of North Caro
lina.
Later, Dr. Guthrie worked with
Dr. William Crawford Gorgas,
the PHS researcher who con
quered yellow fever, the primary
stumbling block to construction
of the Panama Canal, when the
Canal finally opened, Dr. Guthrie
went to Balboa in 1914 as the
first commander of the Canal
Zone quarantine station.
From 1940 until his retirement
In 1943, Dr. Guthrie was assistant
surgeon general In charge of the
division of foreign quarantine.
He Is survived by his wife,
Harriet, of the home, two sons,
Associate Surgeon General Eu
gene H. Guthrie, of chevy Chase,
and Marshall Jr., of Wilming
ton, Del., and 10 grandchildren.
Mrs. Roy Robinson of South
port Is a niece of Dr. Guthrie.
Heart Campaign
Has Countyiide
Volunteer Help
A residential canvkss in
Brunswick, giving every family
a personal opportunity fa ad*
vance the fight against thepeart
and blood vessel diseases, il get
ting underway this week jnder
the leadership of Mrs. Sfeelby
Rourk, Shallotte, Brunswick
Heart Chairman.
The residential calls win be
made by volunteer corps through
out the county reaching their high
point on Heart Sunday February
25. It is anticipated that 11 kits
will be turned in by the last of
February.
The Heart volunteers for Shal
lotte: Mrs. Leland Massingale,
City Chairman, E. H. Kirby,
Special Gifts Chairman, Miss
Merle G. Hawes, Business Days
Chairman; Mrs. Audrey Salmon,
Balloon Days Chairman, Mrs.
Geraldine Martin, City School
Chairman, and Mrs. Evelyn
Madison, Heart Sunday Chair
man.
Leland: Mrs. James G. Thomp
son will work the campaign. |
Rural—Klngtown and Exam,
Corbett Y. Coleman; Ash, Mrs.
Bobby Piver; Longwood-Cala
bash, Mrs. W. J. Smith and Mrs.
James B. Causey; Sunset Beach,
Ocean Isle and Gause Landing,
Mrs. Odell Hughes; Shallotte
Point, Mrs. Lillie Williams; Hol
den Beach, Mrs. Shirley Bab son;
Oak Grove, Mrs. Donnie McCall; '
Shell Point, Mrs. Luree Chad
wick; Red Bug, Mrs. Llnwood
Gray; Cedar Grove, Herman
Grlssett; Supply, Mrs. Elaine
Sellers; Mt. Pisgah, Mrs. Mary
Lou Cumbee; Varnamtown, Mrs.
Edd Varnam; Howells Polnt-Len
non’s Cross Roads, Mrs. Joe
Faircloth; Mt. Olive, Mrs. Gynn
Clemmons; Antioch Church, Mrs.
fOoBttaned On Pago MgMj
Mrs. Ward Will
Direct Pageant,
Mrs. Shirley Ward of Dong
wood will serve again this year
as director of the Miss Bruns
wick Pageant, sponsored each
year by the Shallotte Jaycees,
This will be her fourth year at the
head of this project.
Mrs. Ward is a pageant winner
In her own right, having been
Miss Wingate and Miss VFW
of North Carolina. She has served
as a judge in numerous pageants,
including the Miss Bladenboro.
Pageant and the Strawberry Fes
tival Pageant in Chadbourn.
She says that the theme of
this year's Miss Brunswick Pag
eant will be "Romantic Venice"
and to serve with her will be the
following committee: Mitchell
Pike, pageant chairman; Pike and
Jackie Thomas, awards commit
tee; David Gause and Pike, en
tries committee; Mrs. Ward,
Gause, J. P. Lewis and James
Robinson, production; J. T.
Clemmons, publicity committee;
and all of the Shallotte Jaycettes
will serve as hostesses.
Two Killed In Sunday Acddent
A Brunswick county couple, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Henry of Supply, died in this two
car collision in front of their home on U.S. Highway No. 17 shortly after noon Sun
day. Shown here is the car which struck the vehicle driven by Mr. Henry. Neighbors
and passers-by are helping to clear the highway. (Brunswick Beacon Photo)
Sunday Wrecks
Add Three To
Fatality List
Three deaths In two separate
accidents on the highways of
Brunswick County Sunday brought
the fatality total for the year to
four in this county.
Malcolm Jenerette, 29, ofShal
lotte was killed an accident
between Thomasboro and Hick
man’s Crossroads. Carl Henry,
69, and his wife, Mrs. Myrtle
Jackson Henry, 66, were killed
In front of their home, two miles
from Supply on U,S. 17.
The Jenerette fatality occurred
on rural Raved road 1303,at 11:30
whtoi-he tost, control of,Ms
car, ran oaths road, and swerved
Into the path di a car driven by
Eugene Bellamy, 41, of Rt. t,
Supply. is,
Bellamy wast taken to Ocean
View Hospital lb Myrtle Beach
and was listed in critical con
dition.
The second accident occurred
about 2:10 p.m. The Henry car
was coming out of a driveway
on U.S. 17 and pulled into the
path of a car driven by Forest
Ray Tharrington, 20, of Raleigh.
He was taken to New Hanover
Memorial Hospital with a broken
leg.
Passengers In the Tharrington
car were treated and released at
the hospital. They were Donald
Ray Walters, Samuel Nance,
Richard Dillard, and Robert Par
rish, all of Raleigh.
Investigating officers for both
accidents were Troopers G. C.
Howell and G. K. Jones of the
N. C. Highway Patrol. The
troopers said there were no
charges, pending further inves
' tigation.
I
Time And Tide
It was Wednesday, February 2, 1938, and the news had just come
out In The Pilot that Town Creek was the site of the first cotton
growing experiment in North Carolina. This story was borne out by
an article in The State magazine. Plans are underway to re-open
the fish factory located some ten miles upriver from Southport, and
a giant whale, reported to be about 125-feet long, had been sighted
on the shrimping grounds off Southport.
S. B. Frink had just announced his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for state Senator in the upcoming primary. Th«
motor ship Chelsea had burned and sunk above Southport earlier
in the week. The crew members and captain had escaped without
injury. A movement was underway to have a new pontoon bridge
across the Inland Waterway, on the Caswell Beach road; a county
wide debating contest was being planned; and a Southport family
had left,” ... on a week’strip to points of Interest in Florida .. . *»
Times change, and time changes, February 3, 1943, found Lt.
(Jg) S. B. Frink, USCG, had been promoted to the rank of full
lieutenant. Basketball contests between various service groups
were still headline news. The Navy Base officers had defeated
the Oak Island team, though the latter was led by the, "... tall,
speedy, and ambidextrlous Dewey from Oklahoma East Central State
College.” The score remains a mystery.
That Issue of The Pilot carried the news that James Arthur
Ferger had been the first white baby born at Orton Plantation in
fifteen years. Southport Public Library had made several Important
additions to Its list of available books, among these, “The House of
a Thousand Candles,” and "A Dwelling Place of Light”.
"It’s an 111 wind ...” It was February 4, 1948, and such a
wind had been blowing. It was a damp and freezing wind, and the
county roads were Iced over. Telephone and power lines were
down, and no less than three vessels had anchored in the shelter
of Southport harbor. School had been suspended. And, If this wasn’t
enough, local shrimpers had been doing a terrific job of harvesting
menhaden, the schools of these fish being driven to the bottom bv
the cold weather.
The Pilot that week announced the plans of Dr. Thor Johnson,
conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, to build a cot
tage on the Caswell Beach strand. BCT was planning a home-i
coming- highlighted by a basketball game; Barbara Walker Weeks
had become the bride of William M. Hayes, Jr.; and S. a Frink
had announced his candidacy for the Democratic party nomination
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CP&L ENGINEER RAYMOND S. TALTON
Southport Citizens
Hear CP&L Official
Raymond S. Talton, engineer
ing consultant for Carolina Power
and Light Company, was the
speaker at the regular meeting
on Tuesday of the Southport
Woman's Club. Over one hundred
persons were present to hear his
talk on the possible establishment
of a nuclear generating plant in
the Southport area.
Special guests of the club were
newcomers to the area as well
as many interested men who took
advantage of the opportunity to
hear and ask questions concern
ing the proposed plant, other
special guests were teachers
from the local school.
Mr. Talton was introduced by
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
president of the club.
Talton praised the public re
sponse to the recent announce
that this company is exploring
the feasibility of locating a
$200,000,000 plant near South
port.
“I’ve never seen anything like
the community response we've
had in Brunswick county. It’s
the greatest.’'
Talton told the group the river
location near Southport is a na
tural site for such a plant and
that the company “would like
very much to go ahead and develop
it.’’
The speaker used numerous
statistical facts to emphasize the
enormity of this project.
Talton pleased his audience
with one reference to what in
creased tax revenue will do for
the public schools of the county.
In describing the plant, Talton
said it would be dominated by two
concrete cylinders, each 130 feet
in diameter and 190 feet tall.
Walls of concrete would be 3.5
feet thick. These would be the
outer walls of the reactor struc
ture, he said.
Mrs. Jack Vermillion, chair
man of the Home Life depart
ment who was Instrumental In
inviting the newcomers to the
meeting, greeted guests at the
door. Coffee and tea were served
prior to the meeting, with Mrs. <
C. D. Pickerrell, second vice
president, pouring at the tea
table. Hostesses were Mrs.
Bryant Potter, Mrs. A. Dan
Harrelson, Mrs. C. Ed Royal,
Mrs. w. P. Horne, Mrs. A. D.
Johnson, Mrs. Joe Martin and
Mrs. Laura Roughton.
Manager Would
Help Brunswick
Brunswick County would bene
fit substantially if it had a county
manager, according to John Bar
bee, member of the board of
county commissioners, in speak
ing to the public affairs forum at
Southport Presbyterian Church
Sunday evening.
At present most of the county
business is conducted and super
vised by five commissioners who
have full-time occupations of
their own and who cannot devote
full time to county affairs, Barbee
said. It is not that the present
commissioners are inadequate
for the job, but simply that a man
cannot devote full-time to the
county and full-time to his own
job, said Mr. Barbee. For exam
ple, there is no centralized pur
chasing system for the county. If
there were, then things could be
purchased in quantity, saving 2%
or 3% on purchases alone.
A commissioner with a job of
his own just does not have the
time to devote to the Intricate
details Involved in getting many
things done, according to Barbee.
And there are so many details
that the result is the commis
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Fight Against '
Measles To Be i
Conducted Here
Brunswick County has declared
war on red measles.
On February 18 teams of physi
cians, nurses, Grey Ladles, and
other volunteer helpers will un
dertake to administer measles
vaccine to every boy and girl
under the age of 13 who have
not had red measles or have
not already been Immunized
against this disease. J,
This program is sponsored by
the Brunswick county physicians
In cooperation with Brunswick
County Health Department.
Brunswick county Is one of
many to carry on this type of
campaign in North Carolina. Suc
cess Is predicted because parents
have demonstrated In the past
their cooperation with immuniza
tion programs and clinic
sites are situated so that the
campaign can be carried on with
minimum transportation prob
lems.
Red measles Is an unpleasant
experience for a child. The
greater danger, however, is from
secondary infections which are
always serious and can be fatal,
About one of every six children
who have red measles suffer
some type of complication such as
ear trouble, pneumonia or even
encephalitis, which may cause
mental retardation. I.
Effective measles vaccine has
been available generally only
since 1963, when the first li
cense for manufacture was is
sued by the U. S. Food and
Drug Administration. The vac
cine Is thoroughly proved, Is safe,
and it is believed that a single
dose will provide lifetime im
munity against the disease. The
teams that will administer the
vaccine on February 18, will
use modern jet hypospray injec
tors, which use no needles and
are extremely fast.
Measles vaccine will be ad
ministered to all children under
13 years of age who are present
at the Immunization centers at
the hours given In the schedule
and who have a parent present or
consent form signed by their par
ents. Vaccine Is not being offered
to children over 13 because
nine of ten children have had
(Continued On Page Pour)
Will Present
Letter Files
Shearon Harris, president of
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany, will be presented docu
ments of support for the pro
posed nuclear generating facility
near Southport this week by rep
resentatives of the area.
George Rourk, chairman of
the Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners, Mayor E. B.
Tomlinson of Southport and Wil
liam A. Powell, chairman of the
Resources Development Com
mission for Brunswick County,
will deliver the documents to
Mr. Harris in his office Thurs
day morning.
The documents consisting of
official resolutions from govern
mental agencies, municipalities,
civic clubs and organizations plus
letters from various city and
county departments, business
• firms, individuals and churches
were assembled in three large
notebooks entitled “Brunswick
County”, Volumes 1, 2, and 3.
Also included were news articles
and editorials which have ap
peared in local and regional
newspapers since the announce- *
(Oonttauad On Page Eight; *
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished Hue State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the <>H«e Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, February 8,
2:67 A M 8:34 A M
3:15 P M 8:40 P M
Friday, February 8,
3:51 A M 10:34 A M
4:08 Pi M 10:34 P M
Saturday, February 10,
4:45 A U 11:28 A M
5:08 P M 11:28 P M
Sunday, February 11,
5:38 A M 12:15 A M
5:57 P M
Monday, February 12,
6:27 A M 0:16 A M
6:45 P M 12:58 P M
Tuesday, February 13,
7:08 A M 1:04 A M
7:27 P H 1:40 P M
Wednesday, February 14,
7:61 A M 1:46 A M
8:08 P M 2:22 P M