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Brunswick County!
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOLUME 39
No. 37
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1968
54 A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Trinity Methodist Educational Building
Good progress is being made in construction of the new educational building at
Trinity Methodist Church in Southport. New construction, being performed by Miller
Construction Co., of Wilmington, is shown in the foreground. In the background is
the rear of the frame sanctuary and in the left background is the old Methodist par
sonage. (Photo by Spencer).
Measles Innoculation Program
This was the scene at Southport High School gymnasium Sunday during the
measles clinic, conducted throughout Brunswick county by the Health Department,
and aimed at stamping out this dangerous and painful childhood disease. Volunteers
assisted professional health officials in this program. (Photo by Spencer)
Measles Fight
Waged Sunday
In Brunswick
A total of 1206 children In
Brunswick county were lnnocu
lated for measles during an one
day all-out effort to stamp out this
disease Sunday.
The program was conducted by
the Brunswick County Health De
partment and had the coopera
tion of a large group of volun
teers. The State Department was
very well pleased with this re
sponse, saying they figured 1,000
participants would have been a
good record for Brunswick.
Among the volunteers were law
enforcement officers who stood
by with radio communications to
keep each of the clinics in touch
with each other.
A doctor was on duty at each
clinic.
dentist away
Dr. C. R, Conrad will be out
of his office from February 24
to March 2.
ART CLASSES
Registration for Adult Spring
Art Classes will be held at South
port High School on February 27
at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Hester
Donnely will be the instructor.
WILLIAMS SPEAKER
George Williams, superintend
ent of schools for Brunswick
County, will be the speaker at
the public affairs forum at South
port Presbyterian Church Sun
day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Cof
fee will be served and Mr. Wil
liams will speak and answer
questions.
Waccamaw Bank
Honors Nesmith
Authorization of a stock divi
dend, and tribute to a man who
retired after 30 years of service
were among the highlights of the
42nd annual stockholders’ meet
ing of the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Co., in Whiteville Wednes
day.
Youthpower Is
Contest Theme
County winners in the North
Carolina Youthpower Program
were announced this week by Mil
ton Coleman, Assistant Agricul
tural Extension Agent, who was
county coordinator for the pro
gram.
Lynn Hewett and Jeris Hewett
were the girl and boy winners.
Both are students at Shallotte
High School and are actively in
volved in 4-H club work. Lynn’s
projects included a study of egg
production, marketing and con
sumption; planning family meals;
and seafood. Jeris’ projects
included egg production, market
ing, and consumption; the value
and effects of the present Hog
Cholera Eradication Program;
and swine production—producer,
packer and consumer.
As county winners, their
records will be judged in state
competition. At the state level,
ten delegates, five boys and
five girls, will be selected to
attend the National Youthpower
Congress in Chicago, Illinois,
March 27-30.
Youthpower is a non-com
mercial, educational program
sponsored by North Carolia
sponsored by North Carolina
and United States Food Industry
companies and organizations and
the North Carolina Farm Bureau.
A 10 percent stock dividend
will be an added bonus for over
1,600 ' stockholders, and it will
be issued the latter part of March
to stockholders of record Feb.
21, 1968, The bank paid a 20
cents quarterly dividend in 1967,
and a 10-cents per share cash
dividend as an extra payment in
December.
Lawrence R. Bowers, presi
dent and chief executive officer,
said stockholders also approved
amendment to the charter, in
creasing the authorized shares of
common stock from 460,000, and
the stock dividend will give Wac
camaw more than 500,000 shares
outstanding.
The annual report also honored
Ben L. Nesmith Jr., who retired
last month as chairman of the
board of directors, after 30
years’ service, with the last two
chief executive officer.
Nesmith joined the Waccamaw
Bank in 1937 when the Farmers
and Merchants Bank of Tabor
City was purchased. He moved
up through the ranks over the
years, with the Waccamaw enjoy
ing some of its most significant
gains under his leadership.
He began to relinquish his act
ive administrative chores last
August, stepping down as chief
executive officer. Though his act
ive career ended last month with
retirement as chairman, he
will continue in less active roles
with the Waccamaw.
The annual report emphasized
four major areas of progress for
the bank during ’967, and set
forth plans for continued prog
ress in the current year. Ex
pansion and improvement of fa
cilities in nine offices of the 25
in 18 communities, and substan
tial increases in banking activi
ties also were pointed out in the
annual report^
(Continued On Page Eight.;
Planning Grant
Is Received By
City Officials
The City of Southport received
notice last week that a grant of
$9,200. has been approved by
the Federal Government for City
Planning Assistance.
This notice was received by
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, jr.,
from Dan E. Stewart, Jr., di
rector of the North Carolina De
partment of Conservation and
Development. The division of
community planning of the N. C.
Department of Conservation and
Development will assist the City
of Southport and the local zoning
and planning committee in setting
up long range development plan,
ning, which will include such
items as up dating zoning regu
lations, public housing regula
tions, land use and development,
sub-division planning etc.
Approximately two years will
be required to opmplete the work.
Public hearings will be held from
time to time in order that the
citizens of Southport will be kept
informed as to the actual pro
gress being m^de, for any sug
gestions and recommendations
they have to offer, or objections
to any phase [of the planning.
Members of!the local zoning
committee are
Schmidt, Rose >e Davis, E. F.
Gore, and Joe 1 r, Walton,
B. Steele, H. A.
Water Projects
In Good Shape
The effects of the President’s
1969 budget on North Carolina’s
civil works navigation projects
was a major concern of the Navi
gation Committee of the North
Carolina Delegation to the Na
tional Rivers and Harbors Con
gress when it jmet last week in
Raleigh. 1 j
It was the view of tpe commit
tee, expressed by Chairman
Lucius Pullen pf Raleigh, that the
status of the State's' navigation
projects is favorable and^hai no
action tQ.isSfiaiaflfcS-' in
proposed /> appropriations, is *
necessary.
Two projects--the deepening®!,
Cape Fear River channels abdg®
Wilmington and the deepening of
Wilmington Harbor — have, ac*4
cording to Pullen, been finance^,
to completion. Two othei: proj-*
ects—the dredging of the Nortli
East Cape Fear River from Wil-£
mingtofc to Castle Hayae and es-'fc
tablishlnent of a 12-f^ot channel-*
in the Roanoke River between
Williamston and Roanoke Rap
ids—are adequately funded to in-*
sure the normal progress of
studies currently being conducted
by the Corps of Engineers.
In connection with the Cape
Fear above Wilmington project,
the Committee was informed that,
while Federal funds to complete
the project appear assured, con
struction cannot begin until real
estate and other elements of local
cooperation are provided by local
interests. Col. R. J. B. Page,
Chief of the Division of Water
ways and Seashore of the State
Department of Water and Air
Resources, informed the com
mittee that an attempt will be
made to resolve this problem
when the Cape Fear Basin De
velopment Association meets in
Elizabethtown on February 13.
is
CP & L Testing Site
This is part of a rig the S. E. Diamond Drilling Co. is using this week to make the
first of seven test borings near Southport to determine if the soil can provide suffi
cient load-bearing qualities to accommodate the proposed nuclear power plant. The
holes will be from 100 to 600 feet in depth and the borings will be studied by geolo
gists. The operation is expected to last about 6 weeks. The mayor of Southport and
members of the board of county commissioners were on hand to see the first equip
ment unloaded. (Photo by Spencer).
Tree Tunnel
If you live in Southport you ought to recognize this tree tunnel. It is in front of the
old Finch place near the Sawdust Trail intersection where live oak branches span the
highway and where trucks have carved a graceful archway.— (Photo by Spencer),
Engineer To
Redraw Plans
For Station
At a special meeting of the
board of aldermen for the City
of Southport Thursday night Wiley
G. Wells agreed to place in
escrow the sum of $1,000 to be
applied toward the cost of mak
ing structural alterations in a
sewage lift station located near
his home at the end of Lord
Street.
At the conclusion of a lengthy
discussion w. P. Horne made
a motion to have the plans and
specifications for lowering the
(Continued On Pag* Eight i
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Time And Tide
It was February 16, 1938, and it was dead winter. The Pilot
that week, in an attempt to warm everyone’s spirits, ran a picture
of three Southport lovelies (Leila Hubbard, Mercedes watts and
Lois Jane Bussells) decked out in swimming gear, enjoying the warm
water of a Ft. Caswell bath. The fame of the hot springs at the
fort has been spread through the up-state newspapers, and great
numbers of people were coming to enjoy the healthful, refreshing
and warm waters.
The Civic Club was still hard at work trying to invent history;
the N.C.S.U.S.U.S.D. of 1812 was planning to erect a monument
commemorating the American effort in the war of that date (1812);
and the Riegel Paper Company was starting to restore forests with
pine seedlings. A walkway was being planned for the Shallotte
River bridge, which the local school children had to cross twice
daily, and The Pilot had added another feature: “The Saying of
Dorcas, the Philosopher.”
It was Washington’s Birthday, 1943, and a cold spell had hit the
county on Monday. The Rev. R. s. Harrison was, in open meetings
throughout the county, explaining the use of Ration Book 11. There
was to be a county-wide meeting of the AWSOCD, to establish a
local ground observer corps, it was advertised that travel to the
meeting would not be considered pleasure driving.
All Southport motorist had been asked, then told, to black out a
portion of their headlights in accordance with dimout regulations.
Almost eight thousand dollars worth of Series “E” war bonds had
been sold in the county during the last month; Mrs. Ressie Whatley
had held a Valentine party; and the Sunday School classes of South
port were making and selling “warsages.”
It was Wednesday, February 18, 1948, and the North Carolina
Little Symphony had been In the county for three performances. And
they had stayed over long enough to be seen camped all over the
front page of The Pilot that week. One picture was of the conductor,
Dr. Benjamin Swalin, and his wife, another of the entire ensemble
as it appeared to the local audiences.
The Russ food market of Shallotte was offering a prize of mer
chandise to the customer who suggested the best name for the es
(Continued On P«f« rbun"!
School Group To
Meet At Bolivia
A countywide meeting to dis
cuss a school bond election to
finance the construction of three
modern, completed consolidated
schools has been scheduled for
next Tuesday night at Bolivia
High School, and an invitation
has been extended to every in
Memorials To
Cancer Group
The American Cancer Society
has a memorial program which
provides a dignified means for
individuals, businesses or or
ganizations to contribute a me
morial gift as a remembrance
honoring family, friends and
neighbors who have died of can
cer or from other causes.
Living memorial are fitting
tributes to those who have de
parted. It is a memorial con
tribution to the help and hope
of the living. A memorial con
tribution not only expresses the
depth of each and everyone’s
concern, but it is a means of
supporting the research pro
gram which will hasten the day
when cancer will be conquered.
Contributions made in memory
of a friend or a member of the
family are acknowledged by a me
morial card which is sent to the
family and a thank you card to
the donor by the respective area
chairman. Living memorials are
being received the year around
by the American Cancer So
ciety, but many persons find it
an especially appropriate way of
remembering a loved one on
Memorial Day or an anniversary
or birthday.
The Brunswick County Unit of i
the American Cancer Society is
deeply grateful to individuals and
families throughout the county
who are using this special and
practical means of assisting the
society to carry on and increase
the daily fight against cancer
which is leaving few lersons
untouched in the county, one way
or another. Mrs. Floyd Kirby,
Sr., Supply, chairman of Bruns
wick County Memorial Gift Pro
gram, will advise and assist
prospective donors.
terested citizen in Brunswick
county to attend this meeting.
This was the chief develop
ment of a joint meeting of the
Brunswick County Citizens for
Better Schools, members of the
Brunswick County Board of Edu
cation and members of the Board
of County Commissioners held
here Monday night.
This was an open meeting, and
several persons who were not
members of any of these three
groups joined in a discussion of
what had been done and what
should be done to bring the
issue of school improvement be
fore the people at the earliest
possible date.
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., who pre
sided over the meeting, asked
the commissioners if they would
call a bond election this sum
mer if a petition bearing 500
names—not more than 100 of
which are to be from the South
port-Beach area—is presented
to them. They said they would
if the Board of Education rec
ommends this action.
Four members of the Board
of Education said they will make
such a request, but expressed
the hope that a study by the
State Department of Public In
struction will be available be
for such action is taken.
The Tuesday night meeting has
been called in order to call
citizens from all sections of
the county together to consider
the proposition.
An opening statement read by
Chairman Tomlinson clearly sets
forth the objectives of the Bruns
wick County Citizens for Better
School Committee:
“On February 6, some sixty
municipal, civic, and fraternal
leaders from Bolivia, Leland,
Boiling Springs, Yaupon Beach,
Long Beach, and Southport met
to discuss the growing concern
of the county’s schools and how
the apparent needs could best
be met. ,
“We are all aware of recent
statements made by a DuPont
Company official as to why his
staff personnel are not settling in
Brunswick County—unwilling to
subject their children to our
county education program. Some
(Oontinu«d On Page Eight j
Financial Help
For Students
Through PACE
SENCland Community Action,
Inc., has agreed to co-ordinate
the 1968 P.A.C.E. program in
Brunswick county.
This program is designed to
lend financial assistance to needy
students now attending college and
to those planning to attend In
September. A student applying
for this assistance must be ap
proved by the college he or she
is attending or plans to attend.
In order to get this financial
assistance, the strident Is re
quired to work during the summer
months.
If a student Is approved by'
the college, he is asssigned to a
work site, which may be any
non-profit organization, willing
to pay the required matching
share of the student’s wages.
The matching share paid by the
non-profit organization will not
in any case exceed thirty per
cent of the student’s wages.
Last summer 24 college stu
dents from Brunswick county re
ceived financial assistance
through the P.A.C.E. Program.
These students worked at 12
different sites throughout the
county. The agencies participa
ting were Brunswick County
Board of Education, Brunswick
County Health Department, City
of Southport, Dosher Memorial
Hospital, Brunswick County Tax
Office, Ocean Isle Beach, Town
of Long Beach, Brunswick County
Library, A.S.C. Office, Town of j
Shallotte, Brunswick Town His
toric Site and SENCland Com
munity Action, Inc.
P.A..C.E. applications are now
available to needy students plan
ning to attend college this fall,
as well as to those students now
attending college. Application
forms may be secured from the
college’s financial officer, Mrs.
J. T. Barnes and Mrs. Irene
Hankins, counselors for Bruns
(Continued on Page 17
Recognition For:
Southport Girl ?®
Miss Susan White Harr el son,
a student at Peace College in Ra
leigh, has been chosen as one of
four students selected for an in
dependent study program in
freshman English at Peace.
Miss Harrelson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Harrelson
of 206 w. Bay Street in South
port.
The students, who have been
selected on the basis of their
ability to do independent research
in literature, will study the
development of the Oresteia myth
as rendered in dramatic works
by Aeschylus, Eugene O'Neill,
and Jean-Paul Sartre. The spe
cial freshman program which is
being offered for the first time
at Peace, will be directed by Mrs.
Ann Eubanks Reynolds.
The three other students parti
cipating in the course are Susan
Elizabeth Lomax and Anna Mills
Scarborough from Salisbury, and
Bettie Trigg Fontaine from Ra
leigh.
The Southport girl was named
to the Dean's List at Peace Col
lege at the end of the first
semester.
To receive this honor, the
student may make no grade low
er than **B'* on no fewer than
twelve semester hours of col
lege work and have no record of
infringement of the Honor Code
or social regulations during the
school year. ,
Tide Table
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct a nd
were furnished State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, February 22
2:38 A M 8:10 A M
2:61 P M 8:16 P M
Friday, February 23
3:15 A M 10:16 A M
1:03 P M 10:22 P M
Saturday, February 2*
1:51 A M 11:16 A M
5:00 P M 11:28 P M
Sunday, February 25
5:15 A M 12:10 A M
6:03 P Id
Monday, February 26
6:38 A M 0:22 A M
6:57 P M 12:56 P M
Tuesday, February 27
7:27 A M 1:10 A M
7:38 PM 1:10 P M
Wednesday, February 28
8:08 A M 1*2 A M