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Brunswick County!
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 39
No. 38
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1968
5t A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Mother Of The Year
Mrs. Elizabeth Galloway Robinson of Southport, who was chosen Friday night to
represent this district in the State Mother of the Year competition. This will be held
m Raleigh on March 23. (Photo by Spencer)
Southport Lady
Receives Honor
For Motherhood
Mrs. Elizabeth Galloway
vS Robinson was honored Friday
night when she was named Dis
trict Mother of the Year and be
came eligible for the State con
test, which will be decided in
Raleigh on March 23.
Mrs. Robinson Is the widow of.,
the late G. D. Robinson, well
known commercial fisherman and
law enforcement officer. They
moved to Southport in 1925 from
their old home In the Supply area.
They had four children, Mrs.
E. E. Dye of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Mrs. Ressle R. Whatley and Mrs.
Dorothy R. Gilbert of Southport
and 1. R. Robinson of Asheboro.
Mrs. Whatley is Brunswick Coun
ty Auditor and a prominent 'woman
worker In the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Gilbert Is a member of the
Board of Aldermen for the City
of Southport and operates South
port Florist Shop. Her son is a
graduate of N. C. State Univer
sity and is employed by a textile
manufacturing Arm in Asheboro.
Mrs. Robinson also reared
another child, a foster daughter,
Mrs. Lucy Anderson Avant of
Georgetown, S. C.
The honoree, who is 77 years
of age, lives alone and does all
of her housework. In addition she
assists Mrs. Gilbert in the oper
ation of the florist shop. She is
an active member of Southport
Baptist Church and a member of
the Daughters of America.
The Southport Lions Club was
the sponsoring organization, with
the formal presentation being
made by the Rev. Fred Fordham.
Mrs. H. Foster Mintz of Bolivia
is county chairman for the Moth
er of the Year Award.
Brief Bits Of
'NEWS
SEASON CLOSES
Hie oyster season closes In
the Brunswick county area at
sunset Thursday.
NEW CLOCK
A new clock has been erected
at the corner of Howe Street and
Moore Street in Southport by
members of the woodbine Garden
Club of which Mrs. W. B. Mc
Dougle is president.
BAKE SALE
Members of Woodbine Garden
Club will sponsor a bake sale
Saturday, starting at 9 a.m., next
to the post office. Proceeds will
go to help pay for the new city
clock.
SUNDAY MUSICAL
The public is invited to attend
an anniversary program present
ed by the Junior Choir of st.
James A.M.E. Zion Church Sun
day afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Featured on the program will
be the Young People’s Choir of
the Ephesus and Mt. Zion Church
es of Wilmington, the B.C.H.
Ensemble and High School
Chorus, and the St. James Jun
ior choir.
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JOHN BARBEE
DELMAS BABSON
Candidates File
In County Races
The political waters of Bruns
wick county were disturbed this
week when two candidates filed
for office.
On Tuesday, John L. Barbee,
encumbent Brunswick County
Commissioner, filed for re
election. He has served one term
and during that time served as
chairman of the Board for one
year.
Barbee has worked with dif
ferent groups throughout the
county in trying to promote
growth and progress. He has
also served on the Governor’s
Seashore Commission, Gover
nor’s Study Commission on Pub
lic School System of North Caro
lina and the North Carolina As
sociation of County Commission
ers Committee for Public
Schools. In his announcement
statement, Barbee stated he be
lieves that schools, medical
facilities and better government
are the biggest problems facing
Brunswick county today and that
he will work to improve them.
The second man to make known
his intentions was Del mas Bab
son, chairman of the Brunswick
County Board of Education repre
senting the waccamaw School
District. He announced that he
will seek reelection to this post
which he has held for the past
four years, the last year of
which has been as chairman.
Presbyterians At
Beach Will Meet
The Presbyterian Fellowship
oi the Long Beach area -will
meet Wednesday night at 7:30
o’clock. This is an Informal
group which Is meeting and look
ing toward the establishment of a
Presbyterian Church in the Long
Beach Area.
The first half of the meeting
will be a devotional service.
After this, the group will break
up Into an informal discussion
group to talk over problems and
plans for future work. Coffee
and cold irlnks will be served
for the second half of the ses
sion.
All Presbyterians and others
inclined in that direction are in
vited to attend and to bring their
children. This group will meet
regularly on Wednesday nights.
Southport Man
Receives Medal
Archie L. Potter, Quarter*
master, second class, was re
cently awarded the Antarctica
Service Medal during cere monies
aboard the United States Coast
Guard Cutter Southwind (WAGB
280) at Palmer Station, Antarc
tica. The award may be pre
sented to any member of the
Armed Forces of the United
States who participates in sci
entific, direct support, or ex
ploratory operations on the An
tarctic Continent.
Potter Is presently stationed
aboard Southwind, a large polar
Icebreaker. Southwind has been
operating in Antarctic waters
since December of last year in
support of scientific exploration
and new construction at Palmer
Station, a major U. S. Scientific
Station on the frigid continent.
The 6,000 ton vessel, one of the
Coast Guard’s seven “wind**
class breakers, is part of this
year’s Operation Deep Freeze, an
annual assault on Antarctica for
the purpose of acquiring in
creased scientific knowledge
about this strange land, kingdom
of four-fifths of the world’s ice.
The Antarctica Service award
has been in existence since 1346.
The medal portrays an Antarctica
explorer and the words “Antarc
tica Service” on the one side,
and an outline of the Antarctic
continent superimposed by the
words “Courage, Sacrifice, De
votion” on the reverse. It is
suspended from a ribbon having
a narrow vertical white strip in
the center, with parallel stripes
of deepening shades of blue, be
coming black at the edges.
Potter could qualify for a
bronze star on his medal by
“wintering over” for a year at
the station. He has made it clear,
however, that he intends to be
aboard Southwind when she re
turns to her homeport of Balti
more, Maryland, in May of this
year.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Potter of Southport.
Seek Entries
For Art Show
During Festival
Artists, professional or ama
teur, are invited to make plans
now to enter the Eighth Annual
Southport Arts Festival, spon
sored by the Junior woman’s
Club of Southport. The festival
will be held July 2-4 and will be
a part of the Fourth of July Fes
tival.
Registration of works is plan
ned for June 30. An entry fee
of $2 will be required for the adult
division and will allow an artist
to submit six works with a maxi
mum of two in any category.
The fee for the Junior division
is 50?.
Awards will be given in five
categories: oils, water colors,
graphics, crafts and junior divi
sion. Two purchase awards will
be made. The judge of the show
will choose these paintings. The
purchase awards will be added
to the City Municipal Art Collec
tion now on display in the South
port-Rrunswlck County Public
Library. One purchase award
will be given in oils up to a
"maximum of $175. The other
purchase award will be given in
water colors or graphics up to a
maximum of $75. An additional
purchase or purchases will be
made by the City of Southport
from the entire show in the
amount of $150. These purchases
will also be-added to the'City’s
Municipal Art Collection. Silver
cups and ribbons -will be awarded
to the first place winner in each
category. Second and third place
winners will receive ribbons.
The judge of the show has not
yet been announced.
The festival has attracted thou
sands of visitors during the past
years, and the largest event yet
is anticipated this year. All
artists are urged to submit
works in this Eighth Annual.
Southport Arts Festival.
Those wishing information on
the Festival should contact Mrs.
John Barbee, Southport.
Red Crass Has :
Working Group
Do you want to know what the
county chapter of the Red Cross
has been doing this year? The
annual meeting will be held in
Supply at the Agriculture Build
lng on Tuesday, March 12 at 8
p.m. All board members are
expected to come as well as com
mittee chairmen, announced Mrs.
Mae Barbee, Brunswick Chap
ter Chairman, this week.
The Brunswick County Chap
ter of the Red Cross was or
ganized during the past summer
after being inactive for several
years. Charles Blake, chapter
chairman, said, “The cooper
ation we have received has been
excellent and the progress has
been great. Since reorganiza
tion, Disaster Chairman Lester
Bellows has provided excellent
planning although fortunately it
has not as yet been needed.
Vinton A. Fish, Services to Mili
tary chairman, has actively pro
vided a link between local serv
icemen and their families in time
of emergency.
The Gray Ladies, or Red Cross
Volunteers, led by Mrs. A. H.
Gainey, Jr., have held a train
ing class for new volunteers and
have a helpful group working in
the hospital. Gift bags were
made, filled and sent to service
men in Vietnam by civic clubs
cooperating with the local chap
ter.
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In State Contest
Southport Woman Enters Race
For Lieutenant Governor’s Post
jr Candidate And Her Well-Wishers
Mrs. James.<M. Harper, Jr., who filed Thursday for the Democratic nomination for
Dt. Governor^ North Carolina, was greeted by a band of hearty boosters when she
feturned to H|r home here Friday. These friends and neighbors came in out of the
snow to render an impromptu serenade. This was the scene in the front room of the
Harper hom£, with the candidate standing in the middle of the group. (Photo by
Spencer) -'-J " -
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Favors Schools
I
Magazine Honors
Yaiipon Beach Man
Sports Aftfl, world’s oldest
and largest magazine, has an
nounced the avqardingof Its “Best
In sSate’’ citation to D. K. Chas
tain, local fisherman who resides
at Yaupon Beach. The award con
sists of a sterling silver insig
nia* and a parchment certificate
Commemorating the achieve
feumt.
Mchastaln won the top award for
■orth Carolina by catching a
■lb., 9-oz. Spanish Mackerel,
>the largest taken in the state
during 1967. Chastain caught his
jJtTize fish at Lockwood Folly In
let last September.
Sports Afleld’s state fishing
Lwards program embraces all 50
Hates, and its purpose is to en
courage the catching of fish on
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'Campaign
Diary
I By Mvgvat Harper *
It’s sort of like diving off the high board, if I had had time to
stand there long enough I might have been afraid to Jump. As it
was, I reached the office of the State Board of Elections just at
closing time Thursday. There was no rush nor waiting. I just
told them I wanted to file as a candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for Lt. Governor, paid the fee ajid that was that.
This was in Raleigh, so I went Mrs. Harper’s apartment In
Cameron Village to tell her what J had done. It was typical of
my mother-in-law that she didn’t;go Into shock, but thinks It Is
wonderful, when I reached Durham;, where I spent the night with
my sister Anna, I met with the same enthusiastic response. It just
goes to show you can’t lose as long! as you keep your campaign In
the family!
I went to Greensboro early Friday morning to attend a meeting
of the Board of Directors for North Carolinians for Better Libraries
and ran Into some good rutured kidding from my fellow members
of that organization. I convinced them that this is for real, and I
was very much encouraged to leant that most of them believe I
have a good chance in this race.
The weather report Friday was a frightening thing to a woman
200 miles from home In the middle of the afternoon, but I headed
tor Southport hoping I could stay ahead of the winter storm that
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GROVER GORE
Southport Man
Made Manager
Mel Broughton has announced
the appointment of Grover A.
Gore as his campaign Manager
for Brunswick county.
Gore is a partner in the law
firm of Frink and Gore located
in Southport. The firm also
maintains an office in Shallotte.
Gore is the son of Mr. and
Mrs, Grover R. Gore of Shal
lotte. He is a graduate of Shal
lotte High School, N. C. State
University, and the School of Law,
Wake Forest University, Wins
ton-Salem,
After graduating from N. C.
State University, he served for
some time as farm agent in An
son county. He later entered the
School of Law at Wake Forest
University and became a prac
ticing attorney.
Prior to forming a partner
ship with S. Bunn Frink, Gore
served as house counsel and
later as general counsel for a
corporation located in Rocky
Mount.
Gore is a Mason, a veteran of
the United States Coast Guard, a
Sunday School teacher, and
Chairman of the Board of Dea
cons of the Southport Presby
terian Church. He is married to
the former Marianne Noel Boyd,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
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A citizens meeting at Bolivia
High School Tuesday night ended
on a harmonious note when those
in attendance agreed to support a
School Bond Election based upon
the recommendations of a study
group from the State Department
next month.
The concensus was that when
the recommendations of these
people are made known, the
Brunswick County Board of Edu
cation will ask the commission
ers to call a school bond election
this fail, between the primary
election and the general election.
The probable date will fall about
the middle of September.
E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., chairman
of a group formed to explore the
possibility of going into a school
consolidation program in a coun
ty-wide basis, presided at the
meeting. With him on the state
was Del mas Bab son, chair man of
the Board of Education, George
T. Rourk, chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners, and
George Williams, superintendent
of Brunswick County Schools.
These men fielded questions
during a period at the end of the
program.
The first part of the session
was taken up by Tomlinson in an
explanation of the need for a
bond election to raise money for
consolidated school, for a study
in depth regarding the feasible
location of these schools and for
a detailed report on sources of
revenue with which school bonds
can be retired.
By using current cost figures,
and by using current tax valuation
and collection experiences, to
gether with projected growth In
this latter area, Tomlinson
showed how the more than $2
million can be repaid by the
county with a maximum increase
of 5-cents per hundred dollar
valuation by the time the schools
can be built and occupied.
None of this projection took
Into account any tax benefits
which may accrue to Brunswick
county if Carolina Power and
Light Co. makes a favorable
decision to locate their new nu
clear power plant near Southport.
However W. A. Powell, chair
man of the Brunswick County Re
sources Development Commis
sion, read a letter he had re
ceived from Shearon Harris,
president of CP&L, station the
position of his company with re
gard to taxation for the purpose
of school modernization and Im
provement.
There was some discussion
as to whether It is wise to con
sider a two or a three-school plan
for consolidation, but the final
decision was to leave this In the
hands of the survey team.
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
of Southport filed for the Demo
cratic nomination for the Office
of Lieutenant Governor of North
Carolina Thursday afternoon and
thus became the first woman can
didate for a major state office
in the memory of political pundits
in Raleigh.
This does not Include judge
ships nor congressional races.
The Southport candidate
says that she believes it is time
for a woman to be elected to
(me of the major offices In state
government.
"This is the primary reason
for my decision to enter , this
race,” she said this week. “As
president of the N. C. Council
of women’s Organizations, I
repeatedly urged that qualified
women seek election to public
office. I had kept an eye on the
office of Lieutenant Governor,
and when it appeared that the
one announced candidate would
have no opposition in the primary
I filed Thursday afternoon.”
“1 think this is the time and .
this is the office to test the idea
that there is a place in state
government for women. They
occupy key roles in every other
field of service, including polit
ical party organization. I can
not believe that elective office
on the state level should be re
served for men.”
ivjljl o( nai jjci oaiu uuu otic; lccia
the office of Lieutenant Gover
nor will afford an opportunity to
work actively for education, In
which better schools and expand
ed public library facilities are
major considerations.
“I am not sure that my fath
er, the late C. Ed Taylor, would
approve of my action because he
was a staunch Republican who
served two terms in the General
Assembly,” said. Mr.s^BarBST* ,.,.
“As a matter of fact, when I first
registered it was as an Independ
ent so that I would offend neither
my father nor my husband, who is
a Democrat.” Following the
death of her father in 1944 she
registered as a Democrat.
In addition to serving as head
of the N. C. Council of Women
Organizations Mrs. Harper has
served as president of the N, C.
Federation of Women’s Clubs and
North Carolina Press Women.
She served as a member of the
Governor’s Commission on Li
brary Resources and the
Tercentenary Commission
during the term of GovernorSan
ford, and has been appointed a
member of the N. C. American
Revolution Bicentennial Com
mission by Governor Moore.
Presently she is Vice-Chair
man of North Carolinians for
Better Libraries, a member of
the Board of Trustees of the N. C,
Federation of Women’s Clubs,
chairman of Constitution and By
laws for the General Federation,
and chairman of the Brunswick
Town Nature Trail Committee
for the Garden Club of North
Carolina, Inc.
“I plan to wage an active cam
paign which will cover every
county In the state,” she said,
“and shall, as the campaign pro
gresses, state my position on
questions facing us In North
Carolina. I believe that the
voters have the right to know
where each candidate stands.”
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Tide Table
Following u the tide table
tor Southport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy ot the Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HlOH LOW
.Thursday, February 29
8:« A M 2:34 A M
8:57 F M 2:58 P M
Friday, March 1
9:21 A M 3:16 A M
9:33 P M 3:34 P M
Saturday, March 2
9:57 A M 3:58 A M
10:09 P M 4:10 P M
Sunday, March 8
10:33 A M 4:34 A M
10:45 P M 4:46 P M
Monday, March 4
11:03 A M 5:16 A M
11:27 P M 5:28 P M
Tuesday, Match 5
11:46 A M 5:58 A M
6:10 P M
Wednesday, March 6
0:15 A M 6:46 A M
12:27 PM 6:58 P M