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VOLUME 39
No. 42
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1968
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New President And Award Winner
Roy Stevens, left, was elected president of the Travel Council of North Carolina
and Bill Sharpe, right, won the award as the individual who during the past year has
made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and development of the travel in
dustry in the state. Mrs. Sharpe is shown in the center admiring the clock trophy pre
sented to her husband. (Hugh Morton Photo)
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Brunswick Boy
Off To Chicago
For Conference
Ten North Carolina youngsters
left today (Wednesday) for the
National Youthpower Conference
in Chicago Mar. 27-30. They
will join nearly 200 outstanding
teenagers from across the coun
try in exploring the fascinating
world of food—a program spon
sored by the National Food Con
ference.
The farm youths are: Jerls
Hewett, Brunswick County; Frank
D. Hardin, Transylvania County;
Terry Byrum, Union County;
Gary Davis, Iredell County; Rich
ard W. Hedgepeth, Lenoir County;
Suzanne Thompson, Alamance
County; Yvonne Hunter, Cumber
land County; Georgette McAuley,
Iredell County; Belinda G. Hol
shouser, Rowan County; and
Linda Tussey, Davidson County.
Frank Hardin and Suzanne
Thompson will compete for the
“Top Teen for Youthpower”
award with nominees from all
parts of the country.
The delegates, chosen from
more than 75 North Carolina pro
gram participants, were selected
mostly on the basis of outstanding
project work in the areas of food
nutrition and leadership quali
ties. Projects ranged from
high school diet studies to inter
views with food industry lead
ers.
B. C. Mangum, president of the
N. C. Farm Bureau — the or
ganization which coordinates the
Youthpower program in the state
—paid tribute to the contest win
ners at a banquet in Raleigh last
night. “You are to be commend
ed,” the farm leader said, “for
your effort in preparing winning
entries. Certainly, for that at
tainment and the trip that has
accrued you will be rewarded
throughout your lives.”
Expenses for the three-day
stay in the Windy City are paid
each year by N. C. food and food
related businesses.
Mrs. J. L. Henry
Dies Suddenly
WINNABOW — Mrs. Janie
Jones Henry, 74, of Route 1,
Winnabow, died Saturday at her
residence. She was a native of
Ivanhoe, the daughter of the late
Gaston A. and Thedis Andra
Henry Jones, and was the widow
of John L. Henry, who died in
1957.
Mrs. Henry was the retired
Winnabow postmaster. She
worker in the postoffice 36 years.
She was a member of the Order
of Eastern star and also of New
Hope Presbyterian Church.
Final rites were held Sunday
at 3 p.m. at Zion Methodist
Church by the Revs. Thomas R.
McKay and Robert R. Childs, Jr.,
with burial in the church ceme
tery.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. A. D. Henry, Sr. of Winna
bow and Mrs. D. B. Roberts of
Virginia Beach, Va.
Active pallbearers were A. V.
Phelps, Jr., Charles M. Taylor!
Glenn Eugene Kye, James H.
Galloway, Van Buren Greer and
James Ray Parker. The stewards
of Zion Methodist Church and the
Elders of New Hope Presbyterian
Church served as honorary pall
, bearers.
Stevens President
Sharpe Is Honored
The Travel Council of North
Carolina, Inc., meeting in
Greensboro during the past week
end, elected Roy Stevens presi
dent for the coming year and
honored another part-time resi
dent of Brunswick county with its
of Brunswick county with its
highest award.
The Charles J. Parker Award,
to the individual making outstand
ing contribution to the promotion
and development of the travel
industry in North Carolina, went
to Bill Sharpe, Editor and Pub
lisher of the State Magazine, Ra
leigh, who has devoted most of his
adult life to promoting North
Carolina. In various capacities
during a span of more than three
decades, Mr. Sharpe has carried
the Tar Heel story to literally
millions of travelers. Many of
the imaginative concepts devel
oped during his tenure as di
rector of the State News Bu
reau (now Travel & Promotional
Division) continue to play an im
portant part in the State’s travel
promotional program. He has
maintained a continuing interest
in the travel industry and in
terested hundreds of writers,
editors, photographers and
broadcasters in North Carolina
features.
Past winners ‘of the Parker
award are Hugh M. Morton, Wil
mington, 1964; T. E. Pickard,
Jr., Charlotte, 1965; and Tom
Alexander, Cataloochee Ranch,
Waynesville, 1966.
Stevens is Director of the
Brunswick County Resources
Development Commission and
has been particularly active in
efforts to develop the travel in
dustry in this state.
Elected to serve with him as
central vice-president is Wil
liam McGee of Winston-Salem;
east vice-president Jack Havens,
Tarboro; West vice-president,
Abel M. Girault, Charlotte; and
secretary-treasurer, Richard
Arey of Durham. Glenn Tucker
of Carolina Beach was named a
member of the board of direct
ors.
The G. Lynn Nisbet Award
was made to the Robbins Broth
Pre-Sheeting
For Tobacco
The pre-sheeting plan adopted
by the tobacco industry for the
1968 marketing season provides
that all untied tobacco marketed
in the Carolinas and Virginia
be pre-sheeted in standard
96 x 96 inch sheets.
Under the agreement, grow
ers will furnish enough sheets
for their first delivery of to
bacco to the warehouse. Ware
housemen have agreed to pro
vide enough sheets for one com
plete sale. Buyers have agreed
to purchase a bulk of the sheets
and, within 24 hours following the
purchase of tobacco, will return
to the warehouse an equal number
of sheets.
To provide a service for grow
ers, Tobacco Growers Services
has ordered 600,000 standard
96 x 96 inch sheets which will
be made available to growers
through Farm Supply merchants
throughout South Carolina, North
Carolina, and Virginia. Tobacco
Growers Services is placing the
order so that growers may be
able to obtain their sheets at a
reasonable price.
ers of Blowing Rock—Grover,
Harry and Spencer, for their de
velopment and promotion of
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DIANA MORGAN
JAMES F. CLEMMONS
Two Students
Are Honored
Miss Diana Morgan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Morgan of
Long Beach, and James F. Clem
mons, III, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James F. Clemmons, Jr., of
Leland, have been selected to at
tend Governors’ School this sum
mer.
Diana is a rising junior at
Southport High School. She is
one of forty-nine students who
was chosen in the academic area
of Social Science. James, a
rising Senior at Lincoln High
School, is one of forty-five se
lected to study Natural Science.
This is the sixth summer that
the Governors’ School has been
held in North Carolina. Each
summer around 400 gifted and
talented rising junior or senior
high school students are select
ed to participate in the state
supported enrichment program
on Salem College campus.
Students nominated by their
school faculty and principal this
year, other than the two who were
selected, are Steve Evans,
Waccamaw; Phyllis Williams and
Pamela Corbett, Leland; Donald
Johnson, Bolivia; Esther Hardy
and Roger Gause, Union; Valeria
Mims, Donald Galloway and Pa
tricia Price, Brunswick County
High; Ruth Ann Johnson, South
port High; and Diane Crews,
Carol Usher and Stephen Stallings
of Shallotte.
Campaign For
Lt. Governor
In High Gear
Mrs. Margaret Harper, the
first woman candidate for Lt.
Governor of North Carolina, said
this week that, during her first
month on the campaign trail, she
has encountered no opposition
that appears to be based upon the
fact that she is a woman.
"Strangely enough," she said,
"some of my most substantial
support has come from men."
"There appears to be more in
terest in the things I stand for
and what I propose should be
done about them,” she explained.
"When I tell those I meet that
I am greatly interested in educa
tion, they want to know where I
would propose to get the money
with which to raise teacher pay,
and if l would favor an increase
in taxes."
* ‘ My answer to the pair of ques
tions is that I do not favor an in
crease in taxes. I believe that
the tax base for the State of North
Carolina will support any proj
ected demands without the neces
sity for new taxes."
"Usually someone corn^s up
with the question of how do I feel
about the responsibility of ap
pointing, committees for the State
Senate. I tell them that I would
be in the best position possible
to make committee assignments,
because I will not have made
a single commitment prior to
my election. Many of the
members of the Senate will be
new, as many incumbents are not
running. I shall make the appoint
ments on a basis of finding the
best person for each assign
ment.”
Except for two appearances
each in Charlotte and Greens
boro, Mrs. Harper’s campaign
thus far has been centered chiefly
in eastern North Carolina with
full days spent in Smithfield, Wil
son, Kinston, and Fuquay and
meetings in Chapel Hill, Durham,
and Raleigh. This week, she will
be in Raleigh, Montgomery Coun
ty, and Chapel Hill.
Memorial Gifts
Help Library
Gifts to the equipment fund
received in the past few months
show that the additional $2,000
needed can be raised, is the
opinion of w. L. Aldridge, Proj
ect Agent for the Library Build
ing, who receives and disburses
funds.
"Hardly a day goes by", says
Aldridge, "that we don’t receive
a few dollars here or there, and
it adds up fast.”
A check of his books shows
that Mr. and Mrs. George Lind
ner recently gave $200, while
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jones
joined the $100 Club. D. S.
Peterson of the Fernandina
Shrimp Co. gave $100. Memorial
gifts continue to account for a:
large portion of the contribu
tions, with six recent me
morial donations of $100 each.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Hewett
gave $100 in memory of Mur
doch Hewett; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Sherrod the same amount in
memory of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George S. Sherrod, long
time residents of Long Beach.
William Alvis McKenzie was
honored with a memorial plaque
by his children. Mr. and Mrs.
S. Bunn Frink and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Lennon each gave a sec
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Merchants Learn About Food Stamps
Mrs. Gerald Dowdy of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, is shown here as she
talked Monday to a group of more than 100 Brunswick county merchants about their
participation in a food stamp program which will go into effect in Brunswick county
April 1. (Photo by Spencer)
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Near Southport
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CP&L Continues Site Study
At Greensboro College
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Mrs. fames M. Harper, Jr., of Southport, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor of North
Carolina, is shown left with Mrs. Farrell of Greensboro
as they were about to be seated at the recent Alumni Day
Luncheon at that institution. Mrs. Harper graduated there
in 1937. \
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Brunswick Hosts
District Meeting
Brunswick County officials
were hosts Thursday to a meet
ing of District 3 of the N. C. As
sociation of County Commission
ers. George T. Rourk, chairman
of the Board of Commissioners
Campaign
Diary
By Margaret Harper
Last week I told you about the fabulous day I had in Kinston and
Lenoir county with Dr. Rachel Da iris as my hostess. It set the pace
for the busiest week I have spent thus far in my campaign for Lt.
Governor.
On Tuesday I was in Charlotte for a convention of the N. C. As
sociation, Home for the Aging, during the afternoon and for the
meeting of the Mecklenburg YDC that night. Most of the other candi
dates for major state offices were present and there was television
coverage which I watched later to see if i was on. I was.
On Wednesday I taped 15-minutes for the June Agar TV Snow
over WCTU-TV Charlotte. This program is i.i color and I wish I
could have seen it. It was shown Sunday night.
On Thursday I attended a luncheon of Durham County Democratic
Women at which several members of the Council of State were pres
ent. When she presented me, Mrs. George Miller, who is president,
came flat out and made a campaign speech. Steed High, candidate
for State Treasurer, got up and said if he could get Eula to introduce
him that way he’d sit down.
I made several other important contacts while I was in Durham.
After lunch I left for Wilson to see Mrs. Charles Hubbard. She is
my cousin Mercer Reeves, wife of the pastor of First Methodist
Church. We made some preliminary plans for the next day’s cam
paigning before I went over to the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Swindell
to spend the night.
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for Brunswick county, extended
the welcome and J. B. Stroud of
Duplin county presided over the
session.
Fifty representatives from the
six counties composing the. dis
trict attended. Counties included
were Pender, Sampson, New Han
over, Duplin, Onslow and Bruns
wick. The latter was host coun
ty.
Principal speakers were John
Morrisey, executive director and
L, P. Zackery, assistant execu
tive director of the Association.
Due to the fact that a conven
tion covering several counties
someti mes is faced with the prob
lem of dwelling too long on the
problems of an individual county,
a preliminary session was held
Thursday morning.
At this meeting, persons rep
resenting a single county could
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Pre-School Clinic
Schedule Set
This is the time of year to be
gin getting children ready to enter
school in the fall. The pre-school
clinic will be at Southport High
School at 9 a.m. on Friday. The
following will be required before
the child can be enrolled in
school: certified copy of birth
certificate (obtainable from
Brunswick County Register of
Deeds); official record of im
munizations (diphtheria, whoop
ing cough, tetanus, polio, small
pox, and TBC skin test), obtain
able from the family doctor or
health department; physical
examination (obtainable from the
family doctor or the health de
partment.)
Preliminary construction ac
tivity on Carolina Power and
Light Company’s proposed nu
clear power plant in Brunswick
County could begin early next
year—if everything at the site
proves satisfactory, says P. S,
Colby, vice-president of Oper
ating and Engineering for CP&L.
This tentative schedule is de
pendent on a series of variables,
over some of which CP&L has no
direct control. There are almost
as many “if*s” connected with
the proposed plant today as there
were when it was announced that
the Brunswick site would be con
sidered. f H
Many of the “IPs’* hang on the
site studies.
For the past month crews have
been drilling at the site to study
sub-soil conditions. From the
borings, the foundation engineers
can determine if the site will
support the massive weight of the
plant, and if so, what type of
foundation system will be needed.
In conjunction with the geologic
investigation, seismologists are
working to determine the re
sistivity of the soil to earth
quakes. They are conducting
seismic refraction studies which
relate to the effect of earthquakes
on the earth’s mantle and result
ant effect on the plant proper.
The plant’s safety systems will
be required to withstand the
stress put upon them by seismic
forces.
While sub-soil conditions are
of key importance to the location
of the plant, there are numerous
other factors which are of major
significance relative to plant
location.
Teams of scientists and en
gineers including oceanograph
ers, geologists, hydrologists,
biologists, meteorologists, and
physicists are conducting stu
dies to determine the suitability
of the site in relation to their
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Emphasis Now
On Registration
The Brunswick county voters
registration campaign project
was kicked off by NAACP on
March 11, when Brunswick county
citizens meet and made plans for
voters education and registra
tion.
Area precincts captain were
selected. The duty of each captain
is to contact all eligible voters
in his precinct to see if they are
registered and urge them to
register if they have never reg
istered. This includes all citi
zens who will become 21 years of
age before voting date November
6, 1968.
The meeting was well attended
and interest of the body in this
project was demonstrated when
the captains volunteered their
services.
Points of interest that were
discussed and stressed at this
meeting were the power of the
ballot by Eugene W. Gore, who
told a packed house the time has
come that to use the ballot which
will answer many problems if it is
used wisely.
Precinct organization was ex
plained by H. O. Gore; election
laws by J. A. Francis; George
Frink warned citizens against
using the ballot for personal fi
nancial gain. There was a period
of questions and answers which
proved to be of great interest to
all who were present.
Full Slate Of
Candidates In
County Races
Both parties filed a full slate
of candidates for county office
prior to the filing deadline Friday
but only the Democrats will be
Involved In a primary election cm
a local level.
The Democrats have come up
with contests in the race for
House of Representatives, Regis
ter of Deeds and In five of the
six townships for County Com
missioner. In addition there is a
contest between Democrats in
both the Leland and waccamaw
School Districts for members
of the Board of Education.
Following is a- list of candi
dates, Including those who have
filed for township offices:
For County Commissioners:
Northwest Township—George T.
Rourk and Elmer W.''Aycock,
Democrats; George B. Reedj Re
publican. Town Creek Township
—V. A. Creech, Jr., and J. N.
Lewis, Democrats. Smithville
Township—f. Herbert Swain and
John L. Barbee, Democrat; C. B.
“Cash” Caroon, Republican.
Register of Deeds—Durwood
T. Clark and Mack L. Hewett,
Democrats; Frances Graham
Key, Republican. Lockwood Folly
Township—A. Clemlt Holden and
Glen Williamson, Democrats;
Jerry D. Lewis, Republican.
Shallotte Township—J. M. Mc
Lamb, Glenn Parker and D. B.
Frink, Democrats; W. Douglas
Roycroft, Republican. Wacca
maw Township—Willie D. Ward,
Democrat; Clyde Ramon Bab
son, Republican.
House of Representatives —
A. H. Gainey, Jr., Democrat;
V. A. “Vin” Fish, Republican.
Constables: Northwest Town
ship — Golden Thornton and
George Britt, Democrats; Town
Creek Township—Alex Ganey,
Democrat; Lockwood Folly
Township—Ernest Hewett and
Johnnie Delmore Smith, Demo
crats; Shallotte Township—M. P.
Gray, J. Hermon Osborne, Gus
Bland and Bun Stanley, Demo
crats; Leon Hewett, Republican.
Waccamaw Township — L. L.
Tripp, Democrat; James B. Bab
son, Republican. IV*
Board of Education: Leland
District—Joe N. Gainey and
James G. Thompson, Democrats;
Waccamaw District—Del mas E.
Babson and w. B. Mintz, Demo
crats; Jarvis B. Inman, Republi
can.
Bolivia Youth
Duke Winner
A New Hanover High School
senior, Timothy Wayne McKeith- /
an, was named Wednesday tor
one of 17 Angler B. Duke Schol
arships tor 1968.
McKeithan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kenneth McKeithan
of Bolivia, was selected for the
award from 85 finalists from
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Virginia.
McKeithan, who has indicated
an interest in research bio
chemistry, was first place win
ner in the Chemistry Competi
tion of North Carolina Academic
contest and has also been honor
ed for his studies in French,
biology and physics. Last
summer he attended the National
Science Foundation Summer Sci
ence Institute at Chapel Hill, and
presently he is serving as secre
tary of the treasury at New Han
over High School. In addition,
he is a finalist in the National
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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, March 28,
7:39 AM 1:34 AM
7:51 PM 1:48 PM
Friday, March 29,
8:15 AM 2:18 AM
8:27 PM 2:22 PM
Saturday, March 80,
8:51 AJM 2:52 AM
9:03 PM 2:58 PM
Sunday, March 31,
9:21 AM 3:28 AM
9:33 PM 3:34 PM
Monday, April 1,
9:61 AM 4:04 AM
10:09 PM 4:10 PM
Tuesday, April 2,
10:27 AM 4:48 AM
10:45 PM 4:48 PM
Wednesday, April 3,
11:03 AM 5:28 AM
11:33 PM 5:28 PM