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VOLUME 39
No. 45.
14-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1968
5i A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Candidate In Morganton
Mrs. Margaret Harper, right, candidate for Lt. Governor, was in Morganton Friday
afternoon for a visit to Western Carolina Center for Retarded Children. She was es
pecially interested in this project since the State Federation of which she was presi
dent has sponsored purchases of playground equipment and other improvements for
WCC. Here Mrs. Harper and members of her party are seated on a piece of equipment,
watching children at play. Left to right, they are Mrs. Jerry Liebhart, Mrs. Marsha
Brown and Richard Parker, director of rehabilitation. (Morganton News-Herald Pho
to)
Southport Lady
Lovering State
In Her Campaign
Anybody who has doubted
whether Mrs. Margaret Harper,
Southport woman who is seeking
the Democratic nomination for
Lt. Governor, was serious about
carrying her campaign into every
section of North Carolina should
have been keeping tab on her
during the past week.
One person who was is Pat
Taylor, her principal opponent,
who met her face to face at a
parade in Union Grove Saturday
morning. That was following two
days in Kings Mountain, Shelby
and Morganton and preceeded
her trip this week to the North
eastern part of the state.
Mrs. Harper spent Monday
night in Elizabeth City, cam
paigned there until noon Tues
day, went to Gatesville, wil
liamston, Winston and Tarboro
before winding up at Murfrees
boro, where she spent the night.
Today (Wednesday) she is in
Woodland and Roanoke Rapids and
tomorrow she will be in War
renton and in Greenville.
She will return to Southport
Thursday night and will attend
events of the Azalea Festival on
Friday and Saturday.
She will set out again Monday
for engagements in Greensboro,
Winston-Salem and Durham.
Mrs. Harper says there has
been an encouraging show of in
terest in her statement that she
will use the office of Lt. Gover
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Brief Bits Of
NEWS
ACTION NIGHT
The Brunswick Baptist Asso
ciation will hold action night
Monday at 7:30 o’clock at Antioch
Baptist Church. The speaker will
be Rev. E. W. Pate.
BENEFIT BARBECUE
The 4th of July Festival Com
mittee will sponsor a barbecue
dinner at the Fire Station start
ing at 11 a. m. on May 4th, elec
tion day. All proceeds will go
to the 4th of July Festival. The
harbecue will be cooked by Edgar
Finch.
THURSDAY CLASS
Classes for applicants for
membership into the U. S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary are being plan
ned, the first of these being
Thursday night at the Southport
Fire Station with Petty Officer
Robert Gatlin teaching a course
In knots and splices.
Princess Grace Aboard Destroyer
Recently when the USS Putnam was on a Mediterran
ean cruise the ship made port in Monaco and Princess
Grace came aboard. When she did Rip Howard, Southport
boy who is a member of the crew of this destroyer, snap
ped the above picture of the former American movie star
and her two children, shown with her. The pilot covers
the waterfront — all over the world!
Tragic Accident
Mars Holiday Here
Tragedy marred the holiday
weekend in the Southport area
when 12-year-old Bruce Stranton
of McCall, S. C., lost his life in a
freak accident while at play on
Long Beach.
He was playing with three
companions in the vicinity of Big
Hill and they had dug a tunnel
into the sand and were crawling
through it. On what was to be
their last excursion, the earth
caved in, pinning the youth in
the sand. One of the boys ran for
help, and in a matter of a few
minutes the boy had been un
covered.
He still was alive, and mem
bers of the Long Beach Rescue
Squad used mouth-to- mouth
respiration and their mechani
cal resuscitator in an attempt to
save him. Finally he was placed
in an ambulance from Gilbert
Funeral Service and was rush
ed to Dosher Memorial Hospital,
where he was dead on arrival.
It was ruled that death was due
to accidental suffocation.
The boy was the son of Col.
and Mrs. Leroy Stranton of Mc
Call, who own a summer cottage
at Long Beach and who were
spending the Easter holidays at
this Brunswick county resort.
His body was taken to McCall
for burial.
Brunswick county Coroner
L. B. Bennett and Long Beach
Police Chief Aubrey Hickman
investigated the accident.
MACK L. HEWETT
Retired Man
Now Candidate
Mack L. Hewett is seeking
the Democratic nomination in
the primary election on May 4
for Register of Deeds. He is
new in politics, having recently
retired from the U.S. Air Force,
having completed over 27 years
in the Armed Forces, a little
over 5 in the Regular Army and
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Crusade For
Cancer Funds
In Progress
Brunswick county citizens are
asked to support the Cancer Cru
sade during the month of April
by contributing when a Crusade
Chairman calls. A permanent
program is maintained in this
county by assisting those in need
of help. Mrs. Richard Conrad of
Southport is service chair man,
assisted by Mrs. Sylvia Kirby of
Supply. A terminal cancer pa
tient needing help may contact
either of these two ladies.
The American Cancer Society
is concerned with educating peo
ple, so that many cases may be
cured. Citizens are urged to
read the "7 Warning Signals”
carefully when a pamphlet is
handed to them by a crusade
worker, and to get a check-up
immediately if any of these signs
exist.
The Cancer Clinic in Wilming
ton is open to citizens of Bruns
wick on Tuesday of each week,
free of charge, for a checkup. The
only requirement is to make an
appointment.
Crusade workers in this coun
ty are Shallotte, Mrs. Frances
West; Shallotte Point, Mrs. Marie
Leonard; Southport, Mrs. Edythe
Smith; Leland, Mrs. Narine Russ;
Winnabow, Mrs. Naomi Henry;
Snow Field, Mrs. Shirley Fra
zier; Woodburn, Mrs. Francis
Poole, Mrs. Goldie Moore, Mrs.
Toie Perry and Mrs. Pat Earnest;
Northwest, Mrs. Mary Sneeden;
Bishop, Mrs, Viola Shew and
Mrs. Linden Jenkins; Maco, Mrs.
Jaunita Scott; Elah, Mrs. Eunice
Gainey; Leland, Mrs. Lois Lewis,
Mrs. Doris Bordeaux, Mrs. Cora
Langdon, Mrs. Catherine Clark
and Mrs. Julia Sellers; Lincoln
High School, Teachers’ Aides;
Holden Beach and Area, Mrs.
John Holden; Supply, Mrs. Kath
leen Parker; Antioch, Mrs.
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Three Receive
Bar Support
VisSj
The Brunswick County Bar As
sociation, meeting at its regular
session on Thursday, passed a
resolution endorsing and en
couraging the citizens of Bruns
wick, Bladen, and Columbus
Counties to vote to elect Ray H.
Walton as one of the judges In
this Judicial District under the
new Court Reform Act establish
ing the District Court System.
The Brunswick County Bar also
passed a resolution endorsing the
candidacy of Chief Judge Ray
mond B. Mallard for re-election
to the North Carolina Court of
Appeals, and the re-election of
Judge Naomi E. Morris as a judge
to the Court of Appeals.
Campaign!
Diary
By Margaret Harper
I stayed at home the first two days of last week and still man
aged to do some campaigning that reached into several sections
of the state. The reason was that the State Board of Water and
Air Resources was holding its April meeting at Yaupon Beach. I
was invited to a reception and dinner for this visiting group of
dignitaries and their wives on Sunday evening at Tradewinds
Restaurant and the following day I visited with the ladles during
their lunch at Southport Restaurant. All of them are interested
in my race for the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor and
want to help. They took brochures back home to distribute.
On Wednesday I headed for the mountains. I flew Piedmont to
Charlotte. Capt. Roy Hobbs was the pilot and I felt like a VIP
when during the trip he came back to the passenger compart
ment to talk to me for a few minutes. This didn’t have anything
to do with my running for office. Roy is the husband of Grace
Hobbs, one of my good friends from the State Federation.
Katherine and Aubrey Mauney met me in Charlotte and took me
to Kings Mountain where I spent the night at their home. Katherine
was my traveling companion when we made the district tour for the
State Federation in 1956-57. She was state president and I was
second vice president. As I look back on lt, this may have been
the beginning of my love for travel all over the State of North
Carolina. On these district tours you really cover the state—and
I’ve made four of them.
At noon the following day I spoke to the Rotary Club in Kings
Mountain and that night I was speaker at the Kiwanis Club. Be
tween times I made a tour of the business district for a visit
to stores and offices, and part of „my time was spent meeting
the employees in a cotton mill.
Thursday night I met with friends and supporters at the Mauney
home, and in the group were friends from other nearby towns,
I was in Shelby at noon Friday for Rotary Club, l saw Henry
Weathers, publisher of The Daily Star, and then was escorted on
a tour of the offices, business places and the Cleveland County
Courthouse.
After luncn Lena Fltz and Grace Liebhardt met me in Shel
by and carried me to Morganton. First I visited Western Caro
lina Center for Retarded Children where I saw progress madeL
since the Federation adopted this as a project during the time I
was President. Later I had J. D. Fitz, publisher of The News
Herald, as my guide for a whirlwind tour of the town, the banks
and the business places. Those of us who know J. D. as the moving
force behind the N. C. Press Association can appreciate what a job
he can do of home-town campaigning.
That night Grace, who long has been prominent in the affairs of
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Ships Ashore
One of the best facilities of the Southport Boat Harbor is the giant crane which can
lift the largest shrimp trawlers from the water and carry them to a place in the park
ing area where their hulls can be scraped and painted and where necessary repairs
can be made prior to the beginning of the fishing season. This is the crowded scene
at the Boat Harbor this week. (Photo by Spencer)
Stock Judging
Team Continues
Has Good Mark
Brunswick County’s 4-H Live
Stock Judging Team placed fourth
in the competitive Livestock
Judging Contest held during the
Lenoir County Meat Animal Show
and Sale. Eighteen teams partic
ipated in the contest which was
held at the Lenoir County Live
stock Arena in Kinston.
Wilson County was the winning
team, followed by Edgecombe
and Greene. The Brunswick
county team scored 736 points
Of a possible 900.
Roy Hewett was the team leader
irt scoring with 257 points out of
a '.possible 300. Jeris Hewett
was second, followed by Kenneth
Hewett and Richard Jones.
On April 10, the Brunswick
team placed third in the Eastern
Carolina Livestock Judging Con
test held in Rocky Mount. Twelve
teams participated in that con
test. Jeris Hewett was the team
leader and third highest individ
ual in the contest. Richard Jones
was second for Brunswick, fol
lowed by Kenneth Hewett and
Roy Hewett.
The next contest in which the
team will participate is April 19
In Durham.
Festival Committee
Members In Session
TERRY L. DUN FORD
Dunford Boy
Is Rated High
Terry L. Dunford, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Stacie A. Dunford of
Southport, has recently com
pleted the five-week Seabee
Direct Procurement Petty Of
ficer Course.
Dunford qualified for the
Seabee program with a rating of
E5 (2nd Class Petty Officer) and
was trained at Gulffcort, Miss.
His training Included the regular
Naval training and also instruc
tion in fire fighting and fire
prevention, and the duties of a
petty officer.
Dunford was graduated from
Southport High School in 1965.
In May, 1967, he received a de
gree in air conditioning and re
frigeration from Fayetteville
Technical Institute.
Dunford is currently in Porhue,
Calif., for six weeks of Advanced
Marine Warfare training, After
the completion of this program he
will be assigned to a unit cur
rently in Vietnam.
Candidate Will
Speak In County
Dr. John P. East, associate
professor of political science at
East Carolina University, will
be the principal speaker at a:
Brunswick County Republican
Rally to be held at Bolivia High
School auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Monday.
Dr. East, a long-time student
of political science and the author
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Realtors Backing
National Program
The Brunswick County Board
of Realtors at their April meet
ing decided on full cooperation
with the “Make America Better"
program of the National
Association of Real Estate
Boards and discussed ways of
applying the program on the local
level.
Every assistance will be given
by the Brunswick County Board of
Realtors to implement the ef
forts of the various agenc'> s
attacking the major problc ais
of jobs, education and housing
in this area.
The Fourth of July Festival
Committee met Monday night to
continue plans for celebration of
this year's event and a decision
was made to sponsor a fund
raising barbecue on the day of
the Primary Election, May 4.
Following is a list of commit
tee members, announced by
Chairman H. A. Schmidt: Finance
committee—Frank Hardy, chair
man; Tom Gilbert, co-chairman;
Lester Lowe, treasurer; Edgar
Finch, Sue Jones, Harold Al
. drtdge, Bill Faulk, Walter Al
dridge, co-chairman; Connie
Young, James Russ, Roma Clem
ent, Ethel Tennan.
Special events—Harold Al
dridge, chairman; C. D. Picker
rell, Jimmy Russ, Ralph Parker.
Floats — Bernice Becraft,
chair mi ^i; Leila Pigott, Betty
Smith, Ethel Tennan, GlldaRog
ers, Marilyn Aldridge.
Transportation—Robert How
ard, chairman, w. C. Jones.
Publicity — Foxy Howard,
Boyce Spencer.
Invitations—Gene Tomlinson.
Traffic control—Chief of Po
lice.
Reservations and Booths—Dot
Gilbert.
Parade—Billy Dosher and
Charles Trott.
Program—Roy Stevens. '
It is urgently requested that
any church or any civic organiza
tion wishing to operate a re
freshment stand during the South
port 4th of July Festival this year,
contact Mrs. J. A. Gilbert imme
diately. when making a request,
please inform Mrs. Gilbert as
to what organization is spon
soring the stand and what loca
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Woodrow Taylor
In New Position
A. Woodrow Taylor, assistant
superintendent of Richmond
County Schools, has been elected
as the new superintendent of the
consolidated schools of Hender
son and Vance County, Chairman
George T. Wilson, of the interim
county board, announced.
He will assume his duties as
of July 1.
Voters in the city and county
approved the city-county merger
in an election last year, with the
change to take place at the time
the new superintendent assumes
his duties.
Taylor is a resident of Rock
ingham, and formerly was super
intendent of the Hamlet city
schools until the city-county
merger a year ago, and since
that time has been assistant
superintendent.
Taylor is a native of Grifton
and is 51. He graduated from
the high school there and received
a Bachelor of Science degree
from Atlantic Christian College
and Master’s Degree from the
University of North Carolina.
He taught science and history
and coached at Kenansville High
School in Duplin County and later
was principal. He has also
served as principal at Creedmoor
and Ahoskie and for two years
was county superintendent in
Brunswick County.
He has held numerous con
nections in educational work.
Taylor is married and he and his
family are Presbyterians. He is
a world War n veteran.
Summary Shows
Busy Schedule
In Health Work
The following Is a summary of
the Brunswick County Health De
partment activities for the quar
ter ending March 31:
The section concerned with the
control of communicable dis
eases reports 274 Immuniza
tions for diphtheria, whooping
cough and tetanus combined, 39
for diphtheria and tetanus and
30 for tetanus alone. Also, there
were 165 immunizations for
polio, 87 for smallpox and 1171
for measles.
There were two new cases
of tuberculosis reported and a
total of 40 X-rays. There were
39 visits to patients, contacts
and suspected cases. 211 tuber
culin tests were given. Of these,
197 were negative and 14 were
positive.
The child health section re
ported 62 visits by infants to
pediatric clinics and 10 nursing
visits to infants. 160 children
visited pediatric clinics and 59
other children were visited by
nurses.
Vital statistic reports show
there were 37 birth certificates
received and processed, while
44 death certificates were simi
larly accepted. There was one
stillbirth certificate, four infant
deaths reported before the age of
one month and another before the
age of one year.
The laboratory services report
38 water samples collected for
analysis. There were 123 nega
tive fece specimens, 3 positive
which indicated hookworm and 4
positive for other reasons. 285
blood tests were given—145 were t
S.T.S., 140 were hemoglobin.
There were also 140 pap smears
taken and 141 urinalyses.
The other health depart mei
program reports show that there
were 69 health certificates is
sued, seven hookworm treat
ments given and 14 treatments
for other reasons.
In the general sanitation sec
tion the reported revealed that
there were eight schools under
the health department but there
was no specific mention of Jhi/ ,
number of visits made to b. se
schools. Also, there were 11
inspections of water supplies.
Eight were approved.
WSCS Meeting
Planned Here
All women of the Methodist
Church are urged to attend the
Brunswick County Sub-District
meeting of the WSCS on Sunday,
April 28, at Trinity Methodist
Church, Southport.
Mrs. James C. Murdock of
Wilmington, who is president of
the Wilmington District of the
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service, will be guest speaker.
The agenda for the meeting in
cludes the election of sub-district
officers. The format of the or
ganization and the duties of the
officers has been changed to meet
the requirements of the United
Methodist Church. An explana
tion of the changes, and instruc
tion to the incoming officers will
be made.
The United Methodist Church
will be formed this year by the
merger of the World wide Metho
dist Church and the Evangelical
United Brethern Church.
pTide Table
I Following is the tide table
I (or Southport during the
I week. These hours are ap
I proximateiy correct and
I were furnished The State
I Port Pilot through the
I courtesy of the Cape Fear
I Pilot’s Association.
j HIGH LOW
| Thursday, April 18,
6:28 A M
12:21 P M 6:34 P M
Friday, April 19,
1:08 AM 7:28 A M
1.27 P 1C 7:40 P M
1 Saturday, April 20,
2:03 A M 8:34 A M
2:33 P M 8:52 P M
Sunday, April 21,
3:09 A M 9:34 A M
3:39 P M 9:52 P M
Monday, April 22,
4:03 A M 10:28 A M
4:33 P M 10:52 P M
Tuesday, April 23,
4:57 A M 11:18 A M *
5:21 P M 11:40 P M
Wednesday, April 24,
5:45 A M 11:58 A M
6:03 P M