The Pilot Covers Brunswick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time VOLUME 39 No. 46 14-Pag«s Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1968 Si A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Testing For Pollution These two trailers are parked near the Southport Boat Harbor while a team of scien tists test sample of water taken from the Cape Fear for pollution. This is an opera tion being carried out by the U.S. Department of the Interior Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. (Photo by Spencer) New Head For ArmyEngineers In Wilmington The Department of the Army has announced that Lt. Col. Paul S. Denison who has been selected tor promotion to Colonel will assume the duties of District Engineer for the Wilmington Dis trict, U.S. Army Corps of Engi neers, some time this summer. Col. Denison will succeed Col. Beverly C. Snow, Jr., who is scheduled for reassignment, hav ing served as Wilmington District Engineer since June 29, 1965. The normal tour of duty is ap proximately three years. Col. Snow's new assignment has not yet been announced by the Department of the Army. Col. Denison is currently as signed to the Installations Di rectorate in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logis tics on the Department of the Army staff in Washington, D.C. As Wilmington District Engineer he will be responsible for water resource development and re lated civil works activities in eastern North Carolina and south-central Virginia. Colonel Denison, a native Vir ginian, enlisted in the Army in Sept., 1942. He served in both the European and Pacific theaters and attained the rank of Sergeant before being commissioned as a 2d Lt. upon completion of Engi neer OCS on June 14, 1944. In 1947 Col. Denison completed his undergraduate education, re ceiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineer ing from Auburn University. After serving tours in Korea, Japan, the United States and Ger many, Col. Denison continued his education receiving his Masters Degree in Civil Engineering at A &M College of Texas in 1957. Brief Bits Of \ NEWS PTA MEETING The Southport P.T.A. will meet Friday night at 7:30 o'clock at the Southport High School audi torium. New officers will be elected at this time. The program will be given by the Southport High School Glee Club. YARD OF MONTH The Southport Garden Club has voted The Yard of The Month award to Dr. and Mrs. Richard Conrad. They live on the south east corner of Moore Street and Atlantic Avenue. b,~:;efit dinner Members of the Town Creek Rescue Squad will serve a bar becue or flounder dinner on May 4, starting at 11 o’clock. The location will be at the junction of Highway No. 17-87 and pro ceeds will go to the Rescue Squad. INFORMATION ON FLOATS Mrs. Bernice Becraft, chair man of the float committee for the 1968 Fourth of July Festival, has requested that anyone wish ing to enter a float in this years parade contact her, as soon as possible. She is in direct con tact with a float company which furnishes the completed floats for the parade. NEED INSPECTORS Twenty position vacancies for Surveillance Inspector, W-07, $2.65 per hour at the Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, Southport. No specific length of experience is required but appli cants must show enough compe tence in specific job elements to perform the duties of the position. Complete information and forms necessary for filing may be ob tained at the Personnel Office, Wilmington. Father And Son Partners Woodrow W. Maynor, left, and his son, Jerry Maynor, right, are partners in the operation of the new Super Market of Burlington outlet at Long Beach, which is hold ing its Grand Opening this week. (Photo by Spencer) New Super Market Opens At Beach A father and son business team that got its successful start in Burlington has opened up a new supermarket at Long Beach. Ap propriately enough, the name of the new firm is Super Market of Burlington. The partners are Woodrow W. Mayner and his son, Jerry May ner. This is their second store, and according to present plans Jerry and his wife will live at Long Beach and will operate the new unit. The idea for the new store at Long Beach resulted from a visit to that resort three years ago by Jerry and Mrs. Mayner. They purchased a lot, built a home and decided that not only would this be a fine place to live, it also appeared to be a good loca tion for a new business like the one he and his father had in Bur lington. Last summer the deci sion was made to build the new store in time for operation this season. The elder Mr. Mayner worked' for several years for A & P in the meat department before de ciding in 1964 to go into busi (Continued on Page 4) Judging Team Places First Brunswick County’s 4-H Live stock Judging Team has the motto of “If at first you don’t succeed, try again”! It paid off at the jun ior Livestock Show and Sale held Friday, April 19 in Durham, N. C. The team placed first in the Live stock Judging Contest. On three previous occasions, the team placed second, third, and fourth respectively. “The victory was won the hard way”, said Milton Coleman, As sistant Agricultural Extension Agent. “Only three members of the team were able to partici pate.” Therefore, each man had to maintain a good score. And that is what happened as Hoy Hewett was high scoring in dividual in the contest with 256 points of a 300 maximum. Rich aid Jones was the second highest scorer in the contest with 249. Kenneth Hewett socred 234 and ranked eighth in the contest. A total of 13 teams partici pated in the contest. Several of the teams had placed above the Brunswick team in previous con tests. Dr. John P. East, associate professor of political science at East Carolina University and Re publican candidate for the office of Secretary of State for North Carolina, was the speaker at a Republican Rally at Bolivia. The meeting was presided over by Dewey Sellers, chairman of the Republican Executive Committee for Brunswick County. MYF Planning Rummage Sale A rummage sale sponsored by the MYF of Trinity Methodist Church of Southport will be held on Saturday, May 4. Items rang ing from the usual to the unique will be on display between the post office and Leggett’s from 8:30 Saturday morning until each of these bargains is sold. The proceeds from the rummage sale will be used by the MYF to buy special furnishings for the new Fellowship Hall of Trinity Church which is currently under con struction. Under the chairmanship of Jon Jones, plans for this sale are progressing smoothly. The col lection of sale items is being handled by Pat and Mike Parker. Rodney Melton is In charge of all clean-up operations both be fore and after the sale. Renee Horne will oversee the organiza tion and arrange ment of this array of merchandise. MYF members will work in shifts to serve all customers and will be directed (Continued on Pago 4) Marine Study Advisory Board Members Named Governor Moore announced to day the appointment of a three man advisory committee to rep resent North Carolina In a three state study of marine resources being undertaken by the Coastal Plains Regional Commission. The three-man committee In cludes: Dr, C. E. Bishop, vice president for public service, uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dan E. Stewart, director, State Department of Conservation and Development, and J. c. Eagles, Jr., of Wilson. The three North Carolina representatives will be Joined by a similar number of appoin tees to the committee from South Carolina and Georgia. They will assist the Coastal Plains Region al Commission In studying and formulating a specific plan for the economic development of marine resources. Marine resources is part of a five-point economic development program being carried out by the Commission In a 159-county area of North Carolina, South Caro lina and Georgia. Other concen trated studies will be made in ..tourist Industries, industrial “development, agricultural re sources and manpower training. Governor Moore said the com mittee would work closely with consultants who are to be re tained by the Commission for the concentrated study of all aspects of marine resources in the coastal region. Marine resources were chosen for- concentrated study In the three states because of the poten tial they hold in the overall . development of the region. Full development of the more tra (Continued on Page 4) Prominent Man Dies Tuesday Capt. John F, Potter, one of the best known men on the South port waterfront, died Tuesday night at Dosher Memorial Hos pital after a length:' illness. He was 84 years of age. A son, Robert Monroe Potter, died last week in the same hos pital. The deceased followed the sea all of his life and lived with his family in their home overlooking the old Southport Yacht Basin. He was an active member of Southport Baptist Church and of the Pythagoras Lodge. Funeral services will be con ducted Thursday afternoon at 3;30 from the Baptist Church with the Rev. A. S. Lamm in charge. Burial will follow in Northwood Cemetery. Members of Pytha goras Lodge will serve as pall bearers. Campaign Diary By Margaret Harper What a week! I left home Monday morning for Elizabeth City where I got up with Bess Culpepper, energetic woman’s editor for The Daily Advance, and found that she had made arrangements for me to speak that night to the Elizabeth City Lions Club. I spent the night at the Holiday Inn where they had a sign on the marquee saying "Welcome Margaret Harper.” The Innkeeper said "Just remem ber highway 17 when you’re elected.” The next morning Joe and Ann Lamb were my hosts at a coffee hour at the motel dining room, after which Bess took me in tow for a hand-shaking trip to the courthouse and city hall in Elizabeth City. Frank Roberts interviewed me for a story in The Virginian Pilot. At noon I met Jay Porter in Gatesville where a group of ladies had set up a refreshment table in the lobby of the Gates County Courthouse. After meeting and talking with voters there we went to Winton where Judge Rudolph Mintz was holding court. I ar rived during a break in court proceedings so I had an opportunity to speak to him and to meet attorneys and court officials as well as many citizens who were there to attend court. Jay Porter is a former second vice president of the State Fed eration, so she is accustomed to travel. We headed for Murfrees boro and the home of Dorothy Brown, another goo friend from the Federation. The Woman’s Club was meeting with her, so I was among friends during a brief visit there. Then Jay and I drove over to Windsor where Elizabeth Bond took charge and introduced me to friends and business men about the town. That didn’t last long either, for we had to be in Tarboro in time for a dinner meeting with the Woman’s Club at 7 o’clock. I spoke briefly, again to a group which included many friends. Jay and I left Tarboro and drove to Murfreesboro to spend the night at Holloman’s Motel, which is owned and operated by An nette Holloman, who was president of the Murfreesboro Woman’s Club when I was State President. On Wednesday morning Jay and I visited downtown Murfrees boro before going by Severn for a trip through a peanut processing plant. We also visited in Conway before arriving at Woodland in time for lunch at the Quaker House with the Democratic Women of Hertford County. This is the famous establishment that was built and operated for many years by Carey and Hannah Reece, former residents of (Oootlnuad on Pag* 4 Canadian Warship Arrives This is HMCS Margaree as she arrived Thursday at the Cape Fear River bar as she prepared to make her way upstream to Wilmington where she was one of the Azalea Festival attractions. Her streamlined appearance made a pretty sight as she slid through the Southport Harbor. (Photo by Spencer) Tuesday Wreck Causes Death On Highway 133 A Laurlnburg man became Brunswick county's fifth high way traffic victim of the year as a result of a head-on collision between an automobile and a truck Tuesday night. Edgar Vestal Holcomb, Jr., of Laurlnburg was instantly kill ed when his late model car was struck headon by a truck owned by McMillan Cameron Co, of Wilmington and driven by Wil liam F. Sidbury. 67, of Wil mington, according to C. R. Jones, investigating officer." The accident occurred on High way No. 133 about 12 miles from Southport. Jones said the truck ran off the right side of the highway, traveled 183 feet, went back across the highway, slid 45 feet with the right wheels off the right shoulder of the highway and struck the Holcomb car headon. Sidbury was admitted to the hospital where he is listed in serious condition. Donald L. Todd also of Wil mington and a passenger in the truck was treated and released at New Hanover Memorial Hos pital. No charges have been made pending further investigation, Jones said. Candidate In Clinton Mrs. Margaret Harper, center, candidate for Lt. Gover nor, is shown here as she attended a recent meeting of Sampson County Democratic Women in Clinton. On the left is Mrs. Preston Edsel of Raleigh, speaker for the oc casion. On the right is Mrs. Mae Troublefield, president of the host organization. (Photo Courtesy Sampsonian). Making Plans Now For Head Start DURWOOD T. CLARK Clark Hopes To Be Reelected Durwood Clark is one of the two candidates for the Demo cratic nomination for Register of Deeds in the May Primary as he seeks reelection to the office which he has held since Decem ber, 1960. Prior to that he had served for two terms as a member of the Board of Commissioners for Brunswick county. This was back in the days when this was a three man board. Clark says that during his years of service as Register of Deeds two important things have happened. First, the work load has shown a constant Increase as real estate sales have boomed (Continued oa Pace *) Alvin C, Caviness, principal of Brunswick County High School, will serve as director of the Head Start program in South port this summer. “The basic purpose of the Head Start program is to break the vicious cycle that makes chil dren' of low income families even tually into poverty parents,” the director said this week. Head Start is designed to meet the needs of the children through attention and affection by tending to medical needs of the children that drain their energy; by open ing their minds to the world of knowledge by means of both actual and vicarious experiences by encouraging self-expression, self-confidence, self-discipline and curiosity; and helping the child's emotional and social de velopment. The Summer Head start pro gram is scheduled to get under way June 17. Children of the ages of five and six who will be entering the first grade next school term are eligible to en roll, and an appeal is made to all parents who have children who qualify to get a Pre-regis tration blank from the principal of the school, complete it and get it back to the principal as soon as possible, as the summer roster of pupils is presently be ing made up. “Feeling that all parents of Brunswick County are interested in helping to give all of our little beginners a real Head Start, 1 know that I can depend upon all of you to render some volunteer services, if called upon, and will cooperate to help achieve the basic goals of the program,” said the director. “Be sure to complete all phases of the Pre-Registration blank, as this is most important for the records,” Caviness said. Lady Candidate . Continues Her State Campaign Mrs. Margaret Harper, South port woman who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor, declared this week that she has been surprised to learn that no woman has served as a member of the State Board of Education since the middle forties. "This is an unrealistic situa tion which we have permitted to exist in our state government," Mrs. Harper said. "There are more than 52,000 persons em ployed in teaching and super visory roles in our public scho ols. Of these, more than 75 percent are women. All of the students are children. I- cannot think of another place in State Government where there is a more important need for a wo - man to serve." Mrs. Harper points out that one of the most Important duties of the Lt. Governor is as. an ex-officio member - of the State Board of Education. "I would consider this one of my more serious responsib ilities if I am elected," declar ed Mrs. Harper, "and I promise to attend meetings of this Board. I would hope to use Informa tion I gain as a board member to help provide effective leader ship in the State Senate for the cause of public education," Mrs. Harper continues her campaign on a statewide level this week with meetings in Dur ham on Monday, Winston-Salem on Tuesday, Raleigh on Wednes (Continued On Page Pouri Library Study Meeting Friday A public hearing for an eleven county region surrounding Lum berton will be held there Friday by the Legislative Commission to Study Library Support in the State of North Carolina. The commission, compot*:>i>' t four legislators and one laym&’t, was created by the 1967 General Assembly to seek better ways of financing public libraries all over the State. State Senator Hector MacLean of Lumberton, a member of the Commission, said the hear is s£ will be held In the board room c; the Southern National Bank build ing at 2 p.m. MacLean said the Commission will welcome remarks from li brary-interested citizens from the following counties: Anson, Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, New Han over, Pender, Richmond, Robe son and Scotland. Special invitations to attend the hearing have been sent to State legislators and city and county government officials in the eleven counties, MacLean said. The hearing will be the fourth in a series of public meetings being held by the Commission at various towns around the State. Earlier sessions were in Greensboro, Elizabeth City and Goldsboro. A fifth hearing will be held in Asheville in May. Commission members in addi tion to MacLean are Senator Mary Faye Brumby of Murphy, Representatives Thomas E. Strickland of Goldsboro and Charles W. Phillips of Greens boro, and Chairman David Stick of Kitty Hawk, the appointee of Governor Dan Moore. Tide Table I Following Is the tide table I (or Southport during the I week. These hours are ap I proximately correct and I were furnished The State I Port Pilot through the I courtesy of the Gape Fear I Pilot’s Association. HIGH U>W Thursday, April 25, 6:27 A M 0:28 A M 6:45 P M 12:34 P M Friday, April 26, 7:09 A M 1:10 A M 7:21 P M 1:16 P M Saturday, April 21, 7:45 A M 1:46 A M 7:57 PM 1:52 PM Sunday, April 28, 8:15 A M 2:28 A M 8:33 P M 2:28 P M Monday, April 29, 8:51 A M 3:04 A M 9:09 P M 3:04 P M Tuesday, April 30, 9:21 A M 3:40 A M 9:39 P M 3:40 P M Wednesday, May 1, 9:57 A M 4:22 A M 10:15 P M 4:16 P M