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VOLUME 39
No. 46
14-Pag«s Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1968
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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