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VOLUME 39
No. 48
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 8, 1968
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Shallotte
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Annual Flower
Show Planned
Here Saturday "
The Southport Garden Club and
Southport Woman’s Club urges
all women to participate in their
"As You Like It” Flower show
Saturday, May 11, at the Com
munity Building.
This show is not to be con
fused with the standard shows
that have been held here in re
cent years but rather it is just
what the name implies, "As You
Like It.”
The flower show rules are as
follow: Anyone interested may
exhibit. Doors will be open at
8 a.m. and all exhibits must be
in place by 11 a.m. Flowers
used in arrangements need not
be grown by the exhibitor. All
entries in horticulture must be
grown by the exhibitor and should
be labeled. A committee will
have containers for horticulture
specimens. No one will be allowed
in the Community Building at
the time of judging from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. The public is invited
from 2-5 p.m. and from 7-8:30
p.m. Entries may not be re moved
before 8;30 p.m. but must be re
moved before 9;30 p.m. The clubs
will not be responsible for per
sonal property although care will
be used to protect it.
Awards will be made, and the
decision of the judges will be
final. One tri-color award will
be made and one sweepstake
prize will be awarded to the
winner of the greatest number of
points. Point values are as
follow: Blue-5 points, red-3
points, yellow-2 points and white
1 point.
The Flower show schedule is as
follows: Dinner tables (reser
vation), Mrs. J. C. Bowman;
living, room, large, Mrs. J. M.
Hideout; living room, small, Mrs.
W. S. Norman; dining table, Mrs.
E. J. Prevatte; coffee tables,
large and small, Mrs. C. D.
Plckerell; arrangements in
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Brief Bits Of
NEWS
SCIENCE FAIR
The Science Department of
Southport High School will
conduct a Science Fair in the
gymnasium Thursday and Friday
from 3 to 5 p.m. The public is
invited.
LIGHTS OFF SUNDAY
The light power will be off on
Sunday May 12 from 6; 30 a.m.
to 8;30 a.m. The power is being
interrupted by the CP&L to make
repairs on the new right of way
on the west side of the Cape
Fear River.
Dr. Lawrence Lee
s Principal “Speaker
DR. LAWRENCE LEE
Tragedy Claims
Two On Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. French Hickman,
formerly of Wilmington, and now
of Jacksonville, Fla. were killed
when their car collided with one
driven by Raymond C. Thrasher
of Conway.
The accident occurred at the
intersection of highway 57 and
highway 9 about 9:10 Tuesday
morning.
Thrasher was seriously in
jured and admitted to Myrtle
Beach Hospital.
The two cars were knocked off
the highway by the impact,
striking a pedestrian, James H.
Balletine of Rt. l, Long, S. C.
who was attempting to cross at
the intersection.
No charges have been made
pending further investigation.
Mr. Hickman recently retired
as auditor of Freight receipts
office of the Seaboard Coast Line
Railroad Co. injacksonville, Fla.
Survivors of Mr. Hickman in
clude a son, Richard Wendell
Hickman of Orlando, Fla.; his
stepmother, Mrs. Sallie McLamb
of Shallotte; two sisters, Mrs.
O. D. Wells Jr. of Shallotte and
Mrs. Ivan Stone of Cocoa Beach,
Fla.; five brothers, Henry M.
Hickman, T. M. Hickman, and
Wallace Hickman, all ofShallotte,
Arden Hickman, Wilmington, and
Vernie Hickman, Arlington, Va.
Mrs. Hickman’s survivors in
clude, Richard Wendell Hickman,
four sisters, Mrs. Grace Lennon,
Miami, Fla., Miss Maye Lewis,
Florence, S. C., Mrs. E. M.
Ehrlick, Columbia, S. C., Mrs.
Catherine Kenchen, St. Stephens,
S. C.; two brothers, TomE. Lewis
of Okeechobee, Fla. andC. D.
Lewis of Wilmington.
Dr. Lawrence Lee, Professor
of History, The Citadel, Charles
ton, S.C., will be principal speak
er on May 19 at the service com
memorating the 200th Anniver
sary of the dedication of Old St.
Philip’s Church, Brunswick Town
State Historic Site.
The observance, to be held at
3 p.m., will be conducted within
the walls of the old church on the
State Historic Site near Orton
Plantation. It is sponsored joint
ly by the present St. Philip’s
Episcopal Church, Southport,
and the North Carolina State De
partment of Archives and His
tory.
Dr. Lee, a native of Wilming
ton and a graduate of New Han
over High School, was awarded
B.S., M.A., and Ph. D. Degrees
from the University of North
Carolina. His interest in colon
ial history culminated in publi
cation of “The Lower Cape Fear
in Colonial Days,” considered
the most authoritative book to
date on that subject. When the
ruins of the once-bustling port
of Brunswick were named a State
Historic Site, Dr. Lee was the
first director of reclamation
work. He is a member of the
American, Southern, North and
South Carolina Historical So
cieties.
In addition to Dr. Lee, the
commemorative program will
include R.W. Sawyer, Jr. of
the N.C. State Department of
Archives and History, and the
Rev. Hunley Elebash represent
ing the Diocese of East Caro
lina.
Precincts Will
Hold Meetings
Mrs. Foster Mintz, chairman
of the Brunswick County Demo
cratic Executive Committee,
urges Brunswick county Demo
crats to attend their precinct
meetings, to be held at 18 loca
tions this Saturday.
Mrs. Mintz states that each
precinct committee has been in
creased from five to ten mem
bers, thereby adding 10,955 pre
cinct committee members. The
precinct committees will elect
delegates to the County Conven
tion and will elect chairmen and
vice-chairmen in the precincts.
The enlargement of precinct
committees is a part of the State
Democratic Party’s new Plan of
Organization, which was ap
proved in January at the state
Democratic Executive Commit
tee meeting.
Mrs. Mintz said that good at
tendance at Saturday’s precinct
meetings is important to the
success of the fall election.
CHERYL JOHNSON
Cheryl Johnson
Enters Contest
Cheryl Johnson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, waiter Johnson,
was chosen Monday afternoon as
the Strawberry Princess Rep
resentative from Southport High
School. She will compete with
representatives from other
schools in this area for the title of
Strawberry Princess at the an
nual Strawberry Festival on
Saturday in Chadbourn.
She was one of 10 contestants
being judged by a panel of 3 judges
Mrs. Phil King, James F. Howard
and Mrs. Frances Key. Other
contestants were Patricia Long,
Lynn Harrington, Patricia Gail
Swan, Renee Horne, Helen Walk
er, Leslie Zachary, Ann Souther
land, Johnnaie Dowling and San
dra Allen.
Sandra Allen was chosen first
runner-up.
TIMOTHY W. MCKEITHAN
McKeithan Boy
Has Scholarship
New Hanover High School sen
ior Timothy Wayne McKeithan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ken
neth McKeithan of Bolivia, was
announced Thursday as a winner
of a National Merit Scholarship to
Harvard University.
McKeithan received one of 400
four-year National Merit Schol
arships from about 14,000
finalists representing one-half
of one per cent of graduating
seniors in the nation. The compe
tition is based on demonstrated
academic performance, high po
tential for future accomplishment
and factors such as test scores,
high school grades, achieve
ments outside classroom, quali
ties of leadership and citizenship,
and endorsement of school.
Financial need is not a factor
ftOonttwMd On Par* Two)
Campaign
Diary
By Margaret Harper
Well, I may be the only losing candidate in history who can
say without reservation, “The best man won.”
This is the final report of one of the most interesting exper
iences of my life, my campaign for the Democratic nomination
for Lt. Governor. I want to start it off by expressing my appre
ciation to many persons who helped make it pleasant and en
joyable.
First I want to thank my homefolks, my friends and neighbors,
who were my volunteer staff for the tedious office details. I will
not attempt to name them, for the list grew to whatever pro
portions necessary to carry out whatever job was at hand. Mar
garet Hickman and Leila Pigott headed this work corps. In
cluded on this special list should be Postmaster Norris Long
and the ladies at the Southport post office. If the campaign had
lasted long enough, we probably would have come up with a first
class rating for the Southport Post Office because of the increased
volume.
There is another group for whom I feel a special feeling of
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Mrs. Harper Loses
§aturday« Election Confusing
Brunswick Electric
Is Paying Taxes
Brunswick Electric Member
ship Corporation of Shallotte paid
more than half of its net income
in 1967 in local and State taxes.
Robert G. Hubbard, General
Manager of Brunswick EMC, said
Friday that the total of local and
State taxes paid for 1967 figured
out to 48.8% of the electric co
operative’s net electric reve
nues.
Hubbard said Brunswick Elec
tric paid $36,126 in local prop
erty (ad valorem) taxes in four
counties, $4,602 in property taxes
in seven municipalities and $74,
245 in gross receipt and other
taxes to the State of North Caro
lina.
He listed tax payments made
by Brunswick EMC to county
governments as follows:
Brunswick County, $17,370,
Columbus County, $18,275,
Bladen County, $393, Robeson
County, $87.
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Red Cross Fund
Drive Success
“Help Us Help” was the slogan
of the Red Cross March Fund
Drive, and citizens of the county
helped by answering the call.
The Brunswick County Chapter of
the American Red Cross now re
ports that its completed fund
drive raised a total of $656.66.
This money will be used for the
expenses of the local and na
tional organizations. Recurring
local expenses result from the
Services to Military Families,
which serves as a link between
servicemen and their families in
an emergency, and the Gray Lady
group which helps at the hos
pital.
Contributions came from the
following areas: Waccamaw,
$81,50; Shallotte, $24; Supply,
$84.88: Sunny Point Personnel,
$167.45; Southport residential,
$38.98; Southport business,
$103.75; Long Beach, $70.10;
Yaupon Beach, $35.05; and
International Paper Company,
$50. Because of the lack of a
campaign organization through
out the county not all areas were
covered.
Chapter Chairman Charles
Blake said, "We wish to thank the
many helpers who gave their time
to the drive.”
Womans Club
Hears Yaskell
The regular monthly meeting
of the Southport Woman's Club
was held on Wednesday In the
Club building. Hostesses for the
afternoon were Mrs. L. J.
Hardee, chairman, assisted by
Mesdames Jack Vermillion,
H. T. St. George, William wells
and Miss Lottie Mae Newton.
In the absence of the president,
Mrs. j. M. Harper, Jr., Mrs.
Bryant Potter, vice-president,
presided. Mrs. Laura Roughton,
club chaplain, read a poem “The
Ministry of Prayer”, then lead in
prayer.
The speaker for the afternoon
was L. T. Yaskell, who spoke
on "uur Hospital”. How did the
county obtain the Hospital? A
man dreamed a dream .. . The
man? Dr. J. Arthur Dosher, in
whose memory the hospital is
named. Mr. Yaskell told of the
early struggle to get funds, how
he and the late C. Ed. Taylor made
a trip to Charlotte to talk with
Dr. Rankin of the Duke Founda
tion. He recalled that the Board
of County Commissioners and the
City of Southport pledged$10,000
each. The cost, in the early
30’s, was between $87,000 and
$97,000 and this was during the
depression years. However, the
dream was fulfilled.
Early 1961 found the hospital
in a state of financial’ difficulty.
Money, equipment, more per
sonnel, urgent repairs, all were
needed. Again an appeal was
made to Duke Foundation and
financial aid was obtained. New
equipment was purchased, paint
ing and maintenance repairs were
made, a method of collecting old
bills was devised and the years
1965-66-1967 showed improve
ment.
The hospital is now operating
on a sound financial basis and is
showing a surplus. There is an
efficient staff and hospital per
sonnel. The four doctors on the
staff are most capable men, but
they need at least two more doc
tors. with the improvements in
the hospital, the increased costs
of medicines and medical sup
plies, of food, salary adjust
ments, these and other things
(OonttUMd Ob Face Twv)
hpr hfiTSTlCk county lady lost
her bid for the Democratic nomi
lation for Lt. Governor, aSouth
won nomination for
Judge, Brunswick county
^iled to land a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for House
of Representatives and Smithville
Township will not have a Demo
"atic n°5llnee for member of the
Board of County Commissioners.
These were some of the results of
voting in Saturday's Primary
E^tlon in Brunswick countyT
James M. Harper, Jr..
fOr^o than 131*000 votes
for |hf Democratic nomination
bid t!\CTrT but lost in her
« ,to. be 016 Urst woman ever
®1®.ct®d 1° that office, she led
fmoTayl°r* the winner, 3787 to
1013 in Brunswick county. Frank
Matlock poHed 416 in Brunswick
and less than 50,000 in the state.
*ay H. Walton led all four can
nlfftes/n th® latest for nomi
nation for District Judge. Here
in Brunswick he scored an over
to1r88eforC^f With 4621 TOtes
to 2188 for Giles Clark, 1165
Williams.Greer “d 707 for A1
fJn the two-county district race
tor House of Representatives Co
lumbus came up with bothDemo
"ominees. r. c. Soles
led the race, followed by Arthur
Williamson, Clyde Collier, in
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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, May 9,
4:39 AM 11:10 AM
5:15 PM 11:52 PM
6:15 PM
Saturday, May 11,
Friday, May 10,
5:33 AM
12:04 AM
6:29 AM
7:03 PM
0:46 AM
12:52 PM
Sunday, May 12,
7:21 AM
7:57 PM
1:40 AM
1:46 PM
Monday, May 13,
8:15 AM
8:51 PM
2:34 AM
2:34 PM
Tuesday, May 14,
9:09 AM
9:46 PM
Wednesday, May 15,
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