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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. 50 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1968 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY --nr" ■ji?*****'-*s*'.j&■•?&* •-<*>ew.«»w«!wpwsctw*-.-. New Bank At Bolivia This is the new drive-in branch of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co. at Bolivia where good progress is being made on the construction of the building which will house the first bank in the history of this Brunswick county community. It is expected to be ready for business some time in July. (Photo by Spencer) < ! At Federation Convention Pictured above are the four ladies from Southport who attended the convention of -the North Carolina- Federation*of Women’s Clubs in Pinehurst last week. From left to right they are Mrs. Bobby Jones, Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., Mrs. C. B. Caroon and Mrs. J. H. Young. Mrs. Jones is shown in a cap and gown because she participat ed, as District Junior Director, in the evening’s program in which the districts were highlighted with a graduation theme. Mrs. Young is wearing the blue ribbon signify ing her position as convention page. Junior Club Wins Trophy At Convention The Junior Woman’s Club of Southport was rewarded for their extensive work in public affairs with a coveted Silver award at the NCFWC Convention at Pinehurst last week. The William D. Hirst Silver Bowl was given the clubdoingthe most outstanding work in the Status of Women Division of the Public Affairs Department. To achieve this recognition the members spent 1110 hours and $1595.00 to sponsor the Gray Ladies, volunteer workers in public schools, raising money for the public library, organizing and sponsoring adult education classes, sponsoring the club woman of the year, giving a program on family will and in heritances and by the members being active in other civic groups and public services, of the 21 members 11 hold full time jobs and six hold part time jobs. In addition to the silver award the Junior Club was won Merit in the Defense and Veterans Di vision of Public Affairs Depart ment as 2nd runner up, Law Observance and Crime Preven tion Division of Public Affairs (OoafUauad on Page 4) Brief Bits Of NEWS MONDAY MEETING The Home Care for th< Chronically 111 group will meel Monday night at 8 o'clock ii the Agriculture Building at Sup ply. COMBINATION SALE Members of the Woodbine Gar den Club will hold a combina tion bake and plant sale Saturday between the post office and Leg getts. Proceeds will go to help pay off the indebtedness on the town clock. AT BOLIVIA "Springtime Follies" will be presented at Bolivia High School at 8 o'clock Saturday night, fea turing the Betty Cress Dancers from Bolivia, Southport and Wil mington. County Democrats To Meet Saturday The Brunswick County Demo cratic Convention will be held Saturday at 2 o’clock in Bolivia High school auditorium and Mrs. Foster Mintz, chairman of the Democratic Executive Com mittee, urges all party members to attend. Chairmen and vice-chairmen who recently were elected during precinct organizational meetings in this county are reminded to meet at 1;30 o’clock to organize the Democratic Executive Com mittee which will serve for the next two years. There is a great deal of interest in the election of a party chairman. More than a normal amount of interest has been shown in precinct meetings this year and some misunderstanding has re sulted in several instances. Mrs. Mintz expects to have most of these differences reconciled prior to the Saturday meeting. One protest she received this week came from an organized group of Negro voters who listed some objections to the manner in which some of the precinct meet ings were conducted. Following is the text of that letter; “The Executive Committee of the Brunswick County Citizens Association at its last meeting in structed its committee on elec tions to file the following com plaints with you about the pre cinct meetings of Brunswick county; “1. Some precincts did not notify citizens about the meetings through County papers, radio, or i posters at the regular polling places. “2. Some precincts did post notice one day before the pre cinct meeting. “3. Some precincts held meet ings in the streets. “4. Some precincts had a ballot prepared with names on them before the meeting. “5. Some precincts did not hold their meetings on the date set by the State Executive com mittee. “6. Some precincts told mem bers attending the meeting that they were only to elect a chair man, Vice Chairman, and Secre tary. “7. Most precincts* parlia mentary procedures were very poor. “The above listed complaints are a few of the things that are discouraging our people in their support of the Democratic Party. “We hope these complaints will be brought to the attention of the Executive Committee and the Party Convention. “We would appreciate a reply from you, to our Chairman, con cerning your investigation. "Thanks very much for your help." “Yours truly, “Committee on Elections “T. L. Burney, chairman “L. H. Stanley, “P. Bell." Rural Carrier Position Open An examination for Rural Car rier for the post office at Ash, will be open for acceptance of applications until June 11, the Civil Service Commission an nounced this week. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for ap pointment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, politics, or any other non merit factor. Complete information about the examination requirements and instructions for filing applica tions may be obtained at the post office for which this examina tion is being announced. Appli cation forms must be filed with U. S. Civil Service Commis sion, Washington, D. C. 20415, and must be received or post marked not later than the closing date. Applicants must: take a written test; have resided within the delivery of the office for one year immediately preceding the closing date of the examination; have reached their 18th birthday on the closing date for acceptance of applications. There is no maximum age limit. However, persons who have passed the age of 70 may be considered only for temporary limited appointments of one year. Headstart Will Get New Funds For Brunswick SENCland Community Action, Inc. has received a $286,104 grant from OEO to assit in operation of six week’s summer Head start program for 1313 under privileged youngesters in Bruns wick, Columbus and Bladen Coun ties, and Whiteville City Schools, This will be matched by $53,246 local in-kind contribution to fin ance the $339,350 program. Headstart provides a compre hensive child development pro gram of nutritional health, educa tional, social, and related ser vices to children of low income families who will attend regular school for the first time in the Fall. The program is financed by OEO up to 90% of the total cost. The local share of costs is made up by providing space, equipment, utilities, or personal volunteer services. 85 teachers and 248 non-pro fessional workers will be in volved in the educational program in 85 classes at 21 centers in the three counties. Charles H. Mumford, Deputy Director, will be in charge of the program which will be ad ministered by his agency in co ordination with the Boards of Education of the three counties and Whiteville City Schools. “The primary purpose of Headstart is to give underpri vileged children the advantage of beginning school on an even footing with their more fortunate contemporaries”, stated Mum for, “and it has been rewarding. We have been delighted to re ceive reports from teachers to the effect that the Headstart children are easily identifiable as being an excellent influence in the classrooms”. Mumford said that partici pation of parents is encouraged in every phase of the program. (Coodnrod ob Paf* 4) ; Named Winners In 4-H Awards Approximately 70 4-H mem bers, parents, leaders and guests witnessed the competition in the county 4-H Dress Revue, Talent Show and Public Speaking contest held Monday night in the Agricul tural Extension Building in Sup ply. In the Dress Revue, Marjorie Caison of the Better Youth 4-H Club won the pre-teen division. Ann Smith of the Busy Bees 4-H Club was the early-teen division winner. In the senior-teen divi sion, Lynn Hewett was declared the winner. She will compete in the district contest during June, representing Brunswick county. Lynn is a member of Busy Bees 4-H Club. In the Talent Show or Share The Fun Contest, the blue award went to five participants, four of whom will represent the county in district competition with the other being an alternate. Jackie Full wood of the Cedar Grove 4-H Club won a blue award for his song; Wanda and June Clemmons, dance; and Dlone Potter, panto mime. These 4-H’ers are mem bers of the Busy Bees 4-H Club. Frances Randolph won a blue award with her tap dance. She is a member of the Piney Grove 4-H Club. In the Public Speaking Contest, Lynn Hewett was the winner of the girls division while Kenneth Hewett was the boys division winner. Both will represent the county in district competition. Commemoration Services This was the scene at St. Philips Episcopal Church at Brunswick Town Sunday afternoon as the 200th Anniversary of the founding of that church was celebrated at a service highlighted by an address from Dr. Lawrence Lee, professor of history at the Citadel. When the above picture was taken Dick Sawyer of the Department of Archives and History was responding to the welcome. Divers Come Up With Something ! Forty-five members of the N. C. Skin Diving Association participated in a week ' end Of activities in and around Brunswick county. The above group did their diving in the harbor of Brunswick Town and searched for artifacts that might have come from the Spanish ship that was sunk there about 200 years ago. Shown above, left to right, are Bob Paulin of Charlotte, Bill Short of Wadesboro, and Steve Ehrlich and Cecil Morris of Jacksonville. In the foreground are some artifacts which they brought to the surface. Skin Divers In Action In This Section Sunday Forty-five members of the North Carolina Skin Divers As sociation were in this area during the past weekend to participate in an exploratory exercise being carried out in cooperation with the State Department of Ar chives and History. This was as the result of legis lation passed during the last ses sion of the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly where legal provi sion was made that the State of North Carolina shall be pre (Continued on Page 4) Time And Tide A near tragedy was the big news in our Issue of May 25, 1938. Joe Spencer had had a narrow brush with death when the old Walden Creek bridge broke in under a load of logs which he was hauling. The truck driver escaped, and highway workmen were at work re pairing the damage. Catherine Willetts was winner in the 4-H Health Queen contest. Glenn Tucker had been elected principal of Bolivia High School for the coming year; the buildings were being removed from the old CCC camp site; and politics held the spotlight of local interest. As a matter of fact, the late Judge John J. Burney had an adver tisement in that Issue that is just what any good candidate would want: A quarter-page signed and paid for by more than one hundred of his friends and well-wishers here in Brunswick county. Time had marched on to May 1943, and Mrs. Harold Miller of Southport had the honor to launch the SS Charles D. Mclver at the North Carolina Shipyard. H.D. Eptlng, who had served as princi pal at Leland, Bolivia and Waccamaw, had announced his resigna tion from this latter position. August 3 had been tentatively set as the opening date for the Border Belt Tobacco Market. The menhaden boat John M. Morehead had returned from her first trip of the season the day before with 60,000 fish; the first young Oyster Catchers (birds) of the season had been hatched out on Battery Island, a hit early that year; and two ration stamps (OaatliUMd oa Pag* 4 Inspection Team Calls For Change The operation of a dual school system in Brunswick county must cease with the opening of the public schools in September 1969 or all federal funds will be cut off. That is the gist of the report which is expected from Wash ington within the next ten days following the visit last week of an inspection team from the of fice of Health, Education and Welfare. Heading the team, which spent three days in Brunswick, was William C. Mammardella, A. J, Howell, Frank Beldon and Cor nelius C. Tayslee. In a conference Friday morn ing with Superintendent of Schools George Williams, As sistant Superintendent Ralph King and members of the Brunswick County Board of Education Mam mardella served as spokesman and cited some of the points where he feels the local school system is not in compliance with the Civil Rights legislation which is designed to bring about com plete desegregation of public schools. The iperation of dual bus sys tems was pointed out, although it was admitted that this is not done where it affects a single school enrollment. The lack of Integration at the teacher level, and the fact that no white teach ers now are assigned to former all-Negro schools also was a point of criticism. The athletic programs at the white and predominantly Negro schools was highlighted to show that only basketball is played at Brunswick County High School whereas Southport High School has baseball and golf teams. A comparison also was made be tween Shallotte and Union and Leland and Lincoln as to their athletic programs. Mammardella bore down on the results of tests made last year which reveal that the three all Negro schools rank sixth, seventh and eighth with all consolidated high schools in Brunswick coun ty, pointing out that his indi cates that inferior education is being offered at these three schools. • Members of the board of edu cation and the school officials offered explanations for some of the objections, but when the meet ing was over there were a few facts that stood out: Past progress in the direction of total integration has not been rapid enough to please HEW officials; the play of Freedom of Choice must be abandoned as a means (Continued on Page 4j Ask Information About Festival H. A. Schmidt, chairman of the 4th of July Festival, requests all organizations planning any type of display, program or spe cial event during the festival July 2-4, please write the committee what each club or organization is planning during this period, where and when. This information is urgently requested to complete the pro grams of scheduled events. There still is time to enter a float in the Festival Parade and interested parties should contact the chairman of Mrs. Cecil Be er aft, who heads the parade com mittee. Sunday Service At St. Philips Headed By Lee Celebration of the 200th Anni versary of St. Philips Episcopal Church at Brunswick Town was observed Sunday afternoon at a 3 o'clock service which featured an address by Dr. Lawrence Lee, professor of history at the Citadel and the man who set in motion the interest that has resulted in the establishment of this his toric site in Brunswick county. Participating in the program were ministers of several churches in Southport and the Rev. H. A. Elebash, executive secretary of the Diocese of East ern North Carolina. The local ministers included the Rev. Al bert Lamm, the Rev. w. S. Dav enport, the Rev. Robert Childs, Father Chan Chase and the Rev. Fred Fordham, who presided over the session. Dick Sawyer, member of the staff of the Department of Ar chives and History, also appear ed on the program. Special music for the occasion was presented by the combined choirs of churches in Southport, with Mrs. Dallas Pigott director. In his address, Dr. Lee traced the history not only of St. Philips itself, but of Brunswick Town, of which it was a part. The first minister at Bruns wick Town was John Lapierre who came in 1728, only two years after the founding of the town. The next year an act was passed directing that the church of New Hanover County be built in Bruns wick. By 1736 the church was built, and James Murray attended services there. Five years later an act provided for the creation of St. Philips Parish and the building of a new church to be financed by a poll tax. In 1745 James Moir was the minister at Brunswick and was living in the garret of the chapel, eating his meals in the taverns and public houses Of the town, very much against his inclination. By 1754 St. Philips Church was under construction and the brick work was completed above the window level. Five years later the church was still not finished, and a lottery was authorized to provide money to complete it. Reverend John McDowell tells us that in 1760 several gentlemen of Brunswick were interested in the completion of the church. The severe Colonel William Dry, Collector of Port Brunswick; Captain Richard Quince, a promi nent merchant in Brunswick; and Governor Arthur Dobbs, who . proposed to make St. Philips the ' (Continued on Pag* 4 j Longwood Man’s Military Rites Sp/4 Larry Dean Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Namon Daniels of Longwood, was killed by hostile action In Vietnam. Daniels graduated from Union High School In 1964. He entered the armed forces June 6, 1967, and was sent to Vietnam on November 14, 1967. Funeral services were held Thursday with military rites. Services were conducted from the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Longwood, with the pas—, tor, the Rev. M. C. Herring offi ciating. Interment was in the Mt. Zion Cemetery. Survivors included his par ents; four brothers, and two sis ters. STide 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 Cape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday, May 23, 5:09 AM. 11:22 AM. 5:33 P.M 11:53 P.M. Friday, May 24, 5:61 AM 11:68 AM. 6:16 PM. Saturday, May 26, 6:33 AM. 0:40 Alt 6:51 P.M. 12:40 P.M. 7:09 Alt 1:22 AM. 7:33 PM. 1:22 P.M. Sunday, May 26, Monday, May 27, 7:51 AM. 2:04 AM. 8:09 P.M. 1:68 P.M. Tuesday, May 28, 8:21 AM. 2:40 A M 8:45 PM. 2:84 PM. Wednesday, May 29, 8:57 AM. 3:22 A.M 9:21 PM. 3:10 PM.