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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. 52 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1968 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY I Filming Flag Pageant I: Marines from Camp Lejune were at Brunswick Town last week to participate in file filming of a Flag Pageant sequence which will become a part of an historical film now being prepared by representatives of Onslow Technical Institute of the Department of Community Colleges. W. K. Dorsey, member of the staff of Cape Fear Technical Institute, is in charge of the film project. Flag Pageant At Brunswick Being Filmed U. S. Marines from Camp Le Jeune cooperated last week in the filming of their flag pageant, which will be used as the theme of a 30- minute documentary being produced by the Onslow Tech nical Institute of Jacksonville, with W. K. Dorsey, member of the staff of Cape Fear Technical Institute, in charge of this proj ect. The flag pageant shows the evo lution of the Stars and Stripes from the days of the English and Scotish influence, down to the present flag with 50 stars and 13 stripes. The Marines have included this in many of their personal appearances and mem bers of this special detachment dress inappropriate period uni forms to compliment the setting for this presentation. When Dorsey conceived the idea of preparing a program which can be presented to the general public, he conceived the idea that Brunswick Town would provide the ideal setting for the filming of this program, since it was in fact the cradle of American Independence. He therefore made arrange ments for the Marine Detach ment to come to the Brunswick county historic site for shoot ing sequences that will make this film one which will be used in the classrooms across the state and nation as well as on television and for showings before clubs and organizations. Brief Bits Of j NEWS PUBLIC HEARING The zoning Board of Long Beach of which Norris Long is chairman will hold a public hearing at the Town Hall at 7:30 o’clock on June 11 regarding re-zoning Block No. 9, Section N-l, Long Beach. DRIVING COURSE Students who are 15 years of age and older and have not had the classroom phase of instruc tion in driver training may have the opportunity to receive this in struction during the summer months should there be sufficient interest. Interested students should call the Board of Edu cation office and leave name, ad dress, and phone number. CORRECTION The summer schedule fbr the Shallotte Branch Library as re ported last week was in error. The correct schedule for June, July and August is as follows: Monday, 9 to 12 and 1 to 5; Tuesday, 1 to 5 p.m.; Wednes day, 1 to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 1 to 5 p.m.; Friday 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. REGISTRATION Registration for high school make-up subjects will be held on June 14 at the Shallotte High School. Any person interested in make up subjects must register Thurs day. The cost will be between $35 and $40, depending on the number to enroll. For any questions regarding make-up subjects call Shallotte High School. Packages For Vietnam Several members of Southport Junior Woman’s Club are shown here packing gifts for distribution to orphaned children in South Vietnam. Left to right, they are Mrs. Irma Caroon, Mrs. Connie Young, Mrs. Barbara Gainey and Mrs. Teresa Conrad. (Photo by Spencer) Open Bids On Cour* House Additions Members of the board of coun ty commissioners in session here Monday awarded the contract for providing two additions to the Brunswick county courthouse to Miller Construction Co. of Wil mington for a total of $62,390. The work will consist of two two-story wings of masonry ex terior with concrete and steel floors, containing offices and vaults, and attached to the exist ing building. The purpose will be to give additional vault space to both the Clerk of Court’s of fice and the Register of Deeds office on the ground floor, doubling the present size. The second story in each in stance will be used for jury rooms and other accommoda tions which will expand the use of the present courtroom and provide services which are not now available. Space for a legal library. Plans for this construction were made by the architectural firm of Ballard, McKim and Saw yer. (Continued on Page 4) Packing Gifts For War Zone It will be Christmas in July for 29 young orphans and needy children of Viet Nam. This week members of South port Junior woman’s Club pack ed boxes containing Cool-Aid, coloring books and crayons, story books, assorted toys, first aid supplies, pens and pencils, chil dren’s underwear and sewing supplies all donated by members. A project of the International Affairs Committee headed by Mrs. Irma Caroon, the packages will be mailed to Chief Boats wain's-Mate Eugene Wayne Gray who had duty at the Oak Island Coast Guard Station from 1966 to 1967. Gray, now offlcer-ln charge of the Point League Coast Guard Cutter, will distribute the gifts to the orphans in his area. Rural Delivery Contract Call Sealed proposals will be re ceived at the Southport Post Of fice until 2:30 p.m., June 19, 1968, for carrying the United States mail for the term from July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1972, on the following described route; From Southport via NC 211 and 133 to Kopp Corner, via NC 133 to Inland Waterway and Trott Corner, via County Road 1104 to Yaupon Village, via county road 1103 to Ocean and Yaupon Vil lage, via Trott St. to Ocean Front. Return via North St., via county road 1104 to Shan non’s Store (Long Beach Rural Station) and King Lynn, return ing via county and 1104 to Lin colnton Ave., viaLincolntonAve. to Ocean Highway, via Ocean Highway to 16th Street West, via Highway to Charleston Ave., return via county road 1104 to Trott Corner, via county road 1100 to Oak Island Lighthouse, N. C. Baptist Assembly, return via county roads 1100 andNC 133 and 211 to Lindner Farm, via N. C. 133 to Price Corner, via 87 and 133 to Junction NC 87 and 133, via NC 87 to Boiling Spring Lakes Rural Station, return via NC 87 and 133 to Bethel Church Road, via county road 1525 to Belton Matthews residence, re turn via county road 1525 andNC 87 and 133 to Price Corner, via NC 87 to Jabbertown Road, via county road 1526 to Joe Spencer residence, via county road 1527 to Claude Moore residence, via county road 1528 to W. L. Evans residence, return via county road 1528 to Shepard Farm, via county road 1534 to Cape Fear River, return via county road 1534 to Shepard Farm via county road 1528 to Park Ave., via ParkAve. to Rees residence, return via Park Ave. to county road 1528, via county road 1528 and Moore (Oootl&iMd on Pag* 4) Making Plans For Headstart Summer Session A. C. Cavlness, principal of Brunswick County High School, will serve as director of the Head Start program in Bruns wick county this summer, begin ning June 18. Classes will be held at Shallotte, Southport and Leland high schools. Caviness says that pre-regis tration indicates there will be 248 students participating in this year's program. Bus travel will be provided as previously out lined. A workshop for teachers, teacher aids and others who will participate in the program this summer will be held at Central High School June 10-13. Work ers in Brunswick will attend a meeting at Southport High School on June 14 and on June 17. 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 director stresses the im portance of volunteer assistance with the Head Start program if it is to achieve the goals which have been set. He urges general sup port for this effort to help broaden the educational opportunities af fecting some of the underprivi leged children of Brunswick county. "Feeling that all parents of Brunswick County are interested in helping to give all of our little beginners a real Head Start, I 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. ■ M More Hours In , Local Library / Patrons of the Southport Brunswlck County Headquarters Library will receive an addition al eight hours service each week, it is announced by Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., Chairman of the Library Board of Trustees. Ef fective immediately, the main library will be open all day on Thursdays, when it was former ly closed. This means a total of 43 hours weekly library ser vice to the public. The expanded schedule is made possible by the addition to the staff, for the summer months, of Miss LaVerna L. Joyner. A native of Southport, Miss Joy ner is a student at A&T Uni versity, Greensboro, and will work in the library under the P.A.C.E, Program. The library is now open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p;m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 to 12 on Satur lay. It is expect ed that these hours will be re tained when the move is made into the new library building at 109 W. Moore Street. Mrs. Harper stated, in answer to many requests, that the delay in moving into the new building has been caused by a steel work ers strike, which delayed de livery of the steel shelving by more than six weeks. The latest Information is that the shelving should be received within the next two weeks; and the move can be made as soon thereafter as the shelving is assembled. Time And Tide \ It was the first of June, 1938, and the Democratic primary was to be held the following Saturday. The headlines that week told of a literal "Comedy of Errors” which had occurred on the local baseball diamond on the preceeding Saturday, with Southport drop ping the contest to the Wilmington Coastline i«im 13-9. Mrs. J.W. Ruark had been appointed to serve as grand page at the Eastern Star meeting upcoming in Elizabeth City; David Watson and Dan Walker had graduated from Louisburg College; and Capt. Hulan Watts and party had caught several large dolphin while fish ing inshore for mackerel. That week our editorial writer was campaigning for more train ing in the “aesthetics’* for school children, touched lightly on the poor condition of the Caswell Beach road, and ended the column with a brief view of foreign affairs, on the social front, the South port Home Demonstration Club had met; someone had neld an ice cream party; and the Pinochle Club had met at the Hotel Miller (in Southport). It was June 9, 1943, and the preceeding Saturday had brought the first 100-degree temperature of the year. The off-repeated Theodosia Burr legend was again told in this issue of The Pilot— with a new twist. A Wilmington photographer had encountered one of two pirate-ghosts related to the story while on a field trip to Bald Head Island. Unfortunately no pictures were obtained. The menhaden boats had been whistling indications of good catches; lands near the Ft. Caswell road had been found to contain a high per centage of iron ore; and our Not Exactly editor had praised highly (Continued on fag* 4 Practing For Pageant Pam Poindexter, Miss Brunswick County, is shown on stage as she prectices for her talent presentation in the Miss North Carolina Pageant later this month. Coaching from the sidelines is Mrs. Connie Young with Dr. Richard Conrad at the piano. (Photo by Spencer) Special Election Board Asks For Bond Vote Pageant Planned During Festival Plans are being completed for the city’s 2nd annual Miss 4th of July pageant. i Sponsored by the Southport £aycettes>.and directed by Mrs. Connie young, this year the pageant will be held June 29 at the Southport High School audi torium. Any local girl interested in becoming a contestant should call Mrs. Young at 457-6333 or con tact any member of the Jaycettes. Contestants are required to be no younger than a senior in high school and a resident of the South port area. Deadline for entries is June 20. The winner of this pageant is the official hostess for the city’s 4th of July celebration. Miss 4th of July 1967 is Miss Cathy Joyner, daughter of Col. and Mrs. A.B. Joyner of South port. Juniors Will Help Reading "Summer Readers Go Every where.” If you are a student in grades 2 through 6 or are the parents of a child of that age, this notice is for you. There will be a sum mer reading program sponsored jointly by the Southport-Bruns wick County Library and the Southport Junior Woman’s Club. This is planned to help students get to know the library and to learn more of the pleasure of reading. To enter the program, go to the library and ask to join. Each (Continued on Page 4) A. Dosher Ruark, m, of South port, was graduated from North Carolina State University at Ra leigh on May 25 with a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Dosher Ruark, Jr., of Southport and is a graduate of Southport High School. He has accepted a position as Associate Engineer Scientist with Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Moni ca, California, where he will re port next week. Suicide Takes Leland Citizen A Leland service station opera tor was discovered dead at his home Friday by a brother. Brunswick County Coroner Lowell Bennett ruled that the death for Manley Watson, 46, was due to apparent suicide. Coroner Bennett said Watson Is believed to have been separated from his wife, Mrs. Margaret Thompson Watson, formerly of Whiteville. Watson operated Traveler’s Service Station No. 4 at Leland. Coroner Bennett said Watson opened the station Friday morn ing but left after telling an em ployee that he was going home to take some medicine. (Continued on Page 4# Burlington Boys Choir Coming Here The Burlington Rotary Choir Boys will arrive at the N. C. Baptist Assembly at 1 p.m. on June 8. The sixty-five boys with their directors and accompanists will spend a week in intensive training in preparation for their 1968-69 concert season. The week at Caswell is the first encampment of the summer; the second week will be spent at Luth eridge in the mountains of west ern North Carolina. The week’s work will be climaxed by a sacred music con cert at the Southport Baptist Church during the 11 a.m. wor ship service on June 16. Members of the Brunswick County Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to re quest the Board of County Com missioners to call a special School Bond Election for Sep tember of this year. The results and recommen dations of the recent school sur vey of the Brunswick County School system will be presented and discussed at a public meet ing in the Bolivia High School au ditorium on Monday at 8 p.m. when Dr. J. L. Pierce, director of the Division of School Planning of the State Department of Pub lic Instruction, will be present to discuss the details and recom mendations of a recent school survey made by his department of the Brunswick County School system. This survey was requested by the Brunswick County Board of Education several months ago in an effort to determine the most feasible and practical pattern for the reorganization and consolida tion of the county schools. In accordance with the recommen dation of the survey the Board of Education called for a school bond vote to construct and equip two consolidated high schools. All county citizens are urged to attend the Bolivia meeting in order that they may be well in formed concerning the results of the survey and its relationship to the proposed bond issue. Bean Beetles Showing Early Soybean growers in Bruns wick are already concerned over signs that 1968 may be the worst Mexican bean beetle year on record. The early appearance and large numbers of adult beetles that are now being ob served cannot be explained by past experience. There was a large population in the fall of 1967 and conditions were favora ble for over-wintering. This spring adult beetles have not only attacked soybeans but also on rarely visited plants such as cotton and tobacco. Brunswick growers are urged to check their soybean fields reg ularly. If a young soybean plant is defoliated the plant will be stunted and lose its vigor or may even die. This will result in lower yields. In many of our fields a chemical treatment can be justified now. Killing large numbers of adult beetles now will help suppress normal population build-up later in the season. You can dc the job now with much less insecticide and there is no problem with getting equipment in the field that you will have later on. A chemical treatment now will also help con trol the bean leaf beetle, especially Sevin. The general guideline to follow is to apply insecticide when leaf feeding on seedlings is noticeable on most plants and Mexican bean beetles are present. It is better to treat too soon than too late. Sprays or dusts of Carbaryl (Sevin), Malathion or Parathion are suggested; however, if you use Parathion, extreme care should be used. Protective cloth ing and a respirator are needed when working with this chemical. The suggested rates of active (Continued on Page 4j County Board ;; Holds Monthly Meeting Monday The Brunswick County Board of Education met on Monday and heard Mrs. Frances Stone, E.S.E.A. director, present the E.S.E.A. program and budget for the 1968-69 school year. Mrs. Stone explained the various changes recommended for the proposed E.S.E.A. program. The board recognized a group headed by E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., of Southport. Members of the group included: Mrs. Virginia R. Bellamy and Mrs. M. Hender son Rourk, Shallotte; Mrs. May W. Barbee, Yaupon Beach; L. T. Yaskell, and James M. Harper, Jr., Southport. Tomlinson re quested the board to call for a bond issue for construction of school facilities. There were various views exchanged between board members and members of the group present concerning opinions and ideas with regards to financing of future school facil ities in Brunswick Comity. The board approved the fol lowing teacher contracts for the 1968-69 school year: Shallotte —Robert L. Wilson, Sonya B. Williams, Brenda Hewett Russ; Waccamaw—Mary E. Smith. The following teacher resig nations were accepted: South port-Marie Mintz, William Ben field, Edward Mhitz; Shallotte— Eva D. Gray. The board employed Mercer Sullivan as mechanic. An eight hour work day for garage per sonnel is to be effective imme diately. The board approved the follow ing PACE students to be assigned to the school garage: Arnold Jackson Canady, Glenn Allen Vamum. The board approved payment for preparing the Summer Head start Program in the amount of $342. The following personnel for the 1968 Summer Headstart Program was approved: Leland—Mrs. Annie Phelps, Mrs. Barbara Cau dill, Mrs. Mary C. Pal more, Mrs. Helen Ballard, teacher aides; Mrs. Odessa Price, al ternate, Mrs. Annie Phelps, bus driver, Mrs. Mary Robbins, so cial worker aide; Mrs. Mary C. Palmore, bus driver. Shallotte—Gaston Hewett, al ternate teacher aide; Mrs. Thel ma Stevenson, Mrs. Thelma Hill, Mrs. Ercell M. Godwin, Mrs. Patricia Long, Mrs. Jewel wil liams, Mrs. Lena Robinson, teacher aides, • Mrs. Rachel Frink, lunchroom worker; New man Hewett, janitor, Mrs. Lena Robinson and Mrs. Gloria Lan caster, bus drivers, Miss Donna Hansley and Miss Clarice Cole man, alternate bus drivers; Mrs. Edna Bennett, social worker aide. Southport—Mrs. Sandra Mc Cracken, Mrs. Johnny Gore, Mrs. Lucy Southerland, Mrs. Louise Willette, Mrs. Barbara Perkins, teacher aides; Mrs. Louise Wil lette and Johnny McMillan, bus drivers; Mrs. Lois Jean Park-1 er, social worker aide. The board approved the pro posed budget and requested Su perintendent George Williams to present a copy to the County Auditor for review. The board also set Monday, June 17 as a date for holding a joint meeting with the county commissioners to jointly review the proposed Board of Education' budget. On a motion by Norman Bellamy, seconded by Homer Holden, the board voted unani mously to request the Board of. County Commissioners to call for a bond referendum in Sep (OouUnuad on Pag* 4j Tide Table Following U 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. HLKJH LOW Thursday, June 6, 3:03 AM 9:40 AM 3:57 PM 10:28 PM Friday, June 7, 4:03 AM 10:40 AM 4:57 PM 11:28 PM Saturday. June 8, 5:03 AM 11:34 AM 6:04 PM Sunday, June 9, 6:03 AM 0:28 AM 7:04 PM 12:28 PM Monday, June 10, 7:03 AM 1:22 AM 7:45 PM 1:22 PM Tuesday, June 11, 8:03 AM 2:16 AM * 8:52 PM 2:16 PM Wednesday, June 12, 8:57 AM 3:10 AM 9:33 PM 3:10 PM