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VOLUME 40
No. 2
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, I960
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Local Hospital
ToGetSargeon
First Of Month
It was announced earlier this
week by Hospital Board of Trus
tees chairman, L. T. Yaskillthat
a surgeon, Dr. J. Luther Samp
son, Jr., is coming to Southport.
He will begin his surgery prac
tice at J. Arthur Dosher Me
morial Hospital about the first of
July.
“The need for a surgeon in this
county needs no elaboration,’*
Yaskill said. “However, hos
pital equipment for successful
practice involves the entire coun
ty support. The present operating
room and laboratory at the
hospital are inadequate. New and
modern equipment is needed to
up-grade the operating room and
Install laboratory equipment
necessary for tests required in
specialized surgery for which
Dr. Sampson is trained.
"We are all familiar with the
rapid increase in hospital rates,
forced by the same rapid increase
in hospital equipment and sup
plies. To set up our operating
room for full time surgery, and
the laboratory to handle DroDer
and required tests it is estimated
that a minimum $8,000 is needed
as a beginning.
Yaskill said also that the Board
of Trustees encourages all civic
organizations throughout the
county such as the Junior
Jaycees, the hospital auxiliary,
woman’s clubs, garden clubs,
union organizations, lodges, and
any civic-minded individuals, to
. set up a program for financial
assistance to get a modern and
efficient operating room and
laboratory. A list of equipment
needed will be furnished on re
quest to any organization or indi
vidual interested.
For further information on
these needs the hospital admin
istrator can be contacted at his
office in the hospital daily from
9 to 5 or at his home--phone
278-5591.
Mayor Asks For
Clean-up Campaign
Mayor Eugene Tomlinson has
asked that all citizens of South
port begin a concentrated clean
up campaign to prepare Southport
for the large number of visitors
expected during the 4th of July
week.
The Mayor said that Southport
has gained an excellent reputation
throughout the Southeastern
United States as being a clean,
hospitable community and that
many people see Southport only
during the 4th of July Festival.
“It is most important that we
do everything we can to see that
our town presents a good appear
ance and that we again this year
extend a warm welcome to all
our visitors,’* Tomlinson said.
Fourth Of July Grand Prize
The Southport Junior Chamber of Commerce is giv
ing away this boat, motor and trailer combination as
the grand prize in the annual Fourth of July Festival
drawing. The two lovely crew members are, astern,
Miss Cheryl Johnson of Long Beach, Southport’s entry
in the recent Chadbourn Strawberry Festival, and Miss
Para Poindexter of Southport, Miss Brunswick County
and an entry in last week’s Miss North Carolina Page
ant. (photo by Spencer).
School Bond Election In September
A county-wide school bond pro
posal, rejected last year by a
substantial margin, will be pre
sented to Brunswick County vot
ers again this year. The School
Bond election has been tentative
ly scheduled for September 18.
The resolution passed unani
mously by the Board of Educa
tion and the Board of County Com
missioners calls for a bond elec
tion involving $2,200,000 for the
c«*istruction of two high schools
to serve all students in Bruns
wick County, grades 9-12.
The resolution was pre
sented to the Commissioners at
their meeting Monday afternoon
by superintendent of Brunswick
County Schools George Williams,
assistant superintendent Ralph
King and Board of Education
members Del mas Babson, Nor
man Bellamy, A.J. Dosher,
James Thompson and Homer
Holden. Also present were
school attorney Kirby Sullivan
and county attorney E.J. Pre
vatte.
The text of the resolution pre
sented for adoption read as fol
lows:
“RESOLUTION REQUEST
ING THE BOARD OF COM
MISSIONERS FOR THE
COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
SCHOOL FACILITIES IN
THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY
ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT
BE IT RESOLVED by the
Brunswick County Board of Edu
Lights Out! "" '
The electric power will be off
twice in Southport Sunday morn
ing, June 23, city officials an
nounced today.
The first time will be from
1 a.m. to 1:30 a.rru
The second interruption will
be from 5 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
The first interruption will al
low workers to make changes at
Eagle Island. The second inter
ruption is necessitated so that
workers can install larger trans
formers at the Southport sub
station and a new regulator at
Sunny Point Terminal.
County Ranked 79th
On Personal Income
A recent survey showed that
Brunswick County ranks 79th out
of North Carolina’s 100 counties
from the standpoint of per capita
income. The personal Income per
capita for Brunswick County
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
let CREAM SALE
The Leland Volunteer Fire De
partment will sponsor a home
made ice cream sale Sunday,
June 23, one o’clock until, at
the Leland fire station on high
way 74-76. Proceeds will be used
to help obtain fire-fighting equip
ment.
SCC DEAN’S LIST
Jacqueline Barnes of Shallotte
and Barbara Babson of Delco
were among the 90 Southeastern
Community College students who
were named totheDean’sListfor
the spring quarter. Miss Barnes
is enrolled in the college parallel
division and Miss Babson is in the
technical program at the college.
DRAFT BOARD AWARD
Ernest e. Parker, Jr., was
presented a Certificate of Ap
preciation and a lapel pin for
services rendered as an uncom
pensated member of the Selec
tive Service System. Parker has
served for the past 15 years as
the Government Appeal Agent for
the Brunswick County draft
board. The award was presented
at a district conference held May
28 at Elizabethtown.
residents is $1,462, calculated
on the county's 1966 population of
21,106.
County per capita? income es
timates prepared In this study are
based on personal income data
for North Carolina published In
the “Survey of Current Busi
ness” by the Office of Business
Economics, United States De
partment of Commerce.
Both total and per capita per
sonal income reached new highs
for North Carolina in 1966. Total
income was up 38 percent over the
level attained in 1962. Per capita
income rose 31 percent during the
four-year interval.
The estimated population used
in computing the per capita in
come estimates is the resident
population of North Carolina.
Military personnel on active duty
stationed in North Carolina are
included in the population even
though they may have their legal
residence in another state.
Students in colleges and
universities are included in the
population of the communities
where they were actually residing
while attending college. This has
an important effect on per capita
income in those counties having
large numbers of college students
because no income is attributed
to these students unless they are
employed.
The personal income of the
residents of each county was
computed by allocating state
totals of various income itemsto
the counties.
Fifty-one different items of
income as estimated by the De
partment of Commerce were al
located separately, or in groups,
to the 100 counties. The 51 items
of Income include 20 different
sources of wage and salary in
come, 10 different types of pro
prietors’ income, and 21 other
types of income, including wel
fare payments, social security
benefits, retirement benefits,
veterans’ benefits, unemploy
ment compensation, dividends,
interest, rents, etc.
Allocations of the dif
ferent types of income to the
counties are based on data for
1966, or for the latest year
available, obtained from reports
of the North Carolina Employ
ment Security Commission, and
the Social Security Administra
tion; from tabulations of individ
ual income tax returns and
(Continued On Page Four)
cation:
SECTION 1. That the Bruns
wick County Board of Education
has determined and found as a fact
that adequate school facilities are
not available in the Brunswick
County Administrative Unit to
comply with the requirements of
Section 3 of Article IX of the
Constitution of North Carolina
for the maintenance of schools
six months in every year, and
that it is necessary, Win ocd-aM
to maintain such six months’
school term required by said
Section 3 of Article IX of the
Constitution, to erect additional
school buildings and other school
plant facilities, remodel, enlarge
and reconstruct existing school
buildings and other school plant
facilities, and acquire necessary
land and equipment therefor, the
estimated cost of which is
$2,200,000.00.
SECTION 2: That the Board of
Commissioners for the County
of Brunswick is requested to
take all necessary steps, by the
issuance of bonds or otherwise,
in order that funds may be pro
vided for such school facilities.
SECTION 3: That a copy of
this resolution shall immediate
ly be certified to the Board of
Commissioners for said County.
Upon motion duly made by
Norman Bellamy and seconded
by Homer Holden the foregoing
resolution was passed by the
following vote:
AYES: Norman Bellamy, Del
mas E. Babson, Arthur J.Dosher,
Homer Holden and James G.
Thompson.
NOES: None”
John L. Barbee, chairman of
the Board of Commissioners,
moved that the resolution be
adopted by the Board. D.B.
Frink seconded the motion and
the ensuing vote was unanimous.
Other business conducted by
the Commissioners at their Mon
day session included the unani
mous adoption of an equal op
portunity resolution presented by
L.T. Yaskill on behalf of the
Southport Human Relations com
mittee.
Clayton Vaught of Kendall
Community, Town Creek Town
ship appeared before the board
and requested aid for a drainage
Time And Tide
It was June 15, 1938, and the Southport harbor had been the
scene of a running (If only-one-way) gunflght the preceeding Sun
*•>’ "3or”ine* Engaged In the battle were Harry Weeks, Billy
Newton, Crawford Rourk and Gus McNeil, who had waged war on
a 15-foot alligator. The marksmen finally did the reptile In after
a three-hour chase. A Raleigh radio station was soon to begin
weekly broadcasts of fishing news, and it was expected that South
port sportfishing would benefit from the publicity.
Members of the staff of the State Museum had been in town during
the past week securing waterfowl specimens for that institution.
C.C. Russ and R.L ..Xintz were in Chapel Hill for the summer
school session; pension checks for Confederate widows had ar
rived; and a new post office was being constructed at Shallotte.
It was June 23, 1943, and the featured movie at the Southport
U.S.O. for the following Thursday was “The Loves of Edgar Allen
Poe." On a recent fishing trip Jim Thompson had gone fishless
until he broke his pole, and then had caught two ten-pound drum
with the crippled equipment. Jake Wade, presiding genius of the
Charlotte Observer sports department, had been in Southport
during the past week to learn of the local shrimping industry;
by popular demand the R. & s. Amusements were to be in South
port over the Fourth of July holiday; and, in the baby show just
past, some of the entrants were Julia Ashburn, Charles Ray Wells.
David O’Neil and Loui Cox.
The forerunner of the aerosol bug bomb had Just been perfected
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problem and road improvement
In his area. The board mem
bers agreed that they would re
fer the request to the State High
way Commission.
Mr. Hunter of the Food Stamp
division of the Welfare Depart
(Continued on Pag* 4j
County’s ‘Space Pond’
Scene Of State Probe
Smog in Northeastern Bruns
wick County will be the subject of
a study by a new state agency
formed this week.
The State Board of Air and
Water Resources will probe the
possibility that fumes and smoke
emitted from industries of the
Acme-Delco-Riegelwood area
are making a bad situation worse.
The study—the first of Its kind
In North Carolina—was prompted
by area residents who recounted
the mounting frequency of mul
tiple vehicle wrecks In the area
on fog-filled mornings.
Acme Delco-Rlegelwood Res
cue Unit attended many of the
chain-reaction wrecks which oc
curred along US 74-76 and NC 87
Bank Announces
First Card Plan
In a move to broaden its ser
vices and customer convenience,
the Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company has signed a license
agreement with the First Card
Corporation, one of the largest
retail credit card systems in
the southeast.
Henry B. Wyche of Whiteville,
senior vice president oftheWao
camaw Bank and Trust, said the
First Card Corp., has a mem
ber merchant enrollment of over
6,000, and has over 400,000 cus
tomers. The First Card Cor
poration is the result of a re
cent merger between the First
Union Charge Plan of North Caro
lina and the Southern Charge
Plan of South Carolina, both long
established credit card systems.
The Corporation’s card is called
First Bank Card,
Wyche made the announcement
of the agreement Wednesday, fol
lowing a meeting of Waccamaw
officials with representatives
from First Card. In addition to
Wyche, the bank officials taking
part In the meeting were
Capt. Richard Orenstein (right)
. . . and Col. John P.. Barker
Capt. Orenstein
Receives Medal
Captain Lee R. Orenstein, 24,
son of Mrs. Gilda Rogers of
Long Beach, has been awarded
the Bronze Star Medal for meri
torious service for his part in
actions against an enemy force
last November in the Republic
of Vietnam.
Captain Orenstein now com
mands Company E, 6th Batta
lion, 2nd Brigade at the U. S.
Army Training Center, Infantry,
at Fort Bragg.
He is a 1960 graduate of South
port High School and he attended
the university of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill before entering
the Army in January, 1961.
He won the medal while serv
ing with Company B, 5th Special
Forces Group (Airborne), 1st
Special Forces, at Pleiku in the
Republic of Vietnam.
Captain Orenstein is a member
of both the Loyal Order of Moose
and the Legion of the Moose,
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
craft, who heads the parade com
mittee.
Lawrence R. Bowers, president;
and vice-presidents Julian Parks,
Curry Blank, and Horace Whitley
of the Whitevllle office.
Representing First Bank Card
were Robert Hughes of Charlotte,
president; and John Jackson of
Wilson, regional official.
Both groups expressed pleas
ure with the agreement. Bowers
said the decision was made only
after thorough study of several
such credit card systems. “we
feel First Bank Card is what our
customers deserve,” he said.
Wyche said First Bank Card
is in many of the principal trade
centers of the two Carolinas,
with many participating mer
chants and businesses of all
kinds. He said that additional
areas in the two Carolinas are
being added, including the Myrtle
Beach resort area. “One of the
significant factors about this
plan,” wyche explained, “is that
Waccamaw customers can shop
or trade in all sections of North
and South Carolina without incon
venience.” He also pointed out
that persons from other parts of
the two states visiting in the
Brunswick-New Hanover resort
areas can shop with First Rank
Card with equal convenience.' ‘ ?i!*
In summing up, wyche empha
sized that First Bank Card will
be available to all in the total
service area of the Waccamaw
Bank.
during the early part of the year.
The unit members were also on
the scene on numerous other oc
casions when dense fog—or smog
—blanketed the area and made
travel hazardous and at periods
Impossible.
The worst reported calamity
credited to the earth cloud was
on April 14 when a total of 13
vehicles piled up on US 74-76 and
NC 87 during the early morning,
resulting In sizeable property
damage and serious Injury for
several people.
The rescue volunteers on many
mornings guarded the roadways
covered with smog, halting or re
routing traffic. Sometimes It was
necessary to cease school bus
travel there.
That the hazard is caused by
smog, members of the rescue
unit agreed when they were
queried by a newsman.
Smog, according to Webster’s
dictionary, Is “a blend of smoke
and fog.”
Volunteers questioned would
not pinpoint the exact source of
the smoke which adds to the prob
lem of the fog for the' area.
One man said, “After you’re
out in the smog for a very short
time, you can taste some type
of tlngly chemical on your lips.”
His statement Indicates that the
source could be one or more of
the four chemical plants located
in that area.
The area which has given sr,
much trouble is approximate!,
four miles long. “It is like a
stream,” one man said, “and
usually follows the same coursr
from west Delco at Livingston’s
Creek to Maco.
Their concern over the pro
gram was reported to the newly
created State Board of Air and
Water Resources which lias
promised a thorough Investiga
tion.
Some of the worst wrecks at
tended by the Acme Delco
Riegelwood rescue unit "weret
Nov. 25, 1967 when two cars,
a pickup truck, and an oil tank
er tangled; April 13, 1968; 12
vehicles; and April 17, 1968;
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County Education Board
Lists Teachers, Changes
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met in session Mon
day. Members present were:
Del mas Babson, chairman,
Norman Bellamy, Capt. Arthur
J. Dosher, Homer Holden and
James G. Thompson. Superin
tendent williams and Associate
Superintendent King were also
in attendance.
On a motion by Bellamy and a
second by Capt. Dosher the Board
amended the Minutes of the pre
vious meeting of June 3 to include
a formal statement of request to
the Board of County Commis
sioners with reference to the
proposed bond referendum.
On a motion by Capt. Dosher
Summer Session
Enrollment High
At Southeastern
A total enrollment of “well
over 300” for the summer ses
sion at Southeastern Community
College represents a substantial
increase over the summer en
rollment last year.
After the first full week of
classes in the new quarter, Daryl
Farley, director of the college's
summer program, said a final,
total figure ‘ ‘ may be around 330. ”
He said classes are being con
ducted on both day and evening
schedules, and that all depart
ments are participating in the
summer session. Those include
the college transfer program,
the technical and vocational pro
grams, and adult extension and
adult high school programs.
Farley said the college trans
fer program has drawn a large
enrollment, with many students
from other institutions around
the state coming to Southeastern
for the six-week summer ses
sion.
Three classes in the adult
extension program Include auto
mobile mechanics and welding,
which are being held especially
for personnel of the N.C. Forest
service, and note-taking steno
scrlpt.
The adult high school program
will be in session throughout
the summer, and is a self-study
program in which students use
the college’s Programmed In
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and a second by Thompson the
Board approved the following
teacher contracts for the 1968-69
school year: Shallotte—Ronnie
Due Arnold, Carmen Tutor Ar
nold and Dudley Barbee Howard;
Southport—Audrey Evans, Vivian
L Pittman and Ellen W. Mueller
weiss; Sharon K. Bradsher—
Speech Therapist—(E.S.E.A.).
On a motion by Thompson and
a second by Capt. Dosher the
Board accepted the following
resignations: Leland—Jessie M.’
Best and Kathryn L. Blackman;
Shallotte—Robert Sellers, Prin
cipal, and David Carmichael, As
sistant Principal.
On a motion by Holden and a
second by Thompson the Board
approved renovation of the base
ball in-field at the Bolivia High
School.
On a motion by Thompson and
a second by Holden the Board
approved the assignment of Rob
ert Field to the New Hanover
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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, June 20,
3:33 AM 9:82 AM
1:09 PM 10:40 PM
Friday, June 21,
1:27 AM 10:40 AM
1:57 PM 11:28 PM
Saturday, June 22,
5:15 AM 11:28 AM
5:39 PM
Sunday, June 23,
5:57 AM 0:18 AM
8:27 PM 12:10 PM
Monday. June 24,
8:39 AM 0:58 AM
7:03 PM 12:52 PM
Tuesday, June 26,
7:21 AM
7:45 PM
1:40 AM
1:34 PM
Wednesday, June 26,
3:03 AM
3:21 PM
2:22 AM
2:10 PM