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THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 40
No. 5
12-Poqm Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1968
5* A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Fire At Baptist Assembly
Members of the Southport Volunteer Fire Department are shown here in action
Monday afternoon as they quickly answered a call to the Baptist Assembly and help
ed to bring a fire m the attic of a two-story building under control before the struc
/nru 'va^Qe®troYed. The L°ng Beach Fire Department also sent a truck to the fire
(Photo by Spencer.)
Mechanized
Equipment For Picking Crabmeat
Brunswick Has
4-H Members
In Washington
‘‘We were impressed with the
mixture of the past, present,
and future that exists in the na
tion’s capital,” said Lynn, Kenny,
and Jeris Hewett of Supply.
The three 4-H’ers were among
members from 6 states who had
just completed a weeklong 4-H
Citizenship Short Course in
Washington, while there they
stayed at the National 4-H Center.
A high point of the week was
visiting Sen. Sam j, Ervin, and
Congressman Alton A. Lennon.
Congressman Lennon was away in
a meeting and Doug Jones, for
merly of Southport and an aid to
the congressman, entertained the
4-H’ers and took them to lunch
at the Senate dining room. There
were several TV personalities
there, as well as familiar faces
of senators and congressmen
dining that day. Jones toured,
the building with them and ex
plained Congressman Lennon’s
role in the Capital.
The week in Washington also
included many field trips to his
torical shrines and to govern
ment offices like the u. s. De
partment of Agriculture arid the
U. S. Department of State.
The Citizenship Short Course
which is conducted by the Na
tional 4-H Club Foundation in be
half of the Cooperative Extension
(Cooti&UMl an Pag* 4,
'i*'
New Machinery Is
Boon To Crab Plant
C.B. “Cash" Caroon of South
port intends to see crab picking
at its best and fastest, at least
in his operation.
He has installed a new picking
machine in his plant. “The
machine picks parts of the crab
that haven’t been picked before,
the parts that are normally
thrown away,” he said. Usually
crabs are picked by human pick
ers only.
The smaller, less desirable
crab claws are turned over to the
machine. Larger claws are hand
picked, then fed to the machine
to be picked again. Caroon hopes
to process other parts of the crab
through the machine in the future.
With the machine he gets about
two more pounds of meat for
every 100 pounds of crabs,
“It would take five women
working two days to do the same
amount of picking the machine
does in three hours,” Caroon
said.
Small claws and picked large
claws are placed on a conveyor
that drops them into the mouth
of the machine. Meat and bone
are ground and separated, then
fall into a salt solution. The
bone sinks and the meat floats.
Bones are conveyed out of the ma
chine into a barrel. The meat
passes out on a long conveyor
belt where it is given a fresh
water bath to wash out the salt.
Meat on the conveyor then passes
over a vacuum and excess
moisture is pulled out. Work
ers lined along the belt pick
out any excess bone.
The machine is 40 feet long
and delivers 100-110 pounds of
meat per hour. Caroon said the
machine could get more, even
doubled the 100 pounds, but he
runs it at a speed where work-'
ers can do a good job of picking
pieces of bone.
Caroon’s brother, L.R. Caroon
of Lowland (Pamlico County), has
a similar picking machine. Cash
Caroon knows of only three more
similar machines — in Bruns
wick, Georgia; in Virginia; and
. Port Royal, South Carolina.
The individual who had the
original patent owns the South
Carolina machine.
Caroon’s Crab Company has
been remodeled recently. He
now has the new picking machine'
and accessories and will be able
to carry 70,000 pounds of frozen
products.
“I am the only one in the state
that takes raw crabs in and puts
out a finished product. I take a
crab in when he is snapping at
you, and when he leaves here,
you are snapping at him,” Caroon
said.
School Board?
Holds Meeting
About Schools
The Brunswick County Board of
Education met July 1. Teacher
contracts for the 1968-69 school
year were approved for South
port—jean D. Fordham and Irvin
Smith; Waccamaw—Eva Deanes
Gray. The board accepted the
resignation of William Bender,
teacher at Leland High School.
The board approved a 5% sal
ary increment for two mainte
nance foremen.
Approval was given the request
from Sencland Community Ac
tion, Inc. to use two classrooms
at the Lincoln School until August
15.
The board awarded the student
insurance program for the 1968
69 school year to Nationwide In
surance Company, Raleigh.
On a motion by Mr. Thompson
and a second by Capt. Dosher the
Board assigned the following stu
dents to the New Hanover School
System: Harvey L. Summerlin,
Jr., and David Bullard.
The Board discussed at length
^various possible plans for school
desegregation to be followed dur
ing the 1968-69 school year.
The board is under orders from
the Department of Health, Edu
cation and welfare to submit a
plan of school desegregation
showing considerable progress
for the 1968-69 school year or
experience the possibility of Fed
eral Funds being withheld and
possible court action. No action
was taken on this matter. How
ever, the Board authorized Su
perintendent Williams to request
an extension of time beyond the
original deadline of July 5.
Bolivia Youth f
At Summer Camp
One hundred of America’s top
science students have assembled
near here for the Sixth Annual
National Youth Science Camp.
Timothy Wi- McKeithan,. at*
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Me
Kelthan of Bolivia, is one of the
two delegates selected by the
I Governor of North Carolina to
' represent the State. McKeithan
was selected on the basis of
outstanding academic and scien
tific performance and potential
during his high school career.
A 1968 graduate of New Hanover
High School, he plans to enter
Harvard university this fall to
major in biochemical sciences.
The National Youth Science
Camp, sponsored each year by the
State of west Virginia and by West
Virginia University, brings to
gether two outstanding young
scientists from each state in the
Union. Campers participate in
a rigorous educational program
in which they discuss timely so
cial and scientific issues with
Visiting Fellows. Visiting Fel
lows, all outstanding authori
ties in their respective fields,
visit the camp to work with dele
gates on an informal basis.
Delegates arrived in Charles
ton, West Virginia, on Friday,
June 21, when they toured the
plants of the FMC Corporation,
Dupont, and Union Carbide. Fol
lowing a formal welcoming ad
dress by west Virginia Governor
Hulett C. Smith on Saturday, the
delegates were flown to the
Camp’s site in the beautiful
Monongahela National Forest.
The Camp is within easy reach
of the National Radio Astronomy
Observatory at Greenbank and
other scenic and natural attrac
tions.
In formal opening ceremonies
on Sunday, the three-week honors
Camp got underway as Congress
man Ken Hechler of west Vir
ginia’s fourth District and State
Senator J. Kenton Lambert
charged the National Youth
Science Campers to “accept the
social and the moral obligations
(Continued On Page Four)
Spectacular Descent
Nothing that happened here during the Fourth of July Festival was more spec
tacular than the air show staged during the afternoon by the Golden Knights, famed
U. S. Army parachute team. Here one of the sky divers is shown in firy descent at
moment he hits the ground on target in the Garrison. In the right foreground is one
of his teammates who has just completed his jump. (Photo by Spencer)
Ceremony On Garrison
A Change of Command ceremony and the awarding of a medal to the retiring
commanding officer at Sunny Point Army Terminal were a part of Fourth of July
Festival highlights here Thursday. Shown in foreground are, 1 to r, Brigadier General
Arthur Hurow, Commanding General, Eastern Area, Military Traffic Management and
Terminal Service; Colonel Archie B. Joyner; Colonel Cary A. Kennedy, Jr., new
commanding officer, Sunny Point; and Major Oscar G. Oaks, Director of Operations
reading citation. Personnel in background are officers assigned to the Terminal.
Air Medal To
Shallotte Man
U.S. Air Force Major Robert
C. Henderson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. G.E. Henderson of Tar
heeland Acres, Shallotte, has re
ceived the Air Medal at Eglin
AFB, Fla.
Major Henderson was deco
rated for his meritorious
achievement as a navigator at
Osan AB, Korea. He was cited
for his outstanding airmanship
and courage on successful
and important missions under
hazardous conditions.
The major, now assigned to the
Air Proving Ground Center at
Eglin, is a member of the Air
Force Systems Command (AFSC).
AFSC develops scientific con
cepts and operational systems
(Continued on Page 4
Time And Tide
Page 1 of the July 6, 1938, edition of The Pilot told of the elec
trocution of Bill Payne and Wash Turner, two desperadoes who
holed up in Southport for a time while playing hide-and-seek with
Federal and State law enforcement officers. The Fourth of July
had come on Monday that year, and the paper reported that all
was quiet. The big holiday attraction had been a baseball game
between Southport and the Wilmington All-Stars, with the 1-0
victory going to the visitors after Eddie Spencer had pitched one
of his best ball games.
The South Atlantic Yachting Association announced that it would
not hold the sailboat races in Southport that summer, but in Wrights
ville Beach. The home of O.B. Sellers at Supply had been the scene
of the Sellers reunion; Bingo Burris, Southport seafood dealer, had
bought the Fergus Market in Wilmington and was moving there; and
the U.S.E. Dredge Comstock was working on the Cape Fear river bar.
It was one of the war years and The Pilot for July 14, 1943,
reported the sinking of the U.S.S. Helena with two Southport men,
Frank and Bryant Potter, as members of her crew. Fate of these
two still was not known. Also on the battlefront, Capt. Teddy Lewis
(Continued on Pag# «, ~
Colonel Joyner Is
Honored Thursday
Colonel Archie B. Joyner, Jr.,
who commanded the Military
Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point
from 8 July 1963 to 8 July 1968
was awarded the Legion of Merit
during the Terminal’s Change
of Command Ceremony held
Thursday at Fort Johnston.
The new commanding officer at
Sunny Point will be Col. Cary M.
Kennedy, who comes here from
duty in Washington, D. C. Pre
viously he has served as com
manding officer of the Brooklyn
Army Terminal in New York.
The citation reads as follows;
“The President of the United
States of America, authorized by
the Act of Congress, July 20,
1942, has awarded the Legion of
Merit to “Colonel Archie B.
Joyner, Jr., Transportation
Corps, USA for exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the per
formance of outstanding ser
vices: Colonel Archie B. Joy
ner, Jr., Transportation Corps,
United States Army, dis
tinguished himself by exception
ally meritorious conduct in the
performance of outstanding ser
vice while serving in the key
positions as Commander, Mili
tary Ocean Terminal, Sunny
Point, and Military Ocean Termi
nal, Kings Bay (inactive), during
the period 8 July 1963 to 8 July
1968. As the Commander of
a complex and unique terminal
activity, his well calculated plan
ning contributed to the success
of a major military objective
during a period characterized
by international crisis, distinct
changes in missions, and re
organization of the Army, with
initiative, vitality, determina
tion, and force of character,
Colonel Joyner worked tireless
ly to meet the challenge of ac
complishing the movement of am
munition and other dangerous
cargo through the terminal prop
er and of other assigned cargo
through terminals and other
facilities in support of the United
States and allied forces in over
sea areas. His keen awareness
of technological advances in the
(OontbUMd on Pag* 4)
David L. Godwin, president of
the North Carolina Association
of Realtors, will be the guest
of the Brunswick County Board of
Realtors at the July supper meet
ing at Jones Tranquil Harbor
Restaurant. Godwin who is a
Director of the National Asso
ciation will talk on the role that
the local board has in develop
ing a community in connection
with the program of the National
Association of Realtors to Build
America Better.
Fourth Of July
Festival Again
Great Success
Southport was the scene last
week of a Fourth of July Festival
which started during the pro
ceeding weekend, extended
through the next seven days and
reached Its climax on Thursday.
Hardly a man or woman in town
escaped some responsibility for
some phase of the varied enter
tainment and activity that was
scheduled.
The most colorful event was the
parade Thursday morning which
Darely nosed out the weather
man. Not a drop of rain fell
during this portion of the festivi
ties as pretty girls on colorful
floats vied for crowd favor with
the excitement of marching
bands, the antics of clowns and
the magic appeal of beautiful
horses. It was one of the best
parades in the history of this
event.
The most dramatic event prob
ably was the exhibition put cm
Thursday afternoon by the Golden
Knights, famous U.S. Armypara
chute team. By this time the
clouds had turned to rain and
there was a low overcast. There
appeared to be considerable room
to doubt this part of the show
would go on, but it did with spec
tacular results.
Jumping from low altitudes
solo, in pairs and in a group
of four, these skymen managed
to hit the drop target time after
time right before the eyes of
their rain-soaked spectators.
Tricky air currents caught three
of the jumpers and swept them
out to a waterly landing in the
river, but they quickly were pick
ed up by waiting boats and were
brought safely ashore.
The next big milestone of the
day’s festivities were the fire
works when darkness came along
the waterfront. Soon after the
quiet was shattered by the boom
of rockets being launched to light
UP the sky with bursts of pyro
technic beauty. Once more the
rain held off long enough to let
this happen.
In between there were a mul
titude of interesting events to
keep the visitor amused and en
tertained as the festival pro
(Oootinued on Page 4> .
Bolivia Woman -?
Dies In Wreck
A 50-year-old Bolivia woman
was dead on arrival at New Han
over Memorial Hospital Thurs- •„
day as the result of a single ;
car auto accident on US 17 near
Bolivia.
Elea Alberta Bryant, 50, of ♦ ,
Rt. 1, Bolivia was fatally in
jured in the accident which
hospitalized three other people.
The Bryant woman was a pas
senger in a car driven by John
nie James Brown, 51, of Wil
mington which crashed into a “
ditch after going out of control.
The accident occurred around
4:15 p.m. on US 17 about six
miles north of Bolivia.
Investigating trooper G. C.
Howell said the vehicle ran off
the road and struck a tile abut
ment in a ditch.
The injured were taken to the
hospital by the Leland Rescue
Squad.
Hospitalized with injuries were
the driver and passenger Thelma
White, 30, of Wilmington, who
suffered extensive cuts on the
face, arms and legs and Johnny
Eugene Hawes, 16, of Wilmington.
The Highway Patrol reported
that charges will be made pend
ing further investigation.
• Tide Table
I Following is the tide table
I for Southport during the
I week. These hours are ap
I proximate* correct and
I were furnished The State
I Port Pilot through the
I courtesy of the Cape Fear
I Pilot’s Association.
| HIGH LOW
| Thursday, July 11,
( 8:46 A M 2:52 A M
I 9:15 P M 2:52 P M
I Friday, July 12, I
9:33 A M 3:40 A m|
10:03 PM 3:46 PMj
Saturday, July 13, J
10:27 A M 4:28 A M J
10:51 P M 4:34 P MS
Sunday, July 14, J
11:15 AM 5:10 AMS
11:39 P M 5:28 P M|
Monday, July 15, 1
12:03 A M 6:58 A Mi
6:16 P Ms
Tuesday, July 16, !
0:21 A M 6:40 AMs
112:57 P M 7:10 P M|
i Wednesday, July 17, g
1:08 AM 7:28 A Ml
Lmmb. 8:04 P MJ