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VOLUME 40
No. 8
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1968
5t A GOPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Bear Killed Near Southport
Weston Lewis is shown here with a big black bear which he hit with his car
Saturday morning between Southport and Boiling Spring Lakes. He brought the dead
animal to town, and a short time later was given a citation for “unlawful possession
of a bear.”
Gets Citation *
When Car Hits
Bear On Road
Weston Lewis killed a big black
bear which ran In front of his car
Saturday morning and less than
two hours later he had been
served with a citation for “un
lawful possession of a bear."
The strange accident occurred
about 7:30 o’clock between South
port and Bolling Spring Lakes,
about six miles from Southport.
The bear was in the ditch, and
ran out just as the car reached
him. He was struck by the right
front wheel.
Lewis stopped, saw what had
happened, and as soon as he was
sure the bear had been killed,
he lifted his carcass on the
bow of the boat which he was
towing behind his car and brought
him Into town.
A black bear on the bow of
a boat soon attracted attention,
and among the curious was Game
Protector W.B. Cheson. It seems
tha t you are not supposed to have
a bear In your possession for
any reason during closed season,
the only Immediate remedy being
to turn it over to the county home
or to some prison unit where
meals are served.
Lewis says he didn’t know
about this and that he really
had no Idea what to do with the
bear. “If I’d wanted to keep
him I sure wouldn’t have brought
him Into town right out in clear
view,” he said.
Chason took custody of the bear
and left to deliver him to the
prison camp In New Hanover
county. Meanwhile, Lewis Is
slated to appear before Magis
trate E.F. Gore on August 5.
Lions Will Host
District Meeting
Southport Lions Club will be
the host club for the District of
ficers Installation on Saturday,
August 10. The meeting will be
held in the Community Building
on the Garrison. The social
hour will begin at 6:30 p.m.
with dinner at 7:30 p.m.
An interesting program has
been planned for the occasion.
Dr. M. H. Rourk, past Interna
tional Director, will serve as in
stalling officer. Lions are en
couraged to bring their wives
to this meeting.
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
BOARD MEETING
The SENCland Community
Action board of directors will
meet Tuesday, April 6 at 8 p. m.
in County Hall, Whiteville. The
public is invited to attend.
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
Members of the MYF of Trin
ity Methodist Church will serve
a spaghetti supper tomorrow
(Thursday) in the fellowship hall
of the new educational building.
Serving will begin at 5:30 o’clock.
Lands Big Tarpon
Leo Dowling of Southport landed this 91-lb. tarpon
Monday after an hour and one-half battle that took him
up and down the Cape Fear river from the point where
he was hooked near Battery Island. The fish was 5-ft,
11 *4 -inches long and had a girth of 34-inches. John
Staukonski of Baltimore was with Dowling and handled
the boat from which they were fishing while the fight
was in progress. (Photo by Spencer)
Application Filed
Today With AEC
Carolina Power and Light
Company today filed with the
Atomic Energy Commission in
Washington, D. C., an application
to construct a nuclear electric
generating plant near Southport.
This announcement was made by
Paul Colby, senior vice- presi
dent of the corporation.
Colby said that the Atomic
Energy Commission will call a
public hearing in Brunswick
county, probably next summer,
after a thorough review has been
made of the application and fol
low-up discussions with CP&L
officials.
The application is based upon
exhaustive studies that have been
made by engineers, scientists,
geologists, hydrographers biol
ogists, meterologists and phys
icist during the past few months.
CP&L proposes to construct
two 800,000-kw nuclear gener
ating units in Brunswick county.
This will be the first plant that
CP&L has constructed in North
Carolina, although it now has
under construction a similar
plant of 700,000-kw capacity near
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Statistics For
Health Service
For Brunswick
The following is a summary
of the Brunswick County Health
Department Activities for the
months of April, May and June,
1968:
There were 113 immuniza
tions for diphtheria, whooping
cough and tetanus combined, 33
for diphtheria and tetanus com
bined; 15 for tetanus; 128 for
polio; 105 for measles; and 122
for small pox.
One talk or group discussion
was conducted on health educa
tion.
There were three new cases
of tuberculosis reported and
there were nine visits to patients,
contacts and suspected cases.
There were 254 tuberculin tests
given—226 negative and 28 posi
tive—and 61 X-rays.
In the maternal health divi
sion, there were 79 visits to
maternity clinics, one nursing
visit to an expectant mother,
one visit by a nurse to a mid
wife and 155 visits to planned
parenthood clinics.
Sixty-one infants visited pedia
tric clinics, 11 nursing visits
were made to infants, 154 visits
by children were made to pedia
tric clinics and 36 nursing visits
were made to children.
In the chronic disease program
there were- 40 patients as of the
end of last December. In the
first six months of this year, 14
patients were added to the pro
gram and 27 patients were dis
charged. 595 visits by nurses
to chronic disease patients were
made.
Forty-six birth certificates
were received and processed and
31 death certificates were
similarly taken care of. There
were two stillbirth certificates
issued, and there was one infant
death under one month.
In the laboratory department,
there were 24 water samples
collected for analysis. Of the
feces specimens tested, 253 were
negative, 13 were positive for
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Charlotte Man
Lost In Ocean
A search lasting more than 24
hours failed to discover a missing
SCUBA diver, Charles H. Denney,
last seen about 4 p.m. Sunday
when he and two others were
diving near Buoy 4FP, about half
way between Southport and the
Frying Pan Shoals light tower.
Late Monday C-BM G. M. Val
lender, of the Oak Island Coast
Guard Station, said weather was
making up a storm and the search
would be called off until first
light if the seas became too rough
for the relatively small boats in
volved.
At the peak of the search Mon
day, the Coast Guard Cutter Cape
Upright of Southport and the
44-foot and the 30-footer based at
Oak Island, a Coast Guard heli
copter and fixed wing plane, four
civilian boats, two civilian air
craft (normally fish spotters),
four navy divers from Camp Le
jeune and the two co mpanies of the
missing person were all engaged
in it.
Denney, a Charlotte ad
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Scene Of Bank Robbery
This is one of the most unusual photographs ever printed in The Pilot, for it
was taken by an automatic camera in the First National Bank of Yorktown’s Grafton
branch last Wednesday while a robbery was in progress. Arrested and charged with
the hold-up was Robert Clemens Turney of Yaupon Beach, who was identified from
this photograph as the man who police say committed the robbery.
Local Man Charged ,
Camera Records Bank Holdup
The FBI jointly announced with
the Virginia State Police and the
York County Sheriff’s Office Fri
day the identification of the rob
ber of the First National Bank of
Yorktown, Grifton Branch, which
was held up July 24, through the
circulation of a photograph taken
by a camera at the bank.
Special Agent in Charge Rob
ert V. Hancock, FBI Norfolk,
stated that Robert Clemens Turn
ey, retired Lt. Colonel, age 47,
was arrested Thursday in New
port News. The arrest was based
on a county warrant issued by
York County Sheriff A.S. White,
charging Turney with bank rob
bery.
Hancock stated Deputy Sher
iff Darrel Warren, York Coun
ty, received a telephone call
from an individual who recog
nized Turney from the photo
graph taken by the bank camera
as shown in a newspaper. Fur
ther identifications were made
and Turney, who furnished
his address as Yaupon Beach
was then arrested. He is di
vorced and is employed as a sur
vey inspector. He has failed to
post $20,000 bond and was lodged
in the Newport News City Jail.
Federal charges also were
filed as a detainer against
Turney. Hancock credited the
quick identification and appre
hension of the bank bandit to
the close cooperation between
all agencies involved and of the
news media.
A York County sheriff’s deputy
received the first tip on the sus
pect’s identity from a citizen who
saw a holdup picture taken by the
bank’s camera published in a
newspaper.
The bank was robbed at 10:25
a.m. July 24 by a man who dis
played a note which was hand
written on the back of a bank
deposit slip. The note said the
man was armed, and asked for
large bills. The teller, Mrs.
William Presson, gave him $4,
950 in various denominations.
Turney is identified as a re
tired U.S. Army colonel.
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Time And Tide
—
There Is evidence that news was a scarce commodity during late
July, 1938—and we have an Issue of July 27 to prove it. A forth
coming routine meeting of the Brunswick County Board of Educa
tion was good for a box story, and the lead article was about a
publicity promotion to get a news reel company to come in and take
movies of some Brunswick county girls milking a cow. Most
interesting material was contained in an article by H.H. Brimley
of the State Museum regarding the heron population on Battery
Island.
There was evidence that the Republicans were off and running,
for a fishfry had been scheduled to launch their fall activities.
Sports fishermen were having good luck with trout, blues and
Spanish mackerel; people were apparently too busy to get into
trouble, for there has been but one case in Recorder’s court
that week; and a front page piece reported that this had been a
rainy week, with rainfall totaling 4.39-inches.
Five years and one World War later w. P. Jorgensen had been
elected chairman of the Brunswick County Rationing Board. Also
in the war news was Gunnery Sergeant E.F. Gore, called back
from retirement for active duty “somewhere in the Pacific.'
Lewis Hardee, engaged in shrimping in Louisiana, had sent home
a suggestion supported by a contribution, that the whittlers bench
be rebuilt along more substantial lines.
Tobacco farmers were happy with the knowledge ttiat the Georgia
market had opened high, and they were eagerly awaiting the Border
Belt opening later in the week. The bears and the bees were having
it out in pitched battle in the apiary of Dr. J.A. Stone near Little
River, S.C.; representatives of the N.C. News Bureau had run into
the Coast Guard mounted patrol when they went picture making along
the beaches with the result that the two forces were consolidated—
temporarily at least; and the public sale of the W.B.&S. Railroad
had finally been confirmed.
The time was July 28, 1948 and there was a story in The Pilot
of that date about the rescue at Holden Beach of the Fitchett family
of Dunn. A daughter, Mrs. Hope Fitchett Hall, was the principal
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Give Go Sign To
School Election
MRS. HARPER
Southport Lady
State Officer
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.
of Southport was elected vice
chairman of the State Demo
cratic party today after it had
been announced on Tuesday that
she was favored for this posi
tion by Lt. Governor Bob Scott,
Democratic nominee for gov
ernor.
Mrs. Harper entered the lime
light of State politics this year
when she ran second to Pat
Taylor in the race for the Demo
cratic nomination for Lt. Gov
ernor. Frank Matlock was the
third candidate in the field.
In making his recommenda
tion, Scott said that he first had
conferred with Taylor, who fav
ored this move. James V. John
son of Charlotte, Scott’s cam
paign manager, was elected
state chairman at the Raleigh
meeting.
Mrs. Harper has been active
for several years in various
state organizations, but this year
was the first time she had ac
tively participated in politics.
Previously she has served as
president of the State Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs, as presi
dent of the Council of Women’s
Organizations and as president
of the Women’s Press Associa
tion.
On the local level she has been
active in religious and civic af
fairs and currently serves as
chairman of the Southport
Brunswick County Library Board
of Trustees, as president of the
Southport Woman’s Club and is
active in the affairs of Trinity
Methodist Church as organist and
Sunday School teacher.
She is vice chairman of North
Carolinians for Better Libra
ries and of the Revolutionary
War Commission.
Name Two On
Local Board
Governor Dan Moore has an
nounced the appointment of C.
Blon Sears, whiteville banker,
and Hugh MacRae, n of Wilming
ton, residential and commercial
real estate developer, to mem
bership on the Frying Pan Light
ship Marine Museum Commis
sion, which was created by Act
Of the 1967 General Assembly.
Sears, a former lieutenant
commander In the Navy, will
At a public hearing on the pro
posed special school bond elec
tion in Southport Monday night
no opposition was raised and
members of the board of coun
ty commissioners gave a green
light to the proposition of holding
the election.
There is some doubt as to
whether the date will be Septem
ber 14 or September 21. That
decision will be made at the next
regular meeting ol the “ (SoardT**
During the course of the meet
ing a discussion was held regard
ing plans and organization to
help secure the approval of the
school bond issue. The point
was made that the purpose of the
meeting was not to organize but
to decide whether to hold the
election at this time.
However, some preparations
for organization were made, with
Superintendent George Williams
being named temporary chair
man, with the understanding that
each member of the Board of
Education will appoint five per
sons from his school district to
comprise a county-wide commit
tee to work for passage of the
school bond' issue.
The Brunswick County Board
of Education held a special ses
sion in the Board of Education
office prior to the public hear
ing.
The board approved the teach
er contract for the 1968-69 school
year for Claude Gerald Ellen,
Waccamaw, and accepted resig
nation ofAnnSinclair atShallotte.
The board voted unanimgusly to
continue the Freedom of Choice
method as means of school
desegregation for the 1968-69
school year and to develop and
submit a plan for complete and
total school desegregation for the
1969-70 school year as required
by the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare Depart
ment. Such a plan would be sub
mitted to the Civil Rights office
by December 1.
Following the public hearing
the board met in joint session
with the County Commissioners.
The boards discussed the most
appropriate dates on which to
hold the school bond election.
Members of the Board of Edu
cation indicated their prefer
ence of September 21 as the
most desirable date. The coun
ty commissioners tabled action
on this matter due to the absence
of one board member.
Saving Bonds
Sales Increase
U. S. Savings Bond and Free
dom Share sales in the first six
months of this year totaled $32,
498,640 in North Carolina. Setting
a new high for this period, sales
are 5 percent greater than in
the first half of last year, and
represent over 47 percent of the
state’s $68,800,000 goal for this
year.
In Brunswick County, Savings
Bonds and Freedom Shares sold
during June amounted to $2,
130.00, bringing the year’s total
to $23,766. The January to June
cumulative sales represent 57.6
percent of the county’s goal for
this year, according to Aubrey
C. Johnston, Brunswick County
Volunteer Chairman.
For the monthof June combined
sales in North Carolina totaled
High Average
Paid Opening
Day For Leaf
By JIGGS POWERS
"Whiteville Is still the Num
ber One choice of the farmers
among the markets on the Bor
der Belt!"
That’s the outspoken feeling
of John S. Gore, who will be
serving his second season
as executive secretary of the
Whiteville Tobacco Board of
Trade and local tobacco sales
supervisor.
“Again," reiterated Gore, “we
ask the farmer Just as we did
before our first season began in
1967, Don’t settle for a second
choice, always sell your tobacco
in Whiteville!"
Whiteville will begin the sale of
the flue-cured leaf with others of
the Border Belt next Wednesday,
July 31 at 9 a.m.
And, it will again have three
sets of buyers on its market;
Whiteville being the only three
buyer market in Columbus Coun
ty.
Gore, like other tobacconists,
is expecting things to go much
smoother on the Whiteville mar
ket this year than in last year's
somewhat confused season. But,
that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t
expect a lot of the golden leaf to
come to the big three-set-buyer
auction.
"I feel that the new ruling al
lowing farmers to sell all their
leaf loose (untied) if they so de
sire, should cause us to get more
tobacco on the Whiteville mar
ket this season," said Gore.
“Especially from our own Co
lumbus County—and surrounding
area—growers. And, of course,
we’re anticipating a lot of out
of-belt tobacco as always. We
always welcome our friends from
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Shallotte Bank
Gets New Man
Waccamaw Bank and Trust
.Company has announced the ap- -
pointment of T. Jerry williams
as assistant cashier of their Shal
lotte office, effective July 25.
Prior to joining Waccamaw
Bank on July 1, williams was
assistant cashier and manager
of the North Tarboro Branch of
Edgecombe Bank and Trust Com
pany, Tarboro. He has served
as program director for both
WPXY-Radio in Greenville and
WFAG-Radio in Farmville. Ad
ditionally, he has written a news
paper column for the ROcky Mount
Evening Telegram.
Williams was adistrict “Speak
up Jaycee” winner while a mem
ber of the Tarboro Jaycees and
served as a director of the Tar
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JERRY WILLIAMS
Tide Table
Following U the tide table
for Soutfiport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Oape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
"Thursday, August 1,
l:0e AM 7:46 AM
2:09 PM 8:34 PM
Friday, August 2,
2:09 AM 8:46 AM
3:09 PM 9:46 PM
Saturday, August S,
3:15 AM 9:52 AM
4:21 PM 10:58 PM
Sunday, August 4,
4:27 AM 10:58 AM
5:27 PM 11:58 PM
Monday, August S,
Wednesday, August 7,
5:33 AM
6:27 PM
PM 12:08 PM
Tuesday, August 6,
12:04 AM
6:38 AM
7:27 PM
12:06 AM
1:10 PM
7:27 AM
8:21 PM
1:52 AM
1:58 PM