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'VOLUME 40
No. 9
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1968
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PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Change Of Command
This was the scene at the Southport Boat Harbor recently during a change of
command ceremony for the Cape Upright, 95-foot Coast Guard Patrol Boat. Lt. 0‘g)
Leslie M. Meekins, left, is shown relinquishing command of the vessel to Ens. W. H.
,, at attention are Chief Carlton Shannon, BMI A. C. Skipper, EN2 W.
C. Wells, EM2 James Mills and GM3 Wayne Varney. Ens. Nock is a graduate of the
U. S. Coast Guard Academy, class of ’67, and for the past year has served aboard the
U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Chincoteague.
Border Belt
Prices High
For Opening
Warehousemen in Columbus
County kicked off their tobacco
sales season last week by
handling all the law allowed.
Blocked sales persisted for most
houses during the
Wednesday-Friday period.
Markets in the county got off
to a strong start—especially for
nondescript and primings—but
the succeeding two days found
averages sliding downward while
quality showed improvement,
according to the Marketing News
Service, a function of USDA.
Stabilization Corporation
showed a sizeable gain in
poundage taken during thefirst
three days of the 1968 season, as
compared to the first three days
of 1967.
Whiteville markets, for
instance, saw Stabilization
taking 172,878 pounds of
tobacco last week, compared to
just 43,790 pounds last year
during the first three days of
sales.
Improved quality of the grades
being sought by buying
companies showed an improved
average Friday in Whiteville over
the opening day average.
A look at the entire N. C.—S.
C. Border Belt indicates that this
year’s initial three-day average
was 89 cents under the
comparable period a year ago.
Last week the practical top
price paid by the companies was
$76 per hundred.
Chadboum was the only
market in Columbus which sold
any tied leaf. The 394 pounds of
tied leaf brought the producer
$307, for an average of $77.92.
Marketing thus far in the
county produced the following
statistics:
Whiteville—2,758,422 pounds;
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HONOR ROLL
Karen I. Nielsen of Shallotte
was one of 210 students at East
Carolina University who made
all A’s during the spring quarter.
NEW POST OFFICE
The Shallotte Post Office
moved Saturday into new
quarters that have been
constructed across from the
radio station.
SOCIETY TO MEET
The Brunswick County
Historical Society will meet on
Monday night at 8 o’clock at the
Sacred Heart Catholic Hall. The
public is invited.
NAMED TRUSTEE
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., of
Southport has recently been
named to the North Carolina
Wesleyan College Board of
Trustees. She will be a trustee of
the Rocky Mount school until
1971.
DR. LELA R. HANKINS
Bolivia Woman Has
Doctor’s Degree
Dr. Lela R. Hankins of Bolivia
recently received a degree from
Oregon State University. She
was awarded the Doctor of
Philosophy Degree with a major
in biological science and double
minors in the History and
Philosophy of Science (minor 1)
and College and University
Teaching (minor 2). Dr. Hankins
has been appointed Chairman of
the Department of Biology at
Bennett College, Greensboro.
A 1951 honor graduate of
Brunswick County High School,
she obtained the Bachelor of
Science degree in biology from
Shaw University in 1955, and
the Master of Science Degree in
the same field from Oregon
State University 1960-61, all
supported by the National
Science Foundation; recipient of
U.S. Public Health Trainee
Grant, University of Michigan in
the fall of 1964, and the IBM
Doctoral Research Fellowship
1967-68 at Oregon State
University.
During the past two academic
years, while pursuing doctoral
studies, she was elected to
membership in Phi Sigma
National Honorary Society in
biology and Sigma Xi, national
honorary in science research.
Prior to entering college
teaching in 1961, Dr. Hankins
served as a science and
mathematics teacher in the
public school systems of both
North and South Carolina
including Lincoln High School at
Leland, where the
Clemmons-Hankins chapter of
the National honor Society for
Secondary Students was jointly
named in her honor and that of
its principal, James F.
Clemmons.
Dr. Hankins is the author of
“Providing for Individual
Difference in Science
Instruction,” cited in the North
Carolina Teachers Record, May
1965, and “Biology for the
Non-Scientist.” An abstract of
this copyrighted work will
appear in the December 1968
edition of Dissertation
Abstracts, published by
University of Michigan
Microfilm, Inc. The latter is an
outgrowth of the author’s
doctoral dissertation.
The Brunswick resident is the
daughter of the late Marslin
Hankins, Sr., and Mrs. Lela
Hankins Williams of Bolivia, and
is the step-daughter of B.F.
Williams of Bolivia.
Former Hospital
Orderly Writes
Last week, W.F. Cupit,
administrator at Dosher
Memorial Hospital received this
letter from Charles L. Moore,
who is now in Vietnam.
Formerly he was an orderly at
the hospital for approximately 3
years before going into the
Army. Cupit says “he speaks, I
believe truly and sincerely and I
personally feel that the
community should feel proud of
his attitude, because he certainly
has no regret being there.” I had
written Charles about a month
ago, and this is his answer:
“Dear Mr. Cupit,
Just a few lines to let you
know I received your letter and
was glad to hear from you. The
reason it took so long in
answering is because we have
been on the move all the time. I
know that you all had a nice
time back there on the 4th, and
my only regret is that I wasn’t
there, but the way things are
over here, I suppose that I am
right where I’m needed the
most.
It is very hot over here at this
time. It gets so hot sometime
that I feel that I can’t make it,
but I am still holding on to my
faith in God and my Country,
and that’s what keeps me going.
In a way I am glad that I can
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Southport Man
To Be Inducted
Here Saturday
The Southport Lions Club will
serve as hosts Saturday for the
induction of Kirby Sullivan as
District Governor of District
31-H. Dr. M. H. Rourk past
International Director, will serve
as installing officer.
His district includes a total of
40 clubs, and most of them will
have representation at the
meeting for formal induction of
District Governor Sullivan. He
already has been performing the
duties of this office, having
made numerous personal
appearances throughout
southeastern North Carolina.
Sullivan is a Southport
attorney who holds the
distinction of being the only
man ever to tye elected to two
terms as president of Southport
Lions Club. Prior to being
elevated to his new position he
had served as Deputy District
Governor and as zone chairman.
The new district governor is a
native' of Brunswick County, is a
graduate of Leland High School
and the University of North
Carolina where he was Phi Beta
Kappa and where he also
received his law degree. During
the Korean conflict he served as
a member of the Judge Advocate
General’s Staff as Lieutenant. He
also has served one term in the
North Carolina General
Assembly as Representative
from Brunswick County.
A fellowship hour honoring
visitors will be held on the front
porch of the Community
Building overlooking the Cape
Fear River starting at 6:30
o’clock. The dinner will begin at
7:30 o’clock, with induction
ceremonies to follow.
Arrangements are being made
to entertain about 200 persons,
with many of the Lions
expected to bring their wives to
...this v
Willis Named
Police Chief
James Walton Willis, member
of the Southport Police force
since February, 1966, has been
named by City Manager C.D.
Pickerrell as Chief of Police. He
has been given authority to hire
two additional policemen.
Chief Willis succeeds Louis
Clark, who resigned the post 10
days ago.
The new police chief is a
native of Southport, graduated
from Southport High School and
served for three years as a
Military Policeman while in the
U.S. Army. Since becoming a
member of the local law
enforcement agency Chief Willis
has attended the Community
Relations School and the ABC
Control School put on by the
Institute of Government in
Chapel Hill
He is married to the former
Carol Stanley of Southport who
is clerk for the Town of Long
Beach and who for the past
several months has held the
position of acting city manager.
The couple has two children.
Community Building Gets Paint Job
Members of the Southport Lions Club decided at their meeting Thursday night
that the Community Building needed a paint job before Lions Club members from
all over District 31-H convene here Saturday for the formal induction of Kirby Sul
livan as District Governor. On Saturday some high priced amateur labor spent the day
scraping and painting. They are shown above in action. (Photo by Spencer)
Board Fails
To Call Date
For Election
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of
Commissioners, meeting in
special session Tuesday night,
voted not to call a Special
School Bond Election in
September, but decided to
submit the issue at the General
Election in November if
members of the Board of
Education agree.
County Attorney E. J.
Prevatte presented a ruling from
the Brunswick County Board of
Elections, based upon a ruling
from the State Board of
Elections, that the School Bond
Election cannot be held on
September 14 because of the
time element involved. It also
was felt that it would be
impractical to hold the election
on September 21 because of the
overlapping of absentee voting
with the General Election and
would present a serious conflict
with the new voter registration.
The Board of Elections
recommended that the school
bond issue be submitted with
the General Election because of
the expense involved in a special
election and in order to make it
more convenient for election
officials and the voters.
The commissioners there upon
decided to submit the school
bond issue to the voters at the
General Election in November,
subject to the approval of the
Brunswick County Board of
Education.
The proposed budget was
approved with one dissenting
vote. Commissioner John L.
Barbee stated that he was voting
against adoption “because of the
low standard of our schools, the
erosion of our beaches, the
needs of health and welfare and
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Time And Tide
There was a tale of tragedy in our issue of August 3,1938, for Dr.
F.B. Bond of Southport had sustained fatal injuries in an automobile
accident in Onslow county. His wife and daughter had also been
seriously injured. The Southport harbor became a haven for dredge
boats during the week-end as the Comstock, Henry Bacon and a
pipeline dredge of the Merritt Dredging Co. all were moored in local
waters. There was good news for folks who liked to visit the nearby
beach that would be Caswell Beach—they were going to pave the
road.
Representative R. E. Sentelle was preparing to go to Raleigh for a
special session of the State Legislature. The Amuzu was to be closed
for two days while completely new sound equipment was installed
C.C. Cannon had arrived here as U.S. Public Health pharmacist; and
Border Belt Tobacco Markets were ready for their opening the
following week.
Early in August 1943, preparations were being made for a Red
Cross First Aid Instructor’s course. Tobacco Markets had opened the
previous week, with only light sales. The War Department was
placing great emphasis upon the importance of producing pulpwood,
and this was the subject of our front page picture of that week.
Another sign of the times: The Want Ad column was filled with
advertisements for lost ration books. Preliminary preparations were
(Oouttnuad on P«n 4j
Friday Noon
Leland Bank Is
Robbed By Woman
2ND LT. PAUL A. MANGO
New Officer
For Terminal
Second Lieutenant Paul A.
Mango of Brooklyn, New York
has recently reported for
assignment and duty at the
Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny
Point. Lt. Mango was born in
Brooklyn and attended St.
John’s Preparatory School. He
then attended St John’s
University in Queens, N.Y., and
received his Bachelor of Arts
degree in Social Sciences.
Lt. Mango enlisted in the
service and attended Officer
Candidate School at Ft. Belvoir,
Va. He was commissioned 2Lt.
U.S. Army in March 1968.
Lt. Mango is unmarried. He
will reside in Long Beach during
his tour of duty at Sunny Point.
Unit Praises
Local Training
Col. Carey A. Kennedy, Jr.,
commanding officer at Sunny
Point Army Terminal, recently
received a letter from Col. Jess
M. Hughes, Jr., of U. S. Army
Terminal Unit (1181), Meridian,
Miss., expressing appreciation
for the successful training period
spent here earlier this summer.
Text of the letter follows:
“Our recent Annual Active
Duty for Training at MOT
Sunny Point was most
successful, and from every
standpoint, the best periof of
training experienced by this
unit.
“This successful training was
the result of superior support
and cooperation extended by
the personnel of Military Ocean
Terminal Sunny Point.
“We wish to express to you,
and to your command, our most
sincere thanks for your support
and hospitality. We extend to
you, our best wishes for many
additional years of successful
operation and service.”
A brazen noontime robbery
Friday at a Leland branch bank
is receiving concerted attention
of FBI agents.
The hoist of approximately
$4,500 by a suave gun-wielding
blonde at 12:50 p.m. was
perpetrated after the woman
with a foreign accent was denied
a loan at the bank. The woman
made her departure with a male
bank employee as hostage, with
him driving his car for the
getaway.
The branch bank of
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co.
recently opened for business in
Leland which is across the
eastern border of Columbus
County.
The FBI investigation has
produced no new developments
for release to news media, a
Brunswick County source
reported this morning
The woman was apparently
working alone when she entered
the bank, according to branch’s
assistant manager J. H. Smith Jr
“I’d say she was German,”
stated Smith. “Her English was
broken and her accent was thick.
Several times I had to ask her to
repeat what she was saying since
it was so difficult to understand
her”
The branch bank closed its
doors to customers for about an
hour and a half in the wake of
extensive investigation
procedures to recover the
$4,500 and the woman
Approximately 12:50 p.m.
Friday the woman, wearing a
white blouse, green slacks, a
pink scarf bound around her hair
and gloves, which might hinder
investigation somewhat, entered
the front door of the bank,
approached a teller cage and
asked to speak to someone
about a loan
Smith, who ordinarily handles
loan transactions was busy at the
time and the teller directed the
woman into the office of Vice
President William R Cross
“She followed the normal
procedure of requesting a
personal loan,” said Cross
“After learning a few facts
about the woman I realized that
I could not grant her the type of
loan she requested When I
informed her of this she said she
guessed she would get the
money anyway
“I didn’t understand what she
meant for the split second
before she reached into her
purse, which she held pitted in
her laD with her hand slightly
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Saturday Mail
Schedule Same
Postmaster Norris Long said
today that all impending
restrictions on Saturday mail
service have been lifted, at least
for the time being. In fact,
according tc Postmaster Long,
there never was any interruption
in this service. “We got the
countermanding order in time,”
he said.
David Adams
Resigns Post
With Fisheries
Dr. David A. Adams,
Commissioner of Commercial
and Sports Fisheries, has
resigned his post with the State
of North Carolina to accept a
senior staff position with the
National Council on Marine
Resources and Engineering
Development in the Executive
Office of the President.
Dan E. Stewart, Director of
the Department of Conservation
and Development, announced
Dr. Adams’ resignation, effective
September 1, at the Summer
Quarterly Meeting of the Board
of Conservation and
Development at Wrightsville
Beach Monday.
“It has been a source of great
satisfaction to me to work with
Dr. Adams as Commissioner of
Commercial and Sports
Fisheries,” said Stewart. “His
expertise, loyalty, integrity and
proficiency in operating the
Division of Commercial and
Sports Fisheries are most
sincerely appreciated.”
In his letter of resignation to
Stewart, Dr. Adams said, “The
thought of leaving North
Carolina distresses me greatly,
for I have a sincere love for this
great btate and the opportunities
it provides. At the same time, I
recognize the seriousness of the
estuarine problems facing the
nation as a whole and feel an
obligation to make what
contribution I can toward the
solution of these problems.” Dr.
Adams added, “I leave behind a
Division of 64 dedicated
employees whose loyalty and
devotion to duty are
unquestionable. 1 am sure you
can count on them to continue
to work diligently for your and
for my successor in serving this
State.”
In his new position, Dr. Adams
will be responsible for planning
and coordination of Federal
policies and programs
concerning the coastal pollution,
port harbor and waterways
development, conservation,
water-related recreation, and
land management. Dr. Adams
will be the Marine Science
Council’s liaison officer with the
Federal agencies or bureaus
involved, with State and local
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Shallotte Boy
At Cullowhee
Roger Gause, son of Mrs.
Carrie G. Stanley of Shallotte, a
student at Union High School, is
enrolled in the Western Carolina
University Summer
Demonstration School for
superior and gifted high school
students.
The program, one of the most
unusual in the United States for
the exceptionally gifted student,
has received national acclaim
from American educators.
Similar programs in numerous
other states have been patterned
after the pioneering program at
Western Carolina.
Roger is enrolled in a college
level course in Biology.
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 Cape Fear
Pilot's Association.
HIQH LOW
Thursday, August 8,
8:33 AM 2:40 AM
9:09 PM 2:46 PM
Friday, August 9,
9:27 AM 3:28 AM
9:51 PM 3:34 PM
Saturday, August 10,
10:09 AM 4:10 AM
10:39 PM 4:22 PM
Sunday, August 11,
10:57 AM 4:52 AM
11:15 PM 5:10 PM
Monday, August 12, !
11:39 AM 5:34 AMs
11:57 PM 5:52 PMs
Tuesday, August 18, a
12:21 AM 6:16 AM|
12:39 PM 6:40 PMj
Wednesday, August 14, |
1:09 AM 6:58 AMI
1:00 PM 7:28 PM|