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VOLUME 40
No. 10
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1968
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.Ocean Trail Rest Home
. A surprise announcement this week is that the Ocean Trail Rest Home in Southport
is up for sale. This new and modem facility was completed about three years ago and
replaced the Brunswick County Rest Home as an accommodation for many senior
citizens of this area. It is owned by Gene Watts who operates it in cooperation with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Watts. Inability to retain the necessary trained employ
ees was given this week by Watts as his reason to place the rest home on the
market (Photo by Spencer)
Three Killed
In Accident
Near Leland
Three Wilmington residents
were killed and three others
injured in a one-car accident in
the Northwest section of
Brunswick County Monday
night
According to State Highway
Patrolman G. K. Jones, the
investigating officer, the
accident occurred about 7:45 on
rural paved road 1246, about 10
miles west of Leland.
Assistant investigating officer
O. L. McCullen said it appeared
the car was traveling at a high
rate of speed when it failed to
make a curve, ran off the road
and struck two trees. McCullen
said the car was totally
demolished, with the entire top
torn off and the driver’s side
“disintegrated.”
Killed instantly were the
driver, Ernest Edward Jay, 47,
and two passengers, Beatrice
Thomas, 47, and Elizabeth
Green, also 47. The injured
included James Harper, 25, who
was reported in serious
condition; Thelma Stockley, 42,
who was listed in fair condition
and Neal Adams, Jr., 26, who
was treated at New Hanover
Memorial Hospital and released.
The Leland and the
Acme-Delco-Riegelwood rescue
departments assisted with the
injured.
The three deaths brought
Brunswick County’s highway
death toll for the year to 14.
Students At
Cape Fear Tech
Nine Brunswick County
residents will be among those
graduated from the Cape Fear
Technical Institute this month.
The graduation exercises for the
school’s one year trade programs
and the two year marine
technology program will be held
at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Lake
Forest School auditorium. The
graduates will hear an address by
John Boles, manager of
equipment manufacturing
operations for General Electric.
The graduating students in
marine technology have
attended school five to six hours
per day for twenty-four months
and will receive the Associate in
Applied Science Degree. Those
completing the automotive
mechanics; mechanical drafting;
heating, refrigeration and air
conditioning; machine trades;
radio and television servicing and
welding have attended for twelve
months and will be awarded
diplomas.
Clarence E. Dodgens, Director
of student personnel at CFTI
said that most of the graduates
are employed in their field of
study or have offers of
employment.
Graduating students from
Brunswick County include:
Dixie Levem Mapson, Leland,
automotive mechanics; Leon
Foster McKoy, Leland,
automotive mechanics; James
Edward Ballard, Leland,
machine trades; Charles David
Child, Leland, machine trades;
Willie Douglas Davis, Leland,
machine trades; John William
Graham, Leland, machine trades;
Edward Leon McKinnon, Jr.,
Leland, machine trades and
Roger Robinson, Bolivia,
welding.
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Greer Resigns As
Clerk Of Court
No sooner had Lee J. Greer
been predicted by this
newspaper as most likely to be
appointed as prosecutor for the
forthcoming District court, than
his resignation as Clerk of
Superior court was announced.
Greer issued a statement
Friday acknowledging that
Judge Edward B. Clark, resident
judge of the 13th Judicial
District, had offered him the
position as District court
prosecutor, effective December
1.
The new District court will
serve the counties of Columbus,
Bladen and Brunswick.
Judges for the court were
elected during the May
primary-Ray H. Walton of
Brunswick, and Giles R. Clark of
Bladen.
Greer was also a candidate for
one of the two judgeships
allotted the district but voters of
the three-county area denied
Columbus County a man on the
bench.
During his campaign for the
District judgeship Greer cited his
experience and deep interest in
juvenile court problems as one
of his qualifications for the
judgeship. His 22 years of
serving as Columbus juvenile
judge while Clerk of Superior
court will be of value in his new
job. Greer will be representing
the state in delinquency cases in
which the probation revocation
hearings.
Another function of the
prosecutor will be to advise law
enforcement officials.
Greer said he feels the new
position will be a professional
advancement, however the
determining factor in his
acceptance of the appointment
was the opportunity to continue
being involved in domestic
relations and juvenile cases. “I
have spent most of my life
working with young people and
their problems. This is the only
way that I can continue this
work in an official capacity,” he
said.
Greer said he does not know
who his successor as Clerk of
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Chemistry Is
Summer Subject
Forty high school chemistry
teachers from 18 North Carolina
counties and seven other states
are enrolled in a six-week
summer institute at East
Carolina University.
Mrs. Ramona Frink King,
member of the high school
faculty at Bolivia, is a student in
this course.
The institute is sponsored and
financial by the National Science
Foundation as part of a
nationwide program for the
improvement of high school
chemistry instruction. It began
July 15 and continues through
Aug. 23.
Participants in the ECU
institute attend lectures and
discussions each morning and
laboratory sessions in the
afternoons. The courses they are
taking are especially designed for
them.
Prof. J. O. Derrick of the ECU
chemistry faculty is director of
the institute. Also teaching are
two more of ECU’s faculty
chemists Drs. Grover W. Everett
and Fred Parham.
LEE J. GREER
Growing Signs
At Long Beach
Members of the Town Council
at Long Beach recently voted to
increase the tax rate from $1.00
per hundred to $1.20, with the
valuation based upon a
50-percent assessment. The
board declares their primary
purpose for the tax increase is to
establish a realistic tax basis in
order to qualify for grants and
other sources of funds with
which to finance future
expansion of public facilities as
the resort community.
Long Beach has grown since its
incorporation in 1955 from a
budget of $3,000 to $50,000 in
1960 to $145,000 in 1968.
Perhaps a better way of
expressing the phenomonal
growth of the town is to
mention a few of the services
provided.
The Police Department
consists of three men and a radio
dispatcher. There are two police
interceptors fully equipped with
radios on the same frequency
with area Sheriffs Departments
and Police Departments. A six
man auxiliary police force and
Mutual Aid Agreements with
other law enforcement agencies
afford excellent. notice
protection. The Long Beach
Police patrol 104 miles of streets
streets containing approximately
2,300 homes, many of which are
occupied primarily in the
summer months. Homes are
checked individually for security
and messages left for property
owners. The Long Beach Police
Headquarters is housed on a
building adjacent to Town Hall.
The Long Beach Volunteer
Fire Department and Rescue
Squad had approximately 25
men, well trained in fire fighting
and rescue operations and
backed up by a ladies Auxiliary.
Their equipment consists of two
fire trucks, two emergency jeeps,
boat, motor and trailer,
emergency generators, a civil
defense approved siren alarm
system, and we have under order
a 1969 Model Ambulance which
will be fully equipped. Delivery
on this is expected in October.
All this equipment is in our new
fire station adjacent to Town
Hall. We are currently working
on establishing fire districts in
order to improve our fire
insurance rating.
The Sanitation Department
gives twice weekly pickup along
the many miles of streets with
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Tobacco Sales
Situation In
Good Health
It would appear that the
tobacco sales situation in
Columbus (and the entire Border
Belt, for that matter) is in
excellent shape—
—Most of it is out of the fields;
—Volume of sales during the
first two market weeks has been
heavy with few farmers
complaining about the prices.
—The second week average
climbed as offerings showed
improvement.
But:
Stalilization Corporation has
“placed under government loan
10.9 per cent of the gross sales
in the Border Belt, compared to
the 1.1 per cent placed under
loan in 1967 during the first
seven sales days.
A look at Whiteville’s markets
to date showed that
Stabilization has taken 683,152
popnds of the 6,435,665 gross
sales for the seven sales days, or
10.6 per cent. Last year during
the same period just 1.8 per cent
tvas placed under loan.
USDA reported that prices
were generally steady to higher
on the North and South Carolina
flue-cured markets during the
second week of sales. Volume
was heavy. All markets were
blocked until Thursday when
some floors were cleared for the
weekend.
Deliveries to Stabilization
increased daily.
Only a few baskets of tied
tobacco have been offered in
Columbus County—Chadboum
has marketed 1,464 pounds for a
$73.22 average.
Increases of average prices
amounted to $1 to $2 per
hundred in most instances. A
few lower quality grades went
up $3 to $4—over one-half were
unchanged. The practical top
price paid by companies was $76
per hundred; however, a few
select baskets of lemtnong'
cutters brought #77. '• *
Brief Bits Of j
NEWS j
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Amos J. Walton, former
Brunswick county Register of
Deeds, is a patient at New
Hanover Memorial Hospital
following a stroke. His condition
is showing signs of improvement.
TALENT SHOW
A Talent Musical Variety
Show will be held at Bolivia
High School August 30 at 8 p.m.
All students who can sing, play
an instrument, dance or who
have a band are invited to
contact Edison Crowe at
253-6516 or 253-7241. The
program will be sponsored by
Bolivia High School and Bolivia
Lions Club.
Time And Tide
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The time was August 10, 1938, and the big news was about the
world’s record set the previous week by the men of Oak Island Coast
Guard Station in the special one mile rowing race, which has as an
added feature the action of capsizing, then righting, the surfboats.
This was a part of the 148th Coast Guard Anniversary celebration at
Manteo. Announcement was made that The Pilot would sponsor the
selection of a Brunswick County Queen to participate in the
forthcoming Wrightsviile Beach Water Carnival.
There was some local indignation over the fact that new State
Highway Commission maps had neglected to show any road between
Orton Plantation and Southport. A visiting two-masted ketch had
created more than casual interest with a windcharging rig to
replenish power in her storage batteries; another nautical visitor was
the 100-foot yacht Ling Dor, enroute from New York to Venezuela;
and a survey was being made as a basis for paving 4-miles more of
the Whiteville-Shallotte highway.
The youthful looking photo of Bill Jorgensen on the front page of
the August 18, 1943, edition of The Pilot, was on the occasion of his
reappointment as tax collector. A hearing was scheduled for the
purpose of considering the establishment of bus service in lower
Brunswick county. This was the summer of intense inter-service
rivalry on the softball field, and the men of Commander Capbell of
the Naval Section Base had defeated Oak Island by a score of 6 to 5.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Harvell of Bolivia had received a letter from
their son, Edward Lassiter, who had been a prisoner of the Japs since
the fall of Manila. He was a Navy signalman. Mrs. Grace P. Ruark
was executive secretary for the American Red Cross and had moved
into new quarters next door to the Brunswick county tax office; the
Ration Board announced that it would be open for business from 9
to 4 daily, with the last hour of the day being reserved for necessary
clerical details; and five young members of the N. C. Bird Club had
ended a memorable 10-day visit in this area.
Five years later, the front page picture was of Miss Alberta
Leonard of Shallotte, who was being sponsored by the Lions Club of
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ASCS Election
Will Be Held
Again By Mail
The election of ASCS
Community Committees
throughout the nation will be
held this year during the third
week in September. Slates of
nominees for membership on
these committees will soon be
established at the ASCS County
Offices. These committees
should be farmers who can best
represent their neighbors,
according to Edgar L. Holden,
acting chairman of the
Brunswick County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee.
“The committee system is the
backbone of the farm
programs”, Holden declared.
“Its responsibilities include the
conservation of natural resources
on farms, the stabilization of
agricultural commodities, and
price-support activities which
protect and improve farm
income. We need the best
possible cross-section of farmers
to insure effective
administration of the various
. measures.”
In Brunswick County, Holden
explained, over 1000 farmers
took part last year in one or
more programs administered by
the ASC committees. Funds
disbursed under the committees’
supervision amounted to
$314,038. Of this amount,
$18,524 was for price-support
loans aimed at increasing market
returns above what farmers
would receive on an
unsupported market. This did
not include flue-cured tobacco
placed under loan with
Flue-Cured Stabilization Corp.
Included in the price-support
program in this county are such
major commodities as tobacco,
cotton, feed grain, small grains,
soybeans and peanuts.
Last year, also, 2979 acres of
farmland were improved under
the Agricultural Conservation ...
Program cost-sharing
arrangement. The total
investment in conservation was
about $57,386, with about half
Tire From Ill-Fated Plane
John Potter, Southport Shrimp boat operator, recently brought up this strange catch
while trawling at Snow’s Cut in the Cape Fear River north of Southport. It is a tire
from an airplane, and speculation arose that it may be from the National Airlines
plane which crashed near Bolivia on January 6, 1960. There was evidence that the
initial explosion sustained by this aircraft occurred at a point near where the tire
was found and that the crippled plane was attempting to return to Wilmington when
the fatal crash occurred. CAP officials have been advised of the discovery of the tire.
(Photo by Spencert
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Raising Funds
To Help Kids
“August has been set aside as
the Brunswick County Mental
Retarded Children’s Month”,
according to Mrs. Jeanne
Kravitz, president of the local
association.
“All persons are asked to
contribute to this worthy cause
during the month of August to
help support the county classes
we have for these special
children,” she said.
“If you would like to give a
special gift, please drop by the
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co.
and tell them what you would
like to give, or contact me or
Mrs. Martha R. Benton,
treasurer.
“All contributions go to aid
the children in the necessities of
their attending special classes
enabling them to help
themselves to become more
responsible with their every day
life activities,” concluded Mrs.
Kravitz.
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New Surgeon
Arrives Here
For Practice
Dr. Joseph L. Sampson has
moved to Southport where he
will be engaged in the practice of
general surgery, using the
facilities of Dosher Memorial
Hospital. For the time being, he
will share the office of Dr. Fred
Burdette with afternoon hours
from 2:30 o’clock Monday
through Thursday.
Dr. Sampson comes to
Brunswick county from the
Medical College of Virginia
where he has completed four
years residency in general
surgery. Prior to this he interned
at this hospital at the college
from which he received his
medical degree. His
undergraduate work was at the
University of Virginia, where he
received his B. A. degree.
Dr. Sampson is married to the
former Miss Misha Carlisle
Towery of Alexander City,
Alabama. They have three
children, Mary Virginia, Mia
Marie and Joseph Luther. They
have purchased the Sid Forster
home on Cape Fear Drive and
moved in last week.
Dr. Sampson, whose work was1
in the Medical College of
Virginia and Veterans
Administration Hospitals in
Richmond, comes highly
recommended by his associates.
Their appraisal of his ability lays
great stress upon his care and
concern for his patients as well
as upon his professional skills.
KIRBY SULLIVAN
DR. M. H. ROURK
Kirby Sullivan Is
Honored Saturday
An installation ceremony by
Lions representing the majority
of the 40 clubs comprising
District 31-H was held in
Southport Saturday evening as
Lion Kirby Sullivan was
inducted as District Governor.
The installing officer was Dr. M.
H. Rourk of Shallotte, himself a
former District Governor and a
former member of the Board of
Directors of Lions International.
Also in attendance was Wallace
I. West, another past District
Governor and International
Director and numerous other
men who have served in the post
Brunswick Man
Attends School
“Wanted, skilled help”.
So start the want ads in daily
and weekly papers across the
state as employers seek
carpenters, auto mechanics,
draftsmen, nurses,
cosmetologists, electricians,
electronics experts, plumbers,
machinists, construction
surveyors, painters, cooks,
textile mechanics, and on and
on. The advertisements run deep
and as much as two and four
columns wide in newspapers
serving metropolitan areas and
small communities as well. Skill
is at a premium, hard to find,
and needed as never before by
an industrial North Carolina.
These thoughts will be
uppermost in the minds of some
800 teachers of trade and
industry classes in the public
schools of the state when they
convened August 11, according
to Charles D. Bates. The
occasion was the Annual Trade
and Industrial Education
Conference held on the campus
of North Carolina State
University.
Bates, who is State Supervisor
of Trade and Industrial
Education for the public
schools, points out that there is
no “quick way to satisfy the
skill needs of the state’s
industries because skill means
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of District Governor. Among
these was Lions Roy Sandlin of
Wrightsville Beach, who
introduced Dr. Rourk as the
principal speaker for this
occasion.
Dr. Rourk spoke of the broad
objectives of Lions International
and held up the principals of this
internation organization as one
of the real hopes for peace and
better understanding among
nations. He also touched upon
the seriousness of bitterness and
strife which exists within this
nation and offered the strength
of the Lions organizaton as one
of the hopes to help bring about
a more helpful social condition
within the United States.
The meeting was presided ove:
by Lion C. D. Pickerel',
president of the Southport Club,
who accepted the District
Banner from the outgoing
Cabinet Secretary-Treasurer, Dr.
Adams of Benson. James M.
Harper, Jr., served as master of
ceremonies for the program.
Following the induction
ceremony, which included all
Lions serving in any capacity on
a district, or zone level,
Governor Sullivan spoke briefly
about his hopes and objectives
for his district this year and
urged the complete cooperation
of all club members in helping to
carry out his program.
Lion W. E. McDougle, former
president of the Southport Lions
Club, will serve as Cabinet
Secretary-'Treasurer this year and
will accompany Lion Sullivan on
most of his travels about the
district.
Rites For Ash
Teacher Sunday
ASH—Mrs. Myrle Hulon Evans,
41, of Ash, well-known
educator, died early Friday
morning at home after a brief
illness. Mrs. Evans was a native
of Dillon county, S. C. but had
resided in the Ash area for many
years.
She was a member of the
faculty of Waccamaw High
School for many years and had
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