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VOLUME 40
No. 11
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1968
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Signs Of The Times
For more than fifty years Watson’s Pharmacy has been a part of the business
life of Southport and for many years it w as the only drug store in Bruswick countyi
Recently this building and its contents was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. James Ken
ney and Mrs. J. A. Gilbert, who will operate Southport Sundries and Florist. The
new sign is shown in place as the old Watson’s sign leans against the front of the
building. Kenney is on the ladder making final adjustments while his wife, Jean,
stands by. (Photo by Spencer).
Dredging Work
Near Navassa
Step Closer
Another significant step was
taken this week to pave the way
for deepening the Cape Fear
River between Navassa and
Acme with the the decision by
the Council of State to condemn
three more parcels of land
necessary for the completion of
this project.
The property, located in
Pender and Brunswick counties,
consists of 45 acres for which
negotiations between the
Department of Administration
and the owners have been
unsuccessful.
The condemnation
authorization, the second
granted by the Governor and
Council of State in connection
with the river project, involves
25.63 acres held by Crawford
Marshall in Pender County,
18.45 acres held by Mary Bums
Lennon in Brunswick County
and one acre held by Mis. Pearl
McFayden in Brunswick.
The 45 acres, along with some
145 acres acquired through a
condemnation authorized last
month, will provide areas for
dredged spoilage and
straightening in the project.
The $2 million project,
scheduled for completion next
fall, will deepen the Cape Fear
River channel from eight to 12
feet from Navassa to Acme and
straighten five bends in the river.
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Arthur J. Dosher entered New
Hanover Memorial Hospital
Monday as a surgical patient. He
is a member of the Brunswick
County Board of Education.
CRITICALLY ILL
The condition of Amos J.
Walton, former Register of
Deeds for Brunswick county,
continues to be critical. He is a
patient in New Hanover
Memorial Hospital.
RESIGNS POSITION
William E. Huggins has
resigned as Director of Nursing
at Dosher Memorial Hospital
effective August 17. He has held
this position since August 1967.
His resignation states that his
plans are tenative, but he hopes
to be joining the state hospital
system in the near future. To
date no replacement has been
named to fill his position.
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Copy Of CP & L Application
William A. Powell, left, chairman of the Brunswick
County Resources Development Commission, is shown
here with W. B. Kincaid, manager of Design and Con
struction for Carolina Power and Light Co., as they
look over the three volumes of material included in the
application made to the Atomic Energy Commission
for permission to construct a nuclear power generating
plant in Brunswick county.
Oceanography Job
Is Underway Here
The firm of Prichard and
Carpenter of EUicott City, Md.,
has been employed by Carolina
Power and Light Co. to conduct
tests to provide oceanographic
data needed to supplement the
application that has been
submitted to the Atomic Energy
Commission for permission to
erect a nuclear power generating
plant in Brunswick county. That
work began this week.
Object of this study is to
determine tidal flow in the Cape
Fear estuary, using the trace
technique. This involves
introduction of minute particles
of a color dye into the river and
making a study of the movement
as affected by tidal change. This
information is considered to be
of primary importance in
connection with the discharge
from the canals which will cany
water from the Cape Fear to the
plant for use in cooling steam
generators.
Not only is it important to
determine what route will be
taken by any radio active
discharge, but what will be the
dispersal effect of the water
which comes away from the
plant site at a heated
temperature.
In charge of the operations
here is James H. Carpenter, one
of the partners in the firm, who
also is an associate professor in
the Department of
Oceanography at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Pritchard is chairman of that
department.
In carrying out the local
survey a small boat is used as a
base from which to introduce
the dye into the liver water and
a larger craft containing several
scientific instruments will be
used to gather the desired
information concerning
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Local Women
Hold Offices
On State Level
Attending the Daughters of
America’s 78th Annual Session
in Winston-Salem, this past week
were Mrs. Evelyn Gilbert,
Deputy National Councilor; Mrs.
Lena Fisher, State Conductor;
Mrs. Pearl Aldridge, State
Warden; Mrs. Gwendolyn Dixon
and Mrs. Mary Lou Coleman,
State Flag Bearers; and Mrs.
Delores Fortiscue, Page.
Thursday night a reception
was held honoring the State
Councilors of the Daughters of
America and the Junior Order
United American Mechanics,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hathaway and
Thomas Corley. A program
entitled “Far Away Places” was
presented for them by members
of Friendship Council number
18 of Southport.
The first business session
convened Friday morning with
the introduction of National
officers and out-of-state visitors.
Friday evening was the Good
Fellowship Banquet for both
organizations. Friendship
Council number 18 was honored
at this banquet with a plague for
their outstanding work
accomplished during the past
yedr. Entertainment was
furnished by the children from
the Junior Order Home in
Lexington.
Saturday morning was the
joint Annual Memorial Services.
This service is a tribute of
respect and affection to those
members who have been
removed by death during the
year. At the conclusion of the
business session on Saturday,
those who were installed as State
Officers are: Mrs. Fisher, State
Vice-Councilor, and Mrs.
Aldridge, State Associate
Vice-Councilor. Mrs. Gwendolyn
Dixon and Mrs. Coleman were
appointed State Flag Bearejs.
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Special Board
Meeting Held
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met in a called
session Friday.
The board approved the
following teacher contracts for
the 1968-69 school year:
Bolivia—Barbara Yount, Ida
Mintz and Dixie M. Bennett;
B.C.H.S.—Calvin Odell Evans;
Leland—Rosie G. Fisher;
Shallotte—Philip Mellon;
Southport—Hettie Gore Echols
and Patricia A. Foy; Union—Joe
E. Montgomery, Arthur W.
Williams and Candetha Green.
On a motion by Mr. Babson
and a second by Capt. Dosher
the board made the following
teacher assignment:
Bobbie White and Sara L.
Gause were assigned to
Waccamaw kindergarten.
The assignment of Donald G.
Moore to the New Hanover
County Schools was approved.
The board discussed the
vacancy in the position of the
Reading Coordinator created by
the recent death of Mrs. Myrle
H. Evans. Action on this matter
was postponed.
Wayne Flowers was employed
as a maintenance worker.
The board accepted the
resignation of Araminta G.
Golden at Union High School
Time And Tide
Alligators were at it again back in August, 1938, when they made
front page news in The Pilot. Bill Ward, Whiteville mechanic, had
captured one bare-handed and we had a picture to prove it. Work
had started on paving the beach road, the first link being a one-mile
stretch between Oak Island station and the Caswell Beach pavilion.
Incidentally, W. R. McAuley, now a Rocky Mount citizen, was in
charge of the road crew doing the work.
The Commissioners had set a rate of $1.40 for county taxes for
1938, a substantial reduction from the old rate of $1.75 for the
previous year. Interest was beginning to stir in the Queen Mermaid
contest which The Pilot was sponsoring. S. B. Frink had been elected
president of the District Bar Association; Lt. R. I. Mintz had
returned from War Game maneuvers at Hattisburg, Miss.; and the
editor had ventured a timorous endorsement of the Roosevelt third
term talk that was beginning to make the rounds.
The front page of The Pilot for the week of August 25,1943, was
filled with war news; still this was hardly a justification for the
heading that managed to creep in over the picture of a prominent
Brunswick County couple, who had observed their 50th wedding
anniversary, describing them as “War Material.” Law Swan and
Reese Swan, sons of Capt. and Mrs. C. N. Swan of Southport, had
gotten together at some point in the Southwest Pacific; and the first
call was being made to mail Christmas packages early to men in
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Sorting Through The Ruins
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Curt Long near Southport was destroyed by fire
early Sunday morning. The shell of their new home is shown in the background
as tiiree of their children, Danny, Mike and Tommy, left to right, sort through the
debris for useful articles of clothing and anything else of salvadgeable value.
(Photo by Spencer)
MYF Members
At Workshop
All Last Week
Approximately 235 members
of the United Methodist Youth
Fellowship participated in a
Senior High Workshop on the N.
C. Wesleyan College campus in
Rocky Mount last week.
Delegates and adult advisers
from throughout the North
Carolina Conference of the
United Methodist Church arrived
for registration on Sunday
August 11, convening the
: workshop with a special filmed
program.
The Rev. Belton Joyner of
Bahama served as head dean of
the summer youth conference.
He was assisted by Mrs. Margaret
Boyd of Mt. Olive as dean of
women and the Rev. Samuel D.
McMillan of Mount Gilead as
dean of men. Youth Chairman
Donald Leatherman of Kinston,
as head of the youth staff,
presided over all meetings.
Delegates attended both
systematic and informal classes
each morning studying and
discussing the workshop’s
theme, “Who Will Answer?”
Afternoons were divided into
periods for choir practice, rest,
recreation, and planning sessions
for evening program. These were
scheduled to follow nightly
vespers, with Dr. Sim 0. Wilde,
Jr., dean of students at NCWC,
as vespers speaker. They
included discussions, creative
presentations and musicals.
A communion service on
Friday brought the evening
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Southport Man Honored
Capt. Fred J. Smith, left, recently was awarded the
Army Commendation Medal at the Army Judge Ad
vocate General’s School in Quantico, Va. Col. Kenneth
C. Crawford, commandent, is shown here making the
award.
Southport Man
Receives Honors
Captain Fred J. Smith, Jr.,
recently was awarded the Army
Commendation Medal for
exceptionally meritorious service
as a member of the staff and
faculty of the U. S. Army Judge
Advocate General’s School,
Charlottesville, Virginia. The
award was presented during a
brief ceremony in the office of
the School Commandant,
Colonel Kenneth C. Crawford.
Captain Smith is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Smith of
Riverhaven Acres, Southport.
Captain Smith is married to the
former Patti Wyche of Mount
Airy. Captain and Mrs. Smith
have one child, Heather Wyche,
age six months.
After graduation from
Needham Broughton High
School, Raleigh, in 1960,
Captain Smith attended Wake
Forest University where he
received his B.A. and LL.B.
degrees in 1964 and 1966
respectively. Captain Smith is
admitted to practice before the
Supreme Court of North
Carolina and the United States
Court of Military Appeals. He is
a member of the North Carolina
State Bar Association and the
American Bar Association.
During the brief ceremony at
which Captain Smith received
the Army Commendation Medal
he was cited for his professional
ability and dedication as Editor
of the Military Law Review, a
professional journal dealing with
legal matters of interest to the
armed forces. In addition, he
was cited for his distinguished
service as an instructor in
military justice for the United
States Army ROTC Unit at the
University of Virginia and the
Army Element, School of Music,
Little Creek Naval Base.
Quick Action
By Volunteers
The Town Creek Township
Volunteer Rescue Squad went
into operation on Friday when a
call was received from the
Elmore Motor Company of
Bolivia
H. B. Cranfill of Lumberton
was injured at about 10:15 am.,
while unloading a tractor from a
truck at the Elmore Motor Co.
where construction is underway.
The tractor slipped and fell on
Mr. Cranfill causing bruises, cuts
and a broken leg and possible
back injury. He was taken to the
New Hanover Memorial Hospital
where he was admitted.
This was the first call the
Town Creek Volunteer Rescue
Squad has received since it went
into operation. Homer King,
chief, and C. C. Robbins,
lieutenant, answered the call.
The members have been
working very hard for the rescue
squad to become a reality. Land
was donated by Robbins for a
building site. The building is
under construction but is a long
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Selling Space f
May Present
Sales Problem
With the baming of Brunswick
County tobacco nearing its
completion warehouse operators J
are beginning to feel heavier S
pressure from farmers to get ' \
their leaf on the floor and sold.
One warehouse operator said
Friday that with the shorter
sales days, four hours, and the
four day sales week it would be
an impossible task to sell
everyone’s tobacco when they
wanted to put it on the market.
“With the untied support
extended through the entire
season farmers are able to
prepare their tobacco much
faster than in prior years. Also,
farmers know that prices tend to
fall off certain grades as the
season progresses. And with the
need of ready money to help
pay immediate bills everyone
would like to sell their tobacco
first.
“It’s an impossible situation.
But I know this for a fact. We
will sell tobacco in Columbus
County as long as there is
tobacco to sell We are going to
look after our local farmers. It
has to be a matter of
cooperation. And this means
spreading out the sale of their
leaf through the whole season.
The warehouseman predicted
that the market would be open
through October 10 and later.
“The Eastern markets are
going to open August 26 and we
have to be fair to them and let
people in those areas sell their
leaf. It would not surprise me to
see several sales holidays when
the up-state markets open.
“Just tell our county farmers,
we are going to take care of
them. They will be able to sell
their tobacco at home and we
will fight to get the top dollar.
This crop is short, and I firmly
believe this year we will see an ^
utum in prices as the season
progresses.”
Sales on the Whiteville market
are off this season, mainly due
to the lightness of the leaf
caused by an exceedingly dry
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Memorial Fund
For Mrs. Evans
The local school board of
Waccamaw High School has
established a fund for the
Special Education in honor and
memory of the late Myrle H.
Evans. The fund will be called
the “Myrle H. Evans Memorial
Fund for Special Education”
and will be administered by local
school officials.
Mrs. Evans served as Special
Education teacher for several
years and played an important
role in establishing the Special
Education Program in the
school. She was serving as
Reading Supervisor for the
Brunswick County Schools at
the time of her death.
Friends and interested citizens
who wish to contribute to this
fund should make their
contribution payable to
Waccamaw High School for the
Myrle H. Evans Memorial Fund.
Tide Table
Following U the tide table
for Southport during the
I week. These hours are ap
I proximately correct and
I were furnished The State;
I Port Pilot through the
I courtesy of the Gape Fear
I Pilot’s Association. |
| HIGH LOW
j Thursday, August 22,
| 7:27 AM 1:46 AM
| 7:51 PM 1:4$ PM
Friday. August 28,
8:09 AM 2:28 AM
8:33 PM 2:28 PM
Saturday, August 24,
8:51 AM 3:04 AM
9:09 PM 3.10 PM
Sunday, August 25,
9:33 AM 3:40 AM
9:51 PM 3:68 pm
Monday, August 26,
10:15 AM 4:22 AM
10:27 PM 4:40 PM
Tuesday, August 27,
11:03 AM 4:58 AM
U:15 PM 5:28 PM
Wednesday, August 28,
11:51 AM 5:46 AM
11:57 PM 6:22 PM