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Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOLUME 40
No. 12
10-Pages Today
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1968
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Ambulance For Rescue Squad
This is the ambulance for the Town Creek Rescue Squad which recently organized
with Homer King as chief and C. C. Robbins as lieutenant. It is a 1963 Pontiac and
complies with state regulations for ambulance service.
Two Superior
f Court Judges
Finish Course
Superior Court Judges
Rudolph I. Mintz of Wilmington
and James C. Bowman of
Southport, have just concluded a
month long session of the
National College of State Trial
Judges at the University of
North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
They were among 118 trial
judges at the College,
representing 42 states, which is
now in its fifth year. Nearly
1,000 judges from every state in
the nation have graduated from
the program.
Judges Mintz and Bowman
participated in discussions on-*v
,i; broad variety of topics of
interest to the judiciary as a part
of the continuing legal education
program for the nation’s jurists.
These meetings bring about an
exchange of ideas among the
trial judges of the states to
improve the administration of
justice.
The discussions included such
topics as criminal procedure,
evidence, sentencing and
probation, pretrial procedures,
and other developing fields of
trial court administration. The
faculty for the rigorous month
long session was composed of
experienced judges and others of
national reputation.
The attendance of the trial
judges is on an invitation basis.
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Brief Bits Of
NEWS
BAKE SALE
The W.S.C.S. of Ocean View
United Methodist Church of
Yaupon Beach will have a bazaar
and bake sale Saturday,
beginning at 9 a.m. This is to be
held at the Red and White
Shopping Center at Long Beach.
RECEIVES DEGREE
Robert Jerry Sullivan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sullivan
of Winnabow, "was graduated
from Georgia State College,
Atlanta, with a B.A. degree in
Sociology on August 15. He is
formerly of Winnabow and
Wrightsville Beach. Sullivan
plans to enter the field of social
work.
HOLIDAY MONDAY
City and county offices will be
closed Monday in observance of
Labor Day. Judge Clinton
Bellamy of the Brunswick
county Recorder’s court said
this week that he will hold court
next Tuesday in order to help
clear the docket that has become
cluttered with an accumulation
of two weeks cases.
STOCK BROKER
William E. Hickman of
Southport has become
associated with the Raleigh
investment firm Powell, Kistler
and Co. as a registered
representative. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hickman of
Southport and is a graduate of
the University of North
11 Carolina.
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-i it The, Fireple ce.
A tree now grows from the fireplace in the Richard
Quince House ruin at Brunswick Town. This colonial
house foundation has been excavated and is now on ex
hibit Ballast stone may be seen entwined in the root
system of this live oak.
Huge Payroll At
Sunny Point Base
Figures recently released by
the Eastern Area, Military
Traffic Management and
Terminal Service (EAMTMTS)
show over $20 million put into
the Southport-Wilmington
economy for fiscal year 1968.
The amount, which includes
payroll, utilities, local purchases
and local contracts, was
expended primarily in the
operation and support of the
Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny
Point, a subordinate installation
of EAMTMTS.
The Eastern Area, one of two
subordinate commands of the
Military Traffic Management and
Terminal Service, is a tri-service
staffed agency responsible for
operating military ocean
terminals and controlling
passenger and cargo movements
for all military services in the
Eastern and Midwestern portions
of the United States. Its three
military ocean terminals and 17
field offices, outports and
detachments range from the
Gulf Coast to Boston to the
Great Lakes. Eastern Area also
controls the activities of eight
transportation terminal units
overseas.
Payroll figures for the
personnel employed at MOTSU
for the fiscal year totaled
$2,306,488. The figure
represents a substantial over the
FY 1967 payroll total. The
individuals who received these
funds, it was pointed out, reside
in the Southport-Wilmington
Area.
Contractual stevedoring,
supply and utility expenditures
totaled $13,903,407 for the
fiscal year, which ended 30 June
1968.
Staffed ' by a work force,
command-wide, of nearly 4,000
civilians, and military personnel
from all services, EAMTMTS has
an annual budget responsibility
for over $100 million, and
influences transportation
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Mrs. Rourk Is
Heart Chairman
Mrs. Shelby Rourk of
Shallotte has been named
president of the Brunswick
Heart Association. Mrs. Rourk
succeeds Edwin S. Clemmons of
Supply.
Mrs. Rourk resides in Shallotte
and served as the 1968
Brunswick Heart Fund
Chairman.
As a local branch of the North
Carolina and American Heart
Associations, the Brunswick
Heart Association provides
public information on heart
disease, informs local doctors,
nurses and other health workers
of advances in the treatment of
heart disease, and operates
community-wide programs to
prevent heart disease or assist
victims and their families.
The Heart Association also
leads the annual Brunswick
Heart Fund drive to support
local programs and those of the
state and national organizations.
Mrs. Rourk reports that plans
for the 1969 campaign, to be
conducted next February, are
now being drawn.
A major Heart Association
goal—support of research to
eliminate diseases of the heart
and blood vessels—will receive
direct benefit from the local
group, President Rourk said.
Since 1948 the American Heart
Association has spent more than
$120 million on heart research.
The state ...and national
Associations have invested close
to $3 million in research projects
at North Carolina’s three major
heart research centers—UNC.
Duke and Bowman Gray Schools
of Medicine.
Shorter Sales
Days Affecting
Tobacco Mart
The smoothest-running
tobacco, marketing season in
years was threatened last week
as powers sought to curtail
selling time on the Border Belt.
John Gore, sales supervisor for
the Whiteville Tobacco Board of
Trade, said he has received no
official word of changes in the
local marketing schedule, other
than the fact that a four days of
sales will be conducted this week
at four hours per day.
Next week the auctions will be
limited to three days, Gore said.
Through Thursday the
Whiteville market had reached
the point of selling 13,792,280
pounds for $9,546,047.78 for an
average of $69.21.
To the same date last year an
ifterage of $68.69 had been
realized for the 16,068,356
pounds sold.
Last year the local market was
able to sell a maximum of 1.2
million pounds per day, but this
year is restricted from selling
any more than 912,000 pounds
daily.
Farmers of the area were
reportedly angered by the news
of sale limitation for the
■remainder of the Border Belt’s
season.
Sharp protest, bordering on
nearly impotent rebellion came
from South Carolina and Border
North Carolina tobacco men
following the USDA ruling
Saturday which in effect cuts
selling time in this Belt by 25
per cent while allowing the
Eastern Belt five hours selling
time when it opens next week.
“We did not accept the
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Close Library
During Move .
The Southport-Brunswick
County Library is closed, until
further notice, while the move is
being made into its new building
at 109 West Moore Street in
Southport. Books may be
returned to the new facility but
no books can be checked out
until the main collection is
transferred.
Southport Jaycees and
members of the Southport
Junior Woman’s Club have
volunteered to assist in moving
the 15,000 volumes now in the
old library quarters over City
Hall. It is hoped that most of the
work can be done during the
Labor Day week-end. Any other
groups or individuals who are
willing to lend a truck, a hand or
a shoulder to assist the Jaycees
and Juniors are asked to contact
library staff on duty in the new
facility.
The new library is expected to
be able to open up for business
not later than September 10.
Time And Tide
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It was August 24, 1938, and the front page picture that week was
of the old quarantine station located upriver from Southport Mss
Elizabeth Watson had been elected yueen Mermaid, and was to
represent Brunswick County in the Wrightsville Beach Water Carnival
later in the week. A party of Columbus county fishermen had fished
off Southport during the proceeding week and had accomplished a
prodigious feat, catching four sea bass on one line—the line being
equipped with only three hooks.
Southport was contributing four students, David Watson, Eddie
Jelks, D.I. Watson and Lawrence Willing—and, incidentally,
basketball players—to Louisburg College for the fall term; two more
rattlesnakes had been killed on the front page; and there had been
no less than four tonsilectomies at Dosher Memorial Hospital during
the last week.
It was September 1, 1943, and two postmasters figured in front
page news that week. L. T. Yaskell had caught two 6-pound large
mouth bass in one afternoon’s fishing expedition, and Wilbur Dosher
had made a contribution to the Whittlers of Southport—a five-foot
white pine plank to be incorporated into the Whittier’s Bench. A
shrimp boat fire also figured in the news that week, and the crew
members had discovered a novel method of extinguishing a
blaze—chopping a hole in the boat and allowing it to sink.
One of the more prominent headlines that week: “Another Pants
Story, Kept It In The Family.” School had begun that same day
(Wednesday) and the county system was short three teachers. The
1943 version of the “You Auto Buy Now” campaign was in effect,
and Braxton’s of Whiteville was spreading the word with no less than
23 classified advertisements that week, and Jimtnie Doolittle, local
crew, had been featured in a news item. A
It was Wednesday, August 25. the year was 1948, and the big
event of that week as reported by The Pilot was that a Waccamaw
chicken had produced an egg which bore resemblance to a tobacco
worm. Her owner, W. C. Smith, offered the explanation that this was
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New Attraction At Brunswick Town
These ladies are some of the members of the Southport Junior Woman’s Club
who, with their children, each Sunday afternoon don colorful colonial costumes and
assemble at Brunswick Town State Historic Site. They walk around the grounds and
talk to hundreds of visitors and tourists, answer many questions about the site and are
quite often photographed amid the early eighteenth century foundations. The hostess
project is sponsored by the club and several members made their costumes for this
purpose.
Advertise For
Boat Harbor
Dredging Job
The North Carolina State Ports
Authority, Wilmington, has
made application for a permit to
perform maintenance and new
work dredging in their Small
Boat Harbor at Southport.
Plans submitted show
approximately 30,000 cubic
« yards of dredged material is to
' be removed for maintenance and
14,000 cubic yards for the new
work. The applicants state that
the necessary dike and spillway
to contain this spoil shall be
constructed on lands of the
ports authority.
The determination as to
whether a permit will be issued
will be based on an evaluation of
all relevant factors including the
effect of the proposed work on
navigation, fish and wildlife,
conservation, pollution, and the
general public interest.
Comments on these factors will
be accepted and made part of
the record and will be
considered in determining
whether it would be in the best
public interest to grant a permit.
In cases of conflicting property
rights, the Corps of Engineers
cannot undertake to adjudicate
rival claims.
Written comments pertinent to
the proposed work, as outlined
above will be received until
September 26.
Brunswick Schools
To Open Tuesday
Kindergarten At
Waccamaw High
A kindergarten class will begin
at the Waccamaw High School
this fall. Children who will
become 5 years old on or before
October 16 and are eligible to
enter school for the 19G9-70
term may attend.
This is the first such venture in
Brunswick County although it is
highly recommended by school
authorities throughout the
nation.
The children must have the
same immunizations as a child
entering the first grade. Register
on September 3, and go to the
classrooms in the teacherage at
the school.
The kindergarten children will
ride the buses on the regular
route or the parent will provide
transportation.
Lunches for the children will
be served in the lunchroom at 25
cents per meal.
The classrooms will be located
in the teacherage on the first
floor.
The teacherage was renovated
during the summer for this
purpose. Adequate equipment
and schedules for rest, play,
work and safety will be provided
in accordance with
recommendations of the N.C.
State Department of Public
Instruction.
Teachers for the two classes
will be Mrs. Bobbie White and
Mrs. Sara Louise Gause.
Since the classes will be
limited to 20 pupils per class, it
is expected that those students
entering class will attend
regularly throughout the nine
months school year. Attendance
and progress records will be kept
much as in the first grades.
It is hoped that parents will
take advantage of this additional
offering and it is believed that it
will enable their children to be
better prepared for entering
regular school next year and to
get more from school.
Rescue Squad To
Hold Food Benefit
The Town Creek Volunteer
Rescue Squad will serve meals
during the holiday weekend. On
Saturday, a fish fry will be held
and barbecue chicken will be
served on Sunday. Serving time
will begin at 11 a.m. The food
will be served at the building site
at the junction of U.S. 17 and
87 South. All profits will go to
help pay for equipment and to
finish the building.
Brunswick County schools
kickoff a new year next Tuesday
and welcome one new principal,
J. T. Keziah, who will assume
the principalship at Shallotte
High School.
Tuesday has been set aside as
orientation day at Brunswick
county schools. The first regular
day of classes will be
Wednesday, September 4.
Keziah comes to Shallotte
from East Montgomery High
School. He has also held the
position of principal at schools
in Mecklenberg County. Keziah
received his A.B. Degree from
the University of North Carolina
in 1942 and his Master’s Degree
from the University in 1946. He
is a veteran of the U. S. Navy
and will reside at Holden Beach
with his wife and four sons.
The list of Brunswick County
school principals include seven
who were on the roster last year.
They are A. C. Caviness of
Brunswick County High School,
Tancel M. Lee of Southport,
Jonathan Hankins of Union,
John G. Long of Waccamaw,
N.C. Phipps of Leland, Edison
H. Crowe of Bolivia and James
Clemmons of Lincoln.
Brunswick County’s school
system will have 241 classroom
teachers for the approximately
5,900 pupils who are expected
to enroll for the 1968-69 school
year.
The County’s first
kindergaretn will be established
at Waccamaw with two classes of
20 pupils each.
Local Woman
Now Trustee
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., of
Southport, attended an
orientation workshop for newly
\elected trustees of N.C.
Wesleyan College Monday. She
was elected to Wesleyan’s Board
of Trustees at the June North
Carolina United Methodist
Conference.
Dr. Thomas A. Collins,
Wesleyan president, announced
that all 30 members of the board
were invited to participate in the
workshop, which is designed
primarily to acquaint the ten
new trustees with Wesleyan’s
program and goals. Trustees
were joined at luncheon by
members of the college’s
Development Council, directors
of the Rocky Mount Area
Wesleyan College Foundation
and college officials together
with their wives for a
get-acquainted session.
Trustee Chairman Luther W.
Hill of Tarboro presided
following an opening coffee
hour at 10:30 a.m. in the
Trustees’ Room. President
Collins, Dr. Allen Cordts, vice
president for development, and
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Complete Slate
Of Candidates
In ASC Voting
The approaching election of
ASC Community Committees
for farm program administration
in Brunswick county was
announced today by Edgar L.
Holden, acting chairman,
Agricultural stabilization and
Conservation County
Committee.
He called attention to the fact
that the community committee
elections this year are being held
during the third week of
September in all agricultural
communities throughout the '
nation in an effort to increase
the awareness of this important
farm-program function on
eligible voters.
The farmer-committee system
is a unique means of
administering national
agricultural programs and
policies. The community
committees assist the ASC
County Committee in
administering the price support,
acreage diversion, agricultural
conservation, and other
farm-action programs in the
county. They are particularly
responsible for keeping their
neighbors informed about the
programs. The county
committee supervises the ASCS
county office and is responsible
for the local administration of
the various programs.
Voting will be by mail, Holden
explained, and ballots are being
sent to each known eligible
voter. In case eligible voters fail
to receive a ballot through the
mail, they should contact the
ASCS office in Shallotte.
Generally, a farm owner, tenant,
or sharecropper is eligible to
vote if he is eligible to take part
in one or more of the programs
administered by the ASC
committees. Eligibility to vote
or to hold office as a
committeeman is not restricted .
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Grandson Of
Couple Killed
Word was received by relatives
in Southport this week that Lt.
John A. Connell, son of Mrs.
Suzanne M. Connell, has been
killed in Vietnam. He was the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John
B; McLaurin.
Lt. Connell was well known in
Southport, where he spent most
of his vacation time while in
school in recent years. Prior to
entering service he had been a
student at VPI in Blacksburg,
Va. He was a 1962 graduate of
George Wythe High School in
Richmond.
The young soldier, who was 23
years of age, had entered the
Army in January, 1966. He was
commissioned a Second
Lieutenant in the U.S. Army
after graduation in March of
1967 from the Infantry Officer
Candidate School at Fort
Benning, Ga.
Arrangements for his funeral
will not be announced until
definite word has been received
about the arrival home of his
body.
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 Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, August 28,
12:51 AM 6:34 AM
7:16 PM
Friday, August SO,
12:00 AM 7:28 AM
1:51 PM 8:22 PM
Saturday, August 81,
1:57 AM 8:28 AM
2:57 PM 9:34 PM
Sunday, September 1,
3:0© AM 9:40 AM
4:09 PM 10:40 PM
Monday, September 2,
4:21 AM 10:46 AM
5:15 PM 11:46 PM,
Tuesday, September 8,
6:33 AM 11:52 AM
6:15 PM 12:40 PM
Wednesday, September 4,
6:33 AM 12:52 AM
7:0© PM