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Funeral For Vietnam Victim
• u The ^ody °/ Lt- John A. Connell, whose death occurred last week
is borne by an Army unit from Fort Bragg on their way to graveside
Northwood Cemetery Tuesday morning. A U.S. Army chaplain, assisted
W. S. Davenport and the Rev. L. D. Hayman, officiated. Burial was witH
honors. (Photo by Spencer)
in Vietnam,
services at
Death Occurs
On Rural Road
In Brunswick
A single car crash near
Shallotte Thursday night
claimed the life of one
Brunswick County man and
injured two others.
Joseph Melton Hughes, 22, of
Ash was pronounced dead on
arrival at Columbus County
Hospital Thursday night
following the accident which
occurred on rural paved road
1335 at 9:20 p.m., according to
J. E. Farmer, Highway Patrol
investigating officer.
Farmer said the vehicle, driven
by Hughes, went off the road on
the left side on a “very sharp
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Brief Bits Of
NEWS
LIONS TO MEET
Members of the Southport
Lions Club will meet tomorrow
(Thursday) at 6:30 o’clock in
the Community Building.
ROB DRINK MACHINE
Mrs. J. B. Russ reported
Tuesday that a drink machine in
the Favorite Coin Laundry on
Nash St. was robbed sometime
during the weekend. She
estimates the loss at from $12 to
$15.
METHODISTS PLANS
A Christian Witness Mission is
being planned for Trinity
Methodist Church in Southport
during the weekend oi
September 27. Visiting laymen
from North and South Carolina
have been invited to participate.
DINNER SPEAKER
Roy A. Stevens, director oi
Resources Development
Commission for Brunswick
County, has accepted ar
invitation to address the
September 12 meeting of th<
Brunswick County Board ot
Realtors when they meet at
Jones Tranquil Harboi
Restaurant.
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W liitevillc Mart
Leader In Sales
Highest average of the four
tobacco markets in Columbus
County—is the record attained
by Whiteville thus far this
season.
Nineteen selling days here have
accrued a season’s average of
$69.50. Last year at the same
point in the marketing year the
Whiteville average stood at
$67.90.
Lighter weight leaf this year
than in 1967 has been the case
whereby nearly 16.5 million
pounds have been sold this year,
compared to almost 20 million
during the first 19 days of last
year.
A glance at the activity on the
entire Border Belt, of which
Columbus markets are members,
showed last Wednesday’s average
to have sunk to the lowest level
of the season. Sales contained a
smaller proportion of better
quality leaf and cutters while
there was some increase in the
percentage of poor grades and
nondescript.
During the fifth week ol
auctions (last week) leaf and
smoking grades made up nearly
two-thirds of the marketings on
the belt, according to USDA.
Stabilization Corporation ha:
taken 10.98 per cent of thi
offerings in Whiteville thus far
compared to 6.53 per cent las
year to the same point in thi
season.
There will be sales for thre
days this week starting witl
tomorrow (Tuesday).
Total sales and averages fo
Columbus, and compared to bel
statistics, follow:
Chadbourn, 5,508,816
$3,799,437 average; $68.97.
Fair Bluff, 5,429,138
$3,717,556 average; $68.47.
Tabor City, 5,470,943
$3,732,351 average; $68.22.
Whiteville, 16,557,823
$11,507,519 average; $69.50.
N.C., 82,326,692
$56,755,342 average; $68.94.
S.C., 97,467,436; $66,531,44<
average; $68.26.
TOTAL TYPE 13
179,794,128; $123,286,781
average; $68.57.
Shallotte Lady
Heads Program
Mrs. Freeman Hewett of
Shallotte has been appointed
public education chairman for
Brunswick County Heart
Association, it was announced
this week by Mrs. Shelby Rourk,
president of the Brunswick
Heart Association.
As public education chairman,
Mrs. Hewett will be responsible
for providing the people of
Brunswick with information on
the activities of the local Heart
Association group as well as
general information on the work
of the State and American Heart
Associations.
Mrs. Hewett has served as
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Juniors Will
Sponsor Bonds
With the opening of the
1968-69 school year, students of
Southport High School will have
the opportunity of purchasing
U.S. Treasury Savings Stamps.
These stamps in amounts of
$.10, $.25 and $.50 may be
bought and placed in a savings
book. When a total of $18.70 on
a $.10 book is reached, the book
is then redeemed and a
comparable U.S. Savings bond
issued.
The Savings Stamp program,
under the sponsorship of the
Southport Junior Woman’s Club,
will have Mrs. Barbara Gainey,
chairman of the Public Affairs
Committee, and Mrs. Beth Sell, a
committee member, as qualified
Treasury Savings Stamp Agents.
They will be available for both
questions concerning the
; program and for selling stamps
each Friday morning from 8 to
I 8:30 in the first floor beginning
September 13. A documentary
, film is tentatively planned to be
! shown on that day as an
introduction.
General Lane
Visitor At 4*
Sunny Point
Major General John J. Lane
U.S. Army, Commander,
Military Traffic Management and
Terminal Service (MTMTS) of
which the Military Ocean
Terminal, Sunny Point MOTSU)
is a subordinate installation,
recently visited the terminal for
an on the spot observation of its
operation.
While at Sunny Point General
Lane visited the various
directorates and divisions where
he was briefed on their activities
following which he visited the
terminal’s wharves and observed
vessel loading operations.
Military Traffic Management
aftd Terminal Service (MTMTS)
was established to consolidate
the management and operation
of military traffic, land
transportation and common user
ocean terminals in the
Continental United States under
the Secretary of the Army as a
single manager.
On. February 15, 1965
MTMTS was activated,
consolidating the Defense
Traffic Management Services
(DTMS), the Army Terminal
Commands and the Air Traffic
Coordinating Offices, located at
air terminals, into a single
organization, commanded by
General Lane.
As the single manager agency
for military traffic management
and related responsibilities,
MTMTS is a jointly staffed
organization with officers
assigned from all services. The
MTMTS commander reports
directly to the Secretary of the
Army, and is authorized to
communicate and coordinate
directly with the other military
services, the Unified and
Specified Commanders, and the
In the course of accomplishing
its mission, MTMTS:
a. Provides transportation
planning support to the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the Military
Services and Unified and
Specified Commands;
b. Provides traffic
management for Department of
Defense sponsored passengers
and freight;
c. Provides input control of
traffic into ocean and air
terminals;
d. Operates military ocean
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Rescue Four f
Men At Sea |
Four Fayetteville fishermen|
stranded between Southport and
Frying Pan Light Station, we»
rescued Thursday by the UJ$. ‘
Coast Guard. The fishermen
were identified as Joe SIkx^e,
Stanley Burroughs, I'-wee
Graham, and Clarence Whits-jf
Coast Guard vessels from Oak
Island and planes frop the
Elizabeth City Air tatlon
participated in the search which
resulted in the location >f the
24-foot in-board boat TUISday
afternoon.
Coast Guard officials aid the
fishermen were carry is * °ne
day supply of food ad Water,
and apparently develop^ engine
trouble soon afte leaving
Southport early Tue;ay» The
men were all reportf >8 good
condition when fourfi despite
being thirsty and hunY
And The Driver Walked Away
This was the scene on Highway No. 133 near Orton Tuesday
truck loaded with lumber and headed for Sunny Point was involvec
cadent. Paul Lancaster of Columbia was the driver, and although
sheared the cab from the chasis, he received only minor injuries.
Jones investigated the wreck. (Photo by Spencer)
morning when a
in a one-car ac
the shifting load
Patrolman G. K.
Bookmobile To
Expand Servic<
Through Count
In an effort to giv
Bookmobile patrons bettc
service, a trial schedule of stop
every two weeks, rather than th
former three weeks, will go int
effect on the Brunswick Count
Bookmobile this week.
The Board of Trustees, Ion
dissatisfied with the infrequenc;
of bookmobile stops throughou
the county, took this action i
its August meeting, hoping ti
give patrons access to newe
books, and to keep volumes ii
circulation faster. The long rang
goal is to have sufficient fund
to keep the bookmobile on th
road five days each week
instead of the present thre
days.
' jhi der patrons '
check the newspaper schedul
carefully for the coming weel
as certain stops have been mov
to different routes, and tim
have been changed on others.
Mis. James M. Harper, J
Board Chairman, remim
county residents that
bookmobile stop may 1
requested in an area not no
served, if a minimum of fin
readers can be assured. Studii
have shown that it is m
economical to schedule a stop
for less than that number.
The Library Board of Trustees
and the staff will be glad to hear
comments from patrons on the
new stepped-up schedule.
Address for the main library is:
Southport-Brunswick County
Library, 109 W. Moore St.
Southport, 28461.
Blood Bank At
Local Hospital
Now that Dosher Memorial
Hospital has two surgeons, the
need for blood on hand has
increased and an active volunteer
blood donor program has been
set up. A blood bank now is in
operation and an on hand blood
level has been established. There
is a continuing need for blood
and all persons interested in
donating to this bank should
contact the lab department at
Dosher Memorial Hospital where
the blood type will be recorded
and the name will be placed on
an active volunteer blood donor
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It was August > 1938, and the front page picture in that issue
of The Pilot was <t:fpfold Mill Creek Church where the Rev. A. L.
Brown of South r^ >J’,as holding a two week’s series of revival
services. Capt. Hu1 rePorted that members of the Frying Pan
lightship crew ha^*^°vered a new sport in harpooning barracuda
from the deck o!ndfcvess*l- A sportfishing captain from the outer
banks had beer11 Southport demonstrating a new method for
catching red dri~ffi)^*ng; the U.S.E. Dredge Comstock had left
Southport for jr^Pead City; and perhaps the most important
headline that we *S?d “March Hen Season Opens Tomorrow.”
At second -n% the *hove headline certainly wasn’t the most
sensational. 0ulo#nation read “Baptist Pastor Given Pounding.”
The parson wa;'*f*me A*. L. Brown, and he had fallen victim to an
old church cusm giving the preacher a pound (or more) of some
edible goods. ^ donors Were the appreciative members of the Mill
Creek congreg°®y I
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Policeman W. C Jones
Ballots Ready
For Service Men
Applications for military
absentee voting began
September 1, 1968 for the
November 5 General Election
and official ballots are in the
hands of H. Foster Mintz,
chairman of the Brunswick
County Board of Elections.
Civilian applications will beein
September 21.
Registration for new voters
will be October 12, October 19,
and October 26. All persons who
have not registered must do so
during this period in order to
vote in the general election.
Those persons who are
previously registered on the old
registration books, but failed to
register prior to the 1968
primary on the new loose leaf
cards must also go to their
registrar during the registration
period to sign cards and
complete their registration.
Persons who have been a
resident of this state for not less
than sixty days immediately
prior to the date of the
presidential election shall be
entitled to register and vote for
presidential and vice-presidential
electors but for no other office
These persons shall appear in
person before the chairman of
the board of elections beginning
October 17 and not later than
November 1 for proper ballot to
vote.
The Republicans came up with
a vacancy in their slate of
candidates when Col. V. A. Fish
withdrew as a candidate for
member of the House of
Representatives in order to
accept a position with the
corrective institutions of the
State. This leaves Marion H.
Davis as the only Republican
candidate for this office. He will
be opposed by Arthur W.
Williamson and R. C. Soles, Jr.
The Republicans did not have
a candidate to file for the office
« Senator from the 15th
Senatorial District, nor for the
office of District Court Judge.
Branch Elected
To Co-Op Board
C. D. Branch, president of the
Board of Directors of the
Brunswick Electric Membership
Corporation, was elected to the
Board of the North Carolina
Electric Cities Association at a
Raleigh meeting last week.
The naming of Branch came at
the conclusion of a meeting of
the Tar Heel Electric
Membership Corporation and
the N. C. Electric Membership
Corporatioa ,
High point of the session came i
when J. O. Tally, Jr. of
Fayetteville, general counsel for I
Electric Cities, recommended J
that the group of cooperatives j
study the feasibility of building j
their own generating system for j
“a continuing partnership in the {
public interest.” j
By such cooperation, Tally |
said, the municipal systems and |
the electric co-ops could work I
together for a dependable source |
of power at lower cost. ■
The growing power ■
consumption of the two groups, J
he explained, will be great !
enough by 1970 to justify such ■
joint projects. I
He said the purpose must be J
higher than power... it must be !
in the public interest and J
concern for the consumer. I
The proposal is not intended I
to replace private power systems I
but “we want the free enterprise I
system to be competitive.”
The fight is not to make the
return of power company
shareholders less but to make
the rate paid by consumers less,
he said. 3
Tally said “no one wants to j
replace the power companies. ,
No one wants to take anything
sway from them. We’re only I
trying to keep them from taking I1
the future away from us.” |2;
Training Unit
Now Visiting
Sunny Point
The Military Ocean Terminal,
Sunny Point, is the training site
for the Annual Active Duty for
Training for the Cargo
Operations Division of the
1187th U.S. Army Terminal
Station Complement, Eldorado,
Arkansas. The Division Chief of
Caigo Operations is Major James
Ur?”65’ dorado, Arkansas?
While at Sunny Point, the
members of the Unit undergo
extensive on-the-job training
which enables them to put into
practice knowledge attained
during eleven and a half months
of training at home station. The
Unit trains two days (one
weekend) monthly; and, in
addition, places a great deal of
emphasis on the schooling of the
individual by correspondence
work or active duty periods at
the U.S. Army Transportation
School, the U.S. Army
Ordinance school, the U.S.
Army Command and General
Staff College, and other military
schools.
in discussing the training
program, the Division Chief
stated: “The cooperation of
every member of the Sunny
Point staff is the finest we have
ever encountered, and the
training provided leaves nothing
to be desired. This two-week
period, when held at this site,
furnishes the best opportunity
provided for training offered
during the year. The emphasis
on military schools and the
realistic armory training form
the background; but it is the
training period at the terminal
where theory becomes practice,
where there is no simulation,
that gives the members of the
reserve unit a working
k n o wledge of their
responsibilities and helps to
determine their effectiveness to
the military program for which
the & organized.''
Dealer Gets
Auto Prevue
On September 5,
Chrysler-Plymouth dealers of
Southport will get their first
look at the new lines of 1969
Plymouths, Chryslers and
Imperials at a preview meeting at
Atlanta.
Invited to the preview are sales
and management personnel from
Brunswick Motor Sales, Inc., of
Southport.
The showing is one of 21 being
held in various parts of the
country for dealers and their
sales staffs. They will inspect the
new models following a
closed-circuit, simultaneously
televised business meeting for
lealers and salesmen which will
sriginate in New York.
Glenn E. White, general
manager of Chrysler-Plymouth
Division, will head a panel of
jxecutives who will discuss the
1969 automobiles • and
jromotional plans to continue
he sales momentum which
nade 1968 a record year for the
livision. The new models go on
ale September 19.
Tide Table"
Following is the tide table
(or 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, September 6,
7:27 AM 1:34 AM
7:67 PM 1:46 PM
Friday, September 6,
8.il5 AM 2:16 AM I
8:45 PM 2:34 PM |
Saturday, September 7, |
9:03 AM 2:58 AM |
9:27 PM 3:16 PM I
Sunday, September 8, |
9:45 AM 3:40 AM I
10:03 PM 3:58 PM I
Monday, September 9, I
0:21 AM 4:16 AM f
0:39 PM 4:40 pm |
Tuesday, September 10, I
1:03 AM 4:68 AM I
1:15 PM 5:22 PM {
Wednesday, September 11, !
1:39 AM 5:34 am a
__ 6:04 PMJ