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The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County I
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1968 5* A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNFSnAY
Sign Eye Bank Wills
♦Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Hood are.shown here as they sign Eye Bank wills in cooperat
ion with the Eye Bank Program sponsored by Lions International. Looking on is Dr.
C. Willard Greene, chairman of the White Cane Committee of the Southport Lions
Club, and in the background is Lion President C. D. Pickerrell. (Photo by Spencer)
May Get More
Library Funds
From The State
An official proposal that the
State of North Carolina
immediately increase
appropriations for public
libraries by $1 million a year will
get the attention of North
Carolinians for Better Libraries
(NCBL) at their third annual
meeting in Raleigh October 4.
Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr., is voting
member from Brunswick
county.
State Sen. Hector MacLean of
Lumberton, NCBL president,
said a day long program devoted
to the recently released report of
the Legislative Commission to
Study Library Support in North
Carolina is being planned.
“North Carolinians for Better
Libraries stands solidly behind
the commission’s
recommendations,” said
MacLean, who was also a
member of the commission from
the North Carolina Senate.
Some 350 members and guests
of the statewide NCBL
organization are expected to
attend the meeting, to be held in
the Hotel Sheraton—Sir Walter.
MacLean said all candidates
for General Assembly seats in
the November general election
are being invited so that they
can hear first hand the views of
interested library supporters
from throughout the State.
NCBL has a voting member in
each of the 100 counties and a
still growing list of supporting
members dedicated to make an
adequately stocked, properly
staffed public library facility
that meets State and national
standards accessible to every
citizen of North Carolina.
The study commission report,
released last month,
recommended that the State of
North Carolina gradually assume
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Brief Bits Of j
NEWS
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COLLEGE FRESHMAN
Miss Sallie Tomlinson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Tomlinson, Jr., of Southport, is
a freshman at Wilmington
College.
LAND BANK SCHEDULE
A representative of the Federal
Land Bank of Clinton will be in
the county on the second and
fourth Thursday of each month
beginning September 12. He
may be seen at the Agricultural
Extension Service Building in
Supply.
ACCEPT INVITATION
Twenty visiting laymen have
accepted invitations to
participate in the Christian
Witness Mission which will be
conducted at Trinity Methodist
Church during the weekend of
September 27. These people
come here from three states.
Repeat Performance
When the Southport Public Library opened a good
many years ago in the Garrison Building the first person
to check out a book was Miss Gertrude Loughlin. She
is shown, left, as she becomes the first person to check
out a book from the new Southport-Brunswick County
Library after it had moved into its new building. Miss
Dorothy Dickey, librarian, does the honors. (Photo by
Spencer)
Student Trouble
Flares At Leland
A relatively minor altercation
with racial overtones between
two Leland High School
students Tuesday erupted into a
not so minor fight in the
school’s auditorium, prompting
officials to dismiss all students
for the day and suspend school
at least until Thursday. Tension
continued through the afternoon
and night as armed white men
patrolled the roads in the area.
According to Leland principal
N. C. Phipps, the incident began
in front of the school when two
students got into a fist fight.
Soon other students were
engaged in fisticuffs and
scuffling and Phipps decided to
call law enforcement officers.
After they arrived the students
were gathered in the auditorium
where, it was hoped, calm might
be restored. Instead another
fight broke out as soon as the
students entered the auditorium.
This one involved “about 20” of
the school’s 829 students.
Highway patrolmen were
brought in to restore order. To
prevent further trouble, Phipps
dismissed school about
lunchtime and told all the
students to leave the school
grounds.
Ralph King, assistant
superintendent of Brunswick
County schools, said there were
no outside people nor adults
involved in the fighting, and that
• there were no serious injuries to
any of the students.
There were, however, adults
involved in events which took
place in the Leland area Tuesday
afternoon and night. A white
man, riding in a Negro section of
the area was injured by shotgun
pellets. Highway patrolmen—22
of them—remained in the area
Tuesday to prevent any further
disturbance. Early Wednesday
morning the situation was not so
tense and the patrolmen were
withdraw n from the area.
Tuesday night armed white
men were reportedly driving on
the roads in the Leland-Navassa
area Shots were reported, but
there were no injuries reported.
Brunswick county schools
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New Lawyer
At Shallotte
Mason H. Anderson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Anderson
and a native of Brunswick
county, has opened an office for
the practice of law at Shallotte.
It is located in the King
Shopping Center.
Anderson graduated from
Shallotte High School in 1953
and enrolled at Clemson
University where he received a
degree in Agricultural
Economics. Following a period
of active duty as a lieutenant in
the u. S. Army he worked as
district sales manager for the
Ralston Purina Co.
Later he enrolled as a student
in the Law School at the
University of North Carolina
where he graduated in 1957. He
practiced law in Jacksonville
briefly before going to Raleigh
as research assistant to Judge
Raymond B. Mallard, Chief of
the Court of Appeals.
Anderson is married and he
and his wife have one daughter,
Deborah. They are making their
home in Shallotte.
Lime Program
Being Pushed
For Brunswick
By Archie F. Martin
Governor Moore announced
the beginning of a State-Wide
“Lime Campaign,” to begin on
September 12, at a press
conference in Raleigh.
Brunswick county stands to
gain by an increase of $250,000
in farm income if farmers and
agri-business cooperate in a
successful drive to adequately
lime the Helds in the county. In
Georgia a similar campaign
resulted in an increase of 45% in
lime-use for one year. Lime is
money to the commercial
farmer. With the crops that are
being grown in Brunswick a
dollar spent on lime will bring
back an average of $4.50 where
it1 is needed.
A summary of soil sample
reports sent in 1967 showed that
over 80% of the fields in
Brunswick county need lime.
What a wonderful opportunity
to increase farm income.
A Lime Committee has been
named for Brunswick. It
includes the Farm Supply
Dealers, Fertilizer Companies,
Vocational Agricultural
Teachers, ASCS, SCS, FHA,
BEMC, Extension Service,
Financial Institutions, the Press
and Farmers.
This group hopes to make
every effort to encourage
farmers and home owners to
have their soil tested and apply
the needed amount of lime.
Why is lime important? What
does it do when it is properly
applied? What are some of the
side effects? We expect lime to:
1. Furnish calcium and
magnesium for the plants. 2.
Make the soil less acid and
provide a more favorable
condition for plant growth. 3.
Enables the soil to hold more
potash and phosphate which
slows down leeching of elements .
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Kindergarten At
Nearby Church*
The Rev. Johnnie S. Huggins
announces the opening of a Day
Kindergarten at Ocean View
United Methodist Church at
Yaupon Beach. Registration will
be held at the church on
Monday at 9 a.m. Classes will
begin on Monday, October 7.
Children 4 and 5 years of age
will be accepted. It will be
limited to 20 students, with
5-year-olds given preference.
The kindergarten will operate
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Monday
through Friday. A
state-recommended curriculum
will be used. The cost of the
school will be $5 per week per
student. There will also be a
single $10 registration fee per
student, which will cover
supplies for the entire school
year.
Teacher of the kindergarten
will be Mrs. Linda Nock of
Yaupon Beach. Mrs. Nock, wife
of Ensign William Nock, U.S.
Coast Guard, is a graduate of
Goldey Beacon College,
Wilmington, Delaware. Mrs.
Nock will have an assistant for
each day. There will be
non-denominational religious
education taught by the Rev.
Mr. Huggins.
Reunion At Long Beach
John P. Stedman, Lumberton banker, was host during the past weekend to three
friends and former schoolmates who have made their mark in the world of business
achievement. Left to right they are Basil Horsefield, of Florence, Ala., vice-president
and director of Reynolds Metal Co.; John G. Mitchell, of Warrenton, president of Cit
izens Bank of Warrenton; Mr. Stedman, o f Lumberton, president of the Scottish Bank;
and Elliott T. Cooper, of Baltimore, Md., vice-president of Union Trust Co. These four
once played on the same high school football team at Oxford. (Photo by Spencer)
Board Given
Extension On
School Plan
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met in regular
session last Tuesday and
approved the following teachers
contracts for the 1968-69 school
year: Bolivia—Ida Creech Mintz;
Leland—Phil William Burton,
.Donnie R. Fann, Gail Hines,
Charles A. Jones, Melissa Beale
''Padgett, Stanley Wmbome, III;
Shallotte—Ann B. Anderson;
Southport—Betty Darnell
Cheers; Union—Betty L.
Atkinson, Evangeline M. Ellison,
Harold Ellison, Bernestha
Fennell, Bobby D. Pettis, Joyce
Pettis, Jaswant S. Sihra;
Waccamaw—Hobson C. Bennett,
Jr., Rosanna B. Ezzell.
The board accepted the
following teacher resignations:
Leland—Mary S. Austin and
Mary C. Kendall.
The following E.S.E.A.
Teacher Aides for the 1968-69
school year were appointed:
Bolivia—Gladys Hickman,
Mary Thrope, Elizabeth R.
Mercer, Allen B. Ward, Esther
Mae Willetts, Eva Mae Willetts,
Wanda Williamson.
B.C.H.S.—Jacqueline Bellamy,
Olive Daniels, Inna Hewett,
Mary Jackson, Rosa Johnson,
Sandra McCracken.
Lincoln—Emily Ballard,
Flossie Ballard, Edna Beatty,
Annie Brown, Addie Bryant,
Ella Ray Burney, Levada
Burney, Ann Jones, Mary
Robbins;
Shallotte—Edna Bennett,
Catherine Benton, Eva Mae
Bryant, Emma L. Caison,
Patricia Clemmons, Glenda
Danford, Virginia Gause, Geneva
Hardee, Norris B. Harrell,
Kathleen Holden, Elizabeth
Hughes, Virginia Reynolds,
Frances Hewett, Gladys Russ,
Inez Tripp, Ruby Usher.
Union —Gladys Virginia
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Time And Tide
It was September 7, 1938, and various staff members of The
Pilot were hard at work trying to establish the location of the Gulf
Stream. Latest report had it within 40 miles of Southport. The
choral club of Kennedy Home, an Eastern North Carolina Baptist
orphanage, was to give a concert in the local Baptist church on the
following Friday; according to a local official, August 12 had been
the hottest day during the past month—93 degrees; and the editor
had spoken out against the mosquito.
George Canady of Wilmington had caught 11 large drum in one
morning’s fishing on the Cape Fear Shoals; the crew members of
Frying Pan lightship had written a “thank you” note to the
Southport Civic Club for the gift packages sent out by charter boats;
and Capt. John Eriksen was in Cuba inspecting a fishing boat.
It was September 15, 1943, and the W.B.&S. Bus line had
purchased three new 40-passenger vehicles. The new terminal was to
be located across the street from the (then) Pilot offices. The Rev.
R. S. Harrison was to hold the first “Java” meeting in the local
U.S.O. on the following Sunday morning; eighteen Brunswick
County youths had attained draft age and had duly registered for
same; and a front page headline announced “Much Small Grist
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Aubrey Johnson
Leaves Shallotte
CARL RAY
Dellert Has
New Pastorate
Rev. James R. Dellert, pastor
of the Shallotte Presbyterian
Church for the past two years,
asked Sunday that the official
church body call a
congregational meeting for the
purpose of concurring with his
request to the Wilmington
Presbytery to dissolve the
pastoral relationship existing
between himself and the church
as of September 29.
Rev. Dellert has accepted a call
to the Brownson Memorial
Presbyterian Church of Southern
Pines, in the Fayetteville
Presbytery.
Rev. Dellert served the
Shallotte Church fn the summer
of 1965. He returned to Union
Theological Seminary in
Richmond in the fall. In the
Spring of 1966 the Shallotte
Church extended a call to him to
become their first full-time
pastor upon his graduation from
the seminary. He accepted the
call and was ordained and
installed as pastor of the church
in May 1966.
Rev. and Mrs. Dellert and their
children will leave Shallotte the
end of September and will begin
their new work in Southern
Pines October.
Jury List For
September Term
The following list of jurors has
been drawn for the term of
Brunswick County Superior
Court scheduled to convene here
September 16:
BOLIVI A—Aleather Bell,
Norwood F. Bass, Sr., W. C.
Hewett, Mildred Mercer,
Katherine Willetts, R. A. Beck,
Mrs. Marie Smith, D. N.
Bowling, Edward Craft, Eddiejt.
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Two promotions and a transfer
to a new post, all involving
personnel of the Shallotte
offices of the Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Company, were
announced Wednesday by
Lawrence R. Bowers, president
and chief executive officer of
the Waccamaw system.
Rhone Sasser, who joined the
Shallotte branch last November
as cashier, has been named vice
president in charge of the
operations, and Carl G. Ray has
been named manager of the
consumer loan department. Ray
has been at the Shallotte branch
since last December.
Sasser takes over the post held
by Vice President Aubrey C.
Johnston, who is being
transferred as manager of the
Waccamaw’s branch office in
Wilmington, which will open
sometime next month.
In making the announcement
of these changes, Bowers
expressed confidence in the
capabilities and leadership of
Sasser and Ray to continue to
give the Shallotte offices
effective and efficient
management. He said Sasser, as
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Farm Bureau
Seeks Members
President Ira L. Chadwick of
the Brunswick County Farm
Bureau urged farmers today to
gear up for action in their
continuing struggle for a higher
net income. Chadwick pointed
out that not since depression
days has farm income been so
low. On the other hand, the cost
of farm equipment and supplies
is higher than ever before. The
farm leader cautioned that
farmers are caught in an
economic squeeze that is driving
good farmers from the soil in
record numbers.
“It is,” he said, “high time
farmers joined together for the
protection of their livelihood.”
Chadwick said that the
Brunswick Farm Bureau is in the
middle of its annual membership
campaign and any official or
member will be happy to discuss
with farmers any questions they
have concerning membership.
Chadwick expressed the
opinion that the 70,000 member
North Carolina Farm Bureau
stands as a solid wall against
those who propose little or no
help for the farmer during these
trying times. As a unified group,
farmers can make headway in
their efforts to increase their
income, Chadwick said.
Chadwick said the Brunswick
Farm Bureau is aiming for a
total membership of 600
families. This is an increase of
208 over the present goal set by
the State Farm Bureau for
Brunswick County.
Envelope For
ASC Voting
To Be Signed '
Farmers were reminded this
week of a very important part of
the election process for
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC) community
committeemen, especially where
ballots are mailed in to the
ASCS county office. In
Brunswick county the deadline
for returning ballots in the
community elections is
September 16.
On September 6, a ballot and
two envelopes were sent to all
eligible voters on record in the
county office. One envelope is 5
plain, and the other has a
statement printed on the back
which the farmer needs to sign.
A witnessed mark will also ,
qualify as a signature.
The ballot should be marked
and sealed inside the plain
envelope; voters are cautioned
not to enclose any other
material. Also, voters should not
write on the plain envelope. This
assures the secrecy of the vote.
The plain envelope should then
be put inside the envelope with
the statement on the back. This
statement is a certification that
the ballot was marked by the
farmer personally without undue
influence by any person. The
envelope should then be mailed
or otherwise delivered to the
ASCS county office.
“Be sure to sign this statement
on the back of the outside
envelope,” caution ASC
officials. Or if it is not signed,
the ballot will not be considered
as a vote.
Any eligible voter who did not
receive a ballot should contact
the county office immediately
and request one.
Mauney Gets
New CP&L Jobl
. . %
Sam D. Mauney, Jr., has been
promoted to distribution design
engineer for Carolina Power and
Light Company in Raleigh. He is
responsible for the design,
selection and standardization of
the equipment used in CP&L’s
overhead and underground
distribution system.
He joined CP&L in 1949 as a
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SAM D. MAUNEY, JR.
Tide Table''
Following is the tide table
Jor Southport during the
I week. These hours are ap
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
TIDE TABLE
Thursday, September 12,
12:21 AM 6:10 AM
12:33 PM 6:46 PM
Friday, September is,
’:09 AM 6:52 AM
1:00 PM 7:40 PM
Saturday, September 14,
1:21 AM 7:46 AM
1:57 PM 8:34 PM
Sunday, September 15,
2:16 AM 8:40 AM
2:57 PM 9:40 pm
Monday, September 16,
3:16 AM 9:40 am
3:67 PM 10:40 PM
Tuesday, September 17,
4:21 AM 10:4o AM
4:51 PM u:34 PM
Wednesday, September 18,
5:16 AM 11:40 AM
_12:22 PM