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Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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The Tower Tumbles
Recently when a decision was reached to abandon the
tower at Oak Island Coast Guard Station it was decided to
support and let it fall. This plan was carried out, and this
across the access road to the station. (Photo by Spencer)
old steel frame lookout
cut away the bottom
is where it fell—right
New Officer At Sunny Point
1st Lt. John P. Stobie, who recently reported for his second tour of duty at Sunny
Point Army Terminal, is shown here with his family. Next to him is Jerry and seated
on his mother’s lap is Mark. Mrs. Stobie is the former Martha Mallison, a Southport
native.
Mrs. Humphrey
Comes To State
For Convention
Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey will
be the principal speaker at the
annual convention of the North
Carolina Democratic Women
Friday and Saturday in
Winston-Salem.
Washington confirmed Mrs.
Humphrey’s plans to visit the
Tar Heel State Monday. She will
be accompanied on this trip by
Mrs. Orville Freeman, wife of
the Secretary of Agriculture and
a former Winston-Salem
resident. Mrs. Humphrey’s
speech highlights the first day of
activities which begin with
registration at the Robert E. Lee
Hotel at 10 a.m. The opening
session at 2 p.m. will feature
Bob Scott, democratic
gubernatorial nominee, who will
be introduced by the new State
Party Chairman, James V.
Johnson. Also appearing on the
program will be State Y.D.C.
President, Jim Hunt, and Party
Executive Director, Charles D.
Barbour.
A tea at the School of the
Arts, sponsored by Mr. and Mrs.
James Semans of Durham, is
scheduled for 4:30 p.m. The
Forsyth Democratic Women’s
Club will sponsor a social hour
at 7 o’clock and the banquet will
follow. Prior to Mrs.
Humphrey’s speech, Governor
Dan Moore will make remarks.
The Saturday morning session
will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a
talk on precinct organization
headed by A1 Adams, Wake
County Chairman. A panel
discussion will follow.
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ASC Ballots Will
Be Counted Friday
Ballots cast in the ASC
Committee elections which
ended on September 16 will be
counted at the ASCS Office in
Shallotte on Friday, beginning at
8:30 a.m. The public is invited
to witness the count.
For each community, three
regular committee members and
two alternates will be elected.
The chairman, vice-chairman,
and third regular member of the
elected ASC community
committee will also serve as
delegates to the county
convention, where farmers will
be elected to fill vacancies on
the ASC county committee and
where the committee’s chairman
and vice chairman will be chosen
for the coming year. The
alternate committeemen are
alternate delegates to the
convention. The county
convention will be held on
September 25 at the ASCS
Office in Shallotte at 10 a.m.
The county committee
supervises the ASC county office
and is responsible for
administering the price support,
acreage diversion, agricultural
conservation and other programs
in the county. The community
committees assist the county
committee and are particularly
responsible for keeping their
neighbors informed about the
programs.
Qualifications of persons
eligible to hold office as
committeemen include eligibility
to vote in the election and being
a local resident. It is also highly
desirable that nominees be
currently active farmers or
ranchers who are qualified for
community committee work and
who will be representative of the
various sections and types of
agriculture in the community.
Further information on
committeeman qualifications
may be obtained from the ASCS
Kindegarten Is
Set To Open
The Rev. Johnnie S. Huggins
announced this week the
opening of a day kindergarten at
Ocean View United Methodist
Church at Yaupon Beach.
Classes will begin on Monday,
October 7. Children 4 and 5
years of age will be accepted.
There are still openings for eight
children, but the class will be
limited to 20 children.
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. There will be
non-denominational religious
education taught by the Rev.
Mr. Huggins.
Registration will be open until
October 1, by calling Mrs. Nock
at 278-5465.
Board Supports
Principal For
Leland Stand
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education held
two special sessions this week to
hear separate delegations of
patrons of the Leland High
School protest disciplinary
action taken by Principal N. C.
Phipps in the wake of student
disturbance at that school last
Tuesday.
At the conclusion of the
second session Tuesday night the
county board expressed their
confidence in Principal Phipps
and the school committee
members. The board
recommended that investigation
into the recent double be
continued and that further
disciplinary action be taken if
found necessary.
The protest centered around
disciplinary action involving one
student and on Monday night a
group headed by Red Medlin,
Henderson Benton and George
Robbins asked that this action
taken by the principal be
overruled by the board. On
Tuesday the latter two men
returned, this time with Milton
Bowen as spokesman and
repeated the request.
Also present for the Tuesday
night meeting was Mr. Phipps
and two members of his local
school committee, Donald White
and Dwight Crainshaw. They
took the position that the
disciplinary action taken was
justifiable and necessary.
The Board of Education
expressed regret concerning the
recent occurrence at Leland High
School and urged all school
patrons to cooperate in
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New Officer
Reports Here -
First Lieutenant John P.
Stobie, of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, has recently
reported for assignment and
duty at the Military Ocean
Terminal, Sunny Point. This will
be the second tour of duty at
Sunny Point for the lieutenant.
Lt. Stobie attended the Citadel
in Charleston, South Carolina,
graduating in May, 1966 with a
Bachelor of Science Degree in
Business Administration and a
Reserve Commission in the
United States Army. Upon being
ordered to active duty he was
enrolled in the Transportation
Corps Officers’ Basic Course at
Fort Eustis, Virginia, and upon
completion was assigned to
Sunny Point where he served in
the Operations Directorate and
the Surveillance Division until
July 1967 when he received
orders for duty in Vietnam.
From August 1967 to August
1968 he served with the 124th
Transportation Command at
Cam Ranh Bay, Republic of
Vietnam.
Lt. Stobie is married to the
former Martha Meltison Spencer
of Southport. They and their
two children, Jerry, age 3, and
Mark, 10 months, will reside in
the U.S. Government Quarters,
at Fort Johnston, Southport
during his tour of duty at Sunny
Point.
Volunteer Firemen At Library
Many persons have pitched in to help with the Southport-Brunswick County Lib
rary project, before during and after the building was completed. Among the latter
group have been members of the Southport Volunteer Fire Department who assembl
ed the shelves before the books were moved from the old library building. Shown
here on a work detail are Robert Johnson, John Henry Johnson, Harold Aldridge, Don
ald Dixon, Bill Faulk and Robert Howard. (Photo by Spencer)
Three Killed
On Highways
During Week
Three fatalities this week
brought Brunswick county’s
highway death toll for 1968 to
18, one more than was recorded
last year.
The dead are William Jackson,
Joynpr, 27 year old Negro man
lyhar died Thursday of injuries
s»*a!ned in an accident on
September 6; Mary Harrelson,
who was killed Sunday, and Pair
M. Hartfield, who died of
injuries received the same day in
a separate accident.
Jackson, who was an employee
of the DuPoint plant and a
resident of New Bern, was
fatally injured in a head-on
collision on Rural Road 1402
near Lincoln High School and
death occurred in a Wilmington
Hospital. The driver of the other
car remains in serious condition.
Hartfield, 65, of Rt. 1, Bolivia,
died two hours after a collision
at 8 p.m.
According to G. C. Howell, the
State Highway Patrol, Hartfield,
who was walking on a rural
paved road five miles south of
Bolivia, stepped into the path of
an oncoming car driven by
Hurley Evans Jr., 21, also of Rt.
1, Bolivia.
Mrs. Harrelson, Carolina Beach
woman, was killed and her
husband injured when their car
overturned on U.S. 74-76 about
three miles east of Delco Sunday
morning.
She was fatally injured when
she attempted to pass another
car and lost control of her
vehicle. Her car then crossed the
highway, crossed back to the
right, and overturned several
times. Mrs. Harrelson was killed,
and her husband, Dewey, about
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Time And Tide
It was Wednesday, September 14, 1938, and a front page
headline in that issue announced “This Week’s Installment of Bear
Killing Story.” The story: Two county farmers had been charged
with game law violation in the liquidation of a mauraud bear. The
editor had promised to follow the trial with a factual account each
succeeding week. Elsewhere on the front page, the cover picture that
week was of a crop of Burley tobacco grown mistakenly by a
Longwood farmer; electric power had replaced the oil lamp on the
Cape Fear Lighthouse; and county schools were expected to be
overflowing during the coming scholastic term.
Following up the controversy over the exact location of the Gulf
Stream, Bill Sharpe, then State Publicity Director, had addressed a
note to a member of The Pilot’s Staff: “I think that you .... and
the other fellows along the coast have taken very good care of the
Gulf Stream, and I am quite sure that it is still safely within our
possession.”
It was September 22, 1943, and we suspect some exageration in
the news account that week that a “five ton” Confederate cannon
had disappeared from in front of Southport High School overnight.
If so, our reported properly observed that it certainly must have
made a sag in the pants of the party effecting the theft. John Sellers
had elected to be the first youngster to ride Rebel, the Fergus’ horse,
and had also won the distinction of being the first youngster to be
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Powell Bill Brings
Funds To County
Lime Campaign
Gets Started
gfcsyft. Sta te-w i d e Lime
Campaign got underway last
week in a press conference held
by Governor Dan K. Moore in
Raleigh.
The Brunswick Lime
Committee made its final plans
on September 10 to get the drive
moving in this county. The
committee set its goal at 10,000
tons in Brunswick during the
first year of the campaign. This
would represent a five-fold
increase in lime use. The average
North Carolina farmer stands to
gain an increase of about $300
in income through proper use of
lime, which would result in a
$41 million increase for the
state. In Brunswick county farm
income would be increased by
$250,000 each year.
The money value of lime is
being emphasized in this
campaign. The best research
results show that one dollar
spent on lime will bring in about
four dollars over a three-year
period. These are average figures
and on some farms the returns
would be much higher. The only
way to determine lime need is
through a soil test. It may or
may not be profitable in a
particular field but a summary
of soil sample information sent
in 1967 shows that over 80% of
the fields in Brunswick county
need lime.
Soil sample boxes have been
placed in the agricultural offices
and in farm supply businesses
throughout the county. Farmers
should pick-up supplies early to
avoid the big rush and get in
their order for lime as soon as
possible.
Woman Leader
In Shallotte
Republican Headquarters for
Brunswick County will officially
open Saturday from 12 to 2
o’clock when the Brunswick
County GOP Women will open
headquarters in a trailer on Main
St. in Shallotte.
The Republican candidates
from Brunswick county will be
there and have a chance to be
recognized.
Mrs. Anne Hickman from
Winston-Salem will be main
speaker. She is President of
North Carolina Federation of
Republican Women. Mrs. R. M.
Davidson, State treasurer, from
Winston-Salem also will be there.
Refreshments will be served to
anyone wishing them.
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The distribution of Powell Bill
funds for towns and cities in the
state shows that Long Beach
continues to lead the field for
Brunswick County
municipalities.
The Long Beach resort
development is scheduled to
receive $42,865, the State
Highway Commission reports.
Other Brunswick towns and
their allotments are: Bolivia,
$1,052; Boiling Spring Lakes,
$31,432; Ocean Isle Beach,
$4,713; Shallotte, $4,812;
Southport, $13,755; Sunset
Beach, $4,150; Yaupon Beach,
$4,838.
The distribution is made on
the basis of population and miles
of streets which are not a part of
the state system of streets and
roads.
The 1968 distribution
amounts to $10, 415,342 and is
the highest distributed since the
program was inaugurated in
1951.
The bill takes its name from
Attorney J. K. Powell of
Whiteville who was a member of
the State Senate the year it was
passed and sponsored the
legislation.
In the 18 year life of the Bill, a
total of $128,676,160 has been
paid out for street repair and the
building of new streets in 386
municipalities in the beginning
and 425 now.
The distribution comes from
one-half cent of the regular six
cents a gallon gasoline tax levied
by the State of North Carolina.
Checks are scheduled to be
received by October 1.
Coast Guard
To Help Public
Coast Guard Station, Oak
Island, at Southport, announces
to the boating public a new
safety equipment check program
being intiated this month. The
Coast Guard will, on the request
of a boat owner, inspect his boat
to see that he has the required
safety equipment on board.
There will be no violations or
penalties given under this new
program. It is just to let the boat
owner know if his boat meets
the legal requirements.
The public is invited to bring
their boats to the Oak Island
Coast Guard Station in
Southport. There a boarding
officer will conduct a free
inspection and issue an
equipment check card to the
boat owner noting the
discrepancies that might be
found. The card is for
information purposes only.
Coast Guard boarding officers
will also be at Tranquil Harbor
Marina and at Blue Water Point
Marina weekdays from 11 a.m.
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Nutrition To
Be Stressed
In Education
Representatives from local,
state and federal agencies
concerned with food and
nutrition problems of
low-income families met in
Whiteville on September 10 to
organize the Cooperative
Nutrition Education Council
Aims of the council will be to
identify families with nutrition
problems, and offer assistance in
menu planning, meal preparation
and food storage. Agencies
represented on the council are
the Bladen, Brunswick and
Columbus County Welfare
Departments, the SENCland
Community Action Agency, the
Bladen, Brunswick and
Columbus Agricultural
Extension Agencies and the U.
S. Department of Agriculture
Consumer and Marketing
Service. Community Services
Consultant Jim Coates of
Elizabethtown is presently
chairman of the council.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture Food Stamp
Program, which is available to
low-income families in Bladen
and Brunswick Counties,
requires eligible families to
exchange the money they would
normally spend on food for food
coupons worth more. The
difference between the amount
they pay and the total value of
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Seeks Special
Hospital Tax
L. T. Yaskell, chairman of the
board of Trustees of Dosher
Memorial Hospital, appeared
before the board of
commissioners Monday to
request that they ask the board
of elections to sub, it a separate
proposal at the General Election
in November for a special 5-cent
levy for support of the hospital.
“This money can be used for
needed work at Doslier
Memorial Hospital until such
time as we are able to enter into
a building program for a new
hospital,” he pointed out
The commissioners promised'
to tum the matter over to the
county attorney and have him
take it up with the Board of ’
Elections.
The board expressed its
appreciation to Roy Stevens, . ’
Director of the Resources '<
Development Dommission for
Brunswick County, for the
effective work he accomplished
in connection with the
Navassa-Acme Cape Fear River
project.
The Clerk of Superior Court
appeared before the board and
requested that salaries for help
in his office be adjusted on
October 1 to provide $4,800 per
year for two assistants and
$4,500 for an assistant clerk.
This was approved by the board.
Homer McKeithan was
reappointed tax collector for the
1968 levy.
Sheriff Harold Willetts was
given permission to transfer
$350 in funds from deputy pay
and travel for use in paying a
guard at the jail.
pTide Table
I Following is the tide table
lor Southport during the
I 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 19,
6:09 AM 12:26 AM
6:33 PM
Friday, September 20,
6:57 AM 1:00 AM
7:16 PM 1:16 PM
Saturday, September 21,
7:39 AM 2:62 AM
7:57 PM 2:04 PM
Sunday, September 22,
8:27 AM 2:28 AM
8:45 PM 2:52 PM
Monday, September 23,
9:09 AM 3:10 AM
9:21PM 3:84 PM I
Tuesday, September 24, |
9:57 AM 3:52 AM 1
10:09 PM 4:22 PM j
Wednesday, September 25, |
10:46 AM 4:34 AM ■
10:57 PM 5:1* PM |
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