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THE STATE PORT PILOT
VOLUME 40
No.
4-1?
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Boat Capsizes At Stiaflotte Inlet
A small cabin cruiser capsized off Shallotte Inlet Saturday afternoon. Bathers
and beachcombers righted the craft and got her afloat after retrieving all of her de
tachable gear and equipment and stockpiling it on the beach as shown in the fore
ground. (Clemmons photo)
Reckon Its Here? >*-»»■*•• <»«—»>
Lt. Col. Henry L. Carter of Shallotte, SARCAP base commander at the Whiteville
airport during the weekend, points to an area on the map where he wonders if a “miss
ing plane” might be. Members of the N. C. Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, had the pro
blem of finding a target Sunday which the Air Force had hidden somewhere in Col
umbus or surrounding five counties. The “missing plane” was finally located at Single
tary Lake in Bladen County. Inspecting a map of the area which was being searched
are Major John Wilson, deputy base commander and executive officer of Group 10;
Col. Ralph Cochran of Charlotte, C. O. of N. C. Wing; Lt. Col. Carter, commander of
Group 10; Lt. Col. Douglas Hicks, a visitor who is Virginia Wing commander; and
Lt. Col. George Stephens of Charlotte, deputy commander of the N. C. Wing.
Methodists To
Hold Unusual
Type Meeting
Trinity Methodist Church in
Southport will be the scene this
; week of a Christian Witness
Mission which will involve at
least twenty visiting laymen and
most of the membership of the
local church.
This is a new concept in
spiritual revival and employs the
technique of personal
participation. Formal sessions
with a principal speaker will be
held to an absolute minimum
and chief emphasis will be on
small gatherings that are
expected to be sharing sessions
and food and fellowship will
play a part in the planning.
Don Evans, Rocky Mount
attorney, will serve as
coordinator for this event, which
will get underway on Friday
evening with a fellowship supper
in the fellowship hall of the new
educational building. Afterward
those in attendance will break
up into smaller groups, each
with one of the visitors as leader.
Coffee hours have been
scheduled for Saturday morning
and afternoon, and at noon on
Saturday there will be a
luncheon which will be divided
into three groups, the men, the
women and the youth. The
Saturday evening meal, also to
be served at the church, will be
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Holden Chairman
Of ASC Committee
Edgar L. Holden was elected
chairman of the Brunswick
County ASC committee at the
county convention held today
(Wednesday) at Shallotte. Ira A.
Potter was elected
vice-chairman.
The County ASC Committee
met last Wednesday and counted
the ballots cast in the six ASC
Communities in Brunswick
county during the period
between September 6-16. This
election was by mail and the
votes were publicly tabulated at
the ASCS Office in Shallotte.
Community committeemen
elected are listed below with the
chairman shown first followed
by vice-chairman, regular
member, first alternate and
second alternate:
Lockwood Folly—Aldreth
Phelps, Wm. McKinley Hewett,
Edwin Sellers, Alton Evans, Carl
Holden.
North West—Paul Brown,
George Skipper, Leo Jenkins, P.
R. Skipper, Ira D. Butler.
Smithville—Willie Clemmons,
J. A. Chatman, Ervin Monroe,
Morris Crouch, Louie Cox.
Shallotte—Arthur Bellamy,
Curtis Hewett, Guy A. Hughes,
Hobson Meares, Ralph Ward.
Town Creek—William P. Gore,
Harry Simmons, Ellis Lewis,
Hulon Flowers, E. T. Albright.
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Evans Resigns |
Lonnie Evans has resigned
from the Brunswick County
ASC Committee after 15 years
of service, Ralph Price, ASC
office manager, announced
today. He was first elected to
the committee in 1950 and
served for one year as
vice-chairman. He was elected
again in 1954 and has served as
chairman continuously since
that time. He was reelected to a
three year term in 1967.
Evans gave ill health as his
reason for resigning.
Former Board
Member Passes
LELAND—Ira Daniel Butler,
70, of Leland, Route 1, died
Thursday in New Hanover
Memorial Hospital, Wilmington.
He was a native of Phoenix in
Brunswick County and was the
son of the late John Daniel and
Mary Alice Rowell Butler, and
retired as a rural mail carrier at
Rowland after 30 years and
returned to Leland to live.
Mr. Butler was a member of
Goshen Baptist Church, was a
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Phone Meeting
Scheduled For
Next Thursday
Atlantic Telephone Member
ship Corporation will hold its
Eleventh Annual Meeting Friday
night, October 4, at 8 o’clock, in
the Shallotte High School
auditorium. Sam D. Bundy,
principal of Sam D. Bundy
School, Farmville, will be the
guest speaker for the occasion.
Principal Bundy, except for a
brief stint with the federal
government during World War II
and with the Farmville Chamber
of Commerce in 1946-47, has
headed schools throughout
cast-central North Carolina since
graduation from Duke
University in 1927. He has been
principal of the Farmville Public
Schools since 1947. He received
a masters degree from East
Carolina University in 1948 and
served as president of the Pitt
County Unit, North Carolina
Education Association, 1951-52,
and as president of the
Northeastern District, N.C.E.A.,
1952-53.
Bundy has broad speaking
experience before business,
professional, fraternal, civic,
church and school groups in the
Southeastern United States as
weD as Maryland, West Virginia,
New York, Michigan and
Colorado. Television experience
includes serving as a rotating
panel member of the Carolina
Today morning show on
WNCT-TV, Greenville.
Reports reviewing growth and
progress during the past year as
well as a report on current
operations will feature the
annual meeting business session.
Future growth and service
improvements will also be
discussed. Directors will be
elected from District 1, Freeland
area; and District 6, Bolivia area.
Elrich Hickman and the
Twilighters and the Betty Cress
dancers will provide the
entertainment.
Gift momentos will be given to
each member attending the
meeting. Many door prizes will
be awarded as well as a grand
prize. Refreshments will be
served.
Republicans In
County Rally
The Brunswick County
Republican Women officially
launched the Republican
Campaign in Brunswick County
with the grand opening of its
headquarters in Shallotte last
Saturday.
The program was opened with
invocation, given by Rev. James
Dellert of Shallotte, and was
followed by the pledge of
allegiance led by Mrs. A. C. Beall
of Wilmington. Mayor Roney
Cheers officially welcomed all
guests to Shallotte.
Mrs. Ruby Babson, president
of the Brunswick County
Republican Womens Club,
introduced Homer Davis of
Wilmington, candidate for the
state House of Representatives,
as Master of Ceremonies.
Davis introduced Dewey
Sellers, chairman of the
Brunswick County Republican
Party, and Sheriff Harold
Willetts, each of whom
addressed the group assembled.
Mrs. R. M. Davidson of
Winston-Salem, State treasurer
of the N.C. Federation of
Republican Women, was
recognized by Davis.
Bob Warwick of Wilmington,
district chairman for Jim
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Ammunition Cars Derailed
Two freight cars loaded with ammunition were derailed on the access railroad
leading from the Seaboard Coastline junction to Sunny Point Army Terminal Monday.
One car overturned on its side, but there was no explosion. The cars were reported
to be carrying defused artillery ammunition. Only a small area of track was damaged.
Mrs. Humphrey Visits State
Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey, right, is shown here as she attended the State Con
yention of Democratic Women in Winston-Salem on Friday and Saturday where she
was the speaker at the Friday night banquet. With her on the left is Mrs. Dan K.
Moore, wife of the Goyemor of North Carolina, and Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., of
Southport, vice-chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, who presided
at the convention.
Dedication Of
Library To Be
On October 27
Dedication of the new
South port-Brunswick County
Library will be held on Sunday,
October 27, at 2:30 p.m., it is
announced by the Library Board
of Trustees.
State, county and city
officials, and other distinguished
guests are being invited to the
ceremony formally opening the
new $97,000 facility. In the
meantime, the library is in
operation in its new location.
Mrs. Susie S. Carson, Miss
Gertrude Loughlin and Mrs.
Philip King are assisting board
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Time And Tide
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It was September 21, i938, and Shallotte was boasting a new
Post Office. A picture of the frame structure was on the front page
of The Pilot that week. The boat that Capt. John Eriksen had
inspected in Cuba had been found worthy, and had been purchased
by Brunswick Navigation Company for use in menhaden fishing. The
Civic Club was expecting the arrival of the season’s first southbound
yachts seen; the list of county college students was still growing; and
the weather tower on the Garrison grounds had been painted the
proceeding week.
Perhaps some of the paint (see above) had blown off during the
last few days, for the Coast Guard had reported that a hurricane
unnamed, lad passed within 200 miles of Southport. Headlines took
cognizance of the fact, and correctly stated “Southport Has Always
Escaped. Again, we mention the dateline—September 21,1938.
It was September 29, 1943, and the front page cut that week
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Commissioners Cite
Law Governing Jail
The Board of Commissioners
for Brunswick County has taken
exception to a report made by
the Brunswick County Grand
Jury last week following a
conference with Sheriff Harold
Willetts pertaining to availability
of funds for the proper
operation of the Brunswick
County Jail.
Two paragraphs pertaining to
this conference with Sheriff
Willetts follow:
“At the request of Sheriff
Willetts we met with him and
discussed the conditions and
salaries of employed personnel
at the Jail Mr. Willetts stated
that he was budgeted a little
over $11.00 a day and it was
impossible to operate a jail at
this low pay scale. He stated that
he had written and met with
County Commissioners
requesting more operating
money but the sum is still
inadequate. Mr. Willetts
requested that he wanted $1.25
an hour pay for personnel. He
seemed to think that this is an
emergency situation and
warrants immediate action. He
also stated that if funds are not
made available that the jail will
have to be closed and the
County Commissioners
appropriate a new plan for
prisoners.”
“We the Grand Jury request
that this matter be looked into
immediately and steps be made
to correct this situation.”
“The Grand Jury heard a
report on the Dosher Memorial
Hospital by one of its members,
who stated the hospital was in
good condition and very clean
and improved under new
management.
Mrs. Kathleen Parker is
foreman of the Grand Jury and
Mrs. Beth Swain is secretary.
At a special meeting of the
board Monday night board
members cited Chapter 510,
1965 Sessions Laws, Sect 6 as
the statutory limitation upon
their authority to provide any
additional financial assistance to
the operation of the Sheriffs
Department. That statute, and a
subsequent law passed at the
1967 session of the General
Assembly, are quoted below:
CHAPTER 510,1965 SESSION
LAWS, SECTION 6
“The Sheriff of Brunswick
County is authorized and
empowered to employ three
field deputies at a monthly
salary of three hundred and
twenty dollars ($320.00) each,
and in addition thereto, each
such field deputy shall be paid
one hundred fifteen dollars
($115.00) per month as travel
expense incurred in the
performance of official duties.
The sheriff is also authorized to
employ an office deputy who
shall serve as jailer and who shall
be paid a salary of two hundred
eighty-five dollars ($285.00) per
month plus jail fees, and in
addition thereto shall receive the
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Scott Speaker „
At Four County
Rally Tuesday
“November 5 will be a day of
decision/' Lt. Gov. Bob Scott
said Tuesday night at a huge
four-county Democratic Rally, at
the Whiteville Elementary school
auditorium, which was attended *
by 500 people from Bladen,
Brunswick, Columbus and
Robeson County, The speaking
part of the program was pre
ceded by a barbecue supper, '
which was attended by 450 per
sons.
Scott, who was the principal
speaker at the rally, told the
large outpouring of area Demo
crats, “When l*m governor, I
will ask your Legislature to help
me give the people of North Caro
lina the best administration pos
sible. -:
“We will lay the foundation for
the future, looking towards the
year 2000. I don't want any
plaudits or credit, all I want
to do is to start the movement to
go forward.”
Many times during his talk he
made the remark, “I want to
Join hands with you in this move
ment to go forward.”
Scott, who is the Democratic
candidate for North Carolina
Governor in the Democratic tic
ket, called upon all Democrats
to support Democratic and county
slates, even though they might
not give full support to the
national Democratic ticket.
As a matter of fact, he expressed
no opinion on the national slate.
Continuing on the day of deci
sion theme. Candidate Scott
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Juniors Hear
F. B. I. Speaker
Upon invitation from the
Public Affairs Department of the
Southport Junior Woman’s Club,
David Watson, Special Agent of
the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, presented a talk
on crime prevention at its
September 17 meeting in the
new Southport-Brunswick
County Library. Mr. Watson
approximated the cost of crime
per individual in the United
States as $160 a year. He also
noted that the majority of •’
crimes occur in the 18 to 22 i
year-old bracket. He discussed *
the function and operation of
the fingerprinting and
investigative departments in
Washington. ?
During the business meeting,
Mis. Connie Young showed the
club a citation received for its
work in community >
development for the past two '
years from Sears, Roebuck and
Company.
Mrs. Barbara Gainey of Public
Affairs Department reported
that the selling of United States
Savings Stamps at Southport
High School has been very
successful and will continue
every Friday from 8:15 a.m.'
until 8:45 a.m. Mrs. Sue Jones,
local Welcome Wagon
representative, is issuing to
newcomers a pamphlet
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Tide Table7
Following Is the tide table
for Southport daring the
week. These hoars are ap
proximately correct and!
were furnished Hue State)
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of rite Gape Fear
Pilot's Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, September 28,
11:38 AM 5:22 AM
11:45 PM 6:10 AM
Friday, September II,
12:39 AM 5:10 AM
12:51 PM 7:10 PM
Saturday, September 28,
1:3® AM 7:10 AM
8:10 Pit1
Sunday, September 28,
1.-67 AM 8:16 AM
2:51 PM 9:23 PM
Monday, September 80,
3:00 AM 0:28 AM
3:67 PM 10:28 PM
Tneeday, October l,
4:21 AM 10:40 AM
6:08 PM 11:28 PM
Wed prepay, October 2,
531 AM 11:40 AM
6:67 PM 12:22 PM
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