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VOLUME 40
No. 18
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SOUTHPORT, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1968
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j Ingenious Erosion Control Method
With erosion eating away at the shoreline at Tranquil Harbor, Clarence Murphy
is shown here placing used automobile tires on the strand in an effort to let nature
assist in building a jetty. The tires are held in place with steel rods with a hook on
top, and these may be pulled up and additional tires emplaced as the sand builds up.
Murphy says the project was showing encouraging results until the storm of Sunday
mght, which wiped out all gains. Already he is at work to try out his theory. “We’ve
got to do something,” he said this week.
Telephone Company Officials
These are the officers of the Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation, which
held its 11th Annual Meeting Friday night at Shallotte High School auditorium. Left
to right, they are A. P. Henry, Jr., J. C. Stanaland, secretary, L. C. Babson, Harry L.
Mintz, president; H. Foster Mintz and Wilson Arnold. (Photo by John Henry).
Retail Sales
Continue To
Increase Here
Retail sales in Brunswick
county exceeded the $3 million
mark in July according to a
report received by the Resources
Development Commission for
Brunswick County.
William A. Powell, chairman of
the commission, reported that
the Sales & Use Tax Report for
July reported sales of
$3,018,561 which is the first
time that retail sales for one
month have exceeded the $3
million mark.
Retail sales for the county
have increased $2,264,696
during the first seven months of
the year, which is a 16% increase
over the same period of 1967.
Powell stated that in reviewing
statistics it is interesting to note
that during July, 1965, retail
sales exceeded the $2 million
mark for the first time. In 1966,
3 months exceeded the $2
million mark, and in 1967, 5
months exceeded the $2 million
dollar mark.
Indications now are that all
but two months of 1968 should
be over the $2 million dollar
mark. These two months are
January and February, which
normally are the slow months
each year.
Total retail sales for the year
are now projected at
approximately $28 million
dollars
| Brief BiU O/f
NEWS ''
LICENSE EXAMINER
The Driver License Examiner’s
office in Southport will be
closed on October 14 due to
in-service school in Chapel Hill.
PLANT SALE
The Woodbine Garden Club
will hold a plant sale on
Thursday and Friday starting at
9 o’clock between the post
office and Leggett’s.
Toll-Free Calls In
Brunswick Sought
Announcement that a study is
being made to determine the
feasibility to eliminating long
distance tolls for in-county calls
was made at the 11th Annual
meeting of the Atlantic
Telephone Membership
Corporation Friday night at
Shallotte.
This news, and an optimistic
report of progress, highlighted
the meeting which was held in
the Shallotte high school
auditorium, with Sam D. Bundy
as the principal speaker. His
program was humorous and
philisophical and turned out to
be a crowd pleaser. Other
entertainment included music by
the Twilighters and the betty
Cress Dancers from Wilmington.
Harry L. Mintz, president,
presided over the meeting and
Secretary J. C. Stanaland read
minutes of the last meeting and
the call for the annual session.
W. E. Bellamy, in his
manager’s report, said plans are
being made to apply for the
corporation’s sixth loan in order
to meet the demand for
one-party service and other
improvements, including the
elimination of in-county tolls.
He said the latter would have
to come about after approval by
members of the corporation as
well as after approval of
customers of other phone service
in the county.
Bellamy said the continuing
increase in membership also
indicates a growth in the
county’s population and
business and industry.
William E. Brock, CPA of
Wilmington, reporting the
co-op’s financial statement, said
that local service was up 11 per
cent this year and long distance
service revenue up 14 per cent,
showing people are using their
telephones more all the time.
He reported the co-op now has
1,781 members.
The financial report showed
that the firm was organized in
1955 by rural people who did
not have telephone service. It
received a $381,000 loan to
provide 8-party service through
the Bolivia and Shallotte
exchanges. Since then tour
additional loans have been made.
The loans, each made on a
35-year base period are
repayable with interest. The
total borrowed to date is
$2,830,000. To date the co-op
has repaid $210,043 of the
principal and $242,354 in
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Leland Center
In Operation
SENCland Community Action,
Inc., has been granted
supplemental funds for an
additional center located on the
Lincoln High School premises.
This center is staffed with one
director, Mrs. Mary Randolph;
one secretary, Mrs. Rachel J.
Kye; three community workers,
Mrs. Mattie Pearl Gore, Mrs.Inez
McKoy and Mrs. Evelyn Ballard;
and one Outreach Worker, Mrs.
Annie Lucas and Janitor Marvin
Ballard. Programs available are:
Job Corps—for girls and boys
between the ages of 14 and 21;
adult education; manpower-on
the job training; family planning;
headstart; self-help housing;
emergency food and medical
services; and neighborhood
youth corp.
Mrs. Peg Thompson, the Food
Stamp Representative, will be at
this center every Wednesday
from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Mrs.
Grace Ruark, the welfare
representative, will also be there
every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m.
to 12 noon. A representative
from the Employment Security
Commission is expected in the
near future.
Everyone is welcome to come
and take advantage of the
programs offered.
New Building
For Industry
For Freeland
Freeland Manufacturing Co., a
division of Perfect-Fit Industries
of Monroe, is expanding
facilities.
A new 15,000 square ft.
building is under construction
near the Waccamaw River on
N.C. 130 and is expected to be
ready for occupancy within the
next 4 to 6 weeks.
The new facility will provide
initial employment for
approximately 150, with plans
to double the size within a year
and with long range plans which
call for a facility of 75,000
square feet.
Russell L. Gobin, manager of
Freeland Manufacturing Co.,
reports that the new facility will
provide much needed space to
meet the production
requirements of the firm. The
new facility will be leased from
Walter Wilson on a long-term
lease arrangement. Cape Fear
Technical Institute is assisting
the firm by providing training
for future employees.
William A. Powell, chairman,
and Roy A. Stevens, Director
or the Resources Development
Commission for Brunswick
County, both have expressed
their congratulation to the firm
on their expansion program.
Freeland Manufacturing Co. is
presently operating in two small
buildings on the banks of the
Waccamaw River. The firm
manufactures mattress covers,
pillow covers, sheets and other
bedding supplies.
School Board
Holds Session
The Brunswick County Board
-ot. Education met in regular
session on Monday and approved
teacher contracts for Wilbar T.
Hargrove, Lincoln; and James
Braxton, George V. Allen and
Mary N. Alexander, Southport
The board accepted the
resignation of Mrs. Katherine R.
Dellert at Shallotte.
The board voted to allow the
elevated water tank at the
Shallotte High School to be
removed and disassembled by
the local school
The board approved the spray
painting of the City Hall at
Southport. This action was
taken in view of the fact that the
upper floor of the City Hall is
presently being used for two
classrooms. The city will furnish
the paint.
The employment of Grover
Bumey as E.S.E.A. Audio-Visual
Assistant was given full time
status for the remainder of the
1968-69 school year.
James Thompson and Arthur
Dosher were named as delegates
to the North Carolina State
School Boards Association
meeting in Chapel Hill on
October 24.
New Factory Building At Freeland
This is the new building of the Freeland Manufacturing Co. being erected at
Freeland by Walter Wilson. A manufacturing plant already in operation in nearby
frame buildings is all set to move into the new structure, which is expected to be
completed within the next month or six weeks. (Photo by Spencer)
Farm Bureau
Official In
Direct Appeal
Ira L. Chadwick, president of
the Brunswick Farm Bureau, this
week scolded the
Johnny-come-lately government
officials who rush in with a
fistful of cure-all ideas at the
slightest hint of disagreement in
the marketing of farm
commodities.
“To be sure,” Chadwick said,
“it is vital that farmers have
muscle power at the market
place—but it must be muscle
power that comes from the
independent actions of a
voluntary, producer oriented
marketing —bargaining
association, such as is available
to''* farmers through th%
framework of the Farm Bureau.
“Farm Bureau,” Chadwick
pointed out, “has been fighting
the market place battle fear
years. The time has come,” he
said, “for all farmers to join
together to clearly demonstrate
to lawmakers and the consuming
public that we are still of
sufficient numbers to demand
attention during the time of our
most pressing problem—low net
income.”
Chadwick invited attention to
the fact that practically every
piece of meaningful farm
legislation that has passed in
recent years did so with the full
force of Farm Bureau behind it.
“A major victory for farmers
and Farm Bureau,” the farm
leader declared, “was passage of
legislation which prohibited
handlers of processors from
discriminating or coercing
producers who join their own
producer marketing-bargaining
association.” Chadwick also
cited success in stopping a
proposed extension of the
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Time And Tide
-,
It was October 5, 1958, and somehow the headline for the front
page cut had been carried over from the proceeding week. At any
rate, the cut was a chart drawing of the North Carolina coastline
outlining the exact (and subject still to debate) location of the Gulf
Stream. A downpour on the preceding Thursday had broken a
20-year record when the skies had poured out 6.70 inches of rain
during a 24-hour period; two Philadelphia youths had made port in
the local harbor after a 14 day’s paddling from their home; and in a
feature article that week The Pilot spoke of Roy McKeithan as being
“. . . youngest (and also credited with being one of the handsomest)
of the Oak Island stalwarts..
Southport had a new flashing stop light at the intersection of
Moore and Howe Streets; County Superintendent Annie May
Woodside had announced the first month’s salary for county
teachers had exceeded $12,000; and the case of bearslaughter had
been cleared up and the defendants had been found not guilty.
It was October 6, 1943, and billiards champ Willie Hoppe had
put on an exhibition for the servicemen at Caswell Section Base
earlier in the week. Boatswains Mates Frank and Bryant Potter had
been reassigned to sea duty after being home for rest and
rehabilitation, one to an aircraft carrier, the other to another cruiser.
Our editorial writer was advocating the early posting of overseas
Christmas packages; the Oaks Plantation had received a carload of
Hereford heifers; and Wilbur Dosher was enjoying his vacation in
Southport “communing with the fishes.”
The restriction of complete blackout for the first two river front
blocks in Southport had been lifted; four county students had
enrolled at Mars Hill College; and a Southport resident had appeared
in The Pilot office with a City Tax receipt dated 1896, and totalling
$1.60.
It was October 6, 1948, and the front page photo that week was
of a giant devilfish caught by Capt. Leon McKeithan aboard his
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Gardner In Southport
Congressman Jim Gardner was in Southport Thurs
day morning and met a local delegation of supporters
for an informal rally on the lawn in front of the court
house. He is shown at the left shaking hands with C. B.
Caroon, whose son, Adam, is shown in the foreground.
In the background is Mrs. Jerry Sherrod and her child
who came to greet the Republican gubernatorial candid
ate. (Photo by Spencer)
North Carolina
Author To Speak
David Stick of Kitty Hawk,
will be the principal speaker at
dedication ceremonies for the
new Southport-Brunswick
County Library to be held on
Sunday, October 27 at 2:30
pm.
Stick is an author, bookseller,
real estate developer and
dedicated worker for better
libraries in North Carolina. His
1952 publication, “Graveyard of
the Atlantic” which has gone
through three printings, is a
perennial public library favorite
among those interested in the
countless shipwrecks off the
North Carolina coast. “Fabulous
Dare”, “The Outer Banks of
North Carolina,” and “The Cape
Hatteras Seashore”, reflect
Stick’s devotion to the history
and development of the Outer
Banks and Dare county.
He is immediate past president
of North Carolinians for Better
Libraries; served on the
Governor’s Commission on
Library Resources and was
Chairman of the Legislative
Commission to study Library
Support in North Carolina.
He is past president of the
Kitty Hawk Civic Club, Dare
beaches Chamber of Commerce.
Nags Head Chamber ofl
Commerce and Dare County
Tourist Bureau. Stick has served
as chairman of the Dare County
Board of Commissioners,
Erosion Control board, Wright
Memorial Museum Commitee
and Dare County friends of the
Lost Colony.
From 1942 to 1945 Mr. Stick
was a U.S. Marine Corps combat
correspondent, participating in
Peleliu, Leyte and Okinawa
campaigns.
Invitations to the dedication
ceremony have been sent to
more than 200 out-of-county
library and governmental
officials; doners to the library
building fund and others who
have been helpful in making the
new building a reality.
DAVID STICK
National 4-H
Club Week Is -
Being Honored
National 4-H Week, is being
observed across the nation by
more than three million 4-H
youths, a half-million volunteer
leaders, thousands of
professional workers and friends
of 4-H. In Brunswick county,
258 youth will join in the
observance.
The unprecedented expansion
of 4-H in the last decade will be
highlighted, according to Milton
Coleman, Assistant Agricultural
Extension Agent.
One of the advances in 4-H
project work has been more
emphasis on science,
experimentation and efficient
farm and home management
Personal development and
leadership also have been
accelerated.
Introduction to 4-H via
television is another major
advance. Projects such as general
science, automotive, electric,
dog careautomotive,, electric,
dog care and training, and
emergency preparedness are
among the TV series offered by
the Cooperative Extension
Service. About a million boys
and girls between 9 and 19 years
of age have participated in TV
4-H this past year. Starting in
January a 4-H TV Science Club
Series will begin. It will be
carried by WWAY, Channel 3 in
Wilmington on ^Saturday from
8:30 a.m. until 9 km.
Any boy qr girl can be a
4-H’er: as a regular club
member, a TV member, or a
short term project member. The
Extension Service has worked
out simplified programs to fit
families in isolated or low
income communities. Currertly,
were are their are seven
clubs in the county and 1
special interest gro| |
Additional clubs are in »
process of being organized. »
The 4-H youths are engaged in w
projects or activites that cover ;>
just about every home situation,
personal goal and ability. Among
some 50 programs which carry
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Clinton Hosts
Woman’s Clubs
Club members of the eleven
Women’s Clubs and the four
Junior Clubs of District Eleven
will attend the annual Fall
Meeting on October 14 in
Clinton. Hostesses for the day
will be members of the Clinton
Study Club. Mrs. Alfred T.
Hutton, Jr., of Wilmington,
district president, will preside at
the meeting which will be held
at the First Methodist Church. ,
Featured speakers for the ■■
day’s activities will be Mrs. J.
Frank Bryant, of Boonville,
president of the North Carolina
Federation of Women’s Clubs,
and Mrs. Charles E. Brawley, of
Mooresville, third vice-president
of the Federation. Registration
will begin at 9 o’clock aid
luncheon will be served in the
Methodist Fellowship Hall
dining room. The meeting will
begin at 10 o’clock.
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, October 10,
11:03 AH 4:58 AH
11:15 PH 5:34 PM
Friday, October 11,
11:39 AM 5:34 AM
11:62 PM 6:16 PM
Saturday, October 12,
12:22 AM 6:16 AM
12:39 PM 6:58 PH
Sunday, October 13,
1:15 AM 7:04 AH
7:58 PM
Monday, October 14,
1:33 AM 7:58 AH
2:09 PM 8:52 PM.
Tuesday, October 15,
2:33 AM 8:58 AH
3:09 PM 8:52 PM
Wednesday, October 16,
3:33 AH 9:04 AMI
4:03 PM 9:46 PMs