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Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOLUME 40
No. 20
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 196&
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Shallotte Post Office Dedicated
Dr. M. H. Rourk is shown introducing distinguished guests during dedication
ceremonies for the new Shallotte Post Office Sunday afternoon. Seated directly be
mnd nun is Congressman Alton A. Lennon, the principal speaker for the occasion.
Ph t xWa ters’ Postal Service Officer, also spoke to the gathering. (Brunswick Beacon
Rescue Squad First Aid Class
This is the Red Cross First Aid Class which has been in progress for the past sev
eral weeks for members of the Town Creek Township Rescue Squad. The instructor,
Winston Thompson, is from the Odgon Rescue Squad. It is noteworthy that of the 25
members of the class, several are women. Shown here participating in a simulated
operation are Mrs. William Johnson, Mrs. Homer King, Thompson, Mrs. Lanier, Mrs.
Clint Williams and Mack Caton. The “victim” is William Johnson. (Photo by John
Henry).
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OYSTER ROAST
An oyster roast will be held at
the W. E. Bellamy Store at
Boones Neck Saturday evening
from 5 to 9 o’clock with
proceeds to go to the Shallotte
High School athletic fund.
UNICEF PROJECT
Members of the Junior
Woman’s Club of Southport and
members of the Sub-Junior
Woman’s Club will assist in the
‘•Trick or Treat for UNICEF”
project again this year. The
ladies will circulate on the island
and in Southport from 7 p.m. to
9:30 o’clock Monday evening.
HALLOWE’EN CARNIVAL
The annual Hallowe’en
Carnival, sponsored by the
Southport P.T.A., will be held at
the school gymnasium Thursday,
October 31. There will be a
matinee from 2 until school bus
time and the evening program
will open at 7:30 p.m. John
Barbee is chairman again this
km year'
f ANTIOCH HOMECOMING
Antioch Baptist Church of
Bolivia will observe their 101st
anniversary Sunday, with the
annual Homecoming services
beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday
School and morning worship will
be followed by dinner on the
grounds. Rev. George Kell,
pastor, will bring the morning
message. All former members
and friends are invited to attend.
CPL Official Says
Safety Factor High
Members of the Southport
Lions Club at their regular
meeting here Thursday evening
heard Walter E. Selkinghaus,
director of the Nuclear
Information Center at Hartsville,
S.C., outline the elaborate safety
precautions taken in the
planning and construction of a
Makes Report
On CPL Plans
Watt Huntley, public relations
man for Carolina Power and
Light Co., attended the meeting
of the Southport Lions Club
Thursday evening and read the
following progress report on the
proposed project for this area
that had been prepared by W. B.
Kincaide, design engineer:
“During August and
September an oceanographer
from John Hopkins University
conducted an extensive
hydrology study of the Cape
Fear estuary to determine the
capability of the estuary to
supply cooling water for the
condensers in the proposed
nuclear plant. Although field
investigations have been
completed for hydrology study,
considerable work is still being
done to develop a circulating
water system design which will
best utilize the estuary. A
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power plant of the type that has
been proposed for the Southport
area by Carolina Power and
Light Co.
Following is the text of his
talk before the local club:
There is a story about a
preacher from out in the
country who was approached
one day and asked, “How do
you get your message across so
well to your people?” His
answer was simply this: He says
first I tells ’em what I’m going to
tell ’em, then I tells ’em, and
then I tells ’em what I tole ’em.
I’m not about to be that
redundant this evening; however,
let us look first at a few
questions: What is Atomic
Power? Why is it important?
and, where does it stand today?
About 80% of the electricity
used in the United States is
produced in Steam electric
plants. These plants in which
heat from the combustion of
coal, oil, or natural gas, (the so
called fossil fueis), converts
water into steam. The steam is
then used to drive a turbine
generator and thereby produce
electric power.
A Nuclear Power plant is a
new kind of steam electric plant
in which the heat comes not
from the burning of a fossil fuel,
but from the fission of Atomic
fuel, the basic sources of which
are Uranium or Thorium. The
turbine generator part of a
Nuclear plant is similar to that
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Seek Anchorage
For Vessels To
Wait For Sailing
The Commander of the
Military Sea Transport Service,
Atlantic, has advised the U.S.
Coast Guard that an explosives
anchorage is needed in the
Southport area. Proposed
regulations have been drafted to
establish the anchorage off the
Brunswick county coast.
No public hearing is
contemplated in this connection.
Comments or objections should
be submitted in writing,
addressed to Commander, Fifth
Coast Guard District and will be
received until close of business
on November 15.
If no objections are received,
the regulations will be
established as outlined below
and will be published in Title 33,
Code of Federal Regulations.
Specifically these regulations are
proposed to read as follows:
(a) Explosive Anchorage—Be
ginning at a point southeast of
Shallotte Inlet at latitude
33*-52’-31” North, longitude
78*-18’-49” West; thence south
to latitude' 33*-51’-31” North,
longitude 78*-18’-42” West;
th'ence east to latitude
33*-51’-51” North, longitude
78*-14’-35” West; thence north
to latitude 33*-52’-52” North,
longitude 78*-18’-40” West;
thence west to the point of
origin.
(b) General Regulations
(1) This anchorage is
reserved for the exclusive use
of ammunition laden vessels.
(2) Vessels in this anchorage
shall not anchor closer than
1500 yards to one another.
This provision is not intended
to prohibit barges or lighters
from lying alongside vessels for
transfer of cargo.
(3) The maximum quantity
of explosives aboard any ship.
* that may be ta this anchorage
is 8000 tons. < |
(4) Nothing in this section
shall be construed as relieving
the owner or person in charge
of any vessel from the
penalties of the law for
obstructing navigation or for
not complying with the
navigation laws in regard to
lights, fog signals, etc.
Objections made for reasons
that affect navigation should be
specific in describing the
problems that may be generated
by the proposed action.
The determination as to
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Brunswick Man
Gets Masters
A Brunswick county man was
one of 143 students completing
work for masters degrees from
North Carolina State University
after the 1968 summer session.
Jesse Stewart Clemmons, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S.
Clemmons of Supply, completed
his degree work in education
during a summer session that
had a record enrollment. Over
8,000 students continued their
education at NCSU during the
summer.
Clemmons, a 1961 graduate of
Shallotte High School, is
married.
Library Building Dedication Sunday
Dedication ceremonies for the new Southport-Brunswick County Library Building
will be held here Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with David Stick, author and
friend of library service in North Carolina, as principal speaker. All Brunswick coun
ty citizens and friends from other areas are invited to participate in this ceremony.
(Photo by Spencer).
New Hospital
Project Still -
Is Much Alive
“No time has been lost this
year toward the realization of a
new county hospital,” Earl
Bellamy, chairman of the
County Hospital Committee,
said this week. “The committee,
at its organizational meeting
earlier this year, decided to
delay further action until such
time as Hill-Burton Funds were
restored to somewhat near their
normal levels of participation.
Since that time there has also
been a slowdown in the approval
of these federal matching funds
for hospital construction
» purposes as efforts were
expanded to reduce, as well as to
slow, the drain on the treasury.
These actions, as well as higher
interest rates, increasing
uncertainty, as national elections
approached and voters have been
unwilling to commit themselves
to major public programs during
such periods of uncertainty,
have brought about a virtual
standstill in major hospital
construction.
The committee also felt that
proposed hospital plans should
in no way interfere with school
consolidation [dans. I personally
feel that school plans are far
enough advanced that proposed
hospital (dans will not affect the
school consolidation program.
However, the progress of the
school program will certainly be
taken into consideration as both
programs advance toward
realization.”
William F. Henderson,
Executive Secretary of the
North Carolina Medical Care
Commission, feels that after the
new national administratin has
been installed in early 1969 and
there are some clearcut
indications of what is in store
for federal matching hospital
construction funds, will be
sufficient time to survey the
local situation for determination
of future plans. A further
complicating factor, which will
certainly exert a marked
influence on future hospital
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Time And Tide
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It was October 19, 1938, and the front page photo that week
showed scenes around the CCC camp at Makatoka, including a
picture of the newly constructed fire tower. Business interests were
conducting dredge work on the boat basin at Ft. Caswell to cater to
the transit yachtman; Southport harbor was crowded with pleasure
craft unable to find dock space; and a 100-foot schooner had
grounded on one of the approaches to the Cape Fear bar. The news
story indicated that the owners had decided to remain at Southport
all winter.
According to a headline the political pot was beginning to boil,
and local speaking engagements were being filled by political
candidates. The first annual Southport-Wilmington outboard
marathon was slated for the following Sunday; students at
Southport High School were being directed to school by a newly
formed safety patrol; and another canoer had reached Southport on
his way south—this one 44 days out of New York City.
It was October 27, 1943, and it was Navy Day. In keeping with
spirit of things The Pilot that week ran two pictures of Navy
personnel on page one. The first of these was an artist’s impression
of a white-hat boarding his ship, complete with sea bag, and the
other was a photo of Commander G. T. Campbell, commanding
officer of Caswell Section Base. Commander Campbell had in three
months raised the base’s district rating from last place to the top
position.
John D. O’Daniel had entered the Merchant Marine Academy at
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PROGRAM FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE
Southport-Brunswick County Library
Sunday, October 27, 1968
2:30 O’clock P. M.
.-... Rev. Mark Owens
Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Shallotte
. Eugene B. Tomlinson
Mayor Of Southport
.-. Philip S. Ogilvie
North Carolina State Librarian
Recognition Of Guests . Harold Aldridge
Immediate Past Chairman, Library Board
Acknowledgement Of Contributions
Library Services and Construction Act .... Davis C. Herring
Foundations . Douglas Hawes
Patrons . Miss Gertrude Loughlin
Memorials . Mrs. Susie Carson
■ Hundred. Dollar Club «, j., ... •«....».. . Mrs. M. H. Rourk —
Acknowledgement Of
Memorial Books .i. Mrs. William Wood
Chairman, Shallotte Branch Library Committee
Community Cooperation .. C. D. Pickerrell
Southport City Manager
County Cooperation .. Durwood Clark
Brunswick County Register Of Deeds
History Of The Library .. Mrs. Philip King
Librarian
Introduction Of Speaker
Address .. David Stick
Chairman, Legislative Commission To Study Library Support
Prayer of Dedication . Rev. W. S. Davenport
Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church, Southport
Invocation
Welcome
Response
Name Magistrates
For Court System
MRS. JOHN A. WINFIELD
Democrats In
Women’s Meet
Mrs. John A. Winfield,
Democratic National
Committeewoman from North
Carolina, will be the speaker for
a luncheon for Brunswick
County Democratic Women on
Tuesday at the Ebb-Tide
Restaurant at Holden Beach.
Mrs. Winfield is a former
president of State Home
Demonstration Clubs. She was
named Outstanding Club Woman
of the Year in Beaufort County
in 1964. That same year she was
appointed by Governor Terry
Sanford to serve as a member of
the special commission on
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The Administrative Office of
the Courts has approved the
request of Judge Edward B.
Clark for the appointment of
five Magistrates in Brunswick
county, four originally and the
other in early December.
In a statement this week Judge
Clark said, “It is my intention to
appoint Mrs. Lela Osborne, who
has a splendid record as a Justice
of the Peace. She will be
required by the Chief District
Judge to have regular duty in
Shallotte. However, since she
resides about 12 miles from
Shallotte, it would be
inconvenient for law
enforcement officers to get
warrants issued at night and
during weekends. I will,
therefore, appoint a parttime
Magistrate residing in Shallotte
who will be available for
issuance of warrants when
needed.
“I will appoint full-time
magistrates in Southport and
Leland. And in early December I
will appoint Mr. E. 0. Rabon of
Winnabow, an able and
experienced Justice of the Peace,
as the fifth Magistrate, to serve
on a part-time basis, primarily to
handle the US 17 traffic cases
between Leland and Shallotte.”
Although he did not say so in
his statement this week, it is
reliably reported that the
Magistrate for Shallotte will be
Mayor Roney Cheers and the
Magistrate for Southport will be
E. F. Gore, an experienced
Justice of the Peace.
Annual Meeting
Of REA Members
Set For Friday
Harry B. Caldwell, leader in
agriculture and lifelong friend of
the farmer, will be guest speaker
Friday afternoon next at the
annual meeting of the Brunswick
Electric Membership
Corporation at Smith’s
warehouse on north Highway
701.
In addition to numerous other
pursuits, Caldwell has always
been a farmer and now operates
a 120-acre farm seven miles
north of Greensboro where he
grows tobacco and small grain
and raises Hereford cattle.
He has been affiliated with the
State Grange for many years and
is now secretary-treasurer of the
N.C. Grange Mutual Insurance
Company, a member of the
Grange’s executive committee
and a director of the Farmers
Cooperative Exchange. Add to
that membership of the N.C.
Tax Study Commission.
He has been honored many
times with various state and
national posts and citations for
his work and interest in
agriculture.
The big meet will open at 11
a.m. when members will register
for the numerous prizes and
grand prize to be given to
holders of lucky numbers.
Arthur and his performers will
come onto the scene at 12:30
p.m. and if time permits they
will come back for some more
string, drum, accordion and
vocal selections if time permits.
Cash awards will be made
during the session for the
pumpkin contest and winners in
the Tidy-Up contest.
The program has been
arranged, according to Manager
Robert G. Hubbard, so that
members might get home before
nightfall.
He urges all members to attend'
the meeting to hear reports on
the cooperative’s financial
condition and to vote on issues
and directors.
The event will be the 29th '
annual meeting of the
organization that is “owned by
those it serves.”
But, a word of caution,
members and all others are
cautioned not to park cars and
trucks in drives and passageways
and thus block some driver who
must leave before the meeting is
concluded. Also, driveways must
be kept open in case of fire or
some other emergency.
Again, people present are
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HARRY CALDWELL
Tide Table
PoUowtng k the tide tnble
lor Southport during the
week. These hoars ere ap
proximately correct and
.were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Ospe Fear
Pilot's Association.
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