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Brunswick County
VOLUME 40
No. 2V
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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Some Pumpkin
A major operation was performed at Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport Mon
day, but it was perfomed in the kitchen, not the operating room. And it wasn’t the
surgeons who wielded the knife, but the cooks.. The cause of this unusual situation
was delivery of a prize-winning 142-lb pumpkin, presented to the hospital as ingred
ient for pumpkin pie to go on the holiday menu. Shown here, left to right, are Hugh
Vance, the man with the hack-saw, representing the Brunswick Electric Membership
Corporation; Lillian King, who holds a cleaver; Maggie Burney, who is about to make
the incision, and David Batton, agriculture engineer. This pumpkin was grown by O.
G. Ward of Nakina and won first place in this year’s pumpkin contest sponsored an
nually by the BEMC. (Photo by Spencer)
Festival Has
First Project
To Raise Funds
To most people the Fourth of
July is a holiday that comes
some six months after
Christmas, but to a large number
of people in Southport the
Fourth of July started more
than a month ago when the
finance committee under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Roma
Clement held its first meeting to
begin plans for financing the
Southport Fourth of July
festival for 1969.
A lot of money has to be
raised to pay the expenses of
feeding and lodging the
hundreds of guests and
participants of the largest and
oldest celebration in the country
of the day our nation was born.
The first fund raising event for
this year’s festival will be a
barbecue dinner to be held on
Saturday, December 7. This day
will be particularly significant as
that date will be the 27th
anniversary of Pearl
Harbor—held by many historians
to be the biggest threat ever
made against the existence of
our country.
The barbecue will actually
begin on the afternoon of
December 6 when Edgar Finch
and his aides will start the
hickory wood fire in a large pit
behind the fire station. The
cooking will take all night and, if
past experience is any
indication, Edgar will not spend
a lonely night as a hundred or
more barbecue chefs and experts
will drop by at all hours to
inspect the operation and to
offer there advice on how to
prepare the meat. Edgar will
listen politely to all suggestions,
and then go right ahead and
prepare it the way he always has.
The meat will finish cooking just
after daylight on Saturday and
then Jack Worley and his helpers
will move in to chop it just right,
mix in the seasoning and begin
the preparations for the slaw. At
about 9 o’clock on the morning
of December 7 the other twenty
some odd members of the
finance committee will show up
to begin helping the plates with
barbecue, slaw, potato chips,
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ANNUAL TURKEY SHOOT
The Winnabow Volunteer Fire
Department, Inc., of Winnabow
will hold it’s annual turkey
shoot at the Fire House on
Thanksgiving Day, beginning at
1 p.m. Everyone is cordially
invited to participate in this
event. The proceeds will go into
the genera] fund.
V.
Southport Man Decorated
Technical Sergeant Leon Fullwood (left), son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis O. Fullwood of Southport, receives the
U. S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Udom Royal
Thia AFB, Thailand, from Brigadier General Allison C.
Brooks, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service com
mander. Sergeant Fullwood, a para-rescue recovery tech
nician, was decrated for meritorious service at Hamilton
AFB, Calif. The sergeant is a 1957 graduate of Southport
High School. His wife is the former Edith M. Amone.
District Court
Begins Operation
On Monday, December 2,
Judge Edward B. Clark, Resident
Judge of the 13th Judicial
District, will give the oath of
office to Ray H. Walton, Chief
District Judge, Giles R. Clark,
District Judge, and Lee J. Greer,
District Court Prosecutor.
The judges will take their
oaths of office at the courthouse
in Elizabethtown at 9 a.m., after
which the District Court will be
formally convened. Thereafter
all other Bladen county officials
who were elected on November
5 will take their respective oaths
of office.
At 10 a.m. the District Court
will be formally convened in the
District Court Room of the
Columbus County Courthouse in
Whiteville. Judge Clark will give
the oath of office to Lee J.
Greer, the prosecutor, and all
Columbus county officials who
were elected on November 5.
At 11:30 a.m. the District
Court will be formally convened
in the court room of the
Brunswick County Courthouse
in Southport and Judge Clark
will give the oath of office to all
Brunswick county officials who
were elected on November 5.
Following these ceremonies
which will include the formal
organization of the court, the
District Court will begin its
actual work on Tuesday,
December 3. During the first
week of its operation, Judge
Walton wil} hold a two-day
session of criminal court in
Southport on Tuesday and
Wednesday and a two-day
session of civil court on
Thursday and Friday.
Judge Clark will hold a
two-day session of civil court in
Elizabethtown on Tuesday and
Wednesday of the first week and
will hold a two-day session of
criminal court in Whiteville on
the following Thursday and
Friday.
Court officials have been given
a schedule that will be followed
by the District Court during the
month of December. A copy of
that schedule is attached.
It is expected that most of the
month of December will be
devoted to the trial of criminal
cases and preparation of
schedules for the trial of civil
cases beginning immediately
after January 1. The District
Court will try all criminal
matters that are now being tried
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An Invitation
The pleasure of your company
is requested at the
Annual Christmas Ball
on Friday evening,
the sixth of December
from nine until one o’clock
at Oak Island Club House
Sponsored by the
Junior Woman’s Club
of Southport
To benefit
Dosher Memorial Hospital
Music by the Continentals
Attire, Formal or Semi-Formal
Tickets, $10 per couple
Farm Meetings
Scheduled For
This County
Winter schools for fanners will
begin next week for Brunswick
growers with a swine meeting on
Wednesday, December 4, and a
tobacco meeting on December 5.
Dr. Robert Behlow, extension
veterinarian, will be in the?
county visiting and to present a
program that night. The meeting
will begin at 7:30 p.m., at the
Extension Service Building in
Supply. Dr. Behlow will be
discussing several topics that are
causing problems for Brunswick
swine producers. These include
Mastitus-Metritus Complex,
reproductive problems, TGE, the
use of antibotics and he will
bring farmers up-to-date on the
hog cholera eradication program.
Producers are urged to be
present for this meeting.
Dr. W. K. Collins, tobacco
specialist, and Fumey Todd,
plant pathology specialist, will
be present for a tobacco meeting
on* Thursday, December 5, at
7:30 p.m., in the extension
office. Dr. Collins will discuss
production methods with special
emphasis on fertilization and
performance of varieties in the
demonstrations held over the
state this year. Todd will discuss
tobacco diseases and how the
grower can reduce losses from
disease. Farmers who had a
problem with their tobacco this
year,, should bring their
questions to the meeting.
Farmers are urged to notice
their newspapers for future
meetings that will benefit them
in their farming program this
coming year.
Ceremony For
New Marker s
A Highway Historic Marker
was unrelied Sunday afternoon
with appropriate ceremonies
honoring the memory of John
La Pierre, one of the early
circuit-riding preachers to serve
this area of the Carolinas.
Presiding at this ceremony was
Harry L. Mintz, Jr., who
introduced the Rev. Robert R.
Childs for the invocation, which
was followed by music from the
combined church choirs of
Southport, under the direction
of Mrs. Dallas Pigott.
A welcome was extended by
William G. Faulk, Jr., site
superintendent and recognition
of guests and descendants of the
honoree was made by Mr. Mintz
and by Mrs. M. B. Koonce.
Following another musical
selection by the choir, Mrs. S. C.
Kellam introduced the speaker,
the Rev. J. Fred Fordham, who
is a descendant of the man being
honored. He also has played a
part in the religious life of the
area, having served Episcopal
congregations three points in
Brunswick county, including St.
Phillips at Southport.
The speaker used authentic
references to paint in the
background of some of the
achievements of his illustrious
ancestor.
The marker was unveiled by
Miss Mary Grady Koonce,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Battle Koonce, and an eleventh
generation descendant.
The benediction was by the
Rev. Chan Chase.
Volunteers Complete Training
Members of the Long Beach Volunteer Fire Department and the Long Beach
Rescue Squad have completed a 16-hour course in Frist Aid for Radiation and cirtific
ates were awarded Friday night by Major Frank Moffitt, Director of Civil Defense for
Brunswick County. Shown here accepting his cirtificate is L. D. Jones, Civil Defense
Director for Long Beach. (Photo by Spencer)
Library Leaders Confer
Mrs. Eunice Query of Boone, left, is shown conferring with Charles Adams, li
brarian at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Mrs. James M.
Harper, Jr., of Southport over plans for National Library Week. The three got together
last week for a planning session at UNC-G. Mrs. Query is president-elect of the
North Carolina Library Association, Adams is executive director of North Carolina
for the National Library Week observance and Mrs. Harper has been appointed state
chairman of National Library Week, which will be held April 20-26. (UNC-G News
Bureau Photo by Dave McDonald).
Southport Woman
Is State Chairman
Mrs. James M. Harper Jr., of
Southport has been appointed
chairman of the North Carolina
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Time And Tide
It was November 23, 1938, and Southport had been mentioned in
a recent issue of the New York Times. Leonard Cox, a feature writer
for that newspaper, had included Southport in a story concerning
the explorer Lucas Varquez de Ayllon and his early shipbuilding
efforts in the Cape Fear area. Lighthouse keepers on Bald Head
Island had a year-round garden project going; the Southport school
had attained 100 percent membership in the County Red Cross
drive; and our “Fourth Estate” editor had congratulated the
Charlotte Observer on its Golden Birthday Anniversary.
Lewis Hardee had just completed building a new shrimp house on
the local waterfront; the R. F. Plaxco family had moved into a new
home on Moore Street; ahd a group at Shallotte had organized the
Girls Service Club.
It was December 1, 1943, and a botanist just returned from a trip
to Bald Head Island waxed eloquent'in praise of the flora and fauna
of that semi-tropical isle. He also offered the opinion that snakes
were worth their weight in gold to the farmer. Debate? There were
at least two intercom systems operational in county schools; a poem
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Committee for National Library
Week in 1969 by the National
Book Committee, it was
announced recently.
^The appointment was
announced in a recent
preliminary session of the
National Library Week
Committee at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
Purpose of the meeting was to
lay the groundwork for the
observance.
Serving with Mrs. Harper will
be Charles M. Adams, UNC-G
librarian, who was named
executive director for the week
by the North Carolina Library
Association.
National Library Week will be
April 20-26.
Mrs. Harper polled over
148,000 votes as she finished
second during the Democratic
primary last spring in the race
for the party’s nomination for
lieutenant governor. She is a past
president of the North Carolina
Federation of Women’s Clubs,
the North Carolina Council of
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Holden Beach
May Wind Up
Being A Town
A hearing on a petition to
incorporate the “Town of
Holden Beach” in Brunswick
county was set Monday by the
Municipal Board of Control, a
State agency.
The hearing was scheduled for
January 10 in the office of the
State attorney general, who
serves as chairman of the board.
It will be the first such meeting
for Bob Morgan of Lillington,
who becomes attorney general
January 3.
The Town of Holden Beach
would include all of the area
bounded by Shallotte Inlet,
Lockwoods Folly Inlet, the
Atlantic Ocean and the mainland
of North Carolina. The assessed
value of the property within the
proposed town was listed at $2
million.
The Municipal Board of
Control is made up of the
attorney general, the secretary
of state and the chairman of the
State Utilities Commission. The
board passes on petitions for
incorporation or name changes
of towns.
Brunswick Has
4-H Winners
In Wilmington
Approximately 700 4-H
members, parents, leaders and
friends of 4-H were present as
outstanding 4-H’ers were
recognized Saturday at the
Star-News 4-H Honor Program
held in Brogden Hall Activities
began Friday as exhibits were
placed on display to be judged
and viewed by the public.
Dione Potter, eleven year old
4-H member, was recognized as
the Most Outstanding Junior
Boy in the area program that
includes ten counties. He is a
member of the Busy Bees 4-H
Club. This is the second year of
this award and Brunswick
County has had the. recipient
both years. Reggie Hewett was
the winner last year.
Lynn Hewett was runner-up
for the Most Representative
Senior Girl and in Girls Public
Speaking. She also won a blue
award in Senior Teen Clothing*
Kenneth Hewett was runner-up
for the Most Representative
Senior Boy award. He won a
blue award on his cake for
special occasions. Lisa Hewett
was runner-up for the Most
Representative Junior Girl
Award.
Other awards were as follow:
Elneta Hewett, blue award for
pre-teen clothing; Rachel Jones,
blue award early teen clothing;
Lori Hewett, red award, cake;
Lisa Hewett, white award, pillow
case; Reggie Hewett, white
award, early teen record; and
Lynn Hewett, white award,
senior teen record.
Over 900 exhibits were made
by 4-H’ers of the ten counties.
This was up from last year.
Mrs. Evelyn Bell of Bolivia was
recognized during the program
for being elected as a State
Director of the 4-H Foundation.
Low Interest
To Help Loans
Brunswick county’s
low-income rural families have a
greater chance now than ever
before to become homeowners
as a result of the new federal
interest supplement plan on
home loans, according to local
representative of the Farmers
Home Administration, Parks C.
Fields.
Fields said the Housing and
Urban Development Act of 1968
makes it possible for the federal
government to apply an interest
supplement payment to rural
housing loans made to
low-income rural families that
will lower the cost of buying a
house.
The interest supplement plan
on rural housing loans will be
administered through the
Farmers Home Administration,
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s credit agency.
Under the interest supplement
plan Fields said that families
earning as little as $3,000.
annually could possibly qualify
for as much as an $8,000 loan to
buy a site and construct a house.
The new plan allows for
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