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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1968
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Santa Comes To Shalloiie
This was the scene in Shallotte Saturday morning as Santa Claus was the feature
attraction in the annual Christmas Parade sponsored by merchants and business
people of that town. The parade had more than thirty units and drew a crowd of sev
eral hundred spectators. (Beacon Photo)
LONG
PHELPS
DUTTON
INMAN
BABSON
WARD
GREEN
M. HEWETT
D. HEWETT
MILLIGAN
New Deputy
Commander At
Sunny Point
Lieut. Col. John P. Santry of
! Philadelphia, Pa., has reported
i for duty at the Military Ocean
I Terminal, Sunny Point, and has
been assigned to the position of
Deputy Commander.
The new Sunny Point officer
graduated from Temple
University in 1950 with a degree
in journalism and a Regular
Army commission in the United
| States Army.
His overseas assignments
(include service in Europe, Far
East, Ethiopia and Vietnam. For
his service in Vietnam during the
period October 1967 through
October 1968 he has been
| awarded the Bronze Star Medal,
HI the citation in part reading, “For
f 1 meritorious service in
connection with military
operations against a hostile force
in the Republic of Vietnam.”
The Colonel and his wife,
Mary Jean, have three children,
Suzzane, Laurie, and John, Jr.
They will reside in Wilmington
during his tour of duty at Sunny
Point.
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
LELAND LIONS CLUB
The Leland Lions Club will
meet Monday at the Brunswick
House. Regular meetings are
held at this location each first
and third Monday night.
CONGRESSMAN HERE
Congressman Alton Lennon is
spending today (Wednesday)
visiting various points of interest
in Brunswick county and
tomorrow (Thursday) he will be
at the courthouse in Southport
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SUCCESSFUL BENEFIT
Sponsors report that the
annual Christmas Ball was again
success. This year the dance
I'vus held at the Oak Island Golf
Stub, and music was presented
the Continentals. The
|r, i eeds will go to the Dosher
ff'siorial Hospital.
Homecoming To Be
Held At Waccamaw
LIEUT. COL. SANTRY
Brunswick Man
Receives PhD
Wilbur L. Smith of
Thomasboro and a 1959
graduate of Union High School,
received a Dr. of Philosophy
Degree in Mathematics from
Pennsylvania Slate University on
December 6.
He received a Bachelor of
Science degree in Mathematics,
and graduated Cum Laude from
the Agricultural and Technical
University of Greensboro in
December, 1963. From
December 1963 to June 1964 he
was a graduate student at the
Agricultural and Technical
University of North Carolina,
and during that time he worked
as a graduate assistant. He was
an instructor of mathematics at
Compact High School in Kings
Mountain, North Carolina during
the 1964-65 academic year.
In September 1965, Smith
continued his graduate work at
Pennsylvania State University
from which he received his
master of arts degree in
September, 1966. He remained
at that university in order to
continue his graduate work. He
was a National Science
Foundation Graduate Trainee
during the time that he
matriculated at Pennsylvania
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By JIGGS POWERS
ASH—Tuesday, December 17
will have a double-meaning of
importance in the lives of
Waccamaw School, its
student-body, faculty and its
patrons.
For that day (and night) will
see the entire school involved in
its Homecoming and Parents’
Visitation Day programs.
Ten pretty WHS girls will vie
for honors as Homecoming
Queen at the annual
Homecoming Basketball Games,
in which the Waccamaw Eagles
will vie with Hallsboro’s 2-A
Tigers in the local gym; the
twin-bill beginning at 7 p.m.,
Tuesday.
The Queen candidates include
Misses Donita Hewett, Debbie
Long, Sondra Inman, Myra
Hewett, Jean Ward, Vicki
Babson, Hedy Milligan, Donna
Dutton, Iona Green and Brenda
Phelps. The winner will be
crowned by the 1968
Homecoming Queen, Miss
Jeanette Mintz of Freeland.
The day’s activities will begin
at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, when
Parents’ Visitation Day opens
with a welcome address by
Waccamaw Principal John G.
Long. On this day, adults,
former students at Waccamaw
and parents are invited to visit
their school and to participate in
one of the school tours which
will be conducted by members
of the Student Government.
This first tour will begin with
Principal Long’s talk at 9:30.
Other tours will be conducted at
10:40 a.m. and 1:20 p.m.
School classes will be
conducted as usual and it is
desired that parents and others
have the opportunity to observe
their school as it operates during
a normal school day. Teachers
will remain after school for an
additional hour, or as long as
necessary to greet former
students and to confer with
parents.
The 10 co-ed Homecoming
Queen candidates will go to the
school’s home economics
department at 6:30 p.m. for
refreshments and an interview
by the judges. Social graces,
personality and appearance will
be observed at this meeting, also.
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Rescue Squad
At Winnabow
Seeking Funds
The Town Creek Rescue
Squad is engaged this week in a
drive for funds with the drive
scheduled to!come to a close on
Sunday.
Anyone wishing to contribute
to the Rescue Squad may do so
by calling the M and H
Restaurant at Winnabow, and
donations will be picked up.
Schools and churches in the
drive.
The week will conclude with a
door to door solicitation all day
Saturday by representatives of
the Rescue Squad.
All proceeds will go toward
completing the squad’s building,
now 75 per cent finished, paying
for their ambulance and
equipment for a trash truck
which is required before the
Rescue Squad can come under
the guidelines of the state
organization.
The Town Creek Township
Rescue Squad was organized last
March and went into operation
in July. It has 45 members, with
27 qualified for ambulance duty,
having taken the 33 hours of
first aid instruction required to
qualify.
The only support a Volunteer
Rescue Squad has is from the
community. The Town Creek
Squad serves all of Brunswick
county in conjunction with the
Shallotte and Leland squads. No
payment is required for their
services.
Stevens Makes
Trip To Coast
The Division of Commerce and
Industry headed an Industrial
•Development Mission to
California last week composed
of representatives of 17 of the
State’s rural counties, and Duke
Power Company, Carolina Power
and Light Company and Virginia
Electric and Power Company.
Roy Stevens, Director of the
Resources Development
Commission for Brunswick
county, was a member of this
group.
Three staff members of the
Commerce and Industry Division
accompanied the group to
handle arrangements and to
make calls on food processing
companies in Los Angeles and
San Francisco. Two members of
the Economic Development
Committee of the Board of
Conservation and Development,
Jim Cheatham of Greenville and
Koy Dawkins of Monroe, also
accompanied the group at the
direction of the board and
shared in the duties of the
mission.
The group was in the Los
Angeles area November 30 to
December 4, and the San
Francisco area December 5-7.
More than 145 manufacturing
firms were visited by teams of
two men. Up-to-date
information on Brunswick
county was left with the
executive officers of each
company visited by Stevens. The
companies to be contacted were
carefully selected, based on their
potential to establish branch
manufacturing facilities in North
Carolina to serve Eastern U.S.
markets. Hopefully, the mission
will change this potential into an
active interest in a North
Carolina location, particularly a
rural location.
Singers Visit Rest Home
Several well known groups of gospel singers participated in a special program
Sunday afternoon at Ocean Trail Rest Home. The arrangements for the program
were made by Mrs. William A. Spencer, who expressed appreciation to everyone who
helped make the occasion a success. Among the singers participating were the Red
White group, the Southern Harmoneers, the Hickman Family, the Richardson Family,
Jennings Chestnutt and Mrs. Ernie Varnum. (Photo by Spencer)
Sudden Winter Storm
Boat And Crew Survive
Landmark Goes Down
This is the former Camellia Inn at the corner of
Moore Street and Atlantic Avenue in Southport which
now is being demolished.by workmen. The house, which
was then the residence of Dr. and Mrs. N. M. Hornstein,
was razed by fire about a year and one-half ago. (Photo
by Spencer)
Christmas House
Two-Day Affair
A vast array of Yuletide
decorations will grace the
Southport Community Building
on December 14 and 15 from 2
to 5 p.m. when the Southport
Woman’s Club and the
Southport Garden Club sponsor
their Christmas House.
According to Mrs. L. H.
Hardee, the theme for the
Christmas House will be “Home
For Christmas.” She explained
that anyone may enter
arrangements or decorative
ideas. Those wishing to enter
should bring their arrangements
or ideas before noon on
Saturday.
There are 15 separate
categories for the Christmas
House. These categories and the
category chairmen are as follow:
Doors, Mrs. D. C. Pigott;
Windows, Mrs. E. A. Huntley;
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Time And Tide
It was December 7. 1938, and the local shrimping industry had
been jeopardized by a governmental regulation requiring four
licensed men aboard every commercial fishing craft over forty feet in
length. While some fishermen were worrying, others were making
proverbial hay. The fishing boat Mary and Mable had made a trip to
the inner reaches of the Gulf Stream and had brought back 2500
pounds of large blackfish and red snapper. Clarence Spencer and
Clarence Osborne had encountered big game while duck hunting;
Mrs. L. C. Fergus was director of the County Christmas Seal
campaign; and Banker Prince O'Brian had killed his first deer- on his
first deer drive.
November had been unpredictable, weatherwise, for in one
five-day period the temperature dropped from 77 to 20 degrees.
A group of Southport school teachers were scheduled to spend
the weekend on Bald Head Island; and Bay Walton and J. B. Ward,
Jr,, had been in Chapel Hill to hear an address b\ President
Roosevelt.
It was December 15. 1943. and Dr. M. M. Rosenbaum had
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Trees and Gift Wrappings, Mrs.
J. D. Loughlin; Fireplace and
Mantle Arrangements, Mrs. D. C.
Herring and Mrs. M. M. McHose.
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ANNE POTTER
Southport Girl
Is Attendant
Anne Potter, daughter of Mrs.
Bryant Potter of Southport,
recently was chosen as Junior
attendant at the N.C. School for
the Deaf homecoming game.
Anne was escorted by Dickie
Glover of Margoretsville, a
classmate.
Anne has been a student at
N.C.S.D. since she was 5 years
old. In the last 3 years she has
been on the honor list and was
recently honored at a dinner,
given by the Morganton Pilot
Club, as one of NCSD’s two
outstanding students.
After graduation in 1970,
Anne plans to attend Galludet
College in Washington, D.C.
A sudden change in the
weather in this area about 8
o’clock Saturday night brought
on gale force winds which placed
small craft in great jeopardy and
brought on a night of hard work
and heroic effort by the U.S.
Coast Guard.
Among the boats in distress
was the Nola Dare of Capt.
Frank Hutton, which was
making its way into port with a
damaged steering device when
the storm struck. He soon
realized he was in deep trouble,
and his May Day message set
rescue operations in motion.
Those with marine band radios
tuned in on the Coast Guard
program heard a play by play of
one of the most dramatic rescue
efforts that ever had a happy
ending.
Hutton had a ship to shore set
aboard the Nola Dare, but was
only able to send. Word that he
was having trouble with the
steering apparatus came to the
radio operator on duty at Oak
Island Coast Guard Station, but
the skipper of the distressed
craft reported that he was able
to steer with some difficulty by
use of his stern controls. A short
time later he reported that a
following sea had partially filled
the cockpit of his vessel, and
soon thereafter he gave the
alarm that his engines had
knocked off.
This left the 40-foot vessel
adrift in a stormy sea, and the
Nola Dare became the No. 1
object for rescue by local Coast
Guard personnel. A patrol craft
had her on the radio, but was
afraid to move for fear of losing
contact. And it was at this point
that a hovering angel of mercy
appeared upon the scene, a
helicopter from the Elizabeth
City Air Base. When this craft
arrived in the area, it’s first
mission was to locate the
foundering boat. Once more
radio signals were brought into
play, and by beaming in on the
direction from which the
strongest signal was heard, the
pilot was able to locate the Nola
Dare and her troubled crew, who
by this time were bailing water
with buckets.
The helicopter pilot was in
two-way radio communications
with Hutton, whom he coached
into giving calm, clear signals,
and within a few minutes he had
reached a point directly above
the disabled fishing vessel. He
gave assurance that he would
remain above as a marker while
the nearest Coast Guard surface
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BLASTING
The Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
Co. drill barge has commenced
drilling and blasting operations
in connection with dredging
operations in the Cape Fear
River below Wilmington, along
the western half of Lower
Brunswick Channel in the
vicinity of Buoy 49. These
operations will continue until
further notice.
All mariners passing the site
are urged to reduce speed and
proceed with due caution to
prevent damage to floating plant
or injury to personnel working
thereon.
Rourk Again
Chairman Of
County Board
An organizational meeting of
the new board of county
commissioners was held here
Monday at which time George T.
Rourk was reelected chairman.
By unanimous action the
board reelected D. T. Clark as
clerk to the board and took
similar action in reappointing E.
J. Prevatte to the post of county
attorney. The Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Co. was approved as
the depository for county funds.
Another action of the board
was to appoint tax listers for
each of the six townships, with
their duties to begin on January
1. Named to these positions this
year are Graham Hammonds,
Northwest; Dan Caison, Town
Creek; Miss Carrie Harker, Mrs.
Mary Dilsaver and Mrs. Lulu
Brown, Smithville; Murphy
Hewett, Lockwoods Folly; Cecil
Hewett, Shallotte; and Mrs.
Jacqueline B. Smith, Waccamaw.
E. B. Underwood, representing
the auditing firm which handles
the annual audit for Brunswick
county, appeared before the
board and reported the records
for all departments were found
to be in good shape and that “it
appears that Brunswick county
is in a healthy financial
conditon.”
Holiday schedule for the
county calls for work to
continue until 5 o’clock on
December 24, with all offices to
be closed until the following
Monday morning, December 30.
No Change In
PolutionLaw
Walter Johnson, supervisor for
the Fisheries Commission, was
disturbed Tuesday over a news
release that gave the false
impression that all restrictions
over polluted areas had been
relaxed.
“This is not the case,” he said.
“The article was a report that
North Carolina seafood products
enjoy a high degree of purity
because we do have laws which
prohibit taking seafood from
polluted areas. There has been
no change regarding areas in
Brunswick county that have
been classified as polluted.
In Brunswick County there are
three areas of pollution. One
starts at Snow’s Cut and includes
all of the water on both sides of
the Cape Fear River and the
intracoastal waterway from that
point to Beacon No. 22 at
Tranquil Harbour Marina.
Second is in Lockwoods Folly,
beginning at Beach No. 9 and
included all waters lying north
on both sides of the channel to
Coxes Landing. The third begins
at Sunset Beach Bridge on the
southern shore of the
intracoastal waterway and runs
to the South Carolina State line,
including all waters on the north
side of the intracoastal
waterway, and all of the waters
of Calabash River lying within
North Carolina.
Tide Table7
Folk) wing 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 Cape Fear
Pilot’s Association. os
HIGH LOW
Thursday, December 12,
0:21 AM 6:46 AM
12:39 PM 7:16 PM
Friday, December IS,
1:15 AM 7:46 AM
1:33 F(M 8:16 PM
Saturday, December 14,
2:21 AM 8:52 AM
2:33 PM 9:16 PM
Sunday, December 15,
3:21 AM 9:58 AM
3:33 PM 10:10 PM
Monday, December 16,
4:21 AM 10:58 AM
4:33 PM 11:10 PM
Tuesday, December 17,
5:21 AM 11:58 AM
5:33 PM 12:04 PM
Wednesday, December 18,
6:21 AM 12:58 AM
6:33 PM