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VOLUME 40
No. 34
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1969 5* COPY
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The Feminine Touch
We’d like to tell you that this is the kind of service you can expect if you own
a light plane and land at the Brunswick County Airport near Southport. It is, if you
are married to one of the helpers; so Donald McHose got the full treatment this
week from his wife, Mary, shown washing the windshield, and from* Betty Smith, on
the ground and manning the hose. Well, any way you look at it, this is a good pro
motional idea. (Photo by Spencer)
Fanners Co-Op
Meet Planned
For Shallotte
The anticipated turning point
for the projected farmer’s
co-operative is expected to
develop Tuesday night when a
membership meeting is held at 7
o’clock in the Shallotte National
Guard Armory.
Should sufficient interest be
shown through the number
attending the meeting, the co-op
would advance the cultivation of
farm produce for co-operative
marketing, and also co-operative
purchasing of farm supplies.
Persons who are interested in
becoming members of the
co-o p — tentatively named
Tri-County Farmers
Association—are urged to attend
the Tuesday night meeting.
Applications may be submitted
and membership fee of $50 paid
at that time, however,
arrangements may be made for
applying for the application fee
through Farmers Home
Administration.
The co-op is being promoted
by Lamont Hinson of Sencland
Community Action.
Attorney D. Frank McGougan
will be present to read proposed
bylaws for adoption, and also
propose the name for the
organization.
Guest speakers will be present
to explain the program.
Brief Bile Of |
NEWS 1
SATURDAY MEETING
Brunswick County Barracks
1744, Veterans of World War I,
will hold their monthly meeting
Saturday at 3 o’clock in the
Agriculture Building at Supply.
BRIDGE OUT OF ORDER
The barge for the drawbridge
at Sunset Beach is in need of
emergency repairs and this
structure will be closed starting
February 23 for a period of
approximately 10 days,
according to announcement this
week by the State Highway
Commission.
Door To Door
For Heart Fund
Door-to-Door Heart Fund
solicitations will only be made
on Heart Sunday in the
Southport area, according to Mrs.
Beth Sell Southport City Heart
Chairman. “All workers will be
properly identified and if
anyone comes to your door,
especially smaller children, at
any other time, please call their
parents or Mrs. Sell and inform
them. The Heart Fund Bingo
benefit, netted $75 Thursday
night. Other benefits are being
planned and dates will be
announced later.
Program Change
In Food Stamps
Food stamp program
changes that will make it
possible for families in the very
lowest income category to get
more stamps than before have
been announced by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and
state and county welfare
officials. The new changes
became effective in Brunswick
county on February 1.
At Southport, Mrs. Emma
Chadwick, Welfare Director,
urged all families in Brunswick
county to apply soon for food
stamp aid if they haven’t already
done so.
Mrs. Chadwick said the
changes recently announced by
USDA’s Consumer and
LARRY KNOWLES
Larry Knowles
Is Graduated
Larry Allen Knowles, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Abner S. Knowles
of Bolivia, is one of 97 January
graduates of The Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
The school is the oldest of six
seminaries operated by the
Southern Baptist Convention.
Knowles, a 1965 graduate of
North Carolina State University,
received the master of divinity
degree. His wife, Mary Kate
Knowles, is from Houston,
Texas. They have a daughter,
Kathleen Jean, age one year.
Dr. Sterling L. Price, pastor of
the Third Baptist Church of St.
Louis, Mo., delivered the
commencement address at the
exercises held in the Alumni
Memorial Chapel on the
seminary campus January 24.
Nine doctorates were among the
degrees awarded by Southern
Seminary President Duke K.
McCall—sue doctor of theology,
one doctor of religious
education, and two doctor of
musical arts degrees.
Southern Seminary was
founded in 1859 in Greenville,
South Carolina and the school
moved to Louisville in 1877.
The faculty, numbering more
than 70, currently provides
graduate instruction in theology,
church music, and religious
education to more than 1,300
students.
Marketing Service were made to
give extra help to families with
lowest incomes (those with less
than $70 per month net income)
by giving them more bonus or
“free” coupons. The amount
these families will have to pay
for their coupons will be less
than in the past.
As an example, a family of
four with a monthly income of
$20 previously paid $2 and
received $48 worth of food
stamp coupons. Under the new
rules, such a family would
continue to pay the same but
would receive $58 worth of
coupons—a $10 a month
increase in the amount of bonus.
Another example is a 4-person
family with a net income of $45
a month, which previously paid
$18 and received $56 worth of
food coupons. Now, this family
would be expected to pay only
$12 for $60 worth of
coupons—a decrease of $4 in the
purchase requirement and an
increase of $4 in the amount of
bunus coupons given the family.
The Consumer and
Marketing Service pays for the
bonus coupons. The money
recipients are required to put-up
out of their own pocket to
receive food stamp help is about
the amount they could be
expected to spend on food each
month anyway, based on their
total income, the number of
persons in the family, etc.
By requiring them to swap
the money for coupons instead
of just giving them extra cash,
Mrs. Chadwick noted, their
purchases are limited to
food—thereby preserving the
main purpose of the food stamp
program: To help improve their
diet by giving them a boost in
food buying power.
The extra buying power
given food stamp families also
means a boost to the local
economy, Mrs. Chadwick
pointed out. She compared the
food stamp program with a new
industry, saying that the boost
to the economy is about the
same as if a medium-sized
manufacturing plant ware to
open in the county with
resulting availability of new jobs.
The bunus coupons given
food stamp recipients go back
into the local economy just like
cash, Mrs. Chadwick said, noting
that statistics show every new
dollar spent in a community
turns over many times in that
community.
Scouts Celebrate
59th Anniversary
Friday, February 7 through
Thursday, February 13, the Boy
Scouts of America will observe
its 59th Anniversary of Scouting
and the founding of the Boy
Scouts of America. The theme
of this year’s Anniversary is the
kickoff of the Boypower-Man
power 1976 program of
enrichment and growth of the
Scouting program to end with
the celebration in 1976 with the
spirit of *76.
Alligators Get
Protection In
Proposed Bill
Congressman Lennon has
announced that Congressional
hearings will be held February
19 and 20 on his Endangered
Species Bill, H. R. 248. This bill
would as■ X in preventing
hundreds of fish and wildlife
from being exterminated by
human exploitation. The
pending legislation seeks to
regulate both national and
international trade which is
decimating an enormous number
of endangered species.
“The American alligator,
which is a priceless national
heritage, will soon disappear
forever unless rapid action is
taken,” Lennon said. “The same
fate is imminent for other
American species. This ruthless
destruction of the world’s
wildlife must be stopped,”
Lennon added.
Basically the legislation
proposes to attack the problem
in two ways” through
eliminating the poaching of
alligators in America; and
through cooperative agreements
with affected foreign countries
aimed at halting the traffic of
endangered species of fish and
wildlife.
Representative Lennon
emphasized the importance of
international cooperation when
he said: “Naturally, the United
States cannot control the
internal policies of other
nations. It can, however,
enter into a cooperative
venture with other countries
that are interested in
preserving the world’s
precious wildlife heritage.”
Lennon pointed out that the
legislation is designed to prevent
the importation of any
endangered species of fish or
wildlife into the United States
except by special permit from
th& Secretary 6f the Interior.
The same principle of
removing the available market
would also be applied to the
problem of the American
alligator. Congressman Lennon
has decried the practice of
poachers in the United States.
The poachers make nocturnal
excursions into the swamps of
Florida, Texas and Louisiana
and illegally take alligators.
The pending legislation would
eliminate the poaching by making
it unlawful to put into interstate
commerce reptiles, amphibians
and other wild animals and birds
which are taken contrary to any
State, Federal or foreign laws.
Find Body Of
Missing Man
Capt Willie Gurganus found
the body of Herman Alexander
Edwards of Monroe lodged on a
sandbar in Sasspan Creek
Monday morning, bringing an
end to a search that had been in
progress since January 18.
Edwards had been washed into
fog-covered seas after a boat he
and his brother Claudius were
fishing from, grounded on a
sandbar near Shallotte Inlet.
Brunswick Coroner Lowell
Bennett said Edwards died from
accidental drowning. Bennett
said no inquest will be held.
Herman Edwards had been the
object of an ever-widening
search after the breaker washed
him from the sandbar.
His brother, Claudius—with
him at the time-said he saw
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Time And Tide
It was February 8, 1939, and the front page photo that week
showed the Rev. A. H. Marshall conducting a worship service at
Calabash. The Reverend made his rounds in his church boat, the
“Josephine Marshall.” Bill Sharpe of the Board of Conservation and
Development had been in the vicinity taking pictures for promotion
work. Wl ile in Southport he had made a trip aboard the pilot boat
to photograph Capt. H. T. St. George as he boarded an incoming
freighter.
Apparently sea gulls were being banded by some agency. Maxie
Cooker, local bird watcher, had been one of these fowl sporting a
red and black band on his leg. (Note to bird watchers: he had baited
up the bird with a baked sweet potato.) The C&D Photographer had
figured in another story that week, too. This time he was in the
Supply community, shooting scenes at an old fashioned quilting
party mentioned in an earlier edition of The Pilot.
It was February 9,1944. and the front page cut that week showed
Ernest E. Parker, senior and junior. The news interest was that both
were serving in the armed services, the elder in the Coast Guard, the
younger in the Marines. We hesitate to mention the following item,
but true to the traditions of journalism, we must. Headline: “Rabies
Makes Appearance Among Foxes In County.” Details will follow,
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Speaks To SHalloiie Loins
Judge Ray H. Walton, center, was the speaker Thursday night at the meeting of
the Shallotte Lions Club. On the left is Lion R. B. McKnight and on the right is Lion
J. T. Clemmons, president of the Shallotte Club.
Two Out Of Three
Citizens Approve Bond Vote
Application For
Building Permit
VIVIAN JONES
Southport Girl
‘Wife Of Month’
Vivian Jones was awarded the
title “Wife ot the Month” for
December, at Kindley AFB,
Bermuda, where her husband,
TSgt. Dusty Allen Jones, is with
the 1934th Communications
Squadron. They have three boys,
Kendall 10, Kevian 8, and
Keenan 4.
An article in the base
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The City of Southport has
made application for a permit to
construct a pier and six mooring
dolphins in the Cape Fear River
at the foot of Davis Street in
Southport.
Plans submitted show a pier 10
feet wide extending from the
food of Davis Street to the
20-foot contour in the river with
a 50-foot tee on the outer end.
Mooring dolphins are to be
constructed at each end of the
tee and at 100-foot intervals east
and west from the tee. The
applicants state that this pier is
to be ured for public recreation
only and that there will be no
commercial use made of the pier
whatsoever. Plans showing the
proposed work are shown on the
reverse side of this notice.
The determination as to
whether a permit will be issued
will be based on an evaluation of
all relevant factors including the
effect of the proposed work on
navigation, fish and wildlife,
conservation, pollution, and the
general public interest.
Comments on these factors will
be accepted and made part of
the record and will be
considered in determining
whether it would be in the best
public interest to grant a permit
In case of conflicting property
rights, the Corps of Engineers
cannot undertake to adjudicate
rival claims.
Written comments pertinent to
the proposed work will be
received in the U.S. District
Engineers office until 4:45 p.m.,
March 5.
Union Student
Is Honored
Deloris Crawford, a senior at
Union High School, has been
named a winner of the annual
Current Affairs Contest
conducted by Time Magazine, a
weekly newsmagazine.
The winner was selected from
more than 2,500,000 students
icross the United States and
Canada who participated in the
event, now in its 33rd year. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jessie Crawford.
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Two out of three propositions
included in a Special Bond
Election were approved Tuesday
by Southport voters.
The winners were a
$170,000.00 bond issue to
finance improvements to the
electric power distribution
system and a $30,000.00 bond
issue to finance the construction
of a city pier at the foot of Davis
Street
A proposal to sell bonds in the
amount of $15,000.00 to pay
for modification of the sewage
pumping station at the foot of
Lord Street failed to carry.
On the proposition involving
the electrical distribution
improvement plan 360 voted yes
and 41 voted no. In the First
Precinct the vote was 189-22
and in Precinct No. 2 the vote
was 171-19.
On the city pier proposition
the vote was 270 for and 114
against In Precinct No. 1 the
vote was 138-70 and in Precinct
No. 2 it vas 142-44.
The pumping station
modification project, was
defeated 73 for and 304 against
In Precinct No. 1 the vote was
35-163 and in Precinct No. 2 the
vote was 38 to 141.
City Manager C. D. Pickerrell
said approval of the $170,000
bond issuance for the new
electrical system meant the
present 2,400 volt delta
distribution system could be
replaced with a 7,200 volt
Y-type system.
Funds from the recreational
bond issue will also be used to
aid in construction of a new city
pier. According to Pickerrell, the
new pier will have concrete
pilings and dolphins that will
allow vessels the size of a
destroyer to dock.
Two Brunswick
Boys Honored
Two Brunswick County
students studying in architecture
and math education have been
cited for academic excellence at
North Carolina State University
by Chancellor John T. Qtldwell.
Joseph L. Inman, Jr., of
Shallotte and Kenneth M. Phelps
of Southport attained academic
averages of “B” or better for the
fall semester to be named to the
prestigious Dean’s List.
Inman also received his honor
both semesters last year.
Out of a total enrollment of
11,990, the two were among
1,849 NCSU students who
earned the honor. In contrast,
only 444 students were
suspended for academic
difficulties.
Inman is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph L. Inman Sr. of
Shallotte. A junior math
education major, he was
graduated from Shallotte High
School in 1966.
Phelps, a senior architectural
student, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Phelps of Southport.
He is a 1964 graduate of
Southport High School.
Chairman For
Each Community
For Heart Fund
Mrs. Doris Redwine of
Shallotte has been appointed the
Heart Fund Rural District
Chairman for Brunswick county.
Mrs. Redwine has recruited the
Rural Community Chairmen for
each community in their district
and will supervise their work.
Heart Fund solicitations will be
held all during February, Heart
Month, when the North Carolina
and American Heart Association
conduct their annual campaign.
The following are community
chairmen:
Kingtown—Exum, Mrs. Clyde
R. Babson; Ash, Mrs. Richard
Fiver; Longwood, Mrs. Clem
Russ; Hickman’s Ooss Roads,
Mrs. W. J. Me Lamb, Sr.;
Calabash-Thomasboro, Mrs. W. 1
J. Smith; Sunset Beach, Mis.
Monnie Williams; Grissettown, “
Mrs. Glen Parker; Ocean
Isle-Saucepan-Gause Landing,
Mrs. Odell Hughes; Shallotte "*
Point, Mrs. Robert Williams;
Holdens Beach, Mrs. Carson
Jacobs; Oak Grove-Shell Point,
Mrs. Ishmael Chadwick; Red
Bug, Mrs. Charlene G. Hewett;
Supply, Mrs. Gary Sellers; Mt.
Pisgah, Mrs. Cobie Hewett;
Varnum, Mrs. Grant Johnson,
Jr.; Howells Pt.-Lennon X Rd.,
Mrs. Joe W. Faircloth; Mt. Olive
Church, Mrs. Lindsey
Clemmons; Antioch Church,
Mrs. Jim H. Williams; Bolivia,
Mrs. Homer Holden; Mill Creek
Church, Mrs. Bige Bowling;
Winnabow, Mrs. Glenn Young;
Boiling Springs, Mrs. Wilbur Earl
Earp and Mis. Anson Lewis;
Long Beach-Caswell-Yaupon
Beach, Mrs. C. E. Bellamy.
“Heart disease is still the
leading cause of death in
Brunswick as it is in North
Carolina and the nation,” said
Mrs. Redwine. “Last year in
North Carolina alone, 23,000 :
parsons died from cardiovascular ^
disease. The most effective way
we can fight this killer is by
contributing to the Heart
Fund.”
Judge Walton
Lions Speaker
Judge Ray H. Walton was the
speaker Thursday evening before
the Shallotte Lions Club and
urged members of that
organization to become active in
support of the Special Scltool
Bond Election that has been
scheduled for the last week in
April.
Judge Walton admitted that
there are things about any bond
election that are objected to for
various reasons, but he pointed
out that the overall benefits to
Brunswick county and
particularly for the boys and
girls means that all citizens
should work together for the;*
passage of this School Bond
Proposal.
Judge Walton said that
education will do much to clear,
up other bad situations that,
exist in this county. “Some of.
our little ghettos will not
become big, unmanageable
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Tide Table
Following in the tide table
for Southport during die
week. These boon era ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HHP LOW
: Thursday, February is
4:57 AM 11:28 AM
5:09 PM 11:34 PM
Friday, February 14
5:57 AM 12:22 AM
6:09 PM
Saturday, February 15
,6:51 AM 0:34 AM
7:09 PM , 1:16 PM
Sunday, February 16
7:45 AM 1:28 AM
7:57 PM
Monday, February l >
8:27 AM 2:16 > V
8:45 PM 2. -v £'?.>
Tuesday, February 18
9:15 AM 3:04 AM*
9:33 PM 3:28 pv. |
Wednesday, February 10 <•
9:17 AM 3:22 AM j
10:15 PM 4:10 PM
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