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VOLUME 40
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY^, 1969 5* COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
USS Josephus Daniels
This is the USS Josephus Daniels (DLG 27), a Guided Missle Destroyer,
has Capt. William R. St. George, Southport native, as commanding officer,
change of command ceremony took place aboard ship Friday.
which
The
Former Student
Nominates His
Old Principal
A. C. Caviness, principal at
Brunswick County High School
(formerly Brunswick County
Training School) received this
week a letter from Dr. David L.
Stratmon, Public Affairs Officer
and First Secretary, American
Embassy, Amman, Jordan. As a
former student, he had some
nice things to say about his old
teacher and principal.
Following is the text of his
letter: ; ' * *
“1 am happy to send the
attached data sheets and my
modest donation to help defray
the cost of this year’s annual
Homecoming. Though I cannot
be present in person, I shall be
with you on Homecoming Day
in spirit.
“I was looking at some of my
old BCT report cards the other
day which covered the years of
1936- 37, when I was grade 7;
1937- 38, when I had moved on
to grade 8; and 1940-41 when I
was in my final year and was
lucky enough to earn mostly
A’s. On all of those report cards,
the name of the school’s
principal was listed as “Alvin C.
Caviness.” And as I recall, you
started your career in Southport
even earlier than the above
dates.
“All of this is my way of
recalling that your long tenure at
the helm of our school in
Southport stretches back over a
lot of years, and Southport, and
Brunswick County, and North
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i Brief BiU Of
NEWS
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LIONS TO MEET
The Southport Lions Club will
meet tomorrow (Thursday) at
6:30 o’clock at Lorraine
Restaurant at Long Beach.
LIBRARY HOURS
In response to a number of
requests, the Southport-Bruns
wick County Library will remain
open each Wednesday until 6
p.m., effective Wednesday,
February 26.
MAIL EMBARGO LIFTED
The embargo on surface mail
imposed because of the shipping
strike has been lifted, said
Southport Postmaster Norris
Long this week. Mail of all
classes is accepted for anywhere
on this side of the iron curtain.
BLOOD BANK ACTIVE
Volunteers for the Blood Bank
at Dosher Memorial Hospital still
are needed and persons between
the ages of 21 and 60 are
requested to register. They must
be in good health, free of
asthma, hepatitis and malaria.
No one will be called more often
than once per year unless some
unusual emergency arises.
Southport Native
New Commander
Friday morning at 10 o’clock,
Captain William R. St. George
relieved Captain Edward L.
Cochrane, Jr., as Commanding
Officer of USS Josephus Daniels
(DLG 27). The change of
command ceremony is a
time-honored tradition which
formally restates to the officers
and men of the command the
continuity of the authority of
command. It is a formal ritual
conducted before the assembled
company. The change of
command of a Naval ship is
nearly unique in the world
today; it is a transfer of total
responsibility, authority and
accountability from one
individual to another individual.
Captain St. George assumes
command after serving as
assistant Chief of Staff for
Operations and Readiness on the
Staff of Commander, Second
Fleet. He was born in Southport,
in 1924 and is married to the
former Louise Bridger of
Bladenboro. They have three
children, Vicki, Ross and Susan.
North Carolina was the home
State of the late Secretary of the
Navy, Josephus Daniels, after
whom the ship is named.
The ceremony took place on
board the ship in dry dock in the
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, where
the ship is undergoing her first
overhaul. Josephus Daniels
recently returned from
deployment on UNITAS IX
during which she
circumnavigated South
American Navies.
Captain St. George is the son
of Mrs. William B. St. George
and the late William B. St.
George of Annapolis, Maryland.
He was graduated from the
United States Naval Academy
and commissioned Ensign in
June, 1946.
His duty at sea since
graduation has included service
on various destroyers in the
Barbecue For
Festival Fund
The Fourth of July Festival
Committee will hold the second
barbecue of the year Saturday to
raise funds to help defray
expenses of this year’s
celebration. Appropriately
enough the barbecue will fall or
George Washington’s birthday
and, of course, the “Father ol
our Country” started the whoh
thing in the first place.
If the cold weather holds oui
the barbecue will be at its best
There will be take-out plates
and the usual large serving o
freshly cooked barbecue will h
topped off with slaw, potat(
chips and apple sauce.
Edgar Finch will begin th
cooking operations just befor
dark on Friday evening am
should finish up just after dawi
on Saturday morning. The plate
will be ready for pick-up at th
Fire Station by 11 o’clock am
the sale will continu
throughout the day.
CAPT. ST. GEORGE
Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in
Operations, Engineering,
Gunnery, and Executive btylets.
He also served on board the USS
Rochester (CA-124). His
destroyer command experience
includes duty as Commanding
Officer USS Van Voorhis (DE
1026), from April 1961 to July
1963, and Commanding Officer
USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23)
from July 1965 to June 1966.
His duty ashore includes a tour
of duty at the United States
Naval Academy as an instructor
in Seamanship and Navigation.
He attended the George
Washington University Law
School under the Navy
post-graduate program, and
graduated in 1953 with the
degree of Juris Doctor. He has
served in the Office of the Judge
Advocate General of the Navy as
an Admiralty Counsel, and was
an active participant in United
States preparations for the 1960
Safety of Life at Sea
Conference, particularly in
relation to the revision of the
International Rules of the Road.
He attended the Naval War
College and graduated from the
ivavai vvariare in dune
1963. Prior to commanding the
USS Richard E. Byrd, he was
assigned to the Politico-Military
Division of the Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations,
dealing with matters relating to
Arms Control and the United
Nations.
He has been admitted to the
practice of law before the
District of Columbia, the Court
of Appeals of the District of
Columbia, the Court of Military
Appeals and the Supreme Court
of the United States. He is a
member of the Order of the
Coif.
USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS
(DLG 27)
USS Josephus Daniels (DLG
» 27) is the second of the Belknap
class Guided Missile Destroyer
} Leaders and the first ship in the
- Navy to bear the name of the
■ late Secretary of the Navy. She
1 was built by the Bath Iron
s Works, Bath, Maine, launched 2
? December 1 963, and
* commissioned 8 May 1965 at
8
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Beach Board
Hears Report
About Bridge
Long Beach Town
Commissioners were urged
Saturday to press forward with
efforts to begin construction on
a high level bridge across the
inland waterway at the Yellow
Banks. A letter was read from
former Highway Commission
Chairman Joe Hunt who said the
commission directed by him had
“set up” for construction of the
bridge, but “would be built by
the new commission.” This
project has been pushed by
members of the Long Beach
Town Government for several
years. The bridge not only
would shorten the travel time of
visitors to the area but would
provide much needed evacuation
route in times of emergency.
Long Beach is located on Oak
Island, accessible only by a small
drawbridge and very low
causeway. The local police
departments and Rescue Squad
and Fire Department are
apprehensive of the threat of
delay to reach medical facilities
because of the slow draw. The
bridge would provide additional
access and egress to Oak Island.
In other action the board
voted unanimously on a small
salary to be paid the Mayor and
board of commissioners who will
be elected in May. This will not
effect the present members.
The gift of a small tract of
land to the Rescue Squad was
announced and the acceptance
approved. The town expressed
their appreciation to G. W. Bell
of Fayetteville for his concern.
The water system for the.
town, formerly the Long Beach
Mutual Water System, paid off
its outstanding debt to Small
Business Administration. The
system had been destroyed by
Hurricane Hazel and rebuilt with
funds from SBA. Since that time
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Leland Lions }
Get Charter J
Dr. M. H. Rourk, former
member of the board of
directors for Lions International,
was the principal speaker
Monday night when the Leland
Lions Club received their
charter. The sponsoring club was
Southport
To open the meeting, which
was held at ■ Brunswick House,
-Joe N. Gainey, president of the
new club, extended the
welcome. District Governor
Kirby Sullivan spoke of Lionism
in North Carolina and later
presented the charter to the new
club. Greetings from Lions
International were brought by
Lion Wallace West a former
director of Lions International.
Club introductions were handled
by John W. King. Deputy
District Governor H. L.
Beckham introduced Dr. Rourk.
A special presentation was
made by Lion C. D. Pickerrell,
president of the sponsoring
Southport Lions Club and the
benediction was said by the Rev.
D. G. Thomas, pastor of Leland
Baptist Church.
In addition to President
Gainey, other officers of the
new club include V. A. Creech,
Jr., first vice president; Herbert
Long, Jr., secretary-treasurer;
Joe E. Keiser, Lion Tamer; Leo
Johnson, Tail Twister; Elmer
Aycock, Elmer D. Ganey, D. T.
Clark and George T. Rourk,
directors.
Elementary Glee Club
An elementary school glee culb has been organized in Southport with Kelly Rey
nolds, left, director, and Mrs. Frances Cumbee, right, accompaniest. Members of the
glee club shown above are fourth, fifth and sixth grade students. They will present
an Easter concert at Southport Baptist Church and will participate in the Brunswick
County Song Festival in April. (Photo by Spencer)
County Board
Fills Vacancies
By Appointment
Members of the Board of
County Commissioners met
Monday and filled two sets of
vacancies on existing boards.
As the county’s representatives
on the board of trustees for
Dosher Memorial Hospital they
named A. H. Gainey, Jr., Fred
Mintz, G. T. Reid, 0. L. Ganey,
Sr., and Pawnee FormyDuval.
Three appointments were
made to the board of directors
for the Brunswick County
Resources Development
Commission. They were H. V.
Thompson and J. A. Francis,
who were reappointed, and Jerry
A. Moore, who was named to
replace Jv T. Clemmons on the
board.1 V ‘ ‘
The board approved a rental of
$75 per month for a furnished,
heated office for the magistrate
at Leiand.
»'■' County Attorney E. J.
Prevatte was directed to work
out details for a feeding
arrangement for jail inmates
with the operators of The Pines
Restaurant in Southport.
Paul Butler and Mrs. A. P.
Henry, Jr., representing the
Southeastern Economic
Development commission,
appeared before the board to
explain a plan for four counties
to go together to form a
Southeastern Law Enforcement
Council. The counties involved
would be Brunswick, Columbus,
Bladen and Sampson.
Butler explained that each
agency which hopes to
participate in the federal
program for the improvement of
law enforcement He reported
that one planning meeting had
been held in Sampson County
and that the response had been
very enthusiastic. He also
explained some of the possible
benefits which may come from
participation in this program,
but suggested that quick action
is important.
The commissioners executed a
resolution showing their intent
to become a part of this
organization and appointed
Commissioner V. A. Creech, Jr.,
to represent Brunswick County.
Butler also reported to the
commissioners that three
townships in Brunswick county,
Northwest, Town Creek and
Smithville, have been designated
as parts of a Growth Area. These
are the three townships which
border on the Cape Fear River.
Time And Tide
It . was February 15, 1939, and the carnival sponsored by the
Southport P.T.A. on the preceeding Thursday had been a huge
success. Included in the evening’s festivities had been a one act
play—written and directed by Waters Thompson—which starred
Misses Leila Hubbard, Evelyn Loughlin and Lois Jane Bussells; a
popularity contest; and an original song—“I hate To Close My
Eyes” by John Boyd Finch. Although the fact was “not generally
known”, a ferocious wild boar weighing “nearly 600 pounds” lived
within six miles of Southport. The community was fairly safe,
however, for the animal lived on Bald Head and seldom strayed from
its island domain.
An ad that week, aimed at promoting sales of The Pilot, stated,
“Girls Are Like Newspapers.” To back up this assertion came the
following facts: “they are worth looking over; back numbers are not
in demand, they carry news wherever they go; and if they know
anything they tell it.” To carry the analogy further, the ad
concluded, “Every guy should have one and leave his neighbor’s
alone.”
It was February 16,1944 and the county had gone “over the top”
in the 4th war loan drive. Southport had quit a colony of shrimpers
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Colonial Scene
*» . Recently, while W. K. Dorsey of CFTI was filming
the Flag Ceremony at Brunswick Town State Historic
Site, K. D. Futch, director of extension for CFTI, donned
this coldnial costume for the filming. The St. Philips
Church is in the background and Futch appears to be
inspecting the walls. This scene will be a portion of the
introduction to the Camp Lejeune Flag Ceremony pro
gram, which is being processed and soon will be avail
able to schools and organized groups for showing.
Six Weeks Delay
In Ferry Service
Fanners Co-Op
Is Progressing
Farmers in Bladen and
Brunswick Counties are
expected to follow the lead of
Columbus County farmers and
turn out in substantial numbers
at meetings Monday and
Tuesday nights to join a
vegetable cooperative.
The meetings have been set to
allow farmers of the counties to
join the newly-organized
Tri-County Farmers Association,
a cooperative sponsored by
Sencland Community Action,
Inc., in an effort to raise farm
income in the three counties.
Membership books of the
cooperative will be open tonight
(Monday) at a meeting in the
Shailotte National- Guard
Armory at 7:30, and Tuesday
night in the basement of the
Bladen County Courthouse in
Elizabethtown at 7:30. Members
of the Sencland staff will be on
hand to answer any questions
and to explain the purposes and
workings of the cooperative.
Over 100 farmers have already
signed up for the Tri-County
Farmers Association as a result
of a meeting Monday night in
Whiteville and follow-up work
on the part of Sencland staff
members.
Proposed by-laws of the
association will be read at the
Bladen County meeting by
Attorney Worth Hester of
Elizabethtown, and in Shallotte
by A. H. Gainey, attorney and
member of the board of
directors of Sencland
Community Action.
Director of the vegetable
cooperative project is G. Lamont
Hinson, a member of the
Sencland staff. Numerous
meetings have been held in
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Due to unforeseen
developments in the repair and
maintenance of the Southport to
Fort Fisher Ferry, the vessel will
remain in drydock until at least
March 20.
The Southport-Fort Fisher
Ferry was taken out of service
on January 6 and at that time
was expected to return to its
regular schedule on February 28.
In routine maintenance and
repairs, however, it developed
that electrical installations and
conduit had deteriorated to the
point that replacement was
necessary.
The acquisition and
installation of these parts will
delay the return of tne motor
vessel, but even by getting back
into service by March 20, the
Highway Commission feels the
motor vessel will be available in
time to meet peak tourist traffic
demands.
Brunswick Man
Now Retiring
Colin S. Mintz, chairman of
the Northwestern Extension
District of North Carolina, is
retiring February 28 from North
Carolina State University after
34 years of service.
Mintz, a native of Shallot te,
has spent his entire professional
career as an extension educator
and supervisor. He joined the
Agricultural Extension Service as
an assistant county agent in
Nash County in 1934 following
his graduation from North
Carolina State University.
He moved to Wayne county as
county agent in 1935 and served
there with distinction for 14
years. Mintz was promoted to
the state st«iff as chairman of the
Eastern District in 1949. He
became chairman of the
Southeastern District in 1956
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Rotation Plan
Is Important
For Tobacco
Brunswick County tobacco
growers will be starting the 1969
season with one strike against
them if they make the mistake
of planting in the same field
where tobacco grew last year.
This is the observation of
Archie F. Martin, County
Extension Chairman. “One of
the most costly mistakes some
growers make is planting
tobacco behind tobacco year
after year,” Martin said. “Tests
conducted by North Carolina
State University, some of them
here in our own county, have
shown clearly that diseases build
up and cause increasing amounts
of damage when tobacco is
grown in the same field each
year.”
Martin cited results from 1968
tests which indicated flue-cured
growers can expect a well
planned system of rotating
tobacco with disease resistant
crops to increase the
performance of the tobacco by
$200 to $600 per acre.
“These are potential savings
our growers can’t afford to
ignore,” the agent said.
He called the job of planning a
rotation system to reduce loss to
black shank, brown spot and
mosaic as a simple one. All crops
grown in North Carolina are
resistant to black shank and
brown spot except tobacco.
Most crops are resistant to
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First Entries
For Pageant
The first two entries were
received this week for the Miss
Brunswick County Pageant
which will be sponsored again
this year by the Shallotte
Jaycees.
They are Myra Lynn Hewett
of Ash and Jean Iris Ward of
Longwood.
Miss Hewett is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Hewett
and is a senior at Waecamaw
High School. She is 5-5, weights
124-lbs. and has brown hair and
green eyes. She is captain of the
Varsity Cheerleaders, a member
of the student council and was
voted the most talented among
senior superlatives. She was first
runner-up in the Homecoming
Ifegeant at hear school. She is 17
years of age.
Miss Ward is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ward and also
is 17 years old. She is a high
school senior, is 5-6*/2, weighs
118 lbs., has black hair and blue
eyes. She is the current
Homecoming Queen at
Waecamaw High School, is a
member of National Beta Club,
plays basketball and is a
scorekeeper for her school. She
has been voted best looking
senior among superlatives.
Reading and music are her
hobbies.
The pageant will be held at
Shallotte High School
auditorium on March 29 undo:
the direction of Mrs. Shirley
Ward. The theme will be “Flight
To The Moon.”
Tide Table7
Following is the tide table
for Southport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
.were furnished The State j
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Oape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, February 30
10:39 AM 4:34 AM
10:57 PM 4:52 PM
Friday, February 21
11:21 AM 5:22 AM
11:45 PM 5:34 PM
Saturday, February 22
12:03 AM 6:10 AM
6:16 PM
Sunday, February 23
0:27 AM 6:58 AM
12:51 PM 7:04 PM
Monday, Febniary 24
1:21 AM 7:52 AM
1:45 PM 8:04 PM
Tuesday, Febniary 25
2:15 AM 8:52 AM
2:45 PM 9:04 PM
'Wednesday, February 26
3:15 AM 9:52 AM
3:89 PM 9:58 PM*