Invite Your Neighbor To Go With
You To Vote For Better Schools
The Pilot Covers
Brunswick County)
VOLUME 40
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
12-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1969
1 Most of the News
All The Time
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
NSX’ndU*. A/”
Orton Plantation
m
v^iuu r-iamauon uaruen, situated on the Cape
Fear River in Brunswick county, will be at the height
of it’s beauty this week as thousands of tourists will
visit this showplace of the North Carolina coastal
region. Nearby Brunswick Town also is sure to at
tract its share of tourist visitors.
Waccamaw Girl
Recieves Honor
, Jill Bennett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan V. Bennett, and a
sophomore at Waccamaw High
School was among the 400
outstanding students named to
-the 1969 session of the North
Carolina Governor’s School.
Jill is an honor student, being
tapped into the Beta Club in
January. In addition to the Beta
Club she holds membership in
the Student Government where
she serves as treasurer, F.H.A.,
Monogram Club, Basketball
team, Glee Club, and Spanish
Club. She is also active in her
church where she sings in the
choir and works with the Girl’s
Auxiliary. Her hobbies include:
playing basketball, playing the
piano, reading, cooking, sewing
and watching T. V.
During this summer session Jill
will study English, but lists as
her educational objective—to
obtain a Master’s Degree in
mathematics at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
This is the seventh summer
that The Governor’s School has
been held in North Carolina.
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JILL BENNETT
Brief Bits Of
NEWS
PLANT SALE
Members of the Woodbine
Garden Club will hold a plant
sale Friday next door to the post
office in Southport. Orders will
be taken for azalea plants.
DUKE DEAN’S LIST
A Shallotte student has been
named to the Dean’s List at
Duke University for the fall
semester on the basis of high
academic standing, having
achieved an overall academic
average of at least a 3.0 of a
possible 4.0. She is LaDane
Williamson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Odell Williamson, Ocean
Isle Beach.
School Bonds To |
Cost 2 5-Gent Rate
Members of the Brunswick
Cbunty Board of Education held
a joint meeting Tuesday night
with members of the Board of
County Commissioners* and
came up with a decision that it
will require an additional
25-cents in the tax levy to pay
interest and principal for school
bonds with which to finance the
construction of three new
consolidated high schools for
Brunswick county.
The decision on whether or
not this will be necessary will be
made by the voters at a special
election on April 26, at which
time they will be asked to
approve bond sales in the
amount of $2.85-mUlion. This
amount, plus other resources
available, will provide for the
construction of three complete
high school plants.
A lengthy discussion preceded
the final agreement at the special
meeting held in the
commissioner’s room in the tax
building, and when it was over
each member of both boards
indicated his intention to get out
and work for the passage of the
bond issue.
ivieuuuu aiso was maae oi tne
jail bond issue which will be
voted on at the same time, but
there appears not to be a
comparable interest in this
proposition.
D. B. Frink, who is ill with a
heart attack, was the only
commissioner not present at the
meeting. Delmas Babson,
member of the Board of
Education, also was absent
because of being a patient at
Duke Hospital.
The approval of the
$2,585,000. proposed school
bond issue by the voters of
Brunswick county on April 26
will provide for three new high
schools to serve all students in
grades 9-12.
The passage of the proposed
bond issue will tremendously
improve the elementary
educational program, according
to George F. Williams,
superintendent of Brunswick
County Schools. “The
elementary schools would
experience improvements almost
comparable to the improvements
that would be afforded the high
school program for which the
proposed bond issue is
designated,” he said. “Since the
elementary school provides the
student with basic instruction
for which basic educational
concepts are developed, the
existing need for improved
elementary schools in our
county should provide added
incentive to each citizen to favor
and support the proposed bond
issue,” stated Williams.
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FRED BURDETT, JR.
Internship To
Southport Boy
Fred McP. Burdette of
Southport is one of 54 senior
medical students at the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine who
have been awarded internship
appointments for 1969-70.
He will take internship training
in surgery at Roosevelt Hospital,
New York City. The
appointment will become
effective July 1.
Burdette, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Fred M. Burdette of Southport,
attended The Citadel and the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He is married to the
former Patricia Bryant of
Wilmington.
Internship appointments were
made through the National
Intern Matching Program, which
operates under the auspices of
the Association of American
Medical Colleges. The system
uses preference lists submitted
by the students and the
hospitals, following interviews.
Dinner Will
Honor Winners
Tuesday was the deadline for
entries to be submitted for
Carolina Power and Light
Company’s essay contest,
according to County
Superintendent of Schools
George Williams.
Watt Huntley and Jim
Rutherford of CP&L’s public
relations department were in
Southport last week to make
final arrangements for the
contest.
The finals will be held at
Lorraine’s Restaurant in Long
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No Opposition
For Tomlinson
In Mayor Race
Mayor E. B. Tomlinson, Jr.,
Dus no opposition in his quest
for reelection as the filing
deadline for the municipal
election for the city of
Southport arrived at the close of
the business day on Tuesday.
On the other hand, plenty of
action is promised in the race to
All three positions on the Board
of Aldermen.
In Ward No. 1 both the Rev.
N. H. Daniels and Pierce Home,
incumbents, filed to succeed
themselves. Opposition will
come from J. K. Porterfield,
George Parker, F. Woodrow
Spencer and Herman Strong.
None of these men has
previously served in an elective
office in Southport, although
Strong has served as chief of
police and Spencer is a former
city employee
In Ward No. II Hoyle Dosher
filed for reelection but will be
opposed by C. D. Koontz and
William (Bill) Crowe.
The city election is on May 6.
Bill Provdies »
Salary Raise
For Officials
Two bills introduced last week
in the General Assembly will
provide salary raises for several
Brunswick county officials.
The salary of the Register of
Deeds will be raised from $6,500
per year to $8,500 par year
under provisions of one bill. This
also provides for an increase for
members of the Board of
County Commissioners from
$20 per meeting to $25 per
meeting and an increase in
mileage from 7-cents per mile to
10-cents per mile. \
The following changes in
personnel authorization and
salaries for the Sheriffs
Department wore incorporated
in another bill:
“The Sheriff of Brunswick
County shall receive an annual
salary of $6,800, payable in
twelve equal monthly
installments. In addition to the
salary fixed herein for the
sheriff, he shall be paid $135 par
month as travel expenses
incurred in the performance of
his official duties in the County
of Brunswick, and in addition
thereto shall receive the sum of
seven cents per mile for travel
expense incurred for travel
outside of the county while in
the performance of his official
duties.
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county is authorized and
empowered to employ four field
deputies at a monthly salary of
$400 each, and in addition
thereto, each such deputy shall
be paid $135 per month as travel
expense^. incurred in the
performance of official duties.
The sheriff is also authorized to
employ one office deputy at a
monthly salary of $300. The
Sheriff is also authorized to
employ a jailer who shall be
responsible for the prisoners
who shall be paid a monthly
salary of $400 and in addition
thereto, he shall receive a fee of
sixty cents for each prisoner
incarcerated in the county jail
and an additional sixty cent fee
upon the release of each prisoner
from the county jail The jailer
shall also receive a fee of $2.50
each day for each prisoner fed in
the county jaiL The Sheriff is
authorized to employ an
assistant jailer who shall receive
a monthly salary of $300. The
jailer and assistant jailer shall
have the same power of arrest
and authority to serve criminal
and civil process throughout the
county as regular deputy
sheriffs.”
Questions About
Better Schools
Q. What is the purpose of the School Bond Issue?
A. To provide adequate and modern high school facilities
so that all pupils will have a broader, richer, higher quality
educational opportunity at a lower cost per pupil.
Q. What is the amount of funds being requested by the
bond issue?
A. $2,585,000.00
Q. When will the school bond vote be held?
A. Saturday, April 26, 1969
Q. How will the passage of this bond issue effect the tax
rate?
A. An additional 25-cent levy for repayment of the
school bonds.
Q. What benefits will be derived for the students of
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Time And Tide
It was April 12, 1939, and young Ed Harrelson had taken the
freshwater fishing lead with a 8V2 pound bass caught practically in
his backyard. Easter had been observed quietly in Southport on the
preceeding Sunday with the colored people making their traditional
pre-dawn rounds singing Negro spirituals. Miss Annie Mae Woodside
had been chosen to serve as superintendent of Brunswick County
Schools for her third consecutive term; Joel Moore had won the
“free-for-all” event in the latest boxing fracas (ot ler entrants were
Rudolph Sellers, Jimmy Hornsby, Glen Jones ani Hoyle Dosher);
and according to a front page headline, “Bug specialists” from all
quarters were visiting Bald Head Island.
Now we don’t know what those young ’uns were doing back in
’39, but our Not Exactly editor of the time recorded happenings for
posterity: “FLASH: Doris’ fancy fandange of swinging on the
shining slivers of mahogany was a jam up ‘jam session!’ ” Unquote.
It was April 12, 1944, and a most welcome change had come over
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Beallyoac§0be
Billboard Proclaims Library Week
National Library Week is being proclaimed from at least one billboard in North
Carolina as this sign went up near Southport Tuesday. It is through the courtesy of
Schloss Poster Advertising Co. and is shown as it is given a close-up inspection by
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr., North Carolina Chairman for National Library Week
and Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr., Brunswick County Chairman for National Library Week’
Arrangements were made by S. O. Nelson of the Schloss Co. (Photo by Spencer)
Special Library
Program Sunday
Library week in Brunswick
County will be observed April
20*26 in school, church and
public libraries, according to an
announcement by Mrs. A. P.
Henry, Jr., county chairman,
following a meeting of her
committee this week.
School activities will center
around an essay contest, with
four divisions, grades 1-3, 4-6,
7-9 and 10-12. Winners will be
selected from each school by
Friday, April 18 and submitted
for county-wide judging. Prizes
will be awarded on April 20 to
the winners in each division.
Mrs. Shirley Frazier, Chairman
of Church Observance, will ask
churches now having libraries to
encourage greater use by
members. Those churches
without libraries will be asked to
assess their needs and consider
establishing a library of core
materials needed by teachers and
group leaders.
The new headquarters building
of the Southport-Brunswick
County Library in Southport
will be scene for the major
public library activities, with
Open House on Sunday, at 3:30
p.m. Music will be presented by
the Southport Junior High
School Glee Club; essay contest
prizes will be awarded, and there
will be special exhibits in the
library.
Judge Ray H. Walton will serve
as master of ceremonies for the
Sunday afternoon program and
Representative R. C. Soles will
be the principal speaker.
In calling on citizens of the
Southport and surrounding areas
to share in Library Week
Observance, Mayor E. B.
Tomlinson, Jr. said:
“Books are a source of
instruction and pleasure to all
our citizens. In these times of
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REP. R. C SOLES
Strange Deaths
For Two Women
LELAND—Two young Leland
residents, sisters, died within a
few hours, Sunday, each from an
apparent attack.
Mrs. Brenda Jean Skipper
Hem, 27, of Leland, Route 2,
died Sunday at 6 a.m. at the
home of her parents, in Leland.
Some 8V2 hours later, also at her
parents’ residence, a sister of
Mrs. Hern, Mrs. Judith Kay
Skipper Moore, 23, also of
Route 2, died.
The young ladies were the
daughters of Dillard James and
Catherine Delila White Skipper
of Leland, Route 2. Both are
survived by their parents and
husbands.
Mrs. Hern, the wife of Melva
Dean Hern of Leland, is also
survived by a son, Barry Dean
Hern of the home; and her
maternal grandmother, Mrs.
James T. White of the Elah
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Approve Funds ■}.
For EDA Work.
The Economic Development
Administration has approved a
$39,577.50 grant to help ‘
continue planning for economic ;
growth in a 10- county area of >
North Carolina.
The Southeastern Economic 2
Development Commission of '
Elizabethtown is the applicant
for the Federal funds. The
commission is the official
planning agency for the
Southeastern Economic
Development District
Counties in the district are
Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus,
Cumberland, Hoke, New;
Hanover, Pender, Robeson,
Sampson and Scotland.
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport daring the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
ooartesy of the OOpo Fear
Pilot’s A—ochUton.
Thursday, April 19
8:16 AM 2:22 AM
8:33 PM 2:22 PM
Friday, April 18
8:57 AM 2:58 AM
9:0© PM 3:04 PM
Saturday, April 19
9:33 AM 3:40 AM
9:45 PM 3:40 PM
Sunday, April 90
10:00 AM 4.-S2 AM
10:27 PM 4:18 PM
Monday, April 21
10:45 AM 4:58 AM
11:09 PM 4:58 PM
Tuesday, April 22
11:33 AM 5:46 AM
11:51 PM 6:46 PM
Wednesday, April 23
12:21 AM 6:34 AM
6:34 PM