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VOLUME 40
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1969
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Search For Spanish Ship
tJ£?C^°£S .w?!chn®s skin d,^ers search areas of Cape Fear River before Brunswick
Town for Spanish Privateer Fortuna”. Here a diver examines a bottle he removed
from the silt on the bottom of the river. Brunswick Town Photo.
Southport Boy
Earns Praise
At Navy Yard
A Southport man, J.A.
McNeil, Jr., recently was
honored with a Superior
Accomplishment Award for
Sustained Superior Performance
at Charleston Navy Yard, where
he is a Nuclear Engineer. For
this outstanding performance he
received a cash award of $250.
Following is the text of his
commendation received from
the Commanding officer:
“During the above period Mr.
McNeil was employed in the
Nuclear Power Division as a
N uclear Engineer performing
numerous engineering
assignments in the preparation
of engineering documents
required for the overhaul and
refueling of the SSBN622 and
625. Mr. McNeil also performed
the duties of Refueling Director
and General Superintendent of
Refueling for the SSBN622 and
assisted in training the
production shops in refueling
operations for this ship. He has
also served as a member and has
acted as Chari man of the Joint
Refueling Group for the
SSBN625 Refueling. Mr. McNeil
has constantly demonstrated a
high degree of initiative,
knowledge and an attitude of
willingness to perform any tast
assigned to him.
Mr. McNeil’s attention to
detail, expeditious execution of
his job, and his overall ability
and willingness to accept
IBrief Bits Of
I NEWS
RABIES CLINIC
Goley Lewis will be in
Southport on Saturday between
the hours of 2 and 4 p.m., at the
Water Tank, to inoculate dogs
for rabies. This will be the last
time he will be here this year.
SPECIAL MEETING
A special session of the
Brunswick County Board of
Education will be held this
(Wednesday) evening to discuss
plans for school desegregation
with representatives from the
Shallotte School District.
PILOT MONDAY MEETING
The Home Health Service in
Brunswick County will meet
Monday night at 8 o’clock in the
Agriculture Building in Supply.
A Film will be shown on “How
Health Service Work”. The
public is invited to attend. Each
Civic group is urged to send a
representative.
NO BOARD CHANGES
All members of the Local
Board for Southport High
School have been reappointed
by the Brunswick County Board
of Education. These are Bobby
Jones and Leon McKeithan,
Southport; Johnnie Vereen,
Long Beach; Hubert Brittian and
Mrs. Jack Crouch, Bolivia RFD.
.'CAPJV WOOLSTON AND J. A. McNEIL, Jr.
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Youth Is Freed
By Grand Jury
Hie Brunswick county grand
jury in session here last week
found the indictment for murder
against Albert Lee Soles,
14-year-old Northwest township
youth, not a true bill. He had
been charged with shooting and
fatality injuring Sylvanis
McAllister on March 21.
The report of the jury
indicated that it had heard the
testimony of each of the eight,
persons who had been
summoned to appear as
witnesses.
At a preliminary hearing
following the fatal shooting
Soles was ordered held without
bond for trial for the murder of
McAllister. Later a habeas
corpus hearing was held in
Whiteville before Judge Maurice
Braswell, who refused to allow
bail for the defendant.
Judge Braswell presided at last
Camp Program
Is Explained
By MILTON COLEMAN
Brunswick County 4-H
member will have an
opportunity to attend 4-H Camp
this summer at Millstone 4-H
Camp, Ellerbe. The date is
August 11-16.
Camp personnel will include a
director, dietitian, cooks,
dishwashers, and instructors in
swimming, wildlife, handicraft,
recreation and electricity. They
are representatives of the North
Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service and are prepared to assist
in conducting the camp
program.
The camp will furnish athletic
equipment, a piano, record
player and records, first aid
supplies, and some banquet
decorations. Printed weekly
camp programs and printed
banquet programs will be
available. Services of a doctor is
nearby when needed. Additional
information will be sent to those
members indicating an interest
to attend at a later date.
The fee is $18 for each camper
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week’s term of courtfhere.
The report of the grand jury
was unusually brief. It stated
that it had remained in session
for three days and had examined
20 bills. Of this number 17 were
returned as true bills.
The case charging Hubert
Hewett with assault with intent
to commit rape was continued.
In a series of cases involving
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Board Meeting
Here Monday
The board of county
commissioners met in regular
session on May 19,1969.
Resources Development
Commission Director Roy
Stevens and Secretary H. V.
Thompson came before the
board and presented the
Commissioner requested budget
for the coming fiscal year.
Southeastern Economic
Development Commission Board
members Mrs. Naomi Henry, T.
S. Bowmer, John Barbee and
Oree Gore and Paul Butler,
coordinator for this commission,
came before the board and
presented the Commissions
requested budget for this fiscal
year.
Horn'1:' McKeithan was
appointed prepayment tax
collector upon motion of A. C.
Holden, seconded by W. D.
Ward, and duly carried.
A motion was made by V. A.
Creech, Jr., seconded by W. D.
Ward that the tentative tax rate
be set each $1.80 per hundred
valuation. This was unanimously
carried.
James C. Cox, executive
director, SENCland Community
Action, came before the board
for a general discussion of the
work of this Department.
Mayor Beamon Hewett of
Shallotte came before the board
and requested financial
assistance in the operation of the
Shallotte Jail. The board was
sympathetic with Mayor Hewett
in his request and promised to
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Divers Fail In
Sunday Search
For Old Ship
Last Sunday the third attempt
to locate the Spanish Privateer
FORTUNA, sunk during “The
War of Jenkin’s Ear” in 1748
was as unsuccessful as the two
previous attempts and yielded
less artifacts.
The ship was one of the three
that captured Brunswick Town
and held it for four days. As the
colonists were driving the
Spanish from the town this ship
exploded and killed 90 men.
Most of the goods that the
Spanish had taken that belonged
to the townspeople were
recovered and tradition has it
that the painting of Christ,
“EccE Homo”, presented to the
St. James Parrish by the Colonial
Assembly in 1760, was taken
from the Captain’s cabin.
The North Carolina State
Department of Archives and
History, the agency under whose
administration the wrecks of
ships along the coast and rivers
has been placed, co-sponsored
the diving with the North
Carolina Skin Diving Council.
About 15 members of the
Council along with their families
began to arrive at Brunswick
Town shortly prior to nine
o’clock on Sunday morning.
After permits had been issued
they assembled in the theatre in
the visitor center-museum and a
welcome was extended by Wm.
G. Faulk, Jr., Historic Site
manager. Faulk briefed the
divers on the history of the
FORTUNA and two other
wrecks near Brunswick Town.
The LIBERTY was burned and
sunk off Brunswick in 1804 and
an unidentified wreck is shown
just north of the north wharf at
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Permit To Build
Pier Approved "
A public hearing was held
January 14, for W. L. Galloway
of Hamlet for a permit to
construct a fishing pier in the
Atlantic Ocean at Long Beach.
It is the decision of the
Wilmington’s Engineer’s Office
that the proposed pier will not
be an unreasonable obstruction
to navigation nor be contrary to
the general public interest,
particularly since Federal, State,
and local authorities have not
objected. The Town of Long
Beach has granted a building
permit for the pier.
Col. Paul S. Denison, Corps of
Engineers. District Engineer, has
issued the following statement,
“By authority of the Secretary
of the Army I have been
authorized to issue a
Department of the Army permit
for construction of the pier in
the ocean; accordingly, I am
issuing the permit today.
“The issuance of this permit
signifies that the work is
unobjectionable but does not
relieve the permittee from
liability for any resultant
damage to property,” he said.
New Covered Slips
Now nearing completion at the Southport Boat Harbor is a new section of cov
ered slipe which will give protection for yachts in all kinds of weather. The barge in
the foreground is loaded with concrete slabs which are lifted into place by the crane
at the left to ford the roof of this new facility. (Photo by Spencer)
Program For
Leland Finals
Is Announced
Leland High School
commencement exercises will
begin on Sunday afternoon,
June 1, at 3:30 o’clock in the
school auditorium. Rev. Henry
L. Register of Shallotte, retired
minister and former
Superintendent of Brunswick
Association Missions, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon.
Rev. Jerome C. Jones, pastor
of First Presbyterian Church in
Wilmington, will address the
graduating class on Monday
night, June 2, at 8 o’clock.
Music for both exercises will
be furnished by the Leland High
School Chorus under the
direction of Mrs. Sylvia B.
Moore.
Valedictorian of the
graduating class is Miss Pamela
Sue Corbett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T.M. Corbett, Leland.
Salutatorian is Miss Rosetta
Bryant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W.H. Bryant of Leland.
Other members of the class are
Elmer Delaney Aycock, James
Gordon Bordeaux, Mary Alice
Bowen, Cherry Flynn Clark,
Gwendolyn Clark, Susie Darlene
Clayton, Rickey Carl Costin,
Judson Hulet Croom, Jr., Glatha
Elizabeth Davis, Johnnie Wayne
Flowers, Jo Ann Foy, Jean Ellen
Garst, Helen Kaye Greene,
Donald Claude Hall, Deborah
Jane Harrison, Julia Bernice
Hewett, Charles Floyd Hodge,
Annie Lois Jenrette, Kathleen
Mary Reiser, Deborah Lynn
Kinston, Lawrence Edgir
Larson, Barry Maynard Leigh,
Debra Rose Lewis, Larry Allen
McLawhorn, Susan Ellen Medlin,
Daniel Junior Mintz, William
Lacey Nelson, Patricia Elaine
Phelps, Martha Elaine Potter,
Shirley Diane Raynor, Barbara
Moore Reeves, Darlene
Thompson Rogers, Mary Kaye
Shank, John Clifton Skipper,
Linda Thompson Smith,
Magdalene Smith, Harry Randall
Thompson, Wilma Joyce
Watson, Jonathan Wayne White,
Phyllis Lorrian Williams, and
Hortense Willis.
Class mascots are Denise
Cosper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Cosper, and Craig Coker,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Coker,
of Leland.
Time And Tide
It was the week of May 17,1939, and a fitting ceremony had been
held at the local hospital as the name of that institution was
formally changed to honor the man most responsible for its
founding, the late Dr. J. Arthur Dosher. A bronze plaque in his
memory had been unveiled as part of the program. Rural residents of
Brunswick county were cheered with the news that an initial loan of
$171,000 had been approved for REA construction in Brunswick
and Columbus counties. Announcement was made that Dr. James W.
Hayes of Whiteville was going to locate nt Shallotte to engage in the
practice of medicine.
There was an item in the advertising section reporting that saddle
horses were for rent at the modest fee of fifty-cents per hour. A
letter had come to the Clerk of Court asking for information
regarding ancestors of the writer, people by the name of
Clemmons—and there was no doubt that the inquiry had come to a
likely place. Alligator hunting had been introduced as a new thrill
sport; and the mystery of the strange skull (reported last week) had
been solved at the State Museum in Raleigh where the mermaid
theory had been exploded in favor of the family of Devilfish.
It was the War Years, and one casualty must have been the metal
shortage. At any rate for the second straight week the editor had dug
up an old cut for the front page picture. This one was of a trio of
bathing beauties, and caption read: “But They Are Married Now.” It
was May, and front page stories told of upcoming commencement
exercises: There was a music recital at Bolivia; the Rev. Cecil
Alligood had preached the baccalaureate sermon at Southport; and a
Bladenboro store was advertising watches as graduation gifts.
Commander George T. Campbell had been transferred from
Caswell Section Base, where he had served as commanding officer
for the past year. A few political advertisements were beginning to
appear; and Mrs. M.T. McRacken had entertained in honor of her
daughter, Ann, on the occasion of her 15th birthday.
Spring is a time for the arrival of warm weather, good fishing and
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Talent Show Winner
Gloria Faley, Southport High School senior, recently
was second place winner in the area talent show held at
Thahan Hall in Wilmington, sponsored by Wilmington
Youth Council. More recently she won honorable men
tion m the Drama Division of the Golden Star Awards
program. (Photo by Spencer)
CP&L Attorneys
A majority report from
commissioners appointed to hear
the condemnation proceedings
brought by Carolina Power and
Light Company against James E.
Johnson and others was filed last
week with Clerk of Court J. E.
Brown and amounted to
$1,701,140.
This was for the acquisition of
834-acres for a site for the
nuclear power plant which
CP&L proposes to construct on
the Cape Fear river in the
Southport area. This majority
report represents payment for
the land at the rate of over
$2,000 per acre. This report was
signed by E. W. Morgan and
Horace Duncan, Jr.
A minority report was made
by T. S. Bowmer, whose figure
was $233,820, or almost $1.5
million less than that of the
other two commissioners. All
three are realtors engaged in
business in the Southport-Long
Beach area.
These three men were
appointed by the Clerk of Court
to conduct a hearing on May 1
at which time they heard
Johnson, principal owner of the
property in question, estimate
the present value of his property
to be $1,840,800, the value after
taking to be $8,600, with a total
damage of $1,832,200.
At the hearing he produced
three witnesses, whose
valuations were as follow:
Gerrit Greer—President, value,
$1,386,054; value after taking,
$10,000; damage $1,376,054.
J. B. Cochran—Present value,
$1,380,000; value after taking,
$8,600; damage, $1,371,400.
F. Herbert Swain—Present
value, $1,380,000; value after
taking, $9,500; damage.
$1,370,000.
The amount allowed in the
commissioner’s majority report
is greater than the damage
estimate of either of the above
three witnesses for the plaintiff.
At the hearing, CP&L offered
the testimony of three witnesses,
whose valuations were as follow:
Robert C. Cantwell, III, whose
estimate of value of land being
taken amounted to $185,000;
Murdoch M. Dunn, whose
estimate of value of land being
taken amounted to $188,762; V.
W. Herlivich, whose estimate of
value of land being taken
amounted to $182,500.
Attorneys for the plaintiff
have filed a motion to have this
report set aside with the claim
that amount allowed is
excessive. The hearing on this
motion will be held on June 5
before Clerk of Court J. E.
Brown.
Auto Mechanics
Class Offered
The Auto Mechanics Class gave
their instructor, H. D. Parrish, of
Holden Beach a surprise
birthday party Thursday night in
appreciation of his instruction
and patience.
Refreshments were served and
Instructor Parrish was presented
a set of tools and a
grease-smudged birthday card by
the class.
Special guests were Mr. Futch
and Mr. Kennedy, CFTI
representatives and staff
members.
Registration for the summer
class in Automotive Mechanics
will be held on June 2 at the
Parrish Garage, Holden Beach.
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Group Protests
Election Count
At Long Beach
A group of citizens has entered
a protest regarding the municipal
election held at Long Beach on
May 6 and a public hearing has
been called for the City Hall at
Long Beach Thursday evening at
8 o’clock.
This was a part of the business
before members of the Town
Board at their regular meeting
Saturday. The newly elected
board was not organized,
pending the outcome of the
pending investigation.
City Attorney Grover Gore
read a letter signed by nine
citizens with complaints about
the conduct of the elections held
on May 6. He had called the
Chairman of Elections Boards,
North Carolina, and the attorney
for the League of Municipalities,
concerning elections and
discussed the matter. Among the
complaints of the citizens was
one that the election board
refused citizens the right to
witness the counting of votes.
Another complaint cited was the
refusal of the election board to
honor a request by a citizen for
a list of the registered voters. It
was agreed that the registrar
need not make a list, but was
required by law to allow a list to
be made.
Mr. Gore suggested the board
call for a recount of the votes,
and the mayor appoint a
three-man board to conduct the
recount, in front of, but not
with the assistance of the
Registrar and Judges.
Commissioner Jones asked the
board to also consider the need
to call a meeting of the
complaining citizens, so that the
entire matter could be explored.
The board agreed and a
three-member board was set up
to meet on May 19 at Town
Hall. The board to hear the
complaints is to be presided over
by Mr. Gore at 8 o’clock
Thursday evening;*
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Murphy Named
To Bank Board
L. V. Lowe, vice-president and
managing officer of the
Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company office in Southport,
announced today the
appointment of Clarence E.
Murphy of Yaupon Beach to the
Local Advisory Board of the
bank.
“We are most fortunate to
have a man of Mr. Murphy’s
ability to serve in this capacity,”
Lowe stated. “His interest and
knowledge of the area will
further help our bank fulfill its
obligation to all our customers.
Lowe also announced the
addition of Mr. Baxter Stirling
to the staff of the local office,
charged at present with duties in
the Consumer Credit
Department of the bank. Mr.
Stirling is from Dunn, North
Carolina and is married to the
former Brookie O. Dunn of
Benson. They are presently
making their home in the Vereen
Mobile Home Park on Howe
Street.
Tide Table
Foliowlnjf Is (lie tide table
tor Southport during die
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
Thursday, May 22
12:45 AM 6:58 AM
7:04 PM
Friday, May 23
1:03 AM 7:46 AM
1:30 PM 7:58 PM
Saturday, May 24
1:81 AM 8:34 AM
2:33 PM 8:58 PM
Sunday, May 26
2:48 AM 9:28 AM
3:33 PM 9:58 PM
Monday, May 26
3 :39 AM 10:22 AM
4:27 PM 11:04 PM
Tuesday, May 27
4:33 AM 11:16 AM
5:21 PM 11:58 PM
Wednesday, May 28
5:33 AM 12:04 AM
6:15 PM 12:58 PM