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VOLUME 41
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1969
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Patriotic Film Preview Friday
“The Birthplace of Liberty”, that is the description given Brunswick Town, which
is the setting for the patriotic color film, “The Incredible Star Spangled Banner”. This
film, recently completed by the staff at Cape Fear Technical Institute, in cooperation
with the U. S. Marine Corps, will have its premier showing ' at Southport Friday
evening of this week as a feature of the Fourth of July Festival. This photograph,
showing combatants of the past, present and future, was taken in the waters of the
Cape Fear River offshore from this historic site of early colonial settlement.
, World Premier
r For Patriotic
Movie Friday
Southport, a seaport town at
the mouth of the Cape Fear
| River, will be the scene Friday
of the premier showing of “The
Incredible Star Spangled
Banner”, which is to be one of
f the outstanding features of this
year’s Fourth of July Festival. i
This film, recently completed
by members of the staff of Cape
Fear Technical Institute, in
cooperation with the U.S.
Marine Corps, has its setting at
Brunswick Town, historic
colonial settlement which now is
one of North Carolina’s most
popular historic sites. Here was
filmed a sequence of events
which depict some of the
significant events in the history
of the United States.
Among these is the first armed
resistance to the Stamp Act, an
engagement between the
colonists and representatives of
the British Government. Much
has been said and written about
a similar occurrance at Boston
Harbor which took place some
eight years later, but the
significance of the action at
Brunswick Town just recently
has made its impression upon
the minds of historians,
‘‘The Incredible Star Spanned
Banner” not only will be shown
publicly for the first time at
Southport this week, but
arrangements have been made
for several of the television
stations over the state to include
it on its special events for the
Fourth of July. In addition,
prints are being prepared for use
by school groups and for
showing at civic club and other
public meetings.
The Fourth of July Festival at
Southport is one of the oldest
celebrations of its kind in North
Carolina. Special observance of
the birthday of the nation began
more than a hundred years ago
and residents of this community
have kept alive this tradition.
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TO DISPLAY LINENS
Altai linen from Queen Anne’s
Bounty will be displayed at
St.Philips Episcopal Church in
Southport on July 4 in the
sanctuary. Visitors are
welcomed.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
The office of Local Board No.
10, Southport, will be closed
from July 4 until July 14. The
Induction Call for Brunswick
County is scheduled for July 29
for 7 men. The AFPE Call for
Brunswick County is also
scheduled for July 29 for 31
men. Selected registrants will be
notified this week.
Miss Fonrlh Of July
Miss Cheryl Sue Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Johnson of Long Beach, is the new Miss Fourth
of July, having won this title at the annual pageant held
Saturday evening in Southport. She succeeds Miss Helen
Faulk in this role.
Cheryl Johnson
Pageant Winner
Miss Cheryl Sue Johnson,
17-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter L. Johnson of Long
Beach, is the new Miss Fourth of
July and will reign over all
activities in this week’s Festival.
Cheryl was selected Saturday to
succeed Miss Helen Faulk, last
year’s Queen.
Sandra Elizabeth Allen was
first runner-up, and Rachel Ann
Harrelson was second runner-up.
Other contestants included
Virginia Lee Austin, Donna
Lynn Crouch, Marie Ann Ellis,
Gloria Marie Faley, Frances
Jorgensen and Beverly Lorraine
Thompson.
Judges for the competition
were Judy A. Cross of
Elizabethtown, business manager
for the North Carolina Blueberry
Queen and assistant director of
the Blueberry Queen’s Pageant;
Jo Jones of Warsaw, director and
producer of the Miss Duplin
Pageant; Emerson Surles of
Wilmington, Judge of the Fifth
District Court.
Bill Rogers, a native of
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JUDGE RAY WALTON
Judge Walton
State Officer
The annual conference of the
N.C. Association of District,
County and Municipal Court
Judges was held at the N.C. Bar
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Festival Program
WEDNESDA Y, JUL Y 2
ALL DAY:
JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB ART SHOW
City Hall
SIDEWALK ART SHOW
Next to Leggett’s
WINSTON-SALEM POLICE DEPAR TMENTMOBILE MUSEUM
Front of Daughters of America Building
BOAT SHOW
Southport Small Boat Harbor
MOBILE MARS STATION (USAF)
Next to Waccamaw Bank
THURSDAY, JULY 3
8p.m.-DONKEYBALL GAME
Taylor Athletic Field
ALL DAY:
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB ART SHOW
City Hall
SIDEWALK ART SHOW
Next to Leggett’s
WINSTON-SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT MOBILE MUSEUM
Front of Daughters of America Building
BOAT SHOW
Southport Small Boat Harbor
MOBILE MARS STA TION(USAF)
Next to Waccamaw Bank
HERITAGE HOUSE
Community Building
A QUANA UT EXHIBIT
Next to Waccamaw Bank
CHAR-TRAIL SLIDE PROGRAM
Southport Library
FRIDAY, JULY 4
11 a.m-FOURlH OF JULY PARADE
1 p.m to Completion-HORSE SHOW
Bonnett’s Creek
1:15 p.m.-BAND CONCERT
Franklin Square Park
2:30 p. m—CHILDREN’S FIELD EVENTS
Whittier’s Bench
3:30 p.m.-FREE FALL PARACHUTE JUMP
The Garrison Lawn
4 p.m.-AQUANAUT MOVIE
Amuzu Theatre (Repeat at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.)
7p.m.-CALLIOPE CONCERT
Whittier’s Bench
8 p.m-JAYCEE BOAT DRAWING
* Whittier’s Bench
8:30 p.m -FREEDOM FOUNDA TIONA WARDS
Near Whittier’s Bench
8:45 p.m- WORLD PREMIERE
“THE INCREDIBLE STAR SPANGLED BANNER ’’
Waterfront
9:30 p. m- FIREWORKS DISPLA Y
Waterfront
ALL DAY:
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB ART SHOW
City Hall
SIDEWALK ART SHOW
Next to Leggett’s
WINSTON-SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT MOBILE MUSEUM
Front of Daughters of America Building
BOAT SHOW
Southport Small Boat Harbor
MOBILE MARS STA TION (USAF)
Next to Waccamaw Bank
HERITAGE HOUSE
Community Building
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIP "KELLAR”
Open for Inspection
Waterfront
CHAR-TR.UL SLIDE PROGRAM
Southport Library
ARMY LANDING CRAFT
Open for Inspection
Waterfront
SATURDAY, JULY5
3:30 p.m-TENNIS MATCH
New Courts on Garrison
ALL DAY:
JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB ART SHOW
City Hall
SIDEWALK ART SHOW
Next to Leggett’s
HERITAGE HOUSE
Community Building
Time And Tide
It was June 28, 1939, and the USS Gridley, a destroyer, had
passed through Southport harbor on her way upriver for the
Wilmington bicentennial celebration. Her picture appeared on the
front page of The Pilot that week. Capt. Fred Willing bad been the
pilot. We pause for a moment to insert editorial comment: “The hot
topic on the sports fishing scene nowadays, 1959, seems to be the
recent exploitation of blue marlin fishing off Southport. Not too
long ago, no more than ten years, sailfishing was the newly
discovered sport and only a few of these gamefish were boated by
fishing parties. And twenty years ago, when no sailfish had been
caught and no marlin had been imagined, the most controversial fish
seemed to be the barracuda, the most exotic semi-tropical fish to be
caught in local waters up to that time. And then, in 1939, when
fishing for barracuda was just starting. Headlines proclaimed the
landing of almost each one of these ‘wolves of the sea’.” So it was
for the week of June 28. Charlotte interests were sponsoring a rather
general fishing contest, and had requested that four of these fish be
furnished for display in the Queen City. They were to be a late
entrant in the contest.
It was June 28, 1944, and two members of the Armed Services
were pictured the initial sheet that week, one of WAVE Emma Lou
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famous Aquanaut
Richard A. Waller is shown here as he emerges from the deck decompression
chamber on April 15 following 20-hour decompression process concluding two
nonths of continuous stay beneath the ocean’s surface. He will be in Southport for
:he Fourth of July Festival with a scale model of his underwater habitat.
In Southport For Festival
This is the USNS Kellar, which is slated to arrive in Southport Thursday and to
remain in the local harbor until Saturday morning. Visitors will be welcomed aboard
this oceanographic vessel.
Oceanography To
Be Highlighted
REV. PAUL SCOTT
New Minister
Versatile Man
On Sunday evening members
of Trinity United Methodist
Church held a reception in the
Fellowship Hall of the
Educational Building honoring
the new pastor and his family,
the Rev. and Mrs. Paul B. Scott
and children, Paul B. Scott III
and Adrienne.
The Rev. Mr. Scott was
assigned to the Southport charge
at the last session of the North
Carolina Conference. He comes
here as a replacement for the
Rev. W.S. Davenport, who now
is pastor of the United
Methodist Church at Havelock.
The Rev. Mr. Scott comes to
Southport from Parkwood
Methodist Church, which is
located in the Research Triangle
at Durham.
Both the Rev. and Mrs. Scott
are natives of Burlington. He
received his A.B. Degree at Wake
Forest College and was
graduated from Southeastern
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Representative Alton Lennon
announced Monday that he is
cooperating with the Fourth of
July Festival Committee in
arranging special attractions for
the Southport celebration this
year. These activities include
Richard A. Waller and family,
guests of the festival. Mr. Waller
was the project leader, with
three other U.S. Department of
Interior aquanauts, who set a
world record of 60 days in an
underwater habitat in the Virgin
Islands. A scale model of the
underwater habitat (constructed
by General Electric) will be on
display and films of this
underwater project will be
shown at the local theater, free
to the public, at 2, 3, and 4
o’clock following the Fourth of
July parade.
The hydrographic/ocean
ographic ship USNS KELLER
will arrive in Southport July 3
and will be open to viators July
3-4. The KELLER is the U.S.
Naval Office’s latest ship
acquisition and will be used to
conduct hydrographic/ocean
ographic surveys throughout the
world. The ship is commanded
by Capt. Joseph Semon, Jr.,
Military Sea Transport Service,
with a crew of 27 officers and
men. The chief scientist/ocean
ographer aboard will be Dodd
Ovellette, U.S. Naval
Oceanographic Office.
Information packets will be
available to the public.
The U.S. Coast Guard will
provide a helicopter for display
purposes and the 2ND
Topographic Company of the
U.S. Marines from Camp
Lejeune, will display survey
equipment. The theme of the
Southport Fourth of July
Festival will be, as always,
patriotism and love for country.
The parade marshall will be
Marine 1ST Sgt. Raymond G.
Rogers, who recently was
awarded the Navy Cross of
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Record Monthly
Payments Made
In Brunswick
A record of $196,000 in
monthly social security benefits
was being paid to residents of
Brunswick County at the end of
December 1968, an increase of
3.6 percent above the amount
payable at the end of February
1968, according to A. P. Mason,
district manager for social
security.
“Throughout the country,
monthly benefits payable at the
end of 1968 amounted to nearly
$2.1 billion, some $350 million
higher than at the end of 1967,”
Mason continued.
“Approximately three-quarters
of the increased monthly
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Tide Table
Following' 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 Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
HIGH LOW
Thursday, July 3
11:51 AM 5:52 AM
12:21 PM 6:04 PM
Friday, July 4
12:45 AM 6:40 AM
6:58 PM
Saturday, July 5
1:09 AM 7:34 AM
1:45 PM 7:58 PM
Sunday, July 6
2:08 AM 8:28 AM
2:39 PM 8:58 PM
Monday, July 7
2:57 AM 9:13 AM
3:33 PM 9:58 PM
Tuesday, July 8
3:51 AM 10:04 AM
4:27 PM ( 10:58 PM
Wednesday, July 9
4:45 AM 10:58 AM
6:21 PM 11:52 PM