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VOLUME 41
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SOUTHPORT, N. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1969
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Change Of Command
Colonel Cary A. Kennedy, Jr., (c) former commander, MOT, Sunny Point, pass
es terminal’s colors to Colonel Robert D. Reid (r), new commander, while Master
Sergeant Loran B. Wray, terminal Sergeant Major, looks on. This event took place
Friday during a change of command Ceremony at Sunny Point.
Rifles Recovered
This case of rifles which lay on the ocean floor for over 100 years was intended
for use by the Confederate forces during the Civil War. They were recently recovered
from the blockade runner MODERN GREECE by scuba divers. - Brunswick Town
Photo
CP&L Issues
Statement On
Friday Protest
North Carolina labor union
members and their sympathizers
marched 5,000 strong Friday in
Raleigh protesting the contract
which Carolina Power and Light
Company let recently with an
out-of-state firm which maintains
maintains as open shop.
Labor leaders claimed the
Raleigh demonstration, which
featured a parade down
Fayetteville Street, as only the
first round in a fight against
what they term “a conspiracy of
manufacturers and politicians”
to break up organized labor in
the South.
Following is the text of a
statement made by Carolina
Power & Light Company in
connection with the protest by
labor groups of the awarding of
construction contracts to Brown
and Root:
“Carolina Power & Light
Company has awarded to Brown
& Root of Houston, Texas,
contracts for the construction of
generating facilities for plants at
Asheville, Roxboro, Lumberton,
Wilmington and in Brunswick
County. It is estimated that
upon completion these plants
will represent an investment of
nearly half a billion dollars.
“These contracts wet?
awarded in keeping wi(h
long-established Company pol'cy
for building power plants. That
policy is to use engineering
construction firms of proven
ability which in our judgment
can meet our construction
requirements and schedule the
most economically. This policy
is in the interest of our
customers and the area we serve.
“Although headquartered out
of state, our general contractors
always have employed qualified
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Divers Recover
Interesting Items
DRUMMOND R. THOM
Crusade Plans
Taking Shape
Drummond R. Thom
of Louisville, Kentucky,
president of World Wide Native
Evangelism, Inc., will bring the
main messages during the week
long crusade planned for
October 12-18 in the Brunswick
County-Southport High School
auditorium.
Thom was born in Cape Town,
South Africa, of Dutch
parentage. At the age of 11 he
was converted during a
beach front Easter Service and
became a member of the
Methodist Church of South
Africa. After completing high
school, he worked as an
apprentice body and fender
mechanic for four years before
feeling a definite call to the
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Recently in the
Southport-Fort Fisher area
several exploration and recovery
underwater dives were made on
two of the Civil War Blockade
Runner by some members of the
North Carolina Skin Diving
Council working in conjunction
with the State Department of
Archives and History.
The Modern Greece was sunk
early in the Civil War while
attempting to run the blockade
of the port of Wilmington near
Fort Fisher on June 27, 1862.
The Ella ran aground on a shoal
while trying to enter the bar of
the Cape Fear River just off
Baldhead Island on December 3,
1964, near the end of the war!
The historical shipwreck dives
were made under the
coordination and supervision of
the Department of Archives and
the council coordinator. The
jurisdiction of shipwrecks in the
coastal waters of N.C. has been
placed under the administration
of the State Department of
Archives and History.
Diving was facilitated from a
38-foot boat, Novie, belonging
to Dr. Charles V. Perry of
Durham, the council
coordinator, Bill Epperson, also
is prendent of the N.C. Skin
Diving Council
Some interesting items were
recovered from the 100-year-old
wrecks and included a brass
padlock from the Ella as well as
a keg of horseshoe nails to which
had corroded a cluster of brass
straight pins in excellent
condition, a large froe, or
drawknife, and from the Modern
Greece a case of rifles which
may be determined to be
Enfields when they are cleaned
(Continued On Page Two)
New Officer
Takes Command
Over Terminal
Col. Robert D. Reid assumed
command of the Military Ocear
Terminal, Sunny Point, or
Saturday following a change oi
command ceremony during
which Colonel Cary A. Kennedy,
Jr., the former commander,
presented the Terminal’s colon
to Col Reid.
The new commanding office)
was drafted into the military
service at Ypsilanti, Michigan, in
1941 and after attending Office)
Candidate School in 1942
received a reserve commission in
the United States Army. In 1946
he was integrated into the
regular Army.
During his military career he
has served in varied
transportation and logistical
assignments. He served two tours
of duty as a member of the
General Staff at the Pentagon. In
1967 he commanded the Army
Port at Cam Ranh Bay, Viet
Nam, and just prior to his
assignment to Sunny Point was
stationed in Hqs, United States
Army Pacific in Hawaii where he
supervised the Army’s
transportation activities
throughout the Pacific area.
His civiliarir and military
education consists of having
attended the Cleary Business
Colleg (Mich.), Quartermaster
School, Command and General
Staff College, Military Assistance
Institute, and he holds a degree
in business management from
the University of Omaha (Neb).
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Mrs. Hewett Is
New President
Mrs. Freeman E. Hewett of
Shallotte has been named
president of the Brunswick
Heart Unit and succeeds Mrs.
Shelby Rourk of Shallotte.
Mrs. Hewett is the secretary of
the Brunswick County Farm
Bureau, church musician at
Shallotte First Baptist, leader of
the Busy Bees 4-H Club, elector
and advisor of the Busy Bees
Ladies Club, secretary and
treasurer of Brunswick County
Democratic Women, a member
of the Brunswick County
Agriculture Workers Committee,
a free-lance reporter for the
Brunswick Beacon State Port
Pilot and Star-News Papers,
member of the Policy Advisory
Board of the Brunswick County
Headstart Program, and mother
of 6 children who are all in
school now from the third grade
to a senior at Shallotte High
School.
As in*? local organization of
the North Carolina and
American Heart Associations,
the Brunswick Heart Unit
provides public information on
heart disease, informs local
doctors, nurses and other health
workers of advances in the
treatment of heart disease, and
operates community-wide
programs to prevent heart
disease or assist victims and their
families.
The Brunswick Heart Unit also
leads the annual Heart Fund
drive to support local programs
and those of the state and
national organizations. Mrs.
Hewett reports that plans for the
1970 campaign, to be conducted
(Continued On Page Two)
Quiet And Peaceful Place
mib is. oaia neaa island as seen from the Cape
Fear River. side. The historic lighthouse stands as a
lonely sentinel, while marching over the dunes in the
foreground are telephone lines which once permitted
communication with the mainland. This photograph
is from the files of the late Art Newton. It might as
well have been taken last week.
Still Up In The Air
Scott Recommends Conservation
S. BUNN FRINK
Frink Files
As Candidate
S. Bunn Frink, veteran
Brunswick county attorney, has
jumped the gun on other
political candidates in next
year’s primary election by filing
for the democratic nomination
for State Senator representing
the 15th Senatorial District.
Brunswick, Columbus and
Bladen comprise this district
which now is represented by
Sankey Robinson, Whiteville
attorney.
The decision of Frink to enter
this race promises a hotly
contested race for the senate
nomination, for Odell
Williamson, Shallotte business
man, has been openly campaign
ing for the same office for sev
eral months.
Frink formerly lived at
Southport but now makes his
home at Sunset Beach. He
maintains a law office both at
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Time And Tide
It was September 13, 1939, and Southport, overwhelmed by the
recent visit of a wing of Naval patrol aircraft, was planning t gala
Navy Day celebration. International happenings of the past two
weeks had made any such plans rather shaky. Other rather tenuous
plans that week had it that Southport would field, or count, not
one, but two basketball teams in the winter. The object here was to
present the fans with doubleheaders whenever possible. R.I. Mintz
had resigned his post as Register of Deed and Harry Mintz had been
named his successor? the county commissioners had asked the state
to pave the River Road and incorporate the Long Beach road into
the system; and, to support this plea, it was learned that Long Beach
was to be a year-round resort.
Colleges were soon to open, and the annual roll-call of those
attending had taken place. Among those mentioned were Claude
McCall, Temple; John Hall, Elon; and Dan Walker, UNC. Local
schools had also begun operation, and the word was that all were
over-crowded; Charlene Newton had celebrated her third birthday;
and fishermen along the Brunswick coastline were waiting out the
It was September 13, 1944 and Josiah T. Gibson, until recently
the director of the local USO Club, was moving to Virginia to
issume similar duties there. Several Supply bovs, heedless of the
Janger, had cornered and killed a 400-pound bear with a .22 rifle
members of the congregation of St. James in Southport were raising
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Governor Robert Scott passed
on to the North Carolina
General Assembly the decision
of whether the state should buy
Bald Head Island. The Board of
Conservation and Development
supported this decision Saturday
at their meeting in Kinston by a
vote of 23-2.
The announcement by Scott
came a few hours after Charles
Fraser, who seeks to develop the
island, disclosed he has an
option to purchase the
uninhabited island near
Southport
Powell Bill Pays
Money To Cities
State street allocations totaling
more than $11-millions will go
to North Carolina cities and
towns that qualify under
provisions of the Powell Bill, D.
McLauchlin Faircloth
announced this week.
Included were payments to
eight municipalities in
Brunswick county totalling
$121,756.30. The largest
payment went to Long Beach,
$45,746.66. Next was Boiling
Spring Lakes, $40,550.74.
Others were Southport,
$14,671.12; Shallotte,
$5,198.15; Yaupon Beach,
$5,140.95; Ocean Isle Beach,
$4,958.81; Sunset Beach,
$4,368.67; and Bolvia,
$1,121.20.
Faircloth said that 427 cities
and towns will receive
proportional cash allotments
amounting to $11,224,494.
Checks will be mailed from
Raleigh this month so they can
reach the municipalities by
October 1.
The Powell Bill funds,
provided by one-half cent of the
regular gasoline tax, are returned
Parker Given
Important Role
Ernest E. Parker, Southport
attorney now serving his second
term as a member of the Board
of Conservation and
Development, has been
appointed by Chairman Gil
Horton as chairman of the
important Committee on
Commercial and Sports Fishing.
The Board of Conservation
and Development operates
within the framework of six
committees, and the one dealing
with the two divisions of fishing
interest is considered to be of
key importance.
Other committee chairmen
include:
Dr. Joseph Gill of Elizabeth 1
City, forestry; John M. 1
Watlington of Winston-Salem,
mineral resources and geodetic
surveys; Dr. Mott P. Blair of
Siler City, commerce and
industry; Charles W. Bradshaw of
Raleigh, Travel and promotion;
and Thomas H. Hampton of
Durham, state parks.
annually to cities and towns,
based on both population and
non-state street mileage.
This year’s total is almost
$l-million more than last year,
when $10.4 million was returned
to the municipalities.
The N.C. General Statutes
provide that a State Street Aid
allocation be paid to eligible and
qualifying municipalities in
North Carolina from the State
Highway Fund, annually as of
July 1. The total allocation is a
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Board Agrees
To Sell Land
Members of the Board of
County Commissioners in
session here Monday sold 11.7
acres of the Old County Home
property to F. Herbert Swain for
$13,466.50.
The motion to sell was made
by A.C. Holden, was seconded
by W.D. Ward and was given an
affirmative vote by Paul Dennis
and Chairman George Rourk.
V. A. Creech abstained.
Mrs. A.P. Henry, Brunswick
County representative on the
Southeastern Development
Commission and secretary-trea
surer of that body, appeared
before the commissioners with
David W. Alexander, the new
executive director, and Joseph
W. Grimsley, assistant field
director for the Coastal Plains
Regional Commission. Several
ong range projects in prospect
for this area were discussed.
The board considered petitions
for the Willie Johnson Road, the
ork off West Ash Road and the
ork off Rural Road 1351 and
orwarded them to the State
lighway Commission.
The board discussed several
.ax matters with Tax Supervisor
ra Butler.
The following items were
lisposed of at the first meeting
>f the board in September:
Farm Extension Agent Archie
Martin came before the board
and gave his regular monthly
report. A general discussion was
bad on livestock and farming in
;he county.
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“I recommend that the
acquisition of Smith Island be
submitted to the next session of
the General Assembly, which
will convene some sixteen
months from now,” the
Governor said, “so our
representatives can determine
whether or not the state should
own this property.” ■ .
Fraser’s plans for commercial
development of the island have
aroused conservationists in the
state who have urged the
governor to bring about state
ownership of the property, also
known as Smith Island.
“It is my belief,” Scott said,
“that Smith Island should be
conserved. Also I feel that the
state should obtain title to the
entire island in order that the
state can determine the island’s
future role, whether it be full
development, controlled partial
development, or no development
at alL”
But the fact is, he said, that
“The state does not have the
money to purchase the island
from its present owner.,.. ”
Scott said the $5.5 million
price being asked for the island
by owner Frank Sherrill of
Charlotte “precedes any
likelihood of seriously searching
for state funds until the next
session of the General
Assembly.”
In the intervening months
before the 1971 legislature con
venes, Scott suggested that the
Research Triangle Institute con
duct a comprehensive, impartial
study for the use of Bald Head
(Continued On Page Seven)
Tide Table
Following Is tiie tide table
for Southport daring the
week. These hoars are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Gape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
Thursday, September 18
1:39 AM 7:10 AM
1:00 PM 8:16 PM
Friday September 19
1:61 AM 8:16 AM
2:51 PM 9:28 PM
Saturday, September 20
3:03 AM 9:34 AM
4:03 PM 10:40 PM
Sunday, September 21
4:21 AM 10:46 AM
5:09 PM 11:40 PM
Monday, September 22
8:27 AM 11:52 AM
6:09 PM 12:34 PM
Tuesday, September 23
6:27 AM 12:52 AM
7:03 PM 1:00 PM
Wednesday, September 24
7:21 AM 1:22 AM
7:51 PM 1:40 PM