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VOLUME 41
No. 18
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1969
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This is the Cape Fear River Bridge at Wilmington
which was dedicated Monday with appropriate cere
monies featuring an address by Lauch Faircloth, Chair
man of the State Highway Commission. County Com
missioner V. A. Creech, Jr., represented Brunswick.
(Photo by Spencer)
Pin Down Two
School Sites
For Brunswick
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met in special
session on October 8 and agreed
to accept terms offered by
property owners Eugene W.
Ripley, and Georgia-Pacific for
the Southern School site in the
Midway area.
The board also agreed to
accept terms offered by
International Paper Co. for the
Western School site in the
Shallotte area.
At the request of Delmas
Babson, the board agreed to add
to the following substitute
teachers to Waccamaw School
substitute teacher list as
approved by the Waccamaw
School Committee: Mrs.
Madeline Phelps, Mrs. Ora Ann
Mintz, Mrs. Jamie McCrackin,
Mrs. Mae Milligan, Rev. C.R.
Glisson.
The board met again in special
session on Monday.
Mrs. Becky Singleton was
employed as clerical assistant
replacing Mrs. Patricia Milligan
who resigned after several years
of service. Mrs. Judy Clemmons
who had been previously
employed declined to accept the
position.
The following substitute
teachers were approved:
Bolivia —David Vaughn;
Shallotte-Mrs. Jackie Hubbard
and Kenneth Grissett.
The board agreed to allow
private piano instruction to be
given at Union School.
Board members met with the
Board of Commissioners and
discussed the sales tax
referendum, but no formal
action resulted. Area
consolidated schools’ sites and
progress also were discussed as
was zoning of the new school
sites.
The board discussed school
sites, procurement of band
instruments at Union and school
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Release 1
On Late
Members of the Board of
County Commissioners voted
unanimously Monday to release
all penalties for late listing that
have been assessed against
out-of-county property owners.
The reason given was that these
taxpayers had not been properly
notified.
This action probably will settle
one of the most heated
controversies which has sprung
up in connection with county
government in recent years.
Although warning was given in
listing advertisements during
January that a penalty would be
charged for late listing, it was
contended that many
out-of-county property owners
do not have an opportunity to
see one of the two county
newspapers and therefore were
not put on their guard.
Members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education and
NCEA Meeting
In Fayetteville
The N. C. Education
Association, Southeastern
District, will hold its 47 th
annual convention at Methodist
College, Fayetteville, Friday.
The theme of the convention
will be “Education: An Open
Door to Understanding”, and
the opening session will be held
at 10 a.m. in the auditorium with
an address by Dr. A. Craig
Phillips. State Superintendent of
Public Instruction. Following
the general session, departmental
meetings will be held and
commercial exhibits will be on
display.
Since the schools of Brunswick
County will be closed on Friday,
it is hoped that all teachers will
plan to aUend this important
professional meeting.
Shallotte Pair
Off For Chicago
Pat Keziah, a student of
Shallotte High School, and his
instructor Dudley Lowe left
today (Wednesday) from the
Raleigh-Durham airport for
Chicago to attend the Youth
Conference on the Atom.
The trip is sponsored by
Carolina Power and Light
Company, which has sent a
student and his teacher from
each of the Carolinas to the
conference for the last 11 years.
Keziah was awarded the trip
after he won a combination
essay and oral competition
conducted by CP&L for
Brunswick County high school
science students earlier this year.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jasper T. Keziah of Shallotte.
The three-day conference,
sponsored by the nation’s
investor-owned power
companies, features lectures by
experts in various field of
science.
A student and teacher from
Darlington County in South
Carolina and Steve Meehan, a
member of the CP&L public
relations department, are
accompanying Keziah and Lowe
on the trip.
CP&L plans to build two
nuclear power units near
Southport and is constructing a
unit near Hartsville, S.C., in
Darlington County.
3enalty
Listers
Superintendent Ralph King and
his associate, Robert Elkins,
appeared before the
commissioners to discuss the
forthcoming Special Election on
whether to levy an addditional
1-cent sales tax for distribution
to towns and counties.
There appeared to be a strong
feeling in favor of this move, but
nobody wanted to take a stand
in favor of higher taxes. Several
members of the two boards were
pleased with the possibility that
Brunswick would get back more
than is paid in as the result of
the distribution formula if the
sales tax is approved in this
county. They also were pleased
with the prospect that
participation will make possible
a reduction in the existing tax
rate. But no official
endorsement was given.
While they were meeting
together Superintendent King
asked the commissioners if they
had questions on any matters
pertaining to the operation of
the schools. Chairman George
Rourk asked for a progress
report on the three new
consolidated high school
buildings, saying that the
commissioners are being asked
about them.
King said that none of the sites
has yet been purchased, but that
negotiations appear to be in the
final stage on all three. He said
that preliminary plans have been
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Brunswick Boy
Good Student
James Lin wood Lancaster, a
mathematics major at the
University of North Carolina at
Wilmington, has initiated an
independent research project in
topology in the honors program
at UNC-W.
Working under the advisorship
of Miss Barbara Greim, lecturer
in mathematics, Lancaster will
base his project on Mendelson’s
INTRODUCTION TO
TOPOLOGY.
To enter the honors program,
a student must have a 3.0 (B)
quality point average on the first
three years’ college work and
must be recommended by his
major department.
When he completes his
research, Lancaster will write a
paper reporting the results of his
study and will defend his
conclusions in an oral
examination by a committee
selected by the honors
committee.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lacy L.
Lancaster, he is a 1962 graduate
of Shallotte High School. A
member of th<- American
Mathematical Association and
Sigma Pi Sigma, he is currently
president of the UNC-W Society
of Physics Students.
Fraser May Be
Out As Bidder
On Bald Head
Charles Fraser NOT want to
buy Bald Head Island?
Maybe.
Rumors circulating in the state
capital report that Fraser, the
most frequently-mentioned
prospective developer of the
sub-tropteai ishrffd ' trear
Southport, has given up plans to
purchase the $5 million
property.
Fraser, the developer of Hilton
Head Island on the lower South
Carolina coast, responded “No
comment” when asked about
the rumors. “I’m observing the
situation,” he said.
There have been reports that
Fraser has reached a decision not
to buy the property because the
state may be reluctant to
cooperate with his proposed
plans to develop the island now
owned by Frank O. Sherrill of
Charlotte.
Fraser obtained the option
early in September for $25,000.
It is scheduled to expire some
time in February.
Gov. Bob Scott told the State
Board of Conservation and
Development at a meeting Sept.
11 in Kinston that he thought
the island ought to be conserved
and that the state should acquire
title to the island. But Scott said
the state currently does not have
the money to buy the island and
the prospects for obtaining the
funds are grim.
Scott recommended that the
matter be turned over to the
1971 General Assembly. In the
meantime, he recommended that
the Research Triangle Institute
conduct a comprehensive study
of the potential use of Bald
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Dedication Of
New Bridge Is
Big Occasion
The Cape Fear Memorial
Bridge, linking Brunswick
County and points south and
west with Wilmington, was
dedicated and opened to traffic
Monday.
V. A. Creech, Jr., a member of
the Brunswick Board of
Commissioners, represented his
constituents at the ceremony
and made a speech.
The $16 million bridge,
termed the largest and most
ambitious highway project in the
history of the state, will be the
major crossing of the Cape Fear
River for US Highways 421, 74,
76, and 17 and NC 133. One end
of the new bridge is in
Brunswick County.
The opening of the huge
elevator lift span bridge over the
River was the fruition of nearly
four years of construction and
decades of hoping and planning
by the people of Wilmington and
North Carolina.
The Cape Fear Memorial
Bridge, more than 2,000 feet
long from end to end joins New.
Hanover and Brunswick
Counties over the Cape Fear
River, but Highway Chairman
Lauch Faircloth said that the
bridge actually represents a link
from the industrial Piedmont
section of North Carolina to the
world markets served by the
Port of Wilmington.
“This bridge will serve New
Hanover and Brunswick
Counties in many ways,” said
Faircloth. “For one thing, it is a
four-lane link in US 74, and I
might add, it is the most
expensive link in the highway
that both Gov. Scott and your
Highway Commission have
pledged will be four-laned to
Charlotte and beyond during
this administration.”
H«. said that the dedication of
the bridge-i-he most expensive
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Public Hearing
Here Thursday
Citizens of Southport will
attend a public hearing at the
courthouse Thursday evening at
7:30 o’clock to hear provisions
of the proposed new zoning
ordinance explained.
This will be a proposed
comprehensive new zoning
ordinance, together with
long-range planning and it
involves not only property Inside
the city limits, but in the
immediately surrounding area as
well.
This is a second meeting called
for this purpose. The first was
held recently at the city hall at
which time many persons
complained that they had not
received sufficient notice to be
able to attend. Thursday’s
meeting is being held in order
that.all interested persons may
have an opportunity to attend
and to express their views.
The proposal which will be
discussed is an outgrowth of a
study recently completed,
largely through use of state and
federal funds.
Time And Tide
It was October 18,1939, and the S.S. Lydonia was in Southport in
connection with a Coast and Geodetic Survey in this area. There was
a vague report that week that hypnotists were at work in the county,
lulling their victims so that larceny could be effected. Dosher
Memorial Hospital had been officially recognized by the American
College of Surgeons; it was nickle time on the waterfront, and
particularly in the shrimp houses; and Talmadge Sellers had become
a member of the glee club at Louisburg College.
The Southport Woman’s Club was putting on a musical comedy in
the high school auditorium the following week. The DeMillian cast
would include a 110-voice chorus, and feature Jack Christian, John
Shannon, Leila Hubbard and Evelyn Loughlin in starring roles.
County fidders were due to meet in Bolivia in the near future for
their more-or-less annual convention; Mr. and Mrs. W.R. McAuley
had announced the birth of a son; and the Whiteville tobacco market
was soon to close.
It was October 18, 1944, and Tom Hickman and dog had taken
their season’s limit of deer in one day. While Hickman shot his, the
dog had caught the other deer and subdued him more or less single
handedly. Commercial fishing operations on all fronts had sagged
badly during the past week; all county schools were to hold
Saturday classes through November; and new shoe stamps were
coming out in November.
Claude Moore had reported good rockfishing near his home on
Walden Creek, and had brought two 13-pounders to town to prove
it; a sugar shortage in the area had ended; and Commissioner of
Agriculture W. Kerr Scott had announced that apples were available
to school lunchrooms.
It was October 19, 1949, and Dr. Landis G. Brown had been
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Working In Yachi Basin
This is the pipeline dredge Neuse of the Cortell Engineering Corporation which
is completing a dredging operation at the old Southport Yacht Basin, which is being
restored to project depth. (Photo by Spencer)
JACKIE STEPHENSON AND ROY STEVENS
New Director For
Development Body
William A. Powell, chairman of
the Resources Development
Commission for Brunswick
County, has announced the
appointment of Jackie H.
Stephenson as director of the
commission, replacing Roy A.
Stevens. The new director was
formerly membership relations
manager with the Greater
Winston-Salem Chamber of
Commerce, Winston-Salem. A
graduate of Wake Forest
University, he attended
Campbell College and Wake
Forest School of Law.
Stephenson taught for three
years in public schools of North
Carolina. A veteran of the U.S.
Marine Corps, having served four
years at Parris Island, S.C., Camp
Lejeune and Cherry Point,
Stephenson is familiar with the
coastal area. He also has worked
part time with the U.S.
Government in retail sales, and
as a Greyhound bus driver.
Step'enson is married to
Fonda Embler of Thomasville.
They have a twelve year old son,
Steven Lee, and a daughter,
Melissa Rae, six months. He
grew up on a farm in Johnston
County, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Y. Stephenson.
Chairman Powell stated today
that “the commission board had
searched diligently for a
replacement for Stevens.”
Stephenson added that “from
what I have seen, Roy is
irreplaceable, but I intend to try.
With the fine people with whom
1 will be working and the
potential of this area I have
every reason to be optimistic. I
enjoy a good challenge, and with
the success Roy has had in
Brunswick County, it looks as if
I have just that.”
Bolton Citizen
Dies In Wreck
Marlon Asberry Patrick, 33,
Rt. 1, Bolton was killed in a
head-on collision Saturday—final
results of two separate accidents
involving three cars and injuring
four others.
The accident occurred
between the Alligator and
Brunswick River bridges on US
highways 17,74, and 76 west of
Wilmington.
Starr McMillan, Coroner for
New Hanover County ,said that
Patrick “received multiple head
and chest injuries, and was
pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, at the New Hanover
Memorial Hospital.”
McMillan said that no decision
has been reached as to an
inquest into the death.
“The driver of the second
vehicle has not been questioned
as yet,” McMillan said.
Injured and taken to the New
Hanover Memorial Hospital are,
John Lewis of Navassa; Billie
Lee Tedder, 32, of Wilmington;
John Hardy of Leland; and
Willie P. Moore of Rt. 1, Bolton.
According to State Patrolman
W.C. Fulghum, the car driven by
Tedder, travelling north on
Highway 17, passed a green
station wagon and then
sideswiped the Lewis car,
knocking it to the side of the
road. Tedder continued about
3/8 of a mile and collided
head-on with the Patrick car.
The State Highway Patrol is
looking for the driver of the
green station wagon, which
stopped and took Tedder to the
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Scott Appoints
Commission To
Study Party
Gov. Robert W. Scott Friday
named a 60-member Study
Commission to analyze the N.C.
Democratic Party structure and
make recommendations for
updating the Plan of
Organization.
Wilson Attorney James Hunt,
former State YDC President who
currently serves as assistant to
the state party chairman of the
Commission.
“Serving with him” Scott said,
“will be former governors and
former chairmen of the party,
lawyers and lawmakers,
educators and students, labor
leaders and businessmen, young
Democrats and old Democrats,
black Democrats and white
Democrats and business women
and housewives.
Brunswick County is
represented by Mrs. James M.
Harper, Jr., who is vice-chairman
of the Democratic Executive
Committee.
“In brief, those chosen come
from all walks of life and
represent a number of political
philosophies,” said Governor
Scott. ‘This is how it should be,
for the proposed Study
Commission’s work surely will
be doomed if all the people are
not represented in such an
important undertaking.”
Scott pointed out the group
was large because he wanted to
insure a broad base of
representation at each of four
regional hearings which will be
held across the state by the
Commission.
Then he turned to the Party’s
current Plan of Organization and
made some observations:
“I am for change,” he said,
“but not just for the sake of
change. Someone noted recently
that there has been only one
major change in our Plan of
Organization in the past 50
years. I, for one, look on that as
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Tide Table
Fallowing 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.
Thursday, October 23
7:03 AM 1:28 AM
7:27 PM 1:00 AM
Friday, October 24
7:51 AM 1:40 AM
8:00 PM 2:18 PM
Saturday, October 20
8:33 AM 2.-22 AM
8:57 PM 2:58 PM
Sunday, October 26
9:15 AM 3:04 AM
9:33 PM 3:40 PM
Monday, October 27
9:57 AM 3:46 AM
10:15 PM 4:22 PM
Tuesday, October 28
10:39 AM 4:28 AM
10:57 PM 5:04 PM
Wednesday, October 29
11:16 AM 5:04 AM
11:33 PM 5:46 PM
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