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VOLUME 41
No. 21
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SOUTHPORT, N C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1969
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Spacious New Home Of Blake Builders Supply
This is the beautiful new home of Blake Building Supply,
located on the west side of Highway 211 near Southport, which
has been occupied by this well-known building supply firm follow
ing a tedius moving operation. For the past twenty years this bus
iness has been located at the junction of Highway 211-87 and the
new location is about a half-mile away. The new building affords
spacious, luxurious office space, attractive display areas and un
limited storage for the thousands of items which comprise the
stock list for this business. A grand opening is planned for the
first week in December. (Photo by Spencer).
Three Southport
Couples Back Home
Three Southport couples have
returned from a 10-day stay in
Spain which included a little of
everything from bullfights to law
lectures.
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Prevatte, Mr.
and Mrs. Davis C. Herring and
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Parker
were members of the group of
Baptist Women
Planning Study
An area that has been an arena
of world concern since the
creation of Israel as a nation in
1948 will be the subject for the
foreign mission study as women
from ten or more nearby Baptist
churches’ gather at the
Southport Baptist Church on
Monday night to engage in the
presentation of the book “Sons
of Ishmael: How Shall They
Hear?” by Dr. Finlay Graham.
The Author is a native of
Greenock, Scotland, and has
been serving as Southern Baptist
missionary to Lebanon since
1948. Dr. Graham was in general
evangelism until 1960 when he
became president of the
Arabl Baptist Theological
Seminary near Beirut The
countries included in the study
are Lebanon, Jordan, Gaza and
Yemen, and the class will be
encourage to consider the
spiritual needs of the Arab
world, ways that Southern
Baptists are seeking to meet
those needs and the response
that is being made to this work.
The class will begin at 7 p.m.
and is under the direction oi
Mrs. Susie Carson, Associational
WMU Director. A nursery will be
provided and refreshments will
be served. The women of the
Oak Island, Mill Creek, Mount
Olive, Bolivia, Lebanon, Bethel,
Supply, Antioch, Boiling Spring
Lakes and Southport churches
are especially urged to attend.
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!•: Brief Bits Of
SEASON OPENS
Hunting season for quail am
rabbits opens on November 15
the earliest it has opened it
recent years. Deer and squirre
season already is open and the
marsh hen season closes this
week.
BAKE SALE
The Youth Choir of Southport
Baptist Church will hold a bake
sale Saturday between Leggett’s
and the post office. Proceeds
will go toward the purchase of
choir robes.
VETS TO MEET
Brunswick Barracks No. 1744,
Veterans of World War 1, wili
meet Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the Agriculture
Extension Building at Supply.
SOUTHPORT VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Murdaugh
and family spent the past
weekend in Southport with Mr.
and Mrs. W.P. Horne. They
formerly lived at Yaupon Beach.
250 North Carolinians who
attended the meeting of the N.C.
Bar Association held the latter
part of October in Torremolines,
a resort near Malaga.
Parker was one of the lecturers
at the study sessions which were
a part of the trip, speaking on
tax laws as they pertain to
international banking.
It is no secret that the major
attraction of the trip was neither
business nor study, and
interesting side trips and
entertainment occupied a major
portion of the time.
For instance, when the group
arrived by plane at noon, they
discovered that arrangements
had been made for them to
attend a bullfight that afternoon
at 3 o’clock. For many people,
this takes a little getting-used-to,
but there was no time. As a
consequence the Spaniards made
few converts to their native
pasttime. One dissenter was Lois
Jane Herring, who was critical of
the preliminary formalities
which precede the final act, and
before that event took place, she
got up and walked out of the
arena.
For Mr. and Mrs. Parker a boat
trip to Tangiers was a highlight
Lawyer Herring got talked into
renting a car to do some
informal sight-seeing and
discovered that the highway
system in Spain is like nothing
he ever experienced in the
United States. To further
complicate matters, he found
that Spaniards work right on
into the night and that their
operations include cluttering up
the roads with animal drawn
vehicles with no lights.
There were parties and night
club entertainment to enliven
the stay in Spain, and the
Southport contingent returned
with pleasant reports of their
visit abroad.
Changes Made
In Personnel
William G. Faulk, Jr., Historic
Site Manager, Brunswick Town
State Historic Site, announces a
change in the position of site
assistant. Darrell Wilmoth, who
held this position for two years,
, has accepted a promotion to
Historic Site Manager and a
, transfer to Town Creek Indian
Mound State Historic Site
located near Mt. Gilead in
Montgomery county. Town
Creek has the third highest
visitation of State Historic Sites,
being led only by Fort Fisher
and Brunswick Town sites.
Wilmoth replaces W.M. “Hoss”
Reaves who recently resigned.
Reaves worked at Brunswick
Town several years ago as the
colonial costumed week-end
guide and more recently as site
assistant before moving to Mt.
Gilead.
Replacing Wilmoth as Site
Assistant at Brunswick Town is
Southport native Gary Lee
Clark, a 1969 graduate of
Southport High School, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Clark.
Clark is married to the former
Jill Watson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. David Watson of
Wrightsville Beach. The couple
have a three weeks old daughter,
Christian Lee.
Damaged Tomb Tops At St. Philips
This is a close-up view of two of the damaged slabs covering tombs in the church
yard of St. Philips at Brunswick Town. On the left is the tomb of Mary Jane Dry,
mother of Mrs. Benjamin Smith, a governor of North Carolina. On the right is shown
the slab covering the tomb of Governor Smith. This operation has created more than
a little interest, and several persons have visited this historic site to see the graves
since announcement was made last week that repair of the tomb tops. (Brunswick
Town Photo)
Crusade Fund
Report Given
The Lower Cape Fear
Christian Crusade held recently
in Southport not only was
self-sustaining financially, there
was a surplus of $302.17 after
all bills were paid, and this
amount has been turned over to
Dosher Memorial Hospital.
Following is an accounting of
all funds received and expended
during the crusade:
“Lower Cape Fear Christian
Crusade, total receipts,
$2046.36.
“Honorariums, food, lodging
and travel for speakers,
$1243.01; music and organ
rental, $277.03; advertising and
telephone, $105.22; counselling
material, $33.00; building
preparation and cleanup,
$85.93; total expenditures,
$1744.19.
“Contribution to Dosher
Memorial Hospital, $302.17;
total, $2046.36.”
“Treasurers for the crusade
were William H. Crowe, William
Parker and Rev. John Huggins.
Records of receipts and
expenditures are filed at the
residence of Mr. Crowe, 308 W.
Moore Street, for anyone
desiring to examine them.”
The check for the hospital was
presented to L.T. Yaskell,
chairman of the board of
trustees, by members of the
Crusade Finance Committee.
This donation will be used to
help pay for a new operating
table that has been ordered for
the operating room of the
hospital.
W.F. Cupit, administrator of
the hospital has expressed
appreciation to the steering
committee of the Crusade and to
all who participated and
supported this spiritual
movement.
Inspectic
Of Scho
Preliminary subsurfac
investigation of the school sit<
for three consolidated hig
schools in Brunswick count
began this week. This work
being done by the firm of Ezi
Meir and Associates of Raleig]
according to Ralph C. Kinj
superintendent of Brunswic
county schools.
The purpose of th
investigation is to determine tl
nature and make-up of tl
Decoration For
Southport Man
First Lieutenant Jot
Alexander Connell of Southpo
has been honored posthumous
by the Republic of Vietna
with the awarding of tv\
medals, the National order >
Vietnam Fifth Class and tl
Gallantry Cross with Pair
Lieutenant Connell was killed
Tay Ninh on August 20, 196
while serving with Company i
1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25i
Infantry Division.
In addition to the;
Vietnamese medals, he ah
received nine medals from tl
United States Army, incluaii
two Bronze Stars.
The meritorious citation f(
Lieutenant Connell and oth
officers was written i
Vietnamese and translated ini
English. It reads as follows:
“Servicemen of courage ar
race self-sacrifice, they display*
at all times the most tactf
co-operation while aiding tl
Armed Forces of the Republ
of Vietnam to repel the Rt
Wave undermining Sout
Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
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>n Made
ol Sites
e sub structure as it relates to load
■S bearing capacity and types ol
b building foundations required to
y adequately support a school
is building. This is accomplished
a by drilling to various depths and
i, removing, identifying and
>, analyzing samples of the various
k strata.
Hopefully, the drilling will be
s completed by next week and the
e final report completed within
e two weeks, King stated.
The Board of Education has
acquisition agreements for the
three sites pending the outcome
of these investigations.
Lennon Urges
State Control
For Coastline
Congressman Alton Lennon
announced today that he has
introduced legislation for a
program to assist coastal states
in establishing meaningful and
effective state-controlled
programs for coastal
management practices. The
legislation provides for
federal-matching grants to the
coastal states for planning and
managing the critical areas where
me tana meets me sea.
As Chairman of the House
Subcommittee on
Oceanography, Lennon recently
convened a Washington
conference on coastal zone
management. He invited the
governors of the 30 coastal and
Great Lake states to send
representatives to this
conference for their views and
general discussion of mutual
problems associated with the
uses of each state’s coast line.
The conference was helpful and
served as a basis for the
development of this legislation.
“Damage to our coastal areas
by multiple users oftentimes
with conflicting interests cannot
be repaired by scattered and
uncoordinated efforts. Through
timely and proper planning,
these users—developers, sports
and commercial fishermen,
industrialists, and recreation
enthusiasts—will also have
opportunity to utilize the
coastal zone. That planning is
needed now if we are to preserve
and make wise use of this
resource for present and future
generations.
“The coastal zones are areas of
dense population and high
industrialization magnified by an
increasing growth in water
recreation. The task is great and
nothing less than a national
effort-can effectively combat the
problems of our coastal zones,”
Lennon concluded.
Nurse Speaker
Before Club
Miss Yvonne Chadwick, one of
the several nurses in Brunswick
County who have received
financial assistance from the
Southport Woman’s Club to
secure their nurses’ training,
spoke Wednesday to that
organization in its regular
November meeting. She told of
some of her experiences in
nursing and pointed out the joy
of serving and helping persons to
recover their health.
Miss Chadwick was introduced
by Mrs. E.C. Harrelson, who has
been the treasurer for the club’s
nurses scholarship for a number
of years.
Mrs. E.R. Perry, president of
the club, presided and
introduced Mrs. E.C. Blake for a
report on the district meeting
which she had attended recently
in Faison.
Members brought a good
number of gifts which will be
sent to the patients at McCain
for their use and pleasure.
Hostesses were Mrs. Clinton
Bellamy, Mrs. W.E. McOougle,
Mrs. P.K. Pierpont, Mrs. Perry,
Mrs. James E. Smith and Mrs.
C.B. Caroon.
» Time And Tide
y It was November 8, 1939, and Mrs. J.E. Dodson had won top
^ honors in the recent county-wide canning contest. Capt. Huian Watts
° had purchased the Sea Girl in a move to expand his sportfishing
)f enterprises. He was planning to equip the craft with new engines.
ie John Boyd Finch had received honorable mention as one of ten
i- finalists in a recent nationwide song writing contest; tickets to the
it Thanksgiving game between The Citadel and Wofford in Wilmington
were on sale locally; and in the open forum column a letter urged
t, citizens to become familiar with their local library. It was signed
h Susie Sellers, Librarian.”
George Watson, second officer aboard the SS Eastern Guide, was
e on his way to Honolulu, thence to Japan, Russia and the Philippines
o on a six-month cruise. The nation was to celebrate Thanksgiving on
ie November 23, North Carolina on the 30th; our fishing editor had
ig written on the proper method of rockfishing; and our editorial
writer, basing on the idle mind” theory, was writing with
>r approbation of the new playground facilities in Southport.
n It was November 4, 1944, and FDR was in for another term. His
0 picture dominated the front page that week. Mrs. Maxine Fulcher,
disturbed by noises from her chicken coop one recent night, had
" armed herself with a stout stick and had cudgeled a marauding
1 possum to death. The Southport Hallowe’en Carnival had been
11 reported a success; Roy McKeithan was a crew-member aboard an
ie LST due soon to be taken to a combat zone; and Johnnie Simmons
c was due home on leave after serving with the Coast Guard in the
South Pacific.
" County offices would be closed on the following Saturday in
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Woman's Club Speaker
Miss Yvonne Chadwick, center, was the speaker
last Wednesday at the November meeting of Southport
Woman’s Club. She is a graduate nurse who was a re
cipient of a nursing scholarship provided from the local
organization. On the left is Mrs. E. R. Perry, club pres
ident, and Mrs. E. C. Harrelson, treasurer of the scholar
ship fund. (Photo by D. Spencer).
Commission Issues
Safety Evaluation
The Atomic Energy
Commission is making available
to the public copies of a safety
evaluation by its Regulatory
Staff on the two-unit nuclear
power plant which Carolina
Power & Light Company
proposes to build near
Southport.
Carolina Power & Light
Company has applied for
permits to construct a two-unit
nuclear power plant on a 1200
acre site in Brunswick County in
southeastern North Carolina.
The site is approximately 2V6
miles north of Southport. As
proposed, each unit of the
New Position
For Dr. Cumbee
Dr. Dwight W. Cumbee has
been installed as professor of
Pastoral Psychology and
Counseling at Bangor
Theological Seminary in Maine
at public ceremonies.
Dr. Frederick W. Whittaker,
president of the Seminary,
presided at the service in the
David Nelson Beach Chapel on
the Seminary campus.
Dr. Cumbee joined the faculty
of the Seminary in 1966 as
associate professor of
Psychology and Pastoral
Counseling. He holds a BA
degree from the University of
Richmond in Virginia; a BD and
ThM degree from Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Wake Forest, N.C.
- He studied at the C.G. Jung
Institute in Zurich, Switzerland,
and received his PhD degree in
religion at St. Andrews
University in Scotland. He
supervises the Clinical Pastoral
Training program for seminary
students at both the Eastern
Maine General Hospital and the
Bangor State Mental Hospital.
During six week this past
summer, Dr. Cumbee acted as
coordinator of Pastoral Services
With The Counseling Center in
Bangor, serving Area 2 of the
Maine Mental Health Plan.
Dr. Cumbee has served as staff
chaplain of the Baptist Memorial
Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla., and
supervised training in the School
of Pastoral Care of the North
Carolina Baptist Hospital, the
Bowman-Gray School of
Medicine, and the North
Carolina State Mental Hospital
in Raleigh.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
G.E. Cumbee of Yaupon Beach.
He is married to ' the former
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Brunswick Steam Electric Plant
will use a boiling water reactor
and will have an output of
approximately 821,000 net
electrical kilowatts. United
design that plant and Brown and
Root, Inc. will construct it.
General Electric Company will
furnish the nuclear steam supply
systems and turbine generators.
A public hearing to consider
the application for the
construction permits will be
conducted by an Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board beginning
at 10 a.m. on December 2 in the
Community Building, Fort
Johnston Place, Southport. A
prehearing conference will be
held at the same location
beginning at 10 a.m. on
November 13.
In its evaluation, the AEC
Regulatory Staff has concluded
that the proposed nuclear power
station meets the commission’s
safety requirements and the staff
recommends issuance of the
permits. Copies of the safety
evaluation will be available for
inspection at the office of the
City Manager in Southport, and
in the Commission’s Public
Document Room, 1717 H.
Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Copies may be obtained by
writing to the Director, Division
of Reactor Licensing, U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission,
Washington, D.C.
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
(or Southport during rite
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Oape Fear
Pilot’s Association.
Thursday, November IS
10:21 AM 3:58 AM
10:33 PM 4:58 PM
Friday, November 14
11:21 AM 4:52 AM
12:39 PM 5:52 PM
Saturday, November 15
12:21 AM 5:58 AM
3:52 PM
Sunday, November 16
0:45 AM 7:04 AM
1:27 PM 7:52 PM
Monday, November 17
1:51 AM 8:10 AM
2:27 PM 8:52 PM
Tuesday November 18
2:57 AM 9:16 AM
3:27 PM 9:52 PM
Wednesday, November 19
3:57 AM 10:22 AM
4:21 PM 10:40 PM