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VOLUME 41
No. 24
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1969
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House-Moving Time In Souihpori
Visitors in the business district of Southport Monday morning were startled to
see a big, white house come down Howe St., turn left at the stoplight and proceed
all the way out Moore St. to a new location on the old River Road. It was the form
er residence of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mason on Nash St. and was moved to make way
for expansion at Harrelson’s. (Photo by Spencer)
Canoe Flotilla
This was the scene at the Southport Boat Harbor Friday when 33 members of
Boy Scout Troop 835 from Chapel Hill loaded luggage aboard their 11 canoes and
embarked for a 3-day visit to Bald Head Island. There were 33 Scouts in the group.
They were accompanied by Scoutmaster Paul Trembley and 6 other adults. Incidental
ly, the canoes were purchased in Canada where this troop made a 100-mile voyage
last summer. (Photo by Spencer)
Borings Show Faults
Board Seeks New School Site
Borings taken at the proposed
site of the Southport-Bolivia
High School near Midway reveal
that the soil is unsuitable as
foundation for major
construction. This was revealed
at the special meeting of the
Brunswick County Board of
Education Monday night and
members directed
Superintendent Ralph King and
Mr. Croft, the architect for the
three new schools, to investigate
four other possible sites.
For the other two school sites,
the completion of the purchase
of the one located in the Leland
area depends upon the decision
Brief Bits
NEWS
MOOSE BALL
Members of the Moose Lodge
are reminded that the third
Annual Christmas Ball will be
held at Jones Restaurant at Long
Beach on December 19.
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
The annual Christmas Bazaar
and luncheon of St. Philip’s
Episcopal Church will be held in
the Parish House on Friday,
beginning at 10 a.m. Luncheon
will be served from 11:30.
WREATH WORKSHOP
The Southport Garden Club
will hold its meeting on
December 16 instead of
December 9 and will meet at St.
Philip’s Episcopal Church to
make wreaths for all the
churches in Southport. This will
be a workshop and will begin at
10 o’clock.
by the owner as to whether to
complete the transaction before
January 1, or immediately
thereafter.
Soil testing and drilling
operations are bein? completed
this week at the sue proposed
for the school in the Shallotte
area.
Supt. King read a letter from
W. Perry Crouch, General
Secretary-Treasurer, Baptist
State Convention of N.C., in
which the board was informed
the convention had extended the
lease for use of Fort Caswell for
housing elementary classes
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No Money Yet
For Anti-Poverty
Will Sencland Community
Action, Inc., survive after
Friday? Something definite will
be known before the weekend,
said acting Executive Director
Charles Mumford.
Mumford said it is his
understanding the Organization
of Economic Opportunity has
approved the financial grant for
the coming year for Sencland
Community Action, Inc., but it
is still being processed. The
acting director told the Sencland
board Tuesday night that he had
conferred with Ralph Johnson,
representative of OEO, who told
him the status of the agency was
“uncertain.” Friday is the last
working day of this program
year.
It is understood that the
Sencland program probably will
continue on its present course.
Mumford also announced the
release of 21 employees—part of
the cutback brought about by
reduced funding—and the
reduction of neighborhood
centers, also the result of
unavailable finance.
The agency will operate two
centers in each of the three
counties in its territory—Colum
bus, Bladen and Brunswick. The
Columbus County centers will
be located in Oak Forest and
Chadbourn.
Centers in Brunswick County
will be located at Longwood and
Leland, and Bladen County’s
centers will be the Old Baltimore
School and New Light.
Ser.cland Community Action,
Inc. will close centers at Armour
and Tabor City in this county.
Brunswick County residents will
no longer be served by the
center at Cedar Grove.
The location of a Brunswick
County center aroused concern
of th> board, at least in
discussion. The proposal,
however, was adopt ed
unanimously when the vote was
held.
Object of the controversy was
a change from the proposal
presented to the executive board
by Mumford. In it, he suggested
that the Cedar Grove center
remain open instead of the
Longwood center. At the board
meeting Tuesday night, he
recommended the Cedar Grove
center be shut down.
Banquet Set
For Calabash
Friday Night
The SENCland Area
Development Association will
hold its annual meeting at the
Dixie Restaurant at Calabash,
Friday, at 7 o’clock, President
B.L. Nesmith, Jr., of Tabor
City announced this week.
He said that the dinner will be
a dutch affair and that tickets
will be available from Archie F.
Martin, county agricultural agent
in Brunswick. New officers
and directors for 1970 will be
elected at the annual meeting
and will take office at the next
bi-monthly meeting of the
directors set for early 1970.
Prizes will be awarded at the
annual meeting of those
communities judged winners in
several categories of
competition, including improved
appearance, civic spirit, etc. This
judging was done by
representatives of State College
Extension Service early in
November.
Speaker at the meeting will be
L.C. Brown, director of public
relations for the North Carolina
Ports Authority of Raleigh.
The SENCland Area
Development Association is
composed of six counties
including Bladen, Brunswick,
Columbus, Duplin, New
Hanover, and Pender.
Busy Itinerary
For New Queen
Southport’s Fourth of July
Festival Queen, Cheryl Johnson,
has just completed a trip around
the state, in which she helped to
usher in the holiday season by
participating in many parades
and holiday events.
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Cheryl began in Wilmington
with the annual Christmas
parade there November 24, then
to Fayetteville for another
parade Tuesday night. On
Wednesday she was a guest at
the Holiday Caravan held in
Salisbury—Spencer. This is the
largest Jaycee-sponsored parade
in the nation.
Thanksgiving Day found
Cheryl in Charlotte for
“Carolinas Carrousel” which is
the South’s largest annual
holiday parade and a two-day
festival in itself, with several
celebrities attending. On
Tuesday of this week, the local
queen represented the festival at
the Wadesboro Christmas parade
and on Friday of this week she
will participate in the Raeford
holiday celebration.
During three of these parades
she was seen on the new float
that the festival committee has
built for her. This is the first
time the float was seen
out-of-town.
Since the beginning of her
reign Miss Fourth of July has
represented the local festival at
many parades and special events
throughout the state such as the
N.C. Poultry Jubilee, Clarkton
Tobacco Festival, Veteran’s Day
Celebration at Warsaw, N.C.
Motor Speedway pageant and
the Whiteville Merchants and
Farmers Exposition.
Atomic Energy Commission Hearing
This was the scene at the Community Building in Southport Tuesday as the
Safety and Licensing Board of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission held a public
hearing to determine if a license to construct a nuclear power plant near Southport
should be granted Carolina Power and Light Co. Seated at the table in the back
ground are members of the board, Dr. Stuart Forbes, Valentine B. Deale, chairman,
and Dr. Charles E. Winters. The man in the foreground is recording the proceedings
and is shown wearing a mask into which he repeated every 'word spoken during the
hearing. His strange looking apparatus attracted considerable attention. (Photo by
Spencer)
A EC Public Hearing
Public Hearing On Plant Site
The Safety and Licensing
Board of the U.S. Atomic
Energy Commission began a
public hearing Tuesday in
Southport on the application of
Carolina Power and Light Co. to
erect a nuclear power generating
plant near here. Valentine B.
Deale is chairman and presided
over the proceedings. Other
members of the board are Dr.
Charles G. Winters and Dr.
Stuart G. Forbes.
The board heard Roy Sowers,
director of C & D, extend a
welcome to the new power
Shallotte Plans
Christmas Parade
„ The “brightest, best, most ^
colorful and grand parade” is
being planned for Shallotte,
December 13, beginning at 10
a.m. announced Ed Thomas
today.
There will be bands,
high-stepping baton twirlers,
floats, clowns and, of course,
Uncle Charlie Savemore and St.
Nick, all the way from the North
Pole aboard the fire truck.
The Shallotte School band and
the Brunswick County Band are
booked for special places. The
Shallotte Stardels will be a main
attraction for the day.
Town dignitaries and officials,
the National Guard Honor
Guard, and possibly R.C. Soles,
Jr., and Arthur Williamson,
representatives for Brunswick
and Columbus counties, will be
there.
Miss Samantha Townsend,
WWAY Weather Girl will be the
Parade Marshal.
There will be also be several
marching units, a horse unit and
many other attractions along the
parade route.
All folks taking part in the
parade are urged to be at the
Holiday Grill by 8:30 a.m. wiih
the parade beginning promptly
at 10. The route will follow U.S.
17 from the Grill to the
Shallotte School.
“The Yuletide Season” will be
officially ushered in with this
gala event. “Everyone is invited
to Shallotte,” concluded Edd
Thomas and Joanne Simmons,
parade committeemen.
Time And Tide
It was November 29, 1939, and a trailer camp was under
construction at Ft Caswell. A new booklet put out by the
Conservation and Development people was heavily studded with
Brunswick names: Clarendon, Town Creek, Lilliput, Orton
Plantation (and more next week). The Southport girls team had won
a 28-27 decision over femme members of the faculty, but the boys
had fallen in the path of the “old men,” led by Rogers, Furpless and
Livingston, 32-23. The Pilot once again had aided two Southport
families, far away from home, to get together; a poem entitled
“When Yaskell Goes A-Fishing” had appeared in the fishing column;
and just like last week, there were 26 shopping days left before
Christmas.
The Leland Home Demonstration Club had obtained a clubhouse
of its own that week, and a Western North Carolina group was
seeking such facilities. The Civic Club had been contacted to help
the mountainers find a suitable location for a hunting and fishing
lodge. Mrs. H.T. St. George had done some powerful entertaining
during the past week, hostessing two bridge parties in as many days;
Pearce Crammer and Ed Newton, both working in Raleigh, were
home for the holidays; and the new Ford, featuring gear-shift on the
steering-post, had just come out.
It was November 29, 1944, and our editorial writer drawing from
the problems presented by the V-2 bombings of England, had made
some somber comments about the possible nature of World War II.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald St. George had announced the birth of a
daughter; D.I. Watson was back in the states after 18 months
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Board Names
New Listers
The Board of County
Commissioners met Monday and
reorganized for the coming year.
A.C. Holden nominated G.T.
Rourk to serve as chairman and
W.D. Ward seconded this
nomination. There were no
other nominations, all
Commissioners voted aye
making the election unanimous.
D. T. Clark was appointed
Clerk to the Board upon motion
of Holden, seconded by Ward,
and duly carried.
E. J. Prevatte was appointed
County Attorney by motion of
V.A. Creech, Jr., seconded by
Paul Dennis and duly carried.
Clark was appointed custodian
of the courthouse and grounds
upon motion of Dennis,
seconded by Ward, and duly
carried.
The Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company was designated
as the official depository for the
County Fund. This was ordered
upon motion of Ward, seconded
by Dennis, and duly carried.
Several persons came before
the board in regards to tax
matters, and they were referred
to the Tax Department for
corrections if found justified.
State Highway Commissioner
David Parnell, District Engineer
Floyd Bass and Right of Way
Engineer Bobby Powell came
before the board. A general
discussion was had of the road
needs in the county, also
tentative approval was given for.
the improvement of several
secondary roads.
The board requested the
Highway Commission to add
Smith Avenue leading from
highway Number 17 to dead end
in the town of Shallotte to the
system. This request was made
upon motion of Dennis,
seconded by Holden, and duly
carried.
The Clerk to the Board was
directed to invite Sheriff Harold
Willetts to meet with the board
at the next regular meeting on
December 15, to discuss and
verify several bills recently
turned in by his department.
The board received the
resignation of G.T. Reid of
Winnabow, member of the
Board of Directors of Dosher
Memorial Hospital, this
resignation effective December
31. The Board accepted this
resignation with regret.
Commissioner Dennis made a
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generating facility on behalf of
the governor and other state
officials. Sowers expressed the
feeling that all safety
precautions will be taken and
that the new plant will afford a
needed source of power for
growth and expansion
envisioned for Southeastern
North Carolina.
Sowers released at statement
from the State Health Director,
Dr. Jacob Koomen, who said the
board “believes that the
proposed facility can be
operated without undue hazards
to the public’s health.”
V.A. Creech, Jr., member of
the board of commissioners for
Brunswick county, said that he
spoke for members of his board
and for the vast majority of
Brunswick county citizens when
he expressed appreciation to
CP&L for their decision to
locate the first nuclear power
plant constructed in North
Carolina at a site in Brunswick
county.
C.D. Pickerrell, city manager
for the City of Southport, said
that it is the feeling of the
mayor and members of the
Board of Aldermen that it is
good to have the proposed new
generating plant situated close to
this community. He pledged full
cooperation from all city
officials.
Sharon Harris, president of
Carolina Power and Light Co.,
made a statement of purpose,
outlining the study and
investigation which had led to
selection of the site in
Brunswick county.
All was not sweetness and
light, however, for Wilbur
Hobby, president of AFL & CIO
in North Carolina, raised the
objection that the hearing is
premature in that General
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Farm Records
Topic Of Meet
There will be a meeting on
computerized farm
record-keeping in the County
Extension Office Friday at 9:30
a.m. The purpose of this meeting
is to acquaint farmers with the
program and enroll those who
are interested in using this
system of record-keeping,
according to county extension
chairman, Archie F. Martin.
Most farmers realize the
importance of good records in
the farming business and also
thst keeping accurate records is
very difficult. A system of
record-keeping with computers
has been developed by N.C.
State University and has many
advantages over the older
methods that growers have used
in the past years. With this
method the farmer can evaluate
any enterprise that he wants to
on his farm as well as keeping
the necessary records for income
tax, social security, labor,
depreciation, debts, accounts
and almost anything necessary
to conducting the farm business.
If you are interested in
improving your system of
record-keeping, make an effort
to attend this meeting.
Mrs. Rourk To j
Head March Of
Dimes Campaign
Mrs. M. Henderson Rourk of
Shallotte has been appointed
director for the Brunswick
County 1970 March of Dimes
Campaign, it was announced this
week by E. Rhone Sasser,
chairman of the Brunswick '
County Chapter, The National
Foundation-March of Dimes.
Mrs. Rourk will direct the
activities of March of Dimes
volunteers in her area during the
traditional January campaign to
raise funds to fight birth defects
through research, treatment and
professional and public
education.
To stress the importance of
the task facing Mrs. Rourk and
her co-workers, Sasser
emphasized some of the grim
statistics of birth defects: “Each
year in the United States an
estimated 250,000 babies are
born with these conditionsi
Birth defects is the nation’s
second greatest destroyer of life,
claiming approximately half a
million unborn babies each year
and killing 60,000 of our
children and adults. Many of
these conditions could be
prevented or successfuUy treated
through proper medical care
either before or after birth,”
Sasser said.
The N a tional Fou ndation
-March of Dimes, which won the
fight against polio; is now
financing research which could
lead to the prevention of many
of these dread diseases. At 100
birth defects centers located at
major medical institutions
throughout the United States,
the March of Dimes supports
treatment, evaluation and
research programs which were
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Reading Class
Is Completed 4
The in-service course,
Education 316 Ga, Applied
Phonics in Reading and Spelling,
which began on September 23 at
the Brunswick County
Instructional Materials Center,
was completed November 25,
according to Mrs. Frances Stone,
Federal Project Director, of the "'
Brunswick County Schools.
This course, instructed by Mrs.
Betty Long, East Carolina
University, was provided by •
Title I, ESEA, as one of the
many efforts to strengthen and ;
improve the teaching of reading
in the Brunswick county*
schools.
The following school
personnel completed the
thirty-hour course: Mrs. Clara
Marshbum, Mrs. Mildred Nisbet,
Mrs. Eloise B. Andrews,
Mrs. Linda G. Griffin, Mr. David
Mapson, Mrs. Lillian Davis
Robbins, Mrs. Pearle McNeil,
Miss Carolyn Segraves, Mrs. Ora
G. McKeithan, Miss Mollie Willis,
Mr. Joseph Butler, Mrs. Beatrice :
Sabiston, Mrs. Mary B. Dawson,
Mrs. Ann S. White, Mrs. Peggy
Owens, Mrs. Yvonne Baird, Mrs.
Hettie Echols, Mrs. Mertha
Bryant, Mrs. Muriel Lennon, Mr.
Robert Elkins, Mrs. Frances B.
Stone.
Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
for Southport daring the
week. These boars are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot's Association.
Thursday, December 4
3:08 AM 9:40 AM
3:15 PM 9:52 PM
Friday, December 5
4:03 AM 10:40 AM
4:0® PM 10:46 PM
Saturday, December 6
4:57 AM 11:34 AM
5:03 PM 11:34 PM
Sunday, December 7
5:45 AM 12:22 AM
5:57 PM
Monday, December 8
6:39 AM 0:28 AM
6:51 PM 1:16 PM
Tuesday, December 9
7:33 AM 1:16 AM
7:45 PM 2:10 PM
Wednesday, December 10
8:27 AM 2:03 AM
8:33 PM 2:58 PM