THE WA Y IT WAS
inis scene was across the Cape Fear River from Southport, but
it was familiar to those who rode the Steamer Wilmington.'It is
the landing at Carolina Beach and came from an old photograph
furnished us by John McKnight of Yaupon Beach.
New Department
At Local Hospital
Under the direction of the
medical staff at Doshei
Memorial Hospital i
“Respiratory Therapy
Department” is in the process ol
being operated, with hopes oi
being in operation by March 1.
The purpose of the
department will be to give
inhalation therapy to both in
and out-patients who have
asthma or asthmatic conditions,
emphysema and othei
respiratory conditions.
Equipment will consist of
rescuscitators, incubators,
croupette, oxygen machines,
aerosol therapy, nebulizers,
humidifiers, oxygen masks,
mistifiers, and other items of
euqipment related to respiratory
therapy.
The chief of this department
will be Miss Lois Miller who is a
full time anesthesist and a
qualified inhalation therapist.
She will begin teaching
approximately eleven hospital
trainees for a period of eight
weeks in the basic fundamentals
of inhalation equipment and
proper appliance to the patient.
She will be assisted by Miss
Jackie Herring, a certified
Registered Nurse Anesthesist,
who is presently operating the
first aid station located in
Local Parent
Writes Board
Following is a copy of a letter
written this week by William
Ross, Southport citizen and
patron of the local school, to
members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education:
“Last year when the children
started asking why they had to
be cold when they were in
school, they were told that they
would not have to be cold too
long; the people of Brunswick
County were going to vote for a
Bond Issue and build them a
new school that is warm and has
a playground and has a warm
bathroom, and that they should
be in it in another year. About
two months ago they asked
when they were going to have a
warm classroom to go to school
in, and they were told that the
Board of Education was going to
finally start them a school.
“Now I know that other
young children in the county
have warm classrooms and
bathrooms and have blackboards
and desks, but we have to keep
telling our children that they
have to wait and wait and wait.
“If the people in Bolivia or
anywhere else in this county feel
that they would like to have
their kids trade places while they
agree on the location of the
schools, then we would be glad
to change places with them and
let them argue as long as they
like; but I am tired, and I think a
lot of other people are tired of
seeing their children come home
cold and unfed from scho< \ The
opposition as to the site of the
schools of Brunswick County is
only an excuse to further delay
their education, and we all know
that their education has already
suffered enough.
“Please Mr. Chairman and
citizens of Brunswick County,
start our schools.’’
Today, it requires only 1 hour
and 30 minutes of work to
purchase those same items—plus
built-in maid service of frozen
orange juice, frozen
ready-to-cook potatoes, and
other conveniences of packaging.
Amman’s Drugs, Yaupon Beach.
The eight week course will be
conducted under the supervision
of Cape Fear Technical Institute,
and personnel completing the
course will be awarded a
certificate completion.
The department will be
located in the new emergency
room of the hospital.
Lincoln School
Lists Honorees
The faculty of Lincoln
Elementary School announces
the honor roll for the third
grading period. To be on the
first honor roll, a student must
have all A’s. To be on the second
honor roll, a student must have a
combination of A’s and B’s or all
B’s. To be on either a student
must maintain satisfactory
conduct grades. First and second
grade honor roll members are
determined by A and B
equivalents of their grades.
First honor roll: 1st
grade—Wendy Boney, Richard
Morehouse, Bernard Benton;
2nd grade, Orrin Brown, Cedric
Bryant, Martha Benton, Dorcas
Lundy, Nancy Turberville,
Christine Bullard, Edward Gore,
Carl McKoy, David Moore,
Shelia Hamm, Denise Mintz,
Alberta Robinson.
3rd grade—Richard Field,
Kimberly Lennon, Dana Mathis,
Manta Fay Benton, Jill Gore,
Woodus Mintz; 4th grade—Jesse
Hayes; 5th grade—Monica Price,
Julia Hayes, Debra Limos, Keith
Musselwhite.
Membeis of the second honor
roll are: 1st grade Angela
Raynor, Donna Mintz, Bobby
Gore, Vickie McNeil, Roland D.
Ganey, Michele Brown, Edward
Wagoner, Timothy Brock, Sally
Hyatt, Thelma Southerland,
Toni Dorve, Tony Kelly, Sandra
Johnston, Rleanor Ballard, Billy
Edge, Jacqueline Grady, Steven
Sullivan, Cynthia Sessons,
Ronald Balloon, Barry Ballon,
Libbie Brown, Shelia West,
Kenneth Locklear, Walter Lee
Jordan, Timothy A. Penman,
Janice James, Jerry Milligan,
Tracy Shipley, James Ledford,
N i chael Gibbs; 2nd
grade—Reginald Balloon, Miles
Davis, Troy Rogers, Valorie
Brown, Andrew Jones, Curtin
Keel, Melvin Long, Harney
Lowes, David Stowell, Donna
Lewis, Joyce Malpass, Tina
Willis, Jeanine Bryant, Richard
Bryant, Susan Todd, Jack
Spencer; 3rd grade—Marvin
Baldwin, Barbara Bowman,
Gralin Bryant, Belinda Hewett,
Kimberly Williams, Debra
Pellom, Vemita Williams, Norma
Simmons, Bernice Skipper,
Elmer Limos, Robert Mintz,
William D. Rabon, Sandra Kelly,
Phyllis Owens, Terry Pope,
Deborah Sullivan, Beverly
Bryant; 4 th grade—Teresa
Crainshow, Terry Lynch, Teresa
McLean, Terrel Field, Darlene
Moore; 5th grade—Monica Price,
Patrick Perkins, Timothy
Stowell, Janice Spencer, Phyliss
Denise Coker, Philip Porter,
Ernest Potter, Michael Williams.
Annual Election
There will be a covered-dish
supper at the Club House at
Boiling Spring Lakes at 6 p.m.
on Saturday. This will be
followed by a business meeting
and the annual election of
officers. Club members are urged
to attend.
Tourney At WCHS, Monday Through Thursday
Only WAA Entries Needed
To Finish D-IV Pairings
By JIGGS POWERS
CERRO GORDO—Only the
outcome of this week’s WAA
tourney here is keeping the final
pairings of the 1970 North
Carolina High School Athletic
Association District , IV 2-A
Basketball Tournament, to be
held in the West Columbus gym,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, March 2, 3, 4 and
5, from being completed.
The WAA event ends here,
Saturday night, and six of the
eight teams that will compete in
the District IV tourney will
come from- the ranks of the
Waccamaw AA.
The top six -dubs in the
8-school WAA will' compete
against at-large-entries Fairgrove
and Magnolia High School teams
from Robeson County.
However, a flurry of upsets in
the WAA tourney now going on
here could cause some changes in
the top six from those which
closed out the regular schedule.
Thus, it will be necessary for the
finals of the WAA tourney to be
reached, or played, before the
overall Waccamaw District
tourney list can be verified.
One pairing is complete
Fairgrove won 4th-ranking in the
D-IV event and Magnolia
received 5th in a coin-flip. They
will meet at 8:30 on the night of
March 3, with the winner
advandng to the semi-finals
round. Here’s the way the
pairings will stack up, when
entries are completed:
MONDAY, MARCH 2-7 p.m.,
No. 1 WAA team vs No. 6 WAA
team; 8:30, No. 3 WAA team vs
No. 4 WAA team.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3-7
p.m., No. 2 WAA team vs No. 5
WAA team; 8:30
p.m.—Fairgrove vs Magnolia.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4-7
p.m., No. 2-No. 5 WAA winner
vs winner No. 3-No. 4 WAA;
8:30, No. 1-No. 6 WAA winner
vs Fairgrove-Magnolia winner.
THURSDAY, MARCH
5-8 p.m.; Championship Game.
David T. Singleton, Jr., West
Columbus principal, who is
District IV Tournament director,
reminded school officials of the
following regulations:
All prindpals and coaches are
asked to make the following
points clear to their
communities through their
students and players:
KULES OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION:
Individual musical
instruments, can lids or any
noise-making objects shall be
prohibited at Basketball games.
It is permissible to have
organized music at basketball
games ONLY under the
direction of the school musical
director or school personnel
from the musical department.
TTie orchestra or “combo” may
play at the following periods:
before the opening of the game,
at half-time and at the end of
the game.
Hie orchestra or “combo”
may not play during time-out or
free throw shooting. This will
give the cheerleaders an
opportunity to perform for their
school with yells and stunts, and
the coach a better opportunity
to confer with his team.
Officials: The officials will be
furnished by the Fayetteville
Athletic Officials Association.
Dressing Rooms: The home
team will use the “Boys”
dressing room (right side of
stage— and the visiting team will
use the “Girls” dressing room
(left side of stage).
Smoking wBl not be permitted
in the gymnasium. Adquate area
for smoking is available in the
lobby.
Admission price will be $1.00
for everyone throughout the
tournament
Twenty-two passes will be
issued each school to be used.
Cheedeaders will be admitted
only if wearing uniforms on the
night their team is participating.
Players passes will be punched
at the door and returned to the
respective individual. No
conference or school passes will
be honored.
The following will be admitted
without buying tickets:
A. Students bearing
Tournament passes; B. School
authorities bearing Tournament
passes; C. Any member of die
police force or sheriffs office or
c mis table wearing uniforms; D.
All persons bearing a press card
who represent a regular
publication other than a student
newspaper or annual; E. All
persons showing NCHSCA cards;
F. Cheedeaders in uniform.
Schools w31 not be allowed
personal scorekeepers at the
scorer’s table. Soap and Towels
will be furnished. Janitors are
responsible to Tournament
Director, David T. Singleton
only. If a service of the janitors
are needed please report first to
the director. Emergency
situations are to be reported to
Mr. Singleton.
The top team will be the home
team and will wear light jerseys
and the lower team will be
visitors and will wear the
jerseys. The home team will have
the bench nearest the scoreboard
and warm-up at that end of gym
at the start of the game.
Procedures for Players and
Officials:
A. Players: 1. Must have a pass
or purchase a ticket. 2. Are
requested not to leave valuables
in the dressing room. B. Balls: 1.
Warm-up balls will be furnished
by participating schools. 2. One
game ball will be furnished by
the tournament officials.
The winner shall not be
allowed to cut nets. If the
winner wants the nets, notify
the tournament director and he
will take them down.
Trophies: Presented the
champion and runner-up by the
NCHSAA.
Pairings: The WAA will name
six teams to participate with
Fairgrove High School and
Magnolia High School.
Women’s Group
Holds Luncheon
Mrs. John Winfield,
Democratic National
Committeewoman for North
Carolina, will be the principal
speaker at a luncheon of
Democratic Women of
Brunswick County at the
Lorraine Restaurant at Long
Beach at 1:00 o’clock on March
10.
Arrangement for the luncheon
are being made by Mrs. Carol
Willis, president of the county
organization, who will preside at
the meeting.
Mrs. Winfield has served as
National Committeewoman
since her appointment by
Governor Robert W. Scott in the
summer of 1968. She represents
North Carolina women within
the National Democratic Party
and is an excellent speaker.
Plans will be discussed for a
Co ngressional District Workshop
for Democratic women which
will be held in Clinton on March
25.
Leopard’s Spots
By LESLIE ZACHARY
B.Q.-S.H. football players
already have begun to get in
shape for next season’s games.
Boys interested in football have
started lifting weights to
condition themselves for the
rough games they all hope to
play in.
Boys that are going to go out
for lineman have organized &
heavyweight group. The middle
and light weight groups are
composed of boys who will try
for backfield positions.
Some of (he boys are in what
is called a “100 pound bench
press club.” This group includes
David, Britian, Chuck Creech,
Preston Moore, Rodney Joye,
Wade Parker, Jessie Smith, and
Vernon Stidham.
But the boys’ “shape up”
program does not only involve
lifting weights. It also includes
training during study hall
periods.
By the time football season
rolls around again the Leopard
football team should have a lot
to show for all there work.
The meeting of the
representatives from Bolivia
High School and Brunswick
County-Southport High School
was held February 18 to discuss
the mascots and colors for the
new consolidated school. The
group of representatives decided
to submit to the two schools for
final voting Cougars as a mascot
and “Carolina Blue” and white
as the school colors for the new
school. If the two student bodies
veto either of these suggestions,
another meeting will be held to
discuss other possibilities.
The monthly PTA meeting will
be held Thursday night at 7:30
in the B.C.-S.H. gymtorium. A
report cm the Homecoming
funds that were raised this
month will be given.
The B.C.-S.H. Drama Club will
present its production of the
play “Oedipus Rex” Thursday,
March 19. Two performances
will be given the first at 1 p.m.
and the evening performance
beginning at 8 o’clock. Tickets
will be sold in advance and at
thedoor, so do not be left out.
Brief Bits Of I
NEWS I
PTA MEETING
The Southport PTA will hold
its monthly meeting on
Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock
at the Gymtorium.
OYSTER SEASON
Oyster season closes in waters
south of Surf City Bridge on
February 28. 'Phis included
Brunswick county.
BINGO PARTY
Members of Oak Island Moose
Lodge will sponsor a bingo party
at 8 p.m. on February 27, with
proceeds to go to the Brunswick
County Heart Fund.
Soles Desires
A Second Ter
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A “second helping” of duty in
the N.C. House of
Representatives will be asked by
R. C. Soles Jr. of Tabor City.
The young attorney was one
of two members of the House
serving the district composed of
Columbus and Brunswick
counties during the last session
of the Legislature.
Soles said he will file before
the March 20 deadline.
He admits disappointment that
additional taxes were imposed
on soft drinks and cigarettes
during the last General
Assembly. “The subject is sure
to come up again and I have not
changed my position of the
additional taxes,” he said.
Some accomplishments of the
body to which he devoted his
attention included getting an
appropriation of $50,000 for a
state park at Lake Waccamaw.
An additional $15,000 was
appropriated for a spillway for
the lake.
“Many important strides were
made in legislation to reduce
pollution in oyster beds, and
advanced planning for
production of oysters,” Soles
recalled, “and this was of vital
interest to my Brunswick
County constituents.”
For Brunswick, Soles and
other supporters were successful
in clearing the way for
establishment of a marine
laboratory in Brunswick.
If he succeeds in being elected
to a second term, Rep. Soles
promised that much of his
attention would be given
promoting highway work for
farm-to-market and other
secondary roads, but without
de-emphasizing work on main
arteries such as US 74.
“I feel that we accomplished a
Realtors Write
Commissioners
Members of tire Brunswick
county realtors have addressed
the following letter to members
of the Board of County
Commissioners:
“We want you to protect us
from floods here in Brunswick
County. You can do this by
asking that the county be rated
for flood insurance. You, the
Board of Commissioners, are the
ones that can request that the
whole county be rated under the
federally institutional flood
insurance program. The first step
is simply to ask the federal
government to establish this
program.
“Hie members of the Board of
Realtors of Brunswick County
have had many inquiries as to
the availability of this insurance,
and we support this program
wholeheartedly.
“Many times people of
Brunswick County have gone to
the Board of Commissioners and
received their aid in the further
progress of Brunswick County,
and we are asking that you
extend this aid to us so that
Brunswick County can
continuously make progress.
“We appreciate the fine job
that the Board of Commissioners
has done over the years. ”
R. C. SOLES JR.
great deal during the last
session,” he remarked. “Now
that I have some experience
behind me, I feel that I can help
even more during the next two
years.”
Soles found himself appointed
to some enviable duties during
his freshman year in the House.
He served committees on
Judiciary, Commercial Fisheries
and Oysters, Constitutional
Amendments, Finance,
University Trustees, and State
Personnel.
In the last-named committee
he worked in support of salary
increases for state workers,
including those in highway
engineering and maintenance;
and public school teachers.
Although his professional and
family ties are closer to
Columbus, Soles admit that he is
greatly concerned with the sister
county’s plight. “Brunswick has
been shortchanged too many
years by the state and federal
governments, while part of the
adjoining area has received too
much. It’s time for this practice
to halt,” Soles stated.
After graduating from Tabor
City High School he earned a
baccalaurate degree from Wake
Forest College, then his law
degree from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He returned to Tabor City
where he established his law
practice, became town attorney
and later county attorney.
Soles served in the Army
Reserves as a captain.
On the political scene he
served as chairman of the
Columbus County Democratic
Executive Committee, and was a
member of the Seventh
Congressional District
Democratic Committee.
Soles is a member of the
American and N.C. bar
associations; the American Trial
Lawyers Association; Morehead
Award Committee; and is trustee
and chairman of Southeastern
community College Foundation.
He is a former Jaycee; and is
currently a member of the Tabor
City Rotary Club of which he is
past-president.
The candidate and his parents,
vlr. and Mrs. Robert C. Soles Sr.,
ire members of Tabor City
iaptist Church.
1
Clarence Murphy called us
Monday to report a sure sign of
spring.
“The pellicans are here,” he
said. “I saw three of them flying
along the beach this morning.”
As good as the weather has
been for the past few days, these
strange birds probably felt like
they had brought Florida
weather with them as they
ventured northward along the
coastline.
Murphy also reported a two
weeks reservation for two
received from Paris, France.
“We’ve had a lot of Canadians
down here”, he said, “twit this is
the first time we have received a
request for reservations from
overseas.”
The letter Murphy received
from the couple reported that
they had been impressed with
information they had received
from the Advertising Division of
C & D, and the writer said he is
looking foward to his visit in this
area.
Murphy, who is a card-carrying
optimist, says the pellicans and
this foreign reservation must be
signs of a banner beach season
during 1970. We’D go along with
that!
Island Homemakers
Hear ‘Bereavement’
Mis. Mary Gilbert, program
chairman for the February
meeting of the Oak Island
Homemakeis Club, arranged a
visit to Gilbert Funeral Home in
Southport as part of the
program, (he topic of which was
“Bereavement-A Family Crisis.”
Twelve members and two guests
assembled at Ocean United
Methodist Church and drove to
the funeral home.
Mr. Gilbert greeted the visitors
on their arrival and as they
toured the rooms he discussed
all phases of funeral
requirements-such as selecting
casket, vault, funeral service and
cemetery arrangements,
embalming and cremation,
flowers, etc. He also told them
of the ambulance service in case
the funeral would be in another
city.
The group was convinced this
was a worthwhile visit and that
more people should take
advantage of it
After thanking Mr. Gilbert for
allowing the visit and for the
information given us, club
members returned to the church
for the rest of the meeting,
which was presided over by Mrs.
Mary Alma Conner, president. A
short business session was held,
after which the meeting was
closed with the collect. The next
meeting, March 17, will be in
Ocean View United Methodist
Church with Mrs. Lillian Dial
and Mrs. Conner, co-hostesses.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. J.H. Highfills and Mrs. Sam
Edwards to the following
members and guests: Mrs. Bess
Barringer, Mrs. Edwards, Gay
Omiriy, Ethel Staley, Daisy
Slate, Mrs. J.W. Hall, Mrs. H.L.
Baker, Mrs. Susan Pinkerton,
Mrs. Highfills, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs.
Conner, Mrs. Vada Day and
guests, Mrs. Ritchie and Mrs.
Allen.
Letter To
The Editor
Editor
State Port Pilot
Dear Sir:
Ever been a teeny bit
homesick? We lived on the beach
for only 8 months while we
built our home. This was part of
a plan which took years to
consummate. Hie urge to travel
west had long been a dream; so
now the time had come. We
packed and bid farewell to
friends and home-went back to
Maryland and New Jersey and
finally arrived in San Francisco.
We miss the nicest folks on
earth and the thought come to
me perhaps you would like to
swap stories. Fishing is great
here—sturgeon now, salmon
soon. Every Saturday and
Sunday is fishing time. We work
during the week.
Anyone coming out our way,
please look us up. We may be
able to help you, and show you
around.
John and Jo Stankowski
So. San Francisco, Calif.
We walked up the beach on
the north bank of the Cape Fear
River Sunday afternoon for the
first time in several months, and
there have been some noticeable
changes in the shortline.
When we reached the ferry slip
at Price Creek we watched a wild
duck take flight, and when we
returned our gaze to objects near
at hand we discovered that there
still were at least 20 ducks
swimming in the boat basin.
Across the inlet which leads to
the ferry slip there was a clear
view of the old Price Creek
Lighthouse which continues to
deteriorate and crumble. This is
one of the significant historic
landmarks of the Mockad?
running era and it is a shame
that Gome intelligent, concerted
action is not being made to
preserve it permanently.
It all of the discussion about
marshland or tidal and areas, we
wonder who has claim to the
little man-made islands along the
river channel that resulted from
the last dredging operation.
Several of them stand out high
and dry at low tide.
Local Students
Attend Program
French Students from
Brunswick County-Southport
High School traveled to
Greensboro Friday to attend a
play and later converse with
members of the all-French cast.
There were nine students from
the local high school
participating in the trip.
Supervision was by Miss Cheryl
Blackburn and Mrs. Ruth
Harrington.
The play, Caligula by Albert
Camus, was presented entirely in
French and was performed on
the campus of the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
Afterwards, the Southport group
was able to tour the campus of
the University.
The nine students stayed
overnight, and their
accommodations were adjacent
to those of the French actors.
They were able to converse with
the performers, a factor Mrs.
Harrington and Miss Blackburn
consider helpful in the students’
overall study.
Students attending the
program were Lynn Harrington,
Patti Gail Swan, Jackie Webb,
Ann Southerland, J.W. Ingold,
Renee Home, Paula Morgan,
Judy Bernard and Naomi
Randolph.
Woodbine Club
Holds Meeting
Color slides of Holland, its
tulips and famous flower market
were shown to the Woodbine
Garden Club at its February
meeting. The pictures were
taken by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Smith during their stay in
Holland.
The meeting was held at the
home of club president Mrs.
Herbert A. . Franck, with 13
members present. Business
matters on the agenda included
repair and servicing of the clock
presented to the city by the
club; observance of Arbor Week;
joining with other groups in an
effort to stop littering within the
city limits; and a decision to
work with the City of Southport
in maintaining its parks.
Mrs. Kenneth Pierpont, Mrs.
W.B. McDougle and Mrs. James
Eaton were named as the
committee to nominate officers
for the coming club year.
Mrs. James Porterfield and
Mrs. Lewis Hardee judged the
arrangements brought by club
members. The February
schedule called for an
arrangement in a small pitcher.
Winners were Mrs. Joseph
Rideout, 2 blue ribbons; Mrs.
Fraser Law and Mrs. Philip King
red ribbons; Mrs. James C.
Bowman, yellow ribbon. White
ribbons were to Mrs. Franck,
Mrs. Willard Greene and Mrs.
William Norman.
Mrs. C.D. Pickerrell had a
horticulture exhibit of camellias.
Members present, in addition
to those mentioned above, were
Mrs. Jeannette Driscoll, Mrs.
Wilmer Kemper, Mrs. Brantley
Pate and Mrs. H.B. Smith.