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Brunswick County
THE STATE PORT PILOT
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY
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Strawberry Festival Queen
_ Sandra Elizabeth Allen, 18 year old Southport beauty, was crowned Strawberry
Festival Queen in Chadboum Friday night by retiring queen Paula Spivey of
Chadbotfm. First runner-up was Beverly Garrison, Miss North Myrtle Beach, and
2nd runner-up was Mary Ann Strickland, Miss West Columbus High School. Miss
Allen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Spencer of Southport, is 5’6” and
weighs 112 pounds. (Staff photo by Clemmons)
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Brunswick In
Four-County
Area Set-up
Multi-county planning regions
have been designated by North
Carolina Governor Bob Scott to
“improve the effective
implementation of local, state
and federal planning and
development activities.”
An executive order by Gov.
Scott has outlined 17 regions for
the state; Columbus, New
Hanover, Pender and Brunswick
counties are linked to form one
of the multi-county districts.
The designation of 17 regions
is a modification of a plan
submitted in January. A
proposal offered then asked
local governments to let their
feelings be known, and resulting
changes have resulted in an
Increase in regions from 15 and
alterations in the county set-up
in most regions throughout the
state.
The multi-county planning
regions are established to
provide a more orderly
organization of planning and
developmemt activities of the
governing bodies, the governor
stated. He cited the activities
that encompass more than one
county and the frequent overlap
of multi-county activities.
The new set-up, he said, will
allow for a more orderly
arrangement. The federal
government has taken the
state-designated boundaries into
consideration in other states and
implements its programs
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Rabon Chairman
Education Board
The Brunswick County Board
of Education held a special
session Wednesday at 6 p.m. in
the Superintendent’s office.
The two primary purposes of
this meeting were: The swearing
in of the two new members of
Brunswick County Board of
Education, Or. John T. Madison,
Shallotte, and Mrs. May W.
Barbee, of Southport; and to
meet with the County
Commissioners to determine
revenues available for
construction and to discuss
deletions and deferments to
reduce cost for construction of
three area consolidated high
schools.
With Acting Chairman Homer
Holden presiding, new members,
Dr. Madison and Mrs. Barbee,
were given the oath of office by
Magestrate Ernest F. Gore.
It was suggested that a
chairman should be appointed,
and after discussing this matter
it was concluded that a
permanent chairman should not
be named until the full board
had been appointed and were
present.
An old item of business was
discussed concerning Mr. Delmas
Babson’s request for acceptance
of resignation as member of
Board and the appointment of
member to serve during the
remainder of his unexpired term.
After a general discussion on this
matter it was agreed that this
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Pancake Supper
In an effort to raise money to help defray the expenses involved to
produce the annual Southport Fourth of July Festival, the finance
committee is sponsoring a pancake supper at Herman’s Restaurant in
Southport between the hours of 5 to 9 p.m. on Sunday.
The use of kitchen facilities and dining area are being donated by
Herman Strong, owner and operator of the restaurant. The price of
all the pancakes and sausage a person can eat is $1.50 per person.
“Plan to come on out to Herman’s new restaurant in Southport
and fill up on pancakes, and by doing so support your Fourth of
July committee members and the festival,” urges William G. Faulk,
chairman of the publicity committee.
WILBUR E. RABON
Annual Session
Of WMU Held
The 68th Annual Session of
Woman’s Missionary Union of
the Brunswick Baptist
Association was held on April 30
at the Old Shallotte Baptist
Church with approximately one
hundred members and guests
present. The meeting was
dedicated to the memory of Mrs.
David (Mary) Ward, first
president of the organization.
Mrs. Ward was appointed in
1902 by Miss Fannie E. S. Heck,
then State Corresponding
Secretary, to serve the newly
organized group. Special guests
at the 1970 session were Mrs.
Ward’s son, Carl S. Ward of the
Antioch community; her
granddaughter, Mrs. John Carr
Davis of Southport; and her
great granddaughter. Miss Jane
Brittain of Southport. The
flower arrangement in the
sanctuary was given by the
W.M.U. Council as a tribute to
the service rendered by Mrs.
Ward. Several photographs and
old W.M.U. records were on
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Funding School
Building Plans
Puzzles Board
The Board of County
Commissioners with all members
present met in special session
Wednesday evening in joint
session with the Board of
Education. Also present were
Superintendent of Schools
Ralph King, Board of Education
Attorney Kirby Sullivan, County
Attorney E. J. Prevatte,
Architect Jack Croft and several
other interested citizens:
The topic of discussion was
the proposed school building
program in the county. The
Board of Commissioners were
informed that more money was
needed to insure the letting of
contracts and the completion of
these proposed projects. Several
alternatives were- discussed in
regards to raising this extra
money, however no definite
solution was reached. Both
boards agreed to meet again in
the near future to further pursue
this matter.
Upon the request of the Board
of Education the chairman of
the Board of County
Commissioners was 'directed to
execute and sign an application
for a loan fr.om the State
Literary Fund for loan to be
used for the school building
program.
A letter was read the board
announcing the resignation of A.
H. Gainey, Jr., as a member of
the board of directors of
SENCland Community Action,
Inc. This resignation was
accepted. A motion was made
that Foxy Howard, Sr., be
appointed a member Board of
Directors SENCland Community
Action, Inc. to fill the unexpired
term of Gainey, Jr. The
foregoing was duly carried.
The board endorsed the
Governor’s District program fo^.
the aging and also approved the ,
Welfare Department aid to the
blind budget.
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Clinic Schedule
Announced Here
Dr. Charles Nance, Jr.,
orthopedic surgeon of
Wilmington, now on the Medical
Staff at Dosher Hospital, began
holding an orthopedic clinic in
the new emergency room of the
hospital on April 3. Hereafter,
he will hold this clinic from 9-to
1 each Friday. All persons who
need his service will be referred
to Dr. Nance by their family
physician.
Dr. Nance was born in
Charlotte. He received his A.B.
degree and his medical degree
from Duke University. He did
his internship at the Medical
College of Virginia. He was a
medical officer in the U.S. Army
for two years, and received his
orthopedic residency training at
the University of North Carolina
for four and a half years. He has
been practicing in Wilmington
for more than three years.
He is a member of Fellow of
The American College of
Surgeons and Fellow of the
American Academy of
Orthopedic Surgeons.
He resides in Wilmington with
his wife, the former Linda
Patton of Charlotte, and two
children.
Spare That Tree!
Mrs. L. J. Hardee, left, and Mrs. Dallas Pigott, right, decided last week to take
action to save one of the oak trees bordering Howe St. that has been marked for
removal. They did a little informal engineering of their own and determined that
this particular tree is outside the proposed improvement area. Then the sign-paint
ing began! (Photo by Spencer)
Coming Saturday
Democrat Commission
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W. EUGENE SIMMONS
JAMES B. HUNT, JR.
Second! Primary
Election Called
H. Foster Mintz, chairman of
the Brunswick County Board of
Elections, said this week that a
Second Primary Election has
been called and there will be a
run-off for the Democratic
nomination for Sheriff of
Brunswick county and the
Democratic nomination for
member of the Board of
Commissioners for Lockwoods
Folly Township.
The date for the primary will
be May 30, with election
officials who served in the First
Primary again serving in their
respective capacities. There will
be no additional registration and
there will be no absentee voting.
The polls will open at 6:30 a.m.
and will close at 6:30 p.m.
In the race for sheriff Franklin
Randolph, who polled 1314
votes in the First Primary, will
be opposed by Clinton E.
Bellamy, who was second man
with 1019. They were the top
two in a field of eight
candidates.
e And Tide
The date was May 8, 1935, and then as now the chief subject for
discussion was polities. Our front page pictures that week showed
State Senator S. Bunn Frink and Representative R.E. Sentelle. In a
municipal election the day before John D. Ericksen had been elected
mayor.
Back in those days an annual event to which many Southport
people looked forward was the arrival of the Vanderbilt yacht, Alva.
Not only was this a palatial craft, but it was large enough to carry a
twin-motored amphibian plane on deck. We had a column of news
from Supply, and the by-line read “Miss Lottie Jane Frink”; four oil
tankers had come up the river in a single day—and in those days that
was news; and an editorial praised the legislation which substituted
lethal gas for the electric chair as a means to inflict capital
punishment in North Carolina.
May 8, 1940, and the consolidated schools of Brunswick were in
the midst of their graduation programs. Secretary of State Thad
Eure had been the speaker at Southport. One of the features of a
forthcoming local flower show was to be an exhibition of paintings
done by Wilmington artists Claude Howell and Henry MacMillan.
Friday was the day set for that event, and there was editorial
comment about the scope of the undertaking, with a name band as
an extra, added attraction for a Flower Show Ball.
There was good news from two fronts for the fishermen; There
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In the run-off for the
Democratic nomination for
commissioner in Lockwoods
Folly township Jerry Moore
finished high in a five man field
with 1692 votes. His opponent
on May 30 will be Jesse Bryant,
who polled 1381 votes.
Southport Man
Receives Wings
Warrant Officer 1 Donald B.
Sellers, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Sellers of Southport, is on
duty at Phan Thiet, Vietnam.
Officer Sellers is a pilot on the
UH-1 helicopter which is used to
give logistical support to the Air
Assault Division as well as other
Army Combat Units.
He is a graduate of Southport
High School and attended
Wilmington College 2 years. He
enlisted in the Army March 24,
1969 in the Warrant Officer
Program. After basic military
training at Camp Polk, La., he
attended the Army Primary
Helicopter School at Ft. Walters,
Texas, for sixteen weeks of
intensive academic and flight
training. His next assignment
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SELLERS
The Democratic Study
Commission for North Carolina
will hold a meeting on Friday
and Saturday at Yaupon Beach.
The 60-member commission has
completed revision of the party’s
plan of Organization and is now
discussing changes proposed in
the method of delegate selection
for the Democratic National
Convention.
Chairman Jim Hunt of Wilson
will preside over the one-day-*
business session on Saturday and
will present Ken Bode, Research
Director of the McGovern
Commission, which is discussing
the problem on a national level.
Others who will be attending
the commission meeting ere
Eugene Simmons of Tarboro,
Chairman of the North Carolina
Democratic Executive
Committee; Charles D. Barbour,
Executive Director of the
Committee; Former Chairman
James V. Johnson of Charlotte;
Bob Bingham of Boone,
president of the North Carolina
Young Democrats, and several
members of the General
Assembly.
Several of the commission
members plan to make this trip a
family outing and arrangements
are being made to include a trip
to Bald Head Island on the
Saturday afternoon program.
Several local pleasure boat
owners have volunteered to ferry
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Food Stamps
Top $30,000
In Brunswick
Brunswick County issued
-$31,204 worth of food stamps
to 367 low-income households
in April, according to Mrs.
Gerald Dowdy, officer-in-charge
of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Food and Nutrition
Service field office in
Wilmington.
Mrs. Dowdy reported that the
recipients paid only $8,919 of
the cost of stamps while the
balance, $22,285, was paid by
the USDA.
She added that the April total
was the largest monthly food
stamp payment made to
Brunswick County since local
participation in the program
started in 1968.
There are 54 retail food stores
in the county that are
authorized to accept the food
stamps, which are bought at low
cost by low-income families,
traded for food and redeemed
for money by the merchants.
Mrs. Dowdy said the program
helps the merchants as well as
the recipients and boosts the
economy of the county.
Merchants who are interested
in being authorized to accept the
stamps should contact Mrs.
Dowdy at the post office in
Wilmington. The USDA Food
Stamp office is located in room
232.
Board Members
Reaffirm Stand
On Bald Head
The commissioners of
Brunswick county at a press
conference in Raleigh on
Thursday again unanimously
endorsed private development of
Bald Head Island and applauded
Governor Scott’s “open mind”
attitude toward the project.
“We’ve got nearly 2,000
people in Brunswick county who
need jobs, right now, and there’s
no industry we could possibly
bring in that would be as good
for the economy of our county,
or as pollution-free, as the
development of Bald Head
Island,” declared V.A. Creech,
Jr., spokesman for the board.
“We believe the Carolina Cape
Fear Corporation would act
responsibly in both conserving
and developing Bald Head so it
could become something all
North Carolinians could be
proud of and could enjoy, as well
as something that would
strengthen the economy of the
whole of Southeastern North
Carolina,” he continued.
“Better than 45% of the
visitors to the Grand Strand of
South Carolina are North
Carolinians, and they spend
better than $50 million a year in
that area at a very conservative
estimate. If Bald Head Island is
developed the way Carolina
Cape Fear plans, we could
attract a lot of that money to
stay in our state,” Creech said.
“We examined the plans of the
Carolina Cape Fear Corporation
quite carefully before we
endorsed their development.
They aren’t planning to destroy
the marshlands, or to destroy
the beauty of the Island. What
they’re planning wouldn’t hurt
the fishing industry, or any
other industry. And their offer
of land for a marine research
laboratory and a state park seems”
to us to answer the last possible
objection to their development.
“That’s why we’re delighted
that Governor Scott has said he
will keep an open mind about
the possibility of having the
Research Institute proposed by
Governor Hodges situated on the
Island, along with private
development,” Creech declared.
“We believe that when the
Governor examines the plans of
Carolina Cape Fear Corporation
as carefully as we have, he will
come to the conslusion that the
needs of both conservation and
development can be served
through cooperation between
free enterprise and the State.”
Brunswick Lady
On Commission
Mrs. Margaret Harper of
Southport is one of three
southeastern North Carolina
citizens named last week by
Governor Bob Scott as a ■
member of his Committee on
State Government
Reorganization. It will be the
responsibility of this committee
to evaluate the findings of the
study group which has been
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
tor Southport during the
week. These hours are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Port Pilot through the
courtesy of the dope Fear
Pilot's Association.
Thursday, May 14,
3:03 AJd. 9:40 A.M.
3:45 P.M. 10:04 P.M.
Friday, May 15,
3:51 AJd. 10:28 A.M.
4:39 P.M. 10:58 P.M.
Saturday, May 16,
4:45 A.M. 11:16 A.M.
5:40 PJM. 11:58 P.M.
Sunday, May 17,
5:33 A.M. 12:04 A.M.
6:28 P.M. 12:46 P.M.
Monday, May 18,
6:34 A.M. 12:46 A.M.
6:57 P.M. 1:10 P.M.
Tuesday, May 19,
7:09 A.M. 1:34 Aid.
7:45 P.M. 1:34 P.M.
Wednesday, May 20,
8:04 AM. 2:22 A.M.
8:27 PJM. 2:16 P.M.