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VOLUME 41
No. 46
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1970
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Ferry Service Resumes Here
The Southport-Fort Fisher Ferry went back into
service Monday following a five-months absence. It
began operations on the summer schedule, with six
round trips daily.
Matter Of Money
Board Ponders Problems
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met in special
session on Thursday night and
Wilber E. Rabon, who previously
had been appointed a member of
the board and elected chairman,
was administered the oath of
office by Susan McClain, Deputy
Clerk of Superior Court.
Board members engaged in a
general discussion with Jack
Croft, architect, regarding
priorities in revenue reductions
for the consolidated high school
building program as requested
by the County Commissioners
during a joint session on May 6.
Members concluded the priority
list prepared by Mr. Croft be
submitted to the commissioners
on Friday
Two alternatives were
suggested: Cafeteria equipment
(cost) be delayed until next
year, grading phase of physical
site be restricted to building and
parking area. Monies saved thru
this would be applied to certain
items deleted on the priority list.
The Board also concluded that
bids on the plumbing phase
should be rescheduled and
Superintendent King and Mr.
Croft were to brief the County
Auditor on the priority listing
Friday morning.
The board discussed with
Attorney Kirby Sullivan
litigation on Southern School
Site at Beaver Dam. Sullivan
informed the board of activities
occuring during the day by
interested parties favoring the
Boiling Springs site. Sullivan
stated that the original offer for
a site, with possible alteration,
across from Fifty Lakes Drive is
still available.
After considerable discussion
the board concluded: To
procede with the Beaver Dam
Site, to check out the Boiling
Spring Site with Soil
Conservation, health and
engineering personnel; and to
contact interested parties from
Bolivia and Southport so as to
ascertain common points of
agreement.
The resignations as
committeemen of Dr. John T.
Madison at Union and J.B. Ward,
Jr., at Waccamaw were accepted.
Calvin Dennis was appointed
committeeman at Waccamaw
High School.
After being briefed on the
1970-71 Vocational Education
Program, Brunswick County
Schools, the board approved the
program and directed that it be
submitted to the State
Department of Public
Instruction for final approval.
The board agreed to place in
savings account the 1969-70
Debt Service Fund until such
time payment of funds is
required. Superintendent King
was directed to inform the
County Commissioners of the
intent and circumstances of this
action. The board also gave
approval to placing in savings
account balance of insurance
fund of $65,000 until such time
monies are needed in the
construction program.
Superintendent King was given
the authority to establish with
Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company an open accounty
entitled “Consolidated High
SChool Building Fund-1970”.
Superintendent King informed
the board that under this
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Ferry Operation
Resumes Monday
The Southport-Fort Fisher
Ferry resumed operations
Monday with six round trips
daily across the lower Cape Fear
River. Last year this vessel
transported more than 20,000
vehicles between these two
terminals.
The ferry, operated by the
state Highway Commission, can
carry approximately 22 vehicles
per trip, based on the size of
cars, trucks, trailers and
motorcycles. The scenic voyage
across the Cape Fear River
requires 30 minutes.
Between now and Sept. 15 the
ferry will leave Fort Fisher at 8
and 10 a.m„ noon, 2, 4 and 6
p.m. The departure times from
Southport are 7, 9 and 11 a.m.,
1,3 and 5 p.m.
Because of space limitations,
persons planning to board at a
specific time, are urged to reach
the ferry 45 minutes before
departure time. On weekends it
is recommended that motorists
arrive at the terminal at least an
hour before departure time.
Friday Party
For Haymans
Friends of the Rev. and Mrs.
L. D. Hayman are planning a
reception in their honor in the
Fellowship Hall of Trinity
United Methodist Church Friday
evening at 8 o’clock. Members of
the WSCS will be in charge.
The Rev. and Mrs. Hayman are
leaving soon for Durham, where
they will take up residence in
the Methodist Retirement
Home. This will be in the nature
of a going away party for this
couple who have made their
home here for many years.
Mrs. E. H. Arrington, president
of the WSCS, wants to make it
clear that this is no
denominational party. “Mr.
Hayman has preached at one
time or another in every church
in town,” she said. “In addition,
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Southport Lady Wins Purchase Award
Mrs. Harold Cotton of Southport, right, receives a $100 purchase award from
Mrs. J. S. Oliver, president of SENC-Crafts. Mrs. Paul Wyche of Hallsboro, left, al
so was the recipient of a purchase award at a luncheon in Whiteville. Mrs. Wyche
won her award for a painting of Lake Waccamaw while the Southport woman won
for a painting of a Bald Head Island scene.
Referendum On
Sweet Potato
Promotion Aid
Sweet Potato. Growers in
Brunswick County are urged to
vote in the Referendum to be
held next Thursday of this week.
The purpose of the referendum
is to determine whether or not
to continue a self-help
program for the Sweet Potato
Industry.
A favorable vote of at least
two-thirds of those voting will
authorize continuing the
collection of 2-cents per bushel
on sweet potatoes sold for fresh
market and 2-cents per 100
pounds on those sold to
processors. The funds are to be
used to support the N.C. Yam
Commission Inc., in its efforts to
promote the production,
marketing and consumption of
N.C. sweet potatoes. This
authorization is for a six-year
period.
The main efforts of the Yam
Commission in the past has been
in the areas of lobbying for
legislation to promote research;
control of sweet potato weevil
and for a research station in
Eastern North Carolina;
promoting education
information on sweet potato
consumption in schools and
news media; assisting with
marketing of potatoes through
government programs; and
promotion of leadership
conferences to work out
problems of the industry.
Polling places for Brunswick
will be at the A.P. Henry Store
in Winnabow and the County
Extension Office in Supply.
Board Hears
Budget Talk
County Electrical Inspector
Col. Francis Moffitt gave the
board of commissioners his
regular monthly report at their
meeting here Monday.
Tax Supervisor Ira Butler, Jr.,
came before the board to discuss
several matters concerning this
department. Butler also
presented the board his
department’s requested budget
for the coming fiscal year.
T.ax Collector Homer
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Incorporate
Scholarship
Fund Project
The James Lawrence Wolfe
Memorial Scholarship Fund has
been incorporated to honor a
young Southport man who died
last year of cancer.
The perpetual, non-profit
corporation is intended to
“perpetuate a living memorial to
James Lawrence Wolfe, to foster
scholarship and higher education
for students of Brunswick
County, to promote competition
among students for the honor of
obtaining financial aid for
post-high school education, and
to solicit and receive
contributions and donations of
money to further these
purposes.”
Also, the corporation shall
have the power to make
donations for the public welfare
or for religious, charitable,
scientific or educational
purposes.
The board of directors has five
members: James M. Wolfe of
Southport, the father of the
young man for whom the
scholarship is named; Eugene B.
Tomlinson, Jr., of Southport;
Brenda W. Wolfe of Wilmington,
wife of the deceased; Foster
Mintz of Bolivia; and Lorraine
Bellamy of Oak Island.
Address of the corporation
office is 112 East Moore Street,
Southport. The scholarship fund
was incorporated by the wife
and father of James Lawrence
Wolfe.
Any graduating senior from
Southport High School shall be
eligible for the scholarship, the
value of which has not been
announced. Upon completion of
the new consolidated high
school for students of Southport
in Brunswick County, graduating
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Promotion For
Brunswick Man
Stacy G. Sellers, Jr., of Supply
has been promoted to an
associate time study engineer at
the Wilmington Works of
Babcock and Wilcox.
A 1965 graduate of Southport
High School, Sellers attended
Chicago Technical Institute prior
to joining B&W as a helper in
1966. He was a fitter at the time
of his promotion.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Stacy
G. Sellers of Bolivia, he is
married to the former Elaine
Clemmons, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin S. Clemmons, of
Supply.
Mr. and Mrs. Sellers have a
son, Michael, 2.
STACY G. SELLERS
e And Tide
The time was May 15, 1935, and the news was that a Cuban
stowaway had jumped from a ship opposite Old Brunswick in the
Cape Fear River and had swam ashore. A few hours later he had
been captured by Brunswick county officers and was being held for
migration authorities. Members of the Board of County
Commissioners had approved plans for renting the Hood Building for
use as additional office space. The Peoples United Bank, forerunner
of the Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co. in Southport, had received news
of the removal of all restrictions by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
The Eastern North Carolina Hospital Association was to meet the
following day in Southport; five patients had undergone operations
for appendicitis in a single day at Dosher Memorial Hospital; and
Manager G. E. Hubbard had called for candidates for the Southport
town team to report for practice at the old ball diamond.
It was May 15, 1940, and a new method of communication had
been tried out by a visiting upstate fisherman: The late Wiley Sholar
of Greensboro had sent a report of his fishing catch to his wife at
home by way of carrier pigeon. S. B. Frink had been a member of a
delegation that called on President Franklin D. Roosevelt to invite
him to come to Southport on a fishing trip. This might well have
been holy week in Southport, for revival services were in progress at
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Landmark Ai Bald Head Island
Members of the Democratic Study Commission group which visited Bald Head
Island Saturday afternoon stand at the base of the landmark Bald Head Lighthouse.
r^ry.1?ie,n?bers of this party visited the island. Shown, left to right, are Mrs. Jimmy
• i ei“» Mrs- Eula Miller, Jimmy O’Neill, one of the Miller sons, one of the Miller
girls, George Miller and Dr. Reginald Hawkins. (Photo by Spencer)
Get • Together
Democrats In Meeting Here
County Students
Win Golden Star
High school seniors David
Leon Gore, Jr., of Shallotte and
Larry Duke Belle of Waccamaw
won Golden Star Awards in a
newspaper-sponsored contest
that attracted more than 5,700
entries from throughout
southeastern North Carolina.
The two Brunswick County
seniors were among the 14
first-place winners in the
competition sponsored by the
Wilmington Star-News
newspapers. Other county
students are among the 70
winners, runners-up and
honorable mentions named
Friday night in Wilmington.
Belle, was the winner in the
citizenship competition. His
biographical sketch states that
he thinks “humans are intricate
►eings.” But, he says, “I feel
'hat 1 am part of society and
strive to help my fellow man, as
well as to help myself.”Larry
lists dancing, listening to music,
reading, writing, and associating
with people as his hobbies. In
school, he likes mathematics.
Belle plans to attend
Winston-Salem State University
and major in math. He is the
nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Walker of Longwood.
Gore, who received his award
in social science, aspires to a
career as a lawyer or an
economist. His hobbies include
keeping a scrapbook of current
events, reading, abstract
drawing, woodcrafts, chess,
dancing and sports. David, who
said he likes competition, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. David Gore
of Supply.
Belle and Gore received a
one-year scholarship to East
Carolina University, a trophy
and a U.S. Savings Bond, as did
each winner. Other students
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MISS DEBORAH ANN WEST
Shallotte Girl
Contest Entry
Eleven young ladies will be
competing fot the title of Miss
Blueberry at the Fourth Annual
Blueberry Festival Beauty
Pageant which "ill be held in the
Elizabethtown High School
Auditorium, 8:00 p.m. Friday,
May 22.
Miss Deborah Ann West is the
contestant from Brunswick and
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam West of Shallotte
Deborah Ann specializes in
dancing, and has been a student
for 15 years. In addition, she has
taught dancing for the past four
years. She is well-rounded, for
two of her hobbies are
horseback riding and sewing.
She is a senior at Shallotte
High School, and next year she
wants to attend Ricks College in
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Brunswick County Democrats
Saturday night heard State Party
Chairman Gene Simmons
emphasize the importance of
party harmony in looking ahead
to victory for all Democrat
candidates in the November
general election.
Chairman Simmons and a
number of other Democrat party
leaders were in Brunswick
county for a meeting of the
Democratic Study Commission
which had been held throughout
the day at Yaupon Beach.
Chairman Simmons sounded
an optimistic note for all party
workers as he called for united
action in the fall.
The meeting was presided over
by Mrs. Ina Mae Mintz,
Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee for
Brunswick County, who called
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Tide Table
Following Is the tide table
tor Southport during die
week. These boon are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Pilot's Association.
Thursday, May 2T,
8:39 A.M. 3:04 A.M.
9:15 P.M. 2:58 P.M.
Friday, May 22,
9:27 AJV1. 3:52 A.M.
10:03 P.M. 3:46 P.M.
Saturday, May 23,
10:15 A.M. 4:40 A.M.
10:51 P.Am 4:34 P.M.
Sunday, May 24,
11:09 A.M. 4:28 A.M.
12:45 PJV1. 5:28 P.M.
Monday, May 25,
12:09 A.M. 6:22 A.M.
12:45 P.M. 6:22 P.M.
Tuesday, May 26,
1:09 A.M. 7:16 A.M.
1:00 P.M. 7:28 P.M.
Wednesday, May 27,
1:39 A.M. 8:16 A.M.
2:15 P.M. 8:34 P.M.