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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County | THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time VOLUME 41 No. 50 10-Poqos Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1970 Sf A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY aaa Retiring Principal Honored A brief ceremony Monday night at a meeting of the Brunswick County Board Education honored A C. Caviness, who submitted his resignation as principal Brunswick County-Southport High School after serving for 45 years in the field wnvftl01r- ^l°^rn &hZve’. left to right, are Superintendent Ralph King, Chairman Wilbur Earl Earp, Cavmess, and Mrs. Mae Barbee. (Photo by Spencer) Two High Schools Approved Members of the Brunswick County Board of Education in special session Monday night voted to construct two consolidated high schools and one primary school (grades 1-3) as soon as legal action can be cleared. Motion for this decision was made by Dr. John Madison, was seconded by Homer Holden, and was approved by all members. The two high schools would be constructed in the Eastern and Western areas of., Brunswick county. The Eastern High School would be constructed midway between Leland and Southport and the Western High School would be erected west of Shallotte at the site already approved for one of the consolidated high schools which have been under consideration. The one primary school (grades 1-3) would be located in Southport. 11115 is a departure from all prior consideration of what to Board Holds Monday Meet Hie regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners was held here Monday. H. Foster Mintz, Chairman Board of Elections, caine before the Board and explained a new law enacted in the last session of the General Assembly which provides for a radical change in the set up of the voter registration in the county and requires the appointment of an Executive Secretary to the Board of Elections who would administer this program. Mintz informed the board that an office will be required for the Executive Director and recommend that this office be centrally located in the county. As a result of the above request the Clerk of the Board was directed to write a letter to Alex Brock, Executive Director, State Board of Elections, Raleigh, requesting permission to place this office at a central location in the county as requested by the County Board of Elections. Supt. of Schools Ralph King came before the Board for a general discussion concerning the educational program in the county. Larry Lilly, representing Carolina Power & Light Company, came before the board with the information that his company needs about four acres of the old Board Home lands in order to insure completion of right-of-way plans for a proposed drainage canal leading from the new plant site to Fort Caswell. The board tentatively agreed to sell this land to Carolina Power & Light Company and promised to discuss this matter at the next regular meeting on July 6. Civil Defense Director Col. Francis Moffit came before the Board and a general discussion was had of the Civil Defense Program in the County. do about construction of three consolidated schools which were authorized by the voters in a Special School Bond election last year. That vote was based upon the premise that three high schools would be erected in three sections of Brunswick county. There was no discussion during the bond election of any plan for the erection of a primary school. A letter of resignation from A.C. Caviness, principal of Brunswick County-Southport High School, was read to the (Continued On Pafe Four) Festival Plans e Are Taking Shape Plans, preparations and arrangements are being finalized for the annual Southport Fourth of July Festival, and the 1970 edition is expected to be one of the most successful ever produced. A Festival Headquarters has been established on Howe Street in the former office of Dr. N.A. Templon and an information booth will be located at the ELIZABETH B. HALL Berry Queen Heading Here An eighteen year old, hazel eyed brunette from Roseboro has just recently been crowned Blueberry Queen of North Carolina. She is Elizabeth Bynum Hall, daughter of Mrs. Herbert Hall and the late Mr. Hall. She will be a special guest at the Fourth of July Festival in Southport this year. Miss Hall won the crown over ten other lovely young ladies, each representing a county in the southeastern part of North Carolina that produces blueberries. Elizabeth will attend Meredith College in Raleigh next year where she is already the recipient of a scholarship. Wearing a crown is nothing new for Miss Hall, as she was last year’s N.C. Peach Queen, also Miss Roseboro-Salemburg and Loris, S.C. Christmas Festival Queen. In high school she was active as a majorette, cheerleader and member of six other school clubs. She is a recipient of the DAR Good Citizenship Award. Her special training has been in voice, piano and dancing. intersection of Highways 87, 133 and 211. Both will be staffed by the Southport Junior Woman’s Club and Sub-Junior Woman’s Club. Festivities begin on July 2 with many exhibitions and displays open to the public including competition and sidewalk art shows, a boat show, the Mobile Museum of History, and Winston-Salem Fire Prevention Traveling Van, all beginning July 2 and continuing through the Fourth. The Heritage House is sponsored by the Southport Woman’s Club and is a collection of private antiques, curiosities, oddities and strange things, all under one roof to give visitors an opportunity to see items normally kept in homes in which they do not visit. The Mobile Museum of History, operated by the State Department of Archives and History, which has a recently completed exhibit entitled “A Whole New World” features items that may have been purchased through early mail-order catalogs. Included in the museum is a slide program showing a collection of old post cards and pictures from various geographic areas of the state. The SCHAR Tour color slide program was produced by Cape Fear Technical Institute of wummgton ana win oe snown m the Board Room of the Southport-Brunswick County Library building. The name is derived from Senic, Cultural, Historic, Artistic and Recreational places of interest in the Lower Cape Fear area which are described through slides with narration relating the existence of these places and their location to visitors in the region. The Carolina Power and Light Company model of the $300-million nuclear generating plant near Southport will also be on display in the library building during the festival. The Winston-Salem Fire Prevention Van is an interesting presentation relating to many ways of preventing disasterous home fires. On the night of July 2 the Jaycee-sponsored Miss Fourth of July Pageant will be held in which contestants compete for the title of Miss Fourth of July, who will reign over the’ festivities. The Cavalier Band of East Rutherford High School in (Continued On Pag* Four) Boiling Spring Lakes Council Changes Name Members of the council at Boiling Spring Lakes voted at their last meeting to change the name of that municipality from “Town of Boiling Springs Lakes” to “City of Boiling Spring Lakes”. The procedure for doing this is provided by the so-called “home rule” legislation which was passed by the 1969 General Assembly. G.S. 160-291 provides that the Governing Board of the Town may amend its charger in many ways. One of these is to change the style of the municipality from “Town” to “City”, or to “Village”, or back and forth from one of the other from time to time. G.S. 160-295 provides that this may be done bv simple adoption of an ordinance setting out the particular change in accordance with the language of the statute. This section further provides that the ordinance must be passed on two occasions, the first time occurring not later than ninety days before the filing deadline for the next election, or if there is no such deadline, not later than one hundred and twenty days before the election. After this first passage of the ordinance, the substance of it must be . published in ,a newspaper having "general circulation in the Town at least once, and a public hearing must be called on the ordinance. After the public hearing, the Governing Board must read the ordinance for the second time, and it it passes, then it takes effect at the next regular municipal election time, unless submitted or petitioned to a vote of the people. The Governing Board may submit the charge to a vote of the people on its own motion, or fifteen percent of the registered. voters who voted in the last*' Town election may require such an election by petition. Tax Rate For City At $1.75 Members of the Board of Alderman for the City of Southport approved a tentative budget at their regular meeting Thursday night and set a tax rate of $1.75. This represents a 45 cent increase from the rate of $1.30 which has been in effect for the past several years. When one city official was asked what prompted this substantial increase, he cited the difficulty of hiring employees in the face of hourly wages being paid in this area. “If we are to continue to give the kind of service the citizens of Southport expect, we are going to have to pay for it,” he said. The budget will lie upon the table in the City Hall for a period of 20 days and is open for inspection by interested citizens. If there are no objections, it will be adopted as it stands at a metting of the Board of Aldermen on July 9. Body Relumed To Land , the scene at the Southport Boat Harbor Tuesday morning when the body of Robert Edward Spainhour was brought to the dock by a U. S. Coast Guard boat after being recovered from the Cape Fear River near the ferry slip Local Man Drowns In River ine Dody of Robert Edward Spainhour was recovered from the Cape Fear River Tuesday morning, more than two days after the Southport marine supply dealer fell from his boat on a return trip from Bald Head Island. Spainhour was found floating in the river about one and one-half miles from where his grounded boat was discovered. Time of recovery was approximately 10:45, according to John Kennedy of the Wildlif Commission’s protectioi division. Brunswick County Corone Lowell Bennett attributed thi death to drowning and said then would be no inquest. Burial wa: Tuesday afternoon ant memorial services were helt Wednesday. Kennedy said that Spainhoui reportedly left Bald Head Island early Sunday morning. According to reports, Spainhoui ocrats Plan Saturday Meet Brunswick county Democrats will meet Saturday at 1 o’clock at Bolivia High School for their county convention, which this year will honor senior citizens of the party. Mrs. Ina Mae Mintz, party chairman, is urging all elderly party members to make a special effort to be present. “We want to recognize the oldest registered Democrat in attendance,” she said. Mrs. Mintz also urged young Democrats between the ages of 18 and 21 to attend. “I think these young people need to become involved in affairs of government,” she said this week, “and we have plans to give them work to do.” Five party officials will be elected, with votes being weighed in relation to the voting strength of the respective precincts. This will be explained to precinct chairman, we are expected to attend a meeting at 12:45 o’clock. In addition to the party chairman, a first, second and third vice-chairman will be elected, and separate officers for secretary and treasurer. Following is an official list of Time And Tide June 12, 1935, and a front page story said that Reginald Turner had been re-elected principal at Shallotte High School. A Wilmington Chinese Laundryman was at liberty under $1,000 bond after being held in the Brunswick County jail for several weeks on a hit-and-run charge. Judge J. Paul Frizzelle was coming here for the June term of court, scheduled for the following Monday. A feature, complete with pictures, paid tribute to the contributions made to the educational progress of Brunswick county by the late B.R. Page, a former county superintendent. Brunswick was on the upgrade, population-wise anyway, with the announcement that during the month of May births had doubled deaths. The editor was on safe ground as he praised the good work of Vacation Bible Schools; and he lingered on to invite contributions of news and interesting information to The Pilot. An interesting visitor in the Southport harbor was the sailing schooner Morning Star, a floating prep school, and several front page pictures illustrated a story of this interesting experiment in education. This was back in 1940, and the date was June 12. Extensive repairs were being made to the Brunswick County courthouse; E.D. Bishop was cheered over a big federal appropriation for REA construction and hoped to get a portion of these funds for work in Brunswick and Judge J. Paul Frizzelle was coming for another term of court the following Monday. Fishermen were optimistic, predicted that the coming weekend would bring the best fishing of the season; tennis enthusiasts were holding a meeting to discuss plans to push that sport back to its former place of prominence locally; and Lee Greer was heading this way with his Whiteville High School boxing team, for an outing on Oak Island. (Continued On Pag* Flour) ANNE CLARE POTTER Southport Girl Is Graduated Mrs. Bryant Potter recently attended the graduation of her daughter, Anne Clare Potter, from the North Carolina School for the Deaf at Morgan ton. Anne lost her hearing as a result of having had meningitis at the age of 3'A years. When she was 5, she entered the pre-school classes at NCSD for 2 years and then went on to finish high school on June 7. She has been on the honor roll all through school and has won several awards for writing and poetry. She was chosen to give the salutatory address to the assembly. Anne graduated in a class of 36 and was one of 10 students who applied to and were accepted for the freshman class at Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C. The principal speaker at the Commencement exercises was Dr. Edward C. Merrill, Jr., president of Gallaudet and a graduate of the University of North Carolina. Dr. Merrill said he would be most happy to welcome some new fellow Tar-Heels to Washington. Guests from Southport attending commencement exercises were Miss Madeline Potter, Edward Z. Pancoast, Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Spencer and son, Jon, Mrs. H.A. Livingston and Mrs. Charles G. McClain. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Whitworth and sons of Gastonia and Mrs. James Pierce of Lorton, Virginia. s had ferried a group of Lake i Waccamaw scouts to the island on Saturday but did not leave the island until later. Kennedy said he understood that Spainhour usually traveled a straight route from Bald Head to Southport because he knew where the shoals were located in the river. Spainhour’s 20-foot McKee craft was aground in the marsh between Southport and Fort Caswell, but Kennedy said it was undetermined where Spainhour fell from his boat. “It could have been miles from where his boat was found,” said the assistant regional supervisor of the protection division. He said evidence in the boat indicated that Spainhour was thrown forward when the boat struck something. The boat ran ashore, throttle open, and the engine continued to operate until all the fuel was burned. Kennedy said the search had been called off earlier, but was reactivated because of warm river water that would cause the body to float to the surface. Spainhour was recovered near the Southport-Fort Fisher ferry slip. Helping in the search were the Shallotte Rescue Squad, Oak Island Coast Guard personnel, Wildlife Commission personnel, the Town Creek Rescue Squad and some members of the Ogden Rescue Squad. Several Southport individuals also assisted in the search efforts. The Wednesday memorial services were held at Bethel Baptist Church. Spainhour is survived by his widow, the former Lou Lynch; one son, Eddie, of the home; three brothers, Roy of Asheboro, Walter L. of Graham and Larry J. of Pompano Beach, Florida; and one sister, Martha E. Sikes of Broadway. Board Meeting Has Delegation The Brunswick County Board of Education met in special session on Wednesday. The board accepted the following teachers’ resignations: Leland—Beverly Smith, John Mitchell, Elizabeth Baxley; Shallotte—Bobby Pettis, Joyce Pettis. Teacher contracts were approved for Benjamin Thomas, Driver Training, and Lee G. Gore, both of Shallotte. Lawrence D. Bullard was released from Leland’s attendance district so as to allow this pupil to continue courses currently being pursued in New Hanover County. After giving careful consideration to the request of Jack Croft, school architect, for partial payment of fee for services rendered, the board authorized Superintendent Ralph King to make a payment of $35,000. Superintendent King informed the board of action taken in connection with the Boiling Spring Lakes site during the week—State Board of Health, Highway Department, Soil Conservation and preliminary (Continued On Page Itour) Postoffice At Supply To Get New Building Plans for a new main post office at Supply were announced this week by Postmaster General Winton M. Blount. “We want the American people to have the best postal service in the world.” Blount said. “New buildings such as this will help us to realize that goal. “TTiis project is but one facet of our program to completely modernize the posUd service. Hiis building will, in the long run, save money for the American taxpayers because it will enable us to operate more efficiently.” A 4,663 square foot site will be sought for the new building. Hie site will be selected for its convenience to the public and for its operational advantages to the postal service. The new building is to provide 1,152 square feet of interior space, plus 96 square feet of platform area. There will be 3,300 square feet for parking and maneuvering of postal vehicles. me present building has 594 square feet of interior, and 1,200 square feet for parking and maneuvering. Blount said the decision to have a new building constructed was made only after it was determined that remodeling the present facility or the use of another existing building would not be feasible. The Postmaster General said the building will be constructed under the Department’s lease construction program. Plans and specifications for the new budding, as well as bidding forms and other pertinent data, will be made available to prospective bidders. Last Week To Give Notice As of Tuesday noon, 360 Brunswick county farmers had not certified to their 1970 crop and land use acreage, according to R.L. Price, County Executive Director for ASCS. Many of these farmers, he said, are participating in the cotton, feed grain and wheat diversion programs. Unless they certify by the June 20 deadline no payments can be made under these programs Price said. Tobacco farmers who do not certify by the above date will be considered the same as an excess farm and will be given “No Price Support” marketing cards to sell their crop on. “We are concerned about these farmers,” Price said, “because by the questions they are asking it seems that many of them have forgotten that a certifications have been required, Price added. Every one who has received mail requesting a certification should contact the ASCS Office immediately because these cards and letters have only been mailed to those required to certify. “Loss of program payments and price support is a drastic penalty to pay for a little carelessness,” he said. Tide Table Following b the tide table for' Southport darter the week. These boon era ap proximately correct and were famished The State Port Pilot Omagh the ooartesy of the COpe Peer Pilot's Aeeoetntlon TIDE TABLE Thursday, June 18, 7:27 AJM. 1:58 A.M. 8:09 P.M. 1:52 P.M. Friday, June 19, 8:21 A.M. 2:46 A.M. 8:57 P.M. 2:40 P.M. Saturday, June 20, 9:15 A.M. 3:34 A.M. 9:51 P.M. 3:34 P.M. Sunday, June 21, 10:09 A.M. 4:28 A.M. 10:45 P.M. 4.22 PJd. Monday, June 22, 11:03 A.M. 5:16 A.M. 11:33 P.M. 5:16 P.M. Tuesday, June 23, 12:03 A.M. 6:04 P.M. 12:27 P.M. 6:16 P.M. Wednesday, June 24, 12:57 A.M. 6:58 A.M. 1:00 P.M. 7:10 P.M.