The Pilot Covers Brunswick County VOLUME 412 No. 5 » A Good Newspaper In A Good Community -— 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST A 1970 5# A COPY fg I Most of the News All The Time PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Mobile OB Unit This ambulance from Gilbert’s Funeral Service in Southport became the birth place for a baby girl during a series of bizarre events which occurred Monday afternoon. Mrs. Edna Warnett, left, grandmother of the new-born infant, perform ed the services of midwife under the instruction of Tommy Gilbert, right, ambiUr, ance driver, who made emergency use of prior instruction in patient care. (Photo by Spencer) Child Is Born In Ambulance Near Southport A Southport woman gave birth to a baby girl Monday while enroute to a hospital in Wilmington as her mother, under the direction of a young j ambulance driver, performed the j services of a midwife. Both the 1 mother and the child survived the ordeal. “If it hadn’t of been for Tommy the baby probably would have been born dead”, V Mrs. Edna Wamett said Tuesday. 1 “He told me what to do, and $ when I said ‘I can’t do it’ he told me ‘the hell you can’t’, so I did what he said.” She was talking about young Tommy Gilbert who was driver of the ambulance called for a trip to Wilmington when her daughter, Bertha Wamett, began to have labor pains for the second time that day. Earlier in the day Mrs. Warnett had taken her daughter to a Wilmington hospital where a nurse had examined her and described her condition to a Wilmington doctor. Without seeing the patient, he expressed the opinion that the trip had been premature and told them to go on back home and come again when the expectant mother began to have labor pains. That was at about 4:30 Monday afternoon. Gilbert was $ called, the patient and her mother were loaded and they stopped by Dosher Memorial Hospital where they were told ;/■ they would have plenty of time to get the patient to Wilmington, where OB services would be available. The ambulance had not reached the Board of Education office before a crisis developed. “Something had to be done,” COmttBMd On Pip Twm) Bolivia Officials Get $37,000 Check Bolivia officials were presented a check for $37,000 today (Wednesday) in ceremonies held at the Bolivia town hall. The check represented the proceeds from the sale of water bonds to Farmers Home Administration which, together with an FHA grant of $31,000, will be used to finance a $68,000 water system for the town. James T. Johnson, State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, presented the check to J.M. King, Mayor of Bolivia. In presenting the check, Johnson noted that the town had recently awarded construction contracts and that the deep weels and water lines were under construction and the contractor for the elevated storage tank was working on this part of the system. Johnson pointed out that the town has had no central water system and that individual families and businesses have been depending on shallow wells for their water supply. These wells, usually located near septic tanks, have presented a constant health hazard in addition to the high iron and sulphur content of the water. The new water system underway will solve these problems for the town residents and should mark the beginning of a new era for the town. Central community water systems usually mean new home construction, remodeling of existing homes for bathrooms, and water using appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers, and disposal units. Although Bolivia is a small town, it is located on U.S. Highway 17, a heavily traveled road, and is in the central trade center for a large area of Brunswick county. “I look for a change in community attitudes and predict a new period of growth for the town,” said Johnson. Johnson further noted: “The administration is committed to building rural communities through programs such as the water and sewer programs of the Farmers Home Administration. (OwtinMd Oa Fi|t Two) Employees Of DuPont Honored Du Pont construction employees at the Du Pont Cape Fear Plant received the Company’s Board of Directors’ Award last week for their safety performance. Earle F. McSpadden, field project manager for the construction forces, accepted this award on behalf of the many hundreds of people who have contributed so much toward this achievement. This award is in recognition of more than 1,124,000 hours and 847 days without a lost-time injury. By comparison with the safety performance of the construction industry throughout the United States, thirty-one disabling injuries have been avoided at this site during this span of time. In addition, the employees of the electrical and insulation contractors have worked more than 500,000 hours without a lost-time injury during this same time period. Five hundred and twenty-seven employees have been given individual recognition for their outstanding safety performances. Basin Used For Unloading This is the Willis Yacht Basin on Moore St. in Southport which recently has become the busy scene for the unloading of building material for the CP&L plant now under construction near Southport. Sand and gravel for the cement plant at the building site come in by barge and are unloaded by equipment shown in the background. (Photo by Spencer) Public School Opens Friday For Fall Term School doors open for Brunswick County students Friday morning for a half-day session. Regular classroom hours go into effect Monday. More than 6,000 county students are expected to report for classes, according to Supt. Ralph King. The county’s 260 teachers reported for work Thursday to begin their work for the 1970-71 school year. Principals serving Brunswick Itounty schools this year are Wade H. Duncan, Bolivia High School; E.L. Pettiford, Brunswick-Southport High School; W. Nelson Best, Leland High School; James F. Clemmons, Lincoln Elementary School; Jasper T. Keziah, Shallotte High School; Col. Marion L. Bums, Southport Elementary School; Jonathan Hankins, Union Elementary School; and Roland W. English, Waccamaw High School. All children entering the first grade are supposed to have immunizations required by the county Board of Health. The school principals are on duty and should be contacted if there is any question concerning these requirements. Moose Members Hear President The North Carolina Association of Moose held its state convention last week at Timme Plaza Motor Inn in Wilmington with a record registration that included more than a score of Brunswick county members and their wives. A highlight of the convention was an address by State President Lance J. Spencer who talked at length about the influence that the youth revolution is having upon life in the United States. His speech was entitled “What’s Happening To America”, and following are excepts from his talk: “Most of us here today are parents, and many of you are grandparents. We have seen and heard a great deal from our young people lately, about their disillusionment with their world, their society, and our generation. “One thing our country needs to fear is the current disdain for orde1' among some of its citizens, and particularly the discontented, dissatisfied young Americans of whom I speak today. I am not for or against the ardent liberals and conservatives of our generation, but in recognition that there is good and bad in both, and we have a need for all Americans to work together—to build up and not tear down. “We have been so materialistic, they say, that we have forgotten the real values of life and love. As a result of our greed and timid conformity we have missed the boat, and in the process have left them a mess . . . They may be right in part, but I do not believe they are all right. “It is strange that their generation should be the most favored and yet the most self-pitying. If they think we value too highly the security of material possessions, let us remind them of this: most of us (Ounttnuad On Pag* Two) Dedication 01 Plant Friday Lackey Industries, Inc., will hold a dedication ceremony Friday afternoon at their facility near Leland. The building, which contains 200,000 square feet and 5,000,000 cubic feet of storage space, was completed in May of this year. Since that time it has been in use by a number of major business concerns in this area, including DuPont, Sears Roebuck, Riegel and others. Basically the building is a storage warehouse, but as such it also has become a distribution center. It is located on a railroad spur adjoining the DuPont plant in Northwest township. Savings & Loan Office Ai Shallotfe ou ,This is the a“ra.ctive new office of Security Savings and Loan Association at Shallotte. The building was completed several months ago, and has been in use for some time, but this picture shows it since the grounds were graded and the sign erected. (Photo by Spencer) Says Corn Crop Is Badly Hurt In Brunswick Many Brunswick county corn growers will suffer severe loss of yield in their corn Helds this year because of Southern Corn Blight, according to Archie F. Martin, County Extension Chairman. This is apparently due to a new strain of the fungus Helminthosporium Maydis that is infesting about 80 percent of the varieties now being grown. The disease started in Florida during March and has since spread to the Canadian border. “We have had a small problem with blight for many years, but it has never caused such a severe loss,” Martin said. “Hot, humid weather has caused the disease to spread rapidly in the fields of susceptible varieties and in many cases the ears are infected as well as the leaves.” ‘‘There are no control measures that the farmer can take now,” he said “but if you have fields that are affected you should harvest them as soon as the moisture level will allow. The longer the com is left in the field the larger the loss in the field will be.” Com breeders will be making an effort to produce seed for next year’s crop that have shown resistance to the new strain of Southern Blight. The varieties that seem to be most severely damaged are those that were produced with male sterile lines in the hybridization program. Some breeders are planning to produce seed corn this winter to provide a supply for next year’s crop. Locate Body Of Lanvale Man An autopsy performed by the State Medical Examiner revealed no foul play in the drowning death of Roy Marshall Ganey, 41, last week in the Brunswick River. The body of the Lanvale man was recovered Thursday afternoon and Brunswick County Coroner Lowell Bennett ordered the autopsy. Ganey reportedly was fishing with a companion Tuesday when their boat capsized, and Ganey was unable to swim ashore. The body was recovered during a search by the Leland, Acme-Delco-Riegelwood, Town Creek and Pender County rescue squads, Brunswick County sheriffs deputies. State Wildlife protectors and members of the Leland Volunteer Fire Department. The Ogden Rescue Squad participated in the first day’s search. Sencland Director Hears Accusations By ED HARPER The position of Sencland Community Action executive director may be worth $13,500, but A.J. Smith can’t see it. That is perhaps the nicest thing the Whiteville builder said about Charlie Mum ford all night. From there Smith, along with fellow directors Mrs. Delilah Blanks and Fairley Newton, launched a verbal attack on Mumford, the Sencland director, that disrupted procedure and forced adjournment of the meeting of the agency’s board of directors. The session was held in the Columbus County Courthouse Tuesday night. Contributing to the attack on Mumford was a petition by a disgruntled employee. Mrs. Thetis Dixon’s complaint was heard by the personnel committee before the full-board session and the committee decided to uphold Mumford’s action that transferred Mrs. Dixon from the Baltimore Center to the Leland Center. Mrs. Blanks accused Mumford of bringing other business before the personnel committee “to hide the real issue” and later charged that the executive director showed “no common sense” when he transferred Mrs. Dixon. But the major criticisms came from Smith and were endorsed by Newton. Smith started the next round Mrs. Marilyn Russ Pinkleton of Leland has graduated from the North Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in Winston-Salem. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russ and is a graduate of Leland High School. Her husband Dennie L. Pinkleton, is a 1970 graduate of Wake Forest University and is headed for active duty in the Navy as an officer candidate in the aviation program. Time And Tide A front page story in our issue of August 28, 1935, declared that record prices were being paid for tobacoo, and averages quoted for succeeding days were $26.04, $28.03, $24.63 and $24.32-but it is well remembered that this was in the mid-thirties and that the depression was not long past. Schools were to open that fall on September 19. Mrs. Anna Davis of Southport owned a time-keeping machine that had the 8-day clock backed off the boards. Her clock, brought over from Switzerland by her father, the late L. Miller, required winding but once each year. Efforts were being made for a cooperative advertising venture for promotion of Brunswick county. < Continued On Pag* Hour) of debate by asking “what are the poor going to get?”, referring to the budget that sets aside a considerable portion for salaries and much less for emergency relief in the form of medical services and food stamps. Deputy Director A.P. Worley answered that the community action agency is not intended to supplement the Department of Social Services. “This is not a hand-out program,” he said, “The poor will get the services of these paid workers.” “That’s thoroughly uuuersiuua oy me, omun replied, “but there is a lot of money going to someone.” He termed Mumford’s use of money “shenanigans” Mumford, accused of padding his own salary, stated that his pay is the same that the executive director has received since the agency was funded in 1966. Worley said his salary has been reduced, and that most lower-echelon employees have received a five percent increase. Mumford remained quiet throughout most of the meeting but offered an occasional statement in rebuttal of Smith. For example, when Smith said a $20 stipend for a room while Mumford visited OEO in Atlanta “seems like paying for a suite in the Waldorf Astoria,” Mumford replied that $20 does not even (ObotUmad On Pip Two) Says Hospital Makes Progress L.T. Yaskell, chairman of the Board of Trustees for Dosher Memorial Hospital, was speaker at the regular meeting of the Southport Lions Club Thursday night and reported on recent improvements at the hospital. Tlie speaker reported that the recent completion of an emergency room has provided additional medical services that are badly needed, especially on weekends. During this period every week two young doctors from one of the nearby military bases come in for duty and give round-the-clock service. The board chairman reported that an orthopedics specialist now has regular hours at the hospital each week and that a specialist in cardiology also is seeing patients at the local hospital. U1V.1UUC VJ wici unpujYcnicnto the addition of an inhalator, improvements to the operating room and airconditioning for the entire hospital. Yaskell said that a project now is underway to upgrade facilities for handling OB cases with the objective that the hospital at Southport may be in position to offer care for all except cases requiring the services of specialists in rare fields of medicine. The board chairman chided his audience for having too little concern for the hospital except when they have need of its services. “We are proud of the place and we would like to show it to you,” he said. “We invite you to come out for a tour of inspection.” Ballots For ASC Election Being Mailed On September 1, ASC community committee election ballots will be mailed to all known eligible farm voters in Brunswick county, according to Edgar L. Holden, chairman of the Brunswick County ASC Committee. Farm voters may vote for up to three of the candidates listed, or they may write in their choices on lines provided at the bottom of the ballot. They must not vote for more than three. To be counted, all ballots must be properly signed and mailed or returned to the County ASCS Office by September 11. Votes will be tabulated September 15, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the ASCS Office in Shallotte. In each of the ASC communities m the county, three community committeemen and two alternates will be elected. The candidate receiving the largest number of votes becomes chairman; the second largest vote-getter, vice-chairman; third-high, regular member; fourth and fifth highest become first and second alternates who may serve on the committee if regular members are temporarily absent or if a permanent vacancy occurs. ASC community committees are elected for one-year terms, beginning October 1. Holden said, “It’s very important that farmers elect their most qualified farm-neighbors for community committee posts. These community committees elect the County ASC Committee and choose its officers. They also assist the County ASC Committee in local administration of government farm programs and help keep farmers informed on how the program affect individual farm operations.” Any farm owner, tenant, or (Continued On Pifi Tiro) Food Stamps Demand Higher The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food stamp program aided almost twice as many needy North Carolinians in June 1970 as in June 1969. Participation increased from 74,523 to 147,847 persons. In Brunswick county the number was 1,582 this year as compared to 1,117 last year. In addition, 127,237 needy persons in the state received USDA donated foods through the family food distribution program in June. Total participation in both food programs increased 29 per cent, from 213,807 in June 1969 to 275,084 in June 1970. In North Carolina, the food distribution program is administered by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, and the food stamp program is administered by the North Carolina Board of Public Welfare, both in cooperation with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. Tide Table Following is the tide table for Southport during the week. These hours were furnished to The State Port Pilot by the Cape Fear Pilots Association. High Low Thursday, August 27, 5:21A.M. 11:34 A.M. 5:57 P.M. 12:22 P.M. Friday, August 28, 6:15 AM. 12:22 A.M. 6:30 P.M. Saturday, August 29, 7:03 A.M. 1:00 P.M. 7:27 P.M. 1:10 P.M. Sunday, August 30, 7:45 A.M, 1:52 A.M. 8:03 P.M. 1:52 P.M. Monday, August 31, 8:21 A.M. 2:28 A.M. 8:39 P.M. 2:34 P.M. Tuesday, September 1, 8:57 A.M. 3:04 A.M. 9:09 P.M. 3:16 P.M. Wednesday, September 2, 9:33 A.M. 3:34 A.M. 9:39 P.M. 3:52 A.M.

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