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VOLUME 42 No. 10
10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N.C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1970 5C A COPY
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Powell Bill Pays f
$140,000 To Towns
Brunswick County towns will receive a substantial share of funds
provided by a one-half cent gasoline tax, according to an
announcement by Lauch Faircloth, chairman of the State Highway
Commission. •
The Powell Bill funds, based on 1960 population and non-state
mileage, are returned annually to North Carolina cities and towns.
This year’s state total is $11.9 million, more than $700,000 above
last year’s allocation.'
Brunswick County towns that qualify for the Powell Bill funds,
and the amount each receive, are Bolivia-$ 1,312.81; Boiling Spring
Lakes- $ 53,138.14; Holden Beach-$3,361.37; Long
Beach —$47,668.77; Ocean Isle Beach-$5,144.33;
Shallotte —$4,940.80; Southport-$15,359.05; Sunset
Beach-$4,534.49; and Yaupon Beach-$5,339.05.
The total for Brunswick County is $140,798.81.
The amounts for Long Beach and Boiling Spring Lakes are among
the highest in southeastern North Carolina: only Wilmington,
Jacksonville and Lumberton receive a larger share of the Powell Bill
funds.
The two Brunswick County towns rank high because of the
extensive network of roads in the Tranquil Harbour and Boiling
Spring Lakes developments.
Officials Visit
Brunswick Board
Two officials of the Economic
Development Administration,
together with three board
members of Southeastern
Economic Development
Commission, met Monday with
members of the Board of
County Commissioners.
John L. Frailey, of
Huntington, West Virginia,
regional director, and Ronald
Ingle, of Raleigh, head of the
State Planning Division for EDA,
told the board of the interest
their organization has in the
Brunswick county area and
reported on some of the projects
in which there has been
participation. Both had spent
the weekend in Brunswick and
had visited several points of
interest.
Also present for the meeting
were Mrs. A.P. Henry, Jr, and
Orrie Gore, Brunswick county
representatives on the board of
directors for SEDC. Earlier that
day the commissioners had
appointed V.A. Creech, Jr., to
fill the unexpired term of John
L. Barbee, who recently resigned
as one of the Brunswick
representatives.
Mrs. Henry and Mr» Gore
asked the board to pass a
resolution designating SEDC as a
regional planning and economic
development agency
representing this county. It was
made clear this would not be in
conflict with affiliation with the
Cape Fear Council of
Governments, a 4-county
operation. After a lengthy
discussion of the various factors
involved, the board voted by a
4-1 margin to endorse the
resolution which previously had
been passed by all 10 of the
other counties comprising
SEDC.
The Board received a petition
for improvement to the road
leading off Road No. 1523,
Town Creek Township. It was
approved and ordered sent to
State Highway Commission.
Commissioner Creech
introduced a resolution entitled
“A Regulation governing the
issuance of permits that require
approval of a sewage disposal
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Memorial Fund
Receives Gifts
Checks are coming in for the
Katie Blake Memorial Fund for
Dosher Memorial Hospital and
the people heading this project
have been very much encouraged
with early response to the
announcement made last week.
Arrangements have been made
to set up a special account at
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co.
in Southport where checks made
payable to this fund may be
mailed.
The project was conceived to
honor Mrs. Katie H. Blake, a
former nurse at Dosher
Memorial Hospital, whose death
occurred on July 11, Friends
who wanted to do something in
her honor have decided that
funds contributed to a memorial
fund will be made available to
Dosher Memorial Hospital for
use as the sponsor’s share in
providing a modem obstetrics
unit. Cost for the completed
project is estimated to be
$80,000.
L.T. Yaskell, chairman of the
Board of Trustees for the
hospital, said this week “We are
very much pleased with the
response to this undertaking and
we at Dosher Memorial Hospital
are very grateful that this ha*
been chosen as a plan to honor
Katie Blake. We need this
facility very badly.”
Patrol Boat At Southport
This is the Raleigh Bay, ocean going patrol craft nojy in use by the N. C. Division
of Commercial and Sports Fisheries, which arrived at Southport Tuesday afternoon
and moored at the Southport Boat Harbor She will be operating in local waters for
the next several days.
New Patrol Boat
Raleigh Bay Here On Visit
The Raleigh Bay, newest
patrol craft owned by the State
of North Carolina, arrived in
Southport Tuesday afternoon
for a brief stay at the Boat
Harbor. She was greeted by
Mayor E.B. Tomlinson, Jr.,
Emest E. Parker, chairman of
the Division of Commercial and
Sports Fisheries for C.&D., and
several other local citizens.
The new 61-footer will be used
by the Division of Commercial
and Sports Fisheries,
Department of Conservation and
Development, to enforce
fisheries regulations in the ocean
and Pamlico Sound. It will also
be used to check Russian fishing
boats, and fishing boats from
other countries, that have been
fishing within 12 miles of the
North Carolina coast for the past
couple of years. Boats from
other states fish offshore North
Carolina and violations
sometimes occur.
Prior to launching of the
$70,000 RALEIGH BAY, the
State did not have a patrol boat
large enough to safely patrol
ocean waters during rough seas.
The boat is large enough to be in
the ocean whenever commercial
boats can get out.
State jurisdiction of ocean
waters ends three miles offshore;
Federal government has
jurisdiction to 12 miles.
International waters start at the
12 mile limit.
Thy wood boat is named for
the ocean area between Cape
Lookout and Cape Hatteras. It is
powered by two eight cylinder
GM engines and can develop
speeds to outrun any
commercial fishing boat.
Mrs. Roy G. Sowers, Jr., wife
of the Director of the
Department of Conservation and
Attend Board Meeting
Economic Dev^w Eco?°™c Development Administration and of the Southeastern
Commissioners f pnient Commission attended the regular meeting of the Board of
anTSH p f°* Brunswick County Monday. Shown, left to right, are Orrie Gore
Regional Director anA" ™mh*rs <>i ECDC; Mrs. Shirley Frazier; John Failey,
by Spencer) ’ and Ron IngIe’ head of State Planning Division, EDA. (Photo
Development, christened the
boat August 1.
Captain of the RALEIGH
BAY is William R. Willis,
Atlantic.
Hie boat will work from its
home dock in Morehead City.
Nat Smith and men at his
Glouchester boatshop, built the
vessel.
Burning Permit
Law Effective
County Ranger Kenneth
Johnson would like to remind all
citizens of Brunswick county that
between October 1 and June 1 it is
necessary to first obtain a bur
ning permit before doing any
burning within 500 feet of any
woodlands between the hours of
12 o’clock midnight and 4 o’clock
in the afternoon. The State Law
14-139 relating to the brush
burning permit reads as follows:
“Starting fires with five
hundred (500) feet of areas under
protection of the State Forest
Service—It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation
to start or cause to be started any
fire or ignite any material in any
of the areas of woodland under
the protection of the State Forest
Service or within five hundred
(500) feet of any such protected
area during the hours starting at
midnight and ending at 4:00 p.m.
without first obtaining from the
State Forester or one of his duly
authorized agents a permit to
start or cause to be started any
fire or ignite any material in such
mentioned places between the
first day of October and the first
day of June, inclusive. No charge
shall be made for the granting of
said permits. During periods of
hazardous forest fire conditions,
the State Forester is authorized
to cancel all permits and prohibit
the starting of any fires in any of
the woodlands under the
protection of the State Forest
Service. Any person, firm or
corporation violating any of the
provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be fined not
more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or
imprisoned for a period of not
more than thirty (30) days.”
Burning permit agents are
located throughout Brunswick
county and will be pleased to
issue your permit. The names
and addresses of the burning
permit agents in your are as
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Library Fund
Drive Begins
At the September meeting of
Friends of the Library of
Brunswick County, Monday
through Friday of next week
was designated as the time to
campaign for funds to raise
$4,900 to complete payment on
the Bookmobile.
Mombers -’Of various civic
organizations of Brunswick
County are donating their
services to this project. They
plan to contact families in the
county and request a donation.
There will be a representative at
each Waccamaw Bank to accept
donations on Friday, October 2.
One of the features of the
drive will be a telethon and there
will be a campaign worker at
each Waccamaw Bank to accept
calls from those wishing to make
a donation. Individuals or
businesses donating as much as
$50 will receive free pulbicity on
October 7 in the NEWS MEDIA.
The Friends of the Library of •
Brunswick County are hoping
this project will be the first step
toward a better library in
Shallotte and the building of a
library in Leland.
Support your
Bookmobile—the library at your
door.
Harvest Day
Being Planned
“Harvest Day” festivities are
being planned at Shallotte First
Baptist Church, according to
Rev. C.L. Turner.
The all-day service will be
Sunday, October 4, beginning
with Sunday School at 10 a.m.
Special worship services, dinner
on the ground and special singing
afterwards will be the highlights
of the day, Rev. Turner said.
“The Southern Harmoneers,
The Hickman Family, The
Sabbath Home Choir, The Young
Spiritualists, Miss Sue Clem
mons, The Gospel Echoes and
many other singing groups from
the surrounding area have been
invited,” said Rev. Turner.
“The following Monday,
revival services begin with the
Rev. Paul Nix, pastor of
Wrightsville Beach Baptist
Church, as the guest speaker.
The public is cordially invited,
Rev. Turner concluded.
e And Tide
Dillon Jenrette, young white man of Waccamaw township, had
been indicted for the murder of Louis W. Ganus. That was headline
news in our issue of September 18, 1935. Four Brunswick county
officers working on the case had been mistaken for bank robbers
while on a trip to Whiteville during the investigation. The Whiteville
InbffnCnCOnnn^ket was going strong 311(1 had its s*ghts on a
20,000,000-lb season.
Rough roads had led to the postponement of school opening in
Brunswick, Oak Island Coast Guard Station had been mentioned in
an article in Motor Boating; and Sears was offering a $10 reward for
(Oontimud On P«f» rout)
Anti-Poverty Budget
Reduced By $62,000
A cutback of $62,000 in
federal funds has caused
Sencland Community Action,
Inc., to tighten some of its
programs and drop nine persons
from its staff.
The budget change was made
public Tuesday night when he
agency board of directors held
its regular monthly meeting. The
revisions were okayed by the
executive board before approval
by the other directors.
The program hit hardest by
the cutback is Neighborhood
Centers. The board agreed to
eliminate six aides from the staff
at a savings of $23,400, reduce
fringe benefits by $2,808, cut
travel expenses by $3,960 and
reduce consumable supplies by
$450.
Reduction in the
t Nieghborhood Center budget
was $30,618—about one-third of
the proposed amount for the
program.
The total budget request for
$514,000 was approved last
month by the Sencland board
but the federal OEO agency
would allow only $451,442. The
amount Sencland asked for was
the same it received last year,
but executive director Charles
Mumford said anti-poverty
agencies throughout the nation
have received less money for this
program year.
The Sencland agency, which
Name Speaker For
Telephone Meet
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Membership Corporation will
hold its 13th Annual Meeting in
the Shallotte High School
Auditorium Friday evening. Dr.
Kermit Traylor, Minister, First
Christian Church in
Winston-Salem, will be the
featured guest speaker for the
occasion.
Dr. Traylor, a native of
Alabama, was an all-conference
basketball center in Handley
High School, from which he
graduated. He received an A.B.
degree from Atlantic Christian
College where he was again an
all-conference basketball center,
and then attended Vanderbilt
University earning a B.D. degree.
A year of graduate study at
the University of Chicago
followed. Dr. Traylor has held
pastorates in Virginia, Ohio, and
North Carolina, and has been
minister of First Christian
Church, Winston-Salem, over 13
years
He has served as a member of
Board of Trustees of Atlantic
Christian College and as
president of the Christian
Churches in North Carolina, the
highest office his church could
give him in the state, as well as
president of the Winston-Salem
and Forsyth County Ministerial
Fellowship.
In 1960 Dr. Traylor received
an honorary degree of Doctor of
Divinity from Atlantic Christian
College. He presently serves as
moderator of the weekly
television panel “Parsons to
Persons,” and is also a member
of the Winston-Salem Kiwanis
Club.
A son, Dan Traylor, who is 7
feet tall, was an All-American
high school basketball player
and is now attending the
DR. KERMIT TRAYLOR
University of South Carolina on
a basketball scholarship.
Dr. Traylor has broad speaking
experience before church,
business, professional, fraternal,
civic and school groups
throughout North Carolina.
Reports reviewing growth and
progress during the past year as
well as a report on current
operations and service plans for
the future will be features of the
annual meeting. Directors will be
elected from District 5, Supply—
Varnamtown—Holden Beach
area; and District 7,
Winnabow—Boiling Spring Lakes
Area.
The George Deaton Show will
provide entertainment.
Many useful door prizes will
be awarded as well as a grand
prize. In addition, gift momentos
will be presented to each
member attending the meeting.
Refreshments will also be
served.
was started in 1966, serves
Columbus, Bladen and
Brunswick counties.
Next hardest hit program was
Emergency Food and Medical
Service which was cut back
$22,479. Included in the budget
revision were reductions for
fringe benefits, $935; travel,
$4,800; consumable supplies,
$300; postage, $60; three
telephones, $1,080; utilities,
$180; and school lunches and
medical services, $7,324.
Two Outreach workers were
eliminated from the Emergency
Services staff, saving $7,800.
No adjustments were made in
the Family Planning and
Planning budgets, which
remained at $35,230 and
$10,752, respectively.
Other programs affected by
the fund reduction were
Administration and Manpower.
Hie salary of the executive
director was cut $600 and the
deputy director’s pay was
trimmed by $400. Fringe
benefits were reduced $120;
travel was cut $480; and other
costs (publications and two
vehicles) were reduced $1,280
for a savings in the
Administration program of
$2,880.
Savings in the Manpower
program, which amounted to
$6,581, were made possible by
the reduction in the director’s
salary, $300; the assistant
director’s salary, $300;
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Holden Again
Heading ASC
ASC Community Com
mitteemen, acting as delegates to
a county convention held at the
ASCS Office in Shallotte Monday
re-elected Curtis Hewett of
Shallotte to a three-year term on
the County ASC Committee.
Arthur W. Bellamy of Shallotte
was re-elected first alternate to
the County Committee and
George H. Skipper of Leland was
re-elected second alternate.
Edgar L. Holden of Supply was
re-elected chairman for the next
year and Ira A. Potter of Win
nabow was re-elected as vice
chairman.
All new terms of office will
begin October 1.
The County ASC Committee is
responsible to the State Com
mittee which provides general
direction and supervision. It
carries out its responsibilities
through the community com
mittees and the coirnty office
personnel. It generally is
responsible for the ad
ministration of all ASCS
programs approved for the
county.
Brunswick County Visitors
Several prominent federal and state officials spent the weekend in Brunswick
-ounty and were guests of honors Saturday night at a reception in the Community
Building. Shown in the receiving line are Mrs. A. P. Henry, Jr , Thomas Harrelson;
Fred Steele, chairman of the Coastal Economic Development Commission; John
Frailey, Regional Director, EDA; Mrs. Frailey; Ron Ingle, N. C. Economic Develop
ment Director; James H. Johnson, N. C. Farmers Home Administration Director; J^rg.
Jbhnson. Shown greeting Mr. Ingle is Mrs. I. D. Harrelson of Southport. (Photo by
Spencer)