THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 42
NO. 34
10-PAGES TODAY
MARCH 10, 1971
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Plan Attack
On Measles
Members of the Junior
Woman’s Club of Bolivia are
continuing their support of
the Brunsiwck County Health
Department’s all-out effort
for the eradication of rubella,
or German measles.
Dr. John R. Black, director
of the Columbus County
Health Department, said no
reports of German Measles,
or rubella, have been
received this year, but that
doesn’t mean the disease is
not here. “People can have
rubella and not even know
it,’’ he stated.
The danger is that the
common childhood disease
may be contracted by ex
pectant mothers, who may
not know they have the
disease that could harm their
children.
National and state authori
ties have warned that
1971 may be the year when
rubella threatens with the
worst epidemic in its history.
In the last national epidemic,
in 1964, the U.S. Public Health
Service estimates that 50,000
unborn infants were killed or
crippled as a result of
rubella. A recently-developed
vaccine is expected to help
minimize the tragic potential
of the disease.
Parental permission for
each child is necessary.
“The goal is to prevent an
epidemic of Rubella as oc
curred in 1964-65, which cause
thousands of infants to be
bom with cataracts, hearing
defects, heart defects and
mental retardation,” Dr.
Black said.
On the hasis of past trends,
’die next epidemic of rubella
could occur as early as spring
of 1971. The disease tends of
occur at epidemic levels
every six to nine years but the
reason for this is not know.
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New Commanding Officer ■*
Col. Thomas G. Haake has assumed command at Sunny Point Army Ter
minal and is shown above, left, in a change of command ceremony with Lt.
Col. Jack Biggerstaff, who has been acting commander since the retirement
of Col. Robert D. Reid.
New Commander
For Sunny Point
Col. Thomas G. Haake
assumed command of the
Military Ocean Terminal at
Sunny Point Friday.
Lt. Col. Jack Biggerstaff,
deputy commander, had been
the acting commander since
the retirement of Col. Robert
D. Reid on February 28.
Colonel Haake was born in
1919 in Kansas City, Missouri.
- He attended Conception
Junior College, Conception,
Missouri from 1938 until 1940,
enlisting in the U.S. Army in
Public Hearing
For Island Pier
The application of Carolina
Cape Fear Corporation for an
approval of plans for an
existing pier in Bald Head
Creek will be considered at a
public hearing in the Com
Southport Youth
Has Scholarship
John Ethan Hankins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan
Hankins of Southport, is the
recipient of a 1971 Morehead
Scholarship to study at the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
Hankins, who attends Taft
School in Watertown, Conn.,
is among 102 young men
named Tuesday to receive
the awards, valued at $9,000
apiece for North Carolina
residents.
The awards honor John
Motley Morehead, benefactor
of the University.
munity Building at Southport,
April 7.
All interested parties are
invited to be presen. or to be
represented, particularly the
officials of any state, county,
city, town, or local
association whose interest
may be affected by the pier,
to express their views fully
and publicly regarding the
impact of the structure on the
public interest.
Factors affecting the public
interest include navigation,
fish and wildlife, water
quality, economics, con
servation, aesthetics,
recreation, water supply,
flood damage prevention,
ecosystems, and, in general,
the needs and welfare of the
people.
Comments on these factors
as they relate to the approval
of the pier and its intended
use as stated by the applicant
"to provide marine ac
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1942 and commissioned a
second lieutenant in the
Transportation Corps in 1943.
He is also a graduate of the
University of Maryland (BS
degree), attended Tran
sportation Corps Advanced
School and the Command and
General Staff School.
Colonel Haake entered the
Army in the Quartermaster
Corps, taking his basic
training at Fort Warren,
Wyoming. During World War
II he spent three and one-half
years in the Southwest
Pacific area, being assigned
to port units in Australia,
New Guinea, Hollandia and
making the invasion of the
Philippines at Leyte in 1944.
Colonel Haake reverted to
inactive reserve status in
April, 1946. In 1951, he was
called to active duty and
assigned to New Orleans
run,. inner assignments
were Operations Officer in
support of the Northeast Air
Command at Thule,
Greenland and Harmon AFB,
Newfoundland; and Training
Officer, 4th Terminal
Command at Fort Eustis,
Virginia. In 1957 Colonel
Haake gyroscoped < to Ger
many with the 6th Tran
sportation Battalion. While in
Germany he commanded the
126th Transportation Com
pany, activated the 377th
Heavy Truck Company and
served as Adjutant and
Operations Officer of the 38th
Transportation Truck Bat
talion.
Upon his return to the
United States in 1960 he was
assigned to the Office of the
Chief of Transportation,
Plans Division. In 1964 he
spent one year in Korea as
Troop Commander of the
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Town Water System
$213,000 Grant, Loan
For Yaupon Is Okayed
A $160,000 and $53,000 loan
grant to the Town of Yaupon
Beach to construct a rural
community water system
have been approved by the
Farmers Home Ad
ministration, reports James
T. Johnson, the state
director.
The loan will enable the
town to drill two deep wells,
erect a 75,000-gallon elevated
storage tank, install ap
propriate water treatment
facilities,and install more
than seven miles of pipeline.
Fire hydrants also will be
installed to aid in fire
protection.
The system will bring
modem water service to the
town for the first time. About
200 residences and businesses
will be served initially. In
cluded will be about 40
businesses employing about
150 people.
Most homes in the town are
located on narrow lots and
use shallow wells about 15
feet deep. Individual septic
tanks also are used which
pose health hazards to
residents.
The new water system not
only will eliminate the
present health hazard and
fire danger, but will serve to
create a climate for in
creased home building.
The Farmers Home Ad
ministration loan will be
repaid in 40 years at an in
terest rate of five percent.
Clarence E. Murphy is
Mayor of Yaupon Beach.
Rural water system
financing is extended through
the Farmers Home Ad
ministration to organizations
operating on a non-profit
basis, such as non-profit
corporations, water supply
districts, small rural towns,
and other political sub
divisions. Loans are made
only when adequate credit at
reasonable rates and terms is
not otherwise available.
Realtors In •
Dinner Meet
The would-be developer of
Bald Head Island will ad
dress the Brunswick County
Board of Realtors and about
100 other persons Thursday
night.
The ocassion is the regular
meeting of the county
realtors, but more attention
will be focused on the session
because of guest William
Henderson, president of
Carolina Cape Fear Cor
poration. The island at the
Cape Fear River mouth has
been the topic of continued
discussion by developers who
want to locate a plush resort
on the sub-tropical piece of
real estate, and con
servationists who want the
island left in its natural state.
C.B. Beasley of New Bern,
president of the North
Carolina Association of
Realtors, will attend the
dinner meeting, which was
opened to the public on a
Dutch-treat basis.
Carolina Cape Fear Cor
poration has bought the
island from Frank Sherrill
for a reported $5.5 million and
has started work preliminary
to the development of the
island. The state has at
tempted to block access to the
property, and the next step
appears to be request to the
North Carolina General
Af.embly to condemn and
buy the island, thus saving it
for all the people. Also, the
conservationists claim that
the development of the island
would damage the marine life
in the area, but Henderson
denies this.
Philip King, program
chairman for the Board of
Realtors, said more than 100
reservations have been
received for the 7 p.m.
meeting
$740j000 Water, Sewer
l
City Gets First-Round
Approval For Project
A $740,000 water-sewer
project for Southport has
received first-round approval
by the Cape Fear Council of
Governments.
The plan was approved by
the Council executive com
mittee that met Thursday in
Whiteville. The proposal now
goes to the state for approval
and then to Washington for
final review.
Original plans called for a
$480,000 sewer system
project, but City Manager
C.D. Pickcisll presented a
revised plan after being in
formed that a better project
could be set up on the basis of
a more complete plan. Under
the overall plan, the city can
undertake any part of the
project.
Southport had prepared the
smaller project plan because
of limited finances, PickereU
said.
Brunswick County and its
municipalities are eligible for
70 percent financing from
HUD for such projects. The
city also has funds from a
bond issue passed some time
ago.
The revised project calls
for $600,000 for a sewer
system, $100,000 for water
lines and $40,000 for storm
sewers.
Beverly Paul, executive
director of the Council of
Governments, said projects
such as the Southport
proposal are figured so that
should a larger unit decide to
develop a sewer project, the
old and the new projects
could be integrated.
The reason for the review
by the COG is that the
organization has been
designated by Gov. Bob Scott
as the regional clearing house
for federal program review In
Region “0”, which includes
Brunswick, Columbus,
Pender and New Hanover
counties.
What this means is that the
Council of Governments will,
as required by federal law,
review local government
applications for federal funds
in the four counties.
Such grant programs are:
water and sewer grants,
landfill grants, tran
sportation grants, health
grants, and others.
During the past year the
CFCOG reviewed $9,440,000
of these Federal projects in
Brunswick and New Hanover
counties, as prior to the
Governor’s regional
designation the COG was
responsible for federal
Education Board
Adds Black Man
The first black man on the
Brunswick County Board of
Education was appointed
Thursday at the request of a
group of interested citizens.
William T. Bowen, 52-year
old farmer in the Ash Com
munity, was named to fill the
unexpired term of Delmas
Babson, effective April 1. His
selection met the
requirements earlier set by
the board that the new
member be of a minority race
and reside in Waccamaw
Township.
The vote of the four other
board members was
unanimous.
The Board considered two
persons for the ap
pointment—Bowen and Louis
Stanley. Members agreed
that “both were men of
leadership and dedication
and either would serve the
county with merit as a
member of Board of
Education.”
Bowen was the only
nomination and he was ap
WM.T. BOWEN
pointed by acclamation.
Bowen has been active in
school matters and interested
in providing improved
educational opportunities in
the schools. He has served
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Harrelson Introduces
Election Reform Acts
If anyone should introduce
a bill to change election laws,
it’s Thomas Harrelson.
The young Southport
Republican, who represents
Brunswick and Columbus
counties in the North
Carolina General Assembly,
proposed three bills on
Friday. “These are the first
of a series of bills I will in
troduce which are designed to
eliminate fraud and forgery
and other questionable
practices from elections,” he
said.
Harrelson defeated in
cumbent Democrat Arthur
Williamson for the House
seat, but not until after a
Time And Tide
In The Pilot for March 11, 1936, there was a picture of Joe
Jelks, Southport boy, who had been selected Best All-Round boy
in the senior class at Wake Forest College. The late Kelly
Milliken had been appointed Brunswick County Tax Collector,
replacing the late L.C. Brown who had resigned that post.
Bingo Burris was repairing the old Abrams dock at the foot of
Davis St. preparatory to opening a seafood house; another
nautical note was that “City Alderman Sam Watts is busy these
days getting a Hudson (automobile) motor in shape to put in a
big party boat.”
Bolivia boys and Waccamaw girls were tournament winners
in the 1941 playoffs in Brunswick. That was front page news in
The Pilot for March 12. An interesting front page feature had
quoted a Philadelphia radio announcer as referring to Bald
Head Island as “A tropical paradise.’’ The entire script for the
show was quoted. Capt. Victor P. Lance had indicated his in
tention of basing his sports fishing vessel here during the
coming season.
There was a local discussion over lay days for quail hunting
during the coming season, with Brunswick having been
exempted from a bill introduced in the State Legislature.
The old R & S. Amusement Co. of Leland had a new attraction
for the coming season—a couple of lion cubs—and their picture
was on the front page of our edition for March 6, 1946. Chaflie
Swan and Andy Dowling had begun work on a new shrimp dock
in Southport.
It had required two overtime periods for Bolivia boys to
defeat Shallotte 21-19; renovations and repairs were underway
at Amuzu; and Japanese cherry trees were blooming at
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hearing by the State Board of
Elections in Whiteville
January 12-14. The contest,
which the state board earlier
had declared a tie at 5,452
apiece, was awarded to the
Republican after the board
heard testimony that fraud
and forgery may have oc
curred in South Lees
Precinct.
Harrelson’s election wasn’t
simple. First, the unofficial
election returns showed
Williamson to be the narrow
victor but the Brunswick
County canvass put Harrelson
ahead by five votes. The
following day, the Columbus
County canvass showed the
Chadbourn farmer*
businessman ahead by two
votes.
The Republicans charged
fraud and forgery and sub
mitted enough evidence for
the State Board of Elections
to allow a recount. This
trimmed Williamson’s
margin to one and coupled
with a “spoiled” ballot that
was allowed for Harrelson,
the vote was declared a tie.
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program review in those two
counties—the standard
metropolitan statistical area
of Wilmington.
This review procedure
consists of an evaluation of
each project to determine its
conformance to existing
plans and development
trends. However, this review
responsibility does not in
clude veto authority, rather
only comments pertinent to
the project desirability which
are made to the federal
agency involved.
In so doing, the staff is able
to spot any conflicts or ■ j
omissions in a proposed
project and recommend
where changes need to be
made in order to resolve
these conflicts and
strengthen the project so that
it may conform with the long
range planning goals which
attempt to provide orderly
growth, thus saving both time
and money and eliminating
inadequate and deficient
programs.
The clearinghouse function
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Sgt. Henry j
Given Medial !
Staff Sergeant Frank P.
Henry was honored at a
ceremony at noon Sunday
with the presentation of the ,
Army Commendation Medal.
The award was made by
Mayor E.B. Tomlinson, Jr.,
at City Hall in Southport with
Major Kenneth Johnston and
Capt. Robert Harris of Fort
Benning, Ga., in attendance.
Also present were members
of the family of the recipient ]
and a number of his friends.
Following is the text of the
citation:
During the period 15
November 1968 to 27
February 1971 throughout the
cited period he consistently
obtained outstanding results
through his untiring efforts
and professional ability.
Always willing to give of his
off dutv time, he SDent many
hours of concentrated effort
to insure diat every subject
within his area of respon
sibility received the
maximum attention
necessary to obtain optimum
results. By his sincere desire
and ability to provide only the
latest information to his
students, they proceeded
from his area of instruction
as some of the best qualified
soliders in the United States
Army. Having been assigned
to his position without
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Receives Medal
Staff Sergeant Frank P. Henry is shown here as he is awarded the Army
Commendation Medal during ceremonies at noon Sunday at City Hall in
Southport. Making the presentation is Mayor E.B. Tomlinson, Jr. (Photo by
Spencer)