THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 42 NO. 37 10-PAGES TODAY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1971 SOUTHPORT, N. C. 5c A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Cancer Crusade
Chairman Named
Richard Glenn is chairman
of the Brunswick County unit
of the American Cancer
Society’s 1971 eduational and
fund-raising crusade which
begins today.
The appointment was
announced by Mrs. James E.
Kirby, president of the
Brunswick County unit, who
said that Glenn had accepted
the position “because of a
deep understanding that the
fight against cancer must not
lose momentum but must be
speeded up.”
Glenn stated, “We shall be
urging the people of Brun
swick County to Join this
fight—to protect themselves
with a checkup and others
with a check to their
American Cancer Society
when volunteers call on you
at home or your business.”
April and May have been
set aside in Brunswick
County for the Cancer
Crusade. The kick-off-dinner
will be tonight at 7:30 at
Herman’s Restaurant in
Southport.
The crusade chairman
urges all the workers to at
tend the dinner and learn
more about the work for the
county. Volunteers for this
work throughout the cunty
are: Mrs. Raymond Babson,
Mrs. Bill Mints, Mrs. Grove
Holden, Mrs. Betty
Harrelson, Mr. Roy Mintz,
Mrs. Sandra Pigott,. Mrs.
Local Woman
State Winner
Mrs. Beth Sell won first
place in the sewing com
petition at the N.C.
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Fine Arts Festival in
Greensboro last Saturday.
Mrs. Sell made a long
sleeved flowered print dress
for her five year old daughter
lisa. The dress was finely
detailed with embroidered
flowers on the collar and
cuffs. The construction was
described as “excellent” by
the district judges.
Mrs. Sell first entered
competition in Southport at
the Junior Woman's Club’s
Sewing Contest. Upon win
ning the local contest she
represented Southport at the
District level and gained the
honor of competing on the
state level. There was an
entry from each of the 16
districts in the state at
tending the Festival in
Greensboro on the campus at
the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro.
Each garment was judged
on construction, fit, and
general appearance on the
person. The judges were Dr
Bernice Kalka, assistant
professor in the UNC-G
school of home economics
and Miss Lucille Bissell,
graduate student in clothing
and textiles at UNC-G, and
Mrs. Vemell Stallings.
The first place prize was a
$50 savings bond awarded in
Lisa Sell’s name and
yards of knit material from
Burlington Industries.
Southern School Site
Progress Keport
Western School Site
William Miller, Mrs. Barbara
Hewett, Mrs. John Holden,
Mrs. Alfonza Roach, Mrs.
Gene Sellers and Mrs. Frank
Hewett.
Also, Mrs. Betty Sellers,
Mrs. Billy Cheers, Mrs. Odell
Evans, Mrs. Joe Brooks, Mrs.
Helen Beard, Mrs. Robert
Altizer, Mr. P.R. Hankins,
Mrs. Arlene Price, Mrs. Cora
Frink, Miss Eva Burney,
Mrs. Frank Waldron, Mrs.
M.C. Herring, Mrs. Fred
Simmons, Mrs. Robert
Simmons, Mrs. Jack Hewett,
Mrs. Gladys Stanley, Mrs.
Cora Green, Mrs. Rose
Holden, Mrs. Ruth
Harrington, Mrs. Betty
Lands and Miss Kay Moore.
Drug Traffic
Perils Aired
A delegation from .the
Southport Lio'' Club
traveled to Leland Monday
evening for a meeting of the
Leland Lions Club feturing a
lecture on the perils of the
illegal drug traffic.
The speaker was H.G.
Grohman, a retired Air Force
officer now with the drug
squad of the New turnover
County sheriff’s office. Lion
J.D. Long of Leland presided/
Grohman reported that in
New Hanover County there
are an estimated 500 persons
on heroin, 1,000 habitual
marijuana users and 25
known “pushers”—sellers of
illegal drugs. The problem is
doubled in scope during the
summer beach season, he
said.
The speaker warned that
Brunswick County also has a
... drug problem. Grohman
presently is conducting
classes for Brunswick County
sheriff’s deputies in which
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Arrested In
Bomb Threat
The head of the local
chapter of the National
Association for Advancement
of Colored People has been
charged with making a bomb
hoax call to Ft. Johnston
Academy, a private school in
Southport.
Eugene Willard Gore, 55, is
free on $1,000 bond to appear
at a District Court hearing on
April 13.
The arrest was made after
an investigation that began
March 19. Involved in the
investigation were Chief
Walton Willis of the Southport
Police Department, mem
bers of the federal Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms
division of the Treasury
Department, the State
Bureau of Investigation and
the security division of
Southern Bell Telephone
Company.
Chief Willis said there have
been several calls made to
local schools in recent weeks
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State Winner
Mrs. Beth Sell won first place in the sewing competition of the Fine Arts
Festival sponsored by the State Federation of Woman’s Clubs Saturday in
Greensboro. Her winning garment was a dress for her daughter, Lisa, who is
shown here getting a final final fitting. (Photo by Spencer)
Brunswick Schools Spent
$3.2 Million Last Year
Public schools are big
business and there’s no doubt
about it. The total ex
penditure for North
Carolina’s public schools
during the 1969-70 school year
was $649,647,175.35.
In the Brunswick County
school system a total of $3.2
million was spent. Of this
amount, 72.6 percent was
provided by the state, while
the federal government’s
share totaled 19.3 percent,
and local sources amounted
to 8.1 percent. The total per
pupil expenditure was
$583.78.
The figure comes from a
report, “Current Ex
penditures by Source of
Funds, 1969-70,” released
recently by A.C. Davis,
Controller for the State Board
of education. The statistics
show that 69.7 percent of the
Time And Tide
There was a front page picture of the late Baxter Durham in
The Pilot for April 1,1936, and with it was the announcement
that he was a candidate for re-election as State Auditor. A
100-ft. fire tower was being constructed at Maco as an aid to
the forestry program in Brunswick.
The Southport Building & Loan (Saving & Loan) had
observed its 25th anniversary; a Southport girl had been
elected maid of honor in the May Court at Greensboro
College; and Judge R. Hunt Parker was coming to hold court
the following week.
One of our all-time favorite Pilot photos was on our front
page back in April, 1941. It showed the youthful horseman,
Brother Christian, and Cherry McDonald, pretty sorrel mare
owned by Dr. and Mrs. L.C. Fergus, and it told of the
workouts the boy and his mount were taking daily in
preparation for the forthcoming Cape Fear Horse Show in
Wilmington. Four Negroes had lost their lives when the
automobile in which they were riding plunged into the waters
of Sturgean Creek near Leland.
There was a picture, too, of the chapel at Orton Plantation;
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funds—$435 million — was
provided by the State. Some
12.8 percent came from
federal sources, and the
remaining 17.5 percent was
provided by local revenue.
The average per pupil
expenditure for the state—the
average amount spent on
each school child — was
$588.29. Of that amount,
$410.26 came from State
funds, $75.08 from the federal
government, and $102.95 from
local sources.
Comparing the percentage
of state, federal, or local
expenditures in individual
school systems, state funds
spent ranged from a hign of
86.2 percent in Alexander
County to a low of 56.0 per
cent in Hendersonville City
Schools. Federal sources
ranged from a high of 30.3
percent in Maxton City
Schools to a low of 4.0 percent
in Caldwell County. The high
for local funds spent was 35.7
percent in Mecklenburg
County; the low was 3.2
percent in Graham County.
Comparing data reaching
back to the 1966-67 school
year it can be seen that per
pupil expenditures are rising,
primarily through additional
State and local expenditures.
Some $292.18 per pupil in
state funds were expended in
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Mayor
Race I
Who will be the next mayor
of Southport?
It won’t be Eugene
Tomlinson, who announced
this morning that he will not
seek re-election to his usual
post.
The decision surprised
everyone.
Tomlinson, who has served
for ten years as Southport’s
mayor and figured to be the
favorite in the May 4 election,
said “this is one of the har
dest decisions that I have
ever had to make.” He cited
personal and professional
obligations that require more
of his time as reasons for the
decision.
Filing for the mayor’s job
opened this morning
(Thursday) and continues
through April 16.
In a prepared statement,
Tomlinson stated:
For several months I have
been considering whether I
should seek re-election to the
position of Mayor of the City
of Southport. In these con
siderations I have reviewed
the activities of the city
during the ten years I have
been honored and privileged
tp serve as Mayor.
“Some of the more notable
achievements of our ad
minstrations—OUR is
correct, for the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen must
function as a unit if there is to
be real progress—have been:
—construction of new
electrical distribution
system;
—provision of modem fire
fighting equipment;
—construction of per
manent recreation pier;
—establishment act for
Southport - Brunswick
County Library;
—provision of water and
fire service to all areas of
city;
Saturday Is
Balloon Day
Balloon Day in Shallotte
will be held Saturday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., the
Southeastern Chapter, The
Easter Seal Society for
Crippled Children and Adults
of North Carolina, Inc.,
announced this morning.
A highlight of the 1971
Easter Seal appeal, which
continues through April 11,
Easter Sunday, this special
Balloon Day Drive is designed
to help raise funds for
crippled children and adults
in this area.
Members of the National
Honor Society, Shallotte
High School, will be assisting
the Easter Seal Society by
offering balloons to shoppers
in the Shallotte area. Faculty
advisors, Mrs. Reynolds and
Mrs. Little, will be in charge.
Easter Seal funds gathered
through the annual appeal go
to support local Easter Seal
projects and direct services to
the physically handicapped.
Won’t Run;
s Wide Open
—revised city zoining or
dinance and procedures,
including long • range
planning;
—construction of sewer
treatment plant to prevent
MAYOR TOMLINSON
pollution of river from city's
old sewer system;
—completed plans and
obtained Federal funds for
waterfront park and park on
Owens Street;
—lead in county - wide bond
referendum for three con
solidated high schools; and
—encouraged and sup
ported enlargement of Fourth
of July Festival.
“The present ad
ministration is now working
on many major items that
include:
—request to the North
Carolina General Assembly
to designate our festival as
“The North Carolina Fourth
of July Festival";
—expansion of city water
system to outlying areas for
more fire protection and to
increase city’s revenue;
—establishment of toll-free
telephone service between
the Southport area and
Viimington;
—expansion of the city
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Officers Named
By Eastern Star
At a special meeting held
on Friday evening, at the
Masonic Temple, officers for
Live Oak Chapter, No. 179,
Order of the Eastern Star,
were installed for the
1971-72 year.
Nan Kennedy, Worthy
Matron, and Preston Bryant,
Worthy Patron, were in their
stations for the informal
opening and welcomed
members and visitors.
Marjorie P. Livingston was
introduced as Installing
Officer and she presented her
assistants, Gelene Russ,
Installing Marshal; Jessie
Swan, Installing Chaplain;
and Elsie Jenkins, Installing
Organist.
Installed for the new year
were Susan Spencer, W.M.;
Afton W. Smith, Jr., W.P.;
Connie Young, A.M.; Clifton
B. White, A.P.; Judy White,
Treasurer; Lois Brittain,
Conductress; Frances Howell,
Associate Conductress;
Margaret Hood, Chaplain;
Lena Fisher, Marshal;
Amaretta Prevatte, Organist;
Edythe Smith, Adah; Nan
Kennedy, Ruth; Shannon
Bray, Esther, Evelyn Gilbert,
Martha; Linda Smith, Electa;
Pearl Aldridge, Warder; and
Preston Bryant, Sentinel.
The newly installed Worthy
Matron accepted her station
with a speech indicating her
sense of responsibility
towards her Chapter and the
Order of the Easter Star. She
thanked those who had
consented to serve as her
installing officers, and
mentioned particularly the
lovely blue and white
officers’ corsages which had
been made for her by
Marjorie Livingston. She then
announced her theme for the
year to be Friendship, and
gave her reasons for selecting
the office of Esther as her
honor station for the year;
the white rose as her flower,
and blue and white as her
colors. The scripture selection
is from Proverbs 18:24—“A
man that hath friends must
shew himself friendly; and
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Clean-Up At
Long Beach
Long Beach officials have
proclaimed a clean-up week
to keep the community “one
of the most beautiful beach
towns along the North
Carolina coast.”
The observance will begin
Sunday and continue through
next Saturday and is of
ficially designated Long
Beach Clean-Up Week.
Mayor O.G. Coleman, Jr.,
urged all citizens to “enter
into this Clean-Up Week with
zest and a sincere purpose to
give our town a thorough
spring cleaning” and
preserve the natural beauty
and attractiveness of Long
Beach.
“I »rge each citizen of Long
Beach to exert all of his ef
forts toward making our town
more attractive and clean by
picking up the trash along the
road and street in front of his
home or business, and by
removing all trash from his
own premises whether
business or home,” Coleman
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