VOLUME 42 .
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
NO. 47
10PAGES TODAY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1971
SOUTHPORT, N. C.
5c A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Trip To Moscow
Mrs. Elizabeth Munford, left and Mrs. Jack
Hickman, right, have returned from a three
weeks visit to Moscow where they were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cinal. In the photo
on the left they are shown walking along the
streets of Moscow. On the right the sisters are
shown boarding their Pan-Am jet at Helsinki for
the return trip to the United States.
Russian Visit ‘Wonderful’, She Says
Mrs. Jack Hickman has
returned from a two • weeks
visit in Moscow and she has
nothing but praise for the
Russians and their country.
“It was so wonderful,” she
said, “I just wish everybody
could take a trip like we
had.”
“We” in this case refers to
her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Munford, of Virginia Beach,
Va., whose daughter,
Marilyn, is married to
Ronald Cinal who is serving
as assistant attache in the
American Embassy in
Moscow. When Elizabeth
decided to visit her daughter
in the Russian captial she
also expressed some
misgivings about making this
long journey alone. It was at
this point that her sister,
Margaret, volunteered to go
with her. And that’s how it all
began.
They left Kennedy Airport
in New York on May 6 on a
night flight to Copenhagen,
but they were flying toward
daylight and the sun came up
while they still were well out
over the Atlantic. They
landed in the captial of
Denmark early in the mor
ning, stopped briefly while
their Pan - Am plane was
cleaned and serviced, then
were on their way to Moscow.
Their arrival there brought
on the one serious com
plication they encountered
during their entire three -
weeks trip. They arrived on
May 7; their visas said they
would arrive on May 8; so the
Russian officials said they
simply would have to wait at
the airport for the proper
time for arrival. Pan - Am
officials and the young
American Embassy attache
got busy and managed to cut
the Red red tape with "wily a
one-hour delay.
There followed a round of
entertainment and sight
City Passes Along
Power Rate Hike
A wholesale electric in
crease for Southport has been
announced by F.C. Lennon,
district manager of Carolina
Power and Light Company.
The increase was effective
May 28. Service used prior to
that date will be figured on
the old rate but service
provided after May 28 will be
on the new fee schedule. The
increase will be reflected in
statements mailed on July 1
by the City of Southport.
It is understood that all
wholesale customers of
Carolina Power and Light
Company will have a uniform
Moving Friday?
Last week we predicted that the old Waccamaw
Bank & Trust Co. bank building would be moved
Monday from its old location at the corner of
Moore and Howe Streets to the new site next door
to the City Barbershop.
The move didn’t come off on schedule.
Contractor Carlton Barbour had some equip
ment tied up on another job in Johnson County, and
since this was necessary in the local operation he
and his crew had to spent a couple of days on that
project.
The front of the building and the vault area have
been demolished and the rubble cleared. Steel
beams have been emplaced, and tomorrow
(Thursday) the building will be carefully jacked
up.
Then, if all goes well, the trip across the street
will be made sometime Friday.
wholesale rate, a situation
that has not existed in the
past.
The increase for the city
will be 21.127 percent.
Last year, the city paid to
Carolina Power and Light
Company $108,672.90 for
electricity. It is anticipated
that this year the total will
run in the neighborhood of
$150,000. The increase is
indicative of the growth of
Southport and the extended
service, plus the approximate
20 - percent rate hike.
Following is a copy of the
letter of advice received by
the City of Southport from
Carolina Power & Light Co.:
“The Order of the Federal
Power Commission which
suspended our filing for in
creased rates for wholesale
service provided that we
shall place the suspended
rates into effect on May 28,
1971, and shall thereafter
charge and collect the in
creased rates and charges. A
copy of the rate schedule
effective May 28, 1971, is
attached. Of course, charges
above those which would be
due under the previous rate
schedules are subject to
refund if we should
ultimately be granted less
than the full amount of the
increase we have requested.
“hi order to conform to the
requirements of the Com
mission’s Order, we will
record the reading of the
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seeing that was enough to
delight these two American
women. One major highlight
was a reception at Armed
Forces Day celebration
where they met three
Russian Cosmonauts and
received their autographs.
. Another was an evening at
the ballet, which is very big in
Russia. This entertainment
was in the Palace of Congress
inside the Kremlin, which
they also visited on routine
sightseeing trips.
Red Square was a place of
wonder to them, with the
Kremlin on one side, St.
Basil’s Cathedral on another
and Gum’s Deftsrtraimt
Store, said to be the' Worm a
largest, on another. %
Mrs. Hickman said they
had very little personal
contact with the Russian
people since they were
provided transportation from
the Embassy each time they
went out, always with an
interpreter. Even when they
went walking from their
apartment, they were ac
companied by the “nanny”,
who takes care of the Cinal
daughters, Mary, Katharine
and Donna. That young lady
was from Finalnd, but she
spoke Russian fluently.
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Dosher Hospital
Gets Facelifting
The J. Arthur Dosher
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
$ is being reactivated by Mrs.
Thomas Haake, wife of the
i Commanding Officer at
* Sunny Point. Their first
project is known as ‘ ‘Hospital
| Face Lift” for patient rooms.
The pediatric room was
sponsored and redecorated
by Col. and Mrs. Haake.
Bright paint, colorful cur
tains, clown pictures, rocking
chair, toy bags and table
lamps carry a color scheme
of orange, yellow and aqua.
I The results are a happy,
I cheerful place for small
| patients.
The Sunny Point Woman’s
Club is sponsoring ward room
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Leuenberger To
Hold Services
The Rev. Sam Leuen
berger, pastor of Southport
Presbyterian Church, will
begin a series of services
Sunday evening at Trinity
United Methodist Church.
These services will extend
through Wednesday evening.
The Rev. Paul Scott, host
pastor, said this week “I hope
that the people of Southport
will take advantage of this
opportunity to hear this truly
outstanding young preacher.
Not only do we urge the
Methodist to attend, but we
especially invite members of
his own church and members
of other demoninations to
come hear Sam.”
The young minister, a
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REV. LEUENBERGER
Methodists Have
New Assignments
The Rev. Paul B. Scott was
returned as pastor at Trinity
United Methodist Church in
Southport following the an
nual session of the North
Carolina Conference last
week in Fayetteville and the
Rev. Millard Warren
returned as pastor at Ocean
View Methodist Church.
However, changes in
pastors occurred both at
Shallotte Camp and at Town
Creek. The Rev. J. Sidney
Epperson comes to Shallotte
Ocean View Methodist Church Honored
This is Ocean View Methodist Church at
Yaupon Beach which was honored last week as
Rural Church of the Year in the North Carolina
Conference at Annual Conference in Fayetteville.
The Rev. Millard Warren is pastor. (Photo by
Spencer)
to replace the Rev. Frank
Salmon. At Town Creek the
Rev. Ed C. Batchelor is the
new pastor, replacing the
Rev. James Williams.
The Rev. Tracy Varnum
was returned as pastor for
Shallotte Circuit.
The Rev. W.J. Neece is the
new District Superintendent
for the Wilmington District,
replacing the Rev. Clyde
McCarver.
The Rev. William
Davenport, former pastor at
Trinity United Methodist
Church in Southport, was
assigned to the Methodist
Church at Lagrange.
Single House
Plan Proposed
The two - house legislature
may have outlived its
usefulness, Rep. Thomas
Harrelson suggested to the
graduating seniors at Bolivia
High School during com
mencement exercises last
Thursday night.
Harrelson, one of two
representatives of the
Brunswick - Columbus house
district, said “The state
originally adopted a two •
house legislature to provide
two different bases of
representation. In one house
representation would be
based on population. In the
other house, it would be based
primarily on geography.”
The U.S. Supreme Court,
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Presents Pictures
Mrs. Thomas Haake* left, chairman of the Dosher Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary, is shown here as she presents pictures for the pediatric room to
Mrs. Donnally, director of nursing service. This is just one step in the effort to
make the rooms at the local hospital more comfortable and more attractive.
(Photo by Spencer)
Proposed Bill May Ease
Beach Erosion In County
“The House of
Representatives has passed
legislation which will provide
the framework for setting up
a one million dollar revolving
fund to aid counties in
combating beach erosion”,
according to Representative
Thomas J. Harrelson of
Southport.
“The legislation if enacted
would be of tremendous
benefit to our coastal area in
Brunswick County and will
enable us to put up im
mediately the local share of
matching funds for Federal
— State erosion control
projects,” Harrelson said.
The revolving fund would
provide for advancement to
be made to counties and
municipalities for planning
engineering, construction,
and maintenance in con
nection with beach erosion
control and hurricane flood
protection projects. Ad
vances would be repayable
unless the Department of
Water & Air Resources
decides that a project is not
feasible. House Bill 90S also
authorizes both counties and
municipalities to levy
property taxes and spend
local funds for beach erosion
protection — hurricane flood
protection projects.”
The authority proposed for
municipalities is new. The
authority now exists for
counties, up to 10 cents on the
$100 valuation (the bill would
remove the 10cents limit). As
the bill is drafted these taxes
would have to be county -
wide (for counties) or city -
wide (for cities).
“I was on the Sub
committee which reworked
some of the major provisions
"of this bill,” declared .
Representative Harrelson,
and one of the problems we
encountered was the
possibility of creating tax
zones for this purpose.
However, as the bill is
drafted, the taxes cannot be
zoned, but must be unit-wide
because under our present
State Constitution as in
terpreted by the N.C.
Supreme Court, a property
tax could not constitutionally
be levied, for example by a
county on only part of the
county, or at varying zoned
rates within the county.
There is a way to get around
the restriction against a tax
on only part of the county, but
it requires setting up a
special taxing district in
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Youth Progra]
Begins
Children of low-income
backgrounds will parttiifyate
in a six-week Summer Head
Start program that will offer
chances the youngsters
haven’t had before and will
prepare them for the start of
school in the fall.
The program begins Monday
in the Brunswick County
school system. James
Clemmons, principal of
Lincoln School, will be
coordinator of the Head Start
program here.
A.P. Worley, deputy
director of Sencland Com
munity Action, Inc., which
received grants from the
federal government to
Time And Tide
The week preceding our publication date for June 10, 1936,
had been almost typical in the life of a rural county: Mrs.
George Cannon of the Bolivia Home Demonstration Club was to
preside at the district meeting of that organization; there was
talk of a second primary following an election in which
majorities had eluded the leading candidates in a couple of
Democratic contests WPA workers had been pressed into
service as relief for CCC boys who were near exhaustion from
fighting forest fires; and a local girl, Miss Eleanor Niernsee,
had graduated from the Nursing School at John Hopkins
Baltimore.
There was a story about a shell sidewalk from the business
district of Southport to Dosher Memorial Hospital, and an
editorial applauded the wisdom of the project, the only trouble
is that it never was completed — and it is just as badly needed
now as it was thirty-five years ago.
There was a front page story in The Pilot for June 11, 1941,
that called the honorable sport of flounder-striking “Catching
Flounders With Pitchforks During Low Tide.” Brothers Ed and
Robert Marlowe had pinned down 33 in this manner in a matter
of a couple of hours that week.
In fact the front page read like a tear sheet from a wildlife
magazine: “Big Haul Of Big Fish Made By Party Here Last
Week” said one headline; “Best Bluefish Catch of Season
Brought In Tuesday” proclaimed another: “Variety Very
Apparent on Fishing Trip” was a third. There was more: A
seine 45-yards in length had been captured and confiscated in
the Waccamaw River.
June 5,1946 and another Brunswick county girl had made the
front page of The Pilot by graduating from nursing school.This
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finance the program, said
each class will include bet
ween 18 and 20 youngsters.
The youngsters will receive
free medical and dental
services, will be fed balanced
meals, and will travel to
interesting places in the area.
Programs are ad- ''
ministered by the school
systems in Columbus,
Brunswick, and Bladen
counties and in Whiteville
Sencland services the three
county region.
Worley said that although
the federal agency has
recommended this previously
in other areas, this is the first
year the Head Start program
in the three counties and J
White ville will have1 ‘Parents $
involvement.” Participants |
in this section must be of low- |
income families as defined by I
federal rules. There will be a *
coordinator on the grantee
(Sencland) level whose job it /
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Head Start program, the
purpose being to get them
involved in the programs that
benefit their children.
Cost of the Summer Head
Start programs in the three
counties and the Whiteville
school system totaled 1358,000
with $285,000 provided by the
federal government. Per
sonnel costs account for
$244,000 of the total.
The federal grant was
accepted by the Sencland
board of directors at its
recent monthly meeting. The
agency’s part of the Summer
Headstart amounts to $10,073,
all of which is provided from
federal funds.
The Head Start program in
Brunswick County will cost
$66,434, according to the
budget approved by the
regional office of the
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. The
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