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THURS. JULY 1,1982
BOILING SPRINGS, NC
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“Tests made so far on the
water in Boiling Springs
have not shown any signs of
harmful chemicals or
bacteria,” Max Hamrick,
town councilman, said in a
meeting last night of the
town board.
In the last two years, the
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has tested
the town’s central well,
located off Highway 150,
after several complaints
were heard by residents
that the water had a
petroleum odor and taste.
The well has been tested
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Over 200 townspeople join
ed in circles like the happy
dancers at right at the Boil
ing Springs street dance
last Friday night. Fid-
dleman David Lipscomb
(above) kept their feet
moving fast, along with
other members of the band,
“Our Grass Is Blue.”
The dancers are, beginn
ing at right and moving
clockwise, Mrs. Janie
Clary; Blane Whisnant; an
unidentified woman; and
MikeHowington.
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by EPA spei
times for all
chemicals and
that could be hari
humans.
“The intitial ^ts have
not identified tfe cause,”
Hamrick said/ “Beyond
that, the EP^just doesn’t/
have the answer. ’ ’
In the last ,week, eight
town resident have com
plained about an increas
ing petroleum odor and
taste, although there are no
signs of an unusual colora-'
tion in the water.
Mrs. Kay Patterson,
Flint Hill Church Road, ex
pressed concern last night
to the board that some solu
tion should soon be found
since her water problem
has worsened in the last
two weeks.
“It has gotten to the
place that we have to hold
our breath to swallow any
water,” Mrs. Patterson
said. “I’m really getting
concerned about drinking
it.”
BoaaC members confirm
ed tMt a second sample
has heen taken for the
university lab at UNC-
Chai)el Hill.
other business, the
bo^rd heard jseveral re
quests by Boiling Springs
fsidents who ftwned swim-
R they not be
|ige fees for
ie needed for
1 the sewage
the amount
ing pools, thi
harged sew|
he water usai
e pools.
Currently,
fee is based o\
of water used, but residents
say water used in the pools
^does not drain into the
^sewage lines.
1 Board members agreed
jthat there was no way to
Jestimate how much water
irom the pools, li any, ran
into the sewage lines, so
they would stick to the
original policy
The Rule Breakers
(Editor’s note: this is the first of a series to
run this summer on “The Rule Breakers, ”
successful individuals from the Boiling
Springs area who have achieved their suc
cess by unconventional methods.
Unconventional could be the middle
name of 46-year old Earl Owensby. Nine
years ago, at an age when most men are
settling into their jobs, Owensby began a
new career as a movie producer, director,
and actor. The low-budget, high-action pic
tures of the EO Corporation have made
Owensby money, and made people talk
about Owensby.
Owensby talked with the View last Mon
day, the day of a court hearing on the
custody of his children; he and his wife
recently separated.
Three hours after this interview,
Owensby sat in a Cleveland County cour
troom and heard the judge read a deposi
tion awarding custody of his sons to his
wife.)
“I never wanted to
be an actor. I’m Earl
w e n s b y , a
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businessman and
father. ”
— Earl Owensby
BY KAY STAMEY
VIEW STAFF
View: Mr. Owensby, describe your
childhood and what you remember most
significantly about your family.
Owensby; Well, I was born in the moun
tains of North Carolina. I was adopted at 11
months and grew up in the little mountain
town of Cliffside. We were poor, very poor.
I worked in a theater in Cliffside for six
years pushing brooms, selling candy, or
running the projector. I thought I was do
ing good making $5 a week.
View: Was your family close?
Owensby: Oh, yes. We loved each other
very much. We were close in our own
ways, I guess. I never doubted that my
parents loved me and they knew I loved
them.
View: You said your family showed love in
their own ways. Was there much affec
tion?
Owensby: From my mother there was a
great deal of affection. I guess she made
up for my father.
View: Was your father not affectionate?
Owensby; No. He never could show affec
tion. He worked hard every day in the mill.
Maybe he just didn’t have time or maybe
he didn’t know how. Still he was a good
man and I respect him.
View: Now what is most important in your
life?
Owensby; My two sons. I would just as
soon see the EO Corporation float down the
stream than give up my children.
View; Do you think you will get custody?
Owensby: I really don’t know. In the long
run, I think I could offer them a stable,
Christian life, and they would be brought
up in the right atmosphere. But, if the
judge decides against it. I’ll just accept it.
Owensby: Will EO Corporation be affected
adversely by the settlement?
Owensby; No. We will continue to make
movies. In fact, we’re in the process of
filming a 3-D picture, “Last Plane Out.”
View; Where do you get the ideas for your
movies?
Owensby: Oh, they come from every
source. We have people come in with the
rights to books, and people from all over
the film industry with new scripts and
ideas. They’re not hard to find. would be my strong faith in God and my
View: Will you be starring in these latest appreciation of the church life and
religious training. That’s the greatest
r\ u M Till • ^ j T thing a parent can do for a child, to give
Owensby: No, I'll just produce I never a solid training in the church.
.wanted to be an actor, anyway. I’m Earl ®
Owensby, a businessman and father.
View: Are 3-D movies that big money
makers, or are they just a passing fad?
View: What kind of image do you think you
have in this area and outside this area?
Owensby; Well, I hope I have a clean,
shrewd businessman-like image inside this
Owensby: We hope they will go over big. „ ^ ou iv, • .c, c-v . v
As far as their being successful in the m the film industry,
- - ^ I m just like every other businessman,
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Shelby area, we really don’
Besides, we’re not catering only to Shelby
fans. We’re making movies for the world.
searching for the right ingredients to make
a good picture.
View What do vmir snn« fhint nf p’dh While you have Undergone a crisis,
ornsbMhe?to;?oducer7 "as the church been a comfortto you?
Owensby: To them I’d just daddy. They
think I’m like every other daddy who goes
off to work, gets paid, and plays with the
kids.
View: What is the most important quality
you would pass on to your sons, Elvis and
Rhett?
Owensby: My faith has certainly helped
me through. I’m a stable individual, and I
have just learned to separate my personal
problems from my work. You know, things
go wrong in every marriage. Sometimes
two people just drift apart. It’s sad, but it
happens.
Owensby: If I had to pass on one quality it View: Earl, thank you.
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