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uncle Love Take BY SUSAN USHER While the five members of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners ses alike on most issues, says DisuiiT 2 Commissioner Herman i>ove, their iut*a> may differ on how to attain those goals. Love, for instance, wants to avoid what he sees as a potential new sectionalism that could divide the county. He's seeking ways to help newcomers merge into the mainstream, to bring longtime and new county residents together. rv-t fKn L. A 1- * - L. ? ..4.1 4 ? X. ' mo UUUIU nr. in i.pr ? I.aiflir St. inittmur WHO knows all parties sometimes need to "give a little" in order to change, to move forward together. While not hesitant to express opinions in his own unassuming way, Love listens just as easily. He seems to have the patient, constant nature of those who fish and hunt regularly, two pastimes he enjoys. When they can, lave and his wife of seven years, Oeraidine, enjoy slipping away from their nome ai uie corner of Whippoorwill lane and Holmes Street in Shallotte and heading inland to where the fish are striking. Their camper may head for the Santee-Cooper or lake Wylie area of Piedmont South Carolina or they may wander over to Town Creek or lack wood Folly River for a day in pursuit of brim, crappies or bass. Herman also deer hunts with the fang Bay Hunting Club, a hobby Geraldine doesn't share. Over the past year Love's schedule has scarcely let up. He has little time these (lavs to pursue soecial interests, but doesn't seem to mind. "I'm willing to give up that much and more," he said. Working nearly full-time since joinuig the board in December, lave said it's a pace he's willing to keep for the duration of his term. Love retired in 1981 from one full-time job. For most of the previous 26 years he had served as transporation supervisor for the Brunswick County Public Schools. When promoted to supervisor in 1906, lave recalled, "Brunswick County was a big, bare county. We had 48 bases to cover this entire county. When I left, there were 123." In those early years only major traasportation arteries were paved: U.S. 17. N.C. 74, N.C. 87, N.C. 211 to Southport and N.C. 130 to Whiteville. lave worked under eight of the 10 people to serve as superintendent of schools. In that time, he added, *i ready witnessed ihe q/ I tut Anunly '1 Through miles of traveling hack roads and years of getting to know hundreds ot bus drivers, Love aiso came to know Brunswick County. "1 feel like my vast knowledge of the county helped," he said of the November general elc-ctioi: In which he received 8,788 votes, more than any other candidates for t hp iw\or?i A# * * ?? * o u member of the hoard 1-ove's goals as a commissioner are straightforward, though broad, lie wants to see the county build on the programs it has. for work on the county water system to If you are countinc for a comfortal COUN1 y,Y,r- nnn.n fir// w this numbe n has b John 4 rw IA O^-The dollars just don't add up1 Inflai government deficits, economic unccrt Social Security?" Most of us thought take care of our retirement needs . . . is that government payments arc not to live beyond the poverty level. ^3 The IRA I. i /yr f ;1 enable people to | I J */ ? 'jB Social Security w Lj&Zy *44 the <ici ? :i,y .fck' of the cash buiidi . ' * Only a bf? iru ^ ^ monthly income r of your kfeumc V*. Call your Farm Bureau Insurance Ken Ferguson _ Rocky Cox Cindy Reed Phillip 1 754-8175 457 Shall otte Souinpori r the i s Fisherman i speed along "but without waste." and to see all count> departments "working together in harmony for the good of the county". like most other commissioners he said he v n ??nn4il.. : *? i u *-? -t ..VJ.VV u o>vuwi; IUVi?.UOIIIg VOA UC1JO TT VUIU WIIW. V.OIU VI the added demands growth is placing on goverment so as to avoid a tax rate increase. A perhaps more challenging goal is that of bringing together longtime county residents and the area's steadi ly increasing number of newcomers in a cooperative spirit. "We have to get them working together and tc understand each other," he said. "The world is full oi talent not being tappet.. They're waiting to do something but just haven't been asked." If some effort isn't made to bring the grouo.' together, he continued, "we could get into sectionalism.' "It probably boils down to that we all have to give r little." Newcomers are already having an impart in thf county, he continued, referring to the election of Commissioner Jim Poole, who has lived on Oak Island only a feu years. "They've had an impact. They're going to have much more." ix)ve isn't a Brunswick County native, but lias livec here so long most people probably assume he is. Born ir 1922 in Mokane, Missouri, he graduated from high schoo in 1940. He soon left his job painting and repairing hilildines and bridges nn an "e*tra" gang with thi Missouri, Kansas and Texas Kailroad Co. for the war. After training in Maryland and South Carolina love's first assignment was 16 months on coastal patro at Ocean Isle Beach. There he met a girl named Hazel ; it December 1943 they married. While his bride remained stateside, love reported t( duty on an attack cargo ship in the South Pacific. Shuttl tng equipment and sometimes personnel for assaults, hi recalled, "We made three D-Days?Luzon, Subic Baj and Okinawa." He also shuttled Chinese troops to the port of Su-cou where they were destined for the Manchuriau line, gui fodder for the much larger Japanese occupation forces "We knew it was a one-way trip for them," said love. At Nagasaki Bay, Japan, his ship escorted occupa tion troops into the city on Dec. 28,1945, just months afte it served as the target for the soennd atomic bomb eve detonated on a populated area. "We were under instructions not to touch anything,' love- recollected, "but we didn't know why " World War ii behind him, iove almost returned h Missouri, where his job with the railroad had been hcli for him. Instead tic and Hazel nuide their home tn Hrunnwlc Countv. For a while. Ixive recalled, he was like u lot t other soldiers suddenly readjusting to civilian life. "1 didn't do much. I had trouble deciding what to do.' In July 1947 he joiner! the school bus garage, but afte two years quit to man the first dragline operated ii o i r> I on social security Die retirement : AGAIN! ?ECURlT^J >0-0000 "Armten ESTABLISHED (OH Farmer /-y. / ^ ! '-Vf V. ATUHl ~" " :ion. uncertain interest rates, unemployment, ainties . . . "Can you afford to count on that Social Security would pretty much . but now' Unfortunately, the blunt truth providing enough money for most retirees > DUR FARM BUREAU CAN HELP /idual Retirement Annuity Lax qualified retirement plan formulated by Con pes* to K! aide money for retirement because Congress realizes i on't be enough. To encourage IRA participation, the law u( r unUiUitKiRS tut an IRA and tax deferral | ip in an IRA lurarvce company can guarantee a specific amount of to be payable during your retirement years for the remainder guaranteed! a aqent .... ulholland Shirley Q. Smith Eiagsdale David Hirst -9559 343-1605 -Oak island Leiana I THE BRUNS gun 5 Approach r Brunswick County. He returned to the school garage, I then located at Shallotte High School, in 1952 and there he > stayed for almost 26 years. He and Hazel, who operated f th" school StO**** roarorj o family nf thro?? hofnro hor i death?Andy, now a pharmacist in Chesterfield, S.C.; Christine, a finance office manager in Bladenboro; and r Steve, who lives on Route 2, Shallotte, and works at Federal Papcrboard Co. ! They all chipped in to help during his campaign. As commissioner his duties include representing the > county on the Brunswick Twnnicoi - ? - ..vihhvhi vvubgv uvuiU Ul [ Trustees and the ohNv/ixiHu t-onirnunity Action Doaru oi ; directors. He also serves on the board's own solid waste committee, with garbage disposal a strong concern of i his. Fire and rescue financing and attention to the needs of senior citizens also rank high on his list, i District 2 divided over the issue of where a nursing home should be located in the county, one of the more > controversial issues to come before the board. Ix>ve's phone rang insistently for several days as each side i pressed its view. Love said much of his time luis been spent listening, i talking, trying to explain to constituents that there are at least two sides to every issue. "If you talk to them they can see tile other side. Most 1 people are fair-minded," he said. Love wants to be fair to his constituents. And, when the public hands out his report card two ! years from now, I -ovc wants the board he is serving on to kept up with our growth." > I k r'A i //; K ' win'in ii waa 'i HBESmSHMF MMBMBW KiB^nHBBr -r riifwif-ng~MTGet 'em whil 8.8% financing up FORD RANGER PICKUPS FORD FULL-SIZE PICKUPS FORD TEMPOS *^2Z3& PLYMOUTH HORIZONS PLYMOUTH TURISMO CHRYSLER LASER FREE iiitauiti/1 TDturuirriAkt HUivmHiiVi innnjmujiwn on '85 Dodge Aries & Plymouth Reliant WE MO1 RENT A CAR tempo * cner vnti BY THE DAY.- WEEK MI&fiFORD f Ua>aipLYMC 7U 4341 WICK BEACON, Thursday, February 28, 1985?Cage 5-A 'iflf 1 Mtammaaimsamm SI AM PHOIOBY SUSAN USHI ? THE FAMILY CAMPER helps District 2 Commissioner I liTuiiin J^V" iitl?i ", J'" ^avnldlnn lutlh illiltl Iranttwolw" fishermen, escape to the great outdoors. i le they lastl to 60 months on... ^/PBH, ^0=3==?^ DODGE OMNIS DODGE CHARGERS DODGE SHELBY CHARGERS DODGE DAYTONA DODGE D-50 TRUCKS BIG SAVINGS on all now Ford <- Chrysier vehicles. Groat loloction, any typo or color. W HAVE NEW FORD ESCORTS 5, LTD'S. CROWN VICTORIAS I TRUCKS FOR RENT... OR MONTH! CHRYSLER )UTH DODGE EB3 Shallott* Plymouth V
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