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Page 4-A Thursday, Ajjfii io, ISS5
'Litterlv' Soeakina.
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Thanks For Helping
It's encouraging to see local groups and towns gearing up
to combat littering along the South Brunswick Island's
beaches and roadsides.
Their involvement will be most notable next week when
everyones minds should turn to the prevention of littering
during "Clean-Up Week" sponsored by the N.C. Department
of Transportation.
While DOT crews will be cleaning the roadsides and
streets, groups at Ocean Isle, Holden and Sunset beaches will
l)e out in force to help clean the beach strands of litter and
debris. Litter is no small problem when one multiplies the
potential violator by thousands of visitors each weekend.
No one likes taking a stroll along the beach, only to step
on a broken bottle, or being smacked in the face with a hot dog
wrapper while trying to get a tan. The naturally beautiful
Brunswick County landscape is blighted by bottles, cans and
other trash tossed by thoughtless residents and visitors.
To help combat the problem, local groups have joined
forces with the towns, with some groups organizing
humorous, creative ways that should lie effecti"e in helping to
control litter.
One of the first sights a visitor will see at public accessways
now under construction at Holden Beach is a large
gray and orange sign in the shape of a foot that states, "Ixiave
Only Your Footprints." Designed and purchased by the
1 lolden Beach Property Owners Association, the signs will appropriately
stand next to large trash cans.
Thanks to the Ocean Isle Beach Property Owners
Association, police officers will be patroling the beach strand
this summer on a three-wheel Honda. The group will donate
the vehicle, which will be used to combat litter and assist in
emergencies, to the town during the Aprii 27 clean-up day.
At Sunset Beach, both town officials and the taxpayers
association have supported means to combat Utter on the
beach by placing large trash barrels on the strand.
Now that community groups and towns are fighting the
litter problem, the only thing needed is cooperation from
residents and visitors.
Warm Days
Bring Ladybugs!
As April brinK.v wurmor days and
winter retreat* northward, many
small briitht red and yellow beetles
move out from under moist leaves on
the forest floor These "ladylniK*", 'j
or "ladybirds", or "lady beetles" Bill
respond to the warm sun and some
mysterious awareness that it is now rOVQT
time for them awake from their '
long winter sleep
(.H the more than 250,000 species of , . , , . ., . * .
... ,. * . . , lndylxig males and climbs a foot oi
beetles, the ladvbug Is one of tin* few .. . . .
. ... . , , , , . so up the stem and lays her orange
insects tiiat are trulv beneficial to .. . , . . ,
. , . eggs on tin* underside of a leaf
num. Vherr nrr some 500 varieties of ,,,. . ,.
. . k . ? , . ,, . ... Within six days the orange cap
ladybugs, all rolorfull and spotted , , *
^i/% l lu i sules bring forth a tiny monstei
with pink or white or crimson or , ,, ??.' ? ?
... aii i. . it sluiped tike an alligator This smal
orange or black or tan or yellow or . !? . . . . .
. ^ .... ,,. , beetle larva moves out and hungrtlj
nnv comhiiuition of tlxwe colors , .. . . . . .
, . . . . . . . , . seeks small aphids he can catch anc
ladybugs awake just in time to . ...,. ... ... .
JL .i / t.i rat W tlhtn tlx* two to three weeks o
feed on tlx* millions * aphtils now ap- . . . . .
... . A t ' .. . his larval stage the monster sheds hi.
(tearing on frrsh new leaves and buds . . .. . ?
of the pUni world Tl* .phids m?? "l,l(!,tor * n nJ*rts *,tarK"
on UK- surface of leave.-, and suck out M,r srvor"1 U"** W,h?' lnrv"<
.. ... , . . . reaches the cm! of this staRo in lb
tlir U(r KivinK *?P frc.ni plant.* ... . ... , . . ..
... . .. . , _ life. lie crams with food and thcj
ladvbuRs move m. fating 50 io 100 ...... . , ,
.;, , . . . , _ Rluos his Uil io a spot on a loaf oi
aphlds a day. stopping briofh lo * ,.
, .. . . ' branch and becomes a pupa Hero it
clean llwlr laws ami wipe a?a\ tlic '
, .. . ,, ... _ no more man live or sis ilavs tl*
Rluc-like snlistam-c ttie aplu.is suuirt . . . ,
... ... , ... .. most distinctive changes take place
at them to try to seal their mouths . .
AI.er about a week of catuiR aphlds *** Vr,U*?> ^ ^ "n
ami red mites ami scales the reforms into a oomples insect wiU
two pairs of wines, antennae, com
.?...? ?-? ?pound exes, a three-jointed body, am
i IHf BRUNSWKK$KACON
established Nov i iebi aphitis. male, ami die ine ieniaie
Telephone 7S4 68do will beRui the egg-laying cycle aRau
Published Every Thursday and sometimes as many as fie
Ai Mam Street generations will complete their lif
Shollotte N C J845") excles before cold weather cause
SUBSCRIPTION RATIS ! those remainuiR to seek sanctuar
IN MVMSWiCt COUNTY under the detms on the forest floor
One Yeai $5 ?3 lady Uriis remind us of the vast m
Sit Months S3 14 Uvit) takuiR place in the spntiRUm
tlSIWMttl Ht NOtTN CAKOIINA world around us These helpful ir
One Yeoi $7 3} sects keep us from being complete!
Six Months S4 18 inundated by aphlds. whose female
tlSTWMItt IN tl S A without the necessity cf mating, ca
One Year $10 00 reproduce a btllion aphids in on
Six Months S6 00 summer lady bugs also remind us.
... .the compleattx of life cycles and too
Second closs postage paid at . . . ... ..
the Post Office ,n Shallot.. *nd ^'^UUonshsp, in th
N C. 284S9 USPS 777 790 " jT.r ^
? .. forms of life
Why Wolfe
For two weeks, it was like returning
to the college classroom on Tuesday
nights to discuss the life and
works of the late Thomas Wolfe, an
Asheville native who wrote '' I>ook
Homeward, Angel."
Sponsored by the Brunswick County
Extcasion Service and N.C. State
University, the seminar explores
Wolfe's semi-autobiographical first
novel (Ix>ok Homeward, Angel) that
is subtitled, "A Story of the Buried
Life." About 22 people gathered for
the class taught by Professor James
Clark of N.C. State.
T U,*r, tract C r n rvi inor
' WU WCCltd VltV OVIIIII1UI I
another buried life is revealed as the
Brunswick County Board of Education
has done it to me again. In addition
to the difficulties of having to
squeeze in chapters of Wolfe between
board meetings and fires, I've also
had to juggle the class around Tuesday
night activities and a mandatory
deadline.
For two consecutive Tuesday
nignis, me scnooi uoaru nas tounu
two wonderful reasons to meet: to
discuss the schools' reading program
and to present 1985-86 budget proposals.
Club (
If you ever read the community
news section of The Beacon, you
can't have missed it.
Tucked in between the wedding,
engagement, birth and meeting announcements,
it's usually part of the
"write-ups" sent in by local clubs:
The meeting concluded with the
reading of the club collect.
If you're not a member or past
member of an extension
homemakers' club, women's or
junior women's club, Sorosis club, or
professional women's club, the term
"club collect" probably doesn't
mean a Hunt! to you.
For the rest of as, it's like a teddy
(tear, flooding us with warm feelings.
As a former BPW member, the word
association also prompts memories
of the elose fellowship of women
working together to achieve a larger
good, ignoring all the little
grievances we might have against
one another. It's a feUowshin 1 miss
sorely and hope someday to share
ugnln should iny schedule permit
Joining tel'W as a green, idealistic,
Calendar
Thursday, April 18
SENC1-ANI) Community Action pre;
Times." a seminar for female head;
the University of North Carolina i
building, Brunswick County Goveri
A COWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE W<
Methodist Church in Shallotte for
about the program or becoming Hi
OCEAN ISl.E BEACH opens bids at t
sewer system, 2:30 p.m.
FINANCIAI. AIO WORKSHOP at the
sponsored by Brunswick Technical
bound students and their parents, I
BRUNSWICK COUNTY SPELLING I
assembly building. Brunswick Cou
GAME NIGHT at the American legi
US 17,7:30 pm
Friday, April 19
DEADLINE TO RESERVE A TABI
Rescue Squad Dessert and Card P
LAST OAY to register (or a chair car
the Brunswick County Extension (
Saturday, April 20
; YARI) AND BAKE SALE by the L
1 xalge No. 2679, wtth the Elks sellm
Calabash, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
' YARD SALE at the Roiling Spring Li
N.C. 87, 9 a.m. to A p.m.
A WORKSHOP on "Women and Heal'
Council on the Status o( Women
building, Brunswick County Govei
management ami cancer and a (r
noon
1 HEALTH PAIR and open house at the
featuring booths by the deparUiu
public health screening. 11 a.m ti
? CHAPTER 36 of the Special Forces
lakes VKW Building on N.C 87, 1
1 FISH FRY AND BUSINESS MEET
Club at Sunset Harbor. 6 p m . wil
GOSPEL SING a? IN* lUrhn
with sandwiches ami soft drinks f<
p.m.
( AME NKiHT at the Calabash Volui
Monday, April 22
t'AIARASH TOWN COL'NCIL m?t!
a m
BHI NSWICK COTNTY BOARD OF
leniwa department. 5 JO p.tn
BRINSW1CX URNTY BOARD OK
iwnl, 7: JO p m
HOI J) EN BKUai BOARD OK' AlVJ
there is an appeal to be heard. 7
Tuesday, April 23
Tin: BKl-NSKTCX CSUTi VE7K
(or the da> while the staff attend:
THK BRl'NSWK* COCYIY VKT1
Spring lakes WW Post lOtOO. 7
Wednesday, April 24
RRl NSTOCK TQASTMASTERS. O
Restaurant. Soutb(url. 7 a m 4 a
(Would Ha
Of all nights, the schools selected
Tuesday nights for its special
meetings, giving truth to the statement
that has become my rnotto lately,
"Ymi just can't plan for anything
while being a reporter." The school
board hasn't met on Tuesdays for
years. As Wolfe would have said, "O
I,ost."
Thus college life has been cut short
for two Tuesday nights, but that's the
life and luxury that a reporter often
faces. 1 won't mention the fact that I
I..1C riKnnt Of I mimitAC Infn fcr mn
?u.i auuui mm iiitiiuvco ina iui iiij
class last Tuesday night. When 7 p.m.
came, I was still writing stories
about fires and accidents, so mavbe
I'm not cut out for the college life.
Afterall, it's been two years since I
last hit the books.
lollect' Has
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strong-willed young woman, 1
thought you could accomplish
anything instantly if just one other
person agreed with you.
That sentence still basically
describes me. I'm always in a hurry,
finding it hard to give others the full
ullnnlinn (Hot* unri limit* irlnnc
iiitvi-iiun iiivj uiiu v i iv 11 iutao
deserve. The minister of Camp
United Methodist Church described
the problem well in a recent column
in the church newsletter in which he
related the subject of contemplation,
or "waiting on God" to everyday life.
He wrote: "Our mind races ahead
or we anticipate whut they ore saying.
Consequently, we miss a part of
Of Events
ients "Women Facing The Changing
4 of households by Or. Delilah Blanks of
it Wilmington, at the public assembly
anient Center. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DKKSHOP will be held at Camp United
persons interested in learning more
ispice volunteers, 10 a.m. until 12 noon,
he town hall for construction of a town
West Brunswick High School lubrary.
College and the high school for college3
p.m. to 8 p.m.
tF.F. KIN A US will be held at the public
nty Government Center. 7 p.m.
ion Post one mile south of Shallotte on
.K at the April 26 Calabash Volunteer
arty. Call Clara Schuster, 57*6975.
ung workshop to be held May 7 and 8 at
Mice. Call 253-4425
adies Auxiliary oi B P.O.E. Calabash
ig hot dogs and soft drinks, at the club in
kes Volunteer Rescue Squad building on
Ih" sponsored by the Brunswick County
i will be held at the public assembly
riunent Center, with speakers on stress
re blood pressure clinic, 9 :45 a m. to 12
Brunswick County Health Department,
nt and other health organizations and
i 2 pm
Association meets at the Boiling Spring
30 p.m.
INC. at the Brunswick County Fishing
Ih game night at 9 p m
p/7inn Hill Vrdiinl^r Kiiv jyMrtnvnl^
ir sale I Vitiations will be accepted. 7 3(
sloer Kir* Department. 8 p m
i at 0* town hall in regular session. 1(
SOCIAL SERVICES meets at the socia
' HEALTH meets at the health depart
rt'STMEVTS meets at the town haU t
SO p m
5 V .' ?? <'?? or it i ?,?* V. .U.?
rvt VI OCaA ? l\ t. \a? a V ? ? vw V .wx i
a workshop in FayettevtUe
1RAVS COUNCIL meets at the Bostxni
SO p m
LI B MM meets at the Ship's l"handle
ah Guests welcome
ve Enjoyed
Ironically enough, it is covering
educational news that is preventing
me from taking an educational
course that has been a nice break
from the buried life for two hectic
Tuesdays. I'll climb back into the
hole again and listen to reports about
how reading is on the increase and
the schools' budget is reasonable (to
those who present it).
Wolfe felt trapped or buried by living
a life surrounded by the Great
Smoky Mountains, and by having to
sell copies of the evening newspaper
on a street corner at the age of eight.
He grew up in his mother's boarding
house, meeting all kinds of different
people from different sections of the
world.
Wolfe felt there was a different life,
a buried life, awaiting him from the
one on the surface, or the one he faced
every day. He imagined that an
access to the buried life existed
behind a mysterious door, a stone or
leaf.
like Alice in Wonderland, Wolfe
could see himself unexpectedly passing
through a doorway one day,
returning to his original state of ina
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#vifcjssuufc? r
v-r
their conversation and of what they
are saying."
The daily, weekly and monthly
repetition of the collect over a period
of five years had a moderating influence
on that raw energy of mine
that sometimes generated an insensitivity
to others I wasn't even aware
of until it was too late. And, especially
in my year as president of our
60-member club, I learned that some
efforts bear fruit only after a lot of
work and effort and waiting, patient
waiting, and giving others lots of
credit.
As one who likes instant cooperation
and quick results; tempering
that eagerness has become a lifelong
project. The Collect helps. It must
help other women, also, or it wouldn't
be so popular.
If there's an equivalent to the collect
among men's organizations I'm
not familiar with it.
I am glad we women have our own
prayer.
"A Collect tor Club Women" was
written in 1904 by Mary Stewart, one
of the founders of BPW (Business
and Professional Women) who attended
the group's first organizational
meeting in St. Louis in 1919.
The Collect was officially adopted as
the National BPW Federation's
prayer at the second national convention
held in St. Paul in 1920 and in
BPW it has been universally used to
open local, state and national gatherings
ever since. It has even been set
LETTER TO THE EDIT
Trained Vol
Hospital Ar
To the editor:
On Thursday, April 4, my two
daughters, a friend of the family and
! were travelliiig in two cars to Ocean
Isle Beach for the Easter weekend
As we rounded an unmarked curve
on NC 904 halfway between
[.ongwood and Grissettown, my
daughter's car was caught by a high
wind and 1 watched in my rearview
mirror as it spun around and turned
over twice before landing in the
ditch.
Fortunately, I was able to get her
and her two passengers <my other
daughter and a friend i out and away
from the wreck
At least 15 or 30 cars stopped U
help and to look on before the polict
and ambulances arrived. The am
bulances arrived within 20 minutes;
the sheriff arrived in 45 minutes; th<
highway patrol did not arrive fm
over one and one-half hours.
First of all. Ms Cared Stewart?i
resident of Green Sea, S.C. and i
part-time employee of Thi
' Brunswick Hospital?stopped anc
assisted with the victims, the lug
1 gage and other details In addition
she transported the luggage to out
destination and then went to thi
( hospital to check on the conditions a
1 me victims.
IXhrrs. including a retired nurse, i
neighbor and a volunteer firenuu
i names unknown helped with th
victims
The Calabash Rescue Squai
responded with two ambulances an
sa EMTs. They were laghiy effi
cient, competent and professional
r As an R N myself. I was pleasant!
surprised to learn that they are a!
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The Beach
nocence, or a life that was now lost.
Shades of "You Can't Go Home
Again" apparently were already present
in his first novel.
So Wolfe wasn't really feeling the
nroccnroc nf iiviiio a hnripH lifo lilra a
t" ?? ? ?e - * ? "
reporter in the 1980s might face today.
0 Lost. Maybe the mountains
and high altitude had gotten to the
literary genius.
I figured that what Wolfe needed
was a life surrounded by the ocean,
waterways and rivers in Brunswick
County rather than entombed by
mountains and valleys 365 days out of
the year. The buried life might have
been found beneath a seashell,
behind a cottage door or under a
stone pillar that would one day provide
assess to one of the beautiful
islands.
Maybe a desire to achieve access
to the buried life is what drives
visitors, property owners and vacationers
to Brunswick County by the
thousands each year. Or better yet,
maybe we really are living the buried
life here along the coast. I think
Thomas Wolfe would have enjoyed
writing about this place.
:or All
to music.
Extension clubs in Brunswick
County by and large use the collect to
close their meetings.
Its words offer, like those of the Bible
itself, tenets for day-to-day living
as well as for working together as
clubwomen.
I'd like to share it with those of you
who haven't heard or read it:
A Collect for
Club Women
Keep as. O God, from pettiness;
let as be large in thought,
in word, in deed
Iyet us be done with fault-finding
and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretense and
meet each other face to face?
u'ilhAiif cnlf.nilti ?r\rl
niMl\/Ui jvu f/ik' U i IU
without prejudice.
May we be never hasty in
judgment and always generous.
1-et us take time for all things;
make us to grow
calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us to put uito action our '
better impulses, straightforward,
and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize it is
Uie little things that
create differences,
that in the big things of life
we are at one.
And may we strive to touch
and to know the great
common human heart of us all,
and, O I/ord God, let us forget not,
to be kind!
OR
lunteers,
e Blessings
volunteers. Each and every resident
of your district should he extremely
proud to know Calabash Rescue is
i working for you.
The young victims were
transported to The Brunswick
Hospital in Supply. The staff there is
highly competent, compassionate
and professional. Dr. Bauerschmidt
I and'' Nurse Jamce'' were competent
1 ly successful m utilizing their professional
skills and medical technology
in calming the three teenage patients
while treating their physical injuries.
They also calmed and relieved the
uninjured mother <me) who watched
the accident occur. Brunswick County
residents are indeed fortunate to
1 have this HCA hospital nearby.
We have been part-time residents
of Ocean Isle for many years and this
is our first encounter with the
emergency, medical and Saw enforcement
agencies of the area
, Full-time residents should consider
LhfTIUtlVff fortunaf a tr? hav?* #roiK<
, la the high caliber of personnel inI
wived in the Calabash Rescue Squad
i as well as the Shallotte Rescue
Squad. I'm told* and those employed
. by HCA at The Brunswick Hospital
t
[ When you cotqiie the compassion of
residents such as Carol Stewart and
i the others who aswsted (I'm sorry 1
a didn't get their names with the carp
ing professionals of Brunswick County
voiurswmi, yw ?iu I Ca-i
I our Lord for being in the right place
i at the right time
And now st is time to go out and "do
L unto others as it has beer, done!"
) Mrs. H. W. Chapman
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