a I Chi BY SUSAN 1,'SIIK From Its sultsUitiliiil foliage g thousand colored lights; its white st I distance away. A living Christ11lis tree the 111 make any community proud, the si found less Hum seven miles from ; ('.rove Koad. An equally bright nati\ iLs base. The tree stands before Cellar Baptist Church in the heart of the p community of the same name, a pri church's humble lieginmngs. Tlie cedar lias grown, and so two-story brick facility with facelet (lows now serving a membership of front reaches 50 feet into the sky or 100 feet around its circumference. "We hadn't lit the tree for u wl five or six years." recalled James I church member who spearheaded "And it was only lit a year or two j Parked Ca Struck By * Two cars parked in the yard and the owners' house near Shallotte were all casualties of a Friday night crash. Mark Paul. 17, of Shallotte, was traveling at high speed about 11 p.m. on rural paved road 1137. two miles east of Shallotte when he rounded a curve, lost control of his 1973 Chevrolet, and ran off the road. According to the N.C. Highway Patrol, his car struck a 1975 Ford truck owned by Phillip Johnson and parked in Johnson's yard, knocking it into a nearby parked 1975 Chevrolet owned by Annie Johnson. The Chevrolet in turn was knocked into the house. A passenger in Paul's car. Paul Mouse, 15, of Shallotte, was taken to Brunswick Hosuilal with minor in. juries. Paul was charged by Trooper B.I.. Wilks with exceeding safe speed. Damages were estimated as follows: $1,500 to Paul's car. $-150 to the truck. $1,000 to the Chevrolet and $200 l?> the house. Also on Friday, a two-car accident occurred five miles west of Southport on N.C. 133 about 8 p.m. Susan Swift, 30. of I.exington, S.C., was driving a 1985 Oldsmobilc station wagon on N.C. 133 when she stopped to make a turn. According to Trooper J.V. Dove's report, a 1976 Buick operated by Cornelius Kelly. 55. of Winnabow, was following Swift tew) closely and at too great a speed. Kelly's vehicle struck Swift's, causing minor injuries to Kelly and his passenger, William Smith, 51. of Winnabow. Both were taken to Dosher Hospital for treatment. Trooper Dove charged Kelly with driving while impaired. The Swift vehicle sustained $1,500 in damages, while damages to Kpllv's vpllinln nliiniilllivl l?? nltnnf $1,200. A deer was the cause of an accident involving Roger Malpass' 1982 Mercury that occurred at 3:3(1 a.m. Sunday two miles north of Roiling Spring l?ikcs on N.C. 87. tp B S Now A1 8 J 1987 Coastal C< Nature Photogra a (Brunswick Bea I j Send orders to: Blue Dolphin Galle Long Beach Rd., S< a g Please send 198 B B I I I 8 8 I ! $6 each or $4.50 eac g elude $1 for shipping 8 closed is $ raMaMmNMMnnmM jrch Revive it ;litlcr more Hum a "P ar can be seen some kept loul beautiful I sui ics of which would meeting that we lately cedar can be The eedar v Sliallotte. on Cedar '^ec- said 'ity scene nestles at living Christ .na project. drove Missionary After his id redomiiuintly black September busi ?ud reminder of the chairman of a c Herring. Glad] has the church, its Johnson and I hi I stained glass win- ' heir job w, 700. The cedar out years since it wj id measures nearly sMwably In ad ment bulbs. Br tile - It's been some ncw 4?-bn,b sl? Hobson Bryant, the strings of lights this year's project. 1,(W0 bu'bsind then we gave it bH>^ scvc rs, House Speeder As Malpass, 18. of Bolivia, was traveling south on N.C. 87. the deer ran onto the road and lie swerved to miss it The car overturned, sustaining damages estimated at $800. Malpass was not injured. He reported the accident several hours later to Trooper Tim Caulder. Sgt. K.B. Axurn of the N.C. Highway Patrol said Ihere was a rash of minor accidents in Brunswick County Thursday, when rain caused treacherous driving conditions. One involved two Florence, S.C. men, both driving International tractor-trailers. It occurred at 11:25 a.m. on U.S. 17 just north of Shallotte. Bona Id G. Foxworth, 48, had stopped on U.S. 17 to make a left turn when Hobert C. Parker, 68, driving behind him, failed to reduce speed and struck Foxworth's tractortrailer in the rear. ilicit were no injuries, according to Trooper B.A. Ixjwis, but damages amounted to $2,000 to the Parker vehicle, $1,000 to tliat driven by Poxworth. A one-car accident occurred 7:40 a.m. Thursday onS.K. 11 IS, six miles north of Holden Beach. Ernie Keith Galloway, 18, of Supply, was driving a 1979 Chevrolet around a curve when lie lost control and skidded sideways into a bridge rail. Trooper B.A. Lewis filed no charges against the driver, and there were no injuries. He estimated damages to the vehicle at $2,000. Considerable damage, but no injuries resulted from a rear-end collision that occurred at 6:45 p.m. Thursday on U.S. 17 five miles south of Wilmington. Jay Clenimons Mitchell, 35, of Bolivia, was driving a 1981 Chevrolet south on U.S. 17 when Ronald Eugene Mint?., 25. of 1.eland pulled out of a driveway in a 1984 Ford truck. Mitchell ran into the back of the truck. Mintz was charged with unsafe operation by Trooper B.I.. Wilks. Damages to the vehicles were estimated at $2,000 to Mitchell's, and $50 to Mintz's. i uiiuuic 8 Drolina Calendar ' phy by Bill Faver I con Columnist) 0 1 ry/SeaWay Printing g >uthport NC 28461 8 8 B 7 Coastal Calendars to: 8 9 9 9 h for 6 or more. InI and handling. En- g 9 l?RA I Ml DUNMVKH MACOIll y IN CEDAR s Tradition 1 ting at the tree and the tree was so Sgested at the September business light it." rill remain lighted each night through Church members hope to revive their s tree tradition, making it an annual ea was approved at the church's ness meeting, Bryant was appointed onunittec tliat also included Ktlia Mac fs Itccd, Sandra Kobinson. tlollie eron Johnson. as larger than first anticipated. In the as uisi lighted, the tree had grown condition to buying more than 400 replaceyant's committee also purchased ten ngs of lights. They eventually hung 40 on the tree with a total of more than n hours for committee members and IH9EKPW MrPlfaBB J J _ Testing Work West Brunswick High School students T? participating in the Talent Assessment 1 titudc tests availahle to vocational educ port services. The assessment program tions. Residents Di A number of Brunswick County s residents, businesses and organiza- | tions?including the Leland < Volunteer Fire Department and the i Town of Yaupon Beach?are listed as having money due them from the | state's escheat fund. j Money in the fund includes aban- ? doned bank accounts, money left to a people named in wills and abandoned i contents of safe deposit boxes. > Persons listed below can get information about unclaim property held $ by the state by writing to the Aban- i doned Property Office. Department a of the State Treasurer. 325 N. tj Salisbury* St., Raleigh. NC 27611, or $; by calling 733-6876. p By town, the listings are as t follows: Ash: Dorris W. Ward. $139.83; William Matthews. $38.85; Huston E. $ Jacobs. $41: Mrs. M.J. Bradley. $47.90; J.F.. Pinner. $43.08; and Ralph Smith. $55. Bolivia: Tensie Flowers, $609.44; N'ornuin Gore, $50; Lottie Fullwood. $53.12: Douglas H. Hawes. $47.51. ' Hidden Beach: Patsy A. Phelan. 5 $37.33. n Lclund: Julius Hill, $598.67: Heidi V Lynn Thompson and Mrs. Lyndall K 5 Thompson. $229.62: Jacqueline K. Thompson and Mrs. Lyndall K 5 Thompson, $251.92: Lisa Allyn s Thompson and Mrs. Lyndall K. 1 Thompson, $229.62; James M. Oliver. 1 $36.83. Jose K. Monzow. $29.55; I Willie J. Bordeaux, $32: Bonded Builders, $52.51; Wayne Hinson, $56; $ Monica L. Price, $25; J. Prevatte, $108: James F. Clemmons, $25; John f D. Findlay and Audrey L. Findlay. F 20% OFF EVERYTI TIL CHRISTMA! Last minute gift idea., ru?L i -i--i- i VllUIHUI uy L.UUUI2) . New shipmenl warm-up suil [Free Gift Wrapp ; Q&& 1 w Hwy. 130, just before Hoi 2 Tues. Sot. 10 to 6, Closed THK HRL'NSW GROVE Of Living Christn community volunteers to sort and test all the lights. It took another five hours or so to liang them on the tree and add the 100-light five-point star. Delwood Johnson climbed the tree while Theron Johnson manipulated the lights from a bucket truck, using a stick with a nail on its end to push each string within his brother's reach. "Uelwood said it was the safest place to be because there were so many limbs he couldn't fall down." Bryant noted with a laugh. Since the tree was illuminated the Thursday after Thanksgiving, said Bryant, it has drawn viewers from throughout the Cedar Grove community and elsewhere. "We've gotten a very- positive reaction," he continued. "A number ol people have come out and brought their children and come back a second time. Some will drop by it on their way home." Cedar Grove Church grew out of old Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, where before emancipation slaves and meir owners worshipped together, though seated in separate areas, said Bryant. Fisheries jBn the event, which hi thc ^eparttnei renamed the N.C. i Citation Program. A ... , The division will /\ptlTUCl&S all-tackle record I resa Smith and Eddie Daniord are Prograni- Placing i Program. a series of vocational ap- *!on of ll!e N C- W ation students who qualify for sup- Commission, helps students plan for future voca- t0 ' 50? c'la iraming have bee year to recognize i eligible species a minimum weights. /-> ft Ark With the change-i J0 A/\OneV minor program cfu I 1987, the tourname lock; John D. Findlay and Audrey round event, not .. Findlav. $27.26: John N Mpvpk winter months. 25: Iceland Volunteer Fire Depart- Several new spe nent, $70 52. to the citation lis Long Beach: Alice T. and Joy Ann pound minimum rlickman. $34.04: Lynn Y. Harr- pound minimum: ngton. $36.25: Joyce E. Herman, seven-pound minii >25.95: Leo L). Reynolds. $341.60; Mr. The minimum v ind Mrs. Kent Crocker, $27.67; be reduced to lobert Stapp, $44.28; William Davis {or conservation p Junn III. $50; Sybil E. Allen. nel buss release Shallotte: Dolphas A. Little, reduced to 40 324.40; Pete Taylor. $107.46: Nancy minimum weight u [. Alexander and Edwin H. Alex- pounds, nder Jr.. $35.70; Geraldine H. Mar- Application form n. $46.57: William and Irdie Hevvett. be available until I 33.50; O.C. Howard. $52.05; Kenneth >. Rule. $29.26; and Edward R. homas III. $47.25. Death Rul< Southport: 1 aura Nicole Richards. ^ Suicide 45.77; Natalie Joyce Richards. 16.91: Barbara R. Powers, $989.08: The death of a W iada Yoder. $423.26; Linda McWell been ruled an app iraft. $37.56: Alice B. Moore. $26.90; cording to Brunsv t'illiam R. Welch. $26; Mark David oner Greg White, tridges, $44: Don Mazie, $29.56: George Henry Cu ohn J. Bryant. $28.46: John D. High. Winnabow, died F 28.47: Nancy L. Keen, $23.47; Ray- as a result of a sell itond A. Rogers, $28.47: Allen L. wound from a sn 31.62: Charles D. Smith. Supply: Walter and Oracle Green. f"""""""-?"~ 33.08; Myrtle H. Hunting and John . Hunting, $32.09; Michael D. 'owell. $33.05; Jack and Glenda 4? j&i levvetl. $30.80; Robert Gore. $49.88; )ean T. Bellamy. $46.76. Winnabow: Marland F. Beck. < TfflK64.38. Yaupon Beach: Town of Yaupon leach. $57.82; Town of Yaupon leach. $57.82: William R. Capps. $80. ming ^ 1/^ 51 ^>Wy \ 24x3< v f 30x3< Shirt I / p/ 36x4? r of j p,us ling || % pQti? i lbs. inges. Effective in nt will be a yearclosing for the VFW Seeks cies will be added Donati Ons t: pompano. two- ? . , , ; tautog. eight- CflabaJsh VMN Post No. 7288 is and triegerfish fc nR donaUorVi and Pledges to its Juni building fund from members and . eight for flounder olier ">" umty residents, five pounds: and. Commander Roy Wrenn suggested urposes. the Chun- ""'"'""'T oi 525 10 SI00' n?""? citation will be "taUhe g,fu are Uxuieduclible. inches and the Checks mtiy be mailed to the posi ill be increased to "? P 0' Box 4226' Calabash. NC 28159. s for 1937 will not February. Anyone RGSCUG Sc^UQCj Holds Dinner Town Creek Volunteer Rescue Squa m ^ gr SALE Inch Plate Mirrors Seamed Edges b inch $21 4ft 4%/ft 3 inch . . . I inch $42 Fax Cash & Carry lie good thru Dec. 31 :omplete line of storm windows, doors, table tops, plastics and more! Free Estimates otte Glass & Mirror Go. y. 17 North. Shallotte, 754 9950