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^oqo 12 Supplement ic The Brunswick Beocc Quiet C Produce BY MAK.IOKIK MKG1YF.HN "!.llibyluve" look seriously tin1 ad- (' vice uf writing v teachers uriif 11 atxiiit what you ? w know . Under her jt '> real name. l.ib ?* l'z/ell driftm. T i c she lias just pro- 1 duced her second X. book based on V s her 48-year-old ^ ' marriage and the Griffin ? mothering of nine children. e Both books came into being only v because this gregarious Durham woman had the peaceful haven of a s canal-front Holden Beach cottage in 1 which to write. In demand r throughout the southeast as a c speaker and naturally given to travel and talking, l.ibbylove lan ap- s propriate nickname bestowed by her f mother i had to impose a discipline of c solitude. 1 "The Mirth and Misery of Mar- c riage." written in six months from her Holden Beach retreat, has just c lieen published by Broadman Press ' of Nasliville. Tcnn.. following the 1985 publication of her first work. ' "The Pain and Pleasures of Paren- 1 thood." ! Holden Beach Information l ow n I lull 842^488 and 842-6080 Town Administrator Tom Birmingham Building Inspector Dwight Carroll Mayor. John Tandy 842-2834 Commissioners (imlford Bass. Mayor pro tern ('.ay Atkins (I corgi a Uingley William Williamson nuu miCK Police Chief. Raymond Simpson 842-8707 Tri-Beach Fire Dept 842-8868 Coastline Kescue Squad 842-2222 Holden Beach Regulations The town of Holden Beach prohibits the following Climbing or operating motor vehicle on or removing vegetation from dunes; Motor vehicles and wind-powered vehicles on the strand; Open fires. Littering on the strand, roadway or private property. t.oud or offensive noise, including music, profanity or obscene language; I Pets not on a leash; Surftwards on the strand or in the water I ...fW.n Mhi (aa! .1 (ukin.1 ...w.... ... ...... l.ailll.K ptwt . Use ??t skateboards on Ocean Blvd. or the bruise or bridge ramps: Discharge of firearms: Hunting, with or without dogs: Use of paths through tin* dunes ??r cross* ing over private property Visitors are urged to: Obey speed limits. Pish with nets in accordance with regulations. available at the Town Hall; Use designated public or private beach access way s only. Park off the pavement in unpoted areas only; Cook on the beach only in containers made for the purpose, such as H*H*Q cookers >n July August 1988 )f Holden B 3d Two Boc While each purports to discuss a ifferent topic, both these jolly little illumes have to do with the foibles of tarriage and of big families. This rife and mother obviously enjoys oth careers. Site happily juggles her other two areers. as well: writing and speakng. Both came about accidentally. T was trying to help a friend find omething to do with her life." Grifin recalled, "and I thought she had treat talent with words, so 1 persuadd her to attend a new writing class nth me. "Well! The professor immediately aid, Write about what you went hrough to get here tonight.' With my line children, I had plenty to say, so I lug in." Griffin related the story's concluion with a mirthful twinkle. "My riend, and half the class, dropped nit. because thev didn't know they'd eally have to write, but I was hook id." Writing "what she knew," the sket:hes of family life were praised by he teacher and eventually grew into The Pain and Pleasures of Parenhood," carefully crafted over many nonths at Holden Beach. "It was rejected 12 times," she laughed. "Once by Broadman, but they called me later and said they were interested." The book is filled with scriptural references and its advice is heavily laced with Christian teachings. I HOLDEN BEACH l - tfl sm Xt/ /x f, )/sv*S = yxm Unique Gifts*Goi Ice Cream*C< z All Cond % Gourmet Jelly z HOLDEN BE/5 f 842-5678 PHYL each >ks However. Griffin noted she had not tried to write a Christian book, but the publisher had sent the manuscript back for the insertion of Scriptural references. "Of course. 1 write from a Christian perspective, because there's no way you can raise nine children without the help of the Man upstairs," she said. "But I'd rather it would appeal to secular readers who might start to think about God." This book is now in its second pi inting as "The Mirth and Misery of Marriage" comes off the press. It deals with her long relationship with "best friend and dancing partner," dentist Kimball Griffin, whom she calLs Chief. Her inspirational look at marriage includes a wealth of tips wrapped up in Griffin's cryptic one-liners. Her writing style is conversational to the extreme and deliberately so. "It took me seven years to learn to write an incomplete sentence," she said, explaining that a revered writing teacher advised writing in phrases. "because we talk and think that way." Her books, therefore, are riddled with one-word sentences and other incompletions that give the effect of an exuberant speaker, breathless and impatient. Speaking is, in fact, her other love and she fell into it, too, in an act of friendship. Responding to the plea of (See QUIET, Page 14| wgmm !er BMrfryrffa iam.?| jrmet Foods* Imports ]ndy*Fruit*Nuts y ?20% OH Beans ?20% Off ^CH CAUSEWAY LIS STOKES, OWNER Holden Beach B Holden Beach is the combination of two land masses. I separated by an inlet, that were filled in by Hurricane Hazel in I 1954 The portion from the east end to the pier was known as i Holder. Beach until incorporation in 1969, when the west end. I including Robinson s and Colonial Beaches, was included. The pre-Haze! beach had been a land grant, given to Ben- I jamin Holden by the King of England in 1756. and it passed I thereafter to his son Job, grandson John, and great-grandson I John. It was then divided among John's six children, one of 1 whom was Luther, father of John Holden. now living on the 1 beach and father of realtor/developer Alan Holden. Development was slow until tourism began to be a factor in I American life after World War II. The first bridge was built across a creek to the mainland in I 1925, but construction of the. Intracoastal Waterway in the 40s K|f eliminated it. Ferry service connected the island and the I mainland till 1954 when a turnbridge was built. In 1986 a curv- I ing highrise replaced the old bridge. Holden Beach now has a permanent population of 342 and I 1,587 housing units. Mil beach cafe HOLDEN BEACH CAUSEWAY I 842:5515_ jB I BELIEVE IT! Featuring all your favorite seafood entrees and much more! Serving 5-9 pm except Sunday. 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