Symphony Coming To Whiteville
The North Carolina Symphony
will be featured in a free pops con
cert sponsored by Southeastern
Community College Sunday, June
9, at 7 p.m. at Bowers Cultural Arts
Center, Whiteville High School.
The concert is being held in con
junction with SCC's 25th anniver
sary celebration as a gesture of ap
preciation for public support of the
college, said Annette T. Powell, di
rector of development at SCC. The
event is being underwritten by
United Carolina Bank and the R.C.
Sadler Foundation.
Associate conductor James E.
Ogle will lead the orchestra in a pro
gram that includes selections from
Broadway shows such as Wes/ Side
Story. Fiddler on the Roof and Phan
tom of the Opera, as well as a num
ber of marches, including Sousa's
Washington Post.
Space is available on a first
come, first-served basis.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
' Local ' War Veterans Return
Two veterans of Operation Desert
Storm have returned to Brunswick
County after seven months over
seas.
Naval Reservist William A. Hcw
ett of Shallottc recently returned to
Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 4
headquarters in Charleston, S.C.
Hewctl's was the first Navy cargo
handling battalion recalled to active
duly in Operation Desert Storm.
Before and during the war, the
unit moved more than 45,000 tons
of equipment, supplies and ammu
nition in direct support of combat
operations against Iraq.
Patrick Finnerty, son of Joseph
and Mary Jane Finnerty of Carolina
Shores, Calabash, recently returned
to Fort Hood, Texas.
He was discharged earlier this
month and is expccted to live and
work in the Calabash area, accord
ing to his mother.
The family hosted a cocktail par
ty in his honor Sunday at the
Carolina Shores Property Owners
Association Building.
Bryant Returns
Army Spec. James A. Bryant, a
member of the 10th Mountain Divi
sion (Light Infantry), has returned
to Fort Drum, Watcrtown, N.Y.,
from Operation Desert Storm.
He is assigned to the 57th Trans
portation Company at Drum and is
a motor transport operator.
Bryant is the son of Annie L. and
Richard W. Bryant of Route 2, Lc
land, and a 1981 graduate of North
Brunswick High School, Leland.
Choce Returns
Army 2nd Lt. Christopher B.
Chacc has returned to Fort Camp
bell, Oak Grove, Ky? from Opera
tion Desert Storm.
A platoon leader, he is the son of
Bryon L. and Claudcttc L. Chase of
Leland.
He is a member of the 1st Battal
ion, 187th Infantry Regiment of the
3rd Infantry Brigade, 101st Air
borne Division (Air Assault). The
brigade conducted the longest com
bat air assault operation in military
history in Iraq. With no American
casualties incurred, the battalion
was flown by helicopter into Iraq
along the Euphrates River to cap
Holden Beach
Property Owners
Meets Saturday
Members of the Holden Beach
Properly Owners Association will
discuss plans for the annual barbc
cue and hear the latest news from
the interim town manager when
they meet Saturday, May 25.
The board of directors meets at 9
a.m. in town hall, and the regular
meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Board members will appoint a
nominating committee for new di
rectors and discuss contributing to
the town's Salute To The Troops
Celebration.
Directors also will review a memo
from Holden Beach resident Craw
ford Hart regarding overcrowding,
according to a preliminary agenda.
Property owner groups at Ocean
Isle Beach and Sunset Beach arc not
meeting this holiday weekend.
Rodeo Features
Best Bus Drivers
Backing, cornering, stopping,
tum-arounds, squeezing through
tight spates.
The best drivers from the coun
ty's 111 schools were to test their
prowncss Wednesday at the annual
Brunswick County Bus Rodeo, with
their co-workers cheering them on.
Registration began at 9 a.m. at
the school bus garage, which is lo
cated at the Brunswick County
Government Center in Bolivia, with
awards to be presented after lunch.
William Turner, assistant superin
tendent for operations, says the
rodeo offers an incentive for drivers
to do their during the school year,
rccognizcs the drivers and their ex
cellent work, stimulates interest in
safety and good driving skills, cre
ates a better working relationship
between drivers and school authori
ties and rccognizes the best drivers
in the county.
turc Darraji Airfield.
Trogdon Promoted
Amy L. Trodgon has been pro
moted from specialist to corporal in
the U.S. Army.
The daughter of Tcncic Trodgon
of Route 7, Shallottc, she is a fi
nance officer at Ft. Carson, Colo.
She is the granddaughter of Evelyn
Benton of Shallottc.
Arrives For Duty
Air Force Airman Charles S.
Trull has arrived for duty at RAF
Woodbridge, England.
Trull is an apprentice airlift elec
trical and environmental systems
specialist He is the son of Charles
F. and Kflhryn H. Trull of Leland.
His wife. Tammy, is the daughter
of Don E. and Judy G. Benson of
Route 5, Leland.
He is a 1985 graduate of Bitburg
American High School, Germany.
Battleship Hosts Services
Manorial Day scrviccs will be held on board the USS North Caro
lina Battleship Memorial at 5:45 p.m., Monday. May 27.
Rear Adm. David F. Chandler, vice commander of the Military Sca
lift Command in Washington, D.C.. will give the address.
The Second Marine Division Band from Camp Lejeunc will perform
along with a color guard representing all U.S. military services.
The battleship, located off U.S. 421 west of Leland, serves as an of
ficial memorial to nearly 10,000 North Carolinians who died during
World War II.
However, its .annual Memorial Day service honors the men and wo
men of all U.S. military scrviccs who have died in battle.
Sun Fun Starts Next Week
If a parade, air show, musical
concerts, beauty contests and sort
ing events sound like a good time to
you, then the Sun Fun Festival is
the place to be starting next Friday.
The annual event, scheduled May
31 through June 5, is once again ex
pected to kick off the summer vaca
tion season in the Myrtle Beach,
S.C., area as it has the last 39 years.
Special events have been planned
to commemorate the Sun Fun
Festival's 40-year history, including
a "Lost in the 50's Prom" in North
Myrtle Beach and a shag dance con
test in Surfsidc Beach.
Other activities during festival
week include a beach run, volley
ball tournament and an attempt to
break the world record for the
longest sand castlc that was set last
year in Myrtle Beach.
Celebrity guests this year include
Alley Mills, who plays Norma
Arnold on ABC's The Wonder
y?jrj;Jamcs Michael Grcgary, who
portrays Clint Radison on The
Young & The Restless ; Lorraine
Crook and Charlie Chase, stars on
The Nashville Network's Crook
arul Chase show; anil Alex English,
the NBA's eighth all-time leading
scorer.
Official festival T-shirts arc on
sale at Myrtle Beach Area Chamber
of Commerce offices and will be
available at various festival events.
The cost is S7 per shirt.
The Air Force Thunderbirds aeri
al demonstration squadron and
Army Golden Knights parachute
team will perform the last day of the
festival, June 5, at the Myrtle Beach
Air Force Base.
Gates open to the public at -9 a.m.
Military aircraft will be displayed,
and demonstrations featuring the
Air Force Presidential Honor Guard
Drill Team, security police firepow
er and military working dogs arc
planned.
For a complete schedule of festi
val events, call the Myrtle Beach
Area Chamber of Commerce toll
free at 1-800-356-3016.
Claude Howell Will Judge
July 4th Juried Art Show
Claude Howell of Wilmington
will serve as judge for the 1 1 th an
nual N.C. Fourth of July arts com
petition sponsored by the Associat
ed Artists of Southport.
Howell, a respected artist, is pro
fessor emeritus at the University of
North Carolina at Wilmington and is
an N.C. Arts Council representative.
Copies of the show prospectus
arc now available, while entries will
be accepted starting June 15, said
Patricia C. Hoskinson of Southport,
exhibit chairman.
More than $5,000 in prizes, pur
chase awards and gift certificates
will be awarded, including a $1,000
prize for best of show.
The winning entry will bccome
the property of the association.
Works will be displayed at no
charge to the public throughout the
month of July at Franklin Square
Gallery in downtown Southport,
with the gallery charging a 30 per
cent commission on all sales. The
show opening coincides with the
state's official Fourth of July Festival
in Southport, a three-day celebration.
Artists may enter up two works at
a cost of S10 each.
Eligible work includes two or
three dimensional pieces in oils,
watercolors, pastels, acrylics, mixed
media, graphics, sculpture andpol
tery not previously shown in this ju
ried show. No pohotography will be
accepted. Paintings must be framed,
wired and ready for hanging. Three
dimensional works must be hand
made, with no kits or copics.
Proceeds from the show help sup
port operation of the gallery, which
is housed in a 2 1/2-story building
that once served as Southport Hjgh
School and later as City Hall.
The gallery offers changing exhib
its each month, a pottery studio and
showroom, one of two youth galler
ies in the state, and special work
shops and activities throughout the
year.
An entry form and rules regarding
submission of works arc included in
the exhibit prospectus, available by
writing Associated Artists of South
port, Attention Patricia Hoskinson,
P.O. Box 10035, Southport, N.C.
28461.
Tenor Saxophonist
Plays At Trinity
Methodist Church
Tenor saxophone artist James
Houlick will perform Friday, May
24, at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity United
Methodist Church in Southport.
Houlick is a well-known concert
saxophonist and is professor of sax
ophone at the N.C. School of the
Arts.
The program is free and open to
the public. The Brunswick County
Arts Council is sponsoring the recit
al, with funding from the N.C.
Grassroots Arts Program.
For more information, call Steve
Skillman at 457-4330.
17 mg "tar." 1.2 mg nicotine av per cigarette by FTC method
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking
Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health.
? PT??tp Morris Irvc 1991