Fires Damage Two
Shallotte Homes; Both Started In Kitchen
BY dok; rutter
"I'm tired. Wo h;ul a rough day."
t hose were the words of exhaust
ed Civielown l ire Chief Richard
Evans last Friday morning as he ex
plained what happened the day he
fore when he was called on to coor
dinate firefightine elforts at two
Shallotte area residences.
Fire damaged mainly the kitchen
area of a two-story home behind
Smitty's Fix-It Shop late Thursday
afternoon. Earlier in the day. fire
fighters could do nothing to save a
mobile home on Madison Street.
Ironically, the homes were located
almost directly across the street
from one another off Holden Beach
Road just outside the Shallotte lim
its. Evans said both fires started af
ter pans were left unattended on
stoves.
"Don't ever leave a pan on the
stove." the fire chief cautioned Fri
day. one day too late for the two
homeowners.
Firefighters were called to the
Madison Street blaze around noon
Thursday and found smoke pouring
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Donations Sought For Smith Family
The South Brunswick Islands Optimist Club is collecting money,
clothing and other supplies for the Paul Smith family of Shallotle.
The family's home off Holden Beach Road was damaged by fire last
Thursday. The club is accepting donations of money, clothing, kitchen
goods, food, toiletries and other items.
Anyone interested in donating should call Joe Gore at 754-9139. Items
also may be dropped off at Brunswickland Realty at Holden Beach.
from a single-wide mobile home.
"When we got there the heat was
inside the kitchen and the trailer was
completely locked up," Evans said.
"The guy had left a pot on the stove.
He had gone to Shallotte anil when
he came back he found us there."
Evans. \sho did not know the
homeowner's name, said the trailer
was a total loss. "The fire spread all
over the whole house. It gutted the
whole house."
In addition to Civietown Volun
teer l ire Department, firefighters
from Tri-Beach. Supply and Shal
lotte responded to the blaze.
Evans said firefighters remained
on the scene for approximately two
hours and were still at the Civietown
fire station when the second house
fire was reported around 4 p.m.
The chief said someone was
cooking on the stove at the Paul
Smith residence and went outside
momentarily to check on something.
When he returned to the kitchen, the
stove was on fire.
"It did a number in the kitchen
and hallway, and there was smoke
and water damage in the rest of the
house," said Evans, who estimated
the damage between $20.(K)0 and
S25.000.
At one point, Evans said there
were about 50 firefighters at the
scene from Civietown. Shallotte,
were among the items salvaged
from the Smith residence last Thursday. A volunteer fireman feeds
hose through a sliding front door.
Sociology Professor To Be
Guest Speaker For King Day
Fred D. Hall. Ph.D., assistant pro
fessor of sociology at ihe University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
will be the featured speaker Friday
at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Birthday Celebration at Brunswick
Community College.
The event begins at 7 p m. in the
BCC Student Center.
Hall will share his thoughts on
"Keeping the
Dream Alive."
Hall's teach
ing and research
interests focus
on race relations
and industrial
relations, with
attention to the
issues of pover
ty, unemploy
ment and labor IIAI.I.
markets. He holds master's and doc
toral degrees from UNC-CH and a
bachelor's degree from Frances
Marion College in South Carolina.
He taught briefly at Wittenburg
University in Springfield. Ohio, be
fore returning to UNC-CH for post
doctoral studies and a faculty ap
pointment.
Also on Friday's program will be
music by the Cedar Grove Young
Adult Choir, The Kingsway Trio,
the Mt Hebron AMh Zion Church
Inspirational Choir of Hallsboro and
BCC Visiting Artist Jon Thornton.
Also participating will be the South
Brunswick High School Army
JROTC Color Guard, directed by
Col. Willie Gore (U.S. Army re
tired); Dick Lee. news and public af
fairs director, WCCA; the Rev. Dr.
Richard Warner, pastor of St. James
the Fisherman Episcopal Church;
BCC President W Michael Reaves
and BCC AV Technician Adrea
Womble, who will introduce Hall.
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Tri-Beach. Supply and Waccamaw
VI:I)s. Firefighters (ought the blaze
for approximately four hours.
Evans said firefighters were able
to contain the blaze to the kitchen
area in part because of a quick re
sponse.
"We hail never left the station
from the first fire." he said. "That's
why we got there as quick as we did.
We were there within three minutes
of the call."
AREA FIREFIGHTERS responded quickly to the Smith house fire and contained the blaze to the kit
chen in the rear of the home.
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