County Doubles Its Reading
Options With New Libraries
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Brunswick Countians and viators cm add to their op
portunities for relaxation and (tan two, count 'cm, brand
new libraries.
Residents at Oak Island and Letand, give a cheer for
persistent crusaders in both areas who have talked, orga
nized, planned and cajoled to bring these focibties to
fruition.
The G V. Barfaee Sr. Library and the oew Leland
Public Library are open. The two buildings, each ap
proximately 4,ow squire rect in mac, out wim axtierent
architecture and floor plana, coat nearly $1
For Edith Tillman, a lender in Leland's efforts, that
struggle has seemed endfoaa. "It all started in 1979," she
related, "when I asked (State Rep.) David Redwine for
$2,000 from the state to kick off the drive for a library. I
had just moved here and found there waa nearly nothing
in the way of a library; I had grown up with good li
Drones.
Wot Tillman found waa a of old books in
a small mobile unit, formerly used by a bank on the cor
ner of Village Road and Old Schoolhouse Road. Under
>k. nt ? >w~~l i.
it got short shrift from that board and no attention from
the county, according to Tillman.
"Nothing would have ever happmmi if some of us
here in Leland hadn't started raising money," she said.
Their efforts produced $60,000 from residents of the
community; later, when Leland incorporated, its town
government, along with Bellville and the state, boosted
the total to $200,000.
in<? ...l? ?v ...... took
over the library system, $1.5 million was allocated from
county funds for the two new constructions and for ren
ovations to existing libraries in Shalktfte and Southport .
"We've gone iinuugji a long pracaa," Human saiu in
tiic Lmm irnti.j 1 1 - .?!? ?
but finally we handed it ail over to the county. The
t* ogress has been much better that way and helped us
get more money from the community."
The neat new red brick building next to Leland's
Town Hall is centrally located and a mote inviting place
to read than its predecessor, whoae contents were moved
there on opening day.
Oak Island, on the other hand, had ao library at ail be
fore the bvdy O.V. Baitoee Sr. building roae oa Long
Beach Drive. A hard-working .?g? the Oak
Island Library Boosters, got to work early ia 1991, edu
cating the public about the need.
Ana Hines, former president of the group, said moat
people ooo I realize toe uemepoous population grown)
that has occurred on Oak bland. While Southport Shal
lotte and l.eland, with a collective population of 5,135
residents. each has its own library. Oak Island includes
three beach oonuminitirts where 4*725 people live with
out one.
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Dcocnuie puDtisoea oy me Boosters proclaimed,
"There has been no reading or study resource nearby for
our students or for the elderly or working parents whose
children need a library after school." Hines said the pub
lic responded positively to the campaign for tends. Five
lots were given by Gibson Baitoee Jr., and two others
from United Carolina Bank, while the Duffcu raised
$45,000 toward the project
This effort paralleled that of Leland, and the county's
proved by local organizations and the board. While inte
riors of the two libraries are similar, there were opportu
nities for individual preferences. Hises said Oak Island
folks wanted a meeting room, while that was not a prior
ity for Leland residents. As a result, a modest workroom
can double as meeting space in the G.V. Bartoee Sr.
building, which also boasts a quantity of glass in its
walls, while Leland 's uae of glass is minimal.
Neither has ?
Hines lamented, "I really wasted it"
One computer will be placed in each library, however,
for word processing use by the public, and Hines said
isSui* w ill be Cu hiuu each aftcmooc is the Oak sslsad
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initially be moved there from the Brunswick County
Library in Southport, which will cloae for a few weeks
during renovation. Southport persoanel, too, will run the
new Lbrary until August when four permanent and four
temporary employees win oe urea tor oocn tacuioes.
The county policy for book checkout is that anyone
THE NEW LELAND LIBRARY ha.
i for 20 yean.
Two Injured Slightly in Collision With Turning Car
I Wo persons mHimwl minor ia
junes lad Thursday. May 26, ia a
two-car aorideat that haupwind at
5J0 pi" on Holdea Road
TI %7 mile, aa of
Brandy Dawn Lackey, 18, of
Morgan too, was driving west on
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t^w aaa aa t waw waawaa hm?
1984 Cadillac^ttcmptcd a left tan
into s private onvcwiy KB i Mcwry s
pain, according to toe report woo oy
v! f* t?t - a jf- a, ,-, | ? a f
n.u rugnway nuroi trooper ill
Murray. Lackey's car tfnek the
turning Cadillac ia the right {Man
ger area.
Carolyn Watts Smith, 41, of Shal
lotte, the driver of the Cadillac, and
one of her three pasarngrts. Shawn
Smith, 13, ata> of Shaflotte, woe
transported lo The Braaawick Hosp
ital with ounpiaim* of injury. Lac
key was not figured.
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lYooper ILL. Moray charged
Wtfts with making an unsafe move
14? injuries and little damage
May
at the intersection of McMilly Road
(SJL 1320) and Ladi Road that m
votved a school bos.
Brunswick County Schools bos
driver Carrie Hill, 40, of ShaOode,
had hw 1987 Ford
bus ia the carthoand lane of
McMiiiy hom at abooi /sO a.m. ?
lead to rtudeatr aa the bus whea the
baa rolled into the boot cad of a car
to the 1985 Ibyota operated by
Rhoada Jo Hewett, 35, of Supply.
Damage to the bae war otimatod at
sioa
Hill told IVooper JJL Kerr she
thought the bn was ia neutral gstt,
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A.Y.V MINES poses m front nfthe G. V Barb? Sr. Library, a product of her efforts and those of Oak
Island residents, assisted by county and state funds.
without a driver's license and proof of Brunswick
County property ownership must pay $25 to take materi
als from the library. "We've just had so much km of
books that were taken out by visitors and not returned,"
Hines explained. Anyone, however, is welcome to come
in and read.
Both facilities are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday
through Friday, those hours extended to 8 p.m. on Tues
days. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. till noon and Sundays
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In addition to the two new buildings, nearly $600,000
is being spent in renovations on libraries in Shallotte and
Southport. Each of these facilities is being expanded.
The Brunswick Countv Library will be the largest in the
county with 5,760 square feet, while the West
Brunswick Library will remain the smallest, with 2^32
square feet
Maurice Tfete, county librarian, began laughing when
questioned in mid-April about construction progress.
"I'm laughing to keep from crying," she said, then ex
plained, "I'm responsible for the outcome, but I'm not
really in control." Although plans for closing the
Southport facility and moving its equipment and person
nel were under control, she said, she hau nu idn of
<>p"uing dates. "I don't have the keys yet Furniture
hasn't arrived," she said.
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