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The Pilot Covers Brunswick County | THE STATE PORT PILOT MB A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Most of the News All The Time mmm VOLUME 39 No. 32 10-Pages Today SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1968 5* A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Carolina Power and Light Company is beginning study of a site between Southport and Sunny Point as a prospective location for a nuclear generating plant. Announcement that CP&L is studying the site came Tuesday night at a dinner meeting spon sored by the Resources Develop ment Commission of Brunswick County. Officials of the company making the announcement were Shearon Harris, president; Paul S. Colby, vice president--Oper ating and Engineering Depart ment; R. S. Talton, head of the System Planning Section; and E. E. Utley, Production and Re sults engineer. Harris, in making the an nouncement, said that if the Brunswick county site is finally selected the initial investment in the county will exceed $200,000,000. He pointed out that as power requirements in Eastern North Carolina continue to grow, a similar additional in vestment will be made later if the site proves capable of such development. The plant would begin oper ation in the mid-1970’s. By that time, CP&L forecasts that its customers will be using twice as much electricity as today, according to Colby. Development of nuclear power is not new to CP&L. It is one of the four companies which built and operated the prototype nu clear plant at Parr, South Caro lina, and It is presently con structing a large nuclear plant at Hartsville, S. C. Scheduled for operation in 1970, the Harts ville unit will be the first com mercial-size nuclear plant and the Southeast. Colby pointed out that the decision to install addi tional nuclear generating units is based on economics. In studying the Brunswick county site, the company is seek ing to determine the soil struc ture, its weight-carrying ability, and other factors which may affect plant design, Talton ex plained. water from the Cape Fear River will be used for cooling. Prior to construction, approval must be obtained from North Carolina authorities for use of river water. A construc tion permit from the Atomic Energy Commission also must be obtained. It is estimated that construc tion forces for the plant would exceed 600 men at the peak period of employment. Between 00 and 80 men would be employed in operation of the completed plant. Harris emphasized that CP&L’s activity at the site is exploratory and that the company lias been making and is continu ing preliminary studies of other sites in its service area. The meeting was arranged by Roy Stevens, Executive Director of the Resources Development Commission, and was attended by leaders from all parts of the county. Announcement of plans to make an engineering study ofthefeasi \\\ bllity of locating a nuclear po plant met with Immediate, e, thuslastlc response. George T. Rourk, chair man'* ' of the board of commissioners for Brunswick county, said: “This is a big day for the coun ty. The commissioners are wholeheartedly behind this pro position and are looking forward to it becoming a reality. We will be glad to meet with you at anytime and discuss our govern ment.” E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., mayor of Southport, said: "This heralds a new day for not only Brunswick county but all of North Carolinai.” It is big and we must begin to think big. We pledge our support so that this announcement can be come a reality at the earliest possible date.” Roy Stevens, executive di rector for the Brunswick Coun ty Resources Development Com mission, said: “It is impossible to express our feelings of delight and en thusiasm for the project which Mr. Harris has announced this evening. “This announcement will be a major asset for Brunswick coun ty and Southeastern North Caro lina in the further development of the area, “Our sincere thanks go to Mr. Harris and his associates on Carolina Power and Light Co. for the interest that they have shown (Continued On Page Two) ;v ; v: • Participation Of State Is Promised National Has Good Year In Real Estate The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of National Devel opment Corporation was held at the company’s office at Long Beach on January 8. Immediately following the stockholder’s meeting the direc tors of the corporation met and declared a five percent stock dividend, payable to the stock holders of record as of March 1* 1968, to be paid March 15, 1968. This is the first dividend declared by the corporation after seven years of operations. It was reported to the stock holders that the earnings for the year ended September 30, 1967, were by far the best in the his tory of the company and that a 57% increase in net income had been achieved. Net income amounted to $149,996.93 or 23 cents per share, as compared to $95,155.54 or 15 cents per share for the previous year. It was also reported that sales for the first quarter of fiscal 1968 showed an increase of over 200% and management anticipates another good year. Elected by the stockholders to serve as directors for the coming year were E. F. Middleton, Charleston, S. C.; A. J. White, Lillington; D. C. Herring, South port; H. A. Templeton, Jr., Long Beach; Robert King, Jr., Dur ham; G. R. Clark, Elizabeth town; and D. w. Sneeden, Harold Green and H. A. Penton, Jr., all of Wilmington. Officer named for the ensuing year were E. F. Middleton, president, H. A. Templeton, Jr., vice-president, D. C. Herring, secretary, and A. E. Anderson, Jr., treasurer. The corporation is engaged in the real estate and land develop ment business with properties located primarily at Long Beach and suburban Raleigh. ENLISTS IN NAVY Edward Joyner, son of Col. and Mrs. A. B. Joyner of Southport, leaves today (Wednesday) tor Great Lakes where he will under go training for duty in the u. S. Navy. BENEFIT BARBECUE There will be a pit-cooked barbecue supper served at Zion Methodist Church Saturday, starting at 6:30 o’clock. Home made cakes and pies also will be on sale. The North Carolina Board of Water and Air Resources is con vinced that the best solution to beach erosion problems on the Brunswick county beaches is the large dune-and-berm project prepared by the Army Engineers with all the engineering and re search facilities at their com mand, which are the best in the country in this field. It has therefore directed all State ef forts to furthering this proj ect, and has given the Bruns wick county beaches priority over the others along the North Caro lina coast for which projects have been formulated. The study covering the beaches in Brunswick county was com pleted and approved in Wash ington by the end of 1965. How ever, even before this time, a meeting on the subject was held by this State agency in Southport, and the county and the separate beaches resolved in favor of the project, and to provide the re quired financial participation at the appropriate time. It was be cause of this evidence of local in terests to do their share that the Brunswick county beaches were given top priority. Less than a year after the study was ap proved, in October 1966, the proj ect, along with others, was authorized by the u. S. Congress, because of extraordinary efforts by the North Carolina Congres sional Delegation. Congressman Alton Lennon promptly offered a special bill to get funds for the Advance Engineering and Design, which would insure the start of construction, and the two Sena (Continued On Page Two) Executive To Speak To PTA F. Murray Acker, manager of the Cape Fear Plant of E. I. Du Pont De Nemours will be the guest speaker at the Southport P.T.A. meeting on Thursday, January 25 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Acker, a native of Shel bourne, Novia Scotia, Canada, has been employed by DuPont since 1940. He joined the Textile Fibers Division In 1947 in Rich mond, Virginia, and was ap pointed plant manager at Buffa lo, New York. In 1951 he was transferred to Old Hickory, Ten nessee, as manager where he remained until his assignment as manager of the new Cape Fear plant. Acker has for many years been active in youth work. He was a member of the Executive Board of Boy Scouts of America in 1954. He was president of the Middle Tennessee Council Boy Scouts of America 1959 1962. He recently has been made a board member of the Wilming ton Y.M.C.A., and a member of the Regional Executive Commit tee, Region Six, Boy Scouts of America. Head Table At CP & L Dinner Shown at the head table at the dinner Tuesday night at Boiling Spring Lakes Country Club where CP&L made the announcement regarding the nuclear power plant are, left to right Rev. W. S. Davenport, E. E. Utley, George T. Rourk, Hargove Bellamy, Shearon Harris W. B. Powell, P. S. Colby, E. B. Tomlinson, Jr., R. S. Talton, D. C. Herring and Reid Thompson. * T: ■' 1 CP&L PRESIDENT SHEARON HARRIS * ■* v ai CHAIRMAN GEORGE T. ROURK Safety Experts Help At Wreck Col. A. a Joyner, commanding officer at Sunny Point, said this morning that none of the am munition involved in the wreck, at Chadbourn Saturday morning appears to have been seriously damaged and attributed this to the fine job of blocking and brac> (Continued On Page Pour) Time And Tide Thirty years ago this week the abir.dance of shrimp in the Frying Pan shoals area brought 14 shrimp boats from up-state, as well as their owners' families. The families were to stay here indefinitely. Plans were to fish for shrimp during the winter and convert the boats to sports fishing craft during the summer season. Southport’s war on cats had brought much criticism, most of it over the reduction of the Feline population. One of the main arguments (Continued On Page Four? County Board Holds Meeting Members of the board of coun ty commissioners met Monday with a group ol citizens interest ed in full-scale resumption of ambulance service for Bruns wick county. No decision was reached, but a letter has been directed to George V. Elliott of the N. C. Board of Health, re I Continued On Pa(fe Two) Brock Farm Is Site For CP&L Project The site under consideration by Carolina Power and Light Co. for tiie construction of a nuclear Dower clant near Southoort is on the farm formerly owned by H. D. Drock and is located about two and one-half miles from town. A portion of the old Wal lace Moore farm also is in cluded in the holdings of James E. Johnson, Jr., of Lumberton, who owns about 900 acres of the 2,000-acre tract that will be required for this project. Included in preliminary plans are two canals to provide a sup ply of water from the Cape Fear River, to be used for cooling purposes. The intake canal will be upriver and will cross the Moore Farm property to the river. The outlet canal will come just north of the marsh area at Price Creek. No other proper ty lying east of the river road will be involved in the project site. Preliminary plans indicate that a railroad is included in plans for this installation, with a prob able connection with the access railroad to Sunny Point Army Terminal. A look at the map will show that the bulk of the land area lies close to the Bethel Church community, and at first glance it would appear that access roads to existing highways probably will connect with highway 87 and 133, possibly in the vicinity of the Bethel Church road. A minimum of displacement is involved in the proposed plant site and it now appears that no dwelling now in use will be in cluded. If the project goes through, acreage will be acquired from landowners adjoining the Johnson property. Permission has been granted to go on the Johnson lands to con duct preliminary tests and stu dies, and until these findings are evaluated there will be no move to purchase any property. (Continued On Pag* Two) Medical Staff Asks Relief The Medical Staff of Dosher Hospital met Monday night in the hospital dining room and dis cussed at length the emergency room service at Dosher Me morial Hospital on a twenty four hours per day basis, for severt days per week. At the present time this is being attempted by three Southport physicians. This means at least a minimum of forty hours weekly over and above their regular of fice hours and hospital rounds. This also means that they maybe awakened as many as three to ten times per night for calls, frequently for minor illness of several days duration and for many other trivial matters that bear no resemblance to an emer gency. Adequate trained nurse and hospital personnel to evaluate (Continued On Page Two) JIMMIE ROSE Governor Rose Lions Visitor The Southport Lions Club will have as its guest Thursday, Jim mie Rose, Governor of District 31-H, who will make an official visit and present the program. His talk will center around the theme “Lionism: The Key to Service.” Governor Rose’s District cov ers Southeastern North Carolina. In this district there are 40 clubs with around 1300 members. These clubs are in 14 counties. (Continued On Page Two) Tide Table Following Is the tide table for Southport during the week. These hours are ap proximately correct and were furnished The State Port Pilot through the courtesy of the Gape Fear Pilot’s Association. HIGH LOW Thursday. January 18, 9:33 A M 3:34 A M 9:57 P M 4:10 P M Friday, January 19, 10:21 AM 4:22 A M 10:45 P M 4:52 P M Saturday, January 20, 11:03 A M 5:10 A M 11:39 P M 5:34 P M Sunday, January 21, 11:57 A M 6:04 A M 6:28 P M Monday, January 22, 0:39 A M 7:04 A M 12:51 P M 7:22 P M Tuesday, January 28, 1:39 A M 8:16 A M 1 51 P M 8:28 P M Wednesday, January 24 2:51 AM 9:22 A'M 3 03 PM 9:34 P M '
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