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VOLUME 41
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SOUTHPORT, N. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 5, 1969
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Attend Chicago Conference
Carolinians attending the Youth Conference on the Atom in Chicago October 23
26 included (1. to r.) Tom Lowe, Shallotte teacher; Bill DeWitt, Darlington, S. C.,
teacher; Pat Keziah, Shallotte student; and Paul Pawley, Darlington student. The
students and teachers won the trip in a competition conducted last May by Carolina
Power & Light Company. CP&L and other investor-owned utilities sponsor the con
ference.
Board Members
Receive Report
From Architect
The Brunswick County Board
of Education met in regular
session on Monday night and
heard progress report by Mr.
Croft, architect, on all
consolidated school sites.
Placement and location of
buildings and play grounds on
sites were discussed. Kirby
Sullivan, attorney, informed the
Board of progress being made
toward acquisition of school
sites property.
The board approved Mrs.
Donnie Kopp’s teaching contract
for Bolivia School. Mr. Holden
made motion for approval. Mr.
Gainey second motion. All
members approved. It was
agreed to add the following
people as substitute teachers lor
respective schools: Bolivia- -Mary
Ezzell; Southport—Mary Ezzell,
Vivian Crawley, Lynn McLeod,
Biookie Stirling; Union—Estelle
Hudson.
The resignation of Lynda F.
Anderson as teacher from
Leland School was accepted.
The board accepted the bid by
Worth Ward of $40.00 for sale
of 1957 Chevrolet car by Union
School, serial number
AS7B254047.
After hearing a report from
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Brief Bits Ofl
NEWS 1
CEMETERY CLEANING
There will be a cemetery
cleaning at the Griffin Cemetery
Tuesday. Anyone willing to help
is asked to come and bring tools
with which to work.
NCEA MEETING
The Brunswick County Unit of
the NCEA will have its annual
banquet meeting at the Terra
Mar Restaurant, Little River,
South Carolina, at 7 p.m.
November 13.
PUBLIC MEETING
Public hearings to discuss
proposed changes in the 1970
North Carolina commercial
fishing regulations will be held
Thursday at 2 o’clock in the
courthouse at Southport. Public
hearings are held so fishermen
can voice their opinions on
proposed regulation changes.
Besides the proposed changes,
fishermen can suggest changes in
other regulations.
CHURCH HOMECOMING
Shiloh United Methodist
Church will have its
Homecoming Sunday and will
formally dedicate the
educational building. There will
be a fellowship luncheon,
followed by singing. The guest
minister will be former pastor
Rev. Allen Richardson, and the
Rev. C.G. McCarver, District
Superintendent, will dedicate
the new building. All friends,
members and former members
are invited to attend.
WILLIAM D. EZZELL
MIKE McLEOD
Brunswick Defeats
Sales Tax Proposal
Brunswick county voters
defeated the proposed one
percent increase in sales tax
Tuesday by a margin of about 3
to 1. The count was 705 for and
2,044 against.
The only two precincts where
the proposition received a
favorable vote were Southport
No. 1, by a margin of 115 to 98,
and at Oak Island, by a vote of
102 to 80.
Elsewhere the proposal to levy
a 1-cent sales tax for distribution
to county and municipal
governments was in trouble. At
Supply 15 people voted for the
measure while 200 voted against
it.
H. Foster Mintz, chairman of
the Brunswick County Board of
Elections, called this a light vote,
with only 2,749 citizens going to
the polls. The total registration
Soil Men Will
Meet Monday
Area VI of the North Carolina
Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts will hold
its annual fall rally at the Dixie
Restaurant in Calabash, on
November 10 at 6:30 p.m. Area
VI is comprised of sixteen
counties in the southeastern
region of North Carolina. The
Brunswick Soil and Water
Conservation District
Supervisors will serve as hosts
for the meeting.
State Senator John J. Burney,
Jr., will be the principal speaker.
Oliver L. Croom, Area VI
Chairman announces that
supervisors and their wives from
the sixteen counties in Area VI
are expected to attend. County
commissioners, local agricultural
leaders and representatives of
state and federal agricultural
agencies are invited guests.
Soil and water conservation
district supervisors in the areas
and throughout North Carolina
are increasingly concerned with
developing better conservation
programs for both rural and
urban use. Rallies, such as the
Area II Rally, highlight the
previous year’s accomplishments
and establish goals for the
future.
for the county is just under
10,000.
Following is the vote by
precincts: Hoods Creek, 13-112;
Leland, 54-189; Town Creek,
61-198; Bolivia, 56-152;
Southport No. 1, 115-98;
Southport No. 2, 71-111; Oak
Island, 102-80; Mosquito, 13-30;
Supply, 15-200; Secession,
24- 207; Shallotte, 42-133;
Frying Pan, 4 8-130;
Grissettown, 28-85; Shingletree,
15-88; Longwood, 10-47; Ash,
25- 114; Waccamaw, 5-67; Exuni,
8-53.
Sencland’s
New Officers
The Board of Directors of
Sencland Community Action,
Inc., elected officers for the next
year, and retired board president
Johnathan Hankins offered the
past year’s work as a challenge
to the new leaders.
Named president of the board
at its annual meeting Tuesday
night was Carl Suggs. Hankins
was named chairman; John
Yates, vice-chairman and Mrs.
Delilah Blanks, secretary. The
new officers were elected
unanimously.
Charles Mumford, acting
executive director of Sencland
Community Action, Inc.,
thanked Joseph Gallehugh for
his service during his year as
board president.
The annual meeting was
highlighted by a speech by
James L. Godwin, training
director of the Low-Income
Development Corporation in
Durham, and the annual report
presented by Mumford.
Mrs. Helen Sanderlin opened
the evening’s program with
piano selections and was joined
later by her husband Hobson as
the couple sang “Little Red
School House” to the delight,
and for the memories, of the
audience.
Brenda Bannerman, a student
at East Arcadia High School and
an enrollee in the
Sencland-sponsored
Neighborhood Youth Corps,
sang “I Believe”, accompanied
by Mrs. Sanderlin.
Wind, Waves
Damage Piers
In Brunswick r
High winds and waves
damaged the Long Beach Fishing
Pier approximately $8,000
worth, according to Nick
Coleman, who is in charge of
repairs. A decision on the
reconstruction of the “T”
section of the pier, which was
destroyed, has not yet been
made.
Coleman said that tentative
plans are to raise the “T” section
six feet above its original height
if it should be replaced.
Pilings underneath about 500
feet of the pier were moved at
least six inches, according to
Coleman. Fishing continues,
however, on the undamaged
portion of the pier.
Warren Calloway, owner and
operator of the Ocean Crest
Motel and Pier, said his structure
suffered only minor damage, and
cost of repair should not exceed
$250.
There was no damage to the
Yaupon Beach Pier, according to
a spokesman there.
Erosion damage was noted
along the strands at Caswell,
Yaupon and Long Beaches as a
result of the storm that passed
over the Brunswick coastline
Saturday night. Wind damage
was reported by-many property
owners, both on the beaches and
in Southport, and trees were
blown down throughout the
area.
Of more than casual interest
here is the loss of the McAllister
tug with six men aboard. Three
of them have worked here at
various times in the shrimp or
menhaden business.
Missing and presumed to be
lost are Capt. Robert Davis,
Edwin Piner, Keith Piner,
Elsworth Piner and two other
men whose names are not
known here.
This tug was in'Southport''with
a dredge in tow three weeks ago.
Two Attorneys
Added To Firm
Two young lawyers joined the
firm of Herring, Parker and
Powell in Southport and
Shallotte.
William David Ezzell has
joined the firm as an associate.
The new lawyer is from Harrells
and is a graduate of Union High
School. After attending
Campbell College from
1962-1964, Ezzell graduated
from Wake Forest College with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in
political science in 1966. He
received his Juris Doctor degree
from Wake Forest University
School of Law in 1969, and
passed the North Carolina Bar
Examination in August.
Ezzell is married to the former
Mary Brown Moore of Willard.
She received a Bachelor of Music
degree from East Carolina
University. They are residing in
Oaks Apartments. Both are
members of Wells Chapel Baptist
Church, Wallace.
While in school at Wake
Forest, Ezzell was a member of
the College Touring Choir and
later a member of Phi Alpha
Delta Legal Fraternity. His
athletic interests are basketball,
hunting, and fishing.
John Michael McLeod also is
an associate at the law firm, but
his duties probably will be
interrupted early in the new year
when he enters upon two years
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Pier Damaged At Long Beach
This picture shows damage done to the end of Long Beach Fishing Pier during
the Saturday night storm that struck the North Carolina coast. The T-section was
carried away and the underpinning was moved from another section. Slight damage
also resulted to the fishing pier at Ocean Isle Beach. (Photo by Spencer)
County Lists
4-H Winners
In Annual Meet
Eighteen blue ribbon exhibits
were shown by Brunswick
County 4-H members in their
annual achievement program in
Supply last week with Kenneth
Hewett, county council
president, presiding.
Program arrangements were
handled by extension agents
Milton Coleman and Mrs. Mary
Russ.
The blue ribbon winners are
eligible to enter their exhibits in
the Southeastern North Carolina
4-H Honor Program Nov. 22 in
Wilmington, under auspices of
the Star-News Newspapers.
In the county awards
presentations, Kenneth Hewett
and Lynn Hewett won the
achievement pins; Kenneth
Hewett, Lynn Hewett and
Reggie Hewett, the leadership
pins; Lynn Hewett, Ann Smith
and Lisa Hewett the clothing
prizes; Lynn Hewett the senior
teen dress revue;
Ann Smith, the early teen
dress revue and Lisa Hewett the
pre-teen dress revue; Teresa
Gilbert and Ann Smith, the
electric project; Lynn Hewett
and Lillie Marie Smith the foods
and nutrition project;
Richard McKeithan, forestry;
Kenneth Hewett, Richard
McKeithan, Lynn Hewett and
Lillie Marie Smith, the health
project; Lynn Hewett, home
economics; Richard McKeithan,
wildlife; Debbie Smith,
photography; Kenneth and Lynn
Hewett, citizenship and boys
and girls public speaking.
Kenneth Hewett, Richard
Jones, Roy Hewett and Sammy
Bellamy topped the livestock
judging project; Kenneth Hewett
and Lynn Hewett topped the
special interest project. Best
campers were Doug Wilson,
Rachel Jones and Ricky
Appling.
Outstanding leaders were Mrs.
Freeman Hewett and Mrs.
Juanita Smith, Busy Bees club;
Mrs. Evelyn Bell and Mrs. Betty
McKeithan, adventurers club,
and Mrs. Annie Bryant, Cedar
Grove Club.
Blue ribbon winners were Ann
Smith with mosaics; Teresa
Gilbert, electric; Teresa
McKeithan, Bolivia, Debbie
McKeithan, Bolivia, and Johnnie
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Time And Tide
It was November 1,1939, and high school students throughout the
county were working to clothe their basketball teams in new
uniforms for the coming season. The story published the week
before concerning the Venus Flytrap had been mimeographed and
sent to most of the large northern dailies, with the result that many
of these publications were now clamoring for pictures of the unusual
plants. Hog cholera was running rampant in the county; at a
Hallowe’en party sponsored by the Eastern Star, Charlene Newton
had copped top honors in the costume judging; and Marion Frink
had pledged Lambda Delta sorority at Fassifern School for Girls.
Our edito'’al writer had commented favorably on the cage
prospects for the county schools during the coming season, and had
noted that for the first time all five schools would be served by
indoor courts. The Coast Guard buoy tender Narcissus had been
transferred to the Norfolk District of operations; D.I. Watson had
been appointed assistant county auditor; and, according to a
headline, “waterfoul ’ were on their way south.
It was November 1, 1944, and a 30-foot model of the USS North
Carolina w».s pictured on page one that week. The model was on
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4-H Winner
Commission Slates
Public Hearing
The Atomic Energy
Commission has schedule a
public hearing on December 2 at
Southport to consider the
application of Carolina Power
and Light Company of Raleigh
for permits to build a two-unit
nuclear power plant near
Southport.
The hearing will begin at 10
Crash Fatal
To Local Lady
Mrs. Marion Fredere Pigott
died Sunday morning in a
Wilmington hospital as a result
of injuries sustained Saturday
when the motorcycle on which
she was riding was involved in a
collision with an automobile on
Highway 74-76 near Brunswick
River.
Highway Patrolman W.C.
Fulgham, the investigating
officer, said that the car was
driven by Bobby G. Reynolds of
Wilmington. He told Patrolman
Fulgham he had started to pull
into the left lane to pass the
motorcycle, and that at that
moment Mrs. Pigott pulled into
the left lane, apparently to pass
a car ahead of her.
A doctor at the scene of the
accident assisted the injured
woman and she was taken
immediately to the hospital in
Wilmington.
Mrs. Pigott, who w^s 42 years
of age, worked at the ticket
office for the Southport-F'ort
Fisher Ferry and last summer
purchased the circle to ride back
and forth to work. Members of
the staff at this operation served
as pallbearers for her funeral
services, which were conducted
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock
at Trinity Methodist Church.
The Rev. Paul Scott officiated
and burial was at Northwood
Cemetery.
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a.m. in the Community Building.
It will be conducted by a
three-member Atomic Safety
and Licensing Board appointed
by the Commission. Members of
the board are Dr. Stuart Forbes,
of Thompson, Ramo and
Wooldridge, Inc., El Segundo,
California; Dr. Charles E.
Winters of Union Carbide
Corporation’s Parma Research
Center^ Cleveland; and Valentine
B. Deale, a Washington, D.C.
attorney. Mr. Deale will be
chairman of the board. Dr. John
C. Geyer, The Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, has been
named alternate technical
member and Samuel W. Jensch,
and AEC hearing examiner, as
alternate lawyer member. A
prehearing conference will be
held at the same location
beginning at 10 a.m. on
November 13.
Carolina Power and Light
Company has applied for
permits to construct a two-unit
nuclear power plant on a
1200-acre site in Brunswick
County in Southeastern North
Carolina. The site is
approximately 2‘/a miles north of
Southport. As proposed each
unit of the Brunswick Steam
Electric Plant will use a boiling
water reactor and will have an
output of approximately
821,000 net electrical kilowatts.
United Engineers and
Constructors, Inc. will design the
plant and Brown and Root, Inc.
will construct it. General
Electric Company will furnish
the nuclear steam supply
systems and turbine generators.
The following notice of
hearing on application for
Provisional Construction Permits
has been issued by the United
States Atomic Energy
Commission:
“Pursuant to the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act) and the regulations in
Title 10, Code of Federal
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Travel Council
Urges Developer
To Use Island |
The Travel Council of North
Carolina, in a meeting at
Wrightsville Beach October
26-27, discussed at length the
details and ramifications of the
proposed development of
portions of Bald Head Island on
the coast of Brunswick county.
Following is the text of a
resolution adopted by the
Council:
“The Travel Council urges the
North Carolina Board of
Conservation and Development
to extend the warm hand of
welcome to Mr. Charles Eh
Fraser and his associates, and
offer to him the same friendship
and cooperation that North
Carolina would customarily
provide any other industrialist
who might be considering ah
investment of 50 million dollars
or more within the State’s
borders.
“The Travel Council believes
that the development carried out
by Mr. Fraser at Hilton Head
Island on the coast of South
Carolina is a credit to the tw$
Carolinas and the opportunity to
have developments of the type
proposed by Mr. Fraser do not
occur often. The Travel Council
is dedicated to the upbuilding
and upgrading of the travel
industry in the State, and feels
strongly that the conservation
practices, the protection of
natural beauty, the tasteful
architectural design, and the
ability to obtain proper
financing for which Mr. Eraser is
well known warrant an active
program to further his interest ih
our State. ^
“The Travel Council calls to
public attention that the Cape
Hatteras National Seashore, the
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Board Invites
Highway Man
The Brunswick County Board
of Commissioners met Monday
and re-appointed school
superintendent Ralph King to
the Sencland Community
Action, Inc., board of directors.
King’s appointment is effective ;
December 1 and continues until
November 30,1972.
Farm Extension agent Archie
Martin appeared before the:
Board and presented his annual
report.
The Board of Commissioners
chairman was instructed to
invite State Highway I.
Commissioner David Parnell of
Parkton to meet with the Board
at his earliest convenience.
Parnell, commissioner of the
district in which Brunswick is
located, will discuss with the
commissioners the needs of the
county. s r»
The Board received a request
from E.C. Brandon, secretary of
the Lower Cape Fear Council of
Local Governments that the
Board ratify a new set of bylaws'
as recommended by the majority*
of organization members. The
request was honored.
The Board also approved alt
bills for the past two weeks. :V
Tide Table
Following to the tide table
for Southport daring the
week. These boars are ap
proximately correct and
were furnished The State
Fort Pilot through the
courtesy of the Cape Fear
Flint's Association.
Thursday, November 6
4:46 AM 11:10 AM
4:57 PM 11:28 PM
Friday, November 7
5:33 AM 11:58 AM
5:30 PM
Saturday, November 8
6:15 AM 0:00 AM
6:27 PM 12:46 PM
Suj . lay, November 8
7 °? ASM 12:52 AM
7:00 PM 1:34 PM
Monday, November 10
7:46 AM 1:84 AM
7:57 PM 2:22 PM
Tuesday, November 11
8:22 AM 2:22 AM
8:45 PM 3:10 PM
Wednesday, November 12
9:27 AM 3:10 AM
9:39 PM 4:04 PM