THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 43. NUMBER 35 12 PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA MARCH 22, 1972 5 CENTS A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Benefit For
Easter Seal
A turkey dinner for the
benefit of the Easter Seal
Society for Crippled Children
and Adults of North Carolina
will be held Sunday at Her
man’s Restaurant from 12 to
2 o’clock.
This is a repeat of a similar
event held last year in South
port when more than $450 was
raised for this fund. All food
is being donated and
prepared by residents of
Brunswick County, with some
of the most talented cooks in
the area being involved.
In charge of arrangements
for this event is Mrs. A.P.
Henry, Jr., who is secretary
of the state association. She
expresses her delight with the
response received from
citizens throughout the
county as she solicited help in
putting on this dinner.
Herman’s normally is not
open on Sunday, but he has
donated the use of his
building and facilities for this
dinner.
Also cooperating in this
event are the Southport
Jaycees, who have tickets on
sale this week. Take-out
plates will be available.
Contributions
Over The Top
The 1972 Southport Heart
Fund campaign is over the
top with $1,208.97 contributed
toward the $1,200 quota set by
the North Carolina Heart
Association, Mrs. Philip
King, Southport chairman,
has announced.
Funds collected in the
nationwide campaign are to
be used to combat heart
disease, the nation’s No. 1
killer, through research and
education.
<• Late reports which put the
Southport collections over the
quota included $69.84 netted
from balloon sales by teen
age members of the Sub
Junior Woman’s Club, of
which Miss Donna Dosher is
president.
The sales were made by
teams led by Mrs. Sarah
Barbee and Miss Tina Lerch
of the Junior Women’s Club,
which sponsors the teen-age
group. The teams’ efforts
boosted the balloon sale total
to $158.79.
The door-to-door canvass
on Heart Sunday produced
$402.98, Mrs. Bobby Jones,
campaign co-chairman,
reported.
Co-chairman Ephraim E.
Swain reported contributions
totaling $160.61 from chur
ches, clubs and fraternal
groups, with additional gifts
from the adult council of the
Southport branch of the
NAACP, Rose of Sharon 505
Order of the Eastern Star and
Brown’s Chapel.
Other division totals in
cluded in the $1,208.97 total
were $160.17 from street
collections, $82.00 in special
gifts, $155.64 from the
schools, $67.00 in business
gifts solicited by the Lions
Club and $21.78 in
miscellaneous gifts.
Kent-A-J aycee
The Rent-A-Jaycee project,
which met with great success
recently, will be repeated this
Saturday.
The work day will begin at
7:30 a.m. and continue until
7:30 p.m. The pay will range
from $2 to $3.50 an hour
depending on the degree of
skill required for each job.
Jaycees can be rented by
calling Bill Ezzell’s office.
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A SETTING SUN peeps around a jagged piece of driftwood at Long Beach,
(photo by Ed Harper)
Social Services Funds S|
_ _
Are Expected To Drop j
The State Department of
Social Services, “in a move to
better equalize the local tax
burden to support the public
assistance programs and the
local administration of all
Candidate Cake
Sale A Success
The best cooks in Southport
pooled their efforts Saturday
for a “Bake A Cake For
Margaret” project which
netted more than $100 for the
campaign fund of the woman
candidate for lieutenant
governor.
The ladies in charge
reported brisk sales, with
many of the purchasers
deliberately overpaying on a
keep-the-change basis.
One classic example was
the division of one cake which
two buyers were eyeing. They
agreed to cut it in half, then
each paid $5 for her part.
There were other examples of
a desire to beef up the
campaign fund of the South
port candidate.
Mrs. Harper was not here
for the event, being in
western North Carolina at a
meeting of Democratic
women in Lincolnton. When
she learned by telephone of
the success of the venture she
expressed her appreciation to
her friends who have been
her fellow workers in coun
tless other projects.
“There’s nothing like a
Southport bake sale,” she
said, “and I never knew of
one I appreciated so much. If
I had a hundred bake sales
put on over the state with the
same spirit and enthusiasm I
have no doubt that I would
gain the nomination for
lieutenant governor.”
Mrs. Frank Bryant, co
manager of the Margaret
Harper campaign, thinks so
well of the bake sale plan that
she is urging supporters of
the lieutenant governor
candidate in other sections of
the state to follow the South
port women’s lead in this
effort to support the cam
paign.
social services programs,”
has decreased the amount of
funds Brunswick County will
receive.
“It means the county will
have to pay more,” said Mrs.
Emma Chadwick, director of
the county Department of
Social Services. The
reduction trims the state
equalizing funds from $28,598
to an estimated $7,700 for the
fiscal year starting July 1.
The new formula of
distribution, adopted by the
State Board of Social Ser
vices on March 8, will apply
to both public assistance and
administration funds. It is
based on a ratio between the
county’s cost for the
programs and the appraised
value of property at 100
percent of valuation.
The old formula was based
on four factors: the average
public assistance money
payments per capita, the
number of public assistance
recipients per 100 population,
the sales and use tax per
capita and the adjusted in
dividual income per capita.
Clifton Craig, state com
missioner of social services,
said the new formula is much
simpler than the old and that
it “will be a more equitable
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YDC To Host Brunswick Rally
Candidates tor the
Democratic nomination for
Seventh District
Congressman will share time
in a panel presentation at the
YDC Rally at Herman’s
Restaurant in Southport
Monday night.
Thomas Young, president
of the organization, has been
advised that at least two of
the gubernatorial candidates
will attend this meeting.
The program will feature
ten-minute presentations by
each of the three
Congressional candidates—
Doran Berry, Hector
McGeachy and Charles Rose.
The meeting then will be
thrown open to questions
from the floor, and from prior
experiences this promises to
be an interesting and in
formative session.
Dr. Reginald Hawkins and
Wilbur Hobby already have
indicated that they plan to
attend the Brunswick County
rally. Nothing has been heard
from other gubernatorial
candidates, but an invitation
went out to all of them, as
well as to lieutenant governor
candidates and others who
are seeking nomination to
offices included in the council
of state.
President Young said that
advance sale of tickets is
moving at a fast clip and with
a limited seating capacity, he
suggests that those who plan
to attend purchase their
tickets in advance.
Herman’s normally is
closed on Monday but he has
donated the use of his facility
for this meeting as well as
food for the dinner which will
be served.
Serving as master of
ceremonies for the rally will
be James Prevatte, South
port attorney. Welcome will
be extended by the YDC
president and the Rev. Paul
Scott will pronounce the
invocation and will sing the
Star-Spangled Banner.
Local candidates are being
urged to attend, and they will
be introduced to the crowd.
Water Supply System
Proposal Is Presented
A proposed water supply
system that would meet the
expected needs of Brunswick
County has been presented to
the Department of Com
merce office in Atlanta.
The presentation was made
Tuesday by County Manager
Jerry Lewis and Com
missioners John Bray and
Robert Simmons. No im
mediate word is expected
from the federal agency:
“Don’t expect us to come
back with a check,” Lewis
told members of the county
board of its regular Monday
meeting.
On Monday, Lewis ex
plained the proposals he
would make to the federal
agency concerning the
proposed water system,
which carries a price tag of
an estimated $4.5 million.
He outlined six schemes
that involved water from
three sources — Town Creek,
the Boiling Spring Lakes
reservoir or Orton Pond. In
each case, the water could be
pumped directly from the
creek or pond or could be
taken from a man-made
reservoir.
The Town Creek proposal
which will be presented for
consideration would involve
less complicated negotiations
with landowners and would
not require the use of much
land.
County Waste Disposal
Sites ‘Running Smooth’
Sanitary landfills, which
opened in Brunswick County
week before last, will provide
a service that towns cannot
afford individually, ac
cording to County Manager
Jerry Lewis.
“In fact, it should result in
a net tax reduction for
municipal tax payers,” he
said. “The county can
provide cheaper service.”
Landfills at Southport,
Leland and Winnabow were
opened March 10; the Lock
wood Folly Township site is
ready but the State Highway
Commission has not prepared
the access road. Negotiations
are underway for a site in
Shallotte Township, but the
major problem lies in the
Waccamaw area.
“There is only one site there
that mets the approval of the
St«te Board of Health and we
hiM not beer able to come to
ah agreement with the
property owners.”
The sanitarv waste
disposal system, which will
be required throughout North
Carolina, is considered a
notable achievement of the
present board of county
commissioners. Estimated
cost of establishing the
system with six disposal sites
was $66,000, and Lewis said
that figure looks to be about
right.
“We haven’t had enough
experience yet to know what
the operating expenses will
be,” said Lewis, but he noted
that the 1972-73 cost probably
would not be as high as the
$48,000 that is tentatively
budgeted.
Included in the annual
operating expense are two
full-time salaries, the annual
lease of landfill sites and the
maintenance of equipement.
According to Lewis,
commercial garbage
collectors would be charged
for using the landfills, and the
county might decide to
contract with the Brunswick
municipalities who want to
use the sites.
"Municipalities simply
can’t afford to establish a
landfill system of their own,’’
said Lewis. “The county will
be able to provide the service
cheaper than the towns can
themselves.”
He said that any charge to
the municipalities would be
"nominal,” and that an
annualized population
probably would be used to
determine what the beach
communities are to pay.
Summer population (three
months) would be divided by
four to determine the average
year-round population: "Of
course, there will be some
weeks during the summer
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The busy week began with a trip to Charlotte Thursday
morning and a session in the studio of WSOC where I taped a
30-minuted segment for the “Meet The Candidate” series.
We didn’t get to see it, but it was shown Sunday and one
friend called long distance to say it was a good show.
From Charlotte we went to Greensboro for a banquet at
Greensboro College for which Eileen Fulton was the speaker.
She is a beautiful, charming and talented person — totally
unlike her television characterization of Lisa Hughes. She
told us that she is “typed” in this role. “One day this lady
stopped me on the street to ask if I were Lisa. I was flattered,
thinking she wanted my autograph, and I told her I was.
When I did she hauled off and socked me!” Not only is she a
good actress, she sings beautifully and was a music major at
Greensboro College.
Friday morning we were up bright and early for what
turned out to be one of the longest, hardest days of cam
paigning I ever have experienced. We went to Burlington for
breakfast with Pat Lassister, my Alamance County
manager, and other supporters and laid some important
plans before heading for Raleigh, where we stopped for a
brief visit. Then it was on to Edenton for an afternoon
reception given in my honor by Carrie Earnhart in the
municipal building. Despite the fact it rained most of the
afternoon, many local ladies braved the weather to come by
and wish me well.
One interesting sidelight to this Edenton triD was a visit
with Junius Davis, retired pharmacist and son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. R. Will Davis of Southport. We could have spent the
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A reservoir, to cost about
$250,000, would have to be
constructed, Lewis said.
Town Creek has an average
daily flow of between 50 and
75 million gallons but periods
of drought reduce the flow
considerably and could make
necessary the use of a
reserovir with a 30-day
capacity.
Location of the water
supply in the Town Creek
area also would make future
expansion to the Wilmington
line much simpler, the county
manager noted.
County officials hope to
complete the water supply
system with federal grants
and self-liquidating revenue
bonds. Sale of water to
customers would provide the
money to pay back the bonds.
Phase one of the plan—the
water supply from Town
Creek—would be expected to
meet the area’s fresh water
needs for the next ten years.
The growth of the area as a
resort community and in
dustrial center prompted the
decision by the county
commissioners to seek the
additional water supply. The
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Youth Dies In
Cycle Wreck
A ten - year - old Rt. 1
Bolivia boy was killed
Saturday when he fell from
his mini-bike in the path of a
motorcycle.
Michael B. Crouch, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Crouch,,
was riding the mini-bike on a
dirt road near his home.
When he fell, he was struck
by a 350 cc. motorcycle
operated by Michael Ray
Kinkston, 22, of Bolivia. The
vehicles were traveling in the
same direction, according to
B.C. Jones of the North
Carolina Highway Patrol.
The youth was dead on
arrival at Dosher Memorial
Hospital in Southport.
The 2:30 p.m. mishap was
termed accidental and no
charges will be filed against
Kinkston.
The youth is survived by his
parents; one brother, Jeffrey
Croch of the home; one sister,
Barbara Crouch of the home;
his paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crouch of
Bolivia; and his maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Wilberson of Aber
deen.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday at the
Antioch Baptist Church by
the Rev. Rogers. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
THE 556-TON REACTOR vessel for one of
Carolina Power and Light Company's nuclear
units was hoisted into place last week at the
Brunswick plant near Southport. The first unit is
scheduled to be finished in 1974. Work on all
aspects of the power plant is evident in the area,
including the dredging of the drainage canal
across the marsh to Caswell Beach.