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» f ) THE STATE PORT PILOT %0: %• A Good Newspaper In A Good Community ! ::: 10' s « VOLUME 44 NUMBER 12 14 PAGES TOD A Y SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA OCTOBER 11, 1972 PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Revenue Sharing Will Add To County Funds A revenue sharing plan that would bring more than $200,000 to Brunswick county and municipal governments by Nov. 1 is expected to be signed by President Nixon sometime this week. ... According to a release from the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, “it is estimated that the President will sign the bill after passage by the House and Senate during the week of Oct. 9." County Manager Jerry Lewis said he talked with Frank Lewis of the state association Tuesday afternoon and was told that the Treasury TV Department was “ready to write the checks.” The county manager said a total of $472,992 was expected here, with $374,737 ear marked for the county and the remainder for municipalities in Brunswick. Distributions for the first two quarters (or half the total) would be expected by Nov. 1, he added. A letter from the N.C. Association of County Commissioners to local county boards, addressed Sept. 28, said that state and local governments must create a trust fund in which to deposit all revenue sharing funds. “The purpose of this,” the letter noted, “is to facilitate proper federal auditing and accounting procedures; and the amounts in the trust fund must be used within whatever reasonable time period will be specified by Treasury regulations — probably 18 months.” The notice continued; “Fortunately, the Local Government Commission, in the design of the new Uniform Local Government Ac counting System, anticipated the trust fund accounting requirements of revenue sharing. The Commission’s recommended procedure is fjaycee’s Horse Show jNext Sunday, Oct. 22 The Southport Jaycees expect a large turnout Sunday, October 22 at 1:30 p.m. for their Western Horse Show. Horsemen from all £over Southeastern North Carolina have been invited to attend this event, and bleachers will be put up to give all spectators a good view of the action. The program consists of 22 different events ranging from halter classes to western -'" "games. There -will be three - halter classes: one each for stallions, mares and geldings. In these classes each horse, unsaddled, will be led into the ring by his trainer. The Judge will base his decision on posture, grooming and obedience. The pleasure classes are designed to determine the obedience of horse to rider. All horses will be required to walk, jog and canter. Not only must the horses perform these gaits in different order, but they must also stop on command and back up when so instructed. Smoothness of transition from one gait to another and posture are some of the criteria the judge will consider in these classes. An electronic timer geared to l-100th of a second will be used in all western games. In the apple race the rider, always mounted, must ride to the other end of the ring, pick up an apple and then return to his starting point. Barrel racing and pole bending are obstacle courses where horse and rider must weave around barrels or poles with con trolled speed so as not to miss a barrel or knock down a pole. The above two classes, or the key hole race, where the horse has to stop and spin around with in a very small area, are best performed by quarter horses such as cowboys use because of their short, powerful legs. Grab Bag race is a popular event where the rider must race to the opposite end of the ring, dismount, grab an article of clothing from a paper sack, dress, remount and return to the starting point in the least amount of time. Soft drinks, hot dogs, cotton candy, popcorn, and candied apples wili be sold throughout the show. Admission price is $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for children under 13. The Southport Jaycees will use all proceeds for needed charitable activities. Junior ROTC Program Here School Supt. Ralph C. King has announced that an agreement has been reached with the Department of the Army to provide a Junior ROTC program in Brunswick County’s three new con solidated high schools. Gasses are to be scheduled for the 1973-74 school year. “The program will be open to both male and female students and will require three years to complete,” King said. “The three-year program is academic in nature and provides in structions in American military history, land navigation, citizenship, leadership development, teamwork, marksmanship, and numerous other wor thwhile areas. “The entire JROTC effort is designed *o complement rather than supplement any part of the regular school program”, said King. King noted, “We are constantly on the alert for opportunities to broaden the base of our instructional program and we believe that the JROTC program will be of considerable value to our youngsters, whether or not they plan to pursue a military career.” The superintendent indi cated that the county’s share of the overall cost will be relatively small. The local schools are required to pay one-half of the difference between the retirement pay and the active duty pay of the instructors. The county will also provide classroom space and firing ranges. Further details will be released as soon as plans are finalized. available to all counties and should be adopted in an effort to facilitate proper federal auditing.” “We are already in com pliance,” Jerry Lewis said of the Brunswick County system. “Along with Alexander, we were the first county in the state to do it. It just made good business sense.” Restrictions have been placed on the use of revenue sharing funds, including the requirement that the funds must be used for certain “high priority expenditures” designated by Congress. For maintenance and operating, funds may be used for public safety (including but not limited to, law enforcement, fire protection, and building code enforcement); en vironmental protection {including, but not limited to sewage disposal, sanitation and 'pollution abatement); public transportation (in cluding but not limited to, transit systems and streets); health; recreation; social services for poor or aged; financial administration (including, but not limited to budgeting, auditing, and tax collecting); and libraries. For capital expenditures, there are no limitations. Funds may be expended for any and all capital ex penditures which are authorized by law so long as they meet an “ordinary and necessary” test. Counties may not use federal revenue sharing funds to match federal funds for other federal grant-in-aid programs. Revenue sharing funds may be used to sup plement other federal grant funds, however. The Act requires that local governments provide that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on con struction projects financed by revenue sharing funds be paid wages not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality in accordance with the Davis Bacon Act (but this provision would only cover projects financed by 25 per cent or more of revenue sharing funds). Local governments must pay wages not lower than the prevailing rates of pay for persons employed in similar jobs by that local govern ment. An annual report must be submitted to the Treasury Department detailing the (Continued On Page Bight) MRS. GROVER GORE, president of Beta Beta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, international sorority of women educators, presents a $176 check to Paul Brummett, supervisor of Brun swick County schools, for the benefit of three new special education classes in the county. Looking on are Mrs. Ruth Hood/ Mrs. Ruth White and Mrs. Dorothy Davis, past president of the sorority. The chapter donated the proceeds from the sale of cookbooks, one of their altruistic projects. Candidate Field Set For General Election The 1972 edition of local, state and national politics enters the final weeks with a heated battle expected, especially cm the Brunswick County level. Mrs. Vivian Tatum, executive secretary of the county Board of Elections, said about 13,000 have registered to vote in the Nov. 7 general election, not in cluding those who registered Monday just under the deadline. Not more than a couple of hundred more are expected, though. “We had all we could handle,” Mrs. Tatum said Meet Candidates The Brunswick County NCAE (North Carolina Association of Educators) chapter will sponsor a Meet the -Candidates dinner at Calabash next Thursday night, Oct. 19. All candidates for county commissioner, register of deeds and the N. C. General Assembly have been invited. Educators and other in terested persons are being asked to notify the NCAE faculty representative in the school nearest them by Monday to purchase tickets. THE LIBRARY STAFF of Southport - Brun swick County Library is sponsoring a reading program for youngsters each Monday and I Wednesday. Films are shown and refreshments are served in the program, here under the supervision of Micki Hart and Dorothy Davis. a Tuesday afternoon. Voter registration for the May primary reached 12,345, and since then about 600 have registered in the Board of Elections office at Bolivia. The registration books have been open in the precincts recently and those tallies were still coming in this morning. Mrs. Tatum said she ex pected the heaviest registration in the Southport precincts, Oak Island and Leland. Attention is focused on the local race for county com missioner, where a team of Republicans is up for re election. Present office holders are William A. Kopp, Jr., Vardell Hughes, Robert Simmons, John Bray and J.T. Clemmons. Challengers are Lonnie McKoy, Jr., W.A. Stanley, Jr., Wayland Vereen, John W. Reaves and Ernest M. McGee, Jr. The only other county race involves incumbent Register of Deeds Durward Clark, a Democrat, challenged by Arthur Knox. Other races in districts that include Brunswick County are for the N.C. Senate, where Democrat Arthur Williamson opposes J.W. Suggs of Whiteville; N.C. House of Representatives, with incumbent Thomas Harrelson and Democrat James Prevatte, both of Southport, vying for the Brunswick-Pender seat; and U.S. House of Represen tatives, where Charlie Rose, a Democrat, is running against Jerry Scott. Races for governor, U.S. Senate and President, along Realtors Talk The Brunswick County Board of Realtors met at Yaupon Beach recently and discussed the trend in statewide zoning. A request was made to the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners to appoint a Planning Board to prepare zoning Regulations for Brunswick County. The realtors felt this necessary to preserve local autonomy in this area. Incidents of vandalism in the county were discussed and ?n offer of any ap propria.e assistance was made to the law enforcement agencies which might help to prevent more of these acts. Thomas Young of Win nabow and Rae Sloane of Ocean Isle Beach were ap pointed delegate and alter nate to the convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boards which meets in Honolulu in November. with an assortment of state level contests, will complete the Nov. 7 ballots. Following is the list of all Democrat and Republican candidates that Brunswick County voters will have to consider in the general election: County Commissioners: Republicans William A. Kopp, Jr., John Bray, Robert Simmons, Vardell Hughes Phone Co-op Meets Friday The 15tn annual meeting of Atlantic Telephone Mem bership Corporation will feature an address by Carl Goerch, editor emeritus of The State magazine. The meeting will be held Friday at Shallotte Middle School (formerly Shallotte High School) at 9:00 p jn. Goerch, founder and for many years publisher and editor of The State magazine, sold the magazine on his retirement several years ago but remained as a con tributing editor. His radio program “Doings of the Legislature” was considered the most popular source of news of activities of the North Carolina legislature for many years. He is one of the best known and most sought after speakers in the state and, even in retirement, remains extremely active in this area. Reports reviewing con struction, upgrading, growth and progress during the past year will be presented, as well as an audit report and a review of current operations. Three directors also will be elected. Jimmy Sasser and the Carolina Cowboys, popular young band group from Goldsboro, will provide the entertainment. Gifts mementos will be presented to each member attending as well as many doors prizes, in addition to two grand prizes. and J.T. Clemmons; Democrats Way land Vereen, Lonnie C. McKoy, Jr., W.A. Stanley, Jr., John W. Reaves and Ernest M. McGee, Jr. Register of Deeds: Republican Arthur Knox; Democrat Durward Clark. State Senate: Republican Thomas Harrelson; Democrat James Prevatte. State House of Representatives: Republican J.W. Suggs; Democrat Ar thur Williamson. 7th Congressional District: Republican Jerry Scott; Democrat Charlie Rose. District Court: Ray H. Walton of Southport and Giles Clark of Elizabethtown are unopposed for the two judgeships allotted Brun swick, Columbus and Bladen counties. Superintendent of Public Instruction: Republican Carl Ray Eagle; Democrat Craig Phillips. Commissioner of Labor: Republican Frederick Webber; Democrat Billy Creel. Commissioner of In surance: Republican C.M. Douglas; Democrat John Ingram. Cemmissioner of Agriculture: Republican Kenneth Roberson; Democrat J.:m Graham. Attorney General: Republican Nicholas Smith; Democrat Robert Morgan. State Auditor: Republican Norman Shronce; Democrat; Democrat Edwin Gill. Secretary of State: Republican Grace Jemison Rohrer; Democrat Thad Eure. Lt. Governor: Republican John Walker; Democrat Jim Hunt. Governor: Republican Jim Holshouser; Democrat Skipper Bowles. U.S. Senator: Republican Jesse Helms; Democrat Nick Galifianakis. President and Vice President: Republicans Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew; Democrats George McGovern and Sargent Shriver. Whose Catch? Another fish story was told here Tuesday afternoon. Several local charter boats were anchored off Yaupon Beach, bottom fishing, when an angler aboard Capt. Larry Stubbs’ Idle On III hooked a big one. The line got tangled in the anchor line of The Sport, captained by Jack Williams. Stubbs had no choice but to break the line and go on fishing. About five hours later when the boats were ready to head back to port, The Sport weighed anchor and found a 27% -pound king mackerel dangling from the broken fish line. Stubbs said the two parties remained at the yacht basin Tuesday afternoon, arguing about who would get credit for the catch.
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