THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 44 NUMBER 19 12 PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER 29, 1972 10 CENTS A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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CONSTRUCTION OF AN OVERPASS for U.S. 74-76 near
Leland is underway as part of the US 74 "Mountains-to-the
Sea" highway project. Several miles of four-lane is completed
!%• in the northern part of Brunswick County, and progress is
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reported in construction of new roadways in the immediate
Leland area. Near this overpass of the present US 74-76 route is
another overpass of a secondary road, creating the first phase
of a highway interchange in the area.
Quarterly Distribution
Sales Tax Funds Top $172,000
Brunswick County and nine
municipalities received a
record $172,714 from
distribution of the one-cent
sales and use tax for the
quarter ending September 30,
according to a report
received this morning from
the N.C. Department of
Revenue.
The total easily surpasses
the $143,659 during the
quarter ending June 30, and is
more than double the amount
received less than a year ago.
For the quarter ending last
January 31, the county
received $76,627 and that total
increased tq $106,138 for the
quarter ending March 31.
The October receipts,
reported last week in excess
of $65,000, will be added to
funds received during
Mrs. Sasser
New Director
Mrs. Rhone (Dorothy)
Sasser of Shallotte has been
appointed Brunswick County
1973 March of Dimes
director, according to Dewey
Chappie, Jr., State March of
Dimes chairman.
Mrs. Sasser is the former
Dorothy Faulk of Nakina, and
she attended Campbell
College. Mrs. Sasser has been
active with the Parent
Teacher Organization.
Mr. Sasser is associated
with the Waccamaw Bank
and Trust company and they
reside in Shallotte. They are
the parents of twq boys, ages
nine and five. The Sasser’s
are members of the Camp
Methodist Church in
Shallotte.
Mrs. Sasser succeeds Mrs.
M.H. (Marie) Rourk, who has
spear headed the successful
fight against polio and now
birth defects in Brunswick
County for the past 25 years.
In accepting the ap
pointment, Mrs. Sasser said,
‘‘birth defects have become
the number one childhood
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November and December for
disbusement after the first of
1973.
Collections In Brunswick
County during the July
August-September period
totalled $174,464, but one
percent was withheld by the
N.C. Department of Revenue
as a collection fee. The tax is
collected on items otherwise
subject to the state’s three
percent sales and use tax.
Of the net $172,714, the
county received $146,793.
Distribution among the nine
Brunswick County
municipalities was made on
an ad valorem (or property
tax) basis with Long Beach
receiving the most because of
the high valuation placed cm
oceanfront property.
Long Beach received $9,562
of the quarterly distribution;
Southport $6,587; Shallotte
$2,859; Boiling Spring Lakes
$1,164; Bolivia $98; Holden
Beach $1,701; Ocean Isle
Beach $1,502; Susnset Beach
$799; and Yaupon Beach
$1,645.
The county ranks 32nd
among the state’s 79 counties
that receive funds from the
penny sales tax.
The levy was approved a
year ago by the county
commissioners as a way to
help ease the burden on the
payers of property tax. The
tax played a major role in the
Site Recommended For
Central County Hospital
a proposed nospitai would
be located in the Supply area,
according to recom
mendations made by the
Brunswick County Hospital
Authority to the board of
commissioners on Monday.
Mason Anderson, chairman
of the Brunswick County
Hospital Authority, and
Thief Caught
Red - Handed
Larry McNeil, Southport
youth, was arrested by
Policeman Frank Hamel in
the act of breaking into E-Z
Way Grocery and now faces
charges of breaking and
entering. Allegedly, he told
the arresting officer he just
wanted to get some wine.
Policeman Hamel was
making a routine check of
places late at night when he
reportedly caught the
defendant red-handed.
Another recent case of
violence led to the arrest of
Willie Parker and LeRoy
Johnson, charged with
robbing a crew member from
a ship at Sunny Point. This
occurred near the Convenient
Food Mart, where the victim
made his report. Policeman
Hamel and James Van Dyke
answered the call, got the
description of the two, who
were charged with taking $70
from the victim at knifepoint.
In another recent oc
currence, Willie Smith of
Iredell County was arrested
and charged with robbing two
Southport boys with a pistol.
He had demonstrated the
effectiveness of his weapon
by firing it several times,
apparently to intimidate the
youngsters. This turned out to
be a non-profit venture for the
defendant. He only got 50
cents.
Two cases of vandalism
have occurred recently. One
was when a brick was thrown
through the glass front at
Vereen’s Service Center. The
other was when someone
threw a chunk of cinderblock
through the glass door at
Southport Thriftway. In
neither case did there appear
to be any attempt at robbery
and no arrests have been
made.
Thurston Mntz, head of the
site selection committee,
presented the recom
mendations to the county
commissioners. All three
sites are located within one
mile of the small community,
near the geographical
center of the county.
The number one priority
site is at the intersection of
state road 130 and US 17 at
Supply. The number two
priority site is on the north
side of US 17 on state road
1344. Recommended as the
third choice was a site at the
intersection of Highway 211
and state road 1342 on the
south side of Royal Oak
River.
These three sites were
chosen from a list of six in the
Supply area. Recom
mendations were made on
studies by the site committee,
a hospital consultant and the
Medical Care Commission.
Anderson told the board a
number of reasons existed for
the recommendations, in
cluding the availability of
land. After the meeting, he
refused to elaborate on the
criteria used to establish the
priorities. He said he could
not say without the rest of the
site committee, although he
and Mintz were designated to
go before the board to tell
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commissioners’ decision to
reduce the per-hundred
dollar tax 48 cents to the
current $1.42.
Most of the income is
directly attributable to Brown
and Root, contractors for the
CP&L nuclear power plant
here — not so much for the
trade brought into the area as
for the materials bought
elsewhere and brought here.
The “sales and use’ ’ tax takes
into consideration such
usage.
MISS MERRY CHRISTMAS, Kim McDougle of
Southport, was crowned Saturday night at
Shallotte in a paneant sponsored by the Shallotte
Jaycees. Kim, ine daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William McDougle of Southport and a student at
South Brunswick High School, will reign over this
Saturday's Christmas Parade at Shallotte,
scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.
Hearing December 11
Election Appeal
To Be Weighed
Alex Brock,
secretary of the State
Board of Elections, said
Tuesday that a public
hearing will be held in
Raleigh on December
11 to consider the ap
peal of Durwood Clark
for a recount of General
Election ballots which
showed him to be a 10
vote loser to
Republican Arthur
Knox in their race for
Register of Deeds for
Brunswick County.
Clark had appealed to
the State Board of
Elections after his
appeal to the Brun
swick County Board of
Elections had resulted
in a 1-1 tie vote, with
Chairman Hubert
Bellamy being absent.
In making his appeal,
Clark emphasized that
he was making no
charge of fraud or other
irregularities, but felt
there existed a
possibility of human
error.
Last week George
Clark, Wilmington
County Ballots
Are Due Now
rsrunswicK uoun^ tanners
have until December 1 to
return their ballots to elect
community ASC com
mitteemen to serve in 1973.
Ballots have been mailed to
all known eligible voters, and
these ballots must be post
marked or returned by
December 1.
These farmer-elected
committeeman play an
important role in the local
administration of farm
programs. Their assistance "
has proved to be an effective
means of gearing national
programs to fit local con
ditions.
Each farmer also has
definite responsibilities.
Possibly one of the most
important is the participation
in the election of community
committeemen. All farmers
are urged to study their
ballots and to vote on the
Swearing In
This Monday
Brunswick County com
missioners elected Nov. 7 will
be sworn in for their two-year
terms at the courthouse in
Southport on Monday at 10
a.m. A reception at the
community building will
follow, and the public is in
vited to both events.
most quaimea persons to
represent them as com
munity committeeman.
Ballets will be publicly
tabulated on December 8 at
the ASCS office in Shallotte.
All elected committeemen
will serve as delegates to the
county convention on
Tuesday, December 12, for
the purpose of electing a
county ASC committee.
Any person with questions
on any phase of the election is
invited to visit the local ASCS
office for complete infor
mation. Any person who feels
he is eligible to vote and did
not get a ballot should contact
the ASCS immediately.
Holiday House
The public is invited to attend and participate in
the Holiday House event, scheduled this Saturday
and Sunday in the Community Building^ Southport.
Attractive decorations will be shown, table
arrangements displayed and various Christmas
ideas exhibited. Participants are asked to bring
their exhibits, etc., between 9 a.m. and noon
Saturday. Entries will not be judged; the purpose
of the show is to share ideas.
The show will be open from 1 to 5:30 p.m. both
days. Additional information is available from co
chairman Mrs. L.J. Hardee and Mrs. James M.
Harper, Jr.
attorney representing
Knox, filed affidavits ,
which charged that
A.H. Gainey, Jr.,
member of the Brun
swick County Board of
Elections, had wagered
a large sum of money
on the outcome of the
General Election in
Brunswick County;
charged that Hubert
Bellamy, chairman of
the Brunswick County
Board of Elections, had
made a statement on
the night of the election
that he “had some
ball its in his pocket”;
and charged that
Gainey and his
secretary, Mrs. Jean
Fullwood, were ob
served on the morning
of the canvass of votes
by the Brunswick
County Board of
Elections sealing ballot
boxes which were
stored in the old
Brunswick County jail
in Southport.
Answers to these
charges are now in the
process of preparation
and will be submitted to
the State Board of
Election for con
sideration in the
disposition of this case.
Ernest E. Parker of
Southport is attorney
for Clark in his appeal
for recount.