VOLUME 44 NUMBER 24
THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
5 TOD A Y_SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA JANUARY 3, 1973 10 CENTS A COPY ‘PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Union School
Is Recognized
George C. Hodges, Staff
Development Coordinator for
District II, Early Childhood
Education, visited union
Primary School recently. A
few days after his visit Ralph
King, superintendent of
Brunswick County schools,
received a letter concerning
the visit. The following are
excerpts from Hodges’ letter:
“Visiting in Union School,
one is keenly aware of an
emerging trust in children,
that children of all ages do
act responsibly and
creatively when given the
opportunity.
“In such a short period of
time together, Bob Sellers
and his staff are already
becoming a working team.
There is ample evidence to
indicate thoughful planning,
child awareness and mutual
respect, which is absolutely
necessary for quality
educational growth. One has
to be impressed with
leadership that plans for the
“NOW” in education for
children rather than taking a
safe position of waiting to see
how other people in other
places are affected by in
novative change.”
“Mr. King, there is national
interest in the progress and
quality of the North Carolina
Kindergarten - Early
Childhood Education
movement. We are proud that
you, your staff, and the
capable principal and
teachers of union School are
an important part of that
movement.”
Commenting on Hodges’
remarks, King said, “We at
the central office have been
continuously aware of the
innovative instructional
programs being implemented
at Union School. It is indeed
gratifying when
knowiedgable people from
outside the system praise the
individual and collective
efforts of our personnel.”
Deputy Sheriff
Shot, Wounded
A Brunswick County
deputy sheriff was
slightly injured late Thur
sday night after being shot
and beaten on a rural road
near Leland.
Authorities are searching
for three men believed to
have been involved in the
incident. One of the three
may have been shot by the
deputy, George Reed of
Leland, authorities said.
The 41-year-old deputy’s
shoulder was grazed by one
bullet and a second passed
harmlessly through his
clothing.
State Highway Patrolman
Patterson said the shooting
took place on rural paved
road 1422 about two miles
from the DuPont plant in
Burnswick County.
All - Americans
Planning Trips
A week in the Austrian
Alps, a visit to Las Vegas, a
long weekend at San Juan,
Puerto Rico — likely
prospects for members of
Southport’s All-American
Club.
With more than 100
memberships and a trip to
the Duke-Carolina football
game already on the books,
the “All-Americans” are
looking forward to these and
other attractions during the
coming months. And free
checking accounts, credit
cards, life insurance policies,
etc. — all part of the young
adults club sponsored locally
by Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Company.
The All-American Club is a
creation of United Carolina
Bancshares, of which the
Southport financial in
stitution is a member.
The local club was
organized last summer, with
Philip King, III, serving as
chairman of an advisory
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NEW TAX-LISTING FORMS are being mailed
to Brunswick County taxpayers this week, ac
cording to Tax Supervisor Jim Jeffreys. The new
forms, which are being sent to all persons who
listed taxes here last year, are expected to aid
the taxpayer — who will not have to stand in line
awaiting help from a tax lister — and the tax
office — which can start processing the forms
immediately upon receipt. Jeffreys had
requested that all forms be returned to the tax
office in Southport by mail.
Road Funds Total $11 Million
In Brunswick Under Gov. Scott
Concentrated road work
near Leland and in the area
south of Shallotte and Supply
highlighted Brunswick
County highway construction
during Gob. Bob Scott’s
administration, according to
a report released by District
Highway Commissioner
David Parnell of Parkton.
Parnell, appointed to his
position by Gov. Scott, said
that Brunswick County
projects totalled in excess of
$11.4 million “and are among
the largest for any county in
North Carolina.”
All of the projects shown on
maps forwarded by Parnell
are “either completed, under
construction or under con
tract,” he noted.
Most of the road con
struction started here in the
past four years is in the
immediate Leland area,
associated with the US 74-76
four-lane.
In the Southport area of the
county, major construction
included emergency repairs
to restore traffic to Oak
Island ($500,000 ) ;
preliminary engineering for a
replacement bridge to Oak
Island ($30,000); resurfacing
County Gets Less, Towns
More In Revenue Sharing
Changes in the federal
revenue-sharing formula
probably will mean less
revenue-sharing money for
Brunswick County and more
for the nine municipalities
because the county has a
local-option sales tax.
A change has been made in
the formula used to deter
mine how much revenue
sharing money local
governments will get. Under
that rule, municipalities in
North Carolina counties with
the local-option sales tax will
board that included the
following members: Bill
Phillips, Doug Ledgette,
Howard Lee, Judy Cowan,
Jean Kenney, Emily Blake,
Tommy Harrelson, Alneta
Crowe, Patricia Foy, Cheryl
Blackburn, Sharon Aldridge
and Robert Boone. The Duke
Carolina game was the club’s
first undertaking, but a New
Year’s Eve dance ended 1972
with a flurry and showed
good prospects for the
coming year.
By organizing group trips,
the costs is kept low and is
likely that many of the local
members will be able to take
advantage of the tours. The
ski trip to Austria, for
example, will cost only $430
per person; the San Juan
weekend, only $330 per
couple.
Also on the early 1973
agenda is a ski trip to the
North Carolina mountains —
two days, equipment rental,
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be given credit for that one
cent tax in the calculation of
their revenue-sharing funds.
That will increase the
shares the municipalities get
and accordingly reduce the
shares counties get, ac
cording to Jerry Elliott, in
formation director of the N.C.
Association of County
Commissioners. Before, only
counties were given sales tax
credit in determining
distribution of the funds.
ine reauctions tor counties
will show up in the second
installment of revenue
sharing funds, which are to
be mailed to state and local
authorities on Friday.
Elliott could not say how
large the reductions would
be. The shares given to
governments are determined
by a formula that takes into
account per capita income,
tax effort and population.
In the first revenue-sharing
allocation, issued earlier this
year, the 80 counties in the
state with the local-option
sales tax were credited with
it in the tax effort section of
the formula. The
municipalities were not.
In the second allocation,
however, the counties and
municipalities both will be
credited for the local-option
tax. This will mean an in
crease in the municipalities’
shares and a decrease in the
counties’.
Elliott said the counties’
reduction would be unpopular
in most counties, because the
county officiais — not
municipal officials — made
the “potentially unpopular,
political” decision to levy the
one-cent tax in their county.
No object to the tax has been
voiced in Brunswick County.
North Carolina is one of six
states that will be affected by
the rule. The other five are
Tennessee, Alabama,
Nevada, New York and
Louisiana.
The revenue-sharing
checks that will be mailed out
Friday will total $2.65 billion,
federal officials in
Washington have announced.
of state road 1100 from NC 133
to dead end (125.000); grade,
base and surfacing for Long
Beach Volunteer Fire
Department, done under the
same project number as work
for the Shallotte Rescue
Squad and the Tri-Beach,
Leland and Town Creek
VFD’s.
Also in the Southport area,
an access road to the sanitary
landfill site off NC 211 was
completed and an access
road to the South Brunswick
High School site was paved at
a cost of $31,000. Bus drives
and parking areas at the
county’s three new con
solidated high schools were
constructed at a cost of
$80,000 total.
In Southport proper on
state-maintained roads,
projects included
preliminary engineering and
right-of-way improvements
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! New Tax Listing
I System Is Started
A new system of listing
taxes in Brunswick County
that should make the task
easier for both the taxpayer
and the county is being
started this week, according
to Tax Supervisor Jim Jef
freys.
Tax forms are being mailed
to property owners who listed
here in 1972, Jeffreys said.
“Now these residents won’t
have to travel to specified
places and stand in line.”
The county previously had
used tax listers, assigned to
the various townships on
certain days during the tax
listing period. Anyone who
has never listed taxes in
Brunswick County must
contact one of the list takers
in the township or visit the
tax office in Southport.
Failure to do so is punishable
by law, the tax supervisor
added.
A copy of the new tax
listing form, along with a
register of list takers and
their locations, is published in
this issue of The State Port
Pilot.
Jeffreys in explaining the
new system said it should
prove more convenient for
everyone concerned — in
cluding the tax department:
“As the forms are received,”
he noted, "they can he'
computed immediately,
where the tax books had to
stay in thelist takers’ hands
until the listing period en
ded."
The new listing form will
have the individual’s name,
address, real property
description and other per
tinent information preprinted
on the form. The “real
property”, Jeffreys
elaborated, includes both
land and buildings.
The tax supervisor also
pointed out that the value
printed on the form
represents 50 percent of the
appraised value of the
property.
Jeffreys said that upon
receipt of a tax-listing form
the individual should check
the name and address to be
certain the form has been
addressed properly. Then he
should check to see if he owns
the property that is listed.
Then the individual should
follow directions and list
property located inside the
town limits of any of Brun
swick County’s nine
municipalities. Other sec
tions call for the listing of all
real estate transactions in
1972, new construction or
deletion of buildings, dogs,
farm livestock, machinery
and household items such as
appliances or furniture.
List takers will work in
Brunswick County two days a
week to help in the com
pleting of forms. The
locations and dates will
change, but there will be
someone in each township
twice each week.
Jeffreys said the forms must
be returned by February 3 or
postmarked by that date. If
the forms are returned late,
the individual will be subject
to punishment prescribed by
state law.
By Williamsons
Scholars Again
To Be Honored
Brunswick County high
schools are making plans for
“The Virginia and Odell
REAP Farm
Aid Stopped
Death for one of the most
popular federally-assisted
farm programs in Brunswick
County has been spelled out
in orders from the White
House.
The surprise cut-off af
fecting many county farmers
was the Rural Environmental
Assistance Program
\REAP), the oldest program
administered by the local
ASCS office.
Since 1936, hundreds of
area land owners each year
have taken advantage of the
cost-sharing program for
permanent conservation
measures on land in
agricultural production.
The program was
developed to assure wise use
of land and protection of the
nation’s agricultural lands.
The matching requirements
were usually 50 per cent, but
not more than 80 percent
shared by REAP, with
maximum assistance of
$2,500 per participant.
Deletion of REAP, along
with the Water Bank
Program, was described as
part of a government-wide
crackdown on federal
programs “which can be
reduced or eliminated with
serious consequences” in a
drive to hold total revenue
spending in the current
budget year to $250 billion.
Those eligible were owners,
landlords, tenants or share
croppers.
Williamson Declamation
Scholarship Award.”
The Williamson
Declamation Scholarship
Fund provides $4,000 to be
awarded annually in the
Brunswick County school
system. From this amount,
two scholarships will be
awarded to the senior boy and
girl enrolled in the public
schools of Brunswick County
who are winners in the county
declamation competition.
Cash awards are made to the
senior boy and girl who are
chosen as winners of the local
competition in the three
county high schools.
The scholarships, “The
Virginia Williamson
Declamation Scholarship
Award” and “The Odell
Williamson Declamatin
Scholarship Award,” are for
the girl and boy recipient
respectively.
The awards, which began
last year, “reflect
Williamson’s continuing
interest in declamation
dating back to his high school
days when he was a contest
winner,” said Ralph King,
Brunswick County
Superintendent of Schools.
The purpose of the
Williamson Scholarships is to
create renewed interest in
writing composition and
public speaking
(declamation) for effect
among the various high
school student bodies.
School Superintendent King
noted that the awards provide
an extra incentive for boys
and girls with interests jn
public speaking. He urged all
senior boys and girls to avail
themselves of this op
portunity to broaden their
knowledge and skills in this
area.
NEW REGISTER OF DEEDS Arthur Knox was sworn into
office recently by Shallotte Magistrate Mrs. Lela Osborne,
ending a six-weeks waiting period while the county and state
Boards of Elections decided that the Republican was the
rightful victor over incumbent Durwood Clark, Knox won by a
narrow, ten-vote margin over Clark, who had appealed for a
recount on the basis that human error was possible in the
counting of so many votes.