THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 44 NUMBER29 14 PAGES TODAY YoUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1973 10 CENTS A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
TIME TAKES ITS TOLL on an abandoned
farm house in Brunswick County, with limbs
twisting through the broken porch where folks
used to sit and visit with neighbors. A busy high
5c.
way passes near the remnant of times past,
visible to anyone who will take time out for a look
at yesteryear.
County Signs Contract
To Provide Pfizer Water
Board Approves $3,000
Grant For Trash Clean-Up
She’s no Camp Fire Girl,
the lady who lives on Fodale
Avenue said, but Saturday
morning she was swept along
with that same youthful
enthusiasm.
“I just couldn’t sit in that
house and watch them pick
up trash and not do
something myself,” the lady
said. So she went and
gathered trash from the road
in front of her house.
‘‘That’s the kind of
cooperation we have received
thus far,” said Ed Clemmons,
manager of the county’s
sanitary landfill system who
this month is doubling as
project coordinator for the
Brunswick County Clean-Up
Campaign. “We expect much
more of this type help, too,
because when somebody sees
somebody else helping, then
he’s likely to help.”
Thus, Clemmons notes,
cleanliness may be con
tagious.
OEO Funding
1$ Announced
Congressman Charlie Rose
has announced a $156,560
grant by the Office of
Economic Opportunity to
SENCland Community Ac
tion, Inc., of Whiteville.
Tire six-month grant will
serve Brunswick, Columbus
and Bladen counties.
It will provide for the ad
ministration and
management of the Com
munity Action Agency in
these counties. This will
include provision for
prepared meals for 75 elderly
low-income persons and
nutrition training for 900 low
income persons.
The grant also provides
money to develop job
placement and employment
in the target area, provides
comprehensive child
development services for 60
low-income children,
provides adult basic
education classes, and
provides part-time work
experience and counseling
for 105 low-income youths
enrolled in school, summer
work experience and coun
seling.
The money will insure that
five owner-occupied
dwellings are brought up to
adequate standards, and will
provide 600 senior citizens
with the opportunity to plan
and participate in activities
of their selection.
Monday, the county board
of commissioners responded
favorably to a request by
Clemmons and granted $3,000
to be used in the clean-up
r
effort. The money will
finance the cleaning of the
largest trash dumps where
individual contributions of
time or money are not
1
Bid Rejected
Just before press time Wednesday Af
ternoon The State Port Pilot received word
from the State Highway Commission that the
apparent low bid for construction of the Oak
Island bridge has been rejected.
The rejection was announced by the Federa I
Highway Administration, which noted that the
approximate $3.9 million bid was too much
above the SHC's estimated cost to be ac
cepted.
John Davis of the State Highway Com
mission said that the project would be placed
in the February bid letting in hopes of getting
a successful bid. The Wednesday rejection will
cause at least a 30-day delay in the bridge
opening which had been scheduled for May 1,
1974.
Calabash May
Become Town
A bill that would in
corporate the seafood village
of Calabash has been in
troduced in the N.C. General
Assembly by Sen. Arthur
Williamson, who represents
Brunswick as well as
Columbus and Bladen
counties in the State Senate.
The initial board of com
missioners would consist of
five members appointed in
the bill, who would serve until
the regular municipal
election in November, 1975,
and until their successors
were elected and qualified.
The following persons would
Free Stickers
Free emergency wall
stickers listing telephone
numbers of the police and fire
departments and available
ambulance service are being
made available in this area
by the Southport Jaycettes.
The stickers, with bright
red lettering and adhesive
backs, are available at the
Southport police department,
Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company and Leggett’s.
be appointed as the initial
board of commissioners for
the Town of Calabash: J.E.
Bryan, Bobby Sommersett,
Royland Thomas, Vester
Beck and Tommy Lewis.
Ronald R. Scheid would be
appointed as the initial
mayor and would serve until
the regular municipal
election.
the regular municipal
election would be held on
Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1975,
and every two years
thereafter for the election of
the board of commissioners
and a mayor. The elections
would be non-partisan and
decided by simple plurality.
No primary election would be
held. The commissioners and
mayor would be elected for a
term of two years and serve
until their successors were
elected and qualified.
The elections in the Town of
Calabash would be conducted
by the Brunswick County
Board of Elections, and
except as otherwise provided
would be held and conducted
in accordance with the
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possible.
The board also is con
sidering a strong anti-litter
ordinance that probably will
be adopted at the next
regular meeting. “There’s
quite a bit of strength in it,”
Clemmons said, “and the
board will have to study it.
But we certainly need the
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Church Plans
Heritage Day
Rev. Lawrence Bridges
Heritage-Homecoming ser
vices will be held this Sunday
at Trinity United Methodist
Church, with the Rev.
Lawrence Bridges, a former
pastor here and at Shallotte,
as guest preacher.
At 12:30 a covered dish
dinner will be served in the
Fellowship Hall, followed by
a heritage program at two
o’clock highlighting
historical episodes of the
church. This will be directed
by Mrs. James M. Harper,
Jr.
Mrs. Gwendolyn Dixon is
general chairman, Mrs. Lucy
Melton is dinner coordinator
and Mrs. Leila Pigott is in
charge of special music.
Participating in the history
program are Mrs. Margaret
Hood, James Fraser, Mrs.
Doris Harrelson, Ray Walton,
Mrs. Grace Ruark, Bill
Furpless, Mrs. Elizabeth
Bruson and James M. Har
per, Jr.
The Bridges were married
here in Southport and first
occupied the present
Methodist parsonage. Their
two children are Sam and
Betsy. He is a graduate of
Moody Bible Institute, Wake
Forest Collect and Duke
Divinity School.
A contract with Pfizer,
Inc., for water supply was
signed Monday by the
Brunswick County Board of
Commissioners, bringing the
plant due to locate just north
of Southport a step closer to
reality.
In the contract, the county
board agreed to provide the
firm with three million
gallons of water a day.
According to the 40-year
contract, Pfizer agrees to pay
Mrs. Whatley
Is Reappointed
Mrs. Ressie R. Whatley
received notice this week of
her reappointment for a two
year term as County Ac
countant for Brunswick
County. The appointment was
made by State Treasurer
Edwin Gill in accordance
■ith provisions of Chapter 573
jt the Session Laws of North
Carolina 1965.
For many years by special
act of the State Legislature
this office has been filled by
appointment of the State
Treasurer. Prior to 1965 it
was for a four-year term, but
It was a mended at that time
to be a two-year appointment.
Mrs. Whatley has the
longest record for continuous
service in public office in
Brunswick County. She went
to work in this office in 1944 as
an assistant to the late Robert
C. St. George. In 1947 she
transferred to the office of the
Brunswick County Tax
Collector, but when the late
W.P. Jorgensen resigned as
County Auditor in June, 1952,
she was named to fill that
vacancy. She has served in
this office since that date.
Mrs. Whatley is the widow
of the late George Whatley
and is the daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth Robinson and the
late G.D. Robinson. Her
sister, Mrs. Dorothy Gilbert,
is mayor of Southport.
wmsiMmtife«asss&.. i
Mrs. Ressie Whatley
the county $22,797.30 per
month, providing the water is
made available by mid 1975.
“These funds will be used
to pay off the Farmers Home
Administration loan, and to
operate and maintain Phase I
of the Brunswick County
water system,” explained
county manager Jerry D.
Lewis.
Plans for the water system
require a 24-inch pipeline
between Town Creek and
Southport, with a reservoir
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Realtors To
Give Reward
The Brunswick County
Board of Realtors voted
Tuesday nightto donate $25 to
the youth group in the area
that fills the most 30-gallon
trash bags with barbage. The
contest is being held in
conjunction with the Clean
Up Campaign in Brunswick
County this month.
In addition, Ferrrell
Barrow Realty and Conley
Realty each will give $25 to
the group collecting the most
trash on Oak Island and MK
M Realty will give $25 to the
group collecting the most
garbage in Southport.
Leaders should contact
either of the following
realtors for further in
formation: Wink King, 457
6713 in Southport or Trey
Davis, 278-5254, Long Beach.
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HARRELSON IGA, a more modern and much larger grocery
store after a recent expansion project, has become the central
attraction of the downtown Southport shopping district. The
market now fronts on Nash Street, with room on the Howe
Street side for office space. Tommy Harrelson, who helps
operate the grocery founded by his father, said the expansion
nearly tripled the size of the store.