THE STATE PORT PILOT
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
VOLUME 44 NUMBER 30 14 PAGES TODA Y
SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA W EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1973 10 CENTS A COPY
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDA Y
Heavy Snow Recorded
Weekend’s Icy Weather
Coats County Landscape
A snowstorm which sept up
from the south along the
Atlantic coast dumped ai
record-breaking snow on
Brunswick County Friday
and Saturday. Although no
official measurements were
available, the snowfall
ranged from 4 to 6 inches in
depth in this area.
Two other factors were
involved in this unusual
winter weather: the first was
gale-force winds which came
along with the sleet and snow
on Friday night and left the
white coating garnished with
green leaves from liveoaks
and pine trees; the other was
extrememly cold tem
peratures, down to 20-degrees
or below from Saturday
morning through Tuesday.
Moreover, on two of those
days the mercury barely
climbed to the freezing mark.
The storm reached South
port Friday morning in the
form of a cold rain, turning to
ice about noon. This
precipitation continued
throughout the afternoon,
changing to sleet in the
meantime.
Friday night, the sleet
turned to soft snow, leaving
the ground covered Saturday
morning. But snow continued
to fall during the day and on
into Saturday night, and the
frozen ice base from the night
before provided a good
foundation for having the
snow accumulate.
Bridge Project
Delay: 30 Days
The State Highway Com
mission has moved swiftly to
readvertise the Oak Island
Bridge project after the
Federal Highway Ad
ministration refused to ac
cept a current bid because it
was ‘‘too high.”
John Davis, chief engineer
for the SHC, said the bridge
project is being placed on the
February letting list in the
Manpower Unit
Operating Here
In a move within the
Employment Security
Commission of North
Carolina to better serve the
rual areas, a “Rural Man
power” unit was opened
Tuesday in the Southport City
Hall.
The office will be open 10
aan. to 1 p.m., five days a
week, Monday through
Friday. Hughlon B. Garriss
of Wilmington will head the
local ESC office.
The Rural Manpower unit
here will be tied to a “Job
Bank” computerized system
in Wilmington. The Com
mission office will attempt to
bring jobs and workers
together throughout the
Southeastern part of North
Carolina. The services will be
available to residents of
Southport and Brunswick
County rural areas.
This office was opened
through the cooperative
efforts of the Southport Board
of Aldermen and the Rural
Manpower unit located in
Shallotte. Southport city
officials provided the off* _
space in City Hall.
Jim Wells, an ESC ad
ministrator in Wilmington,
said the Southport office is
part of an ESC move to ex
pand rural services. For
merly, Southport area
residents had to go to
Wilmington or Shallotte to
aDDlv for jobs or manpower
through the ESC. Wells said,
“This is a new movement in
North Carolina’s rural areas
to provide the same services
offered in the heavily
populated areas.” The ESC
hopes to provide these same
services with a limited staff.
hope of getting a bid that will
be acceptable.
In refusing to concur in the
SHC’s, recommendation that
the January bid of Triplett
and Ryan, contractors from
Chester, South Carolina.be
accepted, T.J. Morawski
wrote Davis that the project
should be readvertised.
“It appears to us that
readvertising the project will
prompt other bidders to be
more competitive,”
Morawski, FHWA division
engineer, wrote Davis. “We
agree it is urgent that the
bridge be opened to traffic as
soon as possible.’’
The bridge has been a
problem since September,
1971, when a barge knocked
out the existing bridge,
leaving the residents of Oak
Island with no connection
with the mainland.
Ferries were rushed to the
site and were used until
engineers could construct a
barge bridge, which ac
comodates one-way traffic.
That has been used since, and
on some days last summer
more than 8,000 cars crossed
it in a single day.
Davis said that if an ac
ceptable bid can be obtained
this month that it will simply
delay completion by one
month.
Federal Day Off
Federal employees will be given the day off
Monday in observance of George Washington’s
birthday.
Employees at the Military Ocean Terminal
Sunny Point, will not be expected to report for
work, and window service at the post offices will
not be available that day. Mail will be put into the
boxes as usual, however.
On Saturday in Southport
there was very little
vehicular movement and
most of the pedestrian ac
tivity was confined to the kids
in the snow and the young-at- f
heart who joined them at '
brief intervals. Stores were
open but business was light.
On Sunday morning things
were at a complete standstill,
with churches in the com
munity cancelling both
Sunday School and church
programs. Announcements
were made that schools
would not be open Monday.
There were scattered
reports of damage from the
wind. Temporary roofing
blew off the George Parker
home on Fodale Avenue in
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Pilot Names
Staff Writer
Bobby Hill, a December
graduate of North Carolina
State University, has joined
the staff of The State Port
Pilot.
According to Publisher
James M. Harper, Jr., Hill,
who received his B.A. degree
in English literature, will
work as a general assignment
reporter and feature writer,
and also will assist ad
vertising manager Ed
Harper. “With the addition of
Hill to our staff,” said the
publisher, “we will be able to
provide more com
prehensive, more complete
coverage of news in Brun
swick County.”
Among Hill’s duties,
Harper added, would be the
coverage of all town
governments in this section of
the county.
The 24-year-old State
graduate is the son of Dr. and
Mrs. Bob G. Hill of
Tishomingo, Okla. He also is
a graduate of State’s ROTC
program and has received an
Infantry commission.
Hill’s wife, Lela, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Burns of
Riegelwood. She is a
graduate of Peace College
and Holding Technical In
stitute in Raleigh.
The Hills plan to reside at
Yaupon Beach.
A WORKMAN SHOVELS snow and ice from in
front of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company
building in downtown Southport following a
heavy dose of inclement weather over the
weekend. Schools in Brunswick County remained
closed through Wednesday and motorists were
forced to delay travel for several days The
conditions weren't as bad as in Columbus County,
however, where as much as 14 inches was
recorded; or in nearby South Carolina, where
motorists were stranded on interstate 95 for
several days.
School Fight
Involved Few
L.R. Biggerstaff, principal
of South Brunswick High
School, said Tuesday that
trouble among high school
students last Thursday was
less serious than has been
described, and said that he
anticipates these matters will
be under control when school
resumes following the break
brought on by winter weather
the first of this week.
“In the first place,” he
said, “there never was an
uprising. What it amounted to
was a confrontation between
a group of black students and
white students of high school
age. The incidents did have
racial overtones, but it in
volved only a small minority
of the high school enrollment.
“It is true that several
students received injuries,
some of them painful, but
none of them serious,” said
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OPENING A NEW OFFICE in Southport this week is the
Employment Security Commission, which will locate in the
y *"*a**- Be|n9 welcomed by Alvin Kornegay, left, city
manager of Southport, is Tom Adams, head of the Farm
Placement Division of the organization, who said the location
ot an office in Southport will make it possible for residents of
?re? t0 obtain ESC services without travelinq to
Wilmington. y
Board Asks Extension
„ i
For Numbering System*
The Town of Yaupon Beach
lias asked for a GO-day ex
tension to work out a house
and vacant lot numbering
system for that Oak Island
community.
Commissioner Bill Mc
Dougle explained that it will
be necessary for Yaupon
Beach officials to assign
house numbers in order to
facilitate the delivery of mail.
This is in accordance with an
order from the Post Office
Department, which will work
out some type of box num
bering system that cannot be
changed even if house
Third Judge
A Possibility
Representative R.C. Soles,
Jr., has introduced a bill in
the House of Representatives
that would add a new judge to
the 13th Judicial District.
Included in this district are
Brunswick, Columbus and
Bladen counties.
Prior to redistricting, Soles
represented Brunswick
County in the State
Legislature. Soles currently
represents Sampson, Bladen
an Columbus counties.
Soles said, ‘‘If this bill is
passed, the 13th Judicial
District will be authorized
three District Court Judges
rather than the present two
judges.” Soles also said that
he has been assured that his
bill will receive support from
other members of the
General Assembly and from
the Courts Commission.
Because of the heavy case
load handled by the two
District Court judges, the
13th Judicial District has the
Airman Cited
For Heroism
Master Sergeant Leon
Fullwood of Southport has
received the Silver Star for
gallantry as a U.S. Air Force
pararescueman on an HH-53
Super Jolly Green Giant
Helicopter in Southeast Asia.
Sergeant Fullwood, son of
Mrs. Josie Fullwood of South
port, earned the medal — the
nation’s third highest for
herioism in combat — during
a mission to rescue a badly -
injured American airman
downed in enemy territory
Dec. 10-11, 1971.
Sergeant Fullwood
(descended from the hovering
helicopter on the hoist
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number one priority in the
state for an additional
District Court judge, Soles
stated.
The two current judges of
the 13th District are Giles R.
Clark of Elizabethtown and
Ray H. Walton of Southport.
They were elected for four
year terms this year and
were unopposed in both the
Democratic primary and the
general election.
If the proposed bill passes,
the new judge will have to file
for election in the 1974
primary. The new judge
would serve for a term of four
years.
numbers are later assigned.
In view of this, Commissioner
McDougle asked for a 60-dav
extension to work with the
house numbers. This will not
only facilitate mail delivery,
but also will aid other
deliverymen and out-of
towners trying to locate
people or property.
Commissioners Jack Allen
and Frank Aman are setting
ud the house and vacant lot
numbering system. When
ready, Yaupon Beach
residents will be notified and
can get their proper house
number at the Town Hall.
The Board of Com
missioners passed a
resolution supporting the
Brunswick County Com
missioners in designating
February as clean-up month.
All Yaupon Beach residents
are being asked to clean beer
cans, bottles, drive-in carry
out trash, etc. from in front of
their house and vacant lots
across the street or next door,
as the case may be. The trash
should be placed in plastic
bags and left at the curb.
Wednesday, February 22, has
been declared pick-up day for
this trash and the town
packer truck driver, Robert
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Judgement List
Report Is Made
The second of three
sessions of Superior Court in
Brunswick County was held
last week with Judge Edward
B. Clark of Elizabethtown
presiding.
Another term of civic court
will be held in Brunswick
County Courthouse, South
port, starting Monday.
Following is a list of
judgments for the term just
ended:
Claudie Calvin Hewett,
Supply, DUI. PG—90 days
suspended two years, $100
and court costs, not operate
motor vehicle in North
Carolina.
Herman Rudolph Nelsm,
Leland, DUI. PG-$100 and
court costs.
Otto Charles McDowell,
DUI, PG - $100 and court
costs, surrender driver’s
license for 12 months.
William Alton Dixon,
Savannah, Ga., non-support (
of children. Pled Nolo Con
tendere. Six months Brun
swick County jail suspended
five years upon conditions
that he pay court costs and
pay $50 per week for support
of two children.
Henry Henderson Benton,
Supply, DUI, resisting arrest.
Motion to quash second count
(resisting arrrest) was
allowed. Defendant found not
quilty of DUI.
Henry Henderson Benton,
Supply, following too close.
PNG-NG.
Henry Henderson Benton,
Supply, Resisting arrest.
PNG-NG.
Edmond Anthony Lesniak,
Jriving after revocation.
Remanded to District Court
.0 comply with District Court
judgment ($200 and court
,'csts.)
Giant Doughty,
Wilmington, NOL. G-$25 and
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