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m w, THE STATE PORT PILOT X V X, A Good Newspaper In A Good Community ■ v X VOL UME 44 NUMBER 39 16 PAGES TOD A Y SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA , APRIL 18,19731 10 CENTS A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY WILLIAMSON SCHOLARSHIP winners L'Tanya Webb of North Brunswick High School and Danny Roach of South Brunswick each received $1,500 following a countywide competition held Sunday afternoon. The scholarships, given by Odell and Virginia Williamson, are awarded on the basis of oratorical skills. The Williamsons are shown below. Miss Webb, Roach Win _ - • - • :, A*V-' s. *.»?;•• V,' Williamson Scholarships LTanya Webb, a senior at North Brunswick High School, and South Brunswick student Danny Roach were named winners of the second annual $1,500 Odell and Virginia Williamson college scholarships in a Sunday afternoon program. The oratorical contest winners were selected over 10 other Brunswick County seniors; in all, two boys and two girls from each of the three consolidated high schools competed. Each had been presented a $75 cash award during earlier com petition at his own school. L’Tanya, daughter of Mr. and Ms. John H. Sloan, spoke of sickle cell anemia in a presentation entitled “Killer in the Dark”. Roach, who presented a speech entitled “Drugs and the Law’’ in which he detailed the types and effects of various drugs, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Roach. Miss Webb said she would like to attend the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, while Roach is still undecided, naming both UNC-W and Southeastern Community College as possible choices after high school graduation this spring. Williamson, who agreed with his wife that he would not like to judge such a tight contest, said that win or lose, each of the students would benefit from the experience on Sunday. Also, he an nounced that the scholarship program, established to recognize and encourage oratory competition in the county schools, will be in creased to $5,000 nest year. The awards are financed through a $100,000 trust created by the Williamsons. Other contestants in the competition, which was held in the West Brunswick High School auditorium, included: Miss Claudette Smith of North Brunswick High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Smith, whose Continued On Page Two Unanimous Vote Dosher Board Names Yaskell Dosher Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees met Monday night to elect by acclamation Chairman L.T. Yaskell and Secretary William McDougle, and the board went on to discuss the hospital’s beleaguered financial condition. This action was the first reorganizational move of the trustees since the com missioners demanded in January that Yaskell resign as chairman. Basil Watts nominated and Tom Gilbert seconded the: nomination of Yaskell to be re-elected to the chairman position. During the intermin of discussion, county appointee Ralph Nordquest asked if the chairman position was voted on every year. Yaskell replied that he had held the position for five years. It was noted that the trustees’ bylaws provide for the chairman to be voted on yearly. Tom Gilbert stated that the trustees should collectively work for the “good of the hospital.” He requested that, “If the election can’t be unanimous, then don’t elect Continued On Page Two Area Zoning Subject To Hearing On May 3 >• The Southport Board of Aldermen meeting Thursday night was marked by the presentation of W.B. McDougle, chairman of the planning and zoning and zoning board, showing changes in the proposed zoning of the town’s extra territorial area to ac commodate future development of industrial and commercial areas; and this proposal was met by requests for more Industrial zoning in the extra-territorial area by Pfizer representative John Nicholson and Resources Development Commission director Jackie Stephenson. McDougle said that sec* tions In die extra-territorial area, previously proposed to be zoned to conform with existing use, have been proposed to be zoned in dustrial north of Southport city limits to accommodate Pfizer purchases. He also noted that other changes in the area include commerical strips on either side of high ways 87 and 211. Other changes cited by McDougle In the proposed zoning include the elimination of an industrial site east of the boat harbor and the elimination of a commercial area at the in tersection on Jabbertown Road. McDougle said the in dustrial area near the boat harbor was dropped because the new industrial area to the north now owned by Pfizer would be sufficient for future industrial development. Pfizer representative Nichols on requested changes in the zoning by outlining his company’s projected plans for the next 25 years at the Southport location, although he cautioned that these plans are subject to approval by the company’s board of direc tors. Nicholson said Pfizer has recently expanded its local purchases to include a total of Continued On Page 16 Election Possible May 26 Hospital Bond Issue Postponed; Supply Area Site Offered Free By BOBBY HILL .* The Brunswick County Commissioners voted Monday to postpone the May 5 hospital bond referendum, possibly to May 26, but County Attorney Thomas Horne said in a telephone interview that the selection of a new date is the respon sibility of the bond attorney, and a meeting for such a decision has been scheduled for Tuesday. The county, through its bonding attorney, was sup posed to submit an ap plication to hold the referendum to the Local Government Commission. That application was to have been submitted no later than March 28, or 40 days before the proposed referendum. That application apparently was never submitted. When the situation became apparent recently, com missioners were faced with two alternatives: (1) they could ask Thomas Harrelson, their legislative represen tative, to submit to the House a local bill authorizing a waiver on the application; or (2) they could resubmit the application and postpone the election until the 40-day waiting period ended. Rep. Harrelson met with the commissioners Monday to discuss the alternatives, and he recommended that the bond election be postponed. He explained to the board that all bills dealing with health care must be statewide. “I would introduce the bill Monday night if you want me to, but because it is a statewide bill, it increases the chances of getting held up in some sort of difficulty along the way,” Harrelson said. The solon also said the bill might cast a doubt over the legality of the bond election. County Attorney Thomas Home reportedly flew to Raleigh Monday to hand deliver the county’s ap plication to the Local Government Commisssion. Chairman W.A. Kopp, Jr., stated the commissioners will confer with the county at torney over possible use of the referendum ballots which have already been printed in anticipation of the May 5 election. At the urging of the hospital commission’s chairman, Shaiiotte attorney Mason H. Anderson, the commissioners also passed a motion to support the site committee’s recommendation of a site for the proposed county hospital. Fred Mintz, chairman of die site committee, said that the committee has acquired an option on the Number 1 site about a mile and one-half south of the blinking light at the intersection of highways 211 and 17. Mintz also said that an offer to donate a site has been made by Mr. and Mrs. V.J. McKeithan of Supply. This site is 1.4 miles north of the intersection on highway 17, he said. He also said that an option has been obtained tor this site. Mlntz said that the site committee’s recom mendation is for the offered site to be viewed and studied by the hospital commission’s architects and consultants. It was noted that borings and soil studies must be made in order to determine the feasibility of building a Coastal Management Act Aired In Public Hearing A public hearing on the Coastal Management Act of 1973 was attended Friday night by more than 70 per sons, and several of those present voiced strong op position to both the bill’s regulatory intent of development and its lack of provision for local representation on governing bodies the bill would create; and proponents of the bill, Rep. Tommy Harrelson and Dr. Thomas Linton, urged all present to attend a public hearing Wednesday by the Senate Natural and Economic Resources Committee. Rep. Tommy Harrelson, local sponsor of the bill, in troduced Jim Shaw of the Department of Ad ministration of the Coastal Development Plan, and Dr. Linton, Director Sports and Commercial Fisheries. Both Shaw and Linton explained the bill briefly and told why they felt the bill was necessary to preserve the ecological balance of the coastal area. Shaw said that, although the Coastal Development Plan is a different entity from the Management Act, both the Coastal Plan and the Management Act are attempts by state and local govern , ment to prevent a take-over by federal government of coastal development management. Shaw said that federal legislation has been passed to manage development of coastal areas, buthe said that it has not been funded. Shaw also said that Governor Jim Holshouser signed a proposal March 23 to fund plans for coastal management. In reponse to a question, Shaw replied that funds will at first be supplied by the state. He said that federal funds will be available by 1974 or 1975 for planning of development in coastal areas. All or part of 25 coastal counties would be affected by the bill. Hep. Harrelson said he “at least endorsed the con cept and philosophy” of the bill. Harrelson also pointed out that the bill will remain in committee for at least a year. He said the Coastal Management Plan was a pilot program to be followed by similar projects for the mountain and peidmont areas. Calling on Harrelson to withdraw his name from the bill, Odell Williamson called the bill, “possibly one of the most dangerous bill in existence.” Williamson, a wealthy land developer from Ocean Isle Continued On Page Two hospital on the offered site. Mason Anderson said that the site committee would not be able to have the soil tests completed until funds are made available by the commissioners. Anderson also presented a block-model of the proposed hospital, which would be a one-story building with a capacity of 100 beds. Although the consultant and. designers presently {dan for a hospital that would comprise of, “substantially private rooms,” Anderson said that the planners are not confined to the concept of a majority of private rooms. He said that the private room concept is based on a “utilization fac tor” which would be more efficient than the con ventional ward-type operation. Anderson and the board admitted that there is some “uneasiness” in the public about whether or not Medicaid, Medicare and hospitalization Insurance would pay the cost of private rooms. Anderson assured those present that this con sideration is being in vestigated. The board also discussed methods of recruiting doctors for the proposed hospital, and Continued On Page Two Eight Charged Following Peaceful Sunday Protest ByBOBBY HILL Following a demonstration Sunday at Sunny Point against the shipment of arms and munitions to Indochina eight protesters were arrested Monday morning for obstructing traffic on the road outside the ocean ter* minal’s main access gate; and eight were fined with court costs and released by Judge Giles Clark at District CourtH in Southport Monday afternoon. The demonstration began Sunday afternoon when 78 people, representing a group of organizations sponsored in the action by the MOTSU Project, gathered at the intersection of highways 211 and 87. Over $4,000 was pr esented to Bill Jeffries of the American Friends Services Committee and to Jerry Provost of the Medical Aid for Indochina organization. Provost spoke of a recent trip he said he had made to Hanoi. He said that he had seen the Bach Mai hospital near Hanoi, and he claimed that this hospital had been destroyed by U.S. B-S2 bombing raids. Provost also said that part of the donated funds would go toward restoration of the Bach Mai hospital. The protesters then began a process of negotiating with military officials of the Military Terminal at Sunny Point (MOTSU) through Sheriff Harold Willetts. The group was allowed to proceed from the intersection the side of the road to MOTSU’s gate, and Willetts said that two or three representatives would be allowed to meet a representative of Sunny Point. The protestors carried with them clothing and medical supplies, which they Continued On Page Two SHERIFF HAROLD WILLETTS (dark suit) orders eight MOTSU Project protestors to clear the access road to Sunny Point Monday morning, ending an otherwise trouble-free demonstration at the Army terminal near Southport. About 75 protestors gathered at the site on Sunday, asking that clothing, shoes, etc., be shipped from Sunny Point rather than ~ . ' ■--mmmmam * ~**m munitions; Army spokesmen declined the offer. After these protestors were removed from the access road Monday, thaw were jailed, then taxed with court cost by District Court Judoe Giles Clark with the understanding they leave. (Photo bw -Bobby Hill) y
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