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THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community VOL UME 45 NUMBER 21 16 PA GES TO DA Y SOUTHPORT; NORTH CA RO L IN A DECEMBER 12,1973 10 CENTS A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Maybe Next Year, Santa Every child must reject Santa Claus at least once, and that rejection came Tuesday night for this Southport young man. Meeting ol’ St. Nick apparently was more than the youngster could face. Net Gain h Noted Audit Shows Education Board In Good Condition The Brunswick County Board of Education finished fiscal 1972-73 with a net gain of $167,915. “Anytime you (the board) can spend less than you figured you’d have to, the job has been accomplished from the financial aspect,” auditor Francis Smith of Fred A. Turlington, Jr. and Co. of Tarboro told the board Monday. As of July 1, 1972, balance on hand was $527,031; on June 30 this year, the balance was $694,046. Smith recommended that the bank account be recon ciled by someone other than those who write the checks, and he also recommended that travel allowance and supplements be approved by someone other than the usual check writer. These moves would act as a “check and blance,” Turlington said. He also stated that the present principal inventory for “control of fixed properties” is sufficient. Smith said the lunchrooms' financial situation is “not as bright as other funds governed by the Board of Education,” and he related that the program had a $35,000 decrease in available funds. He said the main problem is that more than half of the lunchroom’s total operating cost is spent on food. Resturants cannot show a profit when the food cost rises above 30 percent of the total operating cost, he said. “Management at this point is getting the maximum out of it,” Turlington said of the lunch program. He said the lunch program can only improve financially if the state increases its subsidy or the county in creases the cost of meals. On the ESEA financial picture, he said, “funds are being used according to Trio Killed In Road Mishaps Three persons were killed and seven injured in two automobile mishaps near Shallotte this weekend. A 31-year-old Freeland man was killed in a one-car wreck on RP 1336 about 14 miles west of Shallotte Friday. Furman Fulton Vann died when the car he was operating ran off the road at a high rate of speed and struck a tree, a State Highway Patrol spokesman said. Two men were killed and seven persons injured in a two-car collision about 7 p.m. Saturday, south of Shallotte on RP 1303. Five of the seven injured were children, and they were all reportedly in serious or critical condition. Samuel McKinley Lance, 29, of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., was dead on arrival at New Hanover Memorial Hospital late Saturday. Willie L. Smith, 31, of Ash, was declared dead at the site of the accident, according to Brunswick County Coroner Lowell Bennett. Patrolman Larry Canipe said both men had to be “jacked out” of the wrecked cars, that they were pinned in the vehicles. He said the fronts of both (Continued on page 12) regulations governing the project.” Because of the amount of time needed, the board set a special meeting for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to review a plan for school facilities to be financed with the $1.7 million received from the 1973 State School Bond. Architect Jack Croft reported that changes have been made in the floor plans for Southport Primary School, and he said the school will be placed in the middle of a 19.54 acre tract. The plan includes parking space for 56 cars and 20 (Continued on page 12) superior houri Youth Receives 60-Year Ter II Israel E. Clemmons of Southport was found guilty in Superior Court last week of assault with intent to commit rape and second degree burglary, and was sentenced to 60 years in the state penitentiary. Clemmons was sentenced to 50 years in prison on the burglary count. Six drunk driving cases were also decided during the term, presided over by Judge Coy Brewer. George Henry Hill, con victed of driving under the influence and no operator’s license, was charged with court costs and a $100 fine. The state also took a nol pros on a manslaughter charge against Hill. Graham Arliss Willetts was convicted of driving under the influence and given a four - month sentence suspended for two years. Paying a $150 fine and court cosls, Willetts was given a limited driving permit Marion Maurice Stanley forfeited his bond on a driving under the influence charge. David Charles Burdette was convicted of driving under the influence and speeding 90 mph in a 45 mph zone, and he was given a ou - day sentence suspended tor one year and charged with the c<Bt of court and $75. Bobby Lee Daniels was found guilty of driving under the influence, driving while his license was revoked and reckless operation. He was given a six - month sentence suspended for three years, and the court levied a $250 fine and court costs against him. George Lemone Etheridge, charged with drunk driving, pleaded guilty to reckless operation. He was charged with a $75 fine and the cost of court. The jury did not find true bills against Donnie Johnson and Cleveland Bryant on separate charges of rape. Woody Poindexter filed notice of appeal on his con viction of distributing a controlled substance. Poindexter received a ten - year sentence on the charge. Frances Hill Cagle, lar ceny, 12 months suspended for 3 years on the conditions that (1) $750 be paid to the clerk’s office to be disbursed to Southern Bell Telephone Company, (2) pay costs of (Continued on page 12) According To Southport Mayor Dosher Won’t ‘Play Dead’, Renovation Group Asked ByBOBBY HILL In an effort to keep Dosher Memorial Hospital open “regardless of new hospital construction,” Southport Mayor Eugene Tomlinson is expected to ask the Board of Aldermen Thursday to appoint the begin ning of a “renovation committee” for the local facility. Tomlinson said Tuesday, “We’re not going to roll over and play dead,” in response to a county commissioner vote last week that Dosher be closed when the new hospital opens. The commissioners voted to only fund the Brunswick County Memorial Hospital for c , an “acute-care” hospital. Tomlinson said the growth trend in Smithville Township justifies a hospital to serve the population. “I think the county commissioners are not looking realistically at the medical needs of the county in light of the population growth trends,” he said. Tomlinson added that it would be “totally unrealistic to give up operating medical facilities” at Southport. A local group recently travelled to Raleigh to assure representatives of the Comprehensive Health Planning Section of the State Department of Administration that “present plans are for Dosher to remain in operation regardless of the new hospital construction.” * The group included Dosher trustee chairman W.B. McDougle, Tomlinson, ' Dosher administrator W.F. Cupit and Vf Charter Medical Services representative <1 Don Caldwell. Tomlinson said members of ‘‘other "f governing bodies in the township” will be 3 invited to join the renovation committee for Dosher. v The real question to Dosher’s survival, Tomlinson admitted, will be whether or not the facility remains authorized to accept Medicare and Medicaid patients. Approval of such “thirji-party medical . payments’ ’ will have to come from the state ■ j Comprehensive Health Planning Section, Tomlinson said. According to the Dosher delegation, information from state officials “indicates ”, that Brunswick County is only authorized 60 ? J hospital beds.” iir Plans are for the new county hospital to operate with 60 beds. However, Tomlinson reported he had received no definite information prohibiting continuing “acute-care” operations at ; Dosher. “Some of the lines being pursued” for Dosher’s future, according to Tomlinson, include a private hospital or a Smithville Township hospital. Beach Postal Service Plans Plans are underway for the U.S. Postal Service to open an expanded Long Beach Rural Branch Post Office one year from now. According to a recent advertisement for bids for the enlarged office, the postal service will require the office to be open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services to be offered at the new facility will include lock box service, window service, stamp supplies, money or ders and service for ordinary, registered, certified, insured and C.O.D. mail. The avertisement states that bids will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. Monday by the Postmaster at Southport. Bid forms and further information may be obtained at the Southport Post Office. The present post office, contracted by Dan Shannon, is located near Shannon’s Texaco on Bepch Drive. Switzer Replaces Greene As Boiling Spring Mayor Alfred J. Switzer has replaced Arthur M. Greene as mayor of Boiling Spring Lakes. The organizational meeting held last Monday is required by state law on the first regular meeting date following the municipal elections. Voting among themselves, the commissioners also elected Leslie P. Day as Mayor Pro Tern. Both Switzer and Day are incumbents elected in 1971 for four-year terms. Greene is a reprsentative of Reeves Telecom, Corp., developer of the community. Switzer assigned each of the commissioners to head one of the city departments, and he instructed them on t'ie new organization. Commissioner Altizer will head Plans and Programs and serve as Purchasing and Contracting Officer. John E. Handley was named head of Personnel and Financial Management. Greene, charged as Parks and Recreation Officer, will also head the sanitation department. Day is responsible for Public Works (streets and buildings), and Switzer named himself to oversee the police and fire department. The mayor emphasized that each commissioner now has a specific area of responsibility. He said tbs specialization will encourage each com missioner “to become better versed in his own area.” Switzer asked the officials “stick to his own area of responsibility.” To prevent “Turning a deaf ear” to problems outside their assigned responsibility, the mayor asked the com missioners to refer problems to the proper authority. Switzer outlined a procedure for citizens to obtain information or register a complaint. He referred all “emergency law en forcement” matters to the police department. The city clerk was named for citizens to bring com plaints or problems, and Switzer said, “the resident will be notified of the specific action that has been taken.” The city clerk may have to contact the responsible commissioner on some problems, he said. On a list of matters for his administration to resolve, Switzer called for improved streets and roads, creation of a planning and zoning board and a water and sewer system. He also cited the need for a building inspection depart ment and building and construction ordinances. Also on the list of programs, Switzer included the “need to develop and provide funding for recreational facilities.” Finally, he called for a public relations program to inform citizens of city func tions and problems. Ferry Cited As Future Access For Bald Head Carolina Cape Fear Cor poration Friday answered several questions by the federal government about plans for the development of Bald Head Island. In a 29-page Corps of Engineers public notice, the island’s developers answered in an “environmental assessment’’ eight main questions posed by the office of the Under Secretary of the Army about Bald Head’s future. The notice is part of the procedure Carolina Cape Fear is following in its ap plication to construct a channel and basin marina facilities on the island. The Corps notice states, “A review of all information available at the time of this notice indicates that the proposed work will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human en vironment.” The notice also says that “the preparation of a detailed environmental impact statement .. will not be required at this time.” The eight questions of the Under Secretary of the Army include the request for assurance that plans for “proposed dredging of Bald Head Creek” be “eliminated.” Cape Fear’s reply to this request is that “some dredging in Bald Head Creek may be needed for future submerged water and sewage lines that may be necessary.” “Appropriate applications” would be filed for such work, the report said. In reply to other questions, Carolina Cape Fear says forests, dunes and marshes will be preserved. Battery Island will be set aside as a rookery. Water quality, pest control, evacuation plans, and a program to prevent harm to “wetland resources and sensitive dune ridge areas” are other topics answered by Caroiina Cape Fear’s en vironmental assessment of the island. Plans submitted with the application show a proposed 150-by-100-foot access channel with an 8-foot depth extending from the Cape Fear River to the mouth of the proposed 10.15 acre marina. Approximately 5,700 cubic yards of material will be removed from the channel and placed on a 30-acre disposal area adjacently north and west of the marina, according to plans. Plans designate the disposal area to be placed on high ground, bordered by existing dunes and proposed dikes. An additional 217,300 cubic yards of material will be (Continued on page 12) City Clean-Up Effort Started Southport city crews are now engaged in a citywide clean-up effort, and Mayor Eugene Tomlinson urged “everyone to do his part” to aid the project. “City crews cannot do it all, nor should they be expected to,” Tomlinson said. “Each property owner should take pride in the ap pearance of his yard, fen celine, etc.,” he said. Tomlinson pointed out that “streets and rights of way have become littered to the point of being unsightly.”
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