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Waterfront We were talking to one of the members of the Merrit "Dredging Co. crew tending ;the line on the maintenance project in the Cape Fear Oliver opposite the site of the "bid quarantine station above Southport. ‘ Last night I saw the biggest buck deer I ever saw 2n my life standing right over there,” he said, pointing to a relump of myrtle bushes about JSO yards away. “He had a head full of horns, and he didn’t act scared at all. When ;he left he didn’t go bolting Saway, he just sort of walked dff in the dark.” £ That was a pretty good description of a strange new resident of an area no more jhan one mile from the courthouse. j> When bridegroom John Henry stood in the receiving line at a reception honoring him and his new bride Saturday afternoon he wore Something unusual besides !$he tuxedo he had on. It was a Jfegiron, securely locked to his fcg by one of the post nuptial j&lehrants, and at the end of a (main dangling from this jfece of hardware was an ^pchor. Needless to say, it tnade moving around more than a little bit awkward, so it jiptually was no job at all to jbeep John in the receiving |jne. i.; Later when he went to Change into his traveling •clothes there was some -concern that he never would be able to get his pants off ^er the flukes of the anchor, jiut in a few minutes he was beck all dressed up and ready ffe go — well, almost. He had Sffcanaged to change his pants, ‘but he still had the legiron ^Securely locked in place. (When asked how he had ‘ managed the change, John Replied, “I knew something -pbout anchors they didn’t know. When it’s hooked on the chain it is easy to uncouple.” I And if you wonder how a wedding got written up in Waterfront, let us explain that the bridegroom is an old Navy man, having completed a four-year hitch last fall, i Incidentally, part of that time was spent in Vietnam. umu tseuamy was lemng us this week about a catch of 76 trout he and his guests made Friday while fishing on a wreck near the Cape Fear River bar. “You won’t find that happening many times on February 1,” he declared. The next afternoon a staff photographer took a picture of a catch of 39 big bluefish which had been brought into the Southport Boat Harbor. There is a flock of pelicans congregated in the river off the point of Battery Island. We always get a kick out of watching these awkard looking birds in their fishing operations. RDC Director Addresses Club The Indian Trail Tree Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association held its regular monthly meeting at the Daughters of America Building in Southport. Mrs. Ruth Harrington introduced Jackie Stephenson, executive director of the Resources Development Commission for Brunswick County, as the guest speaker. Stephenson’s talk began with a short discussion on how the Resources •< Development Commission was formed and its main purpose. He then gave a talk The Way It Was Back in the late 1930’s Southport High School had a band, the first in Brunswick County. The director was Rev. A.L. Brown and the in struments were begged, borrowed and antiques. See if you can identify the members. Stooping Down: Dan Early Wells, I,etha (Arnold) Warth, Joe Young Christian; two small boys: Bobby Jones and Bobby Brown; second row: John Julius Swain, Carl Ward, Jr., Jimmie Hornsby, Harold Aldridge, John Hall, Lulu (Brown) McKeithan; Back rowRev. Brown, Paul Dosher, Gilda (Arnold) Rogers, Martha Grey (Brown) Willis, Joe Sam Loughlin. on the past income in Brunswick County. He quoted statistics to show how Brunswick County compared to the other counties in the state. Brun swick County’s rating in the early 1950’s was extremely low, as the past economic income depended on agriculture and fishing. He then related that the present economic growth of the county is due to the new and various industries that have located throughout Brunswick County, benefiting both the people as Islanders Plan Valentine Dance The Long Beach Volunteer ] Fire Department needs to use i well as the industries ' themselves. Stepehnson ended his talk 1 by touching lightly on the new < prospective industries that i are interested in developing < in Brunswick County. t Mrs. Harrington was the 1 vocational speaker for the s month. She gave an in- 5 formative talk on her duties as a Public Health Nurse for £ Brunswick County. 1 •■ire Station No. 2 on Tuesday lights, so the Oak Islanders vill hold their meeting on rhursday night, February 14. The Valentine theme will •e carried out at the covered lish dinner we at 6:30 p.m., ind barn - and - country lancing and musical en ertainment of guitar, nandolin and harmonica will tart at 8 o’clock following a hort business session to etermine future time and ates of meetings. All Oak sland residents age 50 and over are urged to be in at tendance. Chairmen for the February party will be Clyde and Pauline Payne, with Bob and Dorothy Bloomfield and Bernard and White Heath serving as hostesses and program committee. FARMERS MEET There will be a National Farmers Organization meeting Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brunswick County Agricultural Extension of fice, Supply. Leland News By Margaret Bordeaux Mrs. J.L. Blake was in Raleigh last Monday to do some research work for the Brunswick County Historical Society. Anyone desiring to be a member of the historical society can contact her. Their next meeting will be February 11 at Brunswick Town. Mrs. Ardath Goldstein, area coordinator for the Bicentennial Commission, will show a film, “76 and Forward”. We would like to welcome C.E. Wicker and Edith Simicko who have recently opened the Lamp Lighter Antique Shop. It is located just beyond the Camellia Motel. Hope everyone will stop by and take time to browse around. How about the American Hong Chung Kung Fu Society that Mike Holmes has started? Mike is the in structor and is ready to take applications. At the present time they are meeting at the fire department building. Good luck with the karate, Mike. North Brunswick High School had an exciting day last Thursday — at least the juniors. They ordered their class rings. Hope all of you will make the best of this year and enjoy next year to the fullest. You may not realize it but time is going faster than you think. Alvin Dresser from Charlotte visited Mrs. Georgia Dresser over the weekend. Mrs. Goings David has undergone surgery in New Hanover Hospital recently. A stork shower was given for Mrs. Bonnie Bozeman at Harold’s Fish Camp Tuesday night with approximately 20 ladies attending. Kenneth and JoAnn Rogers from Bladenboro were visiting Mr. and Mrs. O.O. Rogers this past weekend. 'V 1 ----- Mrs. Elizabeth Anderon is a patient in New Hanover Memorial Hospital. She hopes to be home soon. Ed Ganey is also a patient at New Hanover Hospital. We hope he too will soon be home. Now that it is February and I am sure the ground hog saw his shadow, I am wondering how everjthing is going to be. The prices are still climbing and gas still getting higher. Guess most of the farmers have already started with their tobacco beds and so forth despite the rains we are having. Next, we begin to see a few gardens getting started around here if we can get some seed. Another thing, husbands and boy friends, don’t forget! February 14 is Valentine’s Day for the ladies. Watch for next week’s news and the recipe for fresh strawberry pie. Tide Table These are the tide times for Southport For Cape Fear, subtract 33 minutes for high tide and 39 minutes for low tide; for Long Beach and Holden Beach, subtract 29 minutes for high tide and 23 minutes for low tide; and for Tubbs Inlet, subtract 19 minutes for high tide and 23 minutes for low tide. HIGH LOW Thursday, February 7 9:07a.m.+ 2:57a.m. 9:34p.m. 3:30p.m. Friday, February 8 9:56a.m.+ 3:48a.m. 10:25p.m. 4:17p.m. Saturday, February 9 10:43a.m. 4:38a.m. 11:15p.m. 5:02p.m. Sunday, February 10 11:30a.m. 5:27a.m. 12:04 p.m. 5:47 p.m. Monday, February 11 — 6:17a.m. 12:16p.m. 6:35p.m. Tuesday, February 12 12:56a.m. 7:09a.m. 1:06p.m. 7:22p.m. Wednesday, February 13 1:48a.m. 8:03a.m. 1:57p.m. 8:16p.m. +indicates tides above 4.4 feet Southport’s ‘Sea Captain* SNe.w Motel Built On Faith - - And A Solid Foundation •t' The Sea Captain Motor 'Lodge in Southport is a new ^md modern facility which Eas sold before it was 'Completed, but it stands as a -jnonument to the foresight 'and determination of a South port couple, Jerry and Peggy spiles. The Sea Captain is a 32-unit jpnotel, 12 units of which are Efficiency apartments. It has A 28’ x 68’ pool, an attractive office complete with living Accommodations for the .•‘manager, and a laundry facility capable of handling .linen for the motel. It is Jocated off West Street near 'the Southport Boat Harbor ■#nd there is room for ex pansion when the need arises. §* That situation already is ^indicated by the early "demands for space. “We had all of our ef ficiency apartments engaged before they were completed,” reggy said tms weeK "we have been running about 85 - percent occupancy thus far, :and on one or two nights we have nad to turn people away.” :Sk When you talk to Jerry and I’eggy about the motel they .'talk in terms of current business, this despite the fact -they have sold it to the lieGrange Realty of "'Fayetteville. D.P. Bruton is .pne of the principal pur chasers, and his son Ronnie will be the manager. “We are just as much in terested in how it gets along '"jfcs we were before we sold it,” vjjgrry declared. "We set a 'goal to build a first - class . jmotel for Southport, and we did. It makes us feel good to see it get off to a good start.” Everything has been completed except installing jrugs and placing furniture in *a half-dozen rooms. “That fought to be done before the .end of this week,” he predicted. “We should be ready for a grand opening in g couple of weeks.” Pre - opening, or winter rates, have been $16.50 per night for the rooms and $18.50 for the efficiency apart ments. “We may have to make an adjustment later,” Jerry said, again implying his continued interest in the operation of the motel. No provision has been made for serving meals, at least not yet. Negotiations now are underway to build a restaurant which also would afford meeting and con ference room space. “These things may come later,” Jerry predicted, “just like I think we may want to add 32 rooms across the back of the property.” The motel was named the Sea Captain in honor of Peggy’s father, the late Capt. Crattie Arnold, whose principal fame was as a boat - builder. The entire motel complex has been erected on land that has been in the Arnold family for two generations. Jerry and Peggy have worked as a team ever since they were married. For several years he operated a shrimping and fishing boat, and Peggy went out as his mate. Later they sold their boat and built and operated a grocery business at the Southport Boat Harbor. When they sold this business they set in with a year of research and plan ning for the construction of a modern motel which would help attract more fishermen and vacationers to Southport. Once they had decided what they wanted there were many negotiations necessary to make it possible. “In a lot of towns people like me and Peggy wouldn’t get a chance to do something like this,” Jerry said. They started out with an LOOKING OVER PLANS for the Sea Captain are, left to right, builder Wc*iiei omry odes. The Southport couple originated plans for the modern 32- room facility, and although they recently sold the motel they still hold a special attachment for it. application for rezoning, and at first they met with stiff opposition. Next they had to negotiate for financial backing, which they were able to work out with Wac camaw Bank & Trust Co. “We have nothing but praise for Robert Howard,” Jerry declared. “He really went to bat for us. He told us we’d have to have an ar chitect, so we got Ballard, McKim and Sawyer, and they have been fine people to work with.” But both Jerry and Peggy agree that the key to the success of the entire operation has been Walter Sellers, the builder. “He has done a mighty fine job on the building,” they said. At least one sub - con tractor agrees. He is the South Carolina contractor who furnished the concrete slabs which comprise the second floor and the roof. “He told me it was the only job he ever had where the fit was perfect,” Sellers said. “We didn’t have to shim it anywhere.” This Supply resident enjoys an excellent reputation as a builder, and he is proud of the Sea Captain. It is his biggest undertaking, although he has constructed several churches and was the contractor for the Ocean Trail Rest Home in Southport. The Giles are proud of him as a builder, too. “One thing happened that proved how good the motel was built,” Peggy recalled. “They were putting the concrete roof slab on and they sent a crane that was too small to lift the 13 - ton weight into place. It fell and cracked all to pieces, but it never hurt the walls or the floor or anything else Walter had built.” We asked Peggy and Jerry if they had spent the night in the new motel and they said they hadn’t. “But I’ve been swimming in the pool,” Peggy said. She remembered that the day they filled the pool for the first time some of her playful relatives had pushed her in the water. “It felt so good I stayed in swimming for three hours,” she said. One other unusual element played a part in the suc cessful completion of their ambitious project. That was prayer. “We were on the prayer list at the Pentecostal Church,” Peggy said. “One night when we were very much down about the whole thing I told Jerry not to worry, that if God wanted us to build the motel he would find a way to get the people who were opposing us to stop. He must have heard our prayers.” There was hard work, too; and strange as it seems it was Peggy doing a lot of the manual labor. Jerry is still recovering from a serious operation, so his help con sisted principally of thinking up ways to solve the per plexing problems which kept coming up. “Neither one of us ever drew one cent from our construction loan,” said Peggy with pride. “We just pitched in and helped where we could because we wanted to see it built.” Jerry summed it up. “It wasn’t just a hobby,” he said, “It was a goal.” The faith of the bank, the skill of the builder and the faith of this couple have meshed to bring a significant improvement to the City of Southport. REVIVAL PLANS A Church of God revival will be held Feb. 10 through Feb. 18 at the Daughters of America Building on Howe Street, Southport. The Rev. A.L. Todd will be the guest speaker at the 7:30 p.m. services, and special singers and musicians are invited. Everyone is welcome.
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