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VOL UME 45 NUMBER 42 16 PAGES TOD A Y SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA _MAY 8, 197410 CENTS A COPYPUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Willetts, Strong Top Sheriff Voting; Two School
Incumbents Are Behind; Clemmons Gets GOP Axe
Only Rabon
Has Support
Two of the three Incumbent
members of the Brunswick
County Board of Education
were defeated in the general
election Tuesday, according
to unofficial returns
tabulated by the Board of
Elections.
Mrs. Barbara (Bobble)
Yount, who was making her
first bid for public office in
the county, and Franldin
Randolph, a candidate for
sheriff four years ago, earned
seats on the Board of
Education.
Both new members are
from Bolivia.
The only incumbent board
member running in the
general election to survive
was Wilbur E. Rabon of
Leland; Rabon, who is
chairman of the board, ran
away from the eight - person
field in the election.
Mrs. May W. Barbee of
Yaupon Beach and Dr. John
T. Madison of Shallotte lost
their bids for re • election to
the Board of Education.
Official results of the
election will not be known
until the Board of Elections
meets Thursday morning at
10 o’clock at the courthouse in
Southport to canvass the
vote.
Rabon, completing his
fourth year on the board, had
no trouble winning re -
election. In fact Rabon, who
is employed at Federal
Paperboard at Rlegelwood,
led the field after polling 2,681
votes.
Mrs. Yount also ran a
strong race and finished
second in the field with 2,169
votes.
Randolph, an official of a
trucking firm, had a much
harder time earning his seat
on the board. He was involved
in a three • person fight for
the third seat. And, he ap
peared to have lost the race
until It was discovered that a
mistake had been made in
posting the unofficial returns.
Randolph who will be the
second black on the board,
captured the seat with a total
of 2,040 votes while Mrs.
Barbee, completing her first
term, had 2,019 and Southport
Attorney James R. Prevatte
had 2,018.
After all the votes had been
placed on the board at the
Board of Elections
headquarters in Supply
Tuesday night, but before
they were tallied, it appeared
that Mrs. Barbee had
retained her seat in a close
vote.
But it was quickly
discovered that a mistake
had been made in Randolph’s
vote. He had received 137
votes in Frying Pan precinct
instead of the posted 37 and
the difference made him the
winner in the close race for
the third seat.
The third incumbent Dr.
Madison, a Shallotte dentist,
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COUNTYWIDE WINNERS of $1,800 scholarships sponsored
by Odell and Virginia Williamson are Tina Philpott of North
Brunswick and Jeff Adams of South Brunswick. Shown with
the winners, who were named Sunday afternoon at North
Brunswick High School, are the Williamsons. Williamson
announced that next year’s fourth annual competition will
involve $5,500 in scholarships, a ten-percent increase over
awards this year.
North, South Students Are Recognized
A North Brunswick girl and
a South Brunswick boy took
top honors in the annual Odell
Clam Hearing
A public hearing to discuss
among other things the use of
an hydraulic clam-dredge in
Brunswick County waters has
been scheduled in Southport
monday night.
The hearing will be held in
the courthouse starting at 8
pun.
Rep. Thomas Harrelson
said the hearing will be at
tended by Ed McCoy, com
missioner of the Division of
Commercial and Sports
Fisheries. Among the
scheduled topics is the taking
of clams from polluted
waters in the Cape Fear
River basin to be planted in
controlled waters.
According to the Brunswick
and Pender county
representative, the main
topic will be the use an
hydraulic dredge operating In
local waters that was used to
harvest clams otherwise
available to local persons.
He said he has been suc
cessful In having the permit
stopped, but the Sneed’s
Ferry - based dredge
operators are seeking per
mission to continue.
and Virginia Williamson
Scholarship contest Sunday.
Tina M. Philpott and
Jeffery C. Adams were
winners In the third annual
competition for the
scholarship awards, which
was held at North Brunswick
High School.
A field of 12 finalist, two
males and two females from
each of the county’s three
high schools, vied for the
award, which provides an
$1,800 scholarship for each
male and female winner.
Miss Philpott’s winning
speech, “Death, Be Not
Proud,” dealt with the
various aspects of
euthanasia, or mercy
killings. A senior at North
Brunswick High School, Miss
Philpott is the daughter of
Mrs. Betty L. Philpott and the
late Oren Philpott. She plans
to attend U.N.C. at
Wilmington next year.
Adam’s winning speech
was entitled "Acupunctvre
As A Contempora*y
Medicine.” He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll D.
Adams of Long Beach.
Adams is a senior at South
Brunswick High School and
Pageant Entry List Is Started
The Miss N.C. Fourth of
July Pageant sponsored by
the Southport Jaycees will be
held this year on Saturday,
June 29.
Any girl who meets the
following qualifications and
who is interested in entering
the pageant may obtain in
formation and an application
from Mrs. Robert Howard
(457-6818), Mrs. Bill Blake
(457-5480) or Mrs. Jerry
Sherrod (457-6493).
To be eligible, a girl must
meet these qualifications;
1. Each contestant must be
17-years old by September 1,
or at least a rising senior, and
be no older than 22.
2. Each contestant must
reside In Smithville Town
ship, including all of Bolling
Spring Lakes.
3. Each contestant must be
sponsored by a Jaycee.
4. All applications must be
approved by the pageant
committee.
5. There will be only 13
contestants; the first 13
applications received will be
considered.
All applications must be
submitted by midnight, June
1, 1974.
plans to enroll at U.N.C. at
Chapel Hill next fall.
The Odell and Virginia
Williamson Scholarship
Awards are made possible by
Mr. and Mrs. Odell
Williamson of Ocean Isle
Beach. Williamson’s interest
in declamation goes back to
1938 when he was the winner
of a school contest.
"The purpose of the
scholarships is to stimulate
interest in effective com
posion and declamation in the
various schools,” Mr. and
Mrs. Williamson said.
The scholarship fund
provided plaques and $100
cash awards to two male and
two female finalists in each of
the three county high schools.
Each of the county winners
received $1,800 scholarships.
Judges for the competition
were Mrs. Betty Jo Welch,
professor of speech and
director of Debate, UNC-W,
Mrs. Adrian Carter, coun
selor, Acme Delco School,
Mrs. Brenda Blanks, director
of LEAP center,
Southeastern Community
College, Daryl! May, N.C.
State debating champion
student, John T. Hoggard
High School, and Allen
Randall, original orator state
champion student, John T
Hoggard High School.
Local Company
Is Low Bidder
Boiling Spring Construction
Co. has submitted a low bid of
$747,036.17 for construction of
a container handling facility
at the Sunny Point terminal.
Second low bidder waa
Colony Construction Co., Inc.,
of Wilmington, with an offer
of $822,781. Dickerson, Inc., of
Monroe was third tow with
their bid of $998,380.
The government estimate
was $998,380.
The other two bidders were
D.R. Allen & Son, Inc., of
Fayetteville, bidding
$1,002,596; and C.W. Mat
thews Const. Co., Inc., of
Marietta, Ga., $1,128,855.
The contract calls for
demolition of 889 feet of
existing concrete wharf and
rebuilding with a new plat
form and crane rails to
facilitate container handling.
Work items include in
stallation of concrete piling
and 1,600 linear feet of crane
rail, along with placement of
1,200 cubic yeards of new
concrete.
All work is scheduled for
completion within 350
calendar days.
Carolyn Roberts
Beats Incumbent
Republicans and
Democrats in Brunswick
County went to the polls
Tuesday to nominate can
didates to run in the tall
general election and, in the
process, eliminated one In
cumbent office holder.
However, after the votes
were tallied at the Board of
Election headquarters in
Supply Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning,
questions still remain to be
answered about the final
outcome.
The questions, concerning
the winners and who will be
eligible to call second
primaries will not be an
swered until the Board of
Elections conducts the of
ficial canvass of the votes at
the courthouse in Southport
Thursday morning, begin-,
nlng at 10 o’clock.
In the County Republican
primary, Sheriff Harold
Willetts and Board of Com
missioners members William
A. Kopp, Jr., John Bray,
Robert Simmons and Vardell
Hughes all won re -
nomination.
In addition, Incumbent
Thomas J. Harrelson, who
was the leading GOP vote -
getter in Brunswick County,
won re- nomination to the
State House of Represen
tatives from the 11th District
of Brunswick and Pender
counties.
T. David Bowers, seeking
the nomination to run for the
Board of Commissioners
from Lockwood Folly, was
the only clear-cut winner in
the county in the Democratic
primary.
Allen C. Ward, seeking his
first public office, made an
impressive debut in winning
the Democratic race to op
pose for the 11th District
House seat in the general
election. He was the leading
vote getter in Brunswick
jounty Tuesday.
In state races, Brunswick
County voters supported the
winners in the races for the
U.S. Senate and the House of
Representatives.
The Republican race for
the Board of County Com
missioners was left in con
fusion after the votes were
tallied Tuesday night. Kopp,
who is chairman of the board,
topped the field with 882 votes
while Simmons had 847 and
Hughes 838. All three in
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NC 211 Closes
The Department of
Transportation, Division of
Highways announces the
closing of a section of NC 211
from Supply to Southport
effective Monday.
The particular section
under construction exists
between US 17 at Supply to
SR 1500 at Midway. All
through traffic will use the
following detour route: From
Supply north on US 17 ap
proximately 15 miles to Bell
Swamp at NC 87; NC 87 south
to Southport approximately
15 miles.
This detour will be marked
and will last approximately
60 days while the Im
provements are under con
struction from Supply to
Southport. Local traffic will
be maintained during this
period.
Over Dosher98 Future
Hospital Group
Is “Encouraged”
Members of the Dosher
Retention Committee
returned home In an op
timistic frame of mind after
discussing the future of the
Southport hospital with state
officials Monday.
“While no firm com
mitments were made by the
Raleigh staff, members of the
committee are greatly en
couraged by the positive and
helpful attitude displayed at
the state administration level
in agreeing to study the new
data we presented and to
follow this with further
recommendations and
suggestions,” said Southport
Mayor Eugene Tomlinson,
who is chairman of the
Retention committee.
Mayor Tomlinson told the
state officials that at this
time there is no consideration
locally of Dosher closing
down. “There’s too much at
stake to even entertain any
ideas along those lines,” he
declared.
Members of the local
delegation, composed of
representatives of Yaupon
Beach, Long Beach and
Southport, spent over two
hours in Raleigh Monday
discussing the Dosher
hospital situation with W.L.
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County Tobacco Acreage Far Short Of Quota Goal
By BELL ALLEN
If something dramatic
doesn’t happen in the next
five weeks, Brunswick
County farmers could lose
$600,000 on the tobacco crop
this year.
The prediction was made
this week by Manager Ralph
L. Price of the Agriculture
Stabilization and Con
servation Service in
Shallotte.
“Right now, it looks like a
half-million pounds of the
Brunswick County tobacco
quota will not be planted this
year,” Manager Price
declared.
“The half million pounds
could amount to Brunswick
County farmers falling to
earn almost a half-million
dollars at the end of the
selling season.”
Brunswick County tobacco
farmers have been given a
6,171,746-pound tobacco quota
to fill this year. It Is the
largest quota the county has
had in over 20 years.
Manager Price said
Brunswick County was
assigned the large quota
because of two factors. One Is
the fact the Department of
Agriculture has given each
tobacco-growing county In
the nation a ten-percent In
crease in its quota for 1074.
Federal officials are doing
everything in their power to
encourage all flue-cured
tobacco producers to grow
their full poundage under the
larger marketing quotas to
meet increasing demand
around the world.
“Buying and export
companies indicate there is a
strong demand for Increased
cigarette production in
foreign countries and this is
an excellent opportunity for
tobacco growers to make
considerably more net in
come by growing more
tobacco to meet this
demand,” Under-Secretary
of Agriculture J. Phil
Campbell said recently.
The other reason for the
Increased quota Is that
Brunswick County farmers
failed to meet the quota last
year.
“We had a wet season last
year and the unfortunate
result was that farmers lost
parts of their tobacco crops,”
Price said.
Last year, Manager Price
pointed out, the Brunswick
County tobacco quotas was
5,404,211 pounds. However,
because of “the wet season”
last year, farmers failed to
meet the quota by 181,539
pounds.
Under federal regulations,
he noted, the 181,539 pounds
the county failed to sell last
year was carried over and
added to the 1974 quota.
Manager Price reminded
flue-cured tobacco producers
that two changes have been
made in the price support
requirements for the 1974
crop.
Tobacco farmes no longer
need measurement service to
assure eligibility for price
support. Procedures have
been changed to permit price
support on all flue-cured
tobacco up to 110 percent of a
farm’s quota without regard
to the amount of acres
planted.
“This, however, does not
excuse the producer from
being charged with penalty If
he sells more than 110 percent
of his quota,” the ASCS
manager noted. “The penalty
could run as much as 66 cents
per pound. In addition, any
tobacco sold In excess of 100
percent of quota will be
deducted from their quota
next year.”
In past years, he pointed
out, tobacco farmers were
allowed no over-planting to
be eligible for price supports.
The other major change
requires the producer to
designate the warehouse in
which he will sell his tobacco.
The change was made to
correct the marketing
situation that developed last
year.
Other requirements for
price support that remain in
effect for 1974 Include timely
certification of acreage,
certification of acceptable
variety and certification of
non-use of DDT or TDE.
Although the prospect for
filling the quota doesn’t look
bright at this time, the
situation could change
because tobacco farmers
have until June 14 to lease
and transfer the crop.
“One thing that could
change the bleak picture is
good planting weather In
May,” Manager Price stated.
“The good weather could
encourage more leases and
transfers and thus more
planting.”
Brunswick County farmers
who have tobacco allotments
have been Invited to visit the
ASCS office In Shallotte and
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