VOLUME %
NUMBER 2
18 PAGES TODAY
A Good Newspaper In A Good Community
SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA JULY 31, 1974 10 CENTS A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
Thieves Strike
Two Businesses
Two prortJf^jit Brunswick
County businessmen, in
cluding County Com
missioner Clemmons,
were victim of thieves
during a thre^ay period this
week.
Thieves V°ke into Clem’s
Texaco o^ide Shallotte
Monday nig^t ^nd stole about
2,500 cartonS of cigarettes.
Commission Clemmons,
who owns th^ Service station,
said the r^tUU value of the
cigarettes about $7,500.
Thieves st?)e accessories
from about f)U\e cars parked
on the lot at f^usnwick Motor
Sales, Inc., 0*\ Highway 133
outside §outhport early
Saturday (running. Owner
Dub Clewis estimated the
value of (h^ accessories
stolen and tf1^ damage done
at between f1,^00 and $1,800.
Di uiiswiqt \jouiuy anerui
Harold Willis could not be
reached for c^fnment on the
two robber^, He was at
tending the North Carolina
Sheriffs’ invention at
Wrightsvil}e ^each.
Clemmon^ said he
discovered tt1^ cigarette theft
after he ope^d his business
Tuesday moving about 7:30.
He reporter lhat the thieves
broke out 3 r window and
entered the £%ion. He had a
security \{fi\ behind the
store.
“I slept well Monday
night and ne^rd no hoise,”
said the CQ[fUnissioner, who
lives about yiK) yeards behind
his service ^Htion.
Despite large theft,
(Confined on page 8)
Beer Okayed
Boiling S^ring Lakes
residents y<Hed 86 to 24
Tuesday to improve sales of
beer within it\e town.
Unofficial results are
pending floatation when the
vote is cany^sed. According
to election officials, one vote
is yet unoj^n^d and will be
cast at th$ °&nvass period.
SANITARY LANDFILL equipment has begun to arrive in Brunswick
County, witness these heavy metal boxes that will be distributed throughout
the county for trash disposal. The boxes will be emptied into a front-end
loading truck that will carry the refuse to one of the county’s solid waste
disposal landfills. The truck has not arrived, however, as the boxes sit idly by
the intersection of NC 211 and US 17 at Supply.
Town Boards, Owners Charged
Suit Says Zoning ‘Void’,
Seeks Condominium Halt
oy B(7«byhill
Yaupon $%ach planning
board on^irman John
Thompson f'^ld a lawsuit
Thursday requesting a list of
injunctions ^d seeking to
nullify zoning for a $5-million
condomininfi
The Condominium is
proposed to located on a
triangle 0f land east of
Yaupon B<>n0h and south of
Nc 133. Tompson’s com
plaint alleges the residential
apartment (Ha) zone for the
developm^ was adopted
“without pfObor notice and
advertisement” required by
both state law and town or
dinances.
Plaintiff Thompson claims
that the manner used in
adopting the zoning or
dinance “effectively prevents
citizens from exercising their
right to protest” as provided
by law and ordinance.
Defendants listed in the
complaint include the town of
Yaupon Beach, the town
council and planning board,
owners of the proposed
condominium site and the
development corporation
(Venture Management, Inc.) t
Thompson’s complaint s
asks for permanent and c
preliminary injunctions to £
prohibit adopting an RA zone
unless it is done according to
state law and town or
dinances.
Injunctions are requested
to prohibit the town from
“entering into any contracts
for the provision of public
utility services to” the
proposed condominium.
Thompson is also asking the
court to forbid Venture
Management, Inc., from
eginning construction or
elling units of the
evelopment “until zoning
pproval and building ap
(Continued on page 6)
Dedication Was Sunday
Leland Library Opens
In Old Bank Building
The Lelty^ branch of the
Southport*3fhnswick County
Library formally opened
Sunday afternoon with a
program inV(Hving everyone
from boys g/1'! girls to county
officials, With Hubert Howard
of Southport ^nd Waccamaw
Bank serves as master of
ceremoni^' Ralph King,
Superindepf of Brunswick
County schools, was the
principal spAKer.
Special ^cognition was
given to L-R. Bowers,
president Of Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Co., for
making the library project
possible thr^hgb the donation
of the old bank building,
which now is located on the
old Leland High School
campus on Highway 74-76. A
plaque was presented Bowers
by James Clemmons on
behalf of library officials.
Also receiving special
recognition was Mrs. A.P.
Henry, Jr., president of
Friends of the Library and a
member of the board of
trustees for the Southport
Brunswick County Library.
She accepted a plaque from
John Long in appreciaton for
her role of leadership in
making the branch library
service available in the
Leland community.
The program was held
outdoors in front of the new
facility with a cross-section of
area residents present and
participating in the
dedication ceremony. The
invocation was by the Rev.
Darrell Rooks, and this was
followed by the flag
ceremony, with the Boy
Rangers in charge. Mrs.
Beefy Howard, wife of the
master of ceremonies, led in
singing the Star Spangled
Banner and following the
welcome by Harold Aldridge,
chairman of the library board
(Continued on page 8)
*
Oak Island Area Worst In County
All-Out Battle Against
Mosquito Being Waged
By BILL ALLEN
An all-out war has been
declared on mosquitoes in
Brunswick County, according
to Ed Clemmons, solid waste
and director.
“We know that it will be a
hard war to win because
mosquitoes are always
breeding, especially after
heavy rains,” Clemmons
declared. “But we are going
to do everything we can to
help people living in
mosquito-infested areas of
the county.”
The county began the all
out war on mosquitoes
recently when four ULV cold
air aerosol fogging generator
trucks were placed in ser
vice. the four new generator
trucks join the one-year-old
Buffalo Turbine machine,
which has been used the
entire summer.
Generally, the mosquito
trucks are operated in
Brunswick County in the
evenings between 5 and 10
p.m. Clemmons said that
research has shown that
more mosquitoes are out late
in the day than during any
other period.
Although a great deal of
talk has been heard about the
mosquito problem in the
county this summer.
Clemmons does not believe it
is as bad as it has been, “I
don’t think it is as serious this
summer as it has been in past
summers,” he declared.
Clemmons urged residents
who are having problems
with mosquitoes in their
sections of the county to
contact the Brunswick
County health department
offices in Southport or
Shallotte or the county
manager’s office in South
port.
They can also contact
Clemmons or Operators
Evaluator Carl Holden and
Henry Fulrod at Holden
Beach, Malcolm Grissett and
Garry Long at Shallotte, and
Harlee Perkins at Leland.
The five men are operator
evaluators in the mosquito
control program in the
county.
“Since Brunswick is a large
county and our staff is small,
we depend on complaints to
tel! us where the mosquito
problem is the worst,”
Clemmons reported. “We
have found that almost 100
percent of the complains we
receive are accurate.”
Once a complaint is
received, it goes to Clem
mons. The director then
sends a member of his
department out to make on
on-site inspection and to
apprise the situation. If
mosquitoes are found, the
man will use the fogging
generator on the spot.
“We make daily
evaluations of the complaints
we recieve to validate the
presence of mosquitoes,”
Clemmons stated. “We try to
investigate each compliant
within one day after
receiving it. We want to use
our equipment where it is
needed.”
Based on the number of
(Continued on page 6)
Long Beach Agenda
Modular Home
Matter Slated
Long Beach viil hold a
public hearing at its regular
meeting Thursday to add two
new members on the plan
ning board.
Also, according to the
agenda, the council will call
for a public hearing on an
amendment to prohibit
modular homes from the
Bald Head Saga Continues
Channel For Marina
Is Delayed By Court
The Conservation Council
of North Carolina and the
Sierra Club, refusing to admit
defeat on legal action aimed
at stopping the Bald Head
Island marina project, ob
tained an injunction Friday
until an appeal can be heard
on the case.
Judge Braxton Craven of
the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled Friday that
Carolina Cape Fear Cor
poration may proceed with
construction of the marina,
but cannot connect it to the
Cape Fear River until the suit
involving the project is
settled in court.
U.S. District Court Judge
John D. Larkins, Jr., had
ruled last Monday that the
two environmental groups
had no standing in court to
stop construction of the
proposed marina.
The Conservation Council
and the Sierra Club, which
have fought the project from
the very beginning, filed
notice in U.S. Eastern
District Court Thursday to
appeal Judge Larkins’
decision.
In ruling that the access
channel cannot be built until
the court decides the appeal,
Judge Craven said the case
was not “easy or frivolous.”
“All I want to do (in
making the decision Friday)
is protect the jurisdiction of
the court,” Judge Craven
declared. “I want to protect
the right of appeal.”
Judge Craven expessed
hope after the two-hour
hearing that the panel of
judges can hear the appeal
and make a ruling by Sep
tember 1.
He rejected a suggestion
made by a Carolina Cape
(Continued on page 6)
residential-area zone. Town
manager Framk Kivett said
Tuesday the hearing for this
amendment will probably be
held at the town’s next
monthly meeting.
The town has faced at least
one controversy over
allowing the modular homes
in the most restricted area
zoned residential. After
losing a legal battle this past
winter, the town was forced
to allow one modular home
into the residential area.
Superior Court Judge Coy
Brewer ordered that the town
issue a building permit to the
owner of the modular home.
Only last week the council
held a special meeting caused
by the request for another
permit for a modular home.
Attorney Richard Owens told
the town a permit must be
issued. Howerver, building
inspector Boyd Phillips ex
pressed reservations about
the modular home.
About three months ago,
the planning and zoning
boards were combined into
the single, five-man planning
board. The addition of two
new members is reportedly
designed to give better
representation of the town’s
population. The newly
enlarged board will have
about a month to reach a
consensus on the proposed
(Continued on page 6)
OFFICIATING AT THE RIBBON-cutting ceremony Sunday
afternoon at Leland public library was Stephanie Helms, Miss
Brunswick County. Others, left to right, are Robert Howard,
master of ceremonies; Mrs. Narine Russ, librarian; and
Harold Aldridge, chairman of the board of trustees for the
Southport-Brunswick County Library.
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