THE STATE PORT PILOT
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VOLUME 46 NUMBER 7 ■ , 22_PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA SEPTEMBER 4,197410 CENTS A COPYPUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
ON THE SOUTHPORT waterfront is Frying Pan Lightship rustic ship’s anchor, the tattered rope, the calm waters of the
and nobody who comes to town misses the nautical museum. Cape Fear.
But there are niceties that most folks might overlook, like the
College Program
To Start Monday
A fully-accredited college
parallel program begins next
week at three locations in
Brunswick County,
culminating several months
of cooperative effort and
planning by Southeastern
Community College and the
Brunswick County Board of
Education.
The locations are South
Brunswick High School, with
classes beginning Sept. 9;
West Brunswick High School,
with classes beginning Sept.
10; and North Brunswick
High School, with classes
beginning Sept. 14. The Piney
Grove School will be used for
a reading laboratory for
students enrolling in fresh
man English.
Classes at South Brunswick
and West Brunswick will be
held on week nights, and
classes at North Brunswick
will be held on Saturday
mornings. The reading labs
at Piney Grove will be on
Thursday nights and
Saturday mornings.
Mrs. May W. Barbee of
Yaupon Beach is coordinator
of the program. Prospective
students can get in touch with
her for additional in
formation and assistance by
calling Southport (457-5765)
or Bolivia (253-5231 or 253
5232).
The courses offer college
credit, and the credits are
transferable to a senior (four
year) institution of the
student’s choice. This is
explained in a letter from Dr.
Richard A. Paulsen,
academic dean at
Southeastern, to persons who
responded to recent
questionnaires.
School Enrollment Up
The number of students attending public
schools in Brunswick County has increased to
7,608 this week, Supt. Ralph King announced
Tuesday.
Current figures, King said, show that Brun
swick County has 7,229 students in grades one
through twelve and 379 in kindergarten.
Last year, Brunswick County had 7,010
students in grades one through twelve and 247 in
kindergarten, he reported.
Dr. Paulsen outlined the
classes to be offered at the
Brunswick County locations,
as follows: at South Brun
swick High — Introduction to
Business; Freshman
(Continued on page 7)
Unique Shallotte Home
Being ‘Antique Recycled’
By BILL ALLEN
An unusual house under
construction outside
Shallotte is already at
tracting a large number of
visitors because of its
uniqueness.
The visitors, who include
the curious architects,
contractors and interested
people, turn off Holden
Beach road onto a dirt “U” •
shaped drive. They usually
pause a second or two at a
saw mill to ask directions.
Since it is difficult to hear
above the noise of the saw
mill, one of the two workers
will point in the direction of
the house.
After viewing the house
and asking a question or two,
the visitors’ car circles out
the drive and heads back
toward the Holden Beach
road without looking back at
the workmen still sawing
lumber.
Most leave with unan
swered questions because
the story about the house
under construction is almost
unbelievable!
They could have had their
questions answered if they
had stopped at the saw mill.
The two workers operating
the mill are the owners —
Mr. and Mrs. William Kibler,
a retired Virgnia couple who
moved to Brunswick County
last year.
ANTIQUED
RECYCLED’
Mr. and Mrs. Kibler —
believing that one man’s
junk is another man’s riches
— are building the unique,
“antique recycled” home. It
is believed to be one of the
most novel homes ever
constructed.
The large two-stQry home,
which will contain a total of
23 rooms and over 10,000
square feet of floor space,
has attracted attention
because of the materials
being used.
Mr. and Mrs. Kibler
gathered the old building
materials from structures
being torn down to construct
their dream house. Most of
the antique materials, which
are between 100 and 200
years old, were found in the
Norfolk-Virginia Beach area.
In fact, the only new
material used to construct
the house are the pecan walls
in the library. Mr. and Mrs.
Kibler purchased 100 dining
room tables and used the
wood for the walls in the
room.
Kibler drove 28,000 miles
and made 41 trips to the
Norfolk area to transport the
materials in a 10-ton van to
the site of the house. The 140
large beams used in the
construction had to be
transported to Brunswick
County by railroad. Cranes
had to be used to load and
unload the large beams on
gondola cars. Kibler picked
up the beams at the Navassa
station and transported them
to the site.
Mr. and Mrs. Kibler
started construction of the
house last November.
18 MONTHS
MORE TO GO
They estimate it will take
about 18 more months to
finish the house. They
reported that three-fourths of
the house is under roof at the
present time.
Mr. and Mrs. Kibler are
actually helping build the
house themselves with
contractor Frank Coleman of
Holden Beach and his small
crew.
After drawing up the floor
plans, making a scale model
(Continued on page II)
Board Reviews Proposal
County Zoning
To Be Initiated
ByBOBBY HILL
The county commissioners
Tuesday took preliminary
steps to establish a county
planning board. An ordinance
authorizing the board and
appointing members is ex
pected to be moved on by the
commissioners at their next
meeting September 16.
The proposed nine-member
advisory board would be
required to submit to the
commissioners a com
prehensive land-use plan by
July 1, 1975. This would meet
deadline requirments for
federal flood insurance.
Zoning and subdivision
ordinances recommended by
the planning board would
have to be approved by the
commissioners before being
officially adopted.
Commission chairman
William A. Kopp, Jr., and
County Manager Neil
Mallory said they envisioned
the board working in con
junction with a professional
planner to help draw
development guidelines for
the state Coastal Area
Management Act.
Kopp raised several
reservations about certain
protions of the proposed
ordinance. “I want to have it
(the questions) checked out
before we adopt this,” he
said.
Mallory replied the or- ,
dinance was a model with
minor adjustments recom
mended by the Institute of
Government in Chapel Hill.
The manager ssaid he would
check the questioned areas
with the institute.
Kopp questioned whether
the board, as authorized in
the proposed ordinance,
should be allowed to “erect
monuments,” or to go on
personal property for
planning purposes. Kopp said
the board should be paid per
diem to assure adequate
attendance. t
The planning board, Kopp
said, should not be allowed to
accept donations from
private sources, a practice
permitted by the proposed
ordinance. Kopp said this
procedure could lead to in
fluence in zoning con
siderations being bought by
developers. if
Commissioner William
Smith suggested that private
contributions to the planning
group could be given to the
commissioners and ear
(Continued on page 3)
Officials Answer Reports
School Fees Unchanged
From 1973-’74 Amounts
By BILL ALLEN
Fees paid by students at
tending Brunswick County
public schools range from a
minimum of $4.50 to a
possible maximum of $41,
according to information
provided by Board of
Education officials.
Students in kindergarten
through the eighth grade
must pay a minimum total of
$5.50 in fees. High school fees
range from $4.50 to $41,
depending on the courses
taken.
The minimum fees paid by
students do not include the
optional insurance, which
cost $4 a year. The insurance
would make the indergarten
through the eighth grade
An antique recycled home is being built outside Shallotte by
Mr. and Mrs. William Kibler, who recently moved here from
Virginia. The Spanish Colonial home will have 23 rooms and
over 10.000 square feet of floor space.
minimum $9.50 and the high
school minimum $8.50.
Brunswick County school
officials do not include in
surance in the minimum
because it is optional.
However, Associate Supt.
Robert C. Elkins estimated
that 70 percent of the students
in county schools take out the
insurance.
Despite inflation, the fees
charged Brunswick County
students are the same as
charged last year.
The Pilot looked into the
fees charged students to
attend Brunswick County
schools after several parents
complained about the high
charges they were being
forced to pay. One parent
said the fees charged
students to attend public
schools in Brunswick County
were “ridiculous because the
schools are supported by
taxpayers.”
Supt. Ralph King said the
Board of Education is
working to eliminate basic
instructional fees and reduce
others. He expressed hope
that the board can take action
on the matter before schools
open for the 1975-76 term.
“We discussed eliminating
some of the fees this year but,
due to the current needs of
individual programs, did not
take action,” Supt. King
stated.
He said the board would
never be able to eliminate or
reduce all fees because some
are state fees such as Future
Farmers of America and
Future Homemakers of
America dues. Both
organizations charge $2.50 in
dues each year.
Supt. King pointed out that
fees charged students do not
include book rentals. The
state eliminated the book
rental fees several years ago.
Associate Supt. Elkins said
(Continued on page 7)
Court Term
A session of Superior Court
will be held in Southport next
week with Judge Harry E.
Canady presiding.
A total of 88 cases are
docketed to be tried Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. In addition, the
Grand Jury is scheduled to
hear evidence in 47 other
cases.