THE STATE PORT PILOT
VOLUME46 NUMBER 11 20PAGES TODAY
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Oak Island Festival
Octoberfest Is
Now Underway
The first annual Octoberfest at Oak Island
will climax with awards ceremonies Sunday
afternoon after a five-day run, Chairman
Ted Wood said this week.
“We hope the Octoberfest will be the
funtime of the year in the Oak Island
community,” Wood declared. “It is planned
to provide loads and loads of fun for both
our visitors and presidents.”
Long Beach City Manager Frank Kivett,
one of the driving forces behind Oc
toberfest, said he expected a large number
of visitors from the surrounding area and
upstate will attend the festival. He said
major efforts have been made to promote
Octoberfest to attract visitors to the Oak
Island area this week.
Although the major events are scheduled
this weekend, Octoberfest kicked off at noon
Tuesday with the start of both the fishing
rodeo and the tennis tournament. Both
events will run five days.
Fun-Fair Amusements of Myrtle Beach
will provide rides and concessions at the
fair, which opened a week-long stay
Tuesday afternoon at the corner of 46th and
Dolphin streets. Exhibit night will be held
Thursday and Student Day Friday and
Saturday. The fair opens at 5 p.m., 2 p.m.
Friday and 12 noon Saturday.
Octoberfest visitors will observe church
night Thursday at 8 o’clock at the Oak
Island Baptist Church. The choir will
provide music and a gospel sing will be
held.
The Kitty Wells Family Show, featuring
Miss Kitty Wells, Bobby and Johnny Wright
and the Tennessee Mountain Boys, will
highlight Friday. The show will be held at 8
p.m. in the main auditorium at Fort
Caswell.
Numerous events are scheduled to be held
Saturday. The golf tournament will begin at
the Oak Island Golf Club and the surf
contest at the Long Beach fishing pier. Both
events start at 8 a.m.
A softball game will be played between
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GOP Sponsors
Oct. 12 Supper
The Brunswick County
Republican Party will
sponsor a rally and free
supper at Cox’s Landing next
Saturday night. Chairman
Frankie Rabon announced
this week.
Rex Harris of Fayetteville,
who is an official with the
State Department of Tran
sportation, will deliver the
main address at the rally
October 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Rabon said free fish and
oysters, provided by the
Republican executive
committee, will be served
before the “meet-the
candidates” rally.
“We would like to invite all
Brunswick County residents
to come to the rally, eat free
fish and oysters and meet our
candidates,” he declared.
Possible “Salt Marsh Museum”
2^4-Mile Lowland Area
Deeded To Long Beach
A 2%-mile strip of lowland
that could become a “salt
marsh museum” was
donated to the Town of Long
Beach Monday morning.
Hannon Templeton, who
represented National
Development Corporation at
the special meeting of the
town council, spoke of a park
project “unique to the entire
eastern part of the United
States.”
The east-west stretch,
primarily marsh but with
some high land, is located
south of Big Davis Canal,
north of the beach strand
In Pinner’s Point Area
Beach Zone Amendment
Raise Sq. Ft. Standard
A zoning amendment that
establishes a 1,000 sq. ft.
minimum in some areas of
Long Beach was approved by
the town council Thursday
night after a brief but
thorough discussion.
There was objection to the
increased standard voiced by
several of the 25 spectators
present, and agreed with by
Councilman Russ Morrison.
The vote to amend the or
dinance was 4-1.
Ellis Dudley presided over
the 50-minute session in the
absence of Mayor E.W.
Morgan, who was
recuperating from a recent
auto accident.
The area in question is
bounded on the east by 2nd St.
West, the west by Pinner’s
Point at the Intracoastal
Waterway, the north by
Ocean Highway (Island
Drive) and the south by Big
Davis Canal.
Following the motion to
accept the amendment,
Morrison said that some
prperty owners in the af
fected area have deeds from
National Development
Corporation listing 850 as the
minimum square footage.
The reason for the amend
ment, Dudley noted, was to
bring the ordinance “in line”
with the deeds, and “National
Development Corporation is
giving u*> this information.”
Town Manager Frank
Kivett said he had conferred
with N!'*' officials, who said
all dec ■ should read 1,000
square -et but admitted
some ni.,y not. Morrison said
he hs 'oroof and paper
work oat some were in
canflic
Morrison said he could not
see bringing the minimum up
to 1,000 sq. ft. for those who
believe 850 sq. ft. to be the
standard. Dudley reminded
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SOUTHPORT ANGLER Tommy McGlammery poses with the 125-lb. and
90-lb. tarpon he caught off Bald Head Island last Friday. The third fish,
weighing 80 lbs., was caught by another angler after McGlammery had a 2-0
lead.
development, from 40th
Street East of Middleton
Street.
Templeton said there were
“no stipulations” written into
the deed concerning use, but
expressed hope that the park
project would be pursued.
Councilman Ellis Dudley
asked for the term “possible”
to precede any mention of
“park” so the town would not
be bound as to use.
Templeton said he has been
interested in the proposed
project about five years,
moreso since the greater
focus of attention on en
vironment. He suggested that
the area be preserved, but
that some provision should be
made for recreation.
“There is an abundance of
fish in the (Big Davis)
canal,” the NDC official
noted.
He said he felt the town
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LT. GOVERNOR Jim Hunt is shown here with the newly
elected officers of the Brunswick County Democratic Women,
elected Tuesday night following a dinner meeting at Holden
Beach for whicn the lieutenant governor was guest speaker.
Constitutional Question
Write-In Legal,
Brock Declares
By BILL ALLEN
The committee seeking to
have J.T. Clemmons elected
to the Brunswick County
Board of Commissioners in
the November general
election has a perfect right to
conduct the write-in cam
paign, Director Alex Brock of
the State Board of Elections
told The Pilot this week.
“There is no law against a
group of citizens organizing
to elect a candidate using the
write-in method,” Brock
declared. “There is no court
ruling to stop a write-in
campaign.”
Brock said Clemmons will
not violate the pledge until he
takes action on his own
behalf. “Even then,” he
continued, “It will be legal
until someone challenges him
and the court rules on the
matter.”
He said the question of
whether a candidate defeated
in a primary can run in the
general election has never
been tested in court. “There
is the question whether a
Last Day To Register
The last day to register to vote in the
November general election in Brunswick County
will be Monday, Executive Secretary Linda
Babson of the Brunswick County Board of
Elections announced this week.
Residents can register to vote at the Board of
Elections office in Bolivia Monday until 5 p.m.
They can also make “appointments” and
register in their precincts before midnight
Monday.
person’s right to seek public
office can be restrained,” he
reported. “A Constitutional
question is involved.”
When Clemmons filed as a
candidate this spring, he
signed a pledge he would not
run in the general election if
he lost. “I pledge I will not
run in the general election,”
the pledge read.
Brock said it was up to a
member of his party or a
registered voter to bring the
challenge since the state and
county boards don’t act in
such matters because of the
Constitutional aspects.
“If a candidate defeated in
a primary runs a write-in
campaign in the general
election, he violates the
pledge,” he declared. “But
he has done nothing illegal
until he is challenged and the
court rules.”
State Director Brock said
Andrew Gray could be in
violation of the pledge he
signed because he announced
he is supporting the Clem
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Crab Property Rezoned
2 5-Foot Setback Along
Howe Street Extended
By BILL ALLEN
After much discussion, the
Southport Board of Aldermen
voted to establish a 25-foot
setback on Howe Street from
10th Street to points on NC 211
and 87 at a special meeting
Thursday night.
The board also re-zoned
city property at the foot of
Kingsley Street, postponed
making a change in “C-2”
zones, took no action on
mobile home replacements
and discussed “illegal”
mobile homes during the
meeting devoted to zoning
matters.
The board voted
unanimously to change the
setback requirements from
75 to 25 feet on Howe from
10th Street to the end of the
city extra-territorial zone
near the CP&L canals on
Highways 211 and 87. The
action was taken on the
recommendation of the
Zoning and Planning Board
after the matter had been
discussed at two previous
public hearings.
Zoning and Planning Board
Chairman Bill McDougle,
who made the recom
mendation on behalf of the
board, said the setback could
be reduced to 25 feet because
the state has a 99-foot right
of-way on Howe Street.
Member J.K. Porterfield,
however, told aldermen that
the recommendation was not
unanimous. He said some
members felt the 75-foot
setback was needed because
Howe Street will have to be
widened in the future. Later,
during the hearings, he
suggested that the setback be
at least 50 feet.
Alderman Conley Koontz
said he had talked about the
setback with Robert Thorsen,
who has been a moving force
behind the drive to have the
requirement eliminated. He
reported that Thorsen, who
did not attend the meeting,
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Left to right they are Frances Hewett, treasurer; Johnnie S.
Keith, secretary; Lt. Gov. Hunt; Mrs. Ouida Mae Hewett,
president; and Mrs. Irene Hankins, vice-president.