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A THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community VOLUME 46 NUMBER 23 18 PAGES TODAY SOUTHPORT; NORTH CAROLINA DECEMBER 25, 1974 10 CENTS A COPY PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY f BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD of Realtors’ officers were intalled Dec. 13. Seated are Emily Willetts, secretary, and Troy Davis, president; standing are vice-president John Barbee (left) and treasurer Bill McDougle. Directors of the organization are J.W. Turner, Pauline Morgan, A1 Martin, Sr., Morris Ferrell, Charles Blake, Norris Long, Philip King, III, state director; James Wolfe, state director; and Louise Scruggs, alternate state director. New Subdivision Rules Okayed By Beach Board A 47-page Subdivision Regulations document “designed to promote the orderly development of the town” was approved Thur sday night by the Long Beach Board of Commissioners. The 4-1 vote followed a public hearing on the or dinance. Commissioners Nancy Leggett, Virginia Christenbury, Ellis Dudley and H.E. Joyce voted in favor of the regulations, while the negative vote was cast by Russell Morrison. The board, he said, was “voting on several items that’s in speculation.” He referred to several regulations based on the availability of water and sewer service. The document clearly notes that rules in question are effective only when the services are provided. Councilman Dudley, mayor pro-tem, presided at the public hearing that was at tended by approximately a dozen Long Beach residents. Mayor E.W. Morgan was reported by Morrison to be at home sick. Mayor Pro-tem Dudley referred to the rules of public hearing procedure, adopted recently by a split-vote, Morgan and Morrison op posed. “I hope we will not have debates, or people jumping up and down,” said Dudley. Only slight disrup tions were noted. Before the hearing com menced, spectator Lucy Ford objected to the use of the mayor’s tape recorder at the council table. “I don’t like the fact Mr. Morgan doesn’t come but sends his tape recorder,” Mrs. Ford remarked. Dudley said he would prefer that the tape recorder, which was operated Early Printing Merry Christmas! This edition of The State Port Pilot was printed Monday evening and distributed to local stores and mailed Tuesday afternoon. Next week’s Pilot edition will be published (hi Tuesday so that employees may have New Year’s Day off. The newspaper will be mailed Tuesday night, and will be available on Wednesday at stores open for business on the holiday. Because of the abbreviated schedule next week, advertising copy must be in the office of The State Port Pilot by Saturday noon. News copy will be accepted until noon Monday. by Morrison, not be at the council table. In the actual public hearing, the majority of comments were included in a letter from Board of Ad justments Chairman Woodrow Venell, reportedly out-of-town last Thursday. His suggestions, a few of which were acceptable to the commissioners, were read by Morrison. Venell, noting what he called “only minor im perfections,” gained ac ceptance for changing the power of granting variances from the planning board to the board of adjustments. There was no objection. Several suggestions were looked on as “just splitting hairs” or “open to in terpretation.” He termed “proposterous” the items that established lot sizes greater for lots served by sewer (but not water) than lot sizes for lots served by sewer (but not water) than lot sizes for lots served by both water (Continued On Page 11) Higher Rates In January Electric Rate Hike Is v No Joke; It’s Coming By BILL ALLEN Brunswick County customers will have to dig deeper — much, much deeper — into their pockets to pay their electric bills starting the first of the year. Electricity rates are ex* pected to soar in the county because the Federal Power Commission has granted Carolina Power and light Company, wholesale supplier here, a basic rate increase plus use of the controversial “fuel escalator charge.” The increases mean that Brunswick Electric Mem* bership Corporation, which serves most of Brunswick County including Oak Island, and Carolina Power and Light Company, serving Southport, Boiling Spring Lakes and the area at the US 74-76-17 junction at Leland, will pass along the higher costs to their customers. The new wholesale rates and fuel escalator charge” were recently approved by the Federal Power Com mission. CP&L wanted to put The “fuel escalator charge” into effect in September, but Electricities, an association of wholesale customers, succeeded in delaying it until January 2. The “fuel escalator charge” allows the CP&L to raise or lower cost depending of the price of fuel. It will be billed monthly and may in crease from month to month. Since it was approved in other parts of the state, it has never gone down and has stayed the same only one month. Southport City Manager Alvin Kornegay said CP&L will charge the city 38 percent more plus the “fuel ad justment charge” starting January 2. The entire price increase will be passed along to the customers since “the city is unable to absorb any of the cost,” he pointed out. “A Southport customer who paid $48 in November could be charge $75 to $80 for the same amount of electricity in January,” Kornegay pointed out. Robert Hubbard said the board of directors of Brun swick Electric Membership will meet Friday to deter mine the rate increase for customers. He said a “rate specialist” will discuss the subject with the board. Although the board will set the rate hike, Hubbard believes it will raise bills between 67 and 80 percent. “It will be in that range,” he predicted. The higher cost, which will become effective January 2, will be reflected in the bills customers receive the first of February. The basic rate hike and the “fuel escalator charge” will send bills upward. The “fuel escalator charge” allows the company to pass the higher cost CP&L pays for coal and oil directly to customers. The Stete Utilities Com mission has allowed the \ ' ' - ' • Pair Charged In School Fray Charges have been filed against three persons following an “encounter” at Bolivia school last week, according to records at the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Department. Bolivia Principal Wade Duncan has charged C.D. Bullard, 50, and Earmalita Gainey, 30, both of the Bolivia restaurant, with assault and battery and disorderly conduct. According to reports, Bullard punched Principal Duncan with his fist last Monday. Duncan then pun ched Bullard with his fist. Ms. Gainey then grabbed a paddle and started hitting Principal Duncan, it was reported. Bullard and Ms. Gainey also are charged in warrants signed by Principal Duncan with causing a’ public disturbance at Bolivia school by using abusive language to the principal, teacher Ed Maultsby and others. The language accused Duncan of sitting around school all day and doing nothing. Bullard also is charged with assault and battery on student James L. Bullard, Jr., using his fist and in flicting serious bodily injury about the abdomen. The complaint was signed by young Bullard’s mother, Mrs. Martha Bullard of Boiling Spring Lakes. The cases are scheduled to be tried in District Cout in Southport on Jan. 14. The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Department was called to the school last Tuesday. Principal Duncan asked a deputy to make an (Continued On Page 11) company to collect the “fuel escalator charge” from retail customers in North Carolina since last February. It has been rising rapidly with the higher prices of coal and oil. Brunswick County customers will have the “fuel escalator charge” tacked onto their bills each month after January 2. Statewide, the “fuel escalator charge” has added an extra $9.51 to the typical 940-kilowatt customer, $15.18 to the typical 1,500 - kilowatt customer and $20.24 to the typical 2,000 - kilowatt customer, CP&L officials estimate. The “fuel escalator charge” has been hiking customer Mils because the .company is paying record coal and oil prices. Coal, which sold for $8 a ton on the open market last year, is costing the company $45 now, CP&L reports. CP&L officials claim they need the “fuel escalator charge” because of the cost of fuel, especially coal, rises too fast for the Utilities Commission or the Federal Power Commission to for* mally adjust rates. The “fuel escalator charge" has increased customer bills every month since it was adopted for retail users in February of 1974 except August. The Utilities Commission has scheduled hearings beginning January 30 to consider charges by the N.C. Attorney General’s office that CP&L used “poor judgment” in buying coal earlier this year and that, as a result, cusotmers are paying more than they should for electricity. CP&L officials said they held back from buying coal last spring in hopes that he price would go down. They said the company saved money by delaying their (Continued On Page 11) A Prayer Answered I ...V * 25 Pineerest Rd. :vv-.,.,, Southport, N.c. 28461 ^ December 20,1974 To All: God bless Southport and all the wonderful people in it!! Recently, my husband Randy was forced to “abandon ship” while fishing with Capt. Tommy McGlamery on the “Blue Claw.” Through the Faith and untiring efforts of so many people, Randy and Tommy both were rescued and returned to us in good condition. Capt. Dick Skipper and crew spent a long, cold night manning the radio controls and our heart-felt thanks go out of them. The Coast Guard Cutter “Alert” that picked them up 30 miles out also receives our gratitude. All the planes, helicopters and private fishing boats that joined in the search will never be forgotten. The staff at Dosher Memorial Hospital was - extremely efficient, competent and fast working, but still had time to display a warm th that is practically unknown in the medical profession anymore. We will remember them always. As a side note, let me add that we hope the hospital will be supported and retained here. Randy’s condition was such that he could not t have withstood a trip of greater distance fyr medical aid. In closing, we wish to thank all the won derful people who stood by and offered food, lodging and baby-sitting services. Randy and I are fairly new to the area but certainly we were made to feel we belong here and are definitely a part of this beautiful community. A Happy, Healthy and Peaceful 1975 to all! Sincerely, Chris Stewart EDITOR’S NOTE: South port Mayor E.B. Tomlinson, Jr., presented the Smithville township side of the hospital question at a special meeting of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners recently: On April 5, 1935 the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina chartered Brunswick County Hospital (name changed by amend ment of the General Assembly to Dr. J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital on February 27, 1939) as a joint entity of the City of Southport and Brunswick County, to be operated by a Board of Trustees named by the city and county. This act ratified efforts begun in 1928 to provide an acute care medical facility in Brunswick County. The original building, constructed in 1928, was updated in 1952 using some $11,000 raised locally plus various grants of about $99,000. The hospital plant has seen bad times in past years, due mainly to an overall lack of funds resulting from a low county - wide tax base. Certainly, the present deficient condition is not attributable to wilfull negligence on the part of anyone. There have been bad years in overall operating conditions, also. Through changes in management procedures the Board of Trustees of Dosher is to be commended for a financially • stable position achieved over the past year. So, we look at what we have now at J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital: 1. A highly competent medical staff offering the following services for which there is an established need; a. General medical care. b. Surgery — (Dr. Atienza began surgical practice in July 1973: since that time he has performed surgery in operating room to wit: July - December 1973: 117; January - December 10, 1974: 278; emergency room operations are not included in these figures). c. Obstetrics and Gynecology — (15 babies delivered in November; 56 babies delivered since ser vice began in February, 1974) d. Radiology. e. Pathology. f. Orthopedics (on call). g. Emergency room treatment — (Monday to Friday: local doctors on call). h. Emergency room treatment — (Friday to Monday: doctor in at tendance at all times). 2. A highly - competent nursing staff consisting of registered nurses, technicians, licensed prac tical nurses, nurses aides and attendants. 3. An efficient ad ministrative staff. 4. An established position as an economically - sound acute care medical center, well - known and utilized. 5. A physical plant, a good portion of which needs ex tensive renovation or replacement in order to meet current federal and • or state standards. 6. The present site is provided with city water, sewer, fire and police protection, and garbage and trash collection. 7. In addition, there is an auxiliary and many friends located nearby who devote countless hours to activities dedicated to providing “extras” for the hospital. Perhaps the most imp ortant aspect of what we have now is what the presence of THIS acute care medical facility at its present location has meant, now means, and will mean to Brunswick County: 1. For many long years, Dosher represented the only acute medical care readily - available and economically • obtainable to people of a financially - depressed area. 2. Countless hundreds of people have decided to retire within Smithville Township, at least, because of Dosher; while others in large numbers have been influenced in building summer homes in the area knowing that emergency and acute medical facilities are available. 3. It can safely be assumed that the Department of the Army gave full cognizance to the immediate availability of acute care medical facilities in deciding to select Sunny Point as an installation site. The continued near presence of acute care medical ser vices is of concern to Department of the Army as noted in letter from the Commander, Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point. 4. Dosher also serves the medical needs of personnel stationed at Oak Island Coast Guard Station. 5. The presence of Doshef (Continued On Page 2) ‘
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