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<c o 5 % m THE STATE PORT PILOT Volume 47Number 16 November 5, 1975 Southport, N. C. 20 Pages HO Cents A NEW 4-LANE stretch of highway opened in Brunswick County this week. This is the junction of US 17 (from where the photograph was taken) and US 74-76, shown in the center of the picture. The vehicles are heading eastward towards Wilmington. The new segment of 74-76 joins the existing 4-lane segment west of Leland, bypasses the community and ends at the old US 17-74-76 intersection at Woodburn. Township Vote Forthcoming On Dosher Future By ED HARPER News Editor Smithville Township citizens are expected to vote next May on the creation of a separate hospital district to support Dosher Memorial Hospial. And the proposed 2 - or 3 - cent levy would make it possible to build a $2 - million addition to the medical facility here, county com missioners were told during their regular meeting on Monday. Attorney Carter Lambeth, who represented the City of Southport in a meeting with state Attorney General staff members last Thursday, said the township vote is “a step towards resolving differences in the county” concerning medical care facilities. Furpless Leads Vote As City Board Picked Incumbents running for office were elected Tuesday by City of Southport voters. Mary McHose polled 523 votes to win a four year term and Pierce Horne received 469 votes for a two-year term, both representing Ward I; and Harold Davis received 351 votes and a four year term in Ward II. Other winners were Bill Furpless, who led the Park Lease Final The Southport Board of Aldermen held a brief special meeting last Thursday night with only two items on the agenda. The board finalized a lease-purchase agreement for a waterfront park between Howe and Davis Streets, the only stipulation being that there be no permanent structures on the site. The board also voted to underwrite the ar chitectural Phase II of work on Dosher Memorial Hospital in the amount of $20,000. Mintz New Trustee Shallotte druggist Fred Mintz was named to the Board of Trustees of Dosher hospital Monday on a unanimous vote of the county Board of Commissioners. Smithville township Commissioner Ira Butler, Jr., who with Chairman Franky Thomas earlier had opposed the selection of Mintz, made the recommendation. Commissioner Willie Sloan seconded the motion. ballot with 544 votes and received a four-year term in Ward II, and former alderman and mayor Dorothy Gilbert, who polled 445 votes for a two-year term in Ward I. Mayor Eugene Tomlinson was unopposed for re-election and received 736 votes. Unsuccessful candidates included Clinton Bellamy, Ward I, 374 votes; Bill Faulk, Ward II, 311 votes; and Helen Skipper, Ward II, 171 votes. Aside from the mayor, Furpless was the leading vote-getter in both Southport precincts, receiving 302 in Ward I and 242 in Ward II. Other Ward I and Ward II votes include: McHose, 298 and 225 for the 523 total: Horne, 276 and 193 for the 469 total; Gilbert, 234 and 211 for the 445 total; Davis, 129 and 222 for the 351 total; Bellamy, 213 and 161 for the 374 total; Faulk 215 and 96 for the 311 total; and Helen Skipper, 74 and 97 for the 171 total. There were 813 votes cast, according to Board of Elections Chairman Bobby Thorsen — 418 in Ward I and 405 in Ward II. Election Results Long Beach Harold Crain defeated Warren Calloway in the ^contest for mayor, 230 to 179. Named to fill two open board seats were W.L. Jones (242) and Carroll Adams (220). Unsuccessful candidates were Pauline Morgan (129), Jerry Wood (117), Don Smith (63), Walter Blackburn (25) and John Gladfelter (2). Gladfelter had announced his withdrawal as a candidate although his name remained on the ballot. Yaupon Beach Named to fill three open board seats were Louise Corbett (170), Doug Aman (153) and Ted Wood (152). Unsuccessful candidates were John Thompson (141), Clyde Gilbert (132), William Bates (123) and Jack Vermillion (40). Board of Elections Chairman E.W. Rees received one write-in vote. Boiling Spring Lakes Named to fill the three open board seats were Judy Cowan (112), Laverne D. Miller (88), and Charles Neville (86). Unsuccessful candidates were A1 Martin, Sr. (61), Arthur H. Wegener (60), William A. Babson (54), Richard Krough (32) and Gene Watts (19). There repor tedly were 178 ballots cast. The mayor is elected by the town board from among its members. “We don’t believe anybody would disagree with this approach (letting Smithville Township residents vote to tax themselves for support of the hospital.) ” he noted. Smithville Township residents would continue to share the cost of supporting the new Brunswick County Memorial Hospital, for which bids were opened last week. The plan to vote on the proposed hospital district was announced Monday, following a meeting last Tuesday night of the county Board of Commissioners, the Southport Board of Aldermen and the Board of Trustees for Dosher Memorial Hospital. Lambeth and County Attorney James R. Prevatte, Jr., went to Raleigh, separately, to meet with the Attorney General’s staff concerning resolutions to be presented to the Medical Care Commission. Com missioners had voted 5-0 earlier in the year to support the separate hospital district but pending litigation bet ween the city and the county prompted the withdrawal of county support. Before Lambeth spoke to the commissioners Monday, Southport Mayor Eugene Tomlinson announced the city was not going to ask for support of a resolution to the Medical Care Commission. Rather, he said, Smithville Township would “go the route of the general statutes,” which state that upon the receipt of a resolution from 200 “resident freeholders” the county commissioners “will call” an election in which township voters can decide the matter. Lambeth, citing G.S. 131 116 which said there could be other hospitals in the county (Continued on page 13) Same Architect OKed By Board The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners took the first step towards rehiring LBC&W to do the architectural and engineering work on the new county complex during a special meeting Tuesday. The board voted unanimously to award the contract to LBC&W upon the conditions that a satisfactory contract can be drawn up between the firm and the county. The action was taken after board members spent about four hours interviewing representatives of five ar chitectural firms about doing the work on the county complex. In other business, the board voted unanimously to award the contract for engineering services on Phase II of the county water system to Peirson and Whitman of Raleigh. The firm is providing engineering ser vices on Phase I of the water system under contract. Senior Vice-President John Bordeaux, who made the presentation on behalf of LBC&W, said the firm was willing to negotiate a fee between five and six percent of the total project cost. LBC&W and Jerry Lewis Engineeres were awarded the contract for the job “contingent upon a satisfactory contractual agreement being worked out” on a hasty 3-2 vote last month. The project cost had been estimated at about 6.5 percent at the time. But Bordeaux informed the board last week that his firm and (Continued on page 2) Hankins Not Involved In County Land Offer Assistant School Supt. P.R. Hankins did not offer the Brown-Knox land to the county for the new cour thouse complex, as claimed by James Bellamy in a page one story in last week’s State Port Pilot. The “signature” of Hankins was actually part of the notes County Manager Don Flowers wrote to himself during the Oct. 6 meeting of the county Board of Com missioners when the Brown Knox site was offered. Flowers said he inquired of someone in the meeting how to get in touch with an owner of the land, R.M. Brown, and wrote down what he un derstood to be the answer: “T R. Hankins.” The county manager said he wrote down Hankins’ phone number, and the words “board of Education” to indicate where Hankins worked. Hankins is the son-in-law of R.M. Brown. Copies of the offer of the land for sale, with Hankins’ “signature” and the words “board of Education,” were shown at a meeting held in Shallotte last Monday night. The purpose of the meeting was to oppose the 3-2 selec tion of the Brown-Knox site City Receives Gym For Recreation Use >: By ED HARPER News Editor The old high school gym nasium has been turned over to the City of Southport, to be used as headquarter for the town’s recreation program and to provide some cover for the outdoor drama “Revolution!” t The Board of Education unanimously approved the action Monday night after hearing reverter clauses placed in deeds in 1951 for the gymnasium and 1959 for the marineology building next ?■ door. The marineology building also is being tran sferred to the City of South port, but a “gentleman’s agreement” will allow the continued use of the building for storage. Southport Mayor Eugene Tomlinson and Richard Owens, representing the city, met with the Board of Education during its regular monthly session. Tomlinson cited Southport’s “very auspicious recreation program” funded in this year’s budget which he said would serve all age levels. He said the marineology building is no longer being used for the intended “classroom pur poses;” there would be some question, however, about whether the gynasium is not being used for the intended “educational purposes.” School materials are stored there. Chairman Wilber Earl Rabon cited the numerous “requests” from Southport groups for use of abandoned school properties. “We’re not talking about ‘requests,’ we’re talking about who owns it,” said Attorney Owens. Member William Sue said “there is no doubt” the property, with the buildings, goes back to the City of Southport. The board at torney agreed. In other business before the Board of Education, the superintendent was in structed to reply to a letter from Doug Ledgett, business manager for “Revolution!”, in which Ledgett requested the use of the covered walk way located at the site of the old Southport primary school. The covering would be moved to Franklin Park. Attorney Mason Anderson told the board it could not “give” the property away un less it had no vlaue, and two offers received Monday night to purchase sections of the covering showed there was indeed value. The covered walkway will be advertised for bids. The board approved — subject to the working out of details — the use of the Bolivia school auditorium, hallways and restrooms next April for a weekend “C.B. (Continued on page 2) by the county Board of Commissioners. The site had earlier received endorsement from the county Board of Education, which employs Hankins. According to the Pilot report of the Shallotte meeting, “Bellamy held up a letter from Assistant Supt. PR. Hankins of fering the Brown-Knox land to the county. He said he had a hard time reading Hankins’" signature until he looked up his number in the phone book. The number and the words ‘Board of Education’ were on the let ter,” The Pilot reported. It was pointed out that Bellamy and others who favor the Canal Wood site near Supply “may be trying to build a case against the (Brown-Knox) land” by implying that the Board of Education, through Hankins, was pushing the tract located close to Bolivia. County Manager Flowers said in a letter to The Pilot on Friday, “It is with regret I find a copy of my worksheet for the Brown-Knox site has been presented publicly. It is easy to see how a misin (Continued on page 8) A J tft lu&iiypX- *'&*'' * &*"- * ^tilt/'TA //^ $}-u*<-j / 7 <ht 72u t&L&CKAAufi^ jf+T- <rf J+Jiz Jb*^ S/£i J2c*j C+«-n£f tL*-*<*_f&iL> & A,<*X*4LSuoJL&. yVU-£A„. cJ li*Zc£4? li* & Jfts*. ~7/i.i*- jjfir Ct tzy&ni& . jf+% .&-I1-J2 7& &Z*juu0 ^dX&L*-* *9*uir%l2*Ouft_ <<-<> farrJ^— " C **m ’ *■* -^w) . ,__ . . 7, <f. S 1/~J if (f{ Vk.- (J&1
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