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A HARVEST DANCE sponsored by the Junior Woman’s Club of Southport
will benefit Dosher Memorial Hospital. Making plans for the October 2 dance
at the Community Building are Chairman Renee Hilger and Food Com
mittee member Janet Shew (seated), Paula Werner, Tickets co-chairman;
and Martha Owens, Decorations Committee member. «
Area Host This Weekend
To C. B. Jamboree Affair
The Southport-Oak Island
area will host the first annual
Citizens Band “Jamboree By
The-Sea” this weekend at
Long Beach.
The Friday-through
Sunday event is co-sponsored
by the Oak Island C.B. Club
and the Southport-Oak Island
Chamber of Commerce. The
Jamboree, which replaces
Octoberfest as a fall at
traction for vacationers to
this part of Brunswick
County, is expected to draw
as many as 5,000 to 10,000
persons if the weather is
good.
According to preliminary
reports, said Chamber of
Commerce President John
Barbee, “We can expect a big
weekend for the Southport
Oak Island area as families
interested in C.B. gather for
the Jamboree.” Barbee and
Jamboree Chairman Mike
Williams emphasized that the
“family theme” will be
stressed.
Said Williams: “In plan
ning the Jamboree we have
placed a priority on the
family. We have scheduled a
junior fishing contest, a
miniature golf tournament
and a variety of children’s
events. And our main at
traction — the Atlantic Ocean
— is only a few hundred feet
from the Jamboree site,”
The three-day gathering
will be held at Middleton
Park, located between Ocean
Highway and Beach Drive
behind the Long Beach town
hall. The Jamboree will be
held under-tent inside the
fenced ballpark area, which
is well-lighted. The Saturday
night dance will be held on
the hard-surfaced court area,
adjacent to the tent site.
“We looked long and hard
and are satisfied that the
Middleton Park location is
the best available,” said
Williams, who pointed out
that the fir-e and police
departments are beside the
property, as is the rescue
squad.
The Long Beach and South
port rescue squads will
Motion Forthcoming
Supporters of Dosher hospital will take legal
action soon in the lawsuit against the recent
Smithville Township hospital referendum, a
source told The Pilot.
The Dosher trustees, the City of Southport and
a representative group of citizens living in the
township are expected to file the legal action
later this week or early next week.
They are expected to ask to intervene in the
lawsuit on behalf of the county, to ask that the
suit be dismissed and to ask for a declaratory
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prepare meals for sale with
the proceeds going towards
their projects. Refreshments
will be sold by the Oak Island
C.B. Club, as these are the
only food concessions
authorized by the Jamboree
committee.
The Jamboree opens
Friday at 1 p.m., and events
of the day will include music,
door prizes, the awarding of
the third grand prize,
children’s activities and a
square dance presentation.
The first-day activities will
end at 11 p.m.
On Saturday the Jamboree
will open at 9 a.m. and close
at 1 a.m. Sunday when the
dance ends. Highlights will be
music, door prizes, the
second grand prize,
children’s events, a square
dance presentation, the
junior fishing contest, the
miniature golf tournament
and the dance, which is slated
to begin at nine o’clock.
On Sunday the Jamboree
will run from 9 a.m. until 4
p.m. and will feature church
services, the usual door
prizes, music and children’s
activities, the awarding of the
first prize and trophies for
fishing, golf and participation
by visiting C.B, clubs.
Trophies for clubs will
include first and second place
in the following categories:
largest percentage of club in
attendance, largest number
out-of-state, largest number
in-state, farthest traveled
club, farthest traveled
C.B.’er, eldest C.B.’er and
club with most children in
attendance.
Jamboree control will be
Channel 23. There will be no
alcoholic beverages per
mitted, the Jamboree
committee stated.
In addition to serving
meals the rescue squads will
have free blood-pressure
checks and health-related
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‘No Plans’ To Restrict
Marina Access - - Arnold
Long Beach Critical Of
County Planning Dept.
By BILL ALLEN
Staff Writer
Certain procedures used by
the Brunswick County
Planning Department came
under attack at the monthly
meeting of the Long Beach
Board of Commissioners last
Wednesday night.
The board voted
unanimously to make
numerous changes in the
proposed town-department
contract after expressing
strong displeasure with it.
When it was first presented
to the board for approval,
Mayor Harold Crain called it
a “funny contract.”
"I had a different word for
it, but your word is more
polite,” added Commissioner
Ellis Dudley.
Dudley expressed concern
that the Long Beach Planning
Board would be reduced “to
an information service” if the
contract was approved.
Chairman Ward Foster and
member Rosetta Short of the
Long Beach Planning Board
expressed concern because
the county department has
already distributed
questionnaires in Long Beach
without the approval of the
town board.
“1 can’t imagine someone
(county Planning Depart
ment) jumping in without a
contract,” Chairman Foster
told the board.
Mrs. Short said the county
Planning Department “took
the bull by the horns and
bypassed” both the Long
Beach Planning Board and
the Long Beach town board.
She said they were “jumping
the gun.”
Dudley said he would not
oppose the proposed contract
if changes were made and the
county department could
meet the deadlines
established to complete the
work.
Mrs. Short, along with
Mayor Crain and Dudley,
questioned whether the
department had the per
sonnel to do the Long Beach
work. Mrs. Short said the
department was already
engaged in “three major
projects.”
“(County Planner) Mike
Nugent toid us he had plenty
of help to do the Long Beach
work since he had just hired
another planner,” Mrs. Short
stated. “But he did not tell us
Friday Night
Support Urged
All supporters of Dosher hospital are being
urged to attend a public hearing at the Cour
thouse Friday at 7:30 p.m.
The State Health Planning and Development
Agency called the public hearing to determine
the public support to improve Dosher hospital.
“We hope the courtroom, courthouse and
streets are filled with people who want to show
their support for Dosher hospital,” said Trustee
attorney Carter Lambeth.
He said the agency is calling the public hearing
because they don’t accept the result of the
August 17 referendum that showed that 84
percent of the voters in Smithville Township
supported the hospital.
Lawrence Burwell, chief of the state agency,
said the hearing is being held “to receive public
input regarding the proposal of the Board of
Trustees of Dosher hospital to construct a
replacement hospital (51 beds) in Southport.”
he had a vacancy in the
department.”
Mrs. Short said the town
Planning Board was most
interested in having Bob
Moul, a member of the
department, work on the
Long Beach study. She said
Nugent assured the town that
Moul would be able to assist
the town. “But I learned the
next day that Moul had
resigned to go to work for the
state,” she stated.
Town Manager John Berry
told the board that Long
Beach had received a Coastal
Area Management Act grant
of 17,200, with $4,800 being
firm at the present time.
The town Planning Board
voted at the August meeting
to employ the Brunswick
County Planning Department
to serve as a consultant to
make a commercial area
needs study and zoning or
dinance revisions.
After the town board ap
proved it at the August
meeting, Berry said he
presented the contract Long
Beach had with Coastal Zone
Management to Nugent to use
to make a draft for the town
to sign. Town Attorney James
Prevatte, Jr., said he had not
seen the contract until the
meeting.
The board reviewed the
proposed contract line-by
line and made numerous
changes to make the Brun
swick County Planning
Department a consultant and
establish deadlines.
The county department will
do the work “in capacity of
consultant to the Long Beach
n
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By BILL ALLEN
Staff Writer
There are no plans to
reduce public access around
the Southport Marina
facilities, Bill Arnold said this
week.
“We don’t want to cause
any hard feelings with
anyone,” stated the president
of Southport Marina, Inc.,
located at the foot of West
Street.
Arnold said that he has “no
plans” to take action to close
Brunswick Street or the city
pier at the end of Short Street
although a land survey shows
the property is owned by the
state.
Arnold, who leases the
marina which formerly was
operated by the state,
responded to charges made
at the September 9 meeting of
the Southport Board of
Aldermen that he was con
sidering action to limit pubic
access in the area.
Arnold said he knew
nothing about what happened
at the meeting until contacted
for comment by The Pilot. “I
would have been glad to have
gone to the meeting and
explain my plans for the
Marina if I had been invited,”
he said.
Arnold did say, however,
that he planned to move the
entrance to the Marina and
put up a fence around the
northeast side of the
property. The new fence will
run along the right-of-way on
the Marina side of Brunswick
Street.
Arnold said he will move
the new entrance so the road
will enter the Marina on the
north side of the ad
ministration building.
“The entrance is being
moved to provide better
traffic flow to the Marina,”
he pointed out. “We hope it
Courthouse.
Friday Night.
Pass The Word.
will eliminate some of the
traffic back-up entering the
Marina.”
Both the new entrance and
the fence should be installed
by early spring, according to
present plans.
Arnold, who leased the
Marina from the state this
year, said the fence on West
Brunswick Street was needed
to prevent vehicles from
driving across property to
enter the Marina. “This will
force all traffice to use the
new entrance,” he added.
Arnold said he was not
moving the entrance or
putting up the fence to limit
business competition in the
area. He said the only
businesses on the marina
property will be a ship’s
' store, snack bar and gas
pump.
Arnold said all im
provements he plans to make
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Yaupon Board Pledges
Support, But No Money
By BILL ALLEN
Staff Writer
The Yaupon Beach Board
of Commissioners will
provide a supporting
resolution rather than spend
money to enter the suit to
defend the Dosher hospital
township referendum.
The board voted
unanimously to adopt the
supporting resolution after it
was drafted by town attorney
Henry Foy during a special
meeting Monday night.
The board also took the
first step to restore mosquito
spraying at Caswell Beach
after receiving an official
request from the town.
Attorney Carter Lambeth,
representing the Dosher
hospital trustees, urged the
Yaupon Beach com
missioners to help the county
defend the suit.
Lambeth said he was
making a “request rather
than a demand. We are
seeking as much support as
possible. We were hoping to
have the support from all the
towns in the township.”
Board members, however,
expressed the opinion that it
was the obligation of the
county to defend the suit
against the township hospital
referendum.
“We are going to have a
hospital there (Dosher) no
matter what,” Commissioner
William Smalley declared.
“We should put our money in
equipment rather than legal
fees.”
Mayor Marvin Watson
estimated that it would cost
the town more than $2,000 to
enter the suit after reading a
letter from Foy listing his
legal fees.
Foy, who charges the town
$40 an hour, said it will cost
$500 to prepare the case, $250
his first day in court and $150
a day the rest of the days and
$700 to appeal.
Foy also raised the
question whether tax funds
could be used since the town
is not a defendant in the suit.
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He said he did not know the
answer to the question.
The attorney said there was
no question that tax funds
could be used if the town was
involved directly in the suit,
but he said this was a dif
ferent question. He said
Southport did not face the
question since the city has
other funds besides tax
money to spend on the suit.
Smalley expressed the
opinion that the town could
raise the funds to pay Foy’s
fee by soliciting donations. “I
know we can do it,” he
declared.
Commissioner Ted Wood
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