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INSIDE Sports, page 16 Classifieds, p. 2B [s most complete iroperties BBRw&ij ' : Volume 61/ Number 41 Southport, N.C. May 27,1992 / 50 cents Founders^ Day this weekend Southport history comes to life By Marybeth Bianchi Feature Editor Descendants of eight of Smithville's original lot owners are expected to be among the nearly 200 guests at this weekend's Founders Day celebration in Southport. Organized by the Southport His torical Society and the Southport Bi centennial Committee, Founders Day will feature special events over a two day period. A reception welcoming the descendants will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 30, at the Southport Community Building. The program begins at 2 p.m. Eleanor Potter Smith, Bicentennial committee chairman, will give the welcoming address. Mayor Norman Holden will present the descendants with keys to the city. Bill Reeves, author of two Chronologies of Southport, will give a history of the city. Susie Carson, historical society member, will comment on the family histories. Joanne Wesson, director of Southport 2000, will offer her greet ings and city manager Rob Hites will take a look at the future of Southport. The founders' descendants will be treated to a covered dish dinner pre pared by members of the historical society, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Building. Sunday's program will begin at 1 p.m. with a cookout. Afternoon enter tainment at the Community Building will include performances by the Brunswick Training School Choral Society, the Sea Notes Choral Soci ety, the Harmony Five and the Brunswick Concert Band. Throughout the weekend, the U. S. Coast Guard cutter Diligence will be docked at the waterfront and open for tours. Like others visiting Southport, the Diligence is a descendent of the revenue cutter Diligence that was Let us gather at the river The Southport Bicentennial Committee and Southport 2000 are asking all Southport citizens to meet at Waterfront Park this Sunday, May 31, at 2 p.m. for filming of a video to be presented to the All-American City selection committee. The committee will meet in Charlotte to select the ten best cities nationwide, and Southport is among the 30 semifinalists. " We want to let them know that the people of Southport are our greatest asset,** said John Thompson, one of the organizers. ”lt is a chance to remind people of the nature of the event, Founders Day, a once-in-a-lifetimc opportunity, and stardom for Southport in our quest for All-American recognition." Refreshments will be provided and a drawing for prizes wifi be held in conjunction with the event. among the first cutters authorized by Congress in 1790. Its captain, John Brown, joined Joshua Potts, consid ered the founder of Smithville/ Southport, in his effort to develop a city at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The modern-day Diligence will be open for tours both Saturday and Sunday. While the dinners are closed to the public, residents and visitors are in vited to meet the descendants and participate in the other activities sched uled. Filming delay "Amos and Andrew” location man ager Shawn Bumey said the filming schedule originally reported has been changed due to the weather. All Southport merchants will be notified in-person as soon as a defi nite schedule becomes available, he said. Filming originally was scheduled to take place this Thursday and Friday and next Monday Towns opposed to ABC merger By-Holly Edwards * - County Editor A legal specialist with the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commis sion has drafted a model of one way to consolidate all the municipal ABC boards with the Brunswick County ABC board, but municipal ABC board members aren't buying it. "Consolidation wouldn't be of ad vantage to us at all," said Long Beach ABC board chairman Ben Thomas. "The county basically wants to come into a market we've already estab lished and take something away." A sense of mistrust has developed between county ABC board chair man John Ramsey and the municipal ABC board members, said Long ‘The county basi cally wants to come into a market we've already established and take something away.’ Ben Thomas Beach ABC board member Rosetta Short "I think Ramsey just wants to build his own empire.... He hasn't been above board with us from the begin ning,” Short said. "And the (state) commission has been trying to get the Sanitary district holds bond talks on Monday By Jim Harper Staff Writer Residents in the Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District will have an opportunity to speak out Monday evening on a proposed bond issue which is to be a key funding facto1 for sewerage in the district. In a 7:30 p.m. session in the Moose Lodge on Beach Road, attorney James C. Prevatte and engineering consult ant Finley Boney will help explain key elements of the wastewater treat ment plan, from where, to when, to how. ETJ lawsuit progress, page 3 The bond referendum will be held June 28. Anticipated revenues of $1.2 mil lion from the bond referendum will be combined with a $2.4-million federal grant to fund the project. Bonds are to be retired with anticipated revenue from tap fees and user fees. The initial service area, comprising most of the developed area in the See Bond talks, page 3 OUTSIDE Forecast The extended forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies on Thursday with a high in the 70s. It gets clearer after that - partly cloudy - but highs through . Sunday are expected only in the 70s still. Lows in the 50s. Tide table HIGH LOW 4:24 a.m. 4:56 p.m. 5:15 a.m. 5:47 p.m. 6:06 a.m. 6:34 p.m. 6:55 a.m. 7:24 p.m. 7:47 am 8:12 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 28 10:40 a.m. 11:25 p.m. FRIDAY, MAY 29 11:29 a.m. -p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 30 12:15 am 12:15 p.m. SUNDAY, MAY 31 1:04 a.m. 1:03 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 1 1:52 a.m. 1:52 pjn. TUESDAY, JUNE 2 8:38 a.m. 2:39 am 9:01 p.m. 2:41 pm WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 9:29 a.m. 3:28 am 9:53 p.m. 3:30 pm. The followinc adjuitmenti ihould be made: Bald Head Iuand, high -10, low -7; Caswell Beach, high -5, low -1; Southport, high 4-7, low +15, Yaupon Beach, high -32, low -45; Lockwood Folly, high -22, low -8. ABC boards to merge for ten years. To them it would just be a feather in their cap." However, Ramsey said his main concern is establishing a fair situation for all residents of Brunswick County. The 23 percent of the population that lives in municipalities is benefiting the most from ABC store profits, he said, while the other 77 percent of the population gets nothing. "We're not wanting to take the mu nicipalities' money," said Ramsey. "If 77 percent of the population is happy with it and content to be dictated to by 23 percent of the population, then well go ahead and get on with it." The conflict between the county and municipal ABC boards surfaced last year when the county announced plans to establish an ABC store at River Run Shopping Center near Southport. Soon after that announce ment, ABC boards from Southport, Long Beach, Yaupon Beach and Boil ing Spring Lakes complained that a county store at that location would take much of the business away from the municipal ABC stores. The towns asked Rep. David Red wine (D-Brunswick) for help, and in response he pushed a one-year ban on construction of any county store within a seven-mile radiusof an exist ing ABC store. This legislation is scheduled to expire on June 30. Redwine said he will be accepting proposals and solutions to resolve the situation until June 1, but he said if no one comes up with a viable solution he will have no choice but to re extend the legislation. While municipal ABC board mem bers have remained resolutely opposed to consolidation of any kind, the county ABC board recently issued a formal announcement in favor of con solidation. A consolidated ABC system would mean less money would be spent on administrative and warehousing fees. Ramsey said, and therefore more money could be spent on law enforce ment to regulate the over 300 beer, wine and liquor outlets in the county. Currently, a sheriffs department de tective has sole responsibility for in See ABC merger, page 6 Southport resident Mary Wigfall sang the National Anthem during Monday morning’s Memorial Day ceremony at the Old Smithville Burying Ground. Congressman Charlie Rose was guest speaker at the event, which was hosted by Cape Fear Chapter 78 of Disabled Amer ican Veterans. Rose: Remember veterans, honor those who serve today By Holly Edwards County Editor "Many Memorial Days are spent in solemn tribute toour lost family mem bers, friends and comrades who have given so much in order to preserve our society. I hope you will also look at this day as a celebration to the bravery of all the men and women who have served and are serving in our Armed Forces today,” Rep. Charlie Rose told a group of about 50 citizens and vet erans who gathered at the Old Smithville Burying Ground in Southport Monday morning. Disabled American Veterans Cape Fear Chapter 78 and its women's aux iliary hosted the Memorial Day cer emony. The American flag was raised, Southport resident Mary Wigfall sang the National Anthem, and the auxil iary of Cape Fear DAV laid a wreath in front of the river pilot monument in remembrance of all who lost their lives in war. The celebration of Memorial Day can be traced back to the days follow ing the Civil War, Rose explained. Women's auxiliaries placed flowers on the graves of Confederate and Union soldiers alike, forgetting they had been enemies. Informal memo rial services were conducted through out the country until May 5, 1868, when Gen. John A. Logan, first com mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued an order pro viding for a national observance to be held on May 30. "On this day of remembrance, ev ery citizen of this nation needs to know that those in the military can serve as a model institution where people have transcended their preju dices to forge a better nation," Rose said. "Race, color, creed or gender have their place in the military but they do not keep men and women from working toward a common goal, the preservation of our society." As the relationship between the United States and the republics of the See Veterans, page 6 Top speller's 'fingers crossed' By Marybeth Bianchi Feature Editor WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the past few weeks, Heather Heavemer was almost too busy to study for the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, but she out" — her trick to correct spelling — then she should be able to make it through two rounds. Last year, 165 of227 spellers were remaining after three rounds and one day of competition. However, the top spellers will begin to emerge from the masses when they says the bee is still my biggest thing. The Shallotte Middle School sev enth grader is representing Brunswick County in the national contest this week in Washington, D. C. She is one of 227 students, ranging in age from nine to IS, from 47 states, Guam, Marybeth Bianchi, feature editor of The State Port Pilot, accompanied the Brunswick County winner to the national finals this week are given random words from Webster's Third New International Dictionary and its addenda. Last year a total of 880 words were required to decide the championship. In the nine years Brunswick County spellers have participated in the na Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Department of Defense schools abroad. Heather earned the honor of representing the county in April, when she outspelled 16 other students in the Brunswick County Spelling Bee, sponsored by The State Port Pilot and the Shallotte Junior Woman's Club. Words in the first two rounds of the national bee, which are scheduled for Wednesday, are familiar to competitors, but beginning with round three the elimination begins. So, if Heather knows the first two words she is given or can "just sound them tionai bee, only one has made it to round four and the second day of competition. Heather and the other spellers spent the first two days of "Bee Week" getting to know each other and seeing the sites around Washington. On Monday afternoon they attended a barbecue dinner at Guns ton Hall, home of George Mason, who is considered the father of the Bill of Rights. Temperatures in the 50s and drizzling rain were a shock to Heather, who packed mostly shorts and short-sleeved tops. The cool weather is expected to See Top spellers, page 6
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