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Grady Harris cut a hole in the base of the South
port water tower Monday, preparatory to sandblast
ing of the tank’s interior later in the week. Sand will
fall down the standpipe and out onto the ground to
be carted away. Work on the tank is expected to
continue into next week.
Newly elected members of the Brunswick County
Board of Education were sworn-in Monday night by
clerk of court Diana Morgan. Elected to two-year
terms were Thurman Gause, Bill Fairley and Donna
Baxter. Baxter was re-elected chairman of the
board for a third consecutive term.
Members of the reorganized Brunswick County
Board of Commissioners include (from left) three
new Democratic members sworn to office Monday,
.Wayland Vereen, Don Warren (chairman) and Tom
Rabon (vice-chairman), and two Republican com
missioners completing four-year terms, Jerry Jones
and Donald Shaw. Outgoing {board members Kelly
Holden, Frankie Rabon and Gene Pinkerton were
awarded plaques in commemoration of their service
to county government.
The holiday
in Southport
Southport will be the primary setting for this weekend’s holiday
celebration with a variety of events planned for children and adults.
Yuletide Harbor, located at the comer of Howe and Bay streets, will
be the backdrop for a holiday market and entertainment beginning at 9
a.m, Saturday, December 12. At 10 a.m. storyteller Felecia Hardy will
take the stage. The Southport Seacoast Cloggers will perform at 4 p.m„
and at 7 p.m. the Sea Notes Choral Society will be in concert.
Nearly 1,000 luminaries will be lighted along the city’s waterfront at
5 p.m. Saturday, marking the way for the candlelight tour of historic
homes that will continue until 9 p.m.
• On Sunday, holiday entertainment will be featured at Yuletide Harbor
beginning at 1 p.m. with the arrival of Santa Claus. It will also be the
setting for a children’s gift-making workshop at 2 p.m., a performance
by the St. James Choir at 3 p.m. and a children’s Christmas sing-along
at 4 p.m.
All of the events are part of Southport’s 200th Christmas waterfront
celebration, sponsored by Southport 2000, Inc.
Area residents and businesses can sign-up for the "best decorated"
contests sponsored by the Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Com
merce. There is a charge for homes and for businesses that are not
members of the chamber of commerce, but the money will be used to
make the holidays happier for needy families. Judging will be done un
announced between 7 and 9 p.m. Friday, December 11, and Sunday,
December 13.
Food and toys will be collected at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, December 10,
during the annual Trim-a-Tree party hosted by the Southport-Oak Is
land Chamber of Commerce. Several local families will have happier
Christmases thanks to the generosity of area residents arid businesses.
Christmas colonial style will be celebrated at Brunswick Town State
Historic Site on Sunday, December 13. The visitors center, which
opens at 1 p.m., will feature traditional decorations, baked goods and.
music throughout the afternoon. At 5 p.m. a candlelight vespers service
will be held at the ruins of St. Philip’s Church, led by the Rev. Robert
Beasley of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Southport.
Also on Sunday, December 13, Southport Baptist and Oak Island
Presbyterian churches will present special Christmas programs. Both
begin at 7 p.m.
More detailed information on these and other holiday events can be
obtained from the Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce 457
6964, or Southport 2000 Inc., 457-7927.
Continued from page 2
book isbased on historical fact, Carson
said. "As far as I know, everything I
put in there is authentic. I didn't put
footnotes because I'd still be writing
it. If there's anything there that's not
true, I got it from some other source.
"I tried to make it intimate, too.
Since I'm so genealogically inclined,
I tried to mention every name I could."
She named the book for the town's
founder, Joshua Potts, whom she said
she has grown to love.
"Joshua Potts had a vision that this
could be something," she said of the
area that would in 1792 become
Smithville and later Southport.
Carson focuses the story on the
town's first 150 years, up to World
Warll.
"I dealt lightly with the late periods.
We're too close in time to that period
to really analyze it," she said.
When she was given the first of 100
special handcovereditionsof Joshua’s
Dream on Friday, Carson was defi
nitely touched. She cried, and then
laughed about being speechless.
"This is better than I could ever
have hoped for. No one will be able to
top this for me. I thought Founders
Day was it," she said, wiping the tears
from her eyes.
And Monday night, amid friends,
family, fellow historians and city of
ficials, Carson's excitement was evi
dent.
"This is one of the highlights of my
life," she told those gathered at the
CP&L visitors center. She seemed to
be walking on air as she passed out
signed copies of her book along with
hugs.
Now that the history of Southport
has been written and published,
Carson has begun another historical
missive. She's working on the history
of the Bruns wick Baptist Association's
Women's Missionary Union, orga
nized in 1902. She also plans to write
about her mother, who grew up in
"backwoods Brunswick County" and
corroborate with Bill Reaves on a
history of Brunswick County.
"There are so many more things
that can be written," Carson said.
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