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IAR RELSON HONORED
Gov. Jim Martin was on hand last Wednesday
to honor his transportation secretary, South
port’s Tommy Harrelson, in ceremonies at Bruns
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Photo by Jim Harper
wick Community College. The section of U. S. 17
from Winnabow to South Carolina was named
for Harrelson.
Despite'Report Card’
Johnston says school
progress being made
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
Despite receiving poor marks for
the third straight year on the state's
Report Card, Brunswick County
schools' top administrator says
progress is being made.
The 1992 Report Card issued last
week by the N. C. State Board of
Education compares school systems
across the state and provides informa
tion that allows a school system to see
where it is headed, how it compares to
state averages and if it meets stan
dards established by the state board
for accreditation.
"When you look inside (the 1992
See 'Report Card', page 6
‘When you look in
side (the 1992
Report Card), there
was steady prog
ress. The dot in the
box and par don't
mean nearly as
much to me as
seeing what we’re
doing internally to
make progress.’
Supt. Ralph Johnston
Remarks, page 6
Brunswick County
992 Report Card
Dr. King inspired local blacks
Gore: Situation better;
segregation more 'subtle'
By Marybeth Bianchi
Feature Editor
Inspired by the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., spoken on August 28,
1963, in Washington, D. C„ Eugene Gore returned to Southport to help
break down the walls of discrimination that blacks faced in their daily
lives.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will be honored on Friday, his
birthday, as well as on the official national holiday January 18.
‘It wasn’t just blacks. It was all nation
alities, all races of people. It really
motivated you to see all those people
coming together, all come to make
changes. It told us that people can make
a difference, especially when they speak
up for their rights.’
Eugene Gore
Today, 29 years later, he is still working to break the threads of a "subtle"
discrimination that exists in Brunswick County.
In the early 1960s sit-ins by black college students at Wool worth’s in
Greensboro and other civil rights activities across the country provided
inspiration for Southport area blacks.
"During that time it aroused the consciousness of all blacks that the law
See Dr. King, page 6
King celebration
The public is invited to participate in a Martin Luther King*
lr., celebration to be held Friday, January 15, at 7 p.in. on
Brunswick Community College’s main campus.
Dr. Reginald A. Hawkins, president of the North Carolina
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, will speak. The
event is sponsored by Brunswick Community College and the
Brunswick Community Coliege Foundation, and will be held in
the college’s student center.
The Christian Sisters, a local musical group, will provide
entertainment. An instrumental jaast selection will be per*
formed by Bnmswick Community Cbliege'snew visitlngartist,
Jon Thornton. Art will be exhibited and refreshments will be
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Southport selects
new city manager
By Jim Harper
Staff Writer
Figuring they'd found their man
even before interviewing all seven
finalists, Southport aldermen Mon
day hired 44-year-old Thomas A.
Lynn, a veteran of both municipal and
county management, as Southport’s
new city manager.
"I'm very well-pleased," mayor
Norman Holden said. "The board
should be commended for the job
they did to come up with Tom. I’m
looking forward to working with him.”
Said Lynn: "I saw a lot of coopera
tion and a lot of stability in the board.
I've base my decision (to take the job)
on how people treated me."
Lynn will be paid $43,000, and said
Monday that he'd be moving to
Southport "as soon as I can find a
place cheap enough for me to afford."
A Raleigh native, 1975 North Caro
lina State University graduate, former
city manager of Enfield and former
Hertford County manager, Lynn spoke
by telephone from Tifton, Ga., where
he served as Tift County administra
tor from October, 1990, until he was
asked by the county board to resign
last August.
Lynn, who met with the Southport
See Manager, page 6
OUTSIDE
Forecast
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
12:25 am. 6:30 Am.
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