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Brunswick County Republicans watch and applaud as N. C. House
majority leader Leo Daughtry burns the bank note for the GOP head
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quarters near Supply. Daughtry was guest speaker at the GOP grand
rally and celebration Saturday.
County headquarters
GOP builds
on burning
of bank note
By Terry Pope «
County Editor
Brunswick County Republicans gathered around N. C. House majority
leader Leo Daughtry and applauded Saturday as the bank note on their new
headquarters went up in flames.
The grand rally was marked with celebration because the GOP has
climbed out of debt on its building near Supply and can now turn its atten
tion to getting a slate of Republican candidates elected in November.
“It’s just a dream come true that we could have a place like this to meet
in,” said C. C. Murrow of Oak Island. '.This is a year where we can get
people elected. We don’t have this albatross around our neck in trying to
raise money for this building."
Daughtry was guest speaker at Saturday’s rally, and he praised the GOP’s
effort to become a more powerful presence in what traditionally has been a
Democrat-dominated county. The Smithfield native represents House
District 95 and is serving his third term in the House of Representatives.
He is leader of the Republican majority in the House,
“By paying .off this building, this mortar, steel,” said Daughtry, “you
have made a statement. You have told the people of North Carolina and
this county that you intend to have a good slate of candidates from now
on. You have made a statement that now is our time.”
The idea to seek a permanent home for county Republicans surfaced,
said Murrow, at a state convention in Winston-Salem nine years ago when
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N. C. House majority leader Leo Daughtry told county Republicans
Saturday that Brunswick County will have its own House member fol
lowing redistricting in 2000.
Malcolm Grissett and John Dosher agreed a place was needed to hold GOP
meetings. At the time, former Republican sheriff Harold Willetts allowed
the party to meet in a small hut adjacent to the county government center
near Bolivia.
A committee was appointed to find property for a permanent site. On the
committee were Alton Milliken, John Dosher and Robert Maultsby.
However, the party had no money and held a barbecue sale one Saturday
afternoon, with a cruise to the Bahamas as a grand prize, to raise $12,000
toward the $15,000 price tag on the tract near Brunswick Community
College. .
Murrow said the group recommended to the party's executive committee
that members place their names on bank notes to guarantee $44,000 need
ed to construct a shell building on the tract. Approximately 25 to 30
Republicans signed for $1,000 each in case the funds were never raised.
The debt was paid off in February, 1997. Members chipped in to do the
carpentry work, plumbing and wiring on their own. Republican women
kept the project alive until this past fall the building was finished with a
drop ceiling, paneling and carpet on the floor.
“A lot of people have been involved in this building project since the
idea was conceived in 1989,” said Virgil Batten, county GOP chairman.
Daughtry told Republicans Saturday to look for changes in the year 2000
when the state redistricts for House seats with the GOP in control in
Raleigh. He also indicated Republicans will repeal the inheritance tax in
the 1998 session of the General Assembly.
Daughtry said Brunswick County was connected to Columbus County in
1990s redistricting plan to keep the 14th District in Democratic control. It
is represented by David Redwinc (D-Ocean Isle Beach) and Dewey Hill
(D-Lake Waccamaw).
“Brunswick County is connected to Columbus County not because there
is any similarity but because Democrats want to make sure there are two
Democrats representing Brunswick County,” said Daughtry. “In the year
2000, we’re in control of redistricting and Brunswick County will have its
own House member.”
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