Sea Level, A Village of Three Namesl
I. M. Whisnant .
Directs Hospital
1. Marshall Whisnant, of Char
lotte, hat been retained by the Sea
Level Community Hospital's Board
of Trustees as administrator of the
hospital.
A native of Charlotte, Mr. Whis
nant attended public school there,
and Davidson College, graduating
from Davidson in 1950, with a BS
I. M. WMinant
. . . supervises hospital
degree in business administration.
Following his graduation he served
two years internship in hospital
administration at Charlotte Memo
rial Hospital.
He was employed by the Ameri
can Hospital Association as a field
representative for a commission on
the study of hospital finance prior
to coming to Sea Level Sept. 1,
1862.
Mr. Whisnant married the for
mer Ashlyn C. Spencer, of Char
lotte, in August 1952. Mrs. Whis
nant is employed as inkeeper at the
new Sea Level Inn.
Space Has Been Provided
For Thousand Cars to Park
A. H. Grigsby. aide to the Tiy
lors in the Sea Level construction
project, reports that there is park
ing space for a thousand cars to
morrow.
A total of 400 cars' will be park
ed on both sides of the road by
the hospital and 200 more will be
placed to the east of the parking
lot.
State highway patrolmen will be
present to direct traffic.
? Oin you i|B>2lW4 VillH* Wli ? i
"Wit?" Well it'l true, according to
no losser authority than the Poet
Office Department, Washington, D.
C. The village of Sea Level was
once officially named "Wit." In
fact the eoammlty hu had a
number of names.
Sea Level was once referred t?
ss Mill Point. A post office was
first established there May 13,
1871, and was knewm as the Mill
Point post office. Alfred H. Chad
wick was postmaster. The office
was discontinued Feb. It, 1878.
In 1880 the post offiee was
moved a couple of miles eastwsrd,
re-opening under the name of At
lantic. Thomas Chadwick was
postmaster. This affile was closed
Aug. 4, 1892. Meanwhile, another
jwst office had opened at Sea Level
on March 11, 1881, and was known
as Wit port office. The Atlantic
port office re-opened July 28, 1W,
and has remslnad spaa since that
data.
At Sea Laval the Wit poet of
He* remained aa audi until Mart*
4, WIS. with Wallace Willie serv
ing ai postmaster On that data, the
part office department, at the re
quart of the residents of the ana,
changed the name from Wit to
Sea Level.
Another unique feature of the
Tillage waa the operation there
aiany yeara ago, of a windmill,
very similar to thoee in Holland.
The mill waa uaed In the manufac
ture of corn meal for realdenta of
the area, and lta grinding atoaei
were encloeed in a small house.
The house waa located aeveral
feet off the ground and was de
signed so it could be turned on lta
foundation In order for ita aaila,
(proper), to face the direction
wkich the vind n> Mow
long flight at atepa lad from
the (round to the door of the mill
to into face the wind.
At time* there would he to much
wind that the recka would grind
too faat to turn out goad meal.
When thia happened the cloth aalla
en the frame*, (propeller blade*),
could he reefed, Juat aa one reefa
the aaila on a boat, thu* reduc
ing the revolving apeed of the
hladaa.
Mr. Allen Taylor, 78, o I Sea Lev
el, aaya he carried many buahels o{
com to the mill to ha ground whea l
he was a boy. There were several
auch milla in the county.
Our Congratulations and Thanks
Go Out to the Taylor Brothers
For the Fine Thing. They Are Doing
?
For the People of Carteret County.
?
Headen G. Willis
General Merchandise
SMYRNA, N. C.
Congratulations
tat? i ' i "'V , *1:\ to Hi# 31^3
TAYLOR BROTHERS
on the i
Sea Level Community Hospital
WE ARE PROUD OF IT ? AND THE TAYLORS
T. T. (TOM) POTTER & SON
WHOUSAU DISTRIBUTORS
Sinclair Petroleum Products
ifivivnfua vivji r? ??
CONGRATULATIONS
Clayton Sr., Harry and Clayton Fulcher Jr. wish
to express heartfelt gratitude and appreciation
for the fine contribution to eastern Carteret
County by the Taylor Brothers of Sea Level, N. C.
Nearly one quarter of a century of business re
lationship has shown the interest of the Taylor
Brothers in the general welfare of the people of
Carteret County, and now with the building of
The Sea Level Community Hospital they have
shown their deepest interest in the health and
welfare of the people of their birthplace.
SEAFOOD COMPANY
Phontt 25-6 and 25-7
Atlantic, N.C.