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Menhaden
Fisheries C<
Regulation of the menhaden in- 11
dustry, channel netting for shrimp ''
nnd marking tire protected fishing '
areas around ocean fishing piers are
the topics of public healings con- I1
ducted today (Thursday) by the N.C. ''
Marine Fisheries Commission in '
Beaufort. V
Tlie meeting begins at 'J a.m. at the "
mine university Marine laboratory "
After hearing citizens' comments
today, the commission will hold a "
business meeting at 9 a.m. Friday to ,c
make decisions on the public hearini; ''
topics. Any regulations adopted ri
would liecome effective October 1 of
this year. M
Two local men, C.B. Carotin of m
Southport and Hall Walters of Win- Ik
nabow, serve on the commission. fi:
Keaction of local commercial and et
sports fishermen to the proposed M
reitutnltons were not available, since b
most had not had an opportunity to
review the proposals. s|
The commission had pledged to cl
propose menhaden fisheries rejoin- tl:
tmns in time for the fall harvest le
season.
The new proposals cover fishing tli
seasons, closed areas, numuKement si
by proclamation and responsibility lu
by menhaden companies for cleanup st
nrruiiKcments anil notification in the tl:
event of fish spills. Ill
oilier proposed amendments w
would require attendance at all times C
on channel net sets, ami conslderu- II
tion of a markiiiK, buoy, anchor and
cable system to decrease hazards to in
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Wescott.
tolling Spring takes?Voters Will ))
elect a mayor to n two-year term ol ()l
office and two commissioners to four- f(
year tenivs. Tin* seats arc now lield
by llcorge Hall, mayor; and n
Florence Anderson and Thurston (t
Cumber, commissioners. p,
Southport?Voters will fill the seats ?
of Aldermen C.B Faroon and Ed j.
Oliver, Ward I; Itobcrt Thorsen.
Want II, and that of Mayor Norman ,,
Holden. Howe Street divides the tow n 0|
Into wants. p
Yuupon Beach?Voters will elect s<
lour cuinmLssiiiners. with three to w
serve four-year tenivs The low vote- e<
getter will serve only two years, ftil- s<
tng the unexpired tenu of I la mid
Hlnes Hubert W Brown, budget and
finance commissioner, holds the seat
now by appointment Oilier mounts- el
sinners w hose terms expire are Ernie tr
W Bees, mayor pro tern; Homer W M
Brewer, utilities ami public health; dl
and J.M Warren, public safety and rt
maintenance. Hoard members di
choose their own mayor after the tc
election. ft
Ted Starr Is chairman of the town's r<
HOW TO SUBS
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)verturns On Holden
nday in an acci- when it met oneoi
ic Holden Beach out of control and
. A witness told Ing to rest on its t
another vehicle Tuesday from the
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Dimmission
avigation. Proclamation authority
or management of channel nets was
0 be considered aslo.
A system of marking the 75(1 foot
rotectcd fishing area around ocean
ishing piers has also been proposed,
'icr owners would be required to set
ellow buoys In the water and
uirkers 011 the beaches on both sides
f the pier to mark the area.
Various options for regulating the
lenhaden catch are proposed in
trms of season, area and distance
om shore. Seasonal limitations
inge from a specified open season to
rliday closings only in the summer,
ore tlian one option can lie adopted.
Purse seine fishing, used for
enhaden and thread herring, would
1 allowed only during the open
ihing season. The season as propos
i wuuiu uvgin Boincumc ociween
itiy 1 mul June 1 and close sometime
etween Nov. 1 and Jan. 31.
Between Nov. 1 anil Jan. 31,
jccific areas could be closed by proauuition
where the average size of
ic catch falls lielow six inches in
nglh.
Various proposals would prohibit
ic taking of menhaden by purse
ine within the Atlantic Ocean onedf
mile to a mile off the beach from
imetime between Nov. 1 through
ic third Saturday of l)ccenil>er
irough Jan. 31. Another alternative
ould close it only between the North
iirolina-Virginio border to Cape
atteras under siinihir conditions.
Yet other options would prohibit
icnhaden fishing:
ns Soon For
;>anl of electioas.
Caswell Beach?The seats held by
ob MeCracken and Duncan Stuart
re up for election Terms are for
>ur years.
BelvUlc?A mayor and two conv
ilssioners w ill be elected to two- and
>ur-year terms respectively. The
osltions are held by Mildred Honey,
uiyor, urel Edle Shupe and Eunice
ong, commissioners.
Na\assa?This northwestern comlunlty
will elect a mayor to (ill the
[fice now held by lxvuis "Bobby"
rown, and conunissioners to fill the
ats o( Thunnan Mosley ami Edaril
Williams. The mayor is elected
'cry two years; conunissioners
>rvc staggered four-year terms.
Doshrr Hospital
Snuthville Township residents will
ect three members to the board of
ustees of the J. Arthur Dasher
[emonal Hospital tax district. The
Istrict was established by township
sidents in an Aug 17,1976, refereniMi
The district can levy a tax of up
i 6< per $100 property tax valuation
it support of the hospital The curfnt
rate is 4e
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ming traffic. The car alledgedly went
flipped over, then end over end. eomop
in a ditch. No report was available c
N.C. Highway Patrol.
0 Before
T odav
n
Statewide one-quarter to one mile ..
1 to be determined) offshore in the j
Atlantic Ocean statewide from j
sunset of the Friday before Memorial (?
Day through labor Day; or f.
Weekends only statewide ifrom
sunset on Friday to sunrise of the f(
following Monday) from Memorial ^
Day through I.abor Day; and the .Ju- tI
ly 4th holiday whenever it may fall, jr
or
If options one or two are not pass- j.ed,
summer holidays only fr
statewide?Memorial Day, Fourth of
July and I.abor Day. v(
If option one is not passed, the com- V(
mission will also consider prohibiting al
menhaden fishing one mile off the j.
beach from New Kiver Inlet to the j^
North Carolina-South Carolina line. UI
Another option would allow
menhaden fishing in no internal q
coastal waters except those of t,
Pamlico Sound and portions ot the j,
Pamlico Kiver, Goose Creek, the
Neuse Kiver and Bogue Sound (j
general areas. pi
One option would provide year- r(
round closure of the Atlantic Ocean
from the internal waters of the Cape P
Fear Kiver south to include an area I
from Bald Head Island lighthouse to I
the Yaupon Beach Fishing Pier.
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niiuum wuuiu piuuiuu mennauen
fishing within a 15-milc radius of the
inlet listed for specified king
mackerel tournaments, including the
U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament
held in Southport each fall, at
the mouth of the Cape Kear River.
Elections
Available are the seats held by
Gene Hart, Evelyn Butler and
Charles Rogers. Rogers was appointed
to tile seat held by the late
l.orraine Bellamy. The person
elected to that seat will serve the remainder
of Mrs. Bellamy's term, until
1989. while the other two w-ill ?erve
six-year terms.
All five seats on the Inland
Sanitary District governing board
come available on Nov. 5. Members
of the quasi-governmental district
serve four-year terms. Current
members are Leo J. Novak. John E.
Jones. Ava V. Thomas, Preston
Johnson and Virginia Browning. The
district was established in May 1976
to provide limited services to a
specified area. The district Is currently
developing a water distribution
system and has signed a contract
to buy water from Brunswick County
THE BRUNSWICK AKACON
Established Nov 1. 1962
Telephone 754-6890
Published Evety Thursdov
At Moin Street
Shallotte. N C 28459
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
IN MUMWICK COUNTY
On* Y*ar $5 23
Six Months S3 14
USfWNttf W NOiTN CAtOUNA
On* Y*or $7 32
Six Months S4 18
llSEWHKt IN U.S.A.
On* Y*or $10 00
Six Months SA 00
S*<ond closs postog* paid ot
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Funeral He
Slander In
BY TERRY POPE
The owners of a Southport funeral
home destroyed by fire last year
have filed suit against their insurance
company, seeking more than
H-5 million in damages caused by the
Fire and for slander.
Thomas E. and Evelyn H. Gilbert,
iwners of Gilbert's Funeral Service
in Southport, filed suit last Friday in
3runswick County Superior Court
igainst the Great American South
Inc. insurance company of Raleigh.
The Gilberts purchased their policy
hrough The Stevens Insurance
\gency of Southport, owned and
nanaged by Margaret Harper.
According to the lawsuit, the South
:ompany has refused to pay the
jilberts' $50,000 personal property
oss claim plus $8,496 for demolition
>f the destroyed building. The
uneral home was destroyed on Aug.
1, 1984 by a fire of "unknown
irigin," it states.
In addition, the Gilberts are asking
i Superior Court jury to award $1
nillion for "compensatory and
special damages arising from the
lumerous slanderous per se publicaions"
made by the South company
luring the investigation of the fire,
h? suit states
The couple is also seeking $1
nillion in punitive damages for
wilful, wanton and aggravating conuct";
$1.5 million for treble
atnages; $500,000 for punitive
amages for the company's "bad
jith refusal to settle" the policy
laim; $400 per month since the fire
jr rental expenses and $500,000 in
eneral damages for breach of con
aci. ine lawsuu was mca oy wilmigton
attorney Louis K. Newton.
Since the August 1984 fire. Gilbert's
uneral Service has been operating
om a temporary location on North
owe Street. The fire was instigated
by State Bureau of Instigation
agents, which completed
id closed its investigation in
inuary 1985 and revealed that the
e "was an accidental fire of
iknown origin." the suit states.
Upon hearing of the fire, the
ilberts. who were away on vacation
l the time, "cancelled their rcmainig
vacation plans and returned to
outhport, N.C. to assess the passible
image caused by the fire. All of the
laintiffs' business property, both
al and personal, was completely
Professional
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destroyed by fire," the suit states.
C.D. Pickerrell, building inspector
for Southport, advised the Gilberts
that to "repair the building would far
exceed the cost to demolish and
rebuild a similar structure," the suit
states. Another contractor also advised
the couple that it would not be
feasible to repair the existing structure.
The suit also states that an agent
working for the South company investigated
the fire and made "false
and defamatory statements in a
reckless manner that have adversely
affected" the Gilberts' "personal and
business reputations in the Southport
community."
Gary Moss, who is licensed by the
5RT nnH art nmnlnvoo rt( tho
company, was investigating the fire
in early September when he allegedly
told Thomas Gilbert that if he
"gave to Moss the sum of $5,000, he.
Moss, would then close his investigation
of the August 11,1984 fire and advise"
the company to pay the policy,
it states.
During the same conversation,
Moss allegedly told Gilbert that
unless he "paid the stated sum of
money to him," then he would not
"receive any money under the
policy," it states.
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that the Gilberts submit to an oral examination
and was instructed to produce
specific documents, "all of
which were destroyed during the
August 11, 1984 fire in Plaintiffs'
building, and which could not be
reproduced," it states. The company
also requested 21 other documents
"that were not only irrelevent to the
claim, but which suggested improper
acts on the part of the plaintiffs." the
suit states.
Warm, Dry Wee
Near normal temperatures and i
below normal precipitation is ex- i
pec ted (or the remainder of the week, I
reported Shallotte Point meterologist I
Jackson Canady. I
The outlook calls for lows around 70
at night and highs in the upper 80s
during the days, Canady said. Onehalf
inch of rain is also expected for
the area.
Temperatures averaged below normal
for the period Aug. 6-12, with a I
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By refusing to pay the claim, the
company has placed the Gilberts in
"a disastrous financial position," it
states. The couple cannot afford to
rebuild or replace the persona! property
loss in the fire, are unable to
borrow money and are in danger of
losing their business entirely, the
couple claim.
The city of Southport has begun
foreclosure proceedings on the
Gilberts' property at 603 North Howe
Street because of their inability to
pay taxes, the suit states. United
Carolina Bank, which held a mortgage
on property covered in the fire,
has refused to extend further credit
to enable them to rebuild, the suit
states.
UCB was paid $60,000 by the South
company on May 3, 1985 under the
mortgage clause in the insurance
policy. On May 11, the Gilberts were
notified by letter that their personal
loss claim was denied because the
final investigative findings issued by
the SB1 were doubted and the couple
had failed to produce requested
documents and to release "confidential
information and tax returns"
which the couple claim are irrelevant.
According to the lawsuit. Moss'
"false and defamatory statements"
iiiat aucgc tiiC CiilucriS Wcfc g'uiitY Of
arson based on their financial difficulties
and being unable to meet
their financial obligations were made
to accountant Henry Wilkinson;
postman Dusty Jones; Coble Funeral
Service director I-arry Andrews;
Conley Koontz, owner of a Southport
Exxon station; Birnie Baxter, owner
of a body shop and Tommy Harrelson
of Southport.
rne liilberts are asking for a jury
trial.
I
ither Expected
minimum reading of 65 degrees
recorded on the 6th. A maximum
tiigh of 91 degrees was recorded on
.he 11th for an average daily high of
S6 degrees.
Combined with an average nightly
low of 69 degrees, the daytime
average was 77 degrees, or about
three degrees below normal
According to Canady, 0.25 inches of
rain also fell during the period.
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