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Page 28?Supplement to The Brunswick B? ? a m A 8 Wii (Continued From Page 26) like to think we have that now." On that first "boom day." ocean V'irifr Intc cnlr5. f'T'^aoa i. w.;v tvvo ouiu i\.'i y i vu i i l.VOC Uli i.iU second row were $500 ar.d or. the third r, o $250. However, many nf the optimistic new owners turned in their lots almost on? year later when tragedy struts the young resort n the form of Hurricane Hazel. All homes were iost out two which tioated to the back of the island. Included in the lives lost were those of Williamson's sister, her husband, and their young son. A surviving daughter, Sonja. came to live with her aunt and uncle. When Hurricane Hazel struck, Odell and Virginia had recently gone into business ai Shaiiotte Hardware with ais sister and ner nusbanu. After their deaths, Virginia managed the hardware store for several years. She remembered, "Sonja and La Dane were in school, and I would take DeCarol to the store with me. Thorn ii-ao n ?-\/>t* an tK rt aj a VA'i wi? VJl 1 UlC TIC spent hours with a hammer driving hundreds of nails into that old wood porch." Meanwhile her husband was cusy on Ocean Isie. the name they then had giver, the island. Gore sold out after the hurricane and bought Sunset Beach, so Wiiii3mson began rebuilding. He purchased a bulldozer anj began planting myrtle bushes zp--.j Won.-Wed. 10-6 i Q j Thurs.-Sat. 10-9 j ^ 4 j ?Country Crafts *'Woodwork ?Bn | ?Ceramics ?Can< |v ,?ei?iu A 1. !_ "ont?ii5? v Jewell | 842Sabbath Home Rd.. H ^nn j?>. .wi-Miur-mi , . w? .1 pi n wi 111 1 1 i ALLwa^ ! T? IflUT . ! JL*.XVJ| JL A &.J& BtM* i I n ft shallotte *,1985 THt sacon. July August. 1936 Harrisons' Li from the woods to strengthen the remaining dunes. A ferry still brought visitors to the east end, but when a bridge came in 1957, it was located at the middle of the island. There it remained until replaced last November by the new I lb' ' I -? :'AM 1 v '.?vu n ua<aiuov.'ii ijiiugv. Beginning in l'J62. Williamson spent three more tenns in the state legislature. During that time his t'amiiv built their permanent home on the only high dune left standing and uncovered by the ocean after Hurricane Hazel. Well-planned progress took place during the following years on the island's 3000 acres. About 90 per cent of tnat area is stili primarily natural. During the years of growth, Virginia kept busy in the bookkeeping and management end of things, served as mayor of Ocean Isle for a number of years and added to her family. Granddaughter Marnie came to stay in 1S73. After the Vietnam War, in which DeCarol fought, a Vietnamese family was sponsored and brought to the island. Both parents and children, who eventually numbered about thirty, spent many hours in the Williamson home. Philnnthfrtnir pnfiflavnrc Horn figured largely in plans begun decades ago. For 15 years the Williamsons have sponsored an annual oratoriai contest with scholarountry Creations J))& \ dies 4 "7 O 00/ O wy. 130, Holden Beach J 7 tf"** 'S 754-8144 BRUNSWICK BEACON ... .~..n fe Said Partner sr ships to county high school seniors, near Elizabeth They endow a scholarship fund at active membe Campbell University, provided a din- Methodist Chuv ing room for the Cape Fear Council Virginia sun Boy Scout retreat. Camp Bowers, simply, ' It was I tTO^^? * 0 few ;0. > ? * t'&m 4<S?^ J ^y" :<.y< ?% ?... *. '?'-H, ^--3* ?c^* ? , . ^ ^PvTvi-ri - *. i'? f *?- i fcvVSal. -; ttkfji ' " "* I ^\k ' -,;0C .; -v . ^ Itkcu-ux. Get A "vacation Che JONEf CHFVSLER/PU \ HWY.17INSW i lip In Faith | town, and have been partnership," she said. "I give to rs of Camp United Cod the glory and honor for all the ch for over 40 years, happenings In our life. People are uned up those years never lucky. They should just count always the three-way their blessings." r* i \mtner I mon' j I % fiSi V v"5fe" :'.>?? ' ?-~*-'.^!f'^y Ati-d'iu 5r^: i hp?* I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ' .7 '*' ' ' Q? ^J^^ore You Go! I I Pons fMOUTH/SOS6E I \LLOTTE, 754-4341 I I
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