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Tliri-r luices of itriovatm'S wviv
r?Mil ami Miluniltivl in tin- Hrnu-aiirk
I'omitv Hoard ?<f l-'.(lti( ntlnti ami
Superintendent Mi*iula> night, all
related to the .iiil\ 11 transfers < !
|>riiual|cils ami oilier iiiuiii-tiatoi's
M,C Ilorriiii:. ineMdrnl ?>i tinHmusuitk
Count* C?li/ens League,
prcsi'iiuii 18 wluill of
Ins organization ami the National
As>4n-iation tar the Advatnriuonl ot
plaints wore also siunoil li> Josso
liiyant. aiul hV\ Winston Hrown.
presidents ol tho t'odar (".rove and
Sonthporl branches of NAAt'P
respectively
I'rincipally tho tjuostimw oontorod
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laical motorists lr:i\cliii^ I .S IT north
way traffic because of rnunly natei i
ui^. tin* delay was of a different sort.
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meerin
( oncerns aland the required e of
Shallotte as a return address on mail
will he discussedat a special uieetiint
Aiicu.it 14 at t p.m. in the Sunset
Beach volunteer fire station.
Bat O'Brien in the Sunset Beach
town hall said letters were received
there l;ist week Iroin IjcIuii ii.
Bulluck Jr.. sectional center
inanaqer and postmaster in Fnyctteville
"'Idle lettei says represenTobacco
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HY MA(UOHI!-: .MKdIVKKN
1 hero was good news in loljaccoland
Tuesday as markets opened
hri.sk business ami opening bids pro
mised some profits (o area growers.
I 'l'. Smith said Brt.ftfiO pounds were
sold Tuesday at his Whitevillc
warehouse, with bids up to i! :">n per
pound. "The best part is that only
li(Hl pounds of that were h".n:ht by
the stabilization cooperative. The
companies are huyiiiit a lot more
than last year." Smith said tobacco
< oiiipar.ie.';only ("Tci-iiI of
leaf in his warehouse last year, compared
with todav's ftB percent.
ruil'lgll competition, <ipuii?m,
threats of higher cigarette taxes am!
growing .sentiment against smoking
have caused fear and trembling
aiiicri;; some tobacco farmers.
However, Brunswick County mowers
prepared for this week's markets
with optimism.
Marly bidding confirined their
iiopes, partly because a new arrangemeat
forces Companies to pnrcluise
more. but also because Brunswick
arid foliimhiis lobJicco may tie the
best ((utility available, f ither growing
areas were much harder hit by the
drought
I-ist week hofH.'s were lin;h despite
a crop slightly inferior to that of last
year. "The .i root; I it hurt tuhaeeo
some," admitted Harry f'elham.
whose farm is near Inland, hut I
hope to gel at least $I.M> a pound;
that s what ! need to break even."
I.ylc King, who planted J2& acres in
tobacco this year, agreed the early
summer drought had hurt, lint said
the excessive rain that followed it
was worse.
With his produr turn costs at about
ft per pound. Kiiu; said lie had to gel
at least SI.2.ri for his crop. "I grow
some on leased land, so I iiave to pay
?.!> cents a pound for that," lie ex
Transfers Q
i>ii the reernl transfer of l-'ieemaii
(iatise. former pnneipal "t Inm-i
l'riliinr> Seltool, to the Alternative
l-.<luentmn I enter in Itolivui, as hejnl
of prni'rniiis iiivnlviiiK t in stiwieiiis.
We (uiLsDler it .1 ilemotlon pure ami
simple for hnn to he assigned to the
Alternative Soluml." the eoiiipUunl
reail "Hew i|o vnu explain the
niri iii.itii- th.it i iausv is iiiTilc.t
llU'll' IhiJIIIM' llh'IV Will til* I'XIV|I
tt?>n;*l chiMivn and In* r? a Itaphsl
nunisU'r" I-, lie ?*tl as an
iitiicalur or a minister
I Ion mi;. Itryanl an ! lirown also
demanded priNif tlial tin- traiiMYo
t\ ami that tlwy would tnran a savings
of jCUI.lHNi as t'lailiiod l?y
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One May On.
\ nf Slialltiilc luiti' unit' i i>\|m*?'I oneiiain
iiisiriii'ljiMi. Kut Mimilay rwnA
la rip- ilump trm k harking up for a
g Lolled Un
talivc.s from the regional offi?** in
layotteville anil llir division office in
I nhimhia. S I'., will In- at the
meeting to answer any questions
a limit addressiiiK from postal
nisi.Mini.-. served by Shallottv. ' she
said.
I hose same poslai ciisiuiueis
received a letter from Homer Andrews.
Shallottv postmaster, several
weeks ago. explaining lliat Sludlotte
torkets Open
plained. Hum's itnvernment-.scl
quota this year is pounds, and
lu is optimistie about selling that
much.
A price of at least $1.50 is what
Wadcll CleinuioiLs ot Supply was
lookuip. for as tie prepared Ins tobaee??
l-'riday for a Wliitvvillc
warehouse. I already have some on
the floor there." tie said, aiul echoed l
the complaint that summer weather I
had "hurt bad." "The rains almost i
drowned my tobacco. I'd rather have
>ln we:, tljor liihii'-en (pan wet i
weather tobacco." he deelareil. ;
Health issues involved in raising i
(olMitTU |)lt'SCnl('(l liu |?lo!?l?rlll to ?
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WAHDI.II (I.KMMONS ilispljiys
Supply.
uestioned I
Superintendent (ii'iif Yathiouidi
Y:?il>timii'Ii showed tir.iii. s at tli?*
si meet me. lifiiioiLsiraiim: th.it
mount 111 saviur.s li\ virtue n| iiiiivil!
-|i;?iii amiiiuistiuiot-. i'.d
.ennui mill Hill Shoemaker to .statoinid
positions us priii* ipals
Also questioned was tin- pmposed
nodel siiiooleonsoi tinin. to lie heaild
Iiy I .ennui ami involviui; liolivia.
hiuiii. SVanainaw and I.eland Mid
le schools Who determined |i>i the
iti/eiis that there .iiiiild lie four
eliinils involved How were they
linsen' What is the purpose " the
iinpl.iliit asked
Ilerrinc's di-eiimejit held that the
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hoard as Varhroiiuli s dvi-isiou.
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ilt*li\ fix at Mallt-iiRcr I'nrp. imrlh <
driven a\ Mmulav evening anil railed
lempnnirilv slnuin;* traffic Iii a famili
i Postal Corr
iiiuni m- iim-ii in me la.si lilu- ol llli'ir
address. Computerized equipment. il
is explained. r?uis tii?* iasl inn?, ami
it town ami zip eode don't match, the
mail is thrown aside. I lie postmaster
pointed ".il their community, subdivision
oi town name couhl heahove
itcsidents in Calabash complained
las', month ahoat not hemn a hie to use
their town's name as the address.
To Cautious
Clemmons, who farms !~.a acres
"It's up to the individual if he wants
to smoke." he said. "It's no worse
than people drinkinp anil killing
tlsemselves on the highway."
Agriculture Kxtension Auent
Milton Coleman answered the antismoking
arguments another way:
'They never talk about the pluses o!
Inhacco. how it relieves tension and
lielp.i folks net rid of their frustrations."
' ray MiIIi;mh wIki farms l.r?0 acres
If tobacco in Ash saiil he's concerned
ilwut tobacco and health. hut "I'm
lot down and mil Criticism of lobac<
lias In't'ii licniif* on a loiiki time, hat
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K'llilfi I11I111<<<1 Inivrs. nrnrly rraili
3y NAALK /
NfVcrllit'i.-ss, only one hoard
iiirinlM-i was unaware of llw* |ilai:
htiuri* I Iii* :iii*i1hii'." it read. jrjcrr
nil! In JiillH'K I'k'liililOIIS wlio oh
vi'lnl ai'.ainst Hum
I In* rili/i*ii i;rmi|is i i*iiit?-<! tinasMT'ion
ul tin* m'ImmiI adiiiinislralion
thai enmity srlkMiLs an* rai'ially
halaiu i*il and asked lor a lis! of I In*
professional eertlfied slafl identified
h\ ran* We also refute tlu-explana
tii>:i tli.it tlu'iv .li e mi i|ii;i)iti>''l lilncks
;i|i|>i>nm fur positions." tin* rom|>I;iiiiL>
went mi
S.iiiu- nf ttii-(|iu'.stt<ius raised were
piii'.i' personnel ri'purt prepared lor
tin1 board l?y Assistant .SuperiiiU'iijust
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i>( Slialliiitr didn't quite make Until*
liliM-kinu tin- roadway of l.'.S. IT.
ar one-way crawl.
iploints
and initiated moves to acquire thenown
post office. Petitions are cir?iii.tinij;
rum in iie sent lo lite
w -.^li....o-.. .an c /
I'HBl- ui \ DliKICSMIiail
Charlie Hose, requesting such a
facility.
.land Thomas. Calabash town
clerk, said rural jos.ta! 'Kitreus there
luul also received the ieiters regarding
the meeting.
The public is invited.
Optimism
we're still goine In have it It's still
the main stable source of income in
the state."
Milhgan believes the tobacco prorr.un
is more stable today than in
several years. "We now luive a program
that will work. What has hurt
us was e\|M>rt buyers, like Japan and
Knglaud. buying less than they used
to Our loliacco was overpriced, hut
now it's down 2ft cents, and it's more
competitive."
lie had strong wordsfor the quality
of local crops. "From what I gather
from hovers the II < !????. ?? ?
toluimi j;rown in I lie uorld," lie said.
tSce TOBACCO, 1'aRr 2-A|
' ?> ? mnrkrl. in hir. Imni nonr
\nd Citizen:
' lit St<'|i|i.ili|i,i 'IVUfV fill , sliouiil
tliiit UHiioritii-s Iii>Ii| :il jhti i-nt >! Urn
>i'liiuilislr;iti\I- positions in tin mIiooI
2i |??n i-nt ..J i r'.ilii'd
imiM iTtif ii-il positions I Ins iiuikcs ;i
ilM'Ilt
Statistics "II till- v|i|f|a'|)| population
in tli" comity showed ih.m nut < < <
t"t;il enrollment { H.I2H. .'<! percent
arc minorities. As a sidelight. Mrs.
Tewey quoted from census (ihiiics
that tlir minority |>o|>iilatioii of tlxrouiity
lias dropped from 30.7 percent
in 1!I70 lu'iil.l iH'rcviil in IhHIi
Other lists profiled the current
employment picture, shtminif thai
th" board approved the follow inn
positions (iiirim: liH white and
BEACl
25c Per Copy
East End F
AAust Get
Approval,
HY TKHKY l'C??M
Sunset lieach officials have
discovered tlial final plan* for
several subdivisions approved by the
town last year ale not really final
Several projects now under
development liave never received
final approval from the town, the
council learnoi Monday niolit including
11 lots n the east end of the
island lieiim developed b\ the Sea
Trail Corporation
Council tiu tnhr-r.s.uiloplcd a rosoln
vided it (mill p|;i( is presented ami approved
by the low n planning board
ant! council The cast end project
received preliminary approval from
tlie town last year, lint a final plat
was never adopted, although one w as
tiled l?y trie ticvciopeis.
For a subdivision to lie legal. the
town must approve a prelitiunarx
plat proposal fiom tin- developer and
no sooner than Hit days later, a final
Council member Minnie Hunt said
since she joined the council last year
several subdivisions have Ijcon approved
by the town only on first view inn.
without a final plat presented.
Ms. Hunt said the town would have
to no back and "elieck them all out"
to make sure they were legal
Councilman F.d (lore, a partner in
the Sea I rati Corp, ma id there Ls
nothing to Ik- gained by going back
and applying an ordinance retroactively
to the projects in question.
"What purpose will it all serve"" he
asked the board.
--u.^oi.otioo
(hilt luis no zoning." Ms. Hunt replied
while raising a copy of the
preliminary plat for the Sea Trail
project. "It's an area the town
classified as conservation and it has
not been dealt with."
are not zoned," Gore said.
Gore ssiid the two-step process in
approving plats has never been
followed by the town, lie added that
developers should be allowed to present
only it final plat to avoid the
30-day delay.
The delay, Ms. Hunt said, is a
"built in check to protect the
developer, the town and the planning
Small 'Funnel <
Brief Stir At Sl
A sand twister, a tornado, a fu
Whatever it was, the funnel-she
along the shore at Sunset Beach afti
blankets and children's plastic flop
dunes.
Accompanied by high winds a
from homes on the mainland side <
"It started down the beach
around. It came back and then w<
oinjui. i uuiea ii a iiiue sand iwi
what it was."
Beachgocrs' renctioas to the ii
were CSCitCx! hi'iu aviVie WefCTi'
Tiie logbook at tlie National VV<
simply lists the 12:48 p.m. event as
A spokesman added, "We'ro n<
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5 League
II (thick certified personnel. and 21
while and 19 black non-certified personnel.
i orient applications f *?i employment
include :i74 from white applicants
and 2H from blacks. according
to Mrs Tewey's futures.
She* offered to submit oil ii|?l;?t
Il-iinut's presentation was sup|H?rte<i
ijy the presence of Hi other
hlrick mi n attending tin- meeting.
Yarbrough soul lie would study the
let of questions carefully and address
them later. However, he denied
sayinn or implying that (iau.se was
transferred to the Alternative Kdligation
< enter because of his ministerial
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Sunset's
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l?o;ir<i " fl gives the town time, .she
said. "s<t tiie council is not pressured
into making a decision."
??iii-ii <i.wii iiuw oilier (nuns approve
subdivisions, Town Attorney
Mike Isenberg stated. "livery one
I've ever looked at requires the
preliminary and then the final."
tinder the ordinance adopted Monday.
all deed transactions that have
taken place since the east end project
received preliminary approval last
year will become legal The east end
projei' took five large lots and siily
divided them into 14 smaller lots,
Town Administrator Linda Fluege!
said
Mayor .lames Gordon said he did
not see why the town hail to approve
tli?* same plans twice, hut Ms Hunt
said that wasn't the case. She said
the final plats often show changes,
that " final ones come m with Hi more
lots" in some cases.
Annexation
I'lie council agreed Monday to provide
residents of tin- iiiaininiui Sea
Trail subdivision east of N.C. 17'.? with
information on ways to Ik* annexed,
either voluntarily by resident petition
or involuntarily by the town.
A council member will attend the
Sea Trail property owners' meeting
in September to discuss with
residents if they want to petition the
town for voluntary annexation.
it all comes down in one answer,
which is annexation, or they can
form ;i low it of lht<ir nun " Oaf., o-iia
"which would bo redundant and
ridiculous."
(lore said the Sea Trail community
has "no mechanism to provide for
services. They want water and they
don't have that mechanism, but the
town does." he said. "I'm reluctant
to make the proposal anymore."
Ms. Hunt said for the town to consider
annexing Sea Trail it would
first have to check fiimitces to nrakc
sure it would not be a burden on the
town's budget.
Other Business
In other business Monday, the
council:
Agreed to seek bids for constructing
a sidewalk along Main Street
and the sale of a 1979 Chevrolet police
car. The town has budgeted $35,000
(Sec OTHER, Page 2-A)
Cioua causes
inset Beach
rmel cloud.
pod rotating cloud took a short stroll
*r noon on Monday, picking up l>cach
its and tossing them into the nearby
nd rain, the dark cloud was visible
>f the Intracoastal Waterway,
toward Calabash and then turned
ent out to sea and dispersed," said
ster. It was a small tornado, that's
ncident varied, he noted. "Some of
t. oi.iTie of uiciii you can't CAcite."
rather Service office in Wilmington
a "public report of a funnel cloud".
>t saying anything more Uinn that."
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