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Shallotte, North Carolina, Thursday, May 16, 1991
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44 Pages, 4 Sections
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PHOTO BY BARNEY MORGAN
STATE TROOPER B.D. Earnhardt and Brunswick County Emergency Management Coordinator Cecil Logan examine wreckage at the
scene of an accident in which a West Brunswick High School junior died Tuesday morning.
West Student Killed In Wreck
BY TERRY POPE
A West Brunswick High School
junior was killed Tuesday morning
in a head-on collision just south of
Shallotte.
George Wendell Daniels II, 17, of
Longwood, died at the scene of the
accident, said State Trooper B.D.
Bam hard t.
According to Barnhardt, Daniels
was a passenger in a truck that cros
sed the center line on Old Shallotte
Road (RPR 1316) and struck anoth
er vehicle head-on around 7:50 a.m.
The driver, William Russell Hines,
17, of Longwood, also a West Bruns
wick High School student, was seri
ously injured and taken to The
Brunswick Hospital in Supply.
Barnhardt said Hines will be
charged with driving left of center
and misdemeanor death by motor
vehicle.
The accident happened about
three miles north of N.C. 904 when
Hines' 1986 Madza pickup, travel
ing north, crossed into the south
bound lane of Old Shallotte Road
and struck a 1986 Ford pickup trav
eling south, said Barnhardt.
Philip Allan Fulwood, 19, the
driver of the southbound truck, and
his wife, Janice Fulwood, 20, of
Shallotte, were also injured and tak
en to The Brunswick Hospital. The
couple received class B injuries,
which arc serious but not incapaci
tating, Barnhardt said.
Hines was treated at The Bruns
wick Hospital where he was admit
ted for observation Tuesday, said
Helen Street, hospital spokesperson.
His condition was listed as good.
The Fulwoods were both treated
and released Tuesday morning, Mrs.
Street said.
None of the passengers or drivers
were wearing seatbelts, Barnhardt
said.
"It appears that if the Daniels
subject had been wearing a seatbelt,
it would have made a difference,"
Barnhardt said.
Both vehicles were destroyed.
Daniels' death was the fourth re
corded on Brunswick County's high
ways for the year, said Ruby Oakley,
a spokesperson for the State High
way Patrol office in Wilmington.
Through the end of May last year,
there had been five deaths on
Brunswick County's roads, she said.
Vehicle Overturns
In another accident Friday, a Cala
bash man was charged with driving
while impaired and reckless driving
after the car he was driving ran off
the road, struck a ditchbank and
overturned near Sunset Beach.
Gregory Albert Fugit, 26, was
traveling west on N.C. 904 about a
mile west of Sunset Beach at about
1:55 p.m. when the 1984 Toyota he
was driving ran off the road and
skidded out of control, reported
Barnhardt.
Fugit was traveling too fast to ne
gotiate a curve, Barnhardt indicated.
Fugit received minor injuries and
was taken to The Brunswick Hos
pital.
Damage to the vehicle was esti
mated at S2.000.
Runs Into Porch
An Ocean Isle Beach man es
caped injury early Sunday moming
after the car he was driving ended
up on someone's front porch on Bay
Road (RPR 1152) near Shallotte
Point.
Sidney Edward Jones II, 20, was
(See WEST, Page 2-A)
Highway Checkpoints Lead To 1 1 Arrests
BV TERRY POPE
Narcotics checkpoints set up at
two locations in Brunswick County
over the weekend resulted in 1 1 ar
rests.
Ten people were arrested on drug
violations while a Holden Beach
area man was charged after he fail
ed to stop at a checkpoint in Leland
Friday afternoon, leading officers
on a high-speed chase that ended in
Old Towne subdivision.
Orville Earl Reeves, 33, was char
ged with possession of a stolen vehi
cle, injury to real property, failure to
stop for a blue light and siren and
eluding arrest, said Lu David Crock
er, of the Brunswick County Sheriff's
Department's narcotics squad.
Charges were filed by State
Trooper J.W. Brooks, who pursued
the stolen truck north on U.S. 17
and then south on N.C. 133 to the
Old Towne community.
Crocker said Reeves drove
through an 80-foot section of chain
link fence, then allegedly tried to
drive between a truck and a tree,
striking both.
He attempted to run from the ve
hicle, but was apprehended.
The 1989 Ford truck Reeves was
driving had Michigan tags and was
reported stolen from there, Crocker
said. There were no injuries. The
truck was destroyed.
Reeves was placed under S 16,000
bond.
Sheriff's detectives and Highway
Patrol officers set up checkpoints on
U.S. 17 south of Belville and on
N.C. 21 1 near the Columbus Coun
ty line Friday and Saturday.
A 1978 AMC car was confiscated
during the arrests.
It was the third weekend since
March that the county narcotics
squad has worked with the Highway
Patrol in manning checkpoints
along Brunswick County highways.
Drug dog Marcus Augustus Ceasar,
handled by Trooper J.V. Dove, also
aided in the arrests.
So far, more than 20 people have
been charged with drug violations
as a result of the checkpoints,
Crockcr said.
"We will continue to set up at
random sites at random times," said
Crocker.
The following arrests were made
Friday and Saturday:
?Gregory Patrick Todd, 34, 25
Liberty Road, Boiling Spring
Lakes, with felony possesion of co
caine, maintaining a vehicle to keep
cocaine and possession of drug
paraphernalia. He was placed under
S4.000 bond. A 1978 AMC car was
confiscated in the arrest.
?Johnny Morris, 31, of 612 Eighth
Street, Wilmington, with felony
possession of cocaine, possession of
drug paraphernalia and hendering
and delaying an officer after al
legedly trying to destroy evidence.
?Robert Nelson Justice Jr., 19, of
Route 2, Leland, with misdemeanor
possession of marijuana and posses
sion of drug paraphernalia.
?Jackie Lynn Crocker, 24, of Route
2, Leland, with misdemeanor pos
session of marijuana, possession of
drug paraphernalia and transporting
spirituous liquor with a broken seal.
He is not related to Lt. Crocker.
?Gregory Scott Greason, 30, of An
drews, S.C., with misdemeanor pos
session of marijuana and possession
of drug paraphernalia.
?Wanda Kline Redmond, 62, of
Andrews, S.C., with misdemeanor
possession of marijuana and posses
sion of drug paraphernalia.
?Ross Gregory Everett, 20, of 4001
Providence Court, Wilmington, with
misdemeanor possession of mari
juana and possession of drug para
phernalia.
?Deborah Wood Hobbs, 27, of
Route 3, Hubert, with misdemeanor
possession of marijuana and posses
sion of drug paraphernalia.
?Michael Raymond MedwedefT,
19, of Cherokee Trail, Wilmington,
with misdemeanor possession of
marijuana and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
?Audrey Goodman, 28, of Leland,
with misdemeanor possession of
marijuana and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
Shallotte Bypass Opens Next Week
BY DOUG RUTTER
"I'm just glad I lived to see it."
Those were the words of Shallot
te Mayor Sarah Tripp last week as
she waited out the final days with
out a U.S. 17 bypass around town ?
a road that some people said would
never be finished in her lifetime.
Although final paving work isn't
completed, the bypass will open
next week, said Dave Boyleston,
resident engineer with the N.C. De
partment of Transportation.
Boyleston says he hopes the road
opens Tuesday, which would be just
three days before homeowners and
vacationers begin arriving in the
South Brunswick Islands for Me
morial Day weekend.
"We feel like we'll have every
thing sufficiently wrapped up by
then," Boyleston said.
Traffic on some parts of the five
mile bypass will be restricted to one
northbound and one southbound
lane at first.
Propst Construction won't lay
down the final one-inch layer of as
"I think it's going to have a positive
effect on business because right now
you can't turn left in this town."
? Carson Durham
Shallotte businessman
phalt until after the bypass opens,
meaning the four-lane road will be
cut down to one lane in each direc
tion in areas that are still being
paved.
Boyleston said the final comple
tion date will depend on the weather
and flow of supplies to the contrac
tor. "It ought to not take more than
two or three weeks if everything
goes his way."
The state's contract with the
paving company requires the pro
ject to be finished by mid-August. If
it isn't done in time, the state could
levy fines of $2,500 per day.
Shallotte officials say they expect
the long-awaited bypass to relieve
some of the traffic congestion the
town is known for without hurting
downtown businesses.
Mrs. Tripp said she's looking for
ward to the opening. "I think it's
going to have a good impact. I think
it's going to take the people who
didn't plan to be here in the first
place out of the way."
Planning Board Chairman Herbie
Ward said he thinks the bypass will
help, but it won't be a cure-all for
the town's traffic problems.
"The bypass will take a lot of the
through traffic out of town," Ward
said. "But we'll still continue with
the heavy load because of all the
businesses in town."
Although fewer cars are expected
to pass through Shallotte once the
bypass opens, most town leaders
and merchants don't think the new
road will hurt business.
"I don't think it's going to hold
the town back in any way," Mrs.
Tripp said. "If anything, it will help
us along."
Shallotte Planning Board member
Carson "Pete" Durham, who owns a
gift and card shop in town, expects
the route to help him and most other
businessmen.
"1 think it's going to have a posi
tive effect on business because right
now you can't turn left in this
town," he said. "I think it's going to
be good for the general business in
Shallotte."
Cal Batson, manager of Kirby's
Department Store, agrees. "Most of
the people can't get off the road to
get into our business," he said.
Durham speculated that restau
rants and gas stations may lose busi
ness at first But he expects more lo
(See BYPASS, Page 2-A)
Contractor Gets
Go Ahead To Build
New Post Office
BY SUSAN USHER
Contractors received the go-ahead
last week to begin construction of a
new post office to serve much of the
South Brunswick Islands area.
The notice to proceed, issued by
Tom Russell, contracting officer with
the U.S. Postal Service's Greensboro
Facilities Services Office, comes ap
proximately four years after the new
post office was first proposed.
Its construction had been delayed
because of a tight postal service
budget. The project was reactivated
only recently.
"It hadn't been six months since
we found out it was on go again,"
said Ronald Reeves, superintendent
of operations for the Shallotte Post
Office. "It had been on the five-year
plan."
Reeves said the new South Bruns
wick site will operate as a branch
though it will be nearly three times
larger than its parent office.
The new office will be situated
on a a four-acre site on N.C. 904 be
tween Grissettown and Seaside.
General contractor Robert G. Sny
der Constractors Inc. is to have it
ready for occupancy by Feb. 1, 1992.
Architect's sketches show the
South Brunswick Branch will be
13,450 square feet in size, with
parking spaces for 55 customers and
29 office staffers and route carriers.
The Shallotte Post Office is 5,000
square feet, with limited parking
and access for customers.
As proposed, the new branch
would handle seven of the 10 rural
routes now served by the Shallotte
office. Its service area would in
clude Brick Landing, Ocean Isle
Beach, Sunset Beach, the Seaside
area, Grissettown and Calabash ?
the most rapidly-growing sector of
the Shallotte postal district, Shallot
te Postmaster Frank Bringoli said.
The main office at Shallotte
would continue to service rural cus
tomers on the three remaining
routes, in an area stretching from
north and east of Shallotte along
U.S. 17 to Thomasboro, then ex
tending in a straight line through
Hickman's Crossroads to the South
Carolina state line, as well as north
toward Columbus County, meeting
the Ash postal service area.
'The line extends out N.C. 904
almost to Longwood Post Office be
fore our area stops," said Bringoli.
Ocean Isle Beach
Bans Public Nudity
BY DOUG RUTTER
Ocean Isle Bcach officials are
trying to cover something up, but
it's not a scandal at town hall.
Commissioners passed an ordi
nance Tuesday banning nudity on
public bcaches, streets and parks.
The new rule prohibits women
from sunbathing topless and applies
to both men and women when it
comes to covering other parts of the
body.
Specifically, the ordinance pro
hibits any fully developed female
from willfully exposing her breasts.
Exposure is defined as "the re
vealing of the female breast with
less than a fully opaque covering on
any portion thereof lower than the
top of any part of the areola."
Town officials also have made it
illegal for people to wear thong
bathing suits in public. Thongs are
skimpy suits that make the wearer
appear nude from the back.
The new rule prohibits people
from appearing in such a state of
dress "so as to expose to the view of
others the human male or female
pubic area, pubic hair, anus, vulva
or buttocks with less than a fully
opaque covering."
By passing the ordinance, Ocean
Isle Bcach becomes the second
South Brunswick Islands communi
ty this year to outlaw public nudity.
Sunset Beach Town Council pas
sed a similar ordinance in January
following two straight 3-2 votes.
The action was prompted in part by
complaints about a scantily-clad
jogger.
Police Chief Curt Pritchard said
the same man also has visited
Ocean Isle Beach. "He left Sunset
Beach and came right up here."
Pritchard also said he has seen
four or five topless women on the
beach in his three years with the
(See NUDITY, Page 2-A)
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STAFF PHOTO BY OOUO BUTTER
JOHNNY WHITIJiY seals cracks in the pavement where wires
were installed for a traffic light at the northern end of the U.S. 17
Shallotte bypass. Whitely works for Watson Electrical Construction
Co. of Wilson.