290 OTHFRS NEED NAMES
Ash Rood Honors Local Woman
BY TERRY POPE
It had hccn nine years and nine
days since Brunswick Couniy Com
missioners adopted the name Vir
ginia Road for a small graveled
street in Ash.
The hoard took that same action
again Monday.
It also agreed to set a public hear
ing for 6 p.m. April 6 to consider
new or revised names for another
29() county roads.
Due to an administrative error, the
Ash road name was never officially
changed in 1983 from Warren Road
to Virginia Road in N.C. Depart
ment of Transportation logs as resi
dents were led to believe.
The couniy had ordered and erect
ed signs bearing the Virginia Road
name. When questions arose, some
residents appeared before commis
sioners last week requesting the road
be renamed Warren Road.
Resident Angela Smith said she
was pleased with the vote taken
Monday to keep Virginia Road the
official name.
Her family presented a petition
signed by property owners asking
that it stay named after Angela's
mother, Virginia Dora Smith. The
road serves as a memorial to the for
mer substitute teacher and bus driver
at Waccamaw Elementary School,
she explained.
"I'm happy. Very much so," said
Ms. Smith. "I feel this is the way it
should have been done to start
with."
Residents there had also gathered
the names of 304 people in the com
munity who wanted the byway to re
main Virginia Road.
"It's official now," District 1
Commissioner Kelly Holden told
the Smith Tamily that had gathered
in the commissioners' chambers
Monday.
According to the petition, Virgin
ia Smith was a highly-regarded
member of the community and was
"loved and admired by students
whose lives she touched." She was a
Sunday school teacher and secre
tary-trcasurcr of her church.
It was with love that members of
the community suggested naming
State Road 1325 in honor of the
woman, the petition states.
"This road led to her birthplace
and to her home where she lived the
last years of her life," it stated. "This
road is where she played as a child
and where she played with her chil
dren as well."
The road has been a source of
"comfort and pride to all that knew
and loved Virginia Dora Smith," the
petition stated.
A resolution adopted by commis
sioners on March 7, 1983, naming it
Virginia Road was somehow forgot
ten in the administrative shuffle ol
paperwork.
It was named ihc Warren Road af
^ STAFF PHOTO BY TERRY POPE
VIRGINIA ROAD IN ASH was officially named the Virginia
Road by action of Brunswick County Commissioners Monday.
icr the Roscoc Warren family in
1981. There are an estimated 23
people who own property on the
3,2(X)-foot byway that intersects
with Whitevillc Road (N.C. 130).
Planners arc working to eliminate
duplicate or similar road names in
preparation for the 911 communica
lions program set to begin in April.
All streets with two or more homes
that do not have names must be giv
en names.
The 290 on the list that will go to
a public hearing on April 6 are scat
tered throughout the county.
Other Business
In other business Monday, com
missioners:
?Approved the following budget in
creases, to reflect additional state or
local funds: S75,(XX) from Carolina
Power and Light Co. to the Emer
gency Operations Center lor equip
ment; S644 to animal control for
prc-cxposure rabies vaccines;
S29.KX) to Brunswick County Clerk
of Court for detention services and
jury expenses; S6,5(X) and $9,270
for family health programs at the
Brunswick County Health Depart
ment; and SI 8,710 resulting from an
increase in capital outlay funds.
?Acccpicd a petition front Standard
Products, which wants to abandon
662 feet of a road the company built
with private funds near Oak Island.
?I I card of changes in state renova
tion fund applications for future pro
jects through the Resources Devel
opment Commission.
?Made the following appointments:
Ms. Bobbie While to the Sunset
Beach Planning Board and Board of
Adjustment, to replace Joe Policelli;
Dr. Harry Johnson and Robert
Helms to the Brunswick County
Board of Health, to replace Dr.
Marcus Williams and Jerry Lewis;
Ms. Leslie Collier of Long Beach to
lite Nursing Home and Domiciliary
Advisory Board: and Ms. Sharon
Bulman to die Aging Advisory
Board.
?Abolished and recreated die
Brunswick County Keep America
Beautiful Board, restructuring ii to
include five instead of 12 members.
Appointed to staggered terms were
Jane Gilbert, Susan Green, Mary
Russ, Rosemary Long and Paul
Austin. The board had a history of
failing to obtain quorums for meet
ings.
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