OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, STATE,
JUDICIAL AND COUNTY OFFICERS
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC
MAY 5, 1992
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FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
(You may vote for ONE)
JERRY BROWN
BILL CLINTON
TOM HARKIN
BOB KERREY
PAUL TSONGAS
NO PREFERENCE
FOR GOVERNOR
(You may vote for ONE)
M WENDELL BRIGGS
JIM HATCHER
JAMES B (JIM) HUNT. JR
LACY H THORNBURG
MARCUS W WILLIAMS
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
(You m ay vote for ONE)
JIM CRAWFORD
CHARLES PHILIP (PHIL) GINN
EOWARD RENFROW
DENNIS A WICKER
FOR STATE AUOlTOR
(You may vote for ONE)
RALPH CAMPBELL
FRANKLIN FREEMAN
CHARLES M (CHUCK) HICKS
FOR COMMISSIONER OF
INSURANCE
(You may vote for ONE)
JIM LONG
CHARLES (CHUCK) PAXTON
FOR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
(You may vote for ONE)
JOHN C BROOKS
HARRY E PAYNE. JR
FOR SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
(You may vote for ONE] _
BOB ETHERIDGE
OWEN PHILLIPS
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
(Unexpired term ending 12/31/94)
(You may vote for ONE)
SIDNEY s (SID) EAGLES. JR
SARAH PARKER
FOR COURT OF APPEALS
(You ma> vote for ONE)
STEVEN A BERNHOLZ
JACK COZORT
FOR COURT OF APPEALS
(You may vote for ONE)
JOHN C MARTIN
JOHN HILL PARKER
FOR COURT OF APPEALS
(Unexpired term ending 12/31/98)
(Yo1. may vote for ONE)
JOSEPH R (JOE) JOHN. SR
M GORDON WIOENHOUSE. JR
FOR STATE SENATE
(18th Senatorial District)
(Vou may vote for ON E]_
R C SOLES. JR
CLAUDE SPIVEY
RON TAYLOR
FOR STATE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
(14th House District)
(Vou may vote for TWO)
SHIRLEY T GREENE
DEWEY HILL
MICHAEL T MILLS
E DAVID REOWINE
FOR STATE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
(98th House Dialnct)
(You may vote for ONE)
JOHNNIE S FIELDS
THOMAS E WRIGHT
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
(You may vote tor ONE)
GRACE BEASLEY
EDWARD F MINTZ
ROBERT J ROBINSON
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 3
(Vou may vote for ONE)
M E (MARK) SHARPE
WILLIAM R (BOB) THORSEN
WAYLAND VEREEN
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 4
(You may vote for ONE)
C LEPHUS P1GOTT
TOM B RABON. SR
JO ANN BELLAMY SIMMONS
TOM SIMMONS
FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT 3
(You may vote for ONE)
WILLIAM D (BILLY) CARTER
CARLTON L SLIGH
STEPHANNA TEWEY
FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT 4
(You may vote tor ONE)
OONNA M BAXTER
J BRYANT PERGERSON
Primary Elect-on
THE ACTUAL DEMOCRATIC ballot received by a voter shows
either the Nth House or 98th House race, depending on the House
district in which the voter lives.
Four Democrats Want Chance
(Continued From Page 1-A)
plus a willingness 10 listen to and
work for my district."
Shirley T. Greene
Greene sees as an asset his broad
background, which includes busi
ness, farming, banking and the law.
After residing many years in
Virginia, he presently resides in
Robeson County, where he owns an
auto dealership, raises Arabian hors
es and is still active in farming.
He says the district deserves "ef
fective, learned and outspoken rep
resentation" and that he wants to
give the district effective representa
tion and to "be a voice for agricul
ture, education and law and order,"
to instill and keep morality in state
government and to be accessible to
the people of the district.
'The person elected should stand
up, speak out, comprehend and di
rector redirect the state's dollars for
the fullest benefit to you, the taxpay
ers," he said.
In this agricultural and suburban
district, Greene said he thinks crime
is "upmost" in the minds of people
and that its representative should
"hold a hard line".
Dewey Hill
Hill ranks economics as his top
priority, saying that environmental
ly-safe industry is needed to provide
jobs and that his knowledge and ex
perience can be helpful in this area.
While saying "much progress"
has been made in education, Hill
said the state "must do more to pre
pare our young folks to be our future
leaders".
Most crimes are drug-related, he
said, advocating "changes so that
there is punishment for these crimi
nals" becausc the system isn't work
ing as it should.
Having been a life-time business
man dealing with people and know
ing the needs of this area, he said,
help make him the most qualified
candidate.
Michael T. Mills
Mills views education as "the key
to our economic future" and says he
advocates fairness in funding for all
students as well as attracting and re
taining quality teachers.
"Providing a quality education
for our children is the single most
important duty of state govern
ment," he said.
The Columbus County native
says he wants to be the voice in
Raleigh of the middle class, which
he said has been "forgotten and ig
nored". He favors expanding efforts
to attract high skill, high-paying jobs
and working with community col
leges and industry to train new
workers.
As for the area's traditional indus
tries of agriculture and commercial
fishing. Mills said they arc "vital"
for economic survival and "must be
promoted vigorously". Natural re
sources must also be protected, he
said.
It's time in the district for new
"vigorous and visionary" leadership,
Mills said, adding that he can "artic
ulate the needs of Brunswick
County" in the legislature.
"We need to push economic poli
cies that help the working class," he
said "We have hardworking people
who want a tough approach to
crime, good-paying jobs, affordable
health care and government that re
sponds to their needs."
Cooler Weather To Continue
The South Brunswick Islands area
can expect the cooler temperatures
of the past few days to continue into
the coming week.
"Tl?C tCIOpCI muic.-> won't be bad,
but not what you expect going into
May," said Jackson Canady, a
Shalloue Point weather watcher.
He expects temperatures to range
from lows in the 50s at night to the
lower 70s during the daytime, with
about a half-inch of rainfall.
"Basically it looks like pattern we
have had for the past few days will
continue into next week," he said.
"We will have cooler than normal
weather for a while to come. There
may be a slight warming trend this
weekend, but then another cool air
mass is coming down."
For the period of April 22 iluougli
27, he recorded a maximum high of
86 degrees on the 23rd and a mini
mum low of 42 degrees, which oc
curred April 27.
An average daily high of 68 de
grees combined with an average
nightly low of 46 degrees combined
for a daily average temperature for
the period of 57 degrees, which
Canady said was 8 degrees below
average.
OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT
FOR
rnuSJDCNT Or Tr?E UNITED STATES, UNITED STATES
SENATOR, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, STATE AND
COUNTY OFFICERS
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC
MAY 5, 1992
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TO VOTE. COMPLETE THE ARROW(S) POINTING TO YOUR CMOICE(S) LIKE THIS
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
(Vou may vote for ONE)
PATRICK J BUCHANAN
GEORGE BUSH
NO PREFERENCE
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
(You may vote lor ONE )
LAUCH FAIRCLOTH
LARRY E HARRINGTON
EUGENE (GENE) JOHNSTON
SUE MYRICK
FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS
(You may vote for ONE)
ROBERT C ANOERSON
SCOTT C OORMAN
FOR GOVERNOR
(Vou may vote for ONE)
GARY M OUNN
JIM GARDNER
RUBY THOMPSON HOOPER
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
(Vou may vote tor ONE)
DORIS ROGERS HUKFMAN
ART POPE
TRIP SIZEMORE
FOR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
(Vou may vote for ONE)
NELSON OOLLAR
HENRY McKOY
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
(Vou may vote tor ONE)
TEENA S LITTLE
VERNON ROBINSON
TOM ROGERS
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
DISTRICT 3
(You may vote for ONE)
STEVE FOSTER
JOSEPH TYLER LENINS
WILLIAM (BILL) SISK
BOB SLOCRETT
TOM YEAGLE
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
OlSTRiCT 4
(Vou may vote tor ONE)
GENE SELLERS
PATRICIA (PATTY) YOUNG
FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT 1
(Vou may vote tor ONE)
JOSEPH V BRUST
JANET POPE
Pnma'y Election
May 5 199?
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CNhrrrttn Brunswick County
Board ot Elections
Body Identified
As Missing Woman
(Continued From Page 1-A)
Co. of Curric were trimming un
derbrush from a power line right of
way when the body was found at
mid-morning. Bobby Allen Dial was
operating a "swamp buggy" and had
returned to refuel when the buggy
struck a comer of the couch, report
ed Brunswick County Sheriff s De
puty Pete Moore, the first officer to
arrive on the sccnc.
"At that point they saw a body ly
ing face down covered with brown
plastic," said Moore.
Dial and fellow worker Louis
Ramsey drove to a restaurant on U.S.
74-76 about two miles away to call
the sheriff's department. Saw Mill
Road is a dirt street that runs from
U.S. 74-76 to Northwest Road (S.R.
14 19) just cast of Sandy Creek.
Where the body was found, cars
had made a path into a wooded area
where trash and appliances had been
dumped. However, the couch was
lying in a clearing beneath the pow
er lines. It has been roped off with
yellow crime-scene tape and sits just
several hundred yards from homes
along U.S. 74-76.
The body was taken to the stale
medical examiner's office in Chapel
Hill for identification. Dental
records determined it was the body
of Ms. Thigpcn. Davis said patholo
gists will try now to determine how
the victim died.
As of Monday, no charges or war
rants had been filed in the case. SBI
agents and Brunswick detectives
questioned the estranged husband.
Marine Cpl. Oliver Thigpen of
Wilmington, after the body was
found Thursday and also seized a
car he had been driving. The couple
had separated in early February.
The car is owned by another
Marine stationed overseas.
May 5 Day
Of Choices For
Brunswick's Voters
(Continued From Page 1-A)
Gene Sellers and Pairicia Young.
Democratic candidates are Tom B.
Rabon Sr. Jo Ann Bellamy
Simmons and Tom Simmons. C.
Lephus Pigott withdrew late from
the race and his name will still ap
pear on the ballot.
Board of Education candidates
from District 1 are Republicans
Joseph V. Brust and Janet Pope.
Sam F. Frink is unopposed on the
Democratic ticket.
District 3 Democratic candidates
for the school board are William D.
Carter, Carlton L. Sligh and
Stephanna Tewey, while Republican
Bill Fairley is unopposed.
Republican Pete Bameue runs un
opposed in District 4, Board of
Education, while Donna M. Baxter
and J. Bryant Pergerson are the
Democratic candidates.
Running for the Register of Deeds
nomination on the Democratic ticket
are Grace Beasley, Edward F. Mint/
and Robert J. Robinson. Republican
Arthur Knox had no primary oppo
nent.
in the 13th District Judges' race.
Democrats Napoleon B. Barefoot
Jr., D. Jack Hooks Jr. and Jerry A.
Jolly are unopposed for the three
seats and are assured re-election. An
early contender for Barefoot' s seat,
Wayne Long, withdrew and there
are no Republican candidates for the
di.%tiici bench.
Other unopposed candidates are
Charles L. Carroll for the Soil and
Water Conservation District board
and Greg White, Democrat, for
coroner.
Lynda Briu, elections supervisor
for the Brunswick County Board ol
Elections, is predicting a light voter
turnout next Tuesday.
"I think it will be unusually
light," she said, "based on the num
bcr of people coming in here asking
for sample ballots or asking how to
contact candidates. If it's not, then
they're just getting their information
from other sources."
As of April 28, the number of ab
sentee ballots cast was 116, includ
ing 83 civilians and 33 military.
Brut said this is an unusually small
number for a primary, about half the
number cast two years ago.
Britt said she would "delighted" if
the number showing up at the polls
was as high as 40 percent of the
county's 29,921 registered voters.
Of those registered, 17,691 are
Democrats and 10,783 Republicans.
Another 1,447 arc unaffiliated with
any party but arc eligible to vote in
the Republican primary.
Residents may register for the
November general election up to
October 5, she said.
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Young Mother Hospitalized
After Accident Claiming
Husband And Baby
Jcssica Combcst, 18, of Ash, was
listed in satisfactory condition
Tuesday at Duke Hospital in
Durham, following an April 24 onc
car accident that look the lives of
her 22-year-old husband, Steven
Allen Combest, and their newborn
son.
The baby, Steven Allen Combcst
Jr., was delivered by Cacsarcan sec
tion after his mother's arrival at The
Brunswick Hospital shortly after the
8 p.m. crash. He died soon after
birth.
The Combests and a friend, Tina
Bowdcn, 20, also of Ash, were trav
eling cast on N.C. 130 in Columbus
County in a 1989 Dodge pickup
truck, with Mr. Combcst at the
wheel, according to State Highway
Patrolman L.L. Hatchcr.
"The truck ran off the road on the
right, traveled back omo the paved
portion and struck the cement bridge
railing on the driver's side,"
Hatcher's report said. "The truck
was hanging on the bridge."
The impact threw Bowden clear
of the vehicle. She was taken to
Columbus County Hospital in
Whitcvillc, where she was treated
for minor injuries and released.
Combcst and his wife, who was
nine months pregnant, were pinned
in the truck by a collapsed dash
board. It took rescue personnel 45
minutes to cut them free.
"He was trapped from the waist
down and her left leg was trapped
under his body," Malchcr said.
The couple was taken to The
Brunswick Hospital, the nearest fa
cility with obstetrical services.
While Mrs. Combest underwent
Cacsarcan section, her husband was
transferred to New Hanover
Regional Medical Center in
Wilmington, where he died at 2:58
a.m. Saturday.
Mrs. Combest, whose abdomen
struck the dashboard, injuring the fe
tus, also had broken bones in both
legs and the pelvis, according to
Hatcher. It was, however, persistent
internal bleeding from a rupture
spleen that led to her transfer by he
licopter Monday afternoon to Duke
Hospital in Durham. On Tuesday
she was reportedly in satisfactory
condition.
Her mother, Linda Stewart of
Ash, said Monday that the infant
was the couple's first child, adding,
"It would have been our first grand
child, too. They aren't sure yet
whether she can have other chil
dren."
Funeral services for father and
son were held Tuesday at Eastsidc
Fellowship in Shallotte.
Hatcher said Combest was
charged with driving while im
paired, but he would be discussing
dismissal of the charges with the
district attorney.
VOTE SET FOR AUGUST
Sunset Harbor May Vote
On Plan To Become Town
BY TKRRY POPE
Sunset Harbor's permanent resi
dents may vote in August whether to
incorporate their quiet waterway
community into an official town.
A committee studying incorpora
tion plans will ask State Rep. David
Rcdwinc to introduce legislation in
May which would put the matter be
fore a vote of the people.
"I think a majority favors it," said
Derwood Landreth, committee
chairman.
However, petitions are also circu
lating in the community opposing
incorporation, said T.G. Edwards,
who has a business there. At a com
munity meeting last week, he said a
majority raised their hands when
asked if they were against incorpo
ration.
'There are some people opposing
it," Landreth agreed. "There arc al
ways people who will oppose
things. As of right now, everything
is getting ready to go to the General
Assembly."
The committee formed in October
when a group of about 60 permanent
and part-time residents gathered to
hear Rcdwinc explain steps to incor
poration. At the time, Landreth said
a majority of permanent residents
had signed a petition to incorporate.
Sunset Harbor has approximately
206 permanent residents who will be
eligible to vote in August. There are
a number of summer and vacation
homes in the community owned by
non-permanent residents who cannot
vote if an election is held.
Residents have a constitutional
right to vote on taxation, but they
can only vote where they are regis
tered.
Tom Yeagle serves on the com
mittee and helped draft a town char
ter. He estimates there are 1,500
"As of right now,
everything is getting
ready to go to the
General Assembly."
-Derwood Landreth
Incorporation Chairman
people who own property in the pro
posed town. Those people can vote
in ihc referendum if they decide to
make Sunset Harbor their permanent
home, he said.
He favors legislation calling for a
vote of the people.
"That's about as fair as you can
get it," said Yeagle.
Yeagle said the town chartcr
would limit the powers of the five
councilmen and mayor and call for a
vote of the people on tax increases
of more than 10 percent and on all
major ordinances.
A proposed tax rate of 5 cents on
every $100 of valuation would cost
him around $15 per year, said
Yeagle.
"That's the minimum tax rale if
you want to receive state funds," he
said.
The proposed town boundaries
would run from the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway and
Lockwood Folly River to the edge
of River Run Plantation and the old
Swain property.
"Just with the progress that's go
ing on," said Landreth, "if we want
to maintain Sunset Harbor we have
to incorporate, to control our des
tiny, to have a say of what happens."
Landreth said people decided in
October, not at last week's meeting,
to pursue legislation that asks for a
vote of the people on incorporation.
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