Board
Reviewin
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Proposed
Superintendent's
Contract
Brunswick County Board of Education members got
their first look Monday night at a proposed contract with
incoming Superintendent of Schools Ralph Johnston.
The board was to meet at its Southport administra
tive office Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m. to continue
its consideration of the contract and other business car
ried over from a meeting that began Monday night at
Supply Elementary School, said Chairman Donna Bax
ter.
Under the tentative terms of the agreement reached
when the board voted in August to hire Johnston, he is
to receive a four-year contract package worth about
580,000 a year. It is to include a clause that ties his con
tinued employment to improvement of student test
scores.
Johnston, accompanied by his wife, Sonia, was in
town Tuesday for the dedication of the new Supply Ele
mentary School and to finalize contractual arrangements
with the board.
In other deliberations Monday night, the board ap
proved a lengthy list of personnel actions.
With the pending retirement of Roland English Sept.
30, the board named William Hargrove as the new assis
tant principal of South Brunswick High School.
Hargrove, who has served as an assistant principal in the
past, currently teaches social studies at South Brunswick
High.
The board approved these hirings:
Waccamaw Elementary ? Amy Mint/, Shallotte, vo
cational teacher; Hilda George, Whiteville, guidance
counselor; Linda Atkinson, Ash, custodian; Brcnda
Cribbs, Ash, cafeteria assistant;
Union Primary ? Doug Vogcl, Shallotte, tcachcr as
sistant;
West Brunswick High ? Sandra Simmons, Ash, cus
todian;
Supply Elementary ? Joyce Burroughs, Supply; Jan
et Cate, Sunset Beach, and Ann McManus, Southport,
elementary teachers; Judy Auman, Bolivia, Chapter
1/migrant education parent coordinator; Joyce Evans,
Bolivia, cafeteria assistant; Erica Price, Southport, thera
peutic assistant;
Shallotte Middle ? Marsha Utterback, Wilmington,
special education; Henry Randolph, Shallotte, BEH as
Caudill Reportedly Doing
Well After Chemotherapy
Chris Caudill is reportedly feeling well following high dosages of
chemotherapy at Duke University Medical Center.
The local cancer victim was expected to have marrow reinsert r*t inin
her bones Tuesday or Wednesday, according to a friend, Marlene Varnam.
"She's doing fine, very good report," Vamam said Thesday. "The doc
tors are vety pleased. She was up talking yesterday and doing real good."
Caudill, a 36-year-old mother of two from Supply, has been hauling
bcr ir.surar.cc corr.par.y as veil as ar. advanced fenr. of breast cancer.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield refused to pay tor the bone marrow trans
plant, arguing that it is excluded from the policy Caudill has through her
employer, Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal.
Shallotte attorney Roy That is representing Caudill in her lawsuit
against the insurance company.
After an unfavorable ruling for Caudill in U.S. District Court, the
case has been appealed to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in
Richmond, Va.
White waiting for the case to be settled in court, Duke Hospital
waived its requirement for a $112,000 deposit or proof of insurance cov
erage.
The hospital agreed to treat Caudill if area residents turned over
$40,000 as a down payment and continued raising funds.
Varnam said residents have raised approximately $43,000 so far, in
cluding $3,000 during the Varnam town Celebration Labor Day weekend.
A recent gospel sing at Shallotte Middle School brought in nearly
$1,100 in contributions, and a yard sale at Shell Point Baptist Church
raised $685.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Two Local Teachers Honored
Two Brunswick County market
ing and distribu
live education
teachers have
been honored by
their peers ac
ross North Car
olina.
Norman Mel
ton of Wilming
ton. marketing
instructor at
North Bruns- MELTON
wick High School, was named
North Carolina Marketing Educator
of the Year. Jerry Smith, marketing
instructor at South Brunswick High
School, was named new profession
al of the year.
Both were nominated by District
2 marketing education personnel.
Speaking to the Brunswick
County Board of Education Monday
night, Melton attributed the recogni
tion largely to the achievements of
Brunswick County marketing and
distributive education students.
"If it weren't for them, I wouldn't
be here tonight," he said.
Aboard Saratoga
Two local sailors are currently
aboard the aircraft carrier USS Sar
uiugu, iiGiTicported in Maypon, Fia.,
and midway through a six-month
deployment to the Mediterranean.
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class
David C. Kilgore is the son of Janice
M. and Robert E. Kilgore of Cala
bash. He joined the Navy in 1981.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Craig A.
Cobb is the son of Patricia A. Cobb
of Shallotte. A 1984 graduate of
West Brunswick High School, he
joined the Navy in 1985.
Their ship is presently conducting
operations in the Adriatic Sea. Since
May they have crossed the Atlantic,
and been in the Strait of Gibraltar,
Messina, Bonaficio and Sicily. They
visited Naples, Italy; Palma, Spain;
Cannc and Toulon, France; and
Rhodes, Greece.
They conducted 30 underway re
plenishments and participated in
several multinational training exer
cises with allies.
Mitchell Trains
U.S. Marine Pfc. Kristi L. Mit
chell recently completed recruit
training at Marine Corps Recruit
Depot, Parris Island, S.C., and was
promoted to her present rank.
A 1990 graduate of South Johns
ton High School in Four Oaks, she
joined the Marine Corps in April.
She is the daughter of Carolyn O.
Rose of Supply.
In training she was introduced to
typical daily Marine routine and the
personal and professional standards
traditionally adhered to by Marines.
The program also included physical
conditioning, close-order drill, first
aid, teamwork and self discipline.
Earn UNC Degrees
Three Brunswick Countians were
among 850 students earning degrees
from the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill this summer.
PiKcinan Euward Kirby Jr. of
Southport, earned a bachelor of arts
degree in economics and graduated
with distinction.
Royce Franklin Medlock of Long
Beach earned a bachelor of arts in
biology and radio, TV and motion
pictures.
John Faison Taylor of Winnabow
earned a bachelor of arts degree in
radio, TV and motion pictures.
They completed academic work
in August and will be invited to at
tend a December recognition cere
mony and the May 1993 commence
ment ceremony.
sistant; Sabrina Parrish and Mae Simmons, Supply, cafe
teria assistants; Charlene Johnson, Shallottc, custodian;
Leland Middle ? Rhonda Brady, Leland, middle
grades; SuAnn Burton, Castle Hayne, elementary teach
er; Lisa Paden, Long Beach, and Phyllis Novicki,
Wilmington, special education; Susan Wolfson, Wilm
ington, science; Lisa Morris, Wilmington, ISS/Choices;
Carolyn Pearson, Wilmington, vocational teacher,
Lincoln Primary ? Kathcrinc Woolen. Wilmington,
acadcmically gifted teacher; Janice Brown, Leland, cafe
teria assistant; Ossic Southerland, Leland, teacher assis
tant;
South Brunswick High ? Teresa Carroll, Wilming
ton, math; Luervia Williams, Bolivia, custodian;
South Brunswick Middle ? Joseph Benton, Ash,
Kristen Edmunds, Wilmington, and Patricia Gibson,
Summerville, S.C., middle grade teachers; Teresa Hux,
Winnabow, media assistant; Julius Brown, South port,
and Ada McCoy, custodians; Shcrrie Cantrell, South
port, hearing impaired interpreter.
Medical leaves of absence were granted to Carolyn
Stout, Union Primary; Jamie Lloyd, South port Ele
mentary; Norma Sholar, North Brunswick High; Susan
Brown, Union Primary; Margia Leach, Leland Middle;
Annie B. Hewett, Supply Elementary; disability leave to
Carol Holley, Lincoln Primary;
In addition to Roland English's resignation, the
board accepted resignations from Ruby Brown, tcacher
assistant. Lincoln; Sandra Mullins, teacher. South Mid
dle; Mary Blanton, media coordinator. North Bruns
wick; and Cynthia Danicis, maiii, Souiii Brunswick
High.
Tranfers approved shift special education tcacher
Sandra Egcrton, Wilmington, from South Brunswick
Middle to Lincoln Primary; and Gail Coles, Yaupon
Beach, from Lincoln to South Middle. Also. South
Brunswick Middle teacher Gail Porterficld, Long Beach,
transferred from regular state teacher to half regular, half
academically gifted teacher; and Blaine Sutton, Raeford,
from regular to Chapter 1 reading teacher. South
Brunswick Middle.
Sixteen people were approved as substitute teachers.
HIGHWAY PATROL REPORT
Three Injured In U.S. 17 Head-On Crash
Three persons were injured Wed
nesday night, Sept. 9, and both
drivers charged in a two-vehicle ac
cident on U.S. 17 south of Shallotic.
Seriously injured were drivers
Norman Wade Williamson, 26, of
Keystone Heights, Fla., and Betty
Vearl Smith, 64, of Calabash, and a
passenger in WiiiiaiiiMju's iiuCk,
Mark Ratliff, 23, of Jacksonville,
Fla. All three were transported to
The Brunswick Hospital with inca
pacitating injuries.
The accident occurred about 9:24
p.m. Williamson, driving a 1984
Ford pickup, was northbound on
U.S. 17 about 4.8 miles south of
Shallotte when Smith's southbound
1979 Buick crossed the center line.
Her car ran two other vehicles off
the highway before striking Will
iamson's truck head on, said Ruby
Oakley, spokesman for the N.C.
Highway Patrol's Wilmington of
fice.
Trooper C.E. Ward charged Smith
with driving left of center and
charged Williamson with having no
eye glasses.
Damages were estimated at about
$5,500 to the Ford pickup and
$1,200 to the Buick.
A driver received serious, but
nonincapacitating injuries in a one
car accident that happened earlier
Wednedsday on Shell Point Road
(S.R. 1132) approximately 4.2 miles
south of Shallotte.
At about 2:25 a.m. Annetta
Simmons Evans, 30, of Shallotte,
was driving east on Shell Point
Road in her 1980 Ford when she
failed to negotiate a right-hand
curve. The car ran off the road onto
the right shoulder, slid out of control
and back across the road into the left
1.
U1U.UUOIIN.
Trooper T.W. Calder charged
Evans with DW1 and driving left of
center.
Evans was transported to The
Brunswick Hospital with Class B in
juries.
Damages were estimated at
52,500 to the car.
On Monday, Sept. 7, a driver was
charged with DWI by Trooper B.D.
Barnhardt following a one-car acci
dent on N.C. 133 approximately 4.4
miles north of Southport.
Driving a 1988 Pontiac, Darren
Coy Bordeaux, 27, Southport, was
traveling north on N.C. 133 at about
1:15 a.m. when his car ran off the
road onto the southbound shoulder
and struck a driveway, Oakley said.
The car went airborne, traveling 52
feet before striking a ditchbank and
making a 360-degree roll before
coming to rest upright on the ditch
bank.
Bordeaux was transported to
Doshcr Memorial Hospital in
Southport with Class A (serious, in
capacitating) injuries.
In his report Barnhart estimated
damages at 55,000 to the vehicle
Community Services
Seeks Board Member
Four-County Community Serv
ices Inc. is seeking a representative
from Brunswick County for a five
year term on its board of directors to
replace the current representative
whose terms expires Sept 30.
Four-County Community Serv
ices is a nonprofit corporation which
oversees Head Start, the Weatheri
zaiion Program and Community De
velopment Block Grants.
A public meeting to elect the board
member will be held Sept. 20 at 7
p.m. at the Brunswick County Com
plcx Assembly Building in Bolivia
Those seeking election to the
board must live in the area and have
demonstrated a concern for area res
idents.
Election will be by secret ballot.
Only persons who live in the area
and are members of low-income
families are eligible to vote.
No employee of Four-County
Community Services, Inc., any fed
eral agency or employee of any con
tractor doing business with the agen
cy may be selected.
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In another single-vehicle acci
dcr.t, a Sunset Beach man was seri
ously injured Tuesday Sept. 8, at
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Vernon Gordon Baxley, 56, was
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Trooper C.E. Ward charged Bax
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A driver was charged with failure
to drive on the right half of the road
following another single-car acci
dent that occurred Saturday. -Sept
12, at about 9:40 p.m.
Julia Pearl Hewett, 37, of Bolivia,
was southbound on U.S. 17 business
about 12.9 miles north of Shallotte
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left side of the road and rolled over
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officer, Trooper B.L. Wilkes.
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Hewett complained of injuries
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