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By NICOLE CARTRETTE Rogers lives on Jacobs Loop Staff Writer Road in the Buckhead commu- nity, less than two-tenths of a Columbus County’s water districts con- Next Issue mile from the Buckhead Fire tinue to struggle with millions of gallons of and Rescue station. Hers is water that produce no revenue. the first home past the county Public Utilities Director Kip McClary said line. Naturally, she and her that in fiscal year 2011 (July 2010 to June 2011) family attend fundraisers, water quality technicians with his department plate sales and other events flushed 86 million gallons of water from stag- supporting the Buckhead Fire nant waterlines in an effort to ensure water Department. quality and prevent a build-up of chlorine See Buckhead, page 9-A See Water, page 6-A New Joblink Economic Monday’s American Profle center opens development features “Ralph in Delco talks eye strengths Stanley,” from bash- By JEFFERSON WEAVER ful singer to Blue- Staff Writer and weaknesses grass legend. By NICOLE CARTRETTE What started as a dream to Staff Writer help poor families break the DIDYOB? welfare cycle has expanded “What’s right? What’s wrong? What’s good into a second building. and bad?” Did you observe ... The Men and Women Unit- Those were questions asked of education, ed for Youth and Families health, city, county and other officials who par- Whiteville Church of (MWUYF) opened its new of- Staff photo by Mark Gilchrist ticipated in a recent economic development- God’s message outside fice, the Tri-County Job Center, focused meet at the N.C. Forestry Museum in church: “Aspire to on U.S. 74-76 last week. Ran- Board duties Whiteville. dolph Keaton, who founded Lake Waccamaw ABC board member Gilbert Collins replaces a sign One of several held in recent weeks, the inspire before you ex- MWUYF, said the new facility face on the top of the store after making electrical repairs to the de- meeting facilitated by the Cape Fear Council pire!” ... Pollen every- will help relieve some pressure cades-old equipment recently. of Governments is part of a bigger effort to where? ... WHS math from the main office in Acme plan for sustainable economic development in and increase exposure. the region in the state via local input. teacher Sunil Taneja “This is a good place for (Mr. Tan) celebrating us,” he said. “Even with just See Economic, page 6-A one little Joblink sign out his 60th birthday? We Southern Farm Days wonder how long that See Joblink, page 6-A is in calculus years? ... this weekend at Lake Columbus Girl Math teachers Michelle By CLARA CARTRETTE $7.50, with proceeds benefitting Father, sons News Editor Boys and Girls Homes. There is Scouts celebrate Powell, W.T. Edwards, plenty of free parking, Heather Herring and arrested in Take a step back in time shade under gi- GSUSA centennial Suanne Housand all at the fourth annual ant pecan trees, Southern Farm Days and a free By FULLER ROYAL plant break-in trolley ser- getting “Pi’s in the event this weekend Staff Writer at the Boys and Girls vice from face” as part of the n G ore T ra i ler Road Homes Horse Complex the main residents charged with Girl Scouting celebrates its centennial Pi Day celebration at at Lake Waccamaw. p a r k i n g breaking into the Nation- this year. The national organization for girls, West Columbus High Attendees will have an area to the founded in 1912, partially in response to the al Spinning plant, seven opportunity to see how g a t e a n d School Wednesday? vending machines. success of the Boy Scouts’ founding two years their forefathers lived a r o u n d t h e earlier, would not have roots in Columbus Te look of surprise on and worked on the farm and get up show. By BOB HIGH County until 27 years later when Girl Scout close and personal with the tools, Dale McPherson, a Columbus Troop 1 was formed in Whiteville. their faces? Priceless! ... Staff Writer machines and everyday living habits County born and bred entertainer Among the earliest Girl Scout Leaders were of yesteryear. who has wowed crowds at the County Charles Clint Kellihan, 42, Katherine Sledge and Martha Burns, both of The event, founded and sponsored Fair and other venues through the whom worked with Troop 1 as it entered its County Deaths and sons Jonathan Lafrank by the Cape Fear Farm Heritage As- years, will be master of ceremonies. Kellihan, 19, and Larry Frank- second year of existence. sociation, will be held Saturday and He will join other entertainers who Four years later, Troop 1 would have as its Whiteville lin Deal, 28, were arrested Mon- Sunday, opening each day at 9 a.m. will provide lively front porch music Teresa Ann McLean day, March 12, on seven counts leader Mrs. G.O. Rogers, the wife of longtime and closing at 5 p.m. Admission is See Farm Days, page 7-A Whiteville High School Principal George Bertie Lee E. Sibbett See Arrested, page 4-A Harvey McDufe Soles See Girl Scouts, page 2-A Fair Bluf Dorcas T. Hammond Bolton Lee Oliver Kinlaw 18th century sawmill discovered nThe term ‘hide in plain sight’ Spivey millpond. The large field across applies to this story. the Chadbourn Highway from the Index Sheriff’s Office gives no clue that prior (See today’s 1-C for a related story) to 1911 the Memory millpond offered &EJUPSJBMT" fishing, and the millrace and millhouse 0CJUVBSJFT" By ROBB CROSS on Mollie’s Branch (across the road 4QPSUT# from the old Whiteville Building Sup- There has been an ongoing detective ply) ground corn, providing – in 1870 $SJNF" story in Columbus County for some – employment for a millwright making -JWJOH$ time that most folks know nothing $250 per year. about. Everyone knows part of the Mills and water story; recently the “rest of the story” Virtually all sources of running has come to light. water—branches in their day, ditches The driving industry for Columbus in modern times—were dammed and County, even in the early days when used to power a mill. Most modern the area was Bladen and Brunswick perceptions of water-powered mills counties, was the use of mills – both germinate from scenes of great wheels grist for grinding grain and vertical turning from an overhead sluice pour- saws for lumber. ing into troughs. Today, Lake Tabor gives no indica- This incarnation requires elevated The Richardson Cypress Shingle and Lumber Company mill adjacent to tion that it was once the Coleman/ See Saw mill, page 7-A the Millpond prior to 1900. 2-A – The News Reporter, Thursday, March 15, 2012 Girl Scouts Continued from page 1-A “Fess” Rogers. Her daughter an emphasis on being good Ethel Rogers Wayne was one citizens.” her Girl Scouts along with Holden recalled how Re- Toccoa Powell, Ruth Carr becca Proctor, during a bout of Davis and Gean Claire Jones bad weather, taught the Scouts Gault. to crochet. Another early Girl Scout “Mama and Mrs. Bowers was Anne Guiton Coburn, always had good projects for who, in 1946 received the us,” she said. “They always Curved Bar Award, which kept us busy.” at the time, was the highest Among those projects were honor that could be bestowed 25- and 50-mile bike rides for on Intermediate Girl Scouts the cycling merit badge. who had already received Holden said the members their First Class ranks. in her troop had been molded “I enjoyed my Girl Scout- and shaped by the leadership ing,” Coburn said. “Mrs. Rog- provided. ers was our troop leader,” Fellow troop member Coburn said. “She was re- Worth said the troop was ally thorough in whatever small and had formed in mid- she did.” dle school. Coburn recalled having a “It was a wonderful experi- good group of friends in the ence,” said Worth, who is the troop and how Rogers “always special assistant to the Dean made meetings interesting. for Finance and Projects at Members of Whiteville Girl Scout Troop One on the night of their annual Mother-Daughter Dinner in April 1945 in We worked on merit badges, Duke University. “I didn’t play the National Guard Armory were, front row, from left: Gerry Fore, Patsy Welton, Nancy Smith, Nancy Cameron, Joan went on nature hikes and we sports. Scouting was an expe- Ashley, Emily Hasty, Virginia Fuller, Joan Blanchard, Jean Powell, Patty Moore, Ann Taylor, Jerrie Nance and Carolyn met at the Girl Scout hut every rience that was not related Thompson. Second row, from left: Peggy Bowen, Ann Lewis, Annette Prince, Peggy Coleman, Elizabeth Pickerell, week. to church that was good and Hattie Jean Gaskins, Christine Greene, Sally, Sally White McKenzie, Ann Kennedy, Betty Gray Taylor, Princess Ann “We always marched in important for me.