mu' Mid-Week •3HJ* teMmitm ®imco Edition ESTABLISHED 1797 1 Year In County flO.M 1 Year In State $11.01 Georgetown, S.C. 29440 Thursday, December 30, 1976 25* Per Copy Vol. 181 No. 13 1 Year Ont of State $12.M '76 Marked Funding For Projects Nixed By CLAIRE CONNORS petition," he added. Tentative approval of federal Alfred B. Schooler, chairman Economic Development Agency of Georgetown County Council, Maryville Upheavals (EDA) public works funding did said Thursday that he had not Stadium not include any projects in heard confirmed reports on the Georgetown County, a status of Georgetown County's Columbia EDA spokesman, public works application. Planning said last week. He said he didn't understand Remains Townes Holland, a why Georgetown County would (3 In Offices representative of EDA in not have received approval for Columbia, said Thursday that any of the projects because the Unaltered 22 projects equaling between county is rated among the In Limbo By CLAIRE CONNORS $13 and $14 million in South highest in unemployment in the By CLAIRE CONNORS America's bicentennial year saw the Carolina had been tentatively state. By BOB GORMAN A Maryville fire and police resignations and deaths of Georgetown County approved. Georgetown County had County recreation officials substation will be built applied for funds for a county will be going "back to the regardless of the lack of federal political figures which significantly paved the way However, out of the three drawingboard" after counties of Georgetown, stadium, renovation of the old funding, Georgetown Mayor for change in 1977. county courthouse, a water and learning that a proposal for a pro tern W. R. Weatherly said Williamsburg and Horry, only new stadium under the In addition to the change in faces, city and county one project was approved—a sewer system for Murrells Inlet Wednesday. and a terminal building at the Public Works Program was Weatherly has not been governments enacted preliminary changes which sewer project in Horry County rejected. to provide $396,000 to an in­ airport. notified as of Wednesday about should alter the scope of government for years to The county applied for come. dustrial park sewer system. "I don't know what else we the outcome of the approval of The approvals are tentative, could've done in preparation $300,000 under the Economic two projects submitted to the The past year included the resignation of 10-year Holland said, because EDA has for the applications," Schooler Development Ad­ Federal Economic Develop­ veteran Mayor O.M. Higgins--a man who led the not had time t6 make final said. "I'm at a loss at this time ministration's Public Works ment Administration (EDA) city through a changing era. assessments of the projects as to what happened—we'll Program of 1976. The public works funding, but he Because of Higgins' resignation Nov. 1, the scope submitted from all over the have to check into it," he added. program is designed to fund said he did not believe they state. Georgetown Mayor pro tern projects which will create were approved. of city government is now undergoing change. The W.R. Weatherly said Wed­ jobs in high unemployment Georgetown applied for the Holland said the decisions areas. resignation necessitated a 1977 election for a new, were based on computer nesday that he had not heard proposed substation in parttime mayor. printouts which evaluated each of the status of two projects that County Recreation Maryville and a new city hall The mayoral office became a fulltime job with an section of each project on a Georgetown City had applied Director Matt Goyak said under a public works grant for. Weatherly added that he Tuesday "we will have to offered by EDA. $18,000 annual salary under Higgins. Cecil point system. The amount of start all over" in trying to Schneider resigned as mayor pro tern following jobs a proposed would provide was reasonably sure that he Weatherly said the Marwille was a basic criteria for the would hear something later that build Georgetown a new facility was a commitment to Higgins' announced resignation in mid-October. EDA. day. stadium. the people and that it will be Councilman W.R. Weatherly was elected mayor There were more than $112 Georgetown had applied for "I couldn't tell you now built. pro tern by council and he will serve in that position million in applications, Holland funds for a fire and police sub what we're going to do," said Press Box At Present Stadium He added that he didn't know until the March 8, 1977 special election. At that said, with 213 projects seeking station building in Maryville CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 where the funds would come time, a parttime mayor will be elected and the funding. "That's stiff com­ and a new city hall. from and that money not been allotted for the building in the council will hire a city administrator. city's 1977 budget. Georgetown County Council also enacted a There are no plans, however, change in its leader's job by voting in December to for a new city hall, Weatherly change from a parttime to full-time chairman. DHEC May Reopen Inlet Waters said. Chairman Alfred B. Schooler will draw an annual The city council had at one salary of $20,000 when the change takes place Jan. time discussed the possibility of By BOB GORMAN individuals were taking the moving city hall to the old bank 1. opportunity to invade leased building on the corner of Broad In state government, Rep. John C. Heinemann Murrells Inlet could be Lack Of Public Notice Unintentional oyster beds and help them­ and Front Streets. Weatherly died Nov. 15 of a heart attack following his Nov. 2 ^^op*"ied **> "''ellfishing selves during the closing. said that renovation of the reelection to House Seat 107. Thursday or Friday depending inlet due to the pollution level inches of rain fell during a posted in plain view that it had However, Hause said that he building and a lack of parking The Democratic primaries for the house seat are on results of water samples has given organic matter a three-day period." been closed," he continued. and other DHEC officials have facilities ruled out this taken Tuesday by the South chance to be "flushed out" Hause said two guages "Although we contact been patrolling the inlet and possibility. set for Feb. 1. Carolina Department of Health while also allowing shellfish to measuring rainfall are in the newspapers about several haven't seen anyone harvesting Plans were tentatively drawn Running for the seat is Morris Johnson, who and Environmental Con­ clean themselves. inlet and have been monitored things, this one just slipped by- oysters illegally. for a new $720,000 city hall at the opposed Heinemann in the November race. Also trol, (DHEC). The inlet was closed to since the official opening of the it wasn't intentional." "If anyone is doing it, they corner of Front and Fraser running are John Harrelson, William Sapp and Luke Hause, an official with shellfishing when heavy rains in shellfishing season Sept. IS. Several Murrells Inlet must be doing it at night," said streets, but they will apparently Carroll Baker. DHEC's shellfishing division mid-December hit the area. Hause also denied that commerical businessmen in­ Hause. "I went down there for be shelved. said a decision will probably be "Murrells Inlet was open on a DHEC did not adequately in­ terviewed last week said they two days and watched for two City Hall will remain where it McClellanville also experienced a political death- made Thursday. provisional basis," said Hause. form the public of the closing. were hoping that information hours before and after low tide is, Weatherly said, and if more -Mayor Robert Ashley died March 17 leaving the "The testing process usually "Our information shows that Local media did not learn of about the closing would not be and didn't see anybody." office space is needed, it's Mayor Pro Tern position to councilman Rutledge takes 48 hours, so we should there is a correlation between the closing until Dec. 17-five made public. They feared that Hause added that possible that some offices may Leland. The council decided not to call a special know something by then," he bacteria and rainfall and so we days after the closing took ef­ their businesses would suffer businessmen leasing oyster be moved to the police station or said. decided that the inlet would be fect. from a decrease in business. beds have the legal right to a trailer may be placed behind election for mayor because the regular elections Hause said the closing of the were to be in November. closed automatically if three "The area was very well Others also reported that order trespassers off their beds. city hall. GEORGETOWN MILESTONES The 1975 Nov. 4 election results for three city council seats were contested by three Republican Pet Kills write-ins because of improper election procedures. Collard Cecil W. Schneider, Sam Bonds and the Rev. H.B. Butler won the election for the city council seats but Difficult they were required to re-run in a special election in Collared April. Harry E. Dawson III, Charles R. Miller and To Prove Patricia M. Cox contested the procedures and a For Yule new election was ordered. Mrs. Cox dropped out of By BOB GORMAN By ETHLYN MISSROON the race, however, and Lee Ballard III ran in her For a "down home" place. There are laws on the books in holiday season, the absolute Georgetown County against end in Christmas cheer has The results of the April special elections proved killing another person's pet- to be a "collard tree." the same as the first-Schneider, Bonds and Butler but that doesn't stop it from Ms.