54 WBM november 2014 There’s a large hole in the cast net. Using the shuttle wrapped in monofilament, his long fingers thread it through the hole, creating a diamond pattern. He does this a few more times. The hole is getting smaller and smaller. “This was one of the first trades I ever had, way back when I was a boy. People don’t have the patience to do this nowadays. And we live in a use-it- once-and-throw-away society.” This net is about 15 or 20 years old and Hurst says it’s really not worth fixing. But he says, “It’s been a good run and caught a lot of fish. I’m not gonna junk it just yet.” Hurst was 5 years old when his family was forced to move from Onslow County. The federal government needed the Hurst land, a 1 ½ mile stretch of beachfront, to build Camp Lejeune. Hurst’s mother, Betty, was a Hewlett whose ancestors lived in the rural Masonboro Sound farm-ing and fishing community long before the Civil War. They relo-cated to a rented farmhouse on the sound. The shipyard was starting and his father, Adrian Hurst, was a math professor — the first one ever hired at Wilmington College, now the Universtity of North Carolina Wilmington, in 1947. Soon Adrian purchased a 3 ½ acre soundfront tract of land. During World War II, no houses were being built in the county because the government froze build-ing materials for military use. After his permit was denied, Adrian begged for reconsideration. Since he worked at the shipyard, he was able to get heavy form lumber after it was used. Delivered with big trucks, it was dumped on the property. His father utilized German prisoners of war who worked at a local dairy farm in town to pull nails from the wood using hammers and crowbars to Hurst repairs a fishing net on his dock at Hewlett’s Creek. 7 Sandpiper Street • $885,000 Classic beach cottage in Wrightsville Beach three back from the ocean, furnished. 6266 Ingleside Drive • $648,500 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3,872 square feet Greenville Manor Bobby Brandon CRS, GRI, ABR, SRES 910-538-6261 • bobbyb@intracoastalrealty.com www.BobbyBrandon.com Sam Crittenden 910-228-1885 Sarah Dobbs 910-256-7795 Administration Assistant Rainey Wallace 252-230-8523 Bobby Brandon 910-538-6261 Elisabeth Mulligan 910-262-1405 BoBBy BRAndon REAl EStAtE tEAm From left, Geannine M. Boyette, Esq., Ryanne E. Drogos, Esq., Lori A. Ingram, N.C. Certified Paralegal The Boyette Law Firm 105 N. 6th Street, Wilmington • 910-251-9213 • www.BoyetteLaw.com Geannine M. Boyette and her associate, Ryanne E. Drogos, practice in the areas of Domestic and Criminal Law, dealing with issues such as child custody and support, spousal support, equitable distribution and divorce, DWI, and criminal and traffic violations. Geannine also devotes a fair share of her practice to defending individuals against the Department of Social Services. Geannine says, “One of the things that is unique about our firm is that we remain sensitive to the fact that our clients are being asked to make decisions about important and often complex issues while under tremendous emotional distress. As a result, we are able to more effectively meet their needs.”
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