Milestones

 William and Beverly Werner celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, Nov. 21, with family and friends at the beach on Ocean Isle Beach. They renewed their vows and then the bride, escorted by her nephew William Payne from California, trashed her original wedding dress in the ocean. The Werners returned to Carolina Shores in 2012 from New Jersey, where William worked as a paramedic at Hackensack Hospital and Beverly worked for United Parcel Service.

 Aaron and Ashton Stahl of Shallotte are the proud parents of a son, Luke Aaron Stahl, born at 6:18 p.m. Sept. 15 at New Hanover Regional Women’s Center in Wilmington, weighing 8 pounds and measuring 20 1/2 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Matt and Candice Chappell of Ash.

Paternal grandparents are Michael and Patricia Stahl of Sarasota, Fla.

Great-grandparents are Richard and Christine Hewett of Shallotte, William and Linda Chappell of Ash and Shirley Bogus of Sarasota, Fla.

 Wilmington native Capt. Clinton A. Rountree was promoted to the rank of major during a promotion ceremony Nov. 13 at Liberty Chapel in Fort Lee, Va. He is the son of D.C. Rountree of Holden Beach and the late Gloria Rountree.

 The West Brunswick High School graduating class of 1975 spends it 40th class reunion with a meet-and-greet Nov. 6 with more than 80 in attendance. Some classmates even flew in from Texas. A tour of WBHS on Nov. 7 was followed by a banquet that night with 90 classmates (132 attending in total) at The Isles on Ocean Isle Beach. There were many door prizes and a DJ playing ‘70s favorites while dancing in a “Soul Train” line. The class had a worship service the next morning.