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4-H'er? i In The News See Section Two NEWS-TIMES 47th YEAR, NO. 18. THEEE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. MARCH 4. 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS ANT) FMDAY9 New Water Tank Goes into Service Newport's new pastel green 100,000 gallon water tank on the Nine-Foot Road goes into ser vice this week. Firemen filled the new tank last week for test and sterilizing purposes. Here Fire Chief Char lie Gould Jr., and Police Chief Dan Bell, left, check filling op orations. The old 50,000 gallon wood tank is in the foreground. The old tank leaks very badly and tons of icicles formed on it last week. Portions of the icicles remain and tons of ice litter the ground. Ice bent in one of the lower cross members and one leg was slightly bent by the weight of the ice. Conversion of the pump and the addition of emergency aux iliary power took place last weekend. Both the old and the new tank furnished water to the town while the pump was being worked on. The new tank was erected in rccord time, considering the weather, said B. R. Garner, wa ter commissioner. R. D. Cole Company of Newman, Ca., put up the tank at a cost of $28,835. Firemen plan to makt a train ing tower out of the old tank for the use of the County Fire Schools. . Water Company Manager Says Record Good C. W. Williams, manager of the ' Carolina Water Co. here, said Fri day that the Carolina Water Co. has not failed yet to keep Beau fort and Morebcad City supplied wijh water. Mr. Williams was referring to the fact that emergency pumping equipment in Beaufort was put out of commission during the big 4 freeze two weeks ago. He said further that it would "have done no good" to run the 1 emergency diesel engine during the cold weather to keep it from freezing and bursting. Mr. Wil liams also said that no one told bim that the engine should be run. In a newsstory Friday, a Beau fort official was quoted as saying that running the engine to keep it from freezing was recommend ed but the water company didn't want to "waste the fuel". Mr. Williams conceded that per haps such a suggestion may have been made to a water company employee but not to him. The way to have kept the engine ' t from freezing, he explained, was to have drained it. The water company has dccidcd not to make any repairs on the emergency equipment, pending a decision on'whether a new well is to be drilled in Beaufort. < Civil court opens next Monday f and continues for one week. Investigating Committee Finds Irregularities in Housing Deal The 10-county group investigating the Eastern Carolina Regional Housing Authority found enough ir regularities in the Seymour John son homes deal to request the gov ernor to "take whatever action ii necessary to insure that the Re gional Housing Authority asserts its interest in the property de scribed as Seymour Johnson homes". This may mean court ac tion. From information obtained dur ing two days and nights of Inquiry, the investigators believe that there is reason to doubt that Emmett Powell, executive director of the authority, and his associates own the land, and the homes, that they have agreed to sell to the East Carolina Regional Housing Author ity for $1,165,000. Odcll Merrill, Beaufort, a Car teret commissioner and secretary to the investigating group, report ed to the county board yesterday at the courthouse on the investiga tion, which took place Friday and Saturday at Raleigh. Recommend Resignations The investigators have recom mended that Emmett Powell and N. E. Mohn, assistant executive di rector of the authority, resign im mediately "and that appropriate steps be taken to remove them [from office, if necessary". They further found the follow ing: 1. That Mr. Powell and Mr. Mohn could not act in the best in terests of the housing authority while at the same time having an interest in Wayne Redevelopment Corp. 2. Loan of money by Mrs. Em melt Powell to the authority was "improper". 3. The housing authority "did not exercise neeessary diligence in protecting the interests of the au thority". The committee felt, how ever, that there may be varying degrees of responsibility among members of the authority due to "varying degrees of knowledge concerning the operations of the authority". I. E. Pittman, Morehead City, chairman of the authority, appear ed before the investigating com mittee Friday. 1* Counties Represented The investigation was started at the request of tbe governor who asked county boards of each of the 10 counties covered by the ECRHA to appoint a man to the investigat ing committee. The counties in addition to Carteret, are Jones, Sampson, Duplin, Wayne, John ston, Harnett, Craven, Pamlico and Onslow. Mr. Merrill said yesterday that the committee tried to learn when Mr. Powell felt he acquired owner ship of the homes at Seymour Johnson air base, Goldsboro, and if he owned them, why did the housing authority invest over $300, 000 in them for repair? Mr. Merrill said Mr. Powell took the position that he was violating no state law by lending money to the authority or negotiating other business with them, while execu tive director, because he had in formed the authority of his private interests. "The attorney general took an .entirety different stand on that," Mr. Merrill said. The attorney gen feral, George Patton, was assisting in the investigation. 1 Mr. Merrill pointed out that the committee was not asked to deter mine any criminal intent on the part of the persons involved in the deal. He raid those who appeared before the committee did so vol untarily. They did not testify un der oath. Tide Table Tides at (he Beaafort Bar HIGH LOW Taesday, March 4 a 55 a.m. 12:41 a.m. 7:11 p.m. 1:22 p.m. Wednesday, March t 7:43 a.m. 1:41 a.m. 1:11 p.m. 2:0# p.m. H?i itj, March ? 9:32 a.m. 2:11 a.m. 1:37 p.m. 2:SS p.m. Friday, March I 9 23 a.m. 3:1! a.m. 1:41 f.m. 1:40 p.m. The county board accepted tbc report. Commissioner Skinner Chalk said that without further evidence he thought the board need not take any action relative to re questing Mr. rittman's resignation from the housing authority posi tion. Mr. Pittman is Carterct'a ap pointee. Mr. Merrill said a complete transcript of the hearing would be furnished the county. Mr. Chalk further commented that he thought the federal gov ernment has no business getting into housing, and that furthermore it has no business putting struc tures on land to which it does not have title. Mr. Merrill commented that a Federal Housing Authority repre sentative from Atlanta, G?? said that there have been hearings, similar to the Eastern Carolina one, throughout the country and that the ruling, eventually was that the housing authority owned the houses. Should this be the case in this instance, then the Eastern Caro lina Regional Housing Authority has agreed to pay SI. 165, 000 for property it already owns. Suspends Licenses The state highway safety division has suspended the licenses of Eden C. Barefoot Jr., Broad Creek, and Ervln E. Lupton, Morehcad City. The action came after convictions for speeding. Morehead City Sailor Lost Life 40 Years Ago Today By F. C. SALISBURY ? / It ii only a name carved on a brown stone memorial standing in front of the More head City munici pal building. "Leonard Day", but to many who recall the days of World War I, it brings to mind the complete disappearance at aea of the Navy supply ship Cyclopa In which sailor Day lost his life 40 years ago today, March 4, lilt. Leonard Day was one of two Morchead City boys who died in service of their country during World War I. Born at Bath, N. C., i he came to Morchead City as a ' young boy to make his home with his mother, sister and brother, fol lowing the death of his father. Enliating in the Navy at Norfolk at the age of 20, he was assigned to the Cyclopa as an oiler. This craft during the war operated be tween Baltimore and Bio de J a neiro. Her Uit call was at Barba dos, B. W. where coal was taken on. From that port she was beaded for Baltimore. At tbe time of her disappearance she carried a cargo of 10.800 tons of manganese and a crew of 309. She waa never heard from again. Despite a long and exhaustive search by the Navy Department no trace of the ship or crew has even been found. The Navy has ruled: "The disappearance of this ship has been one of the moat baffling myateries in the annals of the Navv, all attempts to locate her having proved unsuccessful. Msny theories have been ad vanced, but none that satisfactorily accounts for her disappearance. Morchead City honors the mem ory of Lcooartl Day and pays tri bute to hi* service and sacrifice. Fish , Shrimp , Apparently Killed by Cold , Discovered ? ? + Seafood Dealer Gets Six Years on Bad Check Case Port Calendar Askold ? Hocked at state port Friday for bunker products. She refueled with oil and sailed Sat urday. Benjamin Chew ? Sailed from state port Saturday with a cargo of tobacco for Hamburg. Orizaba ? Due at state port Fri day to load dairy products for CA?E. Monteray? Due at state port Saturday to load dairy products for CARE. Esso Patterson? Due at state port Monday with petroleum pro ducts for Standard Oil. County Board Informed About Mosquito Control Sidney H. Usry, secretary of the Salt Marsh Mosquito Study Com mission, told the county board of commissioners yesterday that if mosquito control district petitions are placed before the county board soon, a vote on levying a special tax for mosquito control could be taken in the primary May 31. Mr. Usry said that 60 days is needed to go through the proper legal machinery between the time the petitions are presented to the county board and a vote is taken. As of today, there arc 87 days between now and the primary. The county board of commissioners is mcetioc as a board of equalization Monday, March 17. Whether the Jnwrd could consider petitions then was not discussed. To make the county a mosquito control district, 10 per cent of the voters would have to sign a peti tion. In the Sea Level area such a petition has already been cir culated. Mr. Usry said he did not know what boundaries are set forth in that petition, lie suggests that the entire county be a control district in order to derive maximum bene fit. Mr. Usry said that 10 cents per hundred dollars valuation would be a logical assessment. This would yield in this county about $38,000 for nosquito control. Commissioner llarrell Taylor, Sea Level, said that his commun ity has ordered sawdust bags, chartered a plane for aerial work and taken other steps to combat the mosquito, lie said, "We need county and state help, too." Mr. Usry estimated that Car teret would receive more than $4, 800 this year for control. Forty eight hundred was the amount given by the state last year. No county, he said, may receivc more than $15,000 under the present ar rangement. The board took no action be cause there is nothing the board can do until petitions come before it. Engineer! Schedule Hearing United States Army engineers will conduct a public hearing at 10 a.m. April 8 at the Duval County Ar. iory, Jacksonville, Fla., on typea of vessels requiring a minimum vertical clearance under bridges on the inland waterway between Trenton, N. J., and Key West, Fla. ? M. A. Edwards, a seafood dealer from Aurora, was sentenced to six years in jail Thursday for passing bad checks. County recorder's court judge Lambert Morris sus pended the sentence on payment of all court costs and payment of all the checks, about $2,500 worth. Edwards had been buying sea food from county fishermen and paving them with bad checks. Judge Morris ruled that Edwards would have to post a $3,000 bond to insure that the terms of the sus pension would be met before he could get out of jail. He was still in the county jail Saturday. William F. Gillikin was fined $200 and costs for careless and reckless driving. Three other defendants were fined $100 and costs for the same offense. They were Shirley Ann Turnagc, Lacy Lee Jarman and Dale W. Pyles. Drunk Driver Arturo K. Maldonado Jr. was fined $100 and costs after he pled guilty to charges of driving drunk. I Two defendants were fined $75 and costs each They were Jerome 11. Fousek, failure to yield the right of way, and Gaston L. Par nell, careless and reckless driving and driving too fast for existing conditions. Leo J. Bassett was fined $25 and costs for driving on the wrong side of the road. George E. Quinoncs was fined $10 and costs for driving with improper lights. Dick Ricks got a $10 and costs fine for public drunkenness. Forfeit Bonds Seven defendants forfeited bonds. They follow: George R. G. King, driving on the wrong side of the road; Clem Gillikin, no driver's license, driving after license re voked and failure to heed -a siren; Jesse P. Tillct, speeding; George Daniel Hill, no reflectors on truck; Robert Louii Needs, running a stop sign; Grayer K. Willis, failure to yield the right of way; and Wil liam B. Parkins, public drunken ness. James Wheeler Smith was charged one-half costs for speed ing. Robert Lee Thomas, charged with assault, was turned loose and the prosecuting witness was taxed court costs for malicious prosecu tion. The state decidcd not to try Her man S. Montford, who had been charged with following too close. Charges of failure to yield the right of way against Charles W. White and llilma M. Phelps were dismissed. Tommy Howard Wins Contest Tommy Howard of the Newport Chapter Future Farmers of Amer ica won the public speaking con test at New Bern Thursday. Schools eligible to participate in the federation contest were New port and Smyrna of Carteret County; Jasper, Dover and Vance boro of Craven County; and Pam lico Central of Pamlico County. Newport won the Federation Banner to hang in their classroom and the right to participate in the district public speaking contest to be held in Perquimans School in Perquimans County May 3, 1958. The judges used the following for scoring the contestants: con tents of manuscript, composition of manuscript, voice, stage pre sence, power of expression, i re sponse to questions and general effect. Evidence is beginning to turn up testifying to extensive destruction of fish and shrimp during the freeze the week of Feb. 17. Dr. A. F. Chestnut, director of the Institute of Fisheries Research, University of North Carolina, reports that the bottom of the Neuse is "a graveyard of fish". The institute's research vessel, Machapunga, based at Mori-head City, found extensive i numbers of dead fish, erabs and shrimp Tuesday and Wednesday on the bottom of the Neuse River and Adams Creek. The Maehapunga was on routine trawling operations. Among the dead fish were men haden. anehovies, mullet, young-of the year spot and croaker, spotted trout and flounder. In Newport River and between Cape Lookout and Cape Fear, oys termen have tonged up numerous dead shrimp. Dr. Austin Williams of the insti tute found both dead and live shrimp during try net operations in Bogue Sound. Dr. Earl E. Deubler Jr., of the institute, said that cause of death cannot be ascertained with certain ty, "but it is most likely that the subfreezing weather of the week of Feb. 17 can be held accountable for the majority of the kill." The bottom water in the Neuse River, as of Feb. 25, was still very cold. The bottom temperature at (?arbacon Shoal was 30 degrees Fahrenheit, and at Wilkinson Point 38 Vj. John Chivas and Lloyd Reed, snapper fishermen working out of Morehead City, reported that while working 50 miles offshore last week they caught only one snap per and saw many dead food fish floating, probably carried out to sea from inland waters. Dr. Chestnut explained that salt water fish cannot stand a tremen dous temperature change. Fresh water fish, on the other hand, can frequently freeze in a block of ice, and swim away when the ice thaws. Dr. Williams is working at pres ent on a project to determine the extent of tolerance shrimp have to temperature change. Sheriff Salter Addresses Club Sheriff Hugh Salter was guest speaker at the Morebead City Ro tary Club meeting Thursday night. The sheriff spoke on his training at the FBI Academy. He gave a brief description of the courses he took and told the members how he had been able to apply this training to his work in the county. Mr. Salter concluded his dis cussion with a mention of the origin and history of the FBI. lie was the guest of program chair man George Dill. Club president Grover Munden announced that there will be a dis trict conference for newly-elcctcd officers in Wilmington March 24 25. President elect Thomas Noe was appointed chairman of a com mittee to see that all new officers attend the conference. Mr. Munden congratulated the Rotarians on their attendance dur ing the past aix months. He said that the Morehead City club ranked fourth in the district in attendance for that period. Newpwt Town Tags Motorists , who have not obtained their Newport town tags arc urged to do so at once. Tags may be ob tained from Miss Edith Lockcy, clerk at any time, or on Sundays and Saturdays from Mrs. Blanche Edwards, Texaco Service Station in Newport. Price is $1. Fire Damages Atlantic Beach Summer House The Ned Grady cottage on Atlan tic Beach was severely damaged by fire Saturday night. The cot tage, n two - apartment frame house, is on Bogue Boulevard East, near the Lighthouse Restaurant. Aulbert Mason, Atlantic Beach, reported the fire to the Idle Hour Amusement Center at 11:30 p.m. Firemen and civil defense volun teers rushed to the fire and the Morehead City Kire Department was called. Help Comes The Atlantic Bcach fire truck be gan the fight and was soon joined by both trucks from the West End fire station. Morehead City. The fire began downstairs and had gained considerable headway before the flames were seen from outside. Smoke and heat had ruin ed most of the furniture in the house, according to Atlantic Bcach mayor A. B. Cooper. Fireman Hurt Morehead City fireman Dallaf Guthrie cut his right hand whil? trying to raise an upstairs window, lie was taken to a doctor for treat ment. Mr. Grady, who was spending the weekend at the bcach, was not at home when the fire was report ed. When he got home the first thing he did, according to ob servers, was to run in and bring .out hi* fiahiag rods and tackle box. Mr. Grady told the mayor that the house was partially covered by insurance, but he did not know just how much damage the insurance would covcr. Highway Route Recommended Presented yesterday to the coun ty board of commissioners, the county board of education, and to the Beaufort town board last night was a resolution passed by th? Beaufort School board of trusted* at a special meeting Thursday night at the school. The resolution requests that the new highway through Beaufort, Highway 70, proceed cast from the Live Oak intersection, bypass th? school, and rejoin the present High way 70 north of town. The resolution said that such a routing would eliminate a serious safety hazard at the school. The highway now goes directly by the school. The county board took no action on Uie matter, pending presenta tion of the reaolution to the county board of education. Wiley Taylor Jr., attorney who presented the petition to the board, said that such a routing was re quested by a delegation of parents who appeared before the Beaufort School board Thursday night. The resolution was signed by Raymond Ball, chairman, and B. E. Tarkington, secretary to the school board. Which One Stole the Emerald? appearing in aaiuraay mgm g production of Peekaboo Penny ?re Lillian Franco* Glddeno. left, Jimmy Wheatley, Leonard Lewia, right, and Thomas Rci pe?, in the inaet. Miss Giddeni, of Morebcad City portray* an Engliah woman in the who - stole - Um - emerald . . comedy, nr. Wheatley of Bcau fort ia DeLaska, play director. Mr. Lewis, Morebead City, ia Buck Dorgey, ? cowboy from Oklahoma, and Mr. Respeas, Beaufort, ia a hotel manager. Miss Giddena la portraying the tame role she appeared in when the play was given is Morebcad i City in 1950 to niM funds for the Flrat Baptist Church build ing program. The curtain goci up it I it the recreation building. Tickcta may be obtained in Beaufort at Pot ter'* dreaa shop; In Morchead at Helen'a Beauty Shop. Negro Pa trqoa are cordially invited. Tic kets may be obtained from Alon zo Junes at the Morchead City Drug Store. Price i? a dollar (or adults and SO cent* (or students. Tickcta may alao be bought at the door. Patron membership entitles Carteret theatre patrons to ?t tend litis paitarmaoca tree. Egg Month Princess Named Miss Ann Davis. Smyrna School, ni selected as March Egg Month princcss at a special meeting of the Agriculture Workers Council Friday afternoon. Miss Bonnie Fish, Morehead City, was selected first runner-up and Miss Mildred Hamilton, At lantic, second runner-up. In the competition from Beau fort School was Brenda Smith and from Newport School Myrna Kul cher. The candidates were selected by the home economics teachers o< their respective schools. Carl Garner, Newport, is March Egg Month chairman. Mr. Garner asks all persona to participate in the observance ot egg month by using more eggs. He especially aska restaurants and school lunchrooms to feature eggs on their menus daring the month. A guest at the meeting was John Bryan, ASC supervisor Iron Greenville. LJ , ? ' J
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