Seals Help Crippled Children 47th YEAR, NO. 20. THREE SECTION* TWENTY PAGES COUNTY NEWS-TIMES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDA I Beaufort Reassigns Personnel ! On Zoning , Planning Commissions Besufort's toning and planning commiMiwu were defined, ?? to personnel, Friday night at a meet ing at the town hall. Town com ' missiooert were present The three group* discussed the proposed dead-ending at Moore Street on the north where it would lain the new highway. Members of the toning commis sion are J. 0. Barbour Jr., chair man; D. F. Merrill, Dr. David Farrior, Earl Mason, and J. H. Davis. Gerald- Woolard, building 1 inspector, will act aa secretary to [V the board. I The toning commission also will act as the board of adjustment. As a toning commission it will keep the toning ordinance up to date, recommend when changes should be made and how. When a zoning problem arises, the town hoard is required to hear the toning commission's recom mendations, but law does not re quire the town board to accept those recommendations. The foregoing are the duties of , the toning commission as defined by Leigh Wilson, League of Muni cipalities. Heart Appeals Acting as the board of adjust ment, the toning commission hears appeals on special cases. The town board has no authority to overrule the board of adjustment. The next line of appeal is superior court. , In many cases, where a builder cannot comply with the toning law, he has gone to the town board in an effort to bypass the court by getting the town board to re vise the toning ordinance. That involves more than "adjusting". Members of the planning com mission are H. D. Paul, chairman; O. S. (Tobe) Clawson, W. H. Muse, ? Rufus Sewell, and Mrs. G. W. Dun can, who will serve as secretary. Mr. Wilson, when he sppeared before the town board last August, defined the planning board as the "big thinkers". Their duties not only include planning future streets, sewage treatment, etc., but can also study salaries to be paid town employees and other projects affecting the town's fu ture. , Mr. Wilson speeifiqi .tfcat the planning board and the toning commission should not be the same 1 , group Of persons. Moore Street Problem Relative to dead-ending Moore Street, various opinions were ex pressed. No decision was made, but it was recommended that the persons living on Moore, between Broad and Cedar (the new high way) be invited to the meeting at 11 a.m. Thursday when the prob lem win be discussed with B. 4 Markham, highway engineer. Those in favor of keeping the street accessible to the new high way, said ' 1. It took a long time to get Moore opened on to Cedar (water used to be at the north end) and it would be a mistake to close it 2. Don't allow two-way traffic on Moore, just allow traffic to go j from the highway south on Moore Those In favor of dead-ending Moore at the highway, said 1. To leave It open, even to Just one-way traffic, would create a safety hazard. Cars going west would have to wait until east-bound traffic cleared, to make (be turn south on Moore. , 2. A large amount of fill would be needed because Moore it 4*4 feet below the hlghwsy grade. This would mean that Moore Street would be higher than the houses alongside it In that case, a car careening off the highway could possibly land on top of one of the " ? bouses. J. To allow traffic flow from the highway to- Moore would require condemning property which would cost up to $13,000. Of that amount, the town would have to pay a third. 4. The state is considering put ting a turn table at the north end of Moore to allow traffic to turn easily 5. It was recommended that ' step* for pedestrians be pot at fhe Driver Hurt When , Thrown from Car George O. Perry, 23, Cherry Point, Differed ? cut finger and internal injuries when be was thrown from his ear at 11 o'clock Saturday night on Highway TO three hundred feet west Of the Junction of Highways TO and 24. Patrolman R. H. Brown said that I Perry was beaded toward More head City in a JM? Ford when it left the road an the fight, skidded 200 feet and turned over several times. The oar was demolished. ' First aM waa given Perry I ly L' Raymond Edwards, chief, USN, > Cherry Prist. The driver was then I taken to the Monhead City hos 1 pital in the Dill ambulance. He ? has boon transferred to Cherry HL Point I Charge* against Mia are pend end of the street to allow access to the highway by foot Flaaa Approved When the town board approved the state highway's plans for the new highway, the Moore Street problem was not foreseen, espe cially the fact that the street is so much lower than the highway. The street is also narrow. The state favors dead-ending it. Gene Smith, town attorney, told the board that in consideration of the matter, the general ssfety of the public should be weighed csre fully against the personal desires of property owners on Moore Street. Gray Hassell. town engineer, said plans have been completed with the (Utr on correcting the drainage problem on lire Oak Street. Dan Walker, town clerk, report ed that W. r. Babcock, director of highwayi, aaid that Ann Street would be resurfaced (that part which is now highway 70) when the new highway la opened. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to thoae mentioned, were J. H. Davis. Halsey Paul, Dr. David Farrior, Gerald Woolard, Earl Mason, William Muse, D. F. Mer rill. Rufus So well, O. S. Claw son, Dan Smith, and the following mem bers of the town board: Mayor Clifford Lewis, Math Chaplain, Gerald Hill, Otis Mades, James Rumley and W. R. Hamilton. Grady Davis Fish House Bums at Davis Sunday Court Grants 12 Divorces Monday Morning Twelve divorces were granted by 11 a.m. yesterday in the civil term of superior court at the court; house, Beaufort Seven divorce caaes were continued. Divorces granted were the fol lowing: Mollie G. Scott and Jame* Scott, Erma Ruth Taylor and William T. Taylor, Crystal W. Bonner and Bernard L. Bonner, Rome Msirtin and Rita J. Martin, William F. Purifoy aqd Frances J. Purifoy, Frank M. Wheeler and Katherine S. Wheeler. Jimmy H. Willis and Norma Jeaa Willis, David G. Smith and Eleanor R. Smith. Mildred G. Kel ly and Randolph H. Kelly, Telsey 0. Wiggins and Clarence H. Wig gins, Curtis F. Willis and Gladys C. Willis, and Dentfef K - ftaee Name* at couples whose divoree caaea were continued were Liw rence, Anderson, Graham, Brice, Morton, Wilklns and Yates. Two motions. High vs. Oglesby and Merrill vs. Wright, were con tinued. Among the eases continued were Atlantic Diacount vs. H. Earle Mobley, a suit involving the de fendant's personal car and in which the Commercial Bank bas now intervened, according to Lu ther Hamilton Jr., attorney for Mobley. Mr. Hamilton said his client is no longer Involved in the case. Other cases continued: Wilson vs. Lancaster, Fulcher vs. More head City, Hill *s. Morgan, Trant Distributors vs. Smith. Goodwin vs. Gathrie, Babbitt vs. Motors Insur ance. The first case scheduled to be heard yeaterday afternoon waa HID vi. Parker Motors. Theatre Stages Peekaboo Penny Approximately one hundred per sona saw the Carteret Community Theatre's final play of the current season Saturday night at the rec reation building, Morehead CNy. The comedy. Peekaboo Penny, by Frank Spohn, involved an emerald theft and a collection of zany characters who . planned to produce a play. Holes were ably portrayed by Lillian Frances Giddena, Jimmy Wheatley, MadeUnc Royal, Lesta Willis, Anne Lewis, Tressa Vic kers, Leonard Lewis, Betty Ruffin Willis and Thomas Respess. Mrs. Jean Holt was in charge of properties and Mrs. Vickers di rected. - Members el the theatre, patrons and other invited gueata will at tend the theatre's snnual awards dinner Saturday night The thea tre's monthly meeting will be at ? tomorrow at the recreation build ing. To Sponsor Show The Beaufort Fir* Department la planning to apaaaor the Grand lUeJatdM kuhTttr HIGH ** LOW Taeaday, March 11 12:17 a.m. |:K a.m. 1:? *.?. 7:13 p.*. Wednesday, March 11 1:M a.m. 14* a.m. 2:06 p.m. I X p.*. *:M aU"?**'' ?;11 a.pi. 3:08 p.m. __ _ 1:33 jun. The Grady Davis fish house at Davit was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning. Fire trucks from Marshallbcrg, Atlantic and Beau fort pumped thousands of gallons of water in a vain attempt to ssve the building. The fish house was valued be tween $lt,000 and $22,000 and was insured for about a third of its value. It ia believed that the fire was caused by persona stealing *??? The sheriff and the FBI are in vestigating. The fire was discovered by Ron ald Lawrence, Winston Cornelius, Lloyd MeCabe, Lonnie Hyatt and Jack Lawrence, members of the Morehead City Road Runners Auto Club, about 1 a.m. Three of the men went to a route neighbors while two stayed to try to move boats docked beside the fish house. With the help of sev eral persons, the boats were moved out of the range of the fire. Only one, which belonged to Joe Davis of Davis, was slightly dam aged. Gasoline storage tanks and pump* caught fire and one pump exploded. The gas vapor escaping through vents in Ike tanks caught fire art erected another hazard In? flUMin !>?! lllnit th? fhtracs. By the time the Beaufort truck arrived at the fish house, the building was in a light blase Beau fort firemen concentrated their efforts on seeing that the fire did not spread to other buildings in the area. The fish house had a wooden frsme and was covered with sheet Mr. Davis's fish and oyster house was destroyed by hurricane lone in lMt He rebuilt it, 52 by ?3 feet, on land he had filled in. His fish house was also taken away in the storm of 1133. Vandals at Work Windows in two cars parked at Atlantic Beach were smashed by vandals Saturday night, according to Bill Moore, police chief. One car was a 1953 Chevrolet owned by S. T, Johnson of Beaufort. The other was a 1954 Chevrolet owned by Denny Lawrence, a Coast Guardaman. Several weeks ago a window of a car owned by a beach resident, Harry H. Hill, was simi larly smaabed. Housing Board Will Convene At 3 Tomorrow Group Expected to Take Action on Investigating Committee Report The E?it Carotin* Regional Housing Authority, at a special meeting at 3 tomorrow afternoon at Goldsboro, will "consider any business which comes before the authority," I. E. Pittman, More head City, chairman of the author ity, said Saturday. Mr. Pittman said that he expect ed this would include the report made recently by the 10-county committee which investigated the authority's agreement to purchase Seymour Johnson homes. The homes are located at Golds boro and provide housing for Air Force personnel and their families. The authority made an agreement in January to purchase the homes for $1. 165,000 from H. Emmett Powell, ECRHA executive director, and his associates. Investigation Asked The Public Housing Administra tion has since stated that the ECRHA already owns the homes. In light of that information, Gov. Luther Hodges requested officials from 10 counties in which the ECRHA has rental units, to inves tigate the Seymour Johnson deal. As a result of the investigation, the ECRHA has been asked to "assert its interest in the prop erty". Also recommended was the firing of Mr. Powell as executive director, as well *TN. E. Mohn, assistant executive director, who also Ftood to profit by the transac tion. Mr. Pittman said the Carteret board of commMoners, who ap points him, has promised him a letter reaffirming. Their confidence in him. He expccts to have this letter with him when he attends tomorrow's meeting. The meeting will be in the ECRHA office in the community center of Seymour Johnson homes project. Mr. Pittman said that reporters have never covered ECRllA meet Jngs in the past, but because of the recent publicity on the bousing wN '?They're welcome if they wlnt to come," he remarked. Two Fired Following the report of the in vestigating committee, two ECR HA members were relieved of their positions on the authority. One was the governor's appointee, Ro land 0. Dail, and the other was S. H. Ilocutt, Wayne County's ap pointee. Goldsboro is in Wayne County. Representatives of Sampson, Pamlico, Duplin and Onslow Coun ties were directed by their county boards to follow recommendations of the committee. Harnett County commissioners "approved" the investigating com mittee's report. Harnett County's appointee, Mack M. Jernigan, was the only member of the authority who did not vote in favor of the purchase of Seymour Johnson homes. He abstained from voting. Jones and Craven County boards took no action on the report Johnston and Carteret Counties re affirmed their faith in their ap pointees. Semper Parotm . Two Coast Guardsmen Rescue Stranded Porpoise One porpoise ii probably happily cavorting today whereas he mi((ht have been in pcrpoiae heaven. He has two Cape Lookout Coast Guardsmen to thank. EN 2 Thurman EUls and SN John Seaman wore riding beach patrol in a jeep Sunday when about five miles from the station they taw a large porpoise in the turf. He was In trouble. He wat dote inshore and couldn't get into deep water to iwim away. Mr. EUia and Mr. Seaman drove the Jeep at doae to him at they could and then, heaving and puff ing, shoved the 10-foot 400-pound mammal aboard the Jeep. They raced back to the ttation dock, which extendi out into deep water, and shoved their cargo overboard. | The porpoise swam around in circiea a short time and then Head ed for deeper water. The Coaat Guardsmen said the porpoise made no attempt to bite them or harm them when they were handling him. He seemed to know they were trying to help. Whales and porpoises occaaional ly have been known to get into too shallow water and die. They come close inaltore after small fiah and don't realise they're out of thair depth. There aren't always Coast Guardsmen around, however, to make a rescue. The Cape Lookout porpoise waa just lucky. Marshallberg Community Club Re-Elects Officers Director! at the Msrshallberg Community Club were elected at ? meeting Saturday night at the Har bor Light* Beataurant, Marshall berg. They elected officeri. : The officeri were re-elected (or a lix-month term. They are John Valentine, preaideat; Laos Thomas, vice-president; AI Walencc, secre tary; and Grayer Willis, treasurer. Directors, in addition to the of ficers arc Ralph Ncal, Archie Jooea. dud* Brown, Neat Jones. Capt. Fred Gillikin. Guy Lewis. Ikie Guthrie and (XU Guthrie. Article* of incorporition and the by-laws were read and accepted. Neai Jones wai appointed chair man of the committee of harbor attain. On that committee are Claude Brown, Luther WUli?, Grayer Willis. Odcl Guthrie, Ikie Guthrie aid Archie Jones. This committee will formriate See CUJB ELECTS, f a?. 1 Atlantic Beach Will Break Ground at 1 for Town Hall Officers on the Job . >i in Col. John P. Condon, left, com mander of Marine training ma neuver! in Puerto Rico, and Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, comman dant of the Marine Corpa, ob serve a Held problem being eon ducted by units is the Second Marine regiment. O ?^Botli Cag^W^en eral Pate are known to sports men in Carteret. The colonel has golfed at Morehead City Country Club and Cencral Pate is an ar dent freshwater and saltwater fisherman who has mad* special trip* to Carteret to eajoy the ?spdrt Cooperation Keynotes Easter Seal Campaign By MIS. THOMAS NOE The word! cooperation and Car teret may often be considered synoflymus when the case involves a good cause. So it is in the case of the Easter Seal campaign, the drive which provides funds to aid crippled children and adults throughout the county and the state. I'nder the leadership of the sponsoring organisation, the Morebead City Junior Woman's Club, local mercbanta, business men, private Individuals and or ganised groups unite to serve in whatever capacity possible to bring aboat a successful conclu sion to the Easter Seal Appeal Local business establishments al low coin containers to be placed in convenient places for public contributing, restaurants provide for a special "Coffee Day" when all coffee receipts are donated to the drive, the Hi-Y'a of the More head City and Beaufort Schools handle the Lily Day Program, the faculties of county schools join Junior Woman's Club workers to provide a special Crippled Chil dren'a Day program for the achool, and tlfe typing claaaea lend their services for the preparation of Easter Seal lettera for mailing. The Eaater Seal program far the entire month ia so plaaae4 that Carteret County may be ASTER SEA more con (clous than ever of food accompUaked with fund* donated to the campaign. It has been with this in mind that Eaater Seal workers have re lied heavily upon the aervicea of the Carteret Newa-Times, the ra dio stations, and civic organiza tions to help present it* informa tion. ' Ground for the Atlantic Beach town hall will be broken at 1 p.m. today. The beach town board has awarded the $20,000 con tract to Earl Dunn, Atlantic Beach. It will be located on the Salter Path Road east of Fleming's Motel. Chief of police Bill Moore- was named chairman of the ground-breaking ceremony at the beach town board meeting Satur day morning at Fleming's. The building will be of concrete block. In the central aection will be the fire atation; on the weit at Raleigh Avenue will be a vacant atore rental apace and oo the eaat of the fire atation will be the police department and the town board meeting room. A detention hall will be located at the back of the fire atation. The $20,000 figure ia expected to cover coat of the property, the building, aidewalk and curb and a parking area. Contract Drawn The building ia being put up by Ibe Atlantic Beach Improvement Corp. The town board haa entered into a contract with the organiza tion to rent the fire atation and municipal office for ISO a month. The contract also atatea that when the town has the money, the building will b* sold to the town at cost of construction. Bcach residents are buying stock in the improvement corporation at 1100 a share. Approximately $7,000 has been raiaed. The town board passed a resolution thanking those who have already bought sharea and expressed the hope that more will take an intereat in the build ing and buy stock. The town alao expects to borrow funds. Mr. Dunn aaid that be hopei to have the building completed in aix weeks. The board haa given him aeven. Preliminary Report The beer and teen-age dancing committee appointed at the laat meeting haa met but ita complete report will not be available until next month. The committee waa appointed by Mayor A. B. Cooper to look Into complaint* about teen-ager* at baft danoa speta drinki** U*r Preliminary findings of tne com mittee show that persons under il have not been aold beer. Committee members stated that the trouble lies with the law, in that persons 18 are permitted to buy beer. They recommended that police pay strict attention to law enforcement and decided that a meeting relating to the matter ahall be held early thia summer. Attending will be the tows board and beach buainessmen. In connection with a recommen dation by Mr*. Etta Willis, com mittee member, that an area be made available where no beer ia aold, Mr. Cooper reported that a beach ia to be opened northweat of Dom-El'a drive-in. Designed for Families It will be designed specifically for family uae. No beer will be sold. The beach will cover several 8ee GROUND-BREAKING, Page i County Toastmastars To M?ot at Cherry Point The Carteret County Toaatmas ters Club will meet at the staff NCO club at Cherry Point tomor row night. Club members will meet at the main gate at 7:lS p.m. Prepared speakers for the meet ing will be Jasper Bell and T/Sgt Paul Bray. Their critica will be Dr. Russell Outlaw and Clifford L agUe. P. H. Geer Jr. will be maater critic. H. Earle Mobley Files Suit Against Elizabeth Citv Firm A breach of contract auit (or $50,000 has been filed In thia county by H. Earle liobley against the Atlantic Discount Corp., Elizabeth City, and othera. The $50,000 figure is an estimate of the worth of Mobley Buick Co. on Feb. 4, 1957. Mr. Mobley de clared that price to be a reason able market value of the business over and above its just debts and liabilities. Complalnta Stated The following points were brought up in the complaint: Among the various liabilities were debts due to the Atlantic Dis count Corp. These debts came about after pcoptt paid money to Mobley Buiek Co. which wa* to have paaaed it on to the Atlantic Discount Carp, bat which, in fact, was never paaaed on. On Jan. 31, 1957, the corpora tion had demanded payment in full of ita account. Since Mobley was unable to pay off, he agreed to give all his interest in Mobley Buick Co. to Atlantic Discount Corp. la settlement of the account. This action, according to ton complaint, came on Feb. 4, 1957, ?t which time Mobley agreed to keep his franchise with the Buick Motor Co. for the beneTit of Atlan tic Discount Corp. In exchange for this, Mobley says, Atlantic Discount Corp. agreed to pay or cancel all obli gations of Mobley Buick Co. for which be could be held personally liable and to continue operation of the company or sell it as a going concern, thus enabling Mobley to seek other "employment without the impairment of his credit or business reputation. The complaint states tbat im mediately following this contract, Atlantic Discount Corp. took over as owners of Mobley Buick Co. Business Owed On Feb. 12, 1H7, Atlantic Dis count Corp. closed the doors aad stopped business of Mobley Buick Co. According to the complaint, this formed a breach of contract. On March II, 1937, Atlantic Dis count Corp. and others instigated legal action against Mobley Buick Co. that resulted In a receiver's being appointed and the eventual ule of the assets of Mobley Buick Co. The Coastal Corporation, totally owned by Atlantic Discount Corp., bought the real property through the receiver. The complaint then states that Mobley gave his business to At lantic Discount Corp. and received no consideration in return. It ia for this that Mobley hopes to col ?rtt $so,ooo. Case* Agaiast MoMey Two suits against Mobley are Socketed for the coming terms of superior court. Atlantic Discount Corp. vs. Mob ley is scheduled for trial Thursday in the current term of civil court. During the criminal term which opens March 31, Mobley 1a docket ed for trial on ?? charge of em besdement The state highway safety division has revoked the licenses of two county driver'- Both have been convicted of driving drunk. They are Learnon 11. Gariier, route 2, Newport, and Edward N. Jones, Beaufort. Phone Company Decides It Wants EvenMoreMoney Carolina Telephone and Tele graph Company haa decided that the present rates it ia getting aren't high enough. The phone company preaented ? petition to the State Utilities Com mission Thursday asking the com mission to hike further the in creased rates put into effect Nov. 25. On this new request for more money, the company didn't request a specific amount. It aaid that if the utilities commission approvea the present |1V4 million rate in crease, that atill won't be enough to give it a return of 6 per cent allowed by law. In asking for more money, the telephone company based its re quest on investment it plana to make in the future. Stanley Winbome, chairman of the State Utilities Commission, aaid that it haa not been the policy of the commiasion to provide for a return on what i company ex pecta to inveat in the future. The new petition will delay the rati hearing which waa originally set for April 1. The petition asks that "further inert ?e ? is rates as may be grant ed by the commission on deter mination of the fair value of the company's property", should be charged to buainesaes and other iar|ea rather than Job is Open At Farm Office Frank Nance of the Beaufort mobile farm labor office says that he la accepting applications for the vacancy left by Donglas Amerson, who has been transferred to Green ville. Three qualified applicants are already under consideration but lir. Nance aaya that local men who meet requirements can still apply for the Job. The man must have a farm background and should have a col lege degree. Two yeara of college and other qualifying experience, however, will meet the second re quirement. In addition to the above, the ap plicant must take and pass the state merit system examination. Twister Follows Shift of Wind A violent shifting ' of the wind from northwest to southeast about 4:30 p.m. Sunday caused high winds that blew out three large sections of plate glaa* at Dom El's oa Atlantic Beach. John Willis, a customer who had stepped inside the drive-in for a cup of cotter, was cut on the leg when the steel bars holding the glass gave way before the wind. Each section of glass was 5^x7 feet. Dom Femia, owner of the drive-In, estimated the coat of re placing the glass at $250 No other damage was reported from the high winds. Weather observer Stamey Davis said that the twister seemed to come down Bogue Sound and die out around the Morehead City wa terfront. Rain fcH most of the day Sunday, but Mr. Davis did not measure it until yoaterday after noon after prescfime. Maximum and minimum temp eratures and wind direction for the weekend follow: Max. Mia. Wind Thursday 55 39 SW Friday S3 M E Saturday 59 44 NW Sunday 57 47 NW to SE Street Fight Atlantic Beach polka chief BUI Moore and military police broke up a fight on the street at Atlantic Beach at ? p.m. Sunday. Two Ma rines were put in jail and one waa sent to the boaptUl at Cherry

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