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47th YEAR, NO. 35. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MORE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Luxury Liner to Sail from Morehead City
Members of the North Carolina
Pharmaceutical Association will
go on a 12-day cruise aboard the
Arosa Sky next fall. The Arosa
Sky, pictured above, will leave
from Morehead City Oct. 26 and
return Nov. 6, according to pres
ent plans.
W. J. Smith, secretary-treasur
er of the pharmaceutical associa
tion, has confirmed cruise plans
with Carlton Robinson, Morehead
City pharmacist.
The 20,000-ton trans - Atlantic
luxury liner will visit ports in
the Caribbean. Flagship of the
Arosa Line fleet, the M/V Arosa
Sky made her fir?t trans-Atlan
tic crossing in May 1957. She is
600 feet long, has a swimming
pool, spacious lounging rooms,
sports decks and is famed for
her service and cuisine.
The vessel, which draws 25
feet, is larger than the Stock
holm, which has sailed from
Morehead City.
The Arosa Sky is Swiss-owned
and Swiss-operated. Announce
ment of the Arosa Sky's sailing
this (all from Morehead City
was made last fall, but plans
were not definite. The Arosa Sky
used Wilmington as the port of
departure for (wo 16-day cruises
in the fall of 1957. She is also
scheduled to make three sailings
from Wilmington this fall.
Mr. Robinson, who is tenta
tively planuir.g io make the trip,
said that passages will also be
booked for persons other than
pharmacists and their families.
Newport Postal
Workers Attend
Dinner Saturday
Personnel of the Ne wport post
office were guests of' postmaster
Robert K. Montague and Mrs. Mon
tague at a dinner Saturday ? night
at the Rex Restaurant, Morehead
City.
Postmaster Montague gave the
dinner in appreciation of tbe help
given him by postoffice workers
as acting postmaster. His appoint
ment as postmaster was recently
confirmed by the Senate.
Rural carriers were presented
with six-year safe driving awards,
the first time such awards had
been presented. Recipients were
Henry G. Edwards, rural carrier
oo route 1, and Harry M. Mizclle,
rural carrier on route 2. Substi
tute rural carriers were unable to
attend.
Letters of commendation were
presented to three who participated
in a play given by the Newport
Rotary Club and fife department.
/ Recipients were L. H. Garner Jr.,
1 . senior clerk;' Alberta Mann, aub
stitute clerk, and Mr. Edwards,
rural carrier. Ailene G. Garner,
lubstitute clerk, was also present.
The postmaster made a short
talk reviewing the past year and
commenting on the future of the
postoffice. The efficiency of post
office personnel was acknowledged.
The senior clerk expressed the
thanks of the postal employees for
the dinner snd the awards.
Among the guests were Mrs.
Henry G. Edwards and Mrs. Ruth
Smith, Havelock postmaster, and
? her huaband.
Crab Pot Season
Extended 11 Days
A ten-day extension of the sea
son for taking crabs in crab pota
in coastal waters under state con
trol was announced Monday by the
Department ol Conservation and
Development.
Due to cloae yesterday, the sea
ion (or catching crabs in poU was
extended through May 10 because
of rough and raiay weather which
haa plagued commercial fiaher
men considerably, the department
Mid.
The action was taken on the rec
ommendation of Dr. A. F. Chest
' nut, director, Institute of Fisheries
Research at Morehead City, Cecil
Morris of Atlantic, chairman of the
commercial fisheries committee of
the State Board of Conservation
and Development, and State Fish
eries Commissioner C. G. Holland
at Morehead City.
A 15-day .extension of the season
lor catching herring and ahad in
State-controlled waters was recent
ly granted by the CAD Department
because of inclement weather that
hampered commercial fishermen
t in their operations The extension
waa granted through May 10.
False Alarm
Morehead City firemen answered
? falae alarm at 13th and Fisher
Streets at 13:06 a.m. yesterday.
Police Chief Comments on Town's
Enforcement of Ordinance on Dogs
Morehcad City Police began a
rigid enforcement of the town's
dog ordinance yesterday. Under
the law, police officers are au
thorized to pick up and impound
all dogs running at large in the
city limits.
Chief Herbert Griffin had lose
tips lor dog owners Tuesday morn
ing when he was interviewed by a
NEWS-TIMES reporter. "In the
first place," the chief said, "a
man who really loves his dog
should be willing to keep it at
home."
Any Dog Eligible
"Even though a dog is licensed,
vaccinated and muzzled it will be
picked up if it is seen running
loose on the street. Dogs with
licenses and vaccination tags will
be impounded at Dr. C. E. Paden's
(on US 70 west of Morchead City)
for five days.
"If the owner of the dog does
not claim it during those five days
and pay a redemption fee plus a
nominal sum to Dr. Paden for
keeping the dog, the animal will
be put to sleep.
"The men of this department
have been instructed to be on the
alert for stray dogs 24 hours a
day. Dogs running loose at night
are more of a menace than those
running loose during the day.
How to Flad Out
"I know that there will be some
licensed and vaccinated pet; that
get loose. These dogs will be*
picked up just like any other
strays. If your dog is missing, the
safest thing for you to do is call
the police department or Dr. Pa
den and ask if your dog has been
picked up.
"Of .course, the ordinance ? de- '
signed primarily to rid the town
of stray dogs that nobody claims. (
These arc the dogs that bite pco- .
pie, then disappear.
"Nobody knows whose dog it was j
or where it went. We have no way ]
to tell if it had rabies and the ]
person has to have rabies shots
or run the risk of catching the .
disease
The department has ordered a |
dart gun to help control vicious ?
dogs. The darts have a druf that
knocks out a dog for a few min
utes and gives officers time to
handle the dog safely.
"This ordinance will be rigidly .
enforced and everyone will be .
satisfied if dog owners cooperate ,
with the police. Every dog that '
is running at Urge will be cap- ,
tured and impounded," the chief
emphasized.
"Dog owners will save a lot of
money if they keep their dogs
penned or on a leash. The town
may eventually hire a full-time
dog catcher but as long as the {
police department has anything to I
do with the program every stray
dog will be picked up," the chief
concluded.
State Ports Add $5 Million
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To North Carolina Economy
Raleigh ? The facilities of the
North Carolina State Porta Author
ity generated over five million
dollars to the state economy last
year.
The figure was obtained by mul
tiplying the number of tons of
cargo handled at the state-owned
terminals at Morehcad City and
Wilmington by a predetermined
value of that cargo. For example,
a ton of general cargo generates
$13 to the state's economy. A ton
of petroleum products puts $3 in
circulation.
| The dollar value assigned in
clude* juch items as vessel dis
bursements, governmental charges,
stevedoring supplies purchased,
port terminal income, rail and
freight charges applicable, crew
expenditures in port, plus ware
housing charges, agents' and in
surance broken' fees.
The value of a ton of cargo was
determined after a survey of
-waterborne commerce in middle
Atlantic states and refers only to
direct expenditures. The exact fig
ure for the SPA's terminals is as
follows:
Ocean terminals, Morehead City,
$386,468.55 from general cargo and
$M0, 023.32 from liquid cargo
(largely petroleum products).
$tate docks, Wilmington, $3,980,
277.80 from general cargo. (Wil
mington handles no liquid car
goes.)
The total raveaue generated by
the twe terminals was let at $$>?
226,769.47. This is actual cash put
into circulation which, without the
terminals, would not have entered
North Carolina's economy.
In announcing the figures, D.
Leon Williams, executive director
of the State Ports Authority, com
mented, "The People of this state
have invested over $7,900,000 in
their port terminala. When cur
rent expansion programs arc com
pleted, they will have invested
over $11,000,000. While the Porta
Anthority fully intends to increase
business at the two ports, we think
the fact that the terminals put
over five million dollars into the
state's economy last year is a
good sign."
Tides at (he Beaufort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, May X
7:02 a.m.
7:28 p.m.
1:04 a.m.
1:16 p.m.
Satarday, May 1
7:54 a.m.
8:15 p.m.
1:56 a.m.
2:06 p.m.
Smday, May 4
8:45 a.m.
9:06 p.m.
2:46 a.m.
2:55 p.m.
Moaday, May 5
9:40 a.m.
3:35 a.m.
3:42 p.m.
?:St p.m.
Tuesday, May $
10:37 a.m.
4:23 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
10:14 M>.
Mayor to Speak
Atf^iiraBeach
Mayor George Dill, Morbid
City, preMent of the North Caro
lina League of Municipalities, wiil
.peak on "Traffic Safety in the
Municipalities of North Carolina '
Friday, May 30, at Miami Beach,
Fla.
Mayor Dill will represent the
S'orth Carolina league "at the
Southern Regional Conference of
ihe President's Committee for
rraffic Safety.
The meeting will open Thursday,
May 29, at the Americana Hotal
Mayor Dill said he is not familiar
with traffic problems of many
North Carolina cities and towns but
tie plans to confer with Major
Speed of the state highway patrol
?t Raleigh soon and obtain state
wide views on the subject.
Beaufort Scouts
Go to Greenville
Boy Scout Troop 201 of Beaufort !
will be represented by 2S boys
and leaders at the annual Council |
Camporee in Greenville this week- 1
end. These Scouts have been
planning for this event for weeks
and are looking forward to the best
showing ever at a council event
of this kind. Scouts making the
trip are Fred Davis Jr., Joe Bella
mah, Robert Johnson, Tommy
Bridgers, Michael Ricks, Donald
Conway, Tommy Piner.
Vic Smith, Earl Jones Jr., Dickie
Newman, Lou Newman, Tommy
Sewell, Larry Cole, Curtii Dudley.
Frank Joyner, Johnny Merrill,
Walter House, Billy Davis, Ricky
Johnson, Tony Zucha, Larry Kit
trcll.
Don Davis, Harold Dudley, Billy
Crank, Jesse Crink, Carl High
man, Douglas Gilchrist.
The group will leave by (ruck
at noon today and will return at
about noon Sunday. Carl Chadwick
Jr . assistant Scoutmaster will ac
company the boys.
Cars Collide Thursday
At 25th, Bridges Streets
Cars driven by Rev. S. S. Moore,
Morehead City, and R. A. Guthrie,
Smyrna, were Involved In an acci
dent last Thursday afternoon at
23th and Bridges Streets, Morehead
City.
The Rev. Mr. Moore told Police
Chief Herbert Griffin that ha had
slowed down while a milk truck
turned off ahead of him and Mr.
Guthrie ran into his rear bumper
and trunk. ,
The front o i Mr. Guthrie's '53
Mercury waa damaged to the ex
tent of $100. Damage to the rear
o I the Rev. Mr. Moore's car was
estimated it $43.
Lions Leaders
Visit Down East
Top I. ions Club officials visited
Tuesday night with the Down East
Liona at the Sea Level Inn.
Tbey were Dr. M. Henderson
Rouark. Shallotte. district gover
nor of 31-H, and Wallace West,
Wilmington, international counsel
lor. Mr. West spoke on the Lions
as a service dab ?
Mrs. Henderson accompanied "tier
husband. Representing the More
head City Club was its president,
James Crowe, snd Mrs. Crowe.
The Lions have changed their
regular meeting night to the sec
ond and fourth Tuesday at 7 p.m.
at the inn. The fourth Tuesday will
always be ladies' night.
Leslie Riggs Charged
With Running Red Light
Leslie E. Riggs, Newport RFD,
was charged with running the red
light at 9th and Arendell Streets
Wednesday morning after the 1946
Buick he was driving crashed into
a 1956 Oldsmobile driven by Deri
C. Roberts, Morehead City.
Police Chief Herbert Griffin said
that Roberts was driving South on
9th Street, crossing Arendell, when
Riggs ran the red light and hit him.
Damage to each car was estimated
at $100 to $150.
Revokes License
Walter Thomas Kenon, Newport,
has been notified that his driver's
license has been revoked . The state
highway safety division took the
action after Kenon's second convic
tion of reckless driving.
Group Will Discuss
Fish Exhibit Tuesday
The possibility of obtaining fed-'
eral funds to house marine ex
hibits in this county will be dis
cussed at a luncheon at noon Tues
day at the Sanitary Restaurant,
Morehead City.
The meeting has been called by
J. A. DuBois, manager of the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce, and Bob Simpson, secretary
of Fabulous Fishermen.
Possible Site
Federal property, such as Pivers
Island, has been suggested as a
site for the museum, if federal
funds are obtained.
It had been hoped to get state
funds to provide a marine museum
here, but the 1957 legislature by
passed the request. The exhibits
in this area are the property of the
federal government and have been
requested for display permanently
at Galveston, Tex.
A museum, and possibly an
aquarium, are deemed a most de
sirable tourist attraction. There is
no marine exhibit, open to the pub
lie, on the North Carolina coast.
Invitations Sent
Requested to attend the meeting
to discuss action to be taken rela
tive to obtaining federal funds are
the following:
Luther Hamilton, state senator;
D. G. Bell, Carteret County repre
sentative; Moses Howard, chair
man, board of county commis
sioners.
George W. Dill, mayor of More
head City; Cliff Lewis, mayor of
Beaufort; A. B. Cooper, mayor of
Atlantic Beach; Ted Garner, com
missioner, town of Morehead City.
Dan Walker, clerk, town of Beau
fort; Bud Dixon, president More
head City Chamber of Commerce;
Graver Munden, president, Rotary
Club; J. B. Eubanks, president
Lions Club.
Jerry J. Willis, president. Junior
Chamber of Commerce; J. M. Da
vis, chairman, tourist and conven
tion committee; George R. Wal
lace, menhaden fisheries; W. H.
Potter, menhaden fisheries; Bill
Taft, tourist and convention com
mittee.
G. B. Talbot, US~Fiafe and Wild
hfe Commission; Clayton Ful?her
I J*., North Carolina Ttshertes Asso
ciation; and Gerald Hill, of the
Beaufort Rotary Club.
Official Clarifies
No Saturday
Shrimping Law
C. G. Holland, state commercial
fisheries commissioner, made It
clear yesterday that persons can
shrimp in inland waters up until
S a.m. Saturday after the season
opens.
"This gives the freeier locker
fishermen and the small shrimpers
several hours of daylight in which
to work," the commissioner com
mented.
He said that a lot of the small
shrimpers feel that the no-Satur
day ? shrimping regulation was
passed to favor the large shrimp
ers. "There were small shrimpers
in favor of the no Saturday regu
lation, too," the commissioner
pointed out.
Commissioner Holland recalled
that when he was in the fish bus
iness "most of the shrimpers came
in about S or ? o'clock Saturday,
anyhow, because Saturday was pay
day."
Miss Nellie Fulcher Wins
Suit Against Morehead City
Three Teachers
Retire, 13 Resign
Present Positions
Three present faculty members
in the public schools will retire
at the close of this year. They are
Miss Annie Morton and Miss Grace
1 Wilson. Beaufort School, and Mrs.
C. B. Wade, Morehead City School.
The only teachers who have not
signed contracts to fill their same
positions on faculties next year are
the following: Beaufort School
Miss Thelma Lancaster. Mrs Hoba
Lee King, William Underseth and
i David A. Lee.
! Morehead City ? Miss Charlotte
i Field and James Mellon Jr.
I Camp Glenn ? Mrs. William Ful
| cher.
| Newport ? Otis Adams. Mrs.
Ruby Simmons and Mrs. Wayne
| West.
| Atlantic ? Mrs. Lois Smith.
Smyrna ? Mrs Cathrync Kehoe
and Harry Sanders.
None of the teachers at the
Negro schools are retiring or re
signing.
At Beaufort Miss Lancaster
taught English and physical edu
cation. Mrs. King taught history,
general science and civics. Mr.
Underseth taught commercial
courses, Mr. l.ee taught eighth
grade, Miss Morton fourth and
Miss Wilson third.
At Morehaad City Mr?. Wade
taught fifth grade, Mias Field
taught English, and Mr. Mellon,
biology and phyaica. Mr. Mellon
has received a science grant and
*lt study next yaar at the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
At Camp Glenn Mrs. Fulcher
taught sixth grade. At Newport
Mr. Adams taught English and
French, Mrs. Simmons taught
home economics and English and
Mrs. West, eighth grade.
Mrs. Lois Smith taught third
grade at Atlantic. Mrs. Kehoe
taugh home economics at Smyrna
and Mr. Sanders taught seventh
grade.
H. L. Joklyn, county superinten
dent of schools, reported that the
faculty losaes this year are leaa
than 7 per cent. Some years the
losses have run as high as 30 per
cent.
"We are improving the quality
of our teachers every year," Mr.
Joalyn commented. In 1948-48 there
were 23 teachers without proper
qualification.
Eight of those teachers now
have A certificates, Mr. Joalyn
aaid, and the others are no long"'
teaching.
Reinstates Licenses
Carl David Garner, Morehead
City, and James Thomas Johnson,
Atlantic Beach, have been notified
that their driving privileges have
been reinstated by the atate high
way safety division.
Know This Step?
Paoto br Bob Scrmour
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in tto Besafort School aadltoriaai an aeaton af the Mbael glee dab. Amaag thooe la the pletare
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The town of Morehead City
agreed to a IS, 000 settlement Wed
nesday in the case filed against the
town by Miss Nellie Fulcher, a res
ident of Morehead City. The ease
was heard in superior court, Judge
Joseph Parker presiding.
Miss Fulcher was seeking dam
ages for a broken hip she sustained
when she fell March 30, 1955 on a
sidewalk on Bridges Street. She
alleged that the walk was cracked,
that she caught her foot in it, fell
and thus broke her hip.
Witnesses testifying in the case
were Dr John Morris, Mrs. Abram
Davis, Mrs. Clara Wade, and Miss
Fulcher.
Miss Fulcher, 57, who lives on
Fisher Street, told the court that
the defective sidewalk was located
in front of the "Vallie Freeman"
house on the north side of Bridges
between 7th and 8th Streets. She
said that she was walking west on
Bridges with her sister-in-law and
Mrs. Wade.
Fell at Night
They were a short distance in
front of her. She said that she hit
her toe in "a crack in the walk"
and fell. The time was about 7:15
p.m. The other two women helped
her up and she was taken to the
Morehead City Hospital. She told
of subsequent operations snd hos
pitalization to correct the injury.
She told the court that her em
ployment was staying with elderly
persons, but she hasn't done any
work since she fell.
Under cross-examination by
George McNeill, town attorney,
Miss Fulcher stated that she had
broken the other hip in a fall in
her home in 1947, that she broke
her left shoulder in 1954 and her
wrist this year.
Dr. Morris testified that Miss
Fulcher had a congenital bone de
fect. She told the court that the
bone delect had never curtailed ber
activities.
Mrs: Darts testified that she h#d
fallen at the fame place In the
walk and injured her knees. Mrs.
Wade testified that she, too, kid
fallfcn there and that ahe informed
J. V. Waters, town street superin
tendent, that the place should be
fiifed, ss well as a place in the
walk in front of her house.
The place in front of the Wade
house was repaired, but not the
one in front of the Freeman bom*
whefe Miss Fulcher later fell.
See COURT, Page Z
Phone Service
Hits New Low
Telephone aervlce in thl? irea hit
? new low this w^ek. Persons phon
ing numbera on Atlantic Beach got
numbers in Morehead City; otbera
phoning Reaufort got numbera at
Coral Bay.
There haa been a general scram
ble of persons getting wrong
numbers.
A number of telephone com
paniea this week followed suit of
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph,
which' serves this area, in asking
for rate raiaes. The contagion is
spreading.
An additional 40 cents came in
Wedneaday for the East Carolina
Phone Fight Committee fund. The
committee estimates that 20 cents
per phone in the Carolina Tele
phone territory will meet the coat
of proteating the rate raiae before
the State Utilities Commiaaioo
Tuesday.
Persona who would like to Join
the fight may send their money to
Phonea, care of THE NEWS
TIMES, or bring it to the newa
paper office. The fund now
amounta to more than a hundred
dollars.
Fire Department
Dues Payable
Reddenta and business owners
in the Atlantic, Cedar Island, Da
vis, Sea Level and Stacy commtm
itiea who would like to have their
property protected from fire dar
ing the coming year are asked to
pay their 1MS-59 dues to the Down
Eaat Fire Department now.
Fire department Mflciala atate
that persona who would kke to
pay part of their duea now, and
the rest later, may do ao. Tin
duea are $5.
"For your own safety, be a mem
ber," the fire department urges.
"The house you might save way
be your own."
Homeowners wen invited to the
department's meeting last night