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FINAL, OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS IN THIS ISSUE CARTERET COUNTY NEWHIMES 47th YEAR. NO. 45. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES MOBEHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. JUNE 6, 1968 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS State Lets Contracts for New Work at Morehead City Port . I Beaufort Town Board Sets Tax Rate at $1.7$ Beaufort commissioners have [ i set the tax rate for 195S59 at $175 !per hundred dollars' valuation, the same rate as last year. The com missioners met Monday night at the town hall. Also set was $3.60 for a sewer j tap, $1 poll tax and $1 and $2 fees for dog tags. The board renewed the town's contract with Williams and Wall to audit the books on the current year at a fee of $400. Charles Hill appeared before the board to complain about stray dogs. He was informed that the , stray dog problem is now in the hands of the county. The town is turning its dog tag fees over to the county. Airport Building Commissioners requested the 1 mayor, C. T. Lewis, to see what can be done about keeping the airport administration building in a more presentable state, i Gray Hassell, town engineer, re ported that only 15 feet right-of way is available to extend Broad Street between Hammock and Ful ford Street. The town needs 16 feet before an extension can be made. The board requested the mayor to contact Mrs. W. J. lpock. Civil Defense director who resigned, and ask her to reconsider. ' Gene Smith, attorney, reported on the bill introduced by Senator Jordan for the improvement of Beaufort's harbor and waterway to Pamlico Sound. Alarm Answered Fire commissioner Gerald Hill reported that the fire department See BOARD, Page 2 SPA Discusses Budget Tuesday Contract* have been let for the new construction work at the More head City state port. The founda tion (or the new warehouse is well on its way to completion. Successful bidders on the new water tank, tank foundation, rail road tracks, water lines and grad ing, are the following: Barrus Construction Co., Kin gton, $37,471.05 for grading and paving; R. N. Rouse, Goldsboro (contractor putting up the ware house), $39,592.60 for grading, $18, 428.95 for waterlines, $44,716.20 for tracks to new warehouse. J. T. Hardison and Sons, Wash ington, N. C., $9,793.41 for new water tank foundation; R. D. Cole Manufacturing Co., Newman, Ga., $32,690 for elevated water iank. Rouse has sub-contracted electri cal work to a sub-contractor, Train er Electric Co., for $2,000. SPA Meets At the State Porta Authority meeting at High Point Tuesday, the budget for the 1959-61 biennium was discussed. SPA members also heard manufacturers and indus trialists comment on the short comings of the state ports. The state ports budget for the coming two years is $219,000 for operations, $85,194 for improve ments plus an original capital im provements budget at $1,335,500. All budgetary requests are placed before the advisory budget commission and are subject to numerous changes before finally approved by the legislature. Walter Fricderichs, operations manager of the Morehead City state port, said that the item in the budget for new equipment at the Morehead City port, was ap proved. Need Realized A letter to the editor in Tues day's NEWS-TIMES cited the des perate need for new equipment. Mr. Freiderichs said that state See PORT, Page 2 ? J. 0. Simpkins Visits Carteret Wednesday J. O. Simpkins, New Bern, who will serve in the Senate in 1959 with Judge Luther Hamilton, was in Carteret Wednesday. Mr. Simp kins, who won over two other can didates in the state senate race, polled 9,725 votes. The next closest candidate was Clyde Sabiston, Jacksonville, who got 9,458 votes. John Kellam, Kin ston, was low man with 6,859. Total number of votes cast in the senate race was 38,327. To be elccted, a candidate had to poll at least 9,582 votes. Judge Hamilton, Morehead City, received 12,285 votes. Mr. Simpkins had a good majority to assure him the Demo cratic nomination. He said Wednesday, "I was proud of the vote 1 received." Then he continued, "I wasn't talk ing politics when I said I want to make eastern Carolina a better J. O. Simpkins ? . . victorious candidate place to live m. I sincerely be lieve that with all of eastern North Carolina combining efforts, we can be in a position to make pro gress." Mr. Simpkins proposes organiz ing a committee of leaders from this district whose aim will be to develop the Morchead City port. "I believe in civic affairs I have proven my ability to or ganize," the new senator said, "and my main objective is to get people in Greene County, to the west, as well as in the entire dis trict, interested in the develop ment of the port. "We must organize this district and pull together," Mr. Simpkins continued, "and the initial interest must begin in Morehead City so that Senator Hamilton and I can do the best we can when we are in Raleigh." Mr. Simpkins made it clear that he wants to be contacted by any person or group who has any legis lation in mind. "I'm interested and I need people'6 help," he said. "I want to be well prepared when I go to Raleigh. I would be grate ful to be counted as one of the persons of this county. That's the oqjy way," he concluded, "that I can do my job." Travel Council to See Premiere of State Film The premiere showing of North Carolina's new color film, Variety Vacationland, produced by Hugh Morton of Wilmington, is scheduled for 11:30 tomorrow morning at the Morehead Biltmore Hotel. The premiere is one of the high lights of the two-day North Caro ' lina Travel Council meeting which o^rns today at noon at the hotel. Following registration, members will have a luncheon-business meeting at 12:15 p.m. Tours of the beach area. Fort Macon park, Beaufort and the state port are scheduled for this afternoon. A social hour in the Sea Level room at the hotel begins at 6:30, f t followed by dinner in the hotel ballroom. A cruise on Bogue Sound will begin at 8:30 tonight. Tomorrow's schedule opens with breakfast at S, business session at 8:45, movie at 11:30, lunch at the Sanitary Restaurant at 12:15, and fishing contest and turf bathing in the afternoon. All county residents engaged in the tourist industry are invited to the meetings. If they cannot at tend all sessions, they are es pecially invited to the social hour and dinner this evening. Cost ia $5 per person. Reservations may i be made by phoning the Morehead City chamber of commerce office, 6-3404. Duke Summer Term to Open ? The first of two summer terms at Duke Marine laboratory, Pivera Island, will open Monday. The term will close July 16 and the aecond term will open July 18. First term courses will be taught by Dr. Harold Humm and Dr. I. E. Gray. Dr. Humm is associate professor of botany and Dr. Gray professor of zoology at Duke Uni versity. ' Second term couraes will be taught by Dr. Wanda S. Hunter, aasociate professor of zoology at Duke, W. C. Pinschmidt Jr., in structor in biology, Martha Waah ington College, and Dr. C. G. Bookbout, director of the marine lab. A new. building, south of the present buildings and located on filled in land, will be used for the first time this summer. Wlas Color TV Mrs. Mabel Ellis Guthrie, Har kers Island, won the color tele vision aet given away Saturday by the Beaufort Chamber of Com merce. Officers Knock Out Two Stills County authorities put two stills out of commission this week. One still was in the Core Creek section and the other was in the vicinity of Bettie. The Core Creek still was located Monday and battered with axes so that It could not be used, then It was blown up Tuesday. It was a still of 500-gallon capacity. Mash in boxes was ready to be run, a small amount of whiskey was de itroyed and several boxes of Jars, ready to receive the moonshine, were smashed. The still near Bettie, described aa a small one, was smashed with axes Tuesday afternoon. Making the raids were M. M. Ayscuc, ABC officer. Deputies Bruce Ed wards and Bobby Bell, and Bill Dugee, Newport constable. County Democratic Primary Returns PRECINCTS Atlantic Beaufort Srttie Bogue Broad Creek Cedar Island Cedar Point Davit Markers Island Harlowe Mawhallberg Merrimon Morehead i No. 1 H*aSi3WT 1 { I I 67 305 IT 3 25 15 2 8 51 11 54 11 129 219 88 278 TZT 11 40 ir 44 16 161 13 ~sr 42 IS 117 1? 28 10? 405 24 127 15 41 COUNTY COMMISSION KB H I t 131 184 215 193 178 173 <10 729 669 23 26 785 24 17 27 24 74 68 4(19 660 11 26 _21 22 4S 74 47 45 49 43 IT 38 33 20_ "30 88 90 88 21 .86 loo 245 247 236 141 216 39 43 22 39 78 n ? W 42 28 26 17 287 344 321 360 309 34? 329 339 174 206 376 Jl'DUK or . KM OKDKKS (OKONKR corn 229 -?r 345 21 21 33 48 49 12 32 84 225 vf 66 21 247 244 99 23 I18 12 "III 109 ! i 61 18 4 CON HTAB1.K ! I 21 9 36 170^ 278 J U| 26 ~59 49 5 31 58 J12 35 44 19 126 222 9 " 37 "14 287 82 340 100 280 133 Otway NUeber 17? "135 180 155 151 81 T52 13 88 103 105 105 105 97 25 109 as 49 138 13 95 Portsmouth Walter Path 13 13 13 12 22 10 Sea Level Smyrna Stacy l 27 9 124 ~~W 158 110 109 119 50 101 93 107 121 116 24 96 StSIT 16 13 11 15 IT ir 124 101 15 15 24 25 25 23 12 120 125 18 87 16 8 25 Straits 3 23 28 iai 22 14 12 Wild wood 18 a 12 4 83 40 26 37 34 ? 14 33 11 WUUston Wire Grass 58 58 ~a ? W "44" !T "58 33 34 50 14 11 15 lo a 25 13 15 30 T*ai. 1*48 228 1488 fit* 28*8 2904 2893 4 29 1733 2884 ~16" 2281 18 1117 27 1282 2114 1 Water Users Fed Up with Delay On Better Water Beaufort Customers Want Definite Date on When New Well to be Used Patience of Beaufort residents, over the water situation, has worn thin again. The water company has reported that a new well has been drilled, but says that "further testing" has prevented connecting the new water supply with the town sys tem. Housewives this week pointed out that the water is just as smelly and murky as it was back in January. They want a definite date on when the new water supply is going to be tapped. A delegation is plan ning on calling on C. W. Williams, manager of the Carolina Water Co. The people are getting fed up with the delay. They say that the water company never fails to get its bills out on time, and water users have been paying for months liow for water that discolors laun dry, damages cooking utensils and is extremely repulsive both to taste and smell. Water in Morehead City was off several hours Wednesday night while an old hydrant was being moved back of Carolina Power and Light Co. C. W. Williams, water company manager, said that he could not give advance notice on the work. Mercury Makes Sudden Change A sudden dip in the tempera tures Tuesday and Wednesday caused many county residents to break into their trunks and bring out blankets and quilts. The mercury never got above 69 on Wednesday. It fell to a low of 59 early Wednesday morning, according to weather observer Stamey Davis. Maximum and nkimum tem peratures and wind direction for the week follow: Max. Min. Wind Monday 83 72 SW Tuesday 76 68 NE Wednesday 69 59 NE Air Base to Get Buildings Valued at $2,067,662 Burglary Attempts Panic Homeowners; Wallet Taken A series of robbery attempts on+ homes in the western areas of Evans and Arendell Streets, More head City, culminated Monday ? night in a daring, completed rob bery of the Frank A. Cassiano resi dence at 2906 Arendell St. While Mr. and Mrs. Cassiano slept, a thief entered their bed room, took a wallet from Mrs. Cassiano's handbag. The thief failed, for some inex plicable reason, to take Mr. Cas siano's wallet which was lying on a table not far from Mrs. Cassi ano's handbag. The wallet taken by the thief contained about $10. The empty purse was found the next morning on the lawn of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hamilton Jr. at 3116 Evans St. The number and variety of rob bery attempts has caused a furor in the area and Morehead City po lice, baffled, have been asked by frightened householders not to di vulge names of persons whose homes have been victimized. Several weeks ago a thief at tempted to pry open a window of a second floor apartment on Aren dell Street. The occupant of the apartment, the next day, wired the screen of that window to produce a heavy electric charge. About a week later the thief re turned to resume his attempt to enter the apartment, touched the screen and was shocked into a noisy, tumbling fall down the apartment stairs. The noise of his descent was heard by several neighbors. But by the time they were fully aroused, the thief had disappeared. Car Leaves Road Under investigation is an acci dent in which a 1952 Ford ran off the Nine-Foot Roar1 at 4 a.m. Tues day, went through a field and stopped at the edge of a stream. No one was at the scene of the accident when Patrolman J. W. Sykcs arrived. Ho-Hum Br cause THE NEWS - TIMES has failed to "cooperate" in their exploitation of filmed shockers. Siewart-Everett Enter prises has withdrawn advertis ing for its Morehead City and Beaufort movie houses from THE NEWS-TIMES. O. J. Morrow, manager of the Morehead City theatres, told a NEWS - TIMES representative that he had been ordered to with draw movie advertising from the newspaper because "THE NEWS-TIMES does not coop erate." Anyone who may be interested in what Stewart-Everett is play ing at the movies ? that's a form of entertainment that was popu lar in the 20th Century BT (be fore television) can call the box offices: Beaufort Theatre 2-4K36, City Theatre 6 3276, and More head Theatre 6-4710. Brakeless Car Hits Big Trailer Everett Ingram, mechanic for Hardesty Motors, Morehead City, found a '51 Ruick he was check ing yesterday morning had faulty brakes. The car ran through a stop sign at 19th and Arendcll Streets and into the side of a trac tor trailer driven by Walter Ross of Marianna, fia. The Buick, owned by Frank Marino, Morehead City, was a total loss. About $75 damage was done to the side of the trailer. An estimated $20 damage was done to a 1953 Chevrolet parked at the curt. The tractor bumper hit the rear fender of the car. Morehead City police filed no charges. Peggy Jo Wallace Wins County Dairy Princess Title Tuesday Night Blonde, blue-eyed Peggy Jo Wal lace. who will be a senior next fall at Newport High School, was se lected Carteret County dairy prin cess Tuesday night. Runner-up was Tressa O'Neal, a member of this year's graduating class at Morehead City High School. Only four girls competed. The other two, who judges also called most charming and attractive, were brunette Nancy Mason of Core Creek and auburn-haired Mary Lou Temple of Harlowe. The contest took place following a dinner at the Rex Restaurant. It was sponsored by the Beaufort and Morehead City Jaycees. Grover Munden, Morehead City, was toast master. Miss Wallace was sponsored by the Newport Rotary Club. The con testants appeared first in street clothes and then in evening gowns. They gave two-minute talks and then answered two questioni put to them by the toastmaster. Miss Wallace's first outfit con sisted of a two-piece black ensem ble with a plaid jacket and large brimmed black bat. Her evening gown was of bouffant style, floor length, in shades of blue tulle. It was strapless. Her only jewelry was large matching blue earrings. Douglas Ann West, Morehead City, who was to compete, could not do so because of a broken toe. Her place was taken at the last minute by Miss O'Neal. Nancy Broda. Beaufort, who was also scheduled to compete, did not take part. Miss O'Neal's street outfit was a semi-fitted white dress with white gloves and a broad-brimmed white hat. Her evening gown was floor-length, fuschia colored, fash ioned with tier after tier of ruf fled lace. Qaestioat Asked The questions asked the contest ants were 1. What would you do if someone Peggy Jo Wallace suddenly presented you with $10,000 cash? 2. Which person has meant more to you in your life than anyone else? Why? Miss Wallace said that she would help out her family with the money first, and then help the less for tunate people in her community. She said her mother had been the most important person to her be cause of the training she has given her. The county's new dairy princess is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Coy E. Wallace. She plays guard on the basketball team at school and is a member of the Future Teachers of America and Future Homemakers of America. Miss O'Neal is the daughter of Mrs. Grace O'Neal, and during her high school career was a cheer leader, a member of the news paper and annual staff, Tri-Hl-Y, Future Business Leaders, Future Teachers and Future Homemakers. Miss Mason Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mason of Core See CONTEST, Page 2 How the District Voted Slate Senator Candidate* Hamilton Slmpkins Sablaton Krllam I isar _ 2,830 _ 521 _ 1,455 _ 1,203 ? 3,236 .. 3,240 ijfi 2,932 464 1,720 1,142 1,040 2,427 1,728 854 888 473 300 3,038 542 887 1,124 1,485 238 2,721 3,767 new construction, vaiuea at ?z,ut>v,t>bz, will be started within the next few weeks at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. Contracts have been awarded by the Fifth Naval District for four aircraft hangars, an administration building and warehouse, announces John Fry, Public Works Administration officer. The four aircraft hangars will be built at a cost of $1,629,985; administration building, + $132,677; and warehouse $305,000. Successful bidder for the aircraft hangars was T. A. Loving Co., Goldsboro; administration building, King-Hunter Inc., Greensboro, and warehouse, Godwin Building Co., Inc., Wilmington. Surveying of sites for the admin istration building and warehouse has already started. Each of the aircraft hangars will be 203 by 135 feet. A repair area adjacent to the hangars will be 135 by 99 feet. The hangars will be of structural steel. Their location Housing to cost $12,829,300 will be built at Cherry Point starting this month, ft was announced yesterday. Eight hundred forty nine units will go up, requiring a peak construction force of about a thousand. The project is to be complete in 1960. Con tractor is II. L. Coble Construc tion Co., Greensboro. will be on A Street between the Overhaul and Repair Department and 6th Avenue. The administra tion building and warehouse will be located across from the hangars on A Street. The administration building, of structural steel and concrete, will be 32 by 150 feet. The warehouse will be two stories high, 120 by 400 feet, built of structural steel with brick and concrete base. It will include a 40 by 125-foot single story flamma ble materials storage building. Another major construction pro ject will get under way this sum mer at the air base when new housing will go up under the Cape hart law. Decisions Hade In Civil Suits Three civil suits were decided re cently and the judgments recorded in the clerk of court's office in the courthouse. Beaufort. In the suit, Frrnand G. Landry vs. Roy W. Newman, alias Ray W. Match and William H. Hatch, the defendants agreed to pay the plain tiff $4,750. Breach of contract was ruled in the suit, R. F. Trant, distributing corporation, vs. Pete Forbes. The plaintiff is to receive $304.67 plus interest from Dec. 22, 1955, with the defendant also paying costs. An action against J. W. Young and wife, Beatrice W. Young, brought by T. T. Potter, was based on a promissory note. It was or dered that the plaintiff shall re cover from the Youjgs $4,768.08 plus interest, from Jan. 26, 1956. Carrying out of the judgment is not to be effective until Sept. 1, 1958. The Youngs were also order ed to pay coats of the court action. Truck Driver Hurt Monday Night Admitted to the Morehead City Hospital Monday night was John McDuffy Jr., Negro from Laurin burg, who was injured when a three-quarter ton truck fell on him at 9 o'clock on a road between Otway and Harkers Island. McDuffy told Patrolman J. W. Sykea that he was going 20 to 25 miles an hour when the truck hit a sharp curve, the door opened, he fell out and the truck wer.t on top of him. The truck, owned by the driver, was headed west. Damage was es timated it $100. No charges were filed. Reinstates licenses The state driver license division , has reinstated the driving privi leges of Eddie Lee Collins, Beau fort, and Pasquale Marino, More head City. Tide Table TMes at the Beaafort Bar (Eastern Standard Time) HIGH LOW Friday, June ? 12:03 a.m. 5:38 a.m. 5:48 p.m. Satarday, Jaae 7 12:11 a.m. 12:53 p.m. 6:27 a.m. 6:48 p.m. 8aad?y, Jaae 8 12:58 a.m. 1:41 p.m 7:22 a.m. 7:54 p.m. Moaday, Jaae 9 1:45 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 8:20 a.m. 8:56 p.m. Taesday, Jaae M 2:35 a.m. 3:19 p.m. 9:14 a.m. $:B p.m. Bean Picking Passes Peak; Blueberries In The bottom has dropped out of the bean market and several farm ers this week pulled pickers out of the field rather than take a loss on the crop. The price was in the neighbor hood of $1.50 for a 32-pound ham per this week. Some were shipped on consignment, which means that the farmer gets whatever the mar ket will bring. Five Florida crews were pick ing beans and will stay here for the Irish potato harvest. Other bean pickers are moving back to the Lumberton area. A few irish cobblers may be dug about June IS, but most of the potato crop is not expected to be dug until the first of July. Where stands are good, high yields are anticipated. Cabbage cutting is about over. Any cabbage still left In the fields will probably be plowed under. Robert King, with the farm la bor office, announced yesterday that a crew of Newport students are now picking blueberries at Stella. Young people who want agricul tural jobs are invited to register with the farm labor office, Beau fort. They are paid the same wages as adults. Buleberry picking in the Beau fort area is expected to start next week. Mr. King reminds boys and girls aged 14 and up that they can alto Vegister in the Odd Jobs Club, stating that they are available for work such a> keeping house, baby sitting, mowing lawns etc. Persons who would like to earn money may stop by the farm labor office on Highway 70 between S a.m. and 5 p.m. Two Defendants Pay $5 Fines Two cases were heard in At lantic Beach mayor's court Mon day night. Both defendants had to pay court costs and $5.00 fines. Eugene R. Knight, Cherry Point, was convicted of public drunken ness and using profane language. Jerome H. Fousek, Cherry Point, was conviced of public drunken ness and disturbing the peace. Two defendants forfeited bonds. They were Edith Breedlove of Durham, charged with reckless driving, and Stephen E. Smith of Norfolk, charged with public drunkenness. A case against Harry Collins Jr. of Maysville was continued for one week. Collins is charged with public drunkenness and using pro fane language. Square Dance Club Sett Date for New Classes Allen Colenda, president of the Salty Squares folk and square dance club, announces that new classcs will begin June 17. The club meets each Tuesday at 7:30 pm. at the Morehead City rec reation building. Instructor Fred Parrish will use old members as demonstrators and assistant instructors for all the new members. There are no duel but a collection is taken to pay for records and incidental ex penses. Henry White Succeeds. Jack Holt as Director , Henry White was elected Mon day night to fill a vacancy on the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce board of directors. He suc ceeds Jack Holt, director, who has moved to Savannah, Ga. Mr. Holt was elected to a three year term which expirea in 1M0. The director! met at the chamber office in the Hotel Fort Macon. Power Off Today To make changes in a line, the power will be off today in More head City from 24th street east from noon to 12:35 p.m. The port, shipbuilding company, and draw bridge acroaa Newport River will be affected.