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4tth YEAR, NO. 60. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Miss Morehead City Honored
Miss More head City, Bonnie Fish, receives her appointment as an
honorary jet pilot of Marine All Weather Fighter Squadron-114 from
Lt. John A. Gagen. Miss Fish was visiting the Marine Corps Air
Station, Cherry Point with Miss North Carolina.
(Official USMC Photo)
Patrolmen Investigate
Four Highway Accidents
Highway patrolmen investigated
four accidents between Thursday
night and Sunday night.
A 1956 Oldsmobile, driven by Lt.
Edward A. Birzcr, Cherry Point,
collided with a 1955 Ford at 10:30
Thursday night on Highway 70
three miles west of Newport.
Driving the Ford was Stanley J.
Matula, Cherry Point. The Olds
mobile was headed west and the
Ford east, according to Patrolman
W. J. Smith Jr.
Matula is reported to have side
swiped the Oldsmobile and contin
ued on his way. ' He is charged
with drunk driving. Other charges
are pending.
Damage to the Oldsmobile was
estimated at $300 and to the Ford
$200.
Four Cars Damaged
At 8:40 p.m. Saturday, four cars
were damaged on the Atlantic
Beach causeway. All were headed
south. Patrolman R. H. Brown
said that two cars had stopped,
Phone Company Starts Work
On Changing to New System
? 20 Girls Will
Call at Homes
? Numbers Will
Be Changed
Within the next few weeks, a
pleasant young lady representing
the Telephone Company will knock
on the door of every telephone sub
scriber in Morehead City and
Beaufort.
Her job will be to change the
number on your telephone and. if
necessary, change your telephone
dial from conventional to metro
politan type. Metropolitan tele
phone dials show letters of the al
phabet as well as numbers and
L. A. Daniels, local manager
for Carolina Telephone and Tele
graph, says persons in Morehead
CKy dialing a Morehead City
nnmber MUST start dialing the
?. If they don't, there is a possi
bility that they will get the
wrong number.
will be necessary when Morehead
City and Beaufort telephone num
bers change on Aug. 17, 1958. Most
telephones already have this type
dial, but some do not.
Changing the telephone number
will be a simple job of lifting the
number plate and inserting the
new number which the young lady
will bring with her. When the job
ais completed, she will paste a
gummed sticker listing your pres
ent telephone number on top of
the number plate.
This temporary sticker should
be removed by the subscriber on
Aug. 17 to reveal the new number
underneath. The new numbers in
Morehead City will be prefixed by
PArk 6 and in Beaufort by PArk 8.
This means that after Aug. 17 it
will be necessary for subscribers
to dial either PA6-XXXX or PAS
> XXXX. That is, dial two letters
' and five numerals instead of the
five digit numbers to which sub
scribers have been accustomed.
The Telephone Company has
hired approximately 20 young la
dies from this area to assist in
the job of changing the telephone
numbers of Morehead City's and
Beaufort's 4100 telephones. It ia
expected that the task will take
'about two weeks to complete.
These young women will be un
der the supervision of T. K. Mc
Laughlin, district traffic manager
for the New Bern District. It was
pointed out that consideration is
being given to having them work
in the evenings when necessary to
visit subscribers not at home dur
ing the day.
The entire visit, including chang
ing the number, testing and in
struction to the subscriber is ex
pected to take approximately* 15
minutes.
Hashed to Hecpitol
James Henry, colored workman,
was taken suddenly ill yesterday
morning while working on a
Charles Davis shrimp boat at Har
kers Island He was rushed to
Morehead City Hospital shortly
before ( in the Brooks and Mason
ambulance.
Stealthy Thief
Takes Money
A thief with the stealth of a rat
stole into the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Nobles. 1710
Evans St., Morehead City, in the
dark hours of Sunday morning and
stole one dollar.
Herbert Griffin, ehief of police,
said that Mr. and Mrs. Nobles,
sleeping in their room, were not
wakened by tin burglar. Mr. No
bles discovered the theft Sunday
morning when he got up and
couldn't find his trousers
When he found them lying in
the living room, he realized some
one had been in the house. A
search indicated that the only thing
missing was the dollar that had
been in his billfold on the dresser
in the bedroom.
Chief Griffin said that the bur
glar got in the house by getting a
chair from a neighbor's porch,
putting it under a window, and
then taking out the window screen.
He went in through the window,
but walked out through the front
screen door which had been
hooked.
The theft is being investigated
by the chief and patrolman Buck
Newsome.
New Well Needs
Starter Now
C. W. Williams, manager of Car
olina Water Co.. reported yester
day that all the Beaufort well
equipment needs now is a starter.
He says they have decided how to
treat the water? It will be aerated
as well as chlorinated.
The well was drilled over two
months ago but water from it has
not been used because the com
pany couldn't decide how to treat
it, Mr. Williams said.
He said that the starter should
be here this week.
In Morehead City, the new well
at 24th and Fisher Streets pro
duced water in sufficient quantity
at 382 feet, only a foot deeper than
the Beaufort well.
The new well in Morehead City
will increase the amount of water
available.
Arrested Again
George Worthy, Beaufort, was
arrested by Beaufort police for the
second time within a week Sunday
afternoon. He was charged with
public drunkenness both times.
Tid? Table
Tides st the Beanfort Bar
(Eastern Standard Time)
HIGH LOW
Tnesday, July 2*
7:M a.m. l:0S a.m.
7:27 p.m. 1:13 p.m.
Wednesday, July ?
7:35 a.m. 1:52 a.m.
S:il p.m. 2:01 p.m.
Tharaday, Jaly 31
3:40 a.m. 2:31 a.m.
3:34 p.m. 2:43 p.m.
Friday, A agist l
3:28 a.m. 3:13 a.m.
?:35 p.pt. 1.9 p.m.
Shrimp Catches
Swing Upward
Shrimp catches took an upward
spurt Thursday and Friday. C.
G. Holland, commercial fisheries
commissioner, reported that 15
boats c alight between seven and
eight thousand pounds in Back
Bay Thursday and Friday nights.
Back Bay is in the vicinity of
Cedar Island and Hog Island
Shrimp fishermen are getting
20 and 30 cents a pound for the
shrimp, depending on the gratfe.
Shrimp is retailing, in Beau
fort and Morehead City, from 75
cents to 95 cents a pound, the
size determining the price.
Released Under Bond
Roland Lewis, Otway, has been
released from the county jail. His
bond of $2,000 was posted by W. J.
Ipock, Beaufort. Lewis is charged
with assault on his 3-year-old
daughter with attempt to kill.
when a third car hit the second in
the rear knocking it into the first,
and then the fourth car came up
and hit the third.
Cars involved were a 1954 Hud
son driven by John R. Eason, Sel
m a; a 1954 Chevrolet driven by
C.rady Bell, 1512 Bridges St.,
Morehead City; a 1957 Ford driven
by John Weston Smith Jr., Atlan
tic, and a 1957 Ford driven by
Ernest E. Adams, Cherry Point.
Damage to all four vehicles to
t|M $800. No one was hurt. Pa
trolman Brown said charges are
pending.
Two Cars Collided
At 5:15 a.m. Sunday two cars
collided at the intersection of the
Laurel Road and Highway 101. Pa
trolman Smith said that Walter Al
len White, route 5 New Bern, driv
ing a 1950 Mercury, was headed
south on 101 and was in the process
of turning left on to the Laurel
Road, when a 1949 Chevrolet, head
ed west on the Laurel Road, ran
into him.
The patrolman said the brakes
on the Chevrolet, driven by Lin
stcr Frazier, route 6 Havelock,
failed. Damage to the Mercury
was estimated at $95 and damage
to the Chevrolet $75. Charges are
pending.
One car ran into the rear of an
other at 9:30 Sunday night on
Highway 70 in front of Ray An
thony's service station west of
Morehead City.
A 1950 Oldsmobile, driven by
Donald W. Maye, Cherry Point,
was going east when it was hit in
the rear by a 1955 Ford driven by
Wade P. Spencer, Cherry Point.
No one was hurt.
Damage to the Olds was esti
mated at $200 and damage to the
Ford $100. Patrolman Brown in
vestigated. ?
Pioneer Mart Officers
Entertain on Shipboard
Officers of the cargo ship, Pio
neer Mart, entertained at a recep
tion on shipboard Friday after
noon. The Pioneer Mart loaded to
bacco for Keelung, Formosa.
It is the second of the Pioneer
line to call at Morehead City in
the past year and a half. The first
was the Pioneer Wave. The Pio
neer line is a subsidiary of the
United States Lines.
Agent for Pioneer ships is the
Morehead City Shipping Co.
Man Claims Tallest Flower
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EMitlf* won*. M?rekc>4 City, claim to bin Ike UM Dower
la the coaaty. Mr. Willis, t fcrt i laches UU, has la clink a itep
latter ta catch ?? with his 11 feet 7-lach sunflower. The Mg plant
caa he ana at MM Areadell St
Proceeding with plans to
halt further erosion of the
beach at Fort Macon State
Park, the park division of
the Department of Conser
vation and Development has
requested bids on reshaping
groins, replacing stone, fill
ing in the beach and con
structing sand fence.
Bids will be opened at 2 p m.
Tuesday, Aug. 12, in the office of
the superintendent of state parks,
education building, Raleigh.
Twelve hundred tons of cap stone
replacement are specified, plus
57,000 cubic yards of fill, and 2,500
feet of sand fence to be placed in
the worst-eroded sections between
the state park bathing area and
the point.
Ray Pardue, state park superin
tendent, has a set of blueprints
and specifications at his office at
the park. Requirements to be met
by contractors making bids arc
also posted at fhe courthouse,
Beaufort. Mr. Pardue said the
state hopes to have the work com
pleted as soon as possible.
At the C&D meeting last week
at Wilmington the state also enter
ed into an agreement with the fed
eral government giving the gov
ernment a 20-year easement on
state property. The easement will
permit dumping of spoilage, from
Morehead City channel dredging,
on state park property.
Library Reports
Circulation
Increase for Year
By DOROTHY AVERY
Coanty Library Director
The Carteret County library is
happy to report an increase in
reading for the year ending June
30. The total circulation was 49,729,
an increase of 8,?78 over the pre
vious year.
It if hoped that many more citi
zens of this county will make use
of the library and bookmobile fa
cilities during the coming year.
Our book collection is growing
steadily and we are able to bor
row from the North Carolina State
Library those which we do not
have.
The bookmobile circulation
throughout the county totaled 18,
802; in addition to this figure is
the school circulation of 12,406. The
increase in the bookmobile circu
lation In communities was 5,406.
New bookmobile stops are being
added from time to time.. If you
want to be a regular bookmobile
patron, drop a post card to the
County Library, Broad and Pol
lock Streets, Beaufort.
The circulation at the main li
brary in Beaufort was 16,973, an
increase of 733 over the previous
year. In the future, the library
will be open during the lunch hours
to make it easier for people who
work to come for books. The new
hours are 10 to 5 Monday through
Friday and 2 to 4 Saturday after
noon.
The circulation at the Newport
branch totaled 1,548 an increase
of 1,049. This branch is open every
Monday afternoon from 2 to 4.
The bookmobile circulation by
communities follows:
Atlantic 1828, Bettie 1005, Bogue
803, Broad Creek 230, Camp Glenn
118.
Cedar Island 524, Core Creek 410,
Crab Point 312, Davis 700, Galea
Creek 46. ,
Gloucester 549, Markers Island
1440, Harlowe 901, Marshallberg
660. Mason town 529.
Merrimon 754, Mill Creek 872,
Morehead Bluffs 68, Nine Foot
Road 639.
Open Grounds 72, Otway 1328,
Russell's Creek 273, Sea Level 26 1,
Smyrna 123, South River 551.
Stacy 685, Straits 654, Wildwood
449, Williston 733, Wire Graaa 602.
Morehead City Merchants
To Moot Thursday Noon
Morebead City merchants will
meet at noon Thursday at the Ho
tel Fort Macon to discuss the 1158
Christmas street lighting program.
A financial report on laat year's
program has been released. Total
receipts were (1,772. With the ex
ception of a bill yet unpaid,
amounting to $455, expenses were
11,770.44.
Guard Make* Asaist
Coast Guardsmen towed in a 15
foot outboard motorboat operated
by Mias Margaret Nobles of Green
ville Saturday afternoon. The steer
ing cable had broken while the
boat was about a half-mile away
from Fleming's pier. The Guards
men towed Um boat to tba pier.
Beauty Queen Visits County
Photo by Bob Seymour
Lovely Miss Betty Line Evans, Miss North Ciro Una, pones on one of the mortars at Fort Macon. The
Tar Heel btanty queen spent last week visiting the county as a guest of Morehead City iaycees.
Duane Harvey Celebrates Birthday
In Stryker Frame at Hospital
Dnane Harvey, Davli, celebrated hi* 22nd birthday la a Stryker frame at the Sea Level Hospital Fri
day. Showing Mr. Harvey am af his two birthday cake* la hospital administrator Charlea Caadetl. Look
ing on la Mrs. Harvey. Mr. Harvey broke hia seek diving from a boat Jnly 4.
After Duane Harvey. 22, of Davis
broke hia neck July 4, be feared
he might have to spend several
months in a hospital tenaion bed,
complete with bulky weights and
cablei.
Mr. ffarvey broke hia neck when
he dived off the bow of Sterling
Dixon's party boat. Captain Dixon,
who operatea out of Gtenhaven at
Davis, had carried a party to Core
Banks for a picnic and swimming
party.
After the accidcnt, Captain Dix
on returned to Glenhaven where
in ambulance waa waiting to take
Mr. Harvey to Um hospital. After
an examination, Dr. H. M. Pea
cock eatimated that he would be
in the hospital for about four
montha.
Attendant) hustled Mr. Harvey
into a tension bed, where he r.tayed
for only two days. When hospital
administrator Charles Caudell
learned of Mr. Harvey's plight, he
immediately ordered a Stryker
Frame for him.
The frame takes the place of a
tension bed. Two holes are drilled
in the patient's skull and metal
rodi are screwed in and fastened
to a socket at the top of the frame.
Tba tens tan is adjusted with a
minimum of discomfort to the pa
tient.
The frame ii much more flexible
than a bed. allowing the patient
to be turned over easily from time
to time.
Mr. Harvey declares that his
friends in the community, as well
as members of the hospital staff,
have been very thoughtful. On Fri
day he had already received 37
birthday cards and 51 get well
cards. He had two birthday cakes.
Mr. Caudell says he is Quite
pleased with the progress Mr. Har
vey is making. "The hospital has
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