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47th YEAR. NO. 72. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Aerial View Shows Bridge Location
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This aerial view (hows the sew bridge, left, acroaa Gallant* Chan
nel (now called Beaufort channel, according to the aigna e Acted at
the bridge ) ; the railroad bridge and at the right tbe old bridge which
Photo by Bob Simpson
is bring dismantled. In the background U the town of Beaufort.
Highway at center, coming from the new span, leads- west to More
head City. The new bridge and approaches are on highway 70.
Morehead City
Adopts Budget
Appearing in today's paper is
the budget for the town of More
head City for 1958-59. The budget
totals $263,936 75.
Major aources of revenue are as
follows: tax levy $176,676.75, park
ing meters $10,000, and Powell Bill
funds $20,000. Income from the
recorder's court of the year is es
timated at* $1,006.
Major disbursements are admin
istrative $52,180, street department
$60,135. police department, $45,709,
fire department $33,486, cemetery
$18,148 and repayment of debt $42,
435.
? S. C. Holloway, finance commit
?ioner, said that cemetery depart
ment disbursements are much lar
ger than income due to the neces
sity for developing the new ceme
tery, Greenwood Park. Cemetery
Income for 1958-59 is estimated at
$4,000, from sale of lots.
The budget appears in full on
page 2.
Tobacco Specialist
To Show Simple
Method for Sorting
A specialist from the state de
partment of agriculture will be at
the vocational agriculture shop of
Newport School at 7 30 tonight. He
will demonstrate a simple method
of farm sorting to help growers
get their tobacco in the best con
dition to meet the current market
demand.
Harry D. Lockey, president of
the Newport Adult Farmer Asso
ciation, has sent a letter to all
members telling them about the
meeting. He says that there have
been 59 changes in the US standard
grades of tobacco. This, he ex
plains, is an opportunity for to
bacco farmers to get correct in
formation on sorting.
Each person who attends the
meeting will be asked to bring a
(tick of tobacco from his barn.
The specialist will sort the sticks
so they can be used by the farm
ers as samples.
Tide Table
(Eastern Standard Time)
Tide* at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tneaday, Sept. f
4:12 a.m. 10:40 a.m.
4:38 p.m. 11:23 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept 10
5:14 a.m. 11:33 a.m.
5:36 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 11
?:07 a.m. 12:10 a.m.
1:28 p.m. y 12:24 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12
6:55 a.m. 12:56 a.m.
T:? pja. J:15 pjn.
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| Pho*o? by Bob Seynnar
Mrs. N. W. (Ma) Taylor, rata the ribbons, formally opening the bridnr. Her cbasffear I* Dick Parker,
Morehead City. Mrs. Taylor, *T, is the mother of a former mayor of Beaufort, the late Bayard Taylor.
ICC Action Equalizes Rail
Freight Rates at Morehead
Beginning tomorrow, rail freight
rates to and from Morehead City's
port will be on a par with rates
at other South Atlantic ports. The
equilization goes into effect as the
result of approval by the Inter
state Commerce Suspension Board
Friday at Washington, D. C.
Atlantic Coast Line, the city of
Wilmnigton, Norfolk Port Author
ity, South Carolina Ports Author
ity, Virginia State Ports Authority
and the Jacksonville, Kla., Traffic
Bureau were among those who op
posed the new rates.
On behalf of Southern and the
port of Morehead City, the State
Utilities Commission, at the re
quest of Gov. Luther Hodges, made
I studjr of the ratM. U tajrgriplwd
the suspension board stating that
the new ratea are necesaary.
The commission's study showed
that the rates would not favor
Morehead City over Wilmington
but are necessary if the two ports
are to operate on an equitable
freight rate basis.
Mayor George Dill, Morehead
City, sent a wire to the ICC Sus
pension Board Friday, as did Har
ry Edwards, former chairman ol
the Atlantic and East Carolina
board, requesting that the equal
ized rates he allowed.
Mayor Dill cited the millions of
dollars spent by the state and fed
eral governments to improve the
port and waterway leading to it.
All would be for naught, ha said,
if the equalized rates requested
by Southern (operator of the AfcEC
which serves the port) were not
granted.
The wire pointed out that More
head City is requesting nothing
that is not already granted to other
South Atlantic ports.
It ia expected that Atlantic Co?st
Line and others not in '-favor of
the suspension board's ruling will
file a petition for reconsideration
or take other action.
Any such action, accaxding to
reports from Washington, would
not prevent the new rate* from
going Into effect tomorrow.
Autumn will arrive Tuesday,
Sept 23, at S40 a.m.
Congressman Graham Barden
Speaks at Bridge Ceremony
Officials who attended the coin<
miuioners' luncheon at noon at the
N. F. Eure building. Beaufort,
were the following: Gen. A F.
Binney and Gen. E. C. Dyer, Cher
ry Point Marine Corps Air Station;
Col. T. J. Colley, official repre
sentative of Camp Lejeune Marine
Base.
Col. H. C. Kowland, district en
gineer, Wilmington; Cdr. C. G.
Winstead, USCG, Chllula; CW02
James Hunnings, ygCG, com
manding officer, Fort Macon.
County dignitaries: Luther Ham
ilton, D. G. Bell, Mayor George
Dill, Wilbur Garner, Moses How
ard, llarrcll Taylor, Marshall Ays
cue, David Yeomans, Odell Mer
rill.
II. L. Joslyn, Bobby Bell, J. D.
Potter, Prentiss Garner, Alvah
Hamilton and highway patrolmen
R. H. Brown and W. J. Smith Jr.
Beaufort town officials: Mayor
C. T. Lewis, R. M. Chaplain,
James Rumlcy, Otis Mades, W.
R Hamilton. Gerald Hill, Dan
Walker, Gene Smith.
Wardell Fillingame, J. G. lias
sell, Halscy Paul, O. S. Clawson,
Mrs. G. W. Duncan, W. H. Muse,
Rufus Scwcll, J. O. Barbour Jr.,
James II. Davis, Dr. David Far
rior, Earl Mason, D. F. Merrill,
Gerald Woolard.
Highway commission and con
struction personnel: W. H. Rogers
Jr., Cameron Lee, R Markham,
Jack H Burruss, J. T. Huffman.
G. R. Howell, J. D. Ragan, W. L.
Melville.
L. N. King, R. W. Jones, W. E.
Turnage, H. D. Sutton, John Lee
Humphrey, Corbctt Norris, Ixiuis
F. Waters, Jack Hicks, J. L. Phil
lip*, J. D. Parker, J. L. McDonald
See LUNCHEON, Page A <
Watch Presented
Moses Howard, chairman cf the eou.ity board of commissioners,
left, presents a watch to Irvin W. Davis, register of deeds.
County employees presented
Irvin W. Davis, former register
of deed^, with an engraved poc
ket watch Friday afternoon. Mr.
Davis has resigned after 28 years
as register of deeds.
The presentation was made
Friday afternoon at the court
house by Moses Howard, chair
man of the county board of com
missioners.
Attending the presentation cere
mony were Mrs. Davis, other
members of his family, and em
ployees in county offices.
Engraved on the watch were
the words, "Irvin W. Davis, Reg
ister of Deeds, 1930-1958."
Punch, cake, nuts and mints
were served.
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No Rain Recorded
So Far This Month
, "The weather is just right for
mosquitoes," deelares weather ob
! server Stamey Davis. The tem
perature has elimbed into the 80 s
'during the days and dropped as
low as 69 at night. There has been
| no rain reeorded this month.
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures and wind direction for
the weekend follow:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Max. Min. Wind
84 70 ENE
83 69 E
89 70 ESE
86 69 SW
Coofreaamaa Graham A. lirin, ipeakcr at the dedication, brought official greetings from tbe gov
ernor, Lather Hod|et. In the background ia the Carteret Quick Freete Co. A North Carolina flag flies
at left.
Eagle Back Breaks Away
Photo by Bob Seymour
Halfback Jimi Gatbrla picki up yardage far the Morebead City Eaglet against New Bern. Here
a weald-be Bear tackier |eta a ttiff arm tad oUaaea bis Ml. Gaibria raced W yards far Merebead CKji
alary niapi.
? The new Beaufort bridge wai
officially opened and dedicated
yesterday morning in ceremoniea
at the west end ot the bridge. Prin
cipal speaker waa Congressman
Graham Barden.
Following the dedication, guests
were invited to take a tour of
Beaufort, sponsored by the Beau
fort Woman's Club.
The tour was followed by a com
missioners luncheon for highway
officials and other dignitaries at
the Eure educational Building of
Ann Street Methodist Church.
Beaulort town manager Dan L.
Walker acted as master of cere
monies at the bridge ceremony.
He introduced the hev. C. Edward
Sharp, rector of St. Paul's Epis
copal Church, who offt.'ed the in
vocation.
Mayor Lewis was then intro
duced and lie welcomed tue state
otticials to Beaufort. The honor
able E. L. White, division 11 high
way commissioner, acknowledged
the welcome.
Cecil Morris of Atlantic intro
duced Congressman Barden, who
spoke brielly on the projects being
undertaken by the state highway
commission.
Immediately after the address,
Ma Taylor, Beaulort's first lady,
cut the riboon and led the proces
sion across the bridge to Beaufort.
The Beaufort band, under the di
rection of Charles Jones, played
the Ma Taylor March.
The new bridge replaces the
now-obsolete Beaulort bridge that
had been in service since ltM7. Sur
veys for the new span started
Sept. 24, 1956 The bridge has been
open for traffic since Aug. 29.
Mr. Walker, town commissioner
William Hoy Hamilton and Thomas
Eure made arrangements for the
bridge ceremony, assisted by Mrs.
George Cottingham, Mrs. Ralph
Thomas, State Highway Patrol and
town police. Mrs. G. W. Bun
can was in charge of arrangements
for the guided tour. Van Potter and
Miss Gcraldine Smith were guides.
See CEREMONY, Page 4
Sprayers Go
After Mosquitoes
Beaufort has been blanketing the
town with mosquito spray since
the onslaught of mosquitoes hit
Thursday. Sometimes the machine
covered the town twice in a night.
C. E. Sanderson, Morehead City
street commissioner, reported yes
terday that the Morehead City
sprayer also started Thursday to
cover the town. It was also in op
eration Sunday.
He explained that spraying wai
not done regularly during the sum
mer because the mosquitoes were
not prevalent. There was some
spraying in the latter part of May
and June when rains were heavy.
It hai been the experience of
both the county and the towna that
spraying when the mosquitoes are
not bothersome during the sum
mer eats up all the budgeted
money, then in September when
the pests descend in droves, the
money ia gone and spraying can't
be done when it 1* most necessary.
Mosquitoes on the wing now are
those that hatched as a result of
the week of heavy rain preceding
Daiay.
Chamber Offers
New Brochure
Available this week at the More
head City Chamber of Commerce
la a new mimeographed brochure
geared to induatrial interests.
The brochure includes (acta on
the following: agriculture, airlines,
banking facilities, bus services,
ihurches, climate, communicatlona.
Power, express, farming, county
financial status, fire and police
protection, natural resources,
housing, labor statistics, land
usage, marina services, tourist ac
commodations. schools, trade sta
tistics, truck lines and numerous
items.
Haps are of the town ot More
head City, the area for port de
velopment and the port itself.
J. A. DuBois, chamber manager,
who haa compiled the brochure,
said that anyone who can provide
more up-to-date data, corrections
or pertinent additions are invited
to contact him at the chamber of
fice In the Hold Fort Macon.
Another brochure, dealing only
with recreation, will be produced
soon.
Fire Call Saaday
Morebead City fire men answered
a call to Crab Point at 11:1} p.m.
Sunday. There was a fire In aa
outlying ana which firemen
couldn't reach, w they returned
to the Katfa*