w CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
| 47th YEAR, NO. T4. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1958 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FR
Residents Give Opinions on Control
Of Mosauitoes, Paying Extra Tax
I A large number of persons in'
the county have requested a ref
erendum on forming a mosquito
I control district. The county board
if has agreed but no referendum date
i has been set as yet. It is possible
^ however, that the referendum wili
1! be held on the same day as the
P general election, Nov. 4.
! a mosquito control district is
I organized (the boundaries of the
I district coinciding with the county
I boundaries), state law permits a
B tax up to 35 cents per hundred
I dollars valuation for mosquito con
trol.
THE NEWS TIMES has made a
random survey of county residents,
asking their opinion on mosquito
control. Opinions follow:
Harrell Baidree, 109 N. 1 1th St
Morehead City? 'Yes, I'm in favor
of control. I do't know whether
I m in favor of paying an extra
tax though. If they have a referen
dum and put on the ballot how
much the tax will be, I'll tell them
whether I'm in favor of it or not."
Mrs. Austin P. Adams, 101 Calico
Dr., Morehead City- "Yes, I'm in
favor of control. I don't know whe
ther I'm in favor of a higher tax
II or not because I'm not the bread
tt winner in the family."
f Clarence Bowman, Atlantic Beach
' "" ' certainly am in favor of inos
quito control. A 35-cent tax is right
high. If it's just 10 cents, I wouldn't
!mind. I'd be willing to pay up to
10 to 12 dollars a year for a mos
quito control program.
J. Malcolm Coats, llarkers Is
land? "I'm in favor of mosquito
control, if you can control them
I d be willing to pay 10 cents on a
hundred dollars' valuation."
j One Bell, Mansfield Parkway
west of Morehead City? "I'm a
hundred per cent in favor of con
trol. I d pay any tax within rea
son. Right now I'm spending be
tween $4 and $5 a week to get rid
of mosquitoes around my house.
I have a fogger on my lawnmower.
The spray I use in it costs $2.50
a gallon and when the mosquitoes
are bad, I spray several times a
week."
1. H. Lewis, Otway ? "I hardly
know what to say. I m in favo;
of what they're doing now to con
trol mosquitoes. A tax would prob
ably be all right if it wouldn't be
too much."
P^ir'n" ,Jooe" ,r " WWwd
' m Beaufort? "I'm m Svor /of
mosquito control to a certfti ex
tent-when it's needed But I'm not
in favor of it throughout the sea
, son. I absolutely am not in favor
of paying an extra county tax."
I Mrs' Alfred Ebinghausen, 3102
Evans St., Morehead City? "I'm in
favor of it and in favor of paying
a tax for control. I think the mos
I. quitoes have been horrible. I've
lived here only a year and I've
never been through anything like
this before. I've lived in New Jer
sey and we don't have mosquitoes
like this up there." (New Jersey
for years has had a mosquito con
trol program).
b^h5' Ferrier' Lennoxville
Road, Beaufort- "I sure am in fa
vor of mosquito control and an ex
tra tax too, if it's not too high."
Youngsters Tell What They
Want to Do in Adult Life
By the time every youngster can
talk, he begins to think about what
he wants to do "when I grow up".
Parents sometimes listen with
amazement to the pronouncements
of their offspring as to what they'll
"be" when they reach that shining
world of adulthood.
Some little fellows want to be
garbage collectors or fire engine
drivers. But as years roll on and
boys and girls reach the more ma
ture age of 9 or 10 or 11, their,
ideas change.
Robert McLean, son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Mc
Lean o f More
head City, said
that he wanted
to be an actor.
Robert, who will
be in the sixth
grade this fall,
is 11 years old.
Robert said he
was interested
in all types of
acting but was
especially inter
ested in comedy.
"1 want to play
Robert
for movies and television, he
said, "I am not too interested in
playing in Broadway plays or any
thing like that."
Another hopeful in the field of
entertainment is Sandra Ann
Thompson, 11, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. M
Thompson of
Beaufort. San
dra Ann wants
to be a profes
sional dancer.
"Dancing is
loads of fun,"
she said, "and
people always
enjoy watching
a good dancer."
Sandra Ann said
she had not
made up her
mind where she
Sandra Ann
would most like to dance.
Garland Thompson wants to be
a big league baseball play?r. The
son of Mt. and Mrs. E. C. Thomp
son o t Morehead City, Garland Is
10 years old. The Little League
had Garland's
services for free
this year but he
hopes to join
the "play for
pay" ranks by
the time he fin
ishes school.
The Milwau
kee Braves is
Garland's first
choice for a ma
jor league club.
He says he
would play for
any of the
Garland
teams, though, because he loves
' to play ball.
"I want to get married and be
a housewife,
says Eleanor
Patterson, it.
Eleanor is the
daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James
J. Patterson,
Beaufort. She
thinks it is ail
right for girls to
have careers if
they want to
but believes
that being a
mother would
be much more
Eleanor
fun.
| "I love babies," she declared.
"I don't know how many I would
want? not too many to take care
of."
David Sledge, 9, wants to be a
Marine. David
is the son of
Mrs. Charles
Sledge, More
head City. His
father was a
major in the
Marine Corps.
"I would like
to go to an offi
cers' training
school, maybe
Annapolis, and
get a commis
sion. I don't
think I would
David
like to be an enlisted man," David
explained.
Lynda Dorrler, 11, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Lyndi
Thomas, Beau
fort. Lynda says
the wants to be
a school teach
er. "I think it
would be nice to
be able to teach
boys and girls
how to read and
write," Lynda
stated.
She was not
sure what sort
of class she
would I Ik e to
teactr but thinks
the younger children are lots of
fun.
Pier Owner Asks Permit
To Retain Structure
Delmas Lewis. Marshallberg, has
applied to the Army Engineers to
retain an existing pier in Core
Sound at Marshallberg.
The pier is 3 feet wide and ex
tends channelward 100 feet beyond
the shoreline. Plans may be seen
at the postoffice, Marshallberg.
If anyone has any objections to
the pier from the standpoint of
navigation, those objections will be
received at the engineers' office,
Wilmington, until Thursday, Sept.
25.
Beach Mayor Gives Annual
Report at Friday Meeting
Atlantic Beach Mayor A. B.
? Cooper presented his annual sea
son report at the town board meet
ing at the municipal building Fri
day morning.
Mayor Cooper said the beach had
enjoyed record crowds this year.
He cited better parking facilities,
good weather and general improve
ment of the beach as the reasons
for the increased number of tour
ists this summer.
The increased crowds did not
I create a proportional amount of
t trouble, though, the mayor de
I clared He said that fine work by
the police department early in the
season was responsible.
There were 300 minor traffic vio
lations reported and police gave
574 warning cards to persons who
were a little too rowdy or anxious
to cause trouble.
Give* Court Report
Mayor Cooper reported that he
had 199 cases on mayor's court
docket. Of this number, 18 were
thrown out due to lack of evidence,
15 forfeited bonds and 110 were
found guilty. Fines and costs col
lected in the court amounted to
$2,399.30.
Police turned 300 servicemen
over to the military police for
minor offenses.
Another sign of the growth of
the bead), according to the mayor,
ia the fact that the town is grow
ing around an^ beyond the trash
dump. Clerk Milton G. Coyle was
instructed to write J. T. Taylor,
Raleigh, to request permission to
use a tract of his land west of the
city limits u a new dump.
Police Chief Bill Moore reported
that the lifeguards had been laid
off and that the extra policemen
would be laid off after Sunday.
Chief Moore was instructed to
put back one act of wooden steps
from the seawall to the beach. He
elected to put back the steps at
the end of Greenville Avenue. The
chief said he would anchor tbe
steps as well as possible to keep
high tides from washing them
away.
Attorney Attends
Attorney George McNeill attend
ed the meeting and presented an
electrical code suggested for the
town. Commissioner A. F. Flem
ing made the motion, seconded by
Robert Barefoot, that the code be
adopted.
A legislative committee of prop
erty owners was appointed to meet
with the board and study the town
charter with an eye to possible re
vision.
Members of the committee are
D. J. Whichard Jr. and I^ewis G.
Cooper, Greenville, M. D. Foxman,
Kinston, L. T. White Sr., Raleigh,
and Mr. Coyle.
Mr. Coyle was instructed to write
to the secretary of state for copies
of the charter, amendments and all
laws pertaining to the charter that
are on record.
(Eastern Standard Time)
Tides at tbe Beaufort Bar
Tidq Table
HIGH
LOW
Tnesday, Sept. K
10:12 a.m.
10:39 p.m.
3:S7 a.m.
4:29 p.m.
I nc
1109 a.m.
11:36 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. II
4:43 a.m.
5:22 p.m.
Tbanday, Sept it
12:08 a.m.
5:34 a.m.
6:23 p.m.
Friday, Sept. II
12:37 a.m.
1:06 p.m.
6:37 a.m.
T:3< p.m.
Mayor Cooper reported Uiat a
League of Municipalities meeting
has been scheduled for Oct. 12-14
at Winston-Salem. The commis
sioners voted to pay the expenses
for Mr. Coyle to attend the meet
ing.
The final matter brought up at
the meeting was the mayor's pro
posal for extending the city limita.
After a lengthy discussion of the
idea, the mayor and clerk were ap
pointed as a two-man committee to
see how property owners in the
area felt about annexation.
The land involved is north of the
Salter Path and Fort Macon Roads
between the eastern and western
Atlantic Beach town limits. The
commissioners want to keep the
present east-west limits but extend
the north-south limita from the
ocean to the sound.
50 Attend Shall Club
Meeting over Weekend
Fifty members attended the .
meeting of the North Carolina
Shell Club at Camp Glenn over
the weekend. Business sessions
were held in the commercial fish
eries building. I
Dr. Theodore Rice of the radio
isotope laboratory. Fivers Island,
was the speaker at the Friday
night meeting. On Saturday morn
ing 32 of the members took a boat
trip to Shackleford.
The next meeting of the club
will be at Durham in December.
It's Cap'a, Nam!
Ia a column on the editorial
page of today's paper, Carl Bunch
of the Morehead City police de
partment ia referred to a* "lieu
tenant". He ia not a lieutenant.
Ha i? ? captain.
Disabled Get Social
Security Boost
Social security disability bene
fits can be paid in full now even
if the person receiving the bene
fits is also getting disability pay
ments under some other federal
or state law, announces C. L.
Beam, county veterans service
officer.
An increase in payments will
become effective in January
1959.
Those who have already been
receiving some disability bene
fits under social security need
not apply for the full benefits;
but they must apply for them if
they have not been receiving any
disability payments through so
cial security in the past.
Veterans who think they may
be eligible for the benefits
through social security should
see Mr. Beam if they have any
questions. His office is in the
courthouse annex, Beaufort.
Ministers Hear
Migrant Ministry
Report Monday
The Rev. Alvis Daniel, chairman
of the county migrant ministry
committee, told the County Minis
ters Association yesterday that
color slides of the migrant minis
ter's work in the county have been
made and will be available for
showing to church groups this win
ter.
He said the program this sum
mer was successful. This was the
second summer that a migrant
ministry program was undertaken
under sponsorship of the minis
ters' association.
It was announced that two new
ministers in the county, the Rev.
Alec Thompson, First Baptist
Church, Beaufort, and the Rev.
James Smith, Core Creek, would
be accepted into the association at
the October meeting.
Mrs. Charles Hassell, Beaufort,
requested cooperation of the min
isters in a presentation by all
choirs in the county of Jlandcl's
Messiah at Christmas time.
The ministers offered their co
operation and each gave the name
of their choir director, suggesting
that Mrs. HasatU contact the dl
NCIar
It wal announced that a check
for $100 had been received from
Mrs. J. W. Jackson, Morehcad
City, for the association's treasury.
The Rev. Ralph Fleming, chair
man of the radio committee, pre
sented the schedule for the next
six months. Appointed to the com
mittee were Mr. Thompson and
the Rev. E. Guthrie Brown.
Mr. Brown said that the regis
try at the Morehead City Hospital
put there for the use of ministers
had disappeared and unless is is
found, a new one will have to be
bought.
Mr. Fleming announced that Dr.
Crossley Morgan will conduct a
Bible Conference in Morehead City
next week, beginning Sunday. The
conference is being sponsored by
the First Methodist Church and
the First Presbyterian Church.
The meeting opened with a scrip
ture reading by the president, the
Rev. John Cline, Beaufort, fol
lowed by prayer by Mr. Brown. It
closed with prayer by Mr. Flem
ing.
Clouds Retreat
As Sun Returns
The clouds that were present all
weekend disappeared yesterday as
the temperature soared to near
summer heights. After a high of K
Thursday, clouds and cool weather
moved in on the
county and stay
ed all weekend,
according to
weather observ
er Stamey Da
vis. Despite all
the clouds, there
never was any
rain, Mr. Oavis
points out. On Friday afternoon
there was a slight drizzle but not
even enough to wet the streeti In
Morehead City.
Mr. Davis reports the following
maximum and minimum tempera
tures and wind direction:
Max. Mia. ?M
Thursday 82 09 N
Friday 70 63 NE
Saturday 70 M NE
Sunday 79 64 NE
Port Calendar
Rita Maersk ? Docked Sunday
to load tobacco and sailed for
the far east the same day.
Esto Patterson? Due Thursday
with a cargo of petroleum pro
ducts for Standard Oil.
Sooth wind? Due Friday to load
tobacco for Germany.
Bretteaatela ? Due Friday to
load tobacco for Germany.
Gleavr* ? Due next Wednes
day to load tobacco (or Buffctk.
Seaman with Knife Wounds
Put Ashore at Morehead City
i
72 Cases are Continued
In Recorder's Court
There were 72 cases continued**
after Thursday's session of county
recorder's court. Fifty-five cases
were heard by judge Lambert Mor
ris.
Tampa Green, convicted of as
sault, was senetnced to six months
on the roads. He appealed the ver
dict to superior court and the
judge set his bond at $500.
George Equals was in court on
two charges. One, failure to com
ply with a court order, was dis
missed. On the other, non support,
he got a one-year suspended sen
tence. The sentence will become
active if he fails to pay $15 per
week to the welfare department
for the care of his children and
pay court costs.
Lee L. Garner was found guilty
of non-support and abandonment.
He was ordered to pay $30 a month
to the presecuting witness.
Louis A. Masciello was ordered
to pay $25 and costs for driving
with improper lights and an im
proper muffler. Randall F. Dennis
paid $10 and costs for carclcss and
reckless driving.
Pays Check, Costs
Robert Modlin was ordered to
pay all back costs due the court
or go to the roads for 30 days.
John R. Mitchell, guilty of passing
a bad check, was ordered to make
the check good and pay costs.
Those who paid costs follow: J.
B. Adkins, public drunkenness;
Ronald A. Rolison, speeding;
James W. Styron, driving on the
wrong side of the road; and Rose
A. Albright, driving without a
license.
Cecil H. Mason and Marvin E.
Willis paid one-half costs each.
Mason was found guilty of having
improper lights on his vehicle and
Willis was found guilty of having
an improper muffler.
The following forfeited bonds:
Bobbie H. Johnson, Donnlc O.
Lewis, speeding; James F. Roto,
speeding, no lights and improper
muffler; Eugene F. Schaul, no
muffler; EsteUe A. Holmes, im
proper license plates; Dallas B.
Gillikin and Troy F. Smith, driv
ing on the wrong side of the road.
Joseph Young Jr., no license
and improper equipment; Jerry
D. Rice, leaving the scene of an
accident; William E. Conglcton,
trespassing and using profane lan
guage.
James B. Jones, hit and run;
Charlie Williams, violation of fish
,ing laws; Theodore Smith, no
brakes; Roy Lee Hill, Melvin Ful
See COURT, Page I
I
ECC President
Speaks to Rotary
Club Thursday
Dr. John D. Messick spoke to the
Morehead City Rotary Club Thurs
day night at the Rex Restaurant.
Dr. Messiek is president of East
Carolina College, Greenville.
He was introduced by Judge
Luther Hamilton, father of the
club's community service program
chairman, Luther Hamilton Jr.
The speaker commented that
ECC was the biggest educational
institution east of Raleigh.
During the school year 1946.
there were 1,056 regularly enrolled
students with 373 attending sum
mer school ahd no extension
courses available, said Dr. Mes
sick, whereas' in the school year
1957, there were 3,947 regular stu
dents, 2,350 attending summer
school, and more than 1,400 tak
ing courses offered through the ex
tension division of the college.
There are numerous reasons con
tributing to this growth, but one
especially, that of a satisfied cus
tomer, Dr. Messick felt, was the
biggest single factor. In 1946, East
Carolina had 156 in the graduating
class as compared to more than
700 in 1957, he said.
Dr. Messick is justly proud of
his 224 faculty members who were
contributing in no small measure
to the success of the institution.
Blessed is the student whose teach
er is interested in him, said Dr.
Messick.
To further render a service to
those seeking higher education,
See ROTARY, Fife t
Businessmen Plan
Yule Street Lighting
Morehead City businessmen de
cided at a meeting at the Hotel
Fort Macon Thursday to continue
the custom of decorating the main
street at Christmas time.
Oscar Allred, Walton Hamilton
and Mrs. George Eastman were
appointed to decide what kind of
lighting shall be used. No method
has been devised as yet to finance
the project.
Fight Aboard Ship Sends
Injured Man to Hospital
The US Navy, Fort Macon Coast
Guard station and the Beaufort
rescue squad cooperated Sunday
night to rush a Nicaraguan seaman
to the Morehead City Hospital.
The seaman, Porfirio Trias Cas
tillo, was suffering from stab
wounds he alleged received in a
fight aboard the merchant ship SS
Costa Hica. The ship put a call for
help on the air and the destroyer
USS Strong went to pick up the in
jured seaman.
Coast Guard Called
The destroyer called Fort Macon
and asked for a launch to meet her
at the Beaufort Inlet sea buoy. Cas
tillo was transferred to the launch
at 11 p.m.
Coast Guardsmen BM/1 John
Gaskill, YN/3 Kerry Lewis, YN/3
Frank Johnson and SN Callias Gas
kill turned the sailor over to Vir
gil Woolard and Ronnie Smith of
the rescue squad at 11:50.
Castillo was rushed to the More
head City Hospital in the rescue
truck. Dr. B. F. Royall was called
to treat the patient, who was
termed in "good condition" by the
Coast Guard.
Other Missions
The Coast Guard undertook two
other missions over the weekend.
Coast Guardsmen DC/1 Gordon
Cates and SN Callias Gaskill
spotted an outboard motorboat
adrift while they were on patrol
Sunday afternoon. The boat, own
ed by Riley Stanford, Winston
Salem, had run out of gas. They
towed it to Morehead City.
Mayor Declares
'Sight Month'
Mayor George Dill has declared
September as Sifjh-Saving Month
in Morehead City. The mayor
aifned the declaration at the re
quest of the Lions Club. The Lions
will conduct their annual White
Cane Drive the last of the month.
Chairman for the drive will be
Cliff Edwards, assisted by Lion A.
N. Willis. A discussion of the drive
was conducted at the Lions Club
meeting at the Hotel Kort Macon
Thursday night.
It was reported that a 9 by 18
foot building had been located and
considered satisfactory to be used
as a restroom at the new city park,
Camp Glenn. The Lions hope to
have the building on its new site
with all plumbing complete before
next spring.
Pocketful of Pup
> Photo by RatfntM Lnk
Cipt OMb ruVqr. MmM City, te?ta At ball art k the pocket of Clyde Plner, Beaafwt It'f aatfe
k| ku thaa Hi rtoer** iU awH.lt cHiilii
Engineers Decide
M-Ff. Clearance
j To be Maintained
J ? Fabulous Fishermen
Give Testimony
? Study on Bridge
Height to Continue
A committee named by the Corps
I of Engineers to study bridge clear
ances across the inland waterway
has recommended that the pres
ent standard clearance of 80 feet
(for water traffic) be maintained
Evidence in favor of continuing
bv "IT ,Was 0,fcred in April
'm?A Jl'ahulous fishermen of
reurv l "y' B?b Simp80n' s?"
hdd J engineers' committee
?"'d " on the matter in
Jacksonville, Ela., April 8.
I J!"' Fibu'?u? Eishermen letter
K aid in part "Speaking in behalf
North r . rCd boa,m<,? in
North Carolina, owners and oper
ators of commercial and pleasure
boati I w,sh t0 pro(est |he
m.'nil addill,on' we recommend a
minimum of 25 feet clearance at
nigh tide for all new bridges. With
such ?ntc?ao- outriggers and
WnL PP!1 .el",nCCS Uut c,n be
hinged and lowered easily carried
in a lowered position, a very high
P?I under
L o?S n? C'"r"nce without
"But, cert,,in 'PPurtenances on
s^aPreC"?*UrC *nd commercial ves
sels arc necessary: masts for run
ning signals and carrying lights
^frames for dredgV^^
Also, by the simple expedient
of having charts and tide ?u?es
"curate, many existing bridfe,
would not need to be opened ^
, . ,t ur">er' I" construction of new
bridges, we recommend bascule
type m." '"" opening and closing
,n'?? 'PJ'ng 9 out of 10 cruii
Carolli** Elorida to North
Carolina were unfit for my liaht
draft vessel to travel offshore If
clearance is estab
Iisned for low-level fixed hri?i?
over the Intr.coas'i, wa^rt,'^
tows "are forced t""* Commercl?'
worked***' d""1, *^*^"0^
Oflly trv *M underm"'">ed, can
distress calls." D*Wtr ,nnumcr*b'e
Col. Paul D. Troxler Corns
Two Arrested
On Liquor Counts
Two arresta were made In the
Beaufort area over the weekend for
violation of the prohibition laws.
Johnny and Rosalie Sharpe, who
live at the rear of the Chicken
Shack on Queen Street, wera
charged Saturday night with pos
session of bootleg whiskey. ABC
officer Marshall Ayscue, deputy
Bruce Edwarda, Beaufort, chief
Guy Springle and assistant chief
Carlton Garner found half a Jar of
whiskey at the house.
David Henry Parker, Beaufort,
was taken to the Morehead City
Hospital by the Adair ambulance
later that night after he was cut in
a fight with George Godette, chief
Spring report*.
The fight started at Joe Sharpe's,
UO Queen St. Parker had cuts
about the bead, face and upper
part of his body. He waa dis
charged from the hospital Sunday
morning.
Found at the home of Annie Teel,
LennoxvlUe Road, Sunday morning
was a small quantity of noo-taxpaid
whiskey. She baa been charged
with possession, according to depu
ty Edwards. Accompanying Ed
wards In making the arrest waa
chid Spnajle.