Helene Left Scars Where She Raked Through County
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Half ot tab Danco sign withstood the fury of Helena's winds but the other half, lower left, col
lapsed Saturday afternoon. This sign is on US 70 near Mansfield Park.
This group of children and others from Salter Path spent Saturday night in the Morehead City mu
nicipal building. Salter Path was deserted when hurricane Helene ripped through.
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A. B. Cooper's porpoise pool at Atlantic Beach managed to hold its own during Helene but the fence
, and tichet booth were demolished. Micky, the porpoise, weathered the storm in good condition.
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This Karaite In the yard of Harvey Taylor, Sea Level, lost a good
part of Its roof during hurricane Helene. In addition to losing its roof,
the garage was flooded with several Inches of water.
Tw at the storm refugees at Graham Harden School, BaveUek,
wen Mr*, Jaeaelle Bradford, left, and Mra. I.aara Smith, II, Salter
Path. Mr*. Smith was the aMest refafee at the shelter. Mrs. Brad
(art wha la racuparatiBi from a broke* lag. was tha first la antra.
Photo* by Bob Seymour
A, B. Roberts, right, and Robert Freeman examine damaged groceries in W. P. Freeman Wholeaale
Grocery warehouse, Morehead City. Hurricane Helene ripped about half of the roof off the cement Mock
building. Sky is showing through at the top of the picturc where the roof used to be.
The Carolina Queen sign at Fleming's on the Atlantic Beach Causeway waa wrecked by Helene'i high
winds. The heavy metal pipes that held the sign bent to the ground under the force of the wind.
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Jimmy Wallace takes a look at some rain-soaked crackers that
were stored under the section of roof that blew o ft the Freeman ware
house during the storm. Mr. Wallace, outlined against the sky, it
standing In the east side of the building.
This sli-car |an(e collapsed under Ik fury of Helene'a high winds
Saturday. The garage served families at Bogae Sound Shores near
Gales Creek. The sodnd Is In the background. There were no cara
in the garage since a neighbor had warned all the auto owners that
the garage was about to fall.
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After-Nofes on Helene i
Mrs. Ikie Guthrie, Marshallberg,
suffered several cuts on her face
during Helene Saturday afternoon
when a window pane in a door
blew out. Mrs. Guthrie had just
closed the door when the glass
shattered. That she escaped more
serious injury is attributed to the
fact that her face was slightly
turned when the glass flew.
Damage at Marshallberg has
been estimated at 150,000. Percy
Davis lost part o( the end of his
fish house. Part of the roof of
M. W. Willis boat works blew off.
The roof of Willis boatworks at
Williston was partly taken off and
new boats damaged.
At Gloucester the chimney on
the home of Miss Joaie Pigott
was Mown down. A roof of a
barn on Walter Stewart's place
blew off and many trees went
down.
Quite a few of the persons who
took refuge in shelters brought
their own food and blankets, for
which shelter chairmen were most
thankful.
In charge of the shelters were
Rattle Davis, Camp Glean
School; S. R. McLendon, W. 8.
King School; Mrs. Leonard Lew
is, Morehead City municipal
building; Alonzo Simpson, Bean
fort courthouse; and Randolph
Johnson, Queen Street School.
The Rev. John Cline, president
of the County Ministers Associa
tion, by radio requested ministers
to keep churches open in case they
were needed as shelters.
Carteret-Craven Electric Mem
bership Corp. had two extra
crews In from Asheboro, one
from Goldsboro with two tracks
and a tree catting crew. W. C.
Carlton, manager, reported no
trouble from high water except
at Cedar Island.
Guards were so diligent in keep
ing people away from the beach
during the storm that S. A. (Red)
Horton, who operates the water
works there, was not allowed
across the bridge. Mayor George
Dill, Morehead City, wrote an "of
ficial pass" for him and he finally
got there.
Constable George Smith, More
bead township, who Hves at At
lantic Beach, dreve Into a high
teaston wire in the darkness and
whirling rain. Fortunately, the
power was off.
Sound Beach Pool, Atlantic
Beach causeway, lost all its dress
ing rooms, and most of the fence,
though braced, blew down. Dam
age is partially covered by in
surance, according to A. B. Coop
er, owner.
In accordance with a request
by Mayor George Dill, Gea. Ca
pus Waynick, North Carolina
National Guard, Issued the order
calling the Morehead City Na
tional Guard unit to active duty.
Planes at Cherry Point were
flown inland prior to the storm.
One hundred thirty persons took
refuge in the Graham Bardcn
School at Havclock where they
were fed and shown movies. Wo
men Marines took carc of children.
Lt. D. C. Hawkins, USMC, was in
charge of the shelter.
State highway patrolmen were
stationed at Atlantic and Smyrna
to relay radio messages from
the western part of the county
to New Bern. New Bern could
then radio messages back to
Morehead CUy.
Girls at Carolina Power and
Light were kept on duty around
the clock to answer phone calls
reporting difficulty (some phones
were in operation throughout the
storm ).
C'P&L had the following at work :
J&I. Construction Co. 3 crews, 19
men, < trucks and a trailer; Weeks
and Andrews, 3 crews, IS men, 6
trucks and trailer; CamCo Con
struction Co., 1 crew, 4 men, 1
truck and trailer; Stackhouse Con
struction Co., 2 crews, 11 men and
2 trucks; and Asplundh Tree Co.,
4 crews, 16 men and 4 trucks, plus
chippers which grind up the limbs
after they're cut.
There were also two radio-equip
ped service trucks from Dillon and
Florence, S. C. George Stovall,
CPJtL manager, reports that the
company had its own radio re
pairman here, also the line opera
tions department assistant from
Wilmington.
Restaurants on the Morehead
City waterfroat say the only
thing that prevented water from
being waist-high inside their
buildings was the switch of the
wind to the north on high tide
Saturday night.
The county was full of highway
patrolmen during the storm, all
of them called in to maintain a
radio communications line from
the eastern part of the county
through to tb? west and upstate.