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County Provides Office Space for Civil Defense Tto Cauaty Civil Mem and Mobilisation organization now has flftlff IpMC. At the request of John Valentine, county CO director, the coaaty beard yesterday afiprawid ur of a portion of the second floor of the courthouse annex, Beaufort. aad okayed 1200 to make repairs to the office. Mr. Valentine also requested some expense mosey far operation. The board took that request under consideration He was, however, granted permission to start using tha office apace before repairs are made. The CD director explained that much of the work will be done by volunteers. Mrs Mary Jane Hilde brand. Morehead City, is now work ing for CD Wednesday afternoons, be said, adding that draftsmen have volunteered to draw map*. Commissioner Skinner Chalk commended Mr. Valentine for his work during lletene. He said that during the storm he was glad to know a CD director was on the job. A person attending the meeting, commented: "What made me feel so secure was Hodges' being down here!" When laughter subsided, Moses Howard, chairman of the board, asked E. O. Moore, tax collector, how money on taxes was applied when a person owed more than one year. Collector Explains Mr. Moore explained that if the person comes to the tax office to make a payment, he is told how much back tax he owes, but fre quently. the property owner wants to pay the current year so he can get the discount. When payment comas in by mail, In response to a current tax notice, the payment is applied to the cur rent levy. In connection with taxes, Com missioner Skinner Chalk said he wants the public to know that any one who wants to buy property owned by the county has the right and privilege to make an offer for that property. The county board can then decide whether the offer is commensurate in valua with the property. Taxes Paid Commissioner David Yeomans, liarkers Island, reported that peo ple on the ialand got together $130 to pay Mrs. Ivey Seott'a taxes. (There has been some dispute re cently over Hrs. Scott's building a new house on property held by the county (or lack of tyc payment). At the request of Commissioner Yeomaas, the board 4*reed to give Mrs. Scott a tax dead for any in terest the county may have in the proporty. As to a contention by a neighbor, Walter Davis, that the new house is not on Mri. Scott's property, Mr. Yeomans aald that tt la on her property. Reqaest Tuned Down The board rejected a request to reduce, by penalties, tax owned on property Usted In the name of Sld dia Mason, Heirs, Sea Level. Mr. Moore said that the total tax and penalty was ftt.H for seven years. The board received three appli cations for beer licenses. They are as follows: Aulbert Mason, route 1, More head City, for off-premises consumption, vairety store on high way 70; Rebecca Thelma Gallego, off and on premises consumption, Luigl'a Drive-In, Bogue; Claude R. Dixon, off-premises, Dfaran'a Gro cery, Broad Creek. All three were tabled, pending final okay by the sheriff aa to the reputation of the applicants. The pinon was chosen aa the official stat* tree of New Mexico in IMS because it produces both fuel and food. GET DEPENDABLE HOME HEATING WITH hi*. mi ussl HEATING OIL ""<5 k A -W.teM?c-0<l BUjt S Call PA 6-4093 Stev?ns & Willis Oil Co. jmwMmrn. Witch trnr tU tnek WKk 1V> D*( Oa T*f ml ? ? ....... ? ? . Commissioners Discuss Roads Several minor road matters were referred to John L. Humphrey, county road superintendent, at the county board meeting yesterday morning at the courthouse, Beau fart. Commissioner Skinner Chalk re ported that E. G. Ross, Wildwood, has said his road hasn't been dragged lately. Mr. Humphrey said he would check to aee it it's on the county system. Mr. Humphrey also informed the commissioner that the state will lay tile if it is furnished by the property owner. Mr. Chalk was inquiring relative to a request by Fred Lewis and James Murphy, who have put in a road at Glou cester. The road owners said their drainage problem is crested by a nearby state road. No Counta Moses Howard, chairman of the board, reminded Mr. Humphrey that the state has not yet made road counts on several roads in the county, the Gillikin Road at Otway and a road at Crab Point are two on which the county board has requested traffic tallies. Mr. Humphrey said he has heard no more relative to extending highway 70 from Atlantic to Cedar Island as a primary road. The road superintendent said that the motor burned out on the Harkers Island draw Friday night and the draw span is being operat ed by hand. Th? limit switch on the beach draw also went bad over the weekend, but it is opening to water traffic as usual. Fred Clarkson, agent for Pine Knoll Shores on Bogue Banks, and George McNeill, attorney, ap peared before the board yesterday atfernoon. Mr. McNeill told the board that the Pine Knoll Shores developers would like the state to take over and maintain roads in the development. Pine Knoll Shores is also offer ing the state a full 100-fbot right of-way along the Salter Path Road providing the state will use the full right-of-way and maintain it. Mr. Howard said that he doubted that the state would take over the subdivision roads, even though they are paved. He agreed, bow ever, to confer with R. Markham division engineer, about the mat ter. School Bonds James D. Potter, auditor, re ported on progress being made on the school bond issue. Information requested by bond attorneys at New York has been forwarded to them, he said. A proposal from John L. Crump, Morehead City inauror, relative to liability Insurance for the county, was considered. Mr. Chalk and the county attorney said such insur ance should be carried. The board requested though that a represen tative of Mr. Cramp's office ap pear at the next meeting to explain exactly how much of the county's liability the proposed policy covers. Dog Control Because of an error in making up the budget, the board passed a resolution putting the estimated J1.100 dog tax revenue In a special fund to finance county operations to pick op stray and unlicensed dogs throughout the county. The program had boon approved last year, but the dog tlx income waa given to the schools this year, aa has been done In the past. Now it will he placed In health depart ment funds. The resolution earmarks the money (or lBSI-O and subsequent years. Names o f persons to serve as jurors in the November one-woek term of criminal court were drawn. Attending a board meeting for the first time waa the newly-ap pointed commissioner, G a a t o n Smith Ail ip tic, wh# Odcll Merrill. Mr. Merrill has been ap pointed register of deeds. All commissioners were present at yesterday's msatlng. AM mastMl Mgi ^ masked coefeod eMekoa (Ivors pins seasonings for ? nutritious sand wich una) LAIRD'S APPLE WIN! 75c Walter P. Freeman Acquires Gordon C. Willis Property .1. Photo by Bob Seymour This is the Gordon C. Willis seafood plant, located on the Morehead City waterfront. It was recently bought by Walter P. Freeman, Morehead City. By F. C. SALISBURY The recent purchase by W. P. Freeman of the Gordon C. Willis Co. property at the foot of 10th street in Morehead City, removes from the commercial enterprises of the town, a seafood business which had been in operation on this waterfront property for over a half century. At the turn of this century, the sources of ocean and sound pro ducts, in and about the waters of Carteret, began to attract the at tention of dealers in seafood from outside the state. Soft shelled crabs, one of the delicacies of early spring seafood, were the first to attract packers and shippers. Later it was found that oysters of the surrounding sounds were of a most superior quality. One of the first dealers from out of the state to recognize th* luality and quanity of oysters in this area was S. S. Coaston of Crisfield, Md. In the early part of the 1900's he purchased the property at the foot of 10th street, which today is un dergoing a new development. He erected thereon an oyster shucking and packing house. The building was in the form of a "T", the main part bordering the water which housed the packing and shipping department. The leg of the "T" contained the shucking benches. The few years this plant was in operation, during the oyster season, it was under the manage ment of James W. Willis. Mfgta Take* Over In 1906 the firm of J. H. Riggin and Company of Crisfield, Md., took over the Coaston plant. From this data on, by slow growth, the firm by the time of World War I had become the leading plant for the (hipping of seafood along the North Carolina coast. The pheno menal growth of the business up to that time and for the next ten jreara, was due to the business acumen of the late J. E. Woodland, who in lilt reorganized the Riggin Co. into that of Woodland and Company. Before ooming to Morehead City in 1(06, Woodland was engaged in the seafood business at Crisfield, Md., and continued to maintain that connection until 1*25. For the next decade, he was associated with the J. H. Riggin and Comp any, and following the death of Ritfin in 1917, was elected pre sident of the company, with A. G. Starling, secretary and trea surer. Expanaion of the business took place in 1912 when a canning factory was put in operation. Thia industry gave employment to scores of helpers during both the oyster and shrimp seasons, as well as the truck producing seasons, for in addition to the canning of ocean products, thousands of cans of beans, tomatoes and other veg etables suitable for canning, were processed. The buying and ship ping of potatoes and cabbage was later carried on in connection with the seafood and cannery. To meet labor needs at the height of the canning season, sores of outside helpers were brought in. To house many of the migrants, a large bunk house was built on the property of the plant, border ing on Evans Street. Ne*s items in the local paper during 1917-18 state: "The Riggins Company has shipped more than IS carloads of packed oysters this season and two cars shipped last week will be the last for this sea son. Five thousand cans of beans are being prepared at the canning factory this week, giving employ ment to more than 100 women and children. "Forty tons of tomatoes from local farmers have been bought by the Riggin firm. A solid carload of canned oysters left here Friday for San Francisco, being shipped by the Woodland and Co. This is the second carload shipped by this well-known firm and contains over 1,500 cases." New Firm Formed The year 1918 brought a change in ownership of the Riggin comp any. On May S of that year Wood land and Company was formed and incorporated by J. E. Wood land, M. G. Nelson and E. H. Gar ham For the next ten years, until the death of Woodland In 1928, the operation and production of this plant reached its greatest output. During that period an ice making plant was installed, also a factory for the making of wooden crates and boxes In which to ship seafood, canned products and farm produce. Not to mention the long years of service ? some tt? given the Riggin, Woodland and Willis co mpany by M. G. Nelson, better known to his host of friends as Captain Mat, would be oversight in connection with the life of this plant. He entered the employ- fiit of the Riggin company when they first opened their business in More head City. In the early days he operated a buy boat for the firm during the crab and oyster season. It was not unusual for the plant, when in full operation, to receive over 500 gallons of oysters daily. As the plant increased its vari ous operations, Captain Hat be came familiar with every branch of production and shipping, giving him the distinction of manager of the processing and shipping de partment while operated as Wood land and Company. Captain Mat Retires Later with change of ownership of the business, Captain Mat con tinued in the same capacity until failing health caused his retire ment. The year following the formatioa of Woodland and Company in 1918, Gordon C. Willis of Marshallberg was engaged to manage the office work, acting in that capacity uf to the time of the death of Wood' landi n 1928. Later that year, when the plant was up for sale to settle the Wood land estate. Willis formed the Gor don C. Willis Company, confining the operation of the business en tirely to the buying and shipping of seafood. For thirty years thil plant was recognized as one of tho principal seafood concerns in tho state. Mr. Freeman has not announced his plans for the property. Thero has been mention of the fact that it may be used as a marina, *iU for a motel for traveling yachts men, or used as another type of facility that would cater to tho I boating trade. Bettie Church Plans Revival Dr. James C. Buchanan Jr., paa tor of the Woodville Baptist Church, Bettie, comments: "A nervous generation is read ing 'What to do if an atomic or hy dorgen bomb falls'. A better con sideration is "What to do with the power God has given this world?' The biggoat issue is still aplrituaL "Prayers are now being offered in Woodville Baptist Church, Bettie, for plttery and incomplete human lives which have no hiding places. These prayers are a part of prepa ration being made for the evan gelistic services to be held in the Woodville Baptist Church during the week of Oct. 13 through Oct. 18. "Dr. Paul S. Odum will be speak ing each evening 7:30 p.m. Every one is cordially invited to attead." first-Citizens has a Genuine Kodak Camera fOR YOU rnrrl rnttl Wh?n You Open ? . New tovfngi^tcounl _ of |SO?r AHor* ?* # ?iw? mi levieei Acewwf J ISO or KMM) ami *? Irewnk MM Camera will b* I (it 9 now < ?? ?mi *? ?w t** dti** ? iiwi ? ? ill iwaM yw tfcot anco yv dart H mm, kl ? "wm>" ?? **? r?f?fail?. pwpawMly ot Fin* Oil?Ill |W whin ?an> S%*>~o *??d i? w* IWi'i ? AH awn far ytm, taal Haia'i aM you do. Iriat ?" ? aaw dl|H?ir...a Mwrf, aaanHwc or aopaiat ah wo* ? |rw n? dapwftar ?pm M? WO I Aomw* fM, NMr ? Wwii Ma? HenAowly ilyled cfmere-end e*e of tho mmiMo-m* wMilmlw Kodak hoi tvar buW. Jv* oil* ar*4 prtu Hw button tor aim, d?r btock ond-wtiho or Kodocolor mop ikoh. Tito trowido ??*?? Cmman uwt low-cott No. 127 film. And r? iMmbori If* mad* by Kodak, #>? know it'i good. _ . a. iMmM la Havthtk ?ai la atker flae N. G i MIMUt mm * MMMMia COVOMIKM Howard Rhodes Is Sent To Roads for Looting Hawgrd "Mig" tamed (? three msatha on the roads | in county recorder'! court Thurs day. Judge Lambert Morris im pwd t>e sestencs altar Hading | Rhodes gailty of looting ? house | blown down by the hurricane. ?. OaShon* was fauadj rachfcas i gVMiy w VKfNP 9mM IfViINi ?nv E|?ri*MMMi. Hawaaar dared is M Ml aad cswt coats *. L kattay Jr. was Aaad |1M aad I la pay seats tar drlvtog War say U r EST** ?nviiii. Pays Casta, Pines Oaraay Marray was la oaart oa taw r barges, aad faiUag la order. He Mid < aaaa. la (ailing to comply, Marray had tailed to pay some back easts aad Am*. Ha paid ail hack coats aad fl?es uad the casta at Thurs day's aettoa. Cksriet Debhric was fiaad W and ardered to pay mto attar be ing caaviotfd ?' public drunken neu and diaorderly conduct. Ed ward Barrett paid $10 and parts (or public dnrnkmacM. Itiow charged court coata (allow: John Elliion. public drunkenneaa; <M wn W. Mll.allaad. Whhing a ?tap aif*. and Mm T. Kmr and Wltttam W. WMe, apeadiag Hm ditialiati hltllit bonds. They were Harris J. WaMaa. im prafar paaataf; WigUn "Billy" WOUa, no drlTara Wiiaaa; aad Ed Car Lams, aaaavtt Thraa il>illl<i vara not tried daa ta lack at avidaaca They were Jerry 0. Mae, charges with leav ia* (to ansa aC an asrtdanl. E. P. Cbatulain Jr.. darH driving without a Ueaaee, aad Edward J. Itatton, charted with tailing mort gilid proptctjr. Savaa-threa eaaaa vara eontin W. J. Moye Speaks to Club On 'Shaping the Future' W. Jesse Moye, governor of dis trict 773 af Rotary International, mad* bit annual official viait to the Morehead City club Thursday During the afternoon ha co?fwi?d with the president, secretary aad committee chairman on Rotary ad ministration and service activities. Mr. Maye is ewaer and operator of Oakleigh Farms of FarmviHe and is a member and past presi dent of the Rotary Club of {bra vine. The theme of district governor Moye's message was "aha ping the future". He stressed a tour point program for individual participa tion in this regard: (1) by daring to face the present; (2) by sharing the objects of Rotsry; (3) by find ing your personal path to peace, and (4) by strengthening our heri tage. In daring to face the present, we need to raattae that geographical boundaries between countries in disappearing and that the world today is as one huge neighborhood, he said. Our natural rs sources most be conserved, our local prob lems must bo attacked and solved and our cultural and odncatteaal facilities must be reappraised. Mr. Moye said we caa share the objects of Rotary in our business life as we wet the public, flacvhu to oar fellowman aad community betterment Is the primary ideal of Rotary. We Mod to help our young rile more because through them, said, we have aa avenue la which to foster early la Ufa the object! of Rotary. Each aoe should find hii personal path to peace and then follow it, he advised This la a challenge of our tlmea. Through newspapers, radio, tv and publlestlens we are ac acquainted with world situations. It we can put ourselves in the shoes of the people of other land I, then their problems an more under Hinjilrfft, Um apeaktr uid. And lastly, all af us caa help shape the future b f strengthening the Mary heritage paased on to jreu when yeu became a Ratarian, remarked Mr. Moye. Better clubs and better individual Rotarians are the result when we continually pro mote the objects of Rotary. Active club participation in community projects and attention to what is goiag en around u. induces the mixifluw food Since WT, 1,?T* exchange stu dents fraan a countries have been awarded Rotary Foundation fellow ship* and they selected 43 coun tries other than our own for their year af study. "The development af our alms covers a whale lot of ground." he said, "and regular attendance can not be stressed too much in afford ing each member the maximum op portunity af participating In the program ?f Rotary International" Dr. John W. Galney and Ramie Davis ware introduced to the club as new members and Allan Knott, Khatan, waa the guest of Jim Food, Not Race, DeferminesSize, Says Scientist . San Francisco (AP>? The lever age 14-year-old boy of Japanese descent born and raised In Cali fornia is four inches taller than a Japanese boy bred in the home land. That finding, says Dr. William Walter Greulich of Stanford Medi cal School, possibly proves that there's no such thing as a heredi tarily small race. ' The comoariaon was drawn ffoji a study of Japanese children in America and in Japan. Some MM youngsters in each country wen tes'ed as ?n stature, weight, sittini height and bone age. Says Dr. Greulich: "There had been a tendency t< attribute the observed retardatioi in growth, at least in part, to rac'a differences in the rate at wflicl growth and development proceed. "Our findings on the American born Japanese children do not sup port (this) view. "It seems more probable tha ... the skeletal retardation of th< children In Japan results from i less adequate diet and from othe: environmental conditions. "These findings . . . indicate th need for caution in interpreting th relatively retarded growth and de velopment of children in less favoi ed parts of the world ... as i basic genetic difference betweei them and our children." Suffolk, Va. (AP)? City cooncM tabled a request from a self-style? "qualified and active voter" for I traffic light at an intersection. Thfl letter was addressed to Mayor Ofl B. Hill ? who last held office ? 1947. WINTER COMFORT HKATIN 9 OIL J. M. DAVIS Texaco Products Morehead City 1958 TAXES MAY BE PAID NOW AT i/27o Discount THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO PAY 1958 TAXES AT DISCOUNT E. O. MOORE CARTERET COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR 1
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