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48th YEAR, NO. 88. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, WORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1959 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Ad Agency Owner Will
Speak to Chamber
Curtis E. Long, founder and
senior partner of tbe Long-Haymes
Advertising agency, Winston-Salem,
will be the speaker at the meeting
0/ the Greater Morehead City
chamber of commerce at 6 p.m.
Thursday at the recreation build
ing
Mr Long will speak to chamber
members on the topic, How to Tell
Your Story. His comments will
precede a panel discussion featur
ing chamber directors. They will
discuss the 1960 chamber program.
George McNeill will be modera
tor.
J. M. Davis, chamber president,
will review chamber activities of
1959 and will preside. The invoca
tion, prior to the dinner, will be
given by the Rev. B. L. Davidson,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church.
George W. Dill Jr., Morehead
City, will introduce the speaker.
Mr. Long was born in Roxboro.
He is a graduate of the Art Insti
tute of Pittsburgh, his training
centering on marketing, public re
lations, motivation and creative
planning.
He was a first lieutenant in the
Air Force in the second world war.
After working for two other agen
cies, he went into business for him
self in 1949 in Winston-Salem.
Started as a one-man operation,
it now has an 11-man staff and in
10 years has become one of the
leading advertising agencies in the
state.
Mr. Long is a director of the
Winston-Salem chamber of com
merce, a trustee of the North Caro
lina Baptist Hospital and is active
in civic affairs. He was recom
mended as a guest speaker for the
chamber membership dinner by
Byrd Wade, formerly of Morehead
City, now of Winston-Salem.
'Don't Watch Me Eat!'
Photo by Bob Simpson
Those kh to be the words of this aquarium crab as be stares back at the camera. He looks like a
monster, but actually he's less than an inch across.
Mike Lewis, 16
Hurt in Accident
Mike Lewis, It, route 1 More
bead City, was taken to the More
bead City hospital Sunday after
noon with undetermined chest in
juries after the car Which he was
driving rammed the rear of a
parked car at 18th and Shepard St.,
Morehead City.
According to police reports, Lew
is, going east on Shepard Street,
swerved to the right side of the
road to avoid hitting a dog which
ran in his path.
He struck a 1954 Cadillac, owned
ed by Robert McLean of 1605 Shep
ard St. Lewis told police that after
be swerved to miss the dog, he
didn't have time to apply his
brakes before he rammed Mc
Lean's vehicle.
There were no charges filed in
conncction with the accident, ac
cording to Capt. C. E. Bunch of
the Morehead City police depart
ment. who investigated.
Damage to Lewis's car was esti
mated at $350, and that to the Mc
Lean auto $250.
11 Men Finish
Training at Base
Elevea Carteret men received
graduation certificates Friday dur
ing ceremonies at Cherry Point
which climaxed four years of train
ing at the Naval Apprentice School.
The certificates were presented by
Col. L. S. Moore, officer in charge,
Overhaul and Repair department.
Graduates were Jack L. Garden
and Ronald D. Slaughter of New
port; Mark Quentin Eubanks, Los
lie D. Springle Jr., and Luther
Thigpcn of Beaufort; Zeb L. Gran
tham, Richard M. Johnson and
Ralph A. Sterlen of Morehead City;
Bonzell Lewis Jr. and Jerry H.
Lewis of Davis and Maxton Tosto
of Mcrrimon.
The graduation address was giv
en by Brig. Gen. R. K. Rottet, sta
tion commanding general. Includ
ed in the ceremony was music by
the 2nd Wing band and invocation
and benediction by Father Casazza.
Men attending the Naval Appren
tice School get four years of class
room and on-the-job training by
highly skilled mechanics in special
ised fields. They are paid an hour
ly wage during the time they are
training.
Merchants to Meet
Morehead City merchants will
meet at noon today at the Hotel
Fort Maeoo, announces Otis Jones,
president o < the merchants group.
Harkers Island
School to Present
Program Friday
The fourth and fifth grades of
Harkers Island School will present
a program Friday night at 7 o'
clock.
The fourth grade will give a pag
eant, The Story of Thanksgiving.
A page will introduce the program,
which will consist of Dutch, Pil
grim and Indian characters. The
pageant will closc with a special
musical number.
The fifth grade will give an oper
etta, The Lost Princess. A lost
child is found by a band of gypsies,
who care for her. In their gypsy
wanderings they come to the castle
of an unhappy king, queen and
princess.
As they dance and sing to cheer
them, they discover that the lost
child is a princess and the castle
is her home.
Rescue Squad Members
Give Blood for Grady Bell
Four members of the Morehead
City rescuei squad donated blood at
Duke Hospital Thursday for Grady
Bell, Morehead City, who is hos
pitalized at Duke, suffering from'
a lung condition.
Donating blood were Frank Sir
vis, Cal Dezern, Donald Mason and
Don Foster. The four men made
the trip to the hospital with Mr.
Bell's son, Jimmy.
The Bell family expressed their
appreciation to rescue squad mem
bers for their help.
Slate Opens
Oystering Areas
Three additional oyster-produc
ing areas opened yesterday for the
taking of oysters, the Department
of Conservation and Development
announced.
The areas, kept closed when the
oyster season opened Oct. 1, are
Point of Marsh, Carteret county,
for dredging and tonging, Turnigan
Bay and Back Bay, also in Carter
et, for tonging only, and Bay Riv
er in Pamlico county for dredging
and tonging.
C&D director William P. Saun
ders said the decision to open the
areas was made on recommenda
tion of C. G. Holland, state fisher
ies commissioner, Morehead City,
whose investigation disclosed oys
ters in those areas are now large
enough to be taken for commercial
purposes.
Mr. Holland said oystermen in
the Pamlico Sound area are get
ting $3 for a five-peck tub of oys
ters.
In view o( the fact that reports
indicate a small supply of oysters
are being taken in New Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland, and Long Is
land Cound waters in New York,
Mr. Holland said it is rather gen
erally thought Tar Heel oystermen
will receive as much as $4 per tub
or better when cold weather comes.
False Alarm
Morehead City firemen answered
a false alarm at box 43, 13th and
Fisher Streets, at 7:30 p.m. Sun
day.
Help Bake the Cake!
The Beaufort Historical Association proposei to eitablish a perma
nent "Muaeum of the Sea" and stage a celebration next summer
commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of Beaufort,
N. C. V
The association has suggested a $10,000.00 budget as necessary
to assure the success of the program and has asked Graydcn Paul
to try to raise it by Dec. 1
All pledges will be contingent on the total amount being pledged.
All donations are tax deductible.
If you would like to have a part in this project, which will draw
thousands of tourists to our county, please sign this pledge and mail
to Grayden Paul, Beaufort, N. C.
I pledge MONEY - TIME - MUSEUM ITEMS (circle one or
more) to the support of the Beaufort Historical Asaociatioa for
the purposes outlined above.
Name
Address
(If money is pledged, please atate amount:
)
Fire Guts Church
Interior, Stacy
? Blaze Believed to Have
Started with Heater
? Beaufort, Down East
Firemen Answer Call
Fire gutted the interior of the
Stacy Free Will Baptist Church
early Sunday morning. Beaufort
firemen, who with the Down F.ast
fire department, answered the call,
estimated the loss at about $5,000.
The fire was discovered at 3 a.m.
by a woman church member who
lives nearby. Her identity could
not be learned. Beaufort firemen
reported that they received a call
at 9:30 a.m.
The fire is believed to have start
ed in a heater in the church. There
were two heaters. The one be
neath the electric organ burned the
organ so completely that the keys
were welded together and the or
gan fell down into the space where
the heater was located.
Mrs. Gordon Sebastian, wife of
the pastor, said that pews, hymn
books and other furnishings were
damaged beyond repair. The edu
cational building, which adjoins the
church, suffered minor smoke and
water damage.
Services wUI be held, Mrs. Se
bastian said, in that portion of the
building, until the sanctuary can
be repaired.
The loss is covered by insurance.
The church, a frame building, is
located on highway TO, and has a
small creek on the east aide. Two
years ago, extensive renovations
were made to the church and with
in the past year stained glass win
dows were added.
The church fire was the second
at Stacy in less than a month.
Three weeks ago, the net house
owned by Langley Mason, on Lew
is's Creek, was destroyed by fire.
There is no road to the net house,
thus making it impossible for fire
equipment to reach it. Damage
was estimated at several thousands
of dollars. Nets and engines were
stored in the net house.
County Orders Banker
Livestock Sold at Auction
Ballet Duo
Photo by Reginald Lewis
Cecil, the cat, and Flitty, the grasshopper, engage in some miracu
lous feats during a dull moment on the waterfront. The ballet ended
with Flitty (designated by arrow) getting the worst of the deal.
County Commissioners Set Policy
On Two Matters Pertaining to Taxes
Rotarians Hear
Talk on Scouting
Members of the Morehead City
Rotary club beard a talk on the
international aspects of Scouting by
deputy customs collector, J. B.
Crowe, at their Thursday night
meeting. Mr. Crowe is active in
the Boy Scout program.
Mr. Crowe, who was introduced
by the international service com
mittee chairman. Dr. Silas Thorne,
said, "The elements, boys, who
make up Scouts is international in
that each country, except those be
hind the Iron Curtain, have Scout
ing today. The men who help out
as leaders in this movement, who
give of their time and means, are
also international."
Mr. Crowe said, "Scooting was
started by an English Army offic
er and its movement has spread
world-wide. When it was introduc
ed into America, Congress thought
so well of this activity for boys
that it issued a charter to the Boy
Scouts of America."
"Scout jamborees are held in dif
ferent countries each year and the
boys who attend gain international
understanding and promote good
will from their country. The Scout
badge is recognized in all foreign
countries."
Attending Ike meeting as visiting
Rotarians were Jack Sinclair of
Jacksonville and Dave Van Sant of
Madison, Wis., who had as his
guest William Trelease of West
field, N. J. The club met at tha
Rex Restaurant.
President Bill Chalk announced
that the club would meet with the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce at their annual membership
dinner Nov. 5 at the recreation
building.
November Brings
Warm Weather
November arrived in Carteret
County with beautiful autumn
weather, according to weather ob
server Stamey Davis. High tem
peratures in the seventies for the
first two days of the month were
accompanied by clear skies and
warming afternoon sun.
For the four-day period Thursday
through Sunday, Mr. Davis record
ed the following temperature
ranges and wind directions:
High Low Wind
Thursday 63 52 NE
Friday fli 58 NE
Saturday 79 to NE
Sunday 71 a W
? Policy on two lai issues was set
by county commissioners at their
meeting yesterday in the court
house.
Commissioners were presented,
by the tax department, a list of
Carteret firms whose report on in
ventory Jan. 1, 1959 does not coin
cide with the report on inventory
given the state.
The commissioners requested
that a letter be sent each firm,
asking a representative to attend
the December board meeting and
discuss the discrepancy.
The board also said that persons
convicted for failure to list taxes
shall be put in jail if unable to pay
court costk attendant to the penal
ty imposed.
The board approved a request for
improvement of a road a quarter
of a mile long at Broard Creek.
The road petition stated that there
are 13 houses on the road, two
trailers (not considered permanent
residences) and a 64-foot right-of
way is available to the road's end
at the water.
Commissioner Moses Howard In
quired about status of the Willis
road, out from Newport. J. L.
Humphrey, county road superin
tendent, said that the state couldn't
find the four houses alleged to be
on the road.
Mr. Howard also presented to the
commissioners the state's secon
dary road plan for the county for
1959-40. Included in the plan is the
Lockhart road, a half-mile long,
which will be graded, drained and
stabilized at a cost of $6,000.
A. H. James, clerk of court, pre
sented a written request from John
Saaders, assistant director of the
Institute o i Government, request
ing that certain books in the county
legal library be given to the inati
tute.
Mr. lanes, commissioner Har
rell Taylor and Alvah Hamilton,
county attorney, were named to a
committee to go over the books
and determine which might be sent
to the institute.
The commissioners aaid they
were willing to allow certain of the
books to be aent to the institute,
on loan only. The institute is in
Tidji Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Nov. 1
9:48 a.m. 3:33 a.m.
10:24 p.m. 4:15 p.m.
Wedaesday, Not. 4
10:48 a.m. 4:22 a.m.
ll:2t p.m. 5:07 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. I
11:50 a.m. 5:15 a.m.
?:0? p.m.
Friday, Nov. ?
12:20 a.m. 6:19 a.m.
12:S0 p.m. 7:12 p.m.
terestcd in old books which evident
ly are not available elsewhere.
Mr. James reported on progress
on the proposed project of enlarg
ing the former sheriff's office in
the courthouse for a vault and as
use for the clerk's office, which is
now outgrowing its present quar
ters.
The board approved a technical
ity in a deed transferring property
owned by Johnson-Saunders Co. to
Esso Standard Oil. The property,
located at Live Oak and Cedar,
Beaufort, was deeded to "Jobnaon
Saunders Inc." by the county in
1940 instead of to "Johnson-Saun
ders Dry Cleaning Co.," the cor
rect name. The town of Beaufort
will also be required to act on the
legal correction, Mr. Hamilton
said.
Sheriff Mugh Salter was given
authority to get estimates on cor
recting a flaw in the jail heating
system.
Chairman Howard reminded the
board that they would be hosts to
the Association of County Commis
sioners when it meets in the county
in June.
Attending the meeting, in addi
tion to those mentioned,. were com
missioners Skinner Chalk, Gaston
Smith and David Ycomans.
Woman Hurt
In City Accident
Doris Hughes Quinn, 39. route 2
Newport, was still in Sea Level
hospital yesterday morning, suffer
ing from neck and back injuries
suffered in an auto collision Satur
day afternoon at 24th and ArendeU
St., Morehead City.
According to policc reports, Mrs.
Quinn, traveling east, had stopped
her car on ArendeU at the intersec
tion of 24th when it was struck
from the rear by an auto being
driven by Bill Nelson Jr. of lOlO'/i
Evans St.
Police said that Nelson reported
he thought Mrs. Quinn was going
to proceed through the intersection
without stopping and when she did
stop, be could not avoid hitting her.
Nelson waa charged with following
too cloae and improper registra
tion, tay Capt. C. E. Bunch of the
Morehead City police department.
Estimate of damage to the Quinn
vehicle waa placed at I3S0 while
the Nelson car was termed a total
loaa.
Halloween Prank*
Halloween prankstera sent the
Beaufort fire department on a
false alarm chase Saturday night.
The alarm waa turned in from box
22.
County commissioners moved closer yesterday toward
solving the problem of livestock still roaming on the banks
from Cape Lookout Point to Ocracoke Inlet. The commis
sioners ordered that any cattle or horses in that area shall
be sold at auction at the courthouse door at noon Monday,
Dec. 7.
The successful bidder will be required to get the live
siock ou tne Danns in 3U aays. Mr 1
will also be required to pay cash at
the auction.
Tke livestock became the proper
ty of Carteret County June 1 by
state law. The law was passed to
get the vegetation-destroying ani
mals off the banks and thus com
bat the erosion cause ! by storms.
Most Carteret cattle and horse
owners got their livestock off with
in the time allowed them by the
county. Some livestock is still
roaming the area, however.
Sheriff Hugh Salter and Alvah
Hamilton, county attorney, con
ferred a month ago with Ralph
Chadwick, Straits, who is reported
to have cattle there. The sheriff
told the commissioners that Chad
wick promised to have the cattle
off in two weeks, but they were
still there.
The attorney informed the coun
ty board that he told Chadwick the
cattle arc legally the county's, but
if Chadwick would get them off, he
could have them.
Commissioner David Yeomans,
Markers Island, said that Chadwick
told him he took a hundred dol
lars worth of lumber to the banks
to build a pen for the cattle,
but when he went back, the fence
had been stolen.
Commissioner Gaston Smith, At
lantic, said that the folks who had
taken their cattle off are outdone
because they have complied with
the law, while at least one other,
and maybe more, still haven't com
plied.
According to the orders given by
the county commissioners yester
day, if the successful bidder does
not get the cattle off the banks
within 30 days after Dec. 7, the
sheriff it required to destroy the
animals.
The sheriff and commissioner
Smith reported that vegetation has
come back abundantly on many
areas ef the outer buks since most
of the cattle have been trfken off.
Board Gives OK
On Grounds Use
County commission* rs yesterday
gave Beaufort business people per
mission to conclude Uieir Christ
mas parade with I community sing
on the courthouse grounds Friday
night, Dec. 4.
James Potter III, spokesman for
the delegation which appeared be
fore the county board at the court
house, said that shrubbery on the
courthouse lawn would be roped off
and Boy Scouta would be on duty
to see that none of the vegetation
ia damaged.
Band! expected to be in the pa
rade will be assigned a specific
place on the grounds and singing
of carols will take place at the
weat end of the courthouse, com
missioners were told.
T. H. Potter said that floodlights
are being' obtained to light the area
for the occasian. Persons from all
over Uie county are invited to the
program, the delegation said.
Appearing before the commis
sioners, in addition to those men
tioned, were Mrs. Wiley Lewis,
Clarence Guthrie, Jim Wheatley,
Jack Neal and W. R. Hamilton.
Lions Name
Sight Chairman
A. N. (Naughty) Willis was ap
pointed chairman Thursday night
of the Be Thankful You Can Sec
campaign which will be sponsored
by the Morehcad City Lions club in
connection with their White Cane
drive. Named as co-chairman to
assist Mr. Willis was 0. J. Morrow.
It waa announced that the club
would meet Thursday with the
Morehead City Chamber of Com
merce at their annual membership
dinner at the recreation building.
It was alao announced that Nov.
19 would be Ladies Night. Owens
Frederick and Otcar AUred were
placed in charge o 1 arrangements
The Lions' entry in the midget
football league opened their season
Thursday afternoon with a 12-0 win
over the Elks club entry.
Not Licensed
The State Board of Public Wel
fare announces that the Christian
Children's Fund, Richmond. Va.,
Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation,
Minneapolia. Minn., and the Fed
eral Aaaociatlon for Epilepay,
Washington, D. C., have been so
liciting in North Carolina and have
not been llcenaed to do ao. They
art In violation of aUU law.
Fire Alarm Case
Ends in Freedom
For Suspect
The cast iliintt Nathaniel
Recce of Morehoad City, charged
with turning in a false fire alarm,
was dismissed in Morchead City
recorder's court yesterday for lack
of evidence, r
Five witnesses, in addition to the
defendant, testified. They were
Curtis Beil, Harold Marbley, John
Parker, Capt. Carl Bunch and pa
trolman Buck Newsome.
After attorney George McNeill
had cited the city ordinance
against turning in false alarms,
Mr. Parker, of the Morehead City
fire department, took the stand. He
testified that he had answered an
alarm to box 43, at 13th and Fisher
St., about 7:30 Sunday night. No
sign of a fire could be found, he
stated.
^ell was the next witness. He
testified that he and Marbley were
standing across the street talking
when the alarm went off. He said
he heard the box open and close
and saw someone in the area, but
did not know who it was.
Marbley followed Bell to the
stand. He said that he had seen
Rcece leaning against a post near
the alarm box. He related that
when he heard the alarm go off he
looked toward the box and Recce
had gone.
At this point judge Herbert Phil
lips asked Mr. Parker how much
time elapsed between the pulling
of the alarm and the sounding of
the horn. Mr. Parter replied that
the alarm travels at the speed of
souna ana scarcely more man a
few second elapse.
Patrolman Newsome of the police
department took the stand. He
stated that he had investigated the
false alarm and had talked to Bell,
Marbley and Reece.
Captain Bunch testified that he
had assisted in the investigation
and had also talked to Bell and
Marbley. He said that their testi
mony on the stand was quite dif
ferent from the story they had giv
en him Sunday night.
Reece took the stand last. He
related that he had stood on the
corner near the fire box for about
half an hour and bad walked up
the street when he heard the fire
horn blow. He said he went back
to the box, then left again and had
gone home when be was arrested.
The judge ruled that there was
not sufficient evidence to convict
Reece and turned him loose with
the warning that if he was ever
caught turning in a false alarm he
would be sent to jail.
During the time that Captain
Bunch was on the stand an alarm
was sounded and testimony was
halted while the fire alarm blew.
August Catches
Up Over IKK
Catches of fish and shellfish at
Carteret ports during August total
ed 5,364,330 pounds, the largest
catch being menhaden.
Carteret stood second to Bruns
wick County in total catch. Bruns
wick landings for August >?ere
8,608,345 pounds. The bulk of '.he
Brunswick catch was menhaden,
totaling 8,454,730 pounds.
Carteret's major food fish catch
es were spot, mullet, and bluefish.
Shrimp landed totaled 490,626
pounds, heads oil
Total catches for the month at all
coastal counties were more than
twice the amount caught in August
1858. State and federal statiatics
indicate that the menhaden catch
of 12.7 million pounds (up 8.6 mil
lion pounds) was largely responsi
ble for the month'a increase.
The total shrimp catch of 1 J mil
lion pounds was more than double
the catch in August 1958. Croaker
catches declined 805,000 pounds.
During the first eight months of
1(88, landings of fish and shellfish
amounted to 131.8 million pounds,
a gain of 16 per cent, compared'
with the 1888 eight-month period.
The catch id menhaden, shrimp
and blue crab* represented the
greatest increases daring the 1858
period, while alewives and croak
er accounted for the greatest de
clines. i