:a= CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES '?< 49th YEAR, NO. 47. TWO SECTIONS SIXTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1960 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Museum of the Sea Christened Ronald Earl Mason, town clerk, delivers mayor W. H. Potter's address at dedication ceremonies in Beaufort Wednesday. Onlookers are gathered at right. Beach Board Adopts Budget Of 533,700.92 Atlantic Reach town board has tentatively adopted a budget of '$33,700.92 for the coming fiscal year. The board met Friday aft er noon at the town hall. Because the present garbage contractor is not satisfied with the fee he has been promised, search for another contractor was author ized. If the fee the town has set for garbage collection cannot be met, a special meeting will be call ed to reconsider the budget. The total budget is about $8,000 higher this year. The board authorized installation ( of nine new street lights and fe ' location of two lights. Sylvester Fleming and H. H. Hill were reappointed for three years each to the board of adjustment. Becausc the police station down town had to be moved, it was plac ed in an alleyway on West Drive between Atlantic Boulevard and West Terminal Boulevard in a zon ed business area. Although a property owner has objected to the station's being there, the board de cided that it shall stay until the * alley is needed for public use. To provide more parking space a lot owned by tl.e Marinos of Morehead City will be marked off with logs and used for a municipal parking area. The lot is located in the business section of the beach. Commissioner W. L. Derrickson was authorized to employ a town attorney and commissioner R. A. } Barefoot was requested to obtain an air conditioning unit for the town hall. Announcement was made of the League of Municipalities meeting June 16 at Jacksonville. The board will meet again at 10 a.m. Friday, July 8. The meetings have been changed from the sec ond Saturday to tk* sccond Friday for the summer months. Attending the meeting, in addi tion to those mentioned, were may or A. B. Cooper, Edward Bizzell, A. F. Fleming and chicf of police Bill Moore. Board Awards Boiler Jobs IMIIon Supply co., Kalcigh was awarded the contract to retube the boiler at W. S. King school and one 1 of the boilers at Morehead City school at the county board of edu cation meeting Monday. Dillon was low bidder for the job. Mrs. Ethel Godettc was appoint ed treasurer of Queen Street school, replacing Mrs. Betty Til lery, who has resigned. No action was taken on a re quest by parties at Salter Path who would like to lease the old school building. The building is leased to the Salter Path Metho dist church on a year-to-year basis. Action was deferred until the church Is heard from. H. L. Joslyn. county school su perintendent. announced that $70,931 had been cut from the ?chool budget by county commis ?ioners. All members of the board were present. News Letter Seat Members of the Morehead City chamber of commerce received a news letter this week, giving a re port on activities in all depart ments. T The Alphonso was formally chris tened Museum of the Sea by 14 year-old Dail Barbour in a cere mony at noon Wednesday in Beau fort. She skillfully crashed a bot tle of ginger ale against the bow of the museum. In the absence of mayor W. H. Potter, town clerk Ronald Earl Mason read the mayor's remarks. "May this Museum of the Sea, ded- 1 icated here today, attract local and visiting interests to the challenge we face to make tomorrow and each succeeding day a better day for all the people of the commun ity of Beaufort," the mayor said in part. Grayden Paul, director of the celebration, told the crowd of the events planned for July. Flying i along Front Street in front of the museum were five flags, symbolic of the different flags which have flown over the 251-year-old town: the flag which represented the I French Huguenot settlers who j founded the town in 1709, the Eng ' lish flag*, Spanish, Confederate and ' the United States flag. I Mr. Paul reported that 400 per sons went through the museum during its opening weeks just prior to June 1. Carl Klein, who will be in ninth grade in Beaufort school next year, won the $25 award presented by the Beaufort Historical asso ciation to the pupil who wrote the best paper on historical facts and folklore. The award was accepted by his mother, Mrs. L. J. Klein, since Carl could not be present. The invocation was given by the Rev. C. Edward Sharp, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Beau fort. Celebration officials present were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hamil ton, Mrs. Charles Hassel), Mrs. Grayden Paul, and Mrs. G. W. Duncan. Free ice cream was served fol lowing the ceremony. Loses Fingers John Bell Kelly, Newport, lost the third and fourth fingers on his left hand Tuesday when his hand got caught on the belt of a motor. Mr. Kelly is a member of the New port town board. Criminal Court To Open Monday Judge Malcolm C. Paul will pre side at the criminal term of su perior court which opens Monday at the courthouse in Beaufort. Eleven cases are scheduled to go before the grand jury. Fifteen cases are docketed for trial Mon day, nine for Tuesday and nine for Wednesday. Cases for the grand jury are Walter Lawrence, hit and run; E. R. Comer, assault on a minor; Leura F. Guthrie, breaking and entering and larceny; Harry Fos ter Taylor, drunk driving and oth er charges; Early Thomas Tay lor, whiskey violation. Clyde Franklin Jones, motor ve hicle violation; Wayne Earl Thompson, speeding; Louis Harold Russell, breaking and entering and larceny; Joseph Herman Face, drunk driving; Daniel Benjamin Alford, drunk driving; Judy Tem ple Baker, forgery. Alford, Lawrence, Russell and Baker will be tried Monday. Guth rie, Harry Taylor, Early Taylor, Jones. Thompson and Pace are scheduled for Tuesday and Comer is scheduled for (rial Wednesday. Other cases from previous court terms are also scheduled for trial. 91.3 Per Cent of County Levy Collected by May 3 By the end of May, 91.3 per cent of the county's 1959 tax levy had been collected, E. O. Moore, coun ty tax collector, informed the county board Monday. Collected in May on the 1959 levy was $13,907.71, collected on 1958 and prior levies was $2,814.14, making a total of $16,721.85. . Collected by E. L. Brinson, depu ty oollector of delinquent personal property taxes, was $215.79. False Alarm Beaufort firemen were called to box 45, at Live Oak and Pine streets, at 12:30 a.m. Thursday. I The call was a false alarm. Newport Board Adopts Budget Monday Night ? Town Property Values Up $100,000 ? Tax Rate Remains At $1.20 Per Hundred Newport (own commissioners adopted a tentative budget of $16, 800 at their meeting Tuesday night at the town hall. The budget, slightly more than last year, is based on an assessed valuation of real and personal property amount ing to $1,017,791. Miss Edith Lockey, town clerk, estimated that the valuation for the coming fiscal year exceeds last year's by about $100,000. The tax rate, $1.20 per hundred dollars valuation, remains the same as last year. The board authorized the grad ing, marling and eventual tar treatment of Johnson street which passes Roy T. Garner's store and leads to West Newport. To receive the same treatment is W. Railroad street from Brantley Mears' home to Johnson street.' The commissioners expressed disgust with horsemen who are using the town sidewalks as bridle paths. They remind riders of horses that using sidewalks in that manner is a "criminal nuisance" and will not be tolerated. Commissioner Rennie R. Garner reported that due to financial straits, the firemen decided at their Monday night meeting they will not be able to put up street lights and have their usual Christ mas party for children next De cember. Mrs. Geraldine Wade and Mrs. Alex Mason appeared before the board to request that certain speed limit signs and a missing "dead end" sign be posted. The board asked that property the town now owns, due to taxes not being paid on it, be registered at the courthouse. Charles Hill appeared before (he board and reported that attempts were being made to raiae $178 for a junior^ J>asketball program in town. HTalNed that file town help with the finances. The commissioners said that the town would make an effort to make up the difference between what is raised and the $178. There was no water department report. Miss Lockey reports that cost of repairs to the purap after it fell apart recently, were approx imately $900. The commissioners said that cer tain motorists arc still driving cars without 1960 town tags. These mo torists are warned to get their tags immediately. Commissioners present, in addi tion to those mentioned, Were Les lie Bercegeay, Wilbur Gamer and C. H. Lockey. Commissioner John Kelly was absent. Mayor Leon Mann Jr. presided. Clerk of Court Reports May Receipts $3,719.45 A. H. James, clerk of superior court, reports court receipts for May totaled $3,719.45. Received from county court was $3,149.55, from superior court $468.16 and from probate and clerk's fees $101.74. To Defend Bridge Titles County Bridge league members who ?IU be among (he defending champions in this weekend'! bridge tournament it Morehead Ctty are Mrs. J. D. Ramley, Mr*. W. A. Mace Jr., Mrs. C. R. Whcatly. Jack Wlndley, ill of Beaufort; Mrs. D. J. Lewis, New Bern; A. P. McKnlght. Morehead Ctty, and Mrs. Charles W. Davis. Beaufort. 8. K. Hedgecock, Morehead Ctty. is another league member who in a de fending champion, but wna absent when the pktare was taken. The first event in the Eighth Annual Coastal Carolina bridge tournament will start at 2 today at the Morehead Biltmore hotel, Morehead City. The last game will be played at t:30 p.m. Sua