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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
<Uy.
The tournament it conducted
by the Carteret County Bridge
league, under aponaorihip' of the
North. State Bridge unit, Ameri
can Contract Bridge league.
Duplicate bridge is played and
(Uvc r frues awarded winners m
each event. Master points will
also be awarded. Further in
formation may be bad by con
tacting Miaa Elizabeth Lambeth,
Morehead City, or Mrs. J. 5.
Steed, Bcauioft.
Norma Jean Ingram Wins New
Beauty Title , Miss Carteret
News-Times Photos by McComb
Miss PfKfy io Wallace, Miss Beaufort, left, put tbr Miss Carteret County banner on Norma Jean In
gram, and Jo Ann Parson, Miss More bead City, right, placed the tiara on her head.
Coast Guard Goes to Aid
Of Three Craft This Week
H- Sin\pson
Heads Firemen
Maxwell Simpson has been clect
cd chicf of the Down East Fire
department for 1960-61. Officers
were elected at a meeting of the
department last week.
Other officers are Roland Lup
ton, assistant fire chief; Tony Gay
lett, captain; Winston Hunter Hill,
first lieutenant; Sammy Mason,
second lieutenant, and former
chief Allen Jones was appointed
fire commissioner.
The department decided that
any member who misses two meet
ings without a legitimate excuse
will be fined.
Firemen will show a movie ev
ery Friday and Saturday night
during the summer to pay for the
recreation building.
They report that homeowners
have not responded to the plea for
$5 annual donations to maintain
the fire department. All donations
from homeowners are used to
maintain the fire trucks and pay
insurance. Yearly fees arc not
used to pay for the recrcation
building, firemen emphasize.
The department has collected
$212 this year and paid out $194.
Firemen urgently request that
homeowners pay their fees, either
to a fireman, or mail them to the
Down East Fire Department, care
of William Gorges, secretary.
Two Cars Collide
West of Morehead
Two cars collided at 7:45 p.m.'
Monday three miles west of More
head City on highway 70. Joseph
Craddock, Elizabeth City, driver of
a 1954 Ford, was charged with
driving drunk and failing to yield
the right-of-way.
Driving a 1955 Buick was Fran
cis McGraw, Cherry- Point. Mc
Graw was headed east and accord
ing to patrolman W. E. Pickard,
was struck by the Ford, which
turned left in front of him. Crad
dock had been headed west prior
to making the turn.
No one was hurt. Damage to the
Buick was estimated at $450 and
to the Ford $350.
Tides at the Beanfort Bar
Tide Table
HIGH
LOW
Friday, June 1*
8:46 a.m.
9:05 p.m.
2:50 a.m.
2:56 p.m.
Saturday, Juno 11
9:45 a.m.
10:30 p.m.
3:40 a.m.
3:47 p.m.
8uuday, June 12
10:4* a.m.
11:03 p.m.
4:30 a.m.
4:40 p.m.
Monday, June
II
11:46 a.m.
5:22 a.m.
*.3t p.m.
Coast Guard personnel from Fort i
Macon assisted three disabled ves
sels this week, one on Monday and
two Wednesday. They also at
tempted to assist a capsized sail !
boat.
The 51 -foot cabin cruiser Lois
Nancy, owned by Frank Grantham
of Morehead City, ran aground
near the Atlantic Beach bridge at
10:20 p.m. Monday.
The 40-footer from Fort Macon 1
went to assist the boat, but the 1
tide was low and she could not be
refloated. The Coast Guardsmen
returned at 6:20 a.m. Tuesday and
refloated her on high tide.
Crew of the 40-footer was Jack
Wilson, BM2; B. L. Williamson,
SN; and W. S. Vinson, EN2.
The 51-foot fishing vessel, Allie
A. requested Coast Guard assist
ance when a rudder was broken
seven miles west-northwest of the
Beaufort inlet sea buoy Wednes
day morning at 5:30.
The Allie A. is owned by Gerald
Austin of Beaufort and was oper- ,
ated by Elmer L. Guthrie of Hark
ers Island. She was towed to
Beaufort.
Making the assist were William
Morgan, BM2; E. B. Johnson, SN;
and Jackie Moore, FN.
An outboard boat came to the
Coast Guard station at 8:45 a.m.
Wednesday and reported that a
24-foot fishing vessel had experi
enced engine failure near the old
docks at Shackleford Banks.
The boat was owned by Thomas
See COAST GUARD, Page 2
Mis* Carteret County at she ap
peared in bathing suit.
Portrays Role in Play
mtkMrtm ** ui
Carol WUIii. daughter of Mr. and Mra. Edward Willis, Morahead
City, play* Ike rale of Lily In the Carteret Community Theatre pre
diction of Bonnie Bloe Sweetheart, which will he staged at g tonight
aight is the Morehaad City irhaal I
Eighteen-year-old Norma Jean
Ingram of Pelletier Wednesday
night was crowned Miss Carteret
County of 1960-61 in impressive
beauty pageant ceremonies at Oce
anana Resort. Atlantic Beach.
Runnerup to Miss Ingram was
Kathy Chalk of Morehead City.
Renee Kemp, also of Morehead
City, was chosen second runnerup.
A total of eight girls competed for
the title.
The contestants were judged in
three divisions: evening gown com
petition. bathing suit competition
and talent competitio ?. A panel
of five judges scored each girl
separately in each of the three di
visions.
In the talent competition Miss
Ingram, a graduate of Swansboro
high school, displayed paintings
that were her own work. Four of
the paintings were portraits and
two were art displays that she did
for high school and college annuals.
Approximately 200 people attend
ed the outdoor pageant despite
cloudy skies and stiff winds. Pro
viding the music for the event were
the Pastels of Jacksonville. Ray
Cummins acted as master of cere
monies.
Miss Chalk, the first runnerup,
played Chopin's 12th Etude on the
piano as her talent number and
Miss Kemp, a dramatics student,
did a scene from Thornton Wildcr's
Broadway play, Our Town.
The winner was crowned by Jo
Ann Parson and Peggy Jo Wallace,
last year's Miss Morehead City and
Miss Beaufort respectively. In
cluded in the prizes for Miss In
gram was a trophy and a cash
award of $150. She also automati
cally qualifies for the Miss North
Carolina pageant to be held later
in the summer at Charlotte.
Board Tables
Zoning Matter
Tabled again Monday night at
- the Beaufort town hoard meeting
was the matter regarding the re
zoning of the doek in front of the
! postoffice owned by the I. N.
' Moore family.
Leslie Moore appeared before
the board at the town hall to re
quest that the doek, which the
Moorcs claim to be located on the
southeast corner of an intersec
tion be rezoned for business, in
accordance with a law that states
that if two corners of an intersec
tion are zoned for business, the
town must automatically rezone
either of the other two, for the
same purpose, upon request by the
property owner.
Claud Wheatly, town attorney,
who as a private attorney is also
representing parties who do not
want the dock used for business
purposes, suggested that if the
Moores will agree to use of the
dock under the same regulations as
apply between Queen and Pollock,
he will urge his clients to agree to
a non-suit in a court case now
| pending.
The Queen-Pollock regulations %
(restricted commercial) permit
docks on the waterfront in that
block, but no buildings. "Busi
ness" classification would permit
buildings.
Under the "restricted commer
cial" classification no commercial
fishing boats would be allowed.
The Moores presented in March
a request that their dock area be
rezoned. Leslie Moore told the
board that he would rather not
delay the matter another month,
but was willing to compromise.
Attending the meeting with him
were his father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. I. N. Moore, and his wife.
Highway Men
Meet with Board
Highway officials C W. Snrll,
division engineer; C. Y. Griffin,
district engineer, and John Hum
phrey, county road superintendent,
discussed Carteret's socondary
road problems with the county
commissioner! during their Mon
day afternoon session in the court
house.
Mr. Snolt stated that funds for
paving secondary roads are in
short supply but that roads num
ber 1179 and 1178 in the Otway
area would be paved.
The commissioner! awarded the
general contract to construct a
courthouse addition, to house the
clerk of court's office to O. C.
Lawrence on his low bid of $22,726.
Harry Whitehurst won the heat
ing and air conditioning contract
with his bid of $3,(10 and Hatsell
Electric co. the wiring contract for
the price of $1,0(9.
Uaaaimoua approval was given
commiaiioner Skinner Chalk'! mo
tion not to share any of county re
corder's cost fees with any town
?r municipality in U? county.