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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
t 50th YEAR, NO. 42.
THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
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Travel Host
School Will
Begin Monday
The county health department
and the Greater Morehcad City
chamber of commerce will sponsor
a Travel Host school at the recrea
tion building, Morehcad City, Mon
day through Friday.
Waitresses of this area arc in
vited to enroll. Courses will be
given in food handling, courtesy,
and tourist information applicable
to this area.
The classes will be in the west
clubrooin from 9 to 11 a.m. and 3
to 5 p in. daily.
Speaking on tourist information
of this area will be Graydcn Paul,
Beaufort, and Joe DuBois, More
head City. Other instructors will
be M. M. Melvin and Mrs. Joan
K. Smith of the Department of
L Public Instruction and Jesse Can
ady of the State Health depart
ment.
Films to be shown arc the fol
lowing: An outbreak of Staphloeoc
cus Infection, Safe Food Service,
Hash Slinging to Food Handling,
and Company is Coming.
A. I). Fulford, county sanitarian,
will be the presiding official.
There is no charge for the in
struction. This will be the fourth
Travel Host school to be conducted
* here. The board of Conservation
and Development, State Travel
council and other tourist-promotion
agencies strongly urge that res
taurants, drive-ins and other places
serving the public enroll their em
ployees in the school.
Certificates will be given those
who successfully complete the
course.
Case Returned
To Lower Court
In a case remanded from su
perior court to Morehead City re
corder’s court, James T. Brown,
Morehead City, was given a six
month suspended jail sentence
IVfonday for no operator’s license
and drunk driving.
Brown originally was tried in
Morehead recorder’s court April
17 on the charges and drew a sen
tence of six months, suspended on
payment of $250 and court costs.
He appealed the verdict.
The court issued an order for a
Wilson man, W. G. Carr Jr,, to be
brought in to stand trial in three
weeks. Carr was called Monday
but failed to appear to answer a
charge of issuing a worthless
check.
Robert Franklin Madcr, More
* head City, charged with running
a red light, forfeited bond while
Donald C. Flood, Cherry Point,
paid costs for a similar offense.
Five cases were continued until
later terms of court. Judge Her
bert Phillips presided.
Donations Still Being
Taken for Red Cross
Garland Scruggs, Morehead City,
chairman of the county Red Cross
chapter, says contributions are still
being accepted in the Red Cross
drive.
Soliciting in Morehead City has
been very lax, he said. Total con
tributions in the drive to date are
only slightly more than $1,000. The
goal was $4,500.
Boy Improves
Therman Godette, 9-year-old Ad
ams Creek boy suffering from
lockjaw, continues to improve
slowly at Morehead City hospital.
His 15-year-old brother, Dennis,
entered the hospital this week
with an arm infection, but was dis
charged yesterday. NEWS-TIMES
readers have contributed, to date,
$206.25 to help the Godette family.
Sub-Committees Go Along
With Food Tax Proposals
At 15 minutes before midnight
Wednesday the House sub-finance
committee, which is charged with
the responsibility of deciding how
to raise money for Governor San
ford’s education program, ham
mered out a proposal.
The House subcommittee went
along with the Senate sub-commit
tee in recommending a 3 per cent
sales tax on food. Eliminated from
the governor’s proposals was the
taxing of counties, cities and
towns.
The House sub-committee gen
erally went along with the Senate
sub-committee. The $80 tax limit
on passenger autos was taken off,
which means that this tax may
now exceed $80. The tax limit on
trucks and airplanes is raised
from $80 to $120, according to
Radish Hits Super-Size
Photo by Reginald Louis
Mrs. Carrie Bedsworth, Morehcad City, displays a 04-pound radish grown on the Alice Laughton
farm, Crab Point. It really is a radish, not a turnip. Those who tasted it said it was hot. The top had
gone to seed before it was pulled.
Recommendations Would Sharpen
Teeth of Fisheries Regulations
If recommendations of the sports
commercial fishing committee are
carried out, there will be sharper
teeth in commercial fishing regu
lations and $30,000 will be given
the fisheries for research that
would lead to better management
of marine resources.
The committee had its final
meeting Wednesday/,*! the com
mercial fisheries building, More
head City, and came up with nine
recommendations.
The advisory fisheries commit
tee, headed by A. W. Daniels, Ce
dar Island and Charlotte, will sift
through them. Then they will be
eyed by the commercial fisheries
committee itself, and finally get
to the Board of Conservation and
Development.
Whether they arrive at the top
the same way they started out at
the bottom, remains to be seen.
The recommendations follow:
1. Request the present general
assembly to appropriate $30,000,
previously ’ requested by C&D, for
research affecting commercial and
sports fisheries.
2. Authorize C. G. Holland, com
mercial fisheries commissioner to
go through present fishing regula
tions, indicate those he thinks are
unenforceable, then turn all regu
lations over to the Institute of
Government to be codified.
3. Officers enforcing fisheries
regulations should be required to
attend courses in regulation and
law enforcement at the Institute
of Government, Chapel Hill.
4. The commercial fisheries di
vision should be given sufficient
personnel to enforce fishing regu
lations.
5. Catching of trash or under
sized fish solely for selling to ani
mal food plants or for other in
dustrial purposes should be out
lawed. But these fish, if caught
in the normal process of legal fish
ing operation, may be sold to pro
cessing plants.
6. Trawlers, outboard motor
boats, and partyboals should not
go within 1,000 feet on either side
of fishing piers. Fishing piers
should not extend more than 2,000
seed, feed and insecticides should
not be taxed.
D. G. Bell, Carteret’s represen
tative, said yesterday morning
that the Senate and House sub
committees hoped to get together
yesterday to iron out minor dif
ferences in their proposals.
There are several more hurdles
the proposals must clear before
it will be definitely known how the
money will be raised.
Proposals of the sub-committees
must be approved by the full com
mittees and then they go before
the full Senate and House. There
the proposals may or may not be
altered. Attempts to alter usually
are made, but with no material
amount of success.
Governor Sanford requested $83
million. Sub-committee proposals
appear as though they may provide
in the neighborhood of $75 million.
Serving on the Senate sub-fi
nance committee ia Luther 11am
ilUm of Carteret.
teet irom mgn water mark on"
beach. At present boats may
come within 300 feet of piers.
7. Action deferred on changing
name of commercial fisheries di
vision to Marine Coastal Fisheries.
Commercial fishermen felt this
should be delayed until further
study is made.
8. Governor should give sports
fishermen, pier fishing operators
and party boatmen representation
on the new advisory fisheries com
mission he will name.
9. Effort should be made to gov
ern operation of sports fishing
boats in areas worked by commer
cial fishing boats. The commit
tee observed that there are ap
parently no regulations regarding
this in existence now.
Members of the committee,
formed in January to iron out dif
ferences between sports and com
mercial fishermen, arc the follow
ing:
Charles Davis, Beaufort, and
Turner Battle, Rocky Mount, co
chairmen: Garland Fulcher, Ori
ental; James Howard, Wrights
ville Beach; Gordon Willis, Davis;
Kenneth Sprunt, Wilmington; Bill
Robinson, Kure Beach; Lonnie
Small, Holden's Beach.
Wednesday's meeting was the
third and last of the special com
mittee.
Cabbage Growers Unhappy
With Prices This Spring
Cabbage growers of the county <
have been extremely disappointed
in the prices received this spring.
L. D. Springle, a Russells Creek
grower, said the price has stayed
right at 90 cents a hundred pounds.
Cost of a crate in which the cab
bage is packed is 43 to 44 cents.
Cost of cutting is 15 cents, which
leaves 41 cents to meet the cost of
cabbage plants, fertilizer and labor
involved in growing the cabbage.
R. M. Williams, county agricul
tural agent, says most growers
produced 10 or more tons of cab
bage per acre. At one time the
price went up to $1.25 for a short
period. Most of the cabbage has
been harvested.
Late frost cut back the tops of
irish potatoes and harvest has been
delayed 10 days to two weeks. Po
tato digging is expected to start
between June 10 and 15, Mr. Wil
liams said.
The late spring crop of potatoes
in this country, which includes po
tatoes grown in Carteret, is ex
pected to total 27 ‘4 million hun
dredweight, according to the state
Crop Reporting Service.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
H1G11 LOW
Friday, May 26
5:02 a.m. 11:28 a.m.
5:36 p.m. -
Saturday, May 27
5:53 a.m. 12:05 a.m.
6:19 p.m. 12:11 p.m.
Sunday, May 28
6:39 a.m. 12:52 a.m.
7:00 p,m. 12:55 p.m.
Monday, May 29
7:23 a.m. 1:38 a.m.
Two Lines to Use
Marine Railroad
The Interstate Commerce co*i
mission has ruled that two rat)
roads, both the Southern and At
lantic Coast Line, may operate on
the Camp Lejeune road between
Lejeune and Cherry Point.
But the 36-milc line has been
“chopped up” as to operation priv
ileges. Southern will have exclu
sive right to operate on 27.1 miles
of the road, ACL will operate on
5.65 miles, and a 3.24 section will
be open to both lines.
The ICC has been considering
proposals for private operation of
the Marine Corps railroad for 18
months. Southern had been hop
ing to be given the privilege of
operating the entire road.
The ICC rejected the proposal
last year and agreed to consider
a proposal for joint operation.
Howard Hill has been working
the midnight to 8 a.m. shift in the
Beaufort police department, in the
absence of officer Maxwell Wade,
who has been ill.
Wins Three Offices
H. J. Williamson, manager of
the Biltmore hotel, Morehead City,
was recently elected to three of
fices in the Hotel Greeters asso
ciation.
Mr. Williamson has been named
a director of the international as
sociation, vice-president of the
southeastern regional association
of Hotel Greeters, and president
of the North Carolina Hotel Greet
ers association.
The southeastern region covers
West Virginia, Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Kentucky and Tennes
see.
Mr. Williamson’s bolding three
offices at one time is reported to
be unprecedented in the associa
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Newport Annexation Plan
Will be Aired Monday
Hospital Committee Gives
Report to Trustees Monday
The Carteret Memorial hospital«
hoard of trustees heard a commit
tee report Monday night at the
courthouse, recommending that as
soon as the way i« clear for hos
pital construction an administra
tor shall be employed.
The report was made by com
mitteemen appointed to investigate
the matter, Gerald Hill, Mrs. Clay
ton Fulcher Jr. and Roger Jones.
A letter from William Henderson,
executive secretary of the Medical
Care commission also advised
early employment of the adminis
trator.
The hospital building committee
and doctors’ committee will meet
tonight with George Watts Carr,
architect.
Luther Hamilton Jr., county at
torney, briefed the trustees on the
case that went before the supreme
court Tuesday relative to Carter
et’s proposed hospital.
He said that a decision from the
supreme court may not be forth
coming for two to three weeks.
The trustees decided that they
would not meet again until after
the court decision is known.
Bud Dixon, hospital board chair
man, presided.
Two Arrested
In Check Fraud
Will Owens, employee at a Beau
fort fish factory, was charged
Tuesday afternoon with stealing a
$124 check from Edna* Warren, N.
12th St., Morehead City.
Dora Mann, Morehead City, was
charged with forging (Jp: check
and Owens with aiding and abet
ting in the forgery. Sheriff Hugh
Salter said yesterday that Owens
got the check out of the mailbox,
then he and. Dora went to the
Mansfield Superette where she
forged Edna Warren’s name on
the back of it in the presence of
a store employee.
The Mann woman turned the
money over to Owens, the sheriff
said, and he in turn gave her $30
for her part in the deal. Each was
released from the county jail Wed
nesday under $300 bond.
Chamber Adds
Two Committees
Skinner Chalk, president of the
Greater Morehead City chamber
of commerce, has named two more
committees. They are safety and
fire prevention and public health.
On the safety and fire preven
tion committee arc Moses Howard,
Newport, chairman; Vernon Guth
rie, D. J. Hall, Kib Guthrie and
Clyde Blanchard, all of Morehead
City; James Wheatley, Grady Dav
is, Davis; Mitchell Taylor, Atlan
tic; and Claude Brown, Marshall
berg.
Chairman of the public health
committee is Dr. M. T. Lewis,
Beaufort. Members are Dr. L. W.
Moore, Dr. John Morris, Dr. S. W.
Hatcher and Dr. Ben Itoyal.
Ray Ransom and Glenn Adair,
Beaufort, have also been appoint
ed to the industrial development
committee, H. S. Gibbs Jr., chair
man.
Norwood Young, chamber pub
licity director, will represent the
chamber at the division of com
merce and industry meeting in Ra
leigh Wednesday.
The meeting is being held to or
ganize and prepare publicity for
the state-wide trade fair to be held
later in 1961. All chambers of
commerce are participating.
Commencement
At Newport Will
Begin at 8 Monday
Newport high school seniors will
graduate Monday night at 8, an
nounces E. B. Comer, Newport
principal. The commencement ad
dress will be given by Dr. Amos
Abrams, editor of North Carolina
Education magazine.
The Rev. Ralph Fleming Jr.,
pastor of St. James Methodist
church, Newport, will preach the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday
night at 8. Both exercises will be
held in the school auditorium.
Eighth grade promotion exer
cises will begin Tuesday morning
at 9 at the school.
Parents and friends of the stu
dents are invited to all the events,
Mr. Coiner said.
Republican Top
Executives Will
Convene Here
The senior executive committee
of North Carolina Republican par
ly, in conjunction with North Car
olina Federation of Y,,unK Repub
licans will be guests of the Car
teret Republican club on Saturday,
June 10, at the 1J ilt more hotel,
Morehcad City.
Meetings will be held jointly
from 3 til 5 p.m., followed by a
coffee hour sponsored by the Car
teret Republican club from 5 ’til
6 p.m. “Due to the enthusiasm
shown by this club since the na
tional elections, these executive
groups have taken a great deal of
interest in the east and hope to
create a closer tie with the state
organization,” said E. D. Willis,
club president.
These meetings will bring to
gether leading Republicans from
Manteo to Murphy who will con
tinue to plan political strategy to
bring about Republican victories
for the entire slate, he continued.
At the last meeting of these groups
in Durham in February, such lead
ers as congressman Charles R.
Jonas, Robert L. Gavin, William
E. Osteen, and other members of
the General Assembly were pres
ent.
These, in addition to others
throughout the state are expected
to attend the June meeting. The
public is invited and Carteret Re
publican club members are urged
to attend, Mr. Willis concluded.
Three-Day Bridge Tourney
OpensToday at Beach Hotel
The County Bridge league wilH
sponsor its annual three-day tour
nament this weekend at the Atlan
tic Beach hotel. The tournament
opens at 2 p in. today with wom
en's pair and men’s pair games.
Mixed pairs will be played tonight.
Tomorrow afternoon’s play will
be devoted to eliminations in open
pair competition. At the evening
session open pair play will con
tinue and the consolation game will
be held.
Both the afternoon and evening
sessions on Sunday will be devoted
to teams-of-four games.
The Bonner trophy will be
awarded the winner of the men’s
pair games and silver prizes will
be awarded the winner of each
event. Serving on the rules com
mittee arc Mrs. D. J. Lewis of
New Bern, A1 Dewey and Harry
Saunders of Beaufort, Harold 11am
ricc of Kinston and S. Bryan
Broadfoot of Wilmington. Richard
Goldberg, representative of the
American Contract Bridge League,
will direct the tournament.
Officers of the county league arc
Mrs. B. O. Kctner, president; Cal
vin Jones, vice-president; Mrs.
Floyd Chadwick, secretary; and
Mrs. James Rumlcy, treasurer.
Atlantic seniors will graduate
Monday. Baccalaureate service is
Sunday.
Youth Sternly Reprimanded
For Trying Offshore Swim
A Havelock youth, Tommy Tew,
Tuesday afternoon decided to swim
out into the Gulf Stream from the
Pavilion on Atlantic Beach—only
he didn’t make it. Tew and an
Atlantic Beach life guard were
picked up about 3,000 feet from
the beach by a Coast Guard cut
ter.
Witnesses said that Tew was
sitting in the Pavilion when he an
nounced that he was going to
swim “outside” (outside is a term
generally used to refer to waters
beyond the surf).
Despite warnings not to try it,
Tew entered the water and began
swimming. Life guards called him
back but Tew ignored their pleas.
Finally lifeguard Sam Yeomans
started out to retrieve Tew and
the Coast Guard was summoned.
The Fort Macon 40-footer arriv
ed on the scene in about ten min
utes and picked up Yeomans but
Tew refused to get aboard. The
cutter escorted the swimming Tew
back to the beach where he was
taken in custody by Atlantic Beach
police officers. He was takas to
Hearing Set for 7:45
In School Lunchroom
Place of the hearing on annexing an area on the out
skirts of Newport, toward Cherry Point, has been changed
to th- school lunch room. The hearing will begin at 7:15
p.rn. Monday. The town plans to annex the area by ordi
nance, not by vote of people in the area.
Change of the place from the town hall to the lunch
room was made to accommodate'
the large crowd expected. Mayor
Leon Mann has requested retiring
and incoming officials to attend.
In a letter inviting residents of
the area to attend the hearing, K.
K. Montague, who is a resident of
that area, said. “I have been ad
vised that the reason the town of
ficials favor this annexation is thal
‘close in' areas are basically ho
NOTICE: tleorge Ball, town
attorney for Newport, said yes
terday the hearing will have to
convene at 7:.10 in the town hall
to comply with the legal notice.
If there is too large a crowd to
be accommodated in the town
hall, the group will then move
to the school lunch room.
mogcncous to the incorporated
areas. Out-of-town dwellers in the
fringe areas normally receive
many benefits from the town and
pay for little, if any, of the ser
vices.
“Incorporated municipalities have
more legal authority than counties.
Thus in town, citizens have more
recourse legally on such matters
as zoning, public nuisances, traffic
control, public libraries, et cetera.
“Adequate police protection, fire
protection, water, sewage, mosqui
to control, street lighting, recrea
tion; are impossible outside of cor
porate areas. Finally, incorpora
tion affords people a voice in their
local affairs not otherwise possible.
See IlEARINti, Page 2
Boating Class
To Dine June 5
Those who completed the Cape
Lookout Power squadron boating
course at Morehead City recently
will attend a banquet at the Hilt
more hotel, Morehead City, Mon
day night, June 5.
Date of the banquet was an
nounced at a recent meeting of the
squadron at the Hotel Fort Macon,
Morehead City.
William Ipock and Jim Lombard
said cruises have been scheduled
for June 10 to Clubfoot creek and
for July 8 and 9 to Cape Lookout.
New officers of the squadron who
were installed recently arc John
Donnelly, Cherry Point, command
er; Heiiry Phillips, Beaufort, lieu
tenant commander, and Lt. Joel
Anderson, New Bern, first lieuten
ant. Robert Darden, New Bern,
is filling the unexpired term of
Royal LaBree as secretary.
Cape Lookout squadron is com
prised of members from New
Bern, Cherry Point, Morehead City
and Beaufort. The squadron plans
another boating course to be held
in Morehead City, beginning Jan.
15, 1962.
the police station where he receiv
ed a stiff dressing down.
A Morehead swimmer who regu
larly swam offshore was attacked
several years ago by a shark, lie
died soon after rescue.
June Nears, But
Weather Cool
Cool weather continues despite
the approach of June. According
to weather observer Stamey Davis,
daytime highs failed to get out of
the 70’s during the first three days
of the week. Night time readings
dipped into the 50’s Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Tuesday’s day-long rain totaled
one-half inch over most of the
county. A trace of moisture was
recorded Monday.
Temperature ranges and wind
directions, Monday through Wed
nesday were recorded as follows:
High Low Wind
Monday . 7# 62 SW
Tuesday -73 5# N
Wednesday -74 55 NW
Drunk Drivers
Pay Stiff Fines
In County Court
Throe drunk driving offenders
appeared before county recorder’s
court judge Lambert R. Morris
Tuesday and were handed stiff
fines. They were Marvin Elwood
Kirkman, Frederick Carrol Ray
mond and Lloyd K. Greene.
The warrant on Raymond was
amended to read careless and
reckless driving. He and Greene
were each fined $100 and court
costs. Kirkman, also charged with
speeding, was fined $110 and costs.
J. E. Morris appeared to answer
non-support charges and was giv
en a six-month jail sentence, sus
pended on payment of costs and
the condition that he provide ade
quate support for his wife and
minor children.
Speeding violators numbered 24.
Nine of the defendants, Richard
Arlen Lewis, Charles T. Hender
son, Junior John Wilson, Kdgar M.
Smith, William T. Jenkins. W. P.
Baker, Dewitt, C. McCotter, Her
man W. Ireland, and Charles Daw
son Mason, were ordered to pay
court costs and three others, Ger
ry Theodore Smith, Oscar Hoyle
Loncy and John Sandlin Hargett,
failed to appear and forfeited
bond.
Five speeders drew fines of $5
and court costs. They were Carl
Sidney Rapp, Michael Davis Col
lins, Grover Wilson Jones, Robert
Roy Casey Jr., and Alan Roger
Hall. Patrick Lawley Jr. and Don
Edward Auten drew $2 fines and
court costs for speeding and Macy
Fitzgerald was fined $4 and costs.
James Gordon Willis was given
a 30-day jail sentence, suspended
on payment of $10 and costs for
exceeding the speed limit and Don
ald Roy Edick, Arthur Kennedy
Lewis were also fined $10 and
costs. The speeding case of Charles
Edward Alfred was not prosecuted.
Other defendants, their charges
and the findings of the court were
as follows:
Tina Mae Smith, having no op
erator’s license, costs.
Hezckiah Nolan, having improp
er registration, costs.
T. A. Taylor, violating fishing
laws, bond forfeited.
Norman Arthur Grady, having
an improper muffler, bond forfeit
ed.
Moulton Hamilton Jr., no opera
tor’s license, costs.
Francis Fishon, careless and
reckless driving, $10 and costs.
Clem Gaskill, no operator's li
cense, $25 and costs.
Jerry Brown, careless and reck
less driving, $50 and costs.
Richard Tamor Greene, failing
to dim lights, costs.
Earl Klutz Fisher Jr., failing to
stop for a stop sign, bond forfeited.
Florence Jacob Taylor, an ex
pired operator’s license, costs.
Joe and Edgar Lewis, trespass
ing, not prosecuted.
Judy Parrish, assault, $11 and
costs.
Guy Taylor, no operator’s li
cense and no license plates on
trailer. The defendant was not
prosecuted on the first charge and
he forfeited bond on the second.
Leland Theodore Rogers, failing
to stop for a stop sign, $10 and
costs.
Franklin Dupree Brock, having
no license plates on trailer, bond
forfeited.
James Gordon Bason, failing to
stop for a stop sign, $10 and eosts.
Kenneth T. Ferry and Daniel P.
Daly, attempted larceny, $25 and
one half court costs to each de
fendant.
Ottis Cannady Jones, having an
expired operator’s license, costs.
' William Taft Connon, driving in
the wrong lane, costs.
J. M. Bridges, using profane and
vulgar language in public, not
prosecuted.
James C. Moore, issuing a worth
less check. The court ordered the
defendant to honor the check and
pay $9 of the court costs.
Twenty-one new cases were
transferred to later terms of court.
A couch in the living room of
the Andrew Davis apartments, 105
S. 10th St., Morehead City, burned
at 11:30 Sunday night. Fire chief
Lindsey Guthrie says the fire prob
ably started from a cigarette. '