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ALL WHO READ REAR THE NEWS-TIMES » . I 50th YEAR, NO. 45. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1961 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Port City Buzzes As Marines Board Ships Board Accepts Fire Contract For More Study County commissioners yesterday accepted for further study a pro posed contract for fire service be tween the town of Newport and Carteret county. Mayor Leon Mann, Newport, presented the contract. It provides that the county collect 10 cents | per hundred dollars valuation on property in Newport township (town excluded) for fire fighting protection which would be furnish ed by the town of Newport. After collecting the money, the county is to turn it over to the town monthly, on the first of each month. The mayor pointed out that New port town.C.ip residents approved the 10 cents levy by a vote of 480 76. Imome to the town will be approximately $2,000, the mayor said. He added that 90 per cent of the fire calls answered by the town department are outside town. James D. Potter, county audi tor, questioned the necessity of having a contract with the town. He said that if the county collects the money, it merely needed au thorization as to whom to pay it. He said it will cost the county money to collect the fire levy and wanted to know what provision was made for meeting this added cost. Mayor Mann said he felt the coun ty benefits in that action of the fire department saves property which otherwise might be lost to the county as a source of tax rev enue. Glenn Adair, chairman of the Bcaufort-Morehcad City Airport commission, appeared to ask the board to formally request the state to pave the road to the airport. Mr. Adair was given a petition, to be signed by property owners on either side of the road. The coun ty commissioners promised to en dorse the request as soon as the petition is presented. Alvin T. Mason, Atlantic, ap peared before the board to protest that his taxes were too high. The commissioners said theirs were, too. Commissioner Skinner Chalk suggested that Mason pay his taxes under protest and appear be fore the board of equalization next March. The matter was turned over to the tax department. W. E. (Bill) Cottingham, More head City, appeared to state that he would like to be appointed Morehead township constable. Moses Howard, chairman of the board, said that the present con stable, Harry Williams, had sub mitted a letter of resignation, but then withdrew it. The board said it would consider Mr. Cottingham’s application if Mr. Williams resigns. Referred to John L. Humphrey, county road superintendent, for in vestigation, was a request from the Smyrna Missionary Baptist church for correction of drainage problems. At the request of commissioner Skinner Chalk, E. O. Moore, coun ty tax collector, agreed to furnish at the next meeting a list of back tax accounts wherein the money owed exceeds $1,000. The ques tion rose in connection with the bankrupt Morehead City Shipbuild ing Corp., which owes the county a large amount in taxes. The board reconvened after lunch to consider the proposed budget for 1961-62. Woman Dies Of Stab Wounds Mrs. Alice Lockhart of Camp Glenn died at 10:45 yesterday morning at Morebead City hospital of stab wounds which, according to coroner W. D. Munden, were self-inflicted. Deputy sheriffs Bobby Bell and Bruce Edwards investigated. Depu ty Bell said the incident occurred about 8:15 yesterday morning in the kitchen of the Lockhart home.. . Mrs. Lockhart’s son, Douglas, found his mother and ran to the fish factory nearby and got his brother, Kemp. . She was rasked to the hospital ■ in Bell-Munden ambulance. Coro ■ ner Munden attributed death to in 1 ternal bleeding. He said she suf fered wounds in the throat, chest and stomach and that they were apparently inflicted with a kitchen knife. No funeral arrangements had been made at press time yesterday and names of other survivors were: Morehcad City and the county felt the backwash of the assassina tion of the Dominican Republic's Trujillo over the weekend as Ma rine equipment and troops sped through Morehead City to the stale port. There they boarded ships for what has been described as a Unit ed States build-up of military strength in the Caribbean. Trujillo was assassinated Wednesday. US troops were moving out of east coast ports by Friday. Marines and equipment of the Second division, Camp Lejeunc, left Morehead City. Marine fly ers were placed on stand-by at Cherry Point. Maj. Gen. J. P. Berkeley, com manding general of the Second Marines, Lejeune, boarded a Navy ship at Morehead City Sunday. Loading Saturday were the LST’s Wood County and Traverse County, and the Navy personnel transport Chilton. Arriving Saturday at the port and departing Sunday were the assault transports Rankin and Vermillion and the LST Graham County. Military information offices re fused to divulge the destination of the ships. Many of the nations of North and South America have long viewed with raised eyebrow the Dominican Republic because of its totalitarian character. Trujillo had a running feud with the Catholic church. After the assassination, the Ven ezuelan government asked for an immediate meeting of the Organi zation of American States on the Dominican situation. It said Ven ezuela would invoke an OAS right to intervene in case of an attack on the Dominican Republic, pre sumably from nearby Cuba. The United States asked the OAS to send a watchdog team to the Dominican Republic to head off what it called a wave of terror in that country after its leader was gunned down. It is assumed that 32-ycar-old Rafael TrujiHa Jr. will take his father’s place as head of the coun try. Minor Damage Caused to Autos In Friday Mishap Morehead City police investigat ed a traffic mishap Friday in which minor damage was done to two cars. The accident occurred at 4th and Arendell Streets and in volved cars driven by Wiley Ma son, Atlantic, and Beverly Rice, 104 N. 19th St., Morehead City. According to police reports. Ma son was stopped on the tracks on 4th street to let Rice, who was making a left turn off of Arendell, pass. Mason told police that he was looking the other way and though Rice had passed. He let his car roll forward and struck the left rear of Rice’s car. Police estimated damage to Ma son’s 1955 Chrysler at $10 and set that to Rice’s 1959 Chevrolet at $115. Sgt. Bill Condie investigated. There were no charges filed. Father-of-Year Contest Starts A contest to find Carteret county’s father-of-the-year gets under way today, sponsored by Morehead City merchants and THE NEWS-TIMES. Any father in the county is eligible, except those of employees of the news paper or participating stores. Further details appear on page 4, section 2, of today's paper. Stores sponsoring the competi tion are Hills, Leary’s, Western Auto, Belk’s, Morehead City Drug Co., Yacht Basin Outboard Marina, Capt. Bill's restaurant, E. J. W. Bicycle Shop, Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., and Sound Chevrolet Co. State Asked To Start Ferry Service at Once The transportation committee of the Greater Morehead City cham ber has asked that the State High way commission start ferry serv ice immediately between Emerald Isle and the Carteret mainland. P. H. Geer Jr., committee chair man, said the ferry was sorely needed now, to alleviate the traf fic bottleneck between Morehead City and Atlantic Beach. The com mittee also requested that ferry service be continued until a bridge could be built between Emerald Isle and Cedar Point. The state has already agreed to operate the ferry; the question is when? Another request to the commis sion is for extension of US High way 70 from Atlantic to Cedar Is land, along with necessary im provements. The committee recommends that all future bridges over small streams or inlets in Carteret be so constructed as to have a mini mum 12-foot clearance above the high water mark. The committee felt such is neces sary to meet the tremendous in crease in boating and use of nav igable streams. The chamber secretary, Joe Du Bois, was asked to contact John L. Humphrey, county road super intendent, to see if highway direc tion signs, pointing the way to Morehead City, can be put at the Atlantic terminal of the Atlantic Ocracokc ferry, and at the inter section of US Highway 17 and Highway 58 near Maysvillc. Cape Lookout Coast Guard Aids 16-Footer Coast Guardsmen from Cape Lookout lifeboat station assisted a 16-foot outboard that experienced engine failure near Barden’s inlet light No. 2 at 7 a.m. Saturday. The Coast Guardsmen towed the dis abled boat to Barkers Island. The outboard was owned and op erated by E. D. Register of New Bern. Estates Seek Reimbursement In Auto Deaths Administrators of the estates of William Clyde Lawrence and Thomas P. Gillikin, who were kill ed in an automobile accident at Markers Island Jan. 27, have filed suits against Clyde O'Neal Gillikin, driver of the death car. Glenn II. Adair, administrator of the Lawrence estate, claims dam ages of $25,000 plus funeral ex penses of $525. The same amount is sought by Zelva Gillikin, ad ministrator of the Thomas Gillikin estate. Co-defendant in the suit is Wy man Carlisle Fox, owner of the car. Gillikin was convicted of manslaughter and is serving three to five years in prison. In another suit James 1). Biggs of Beaufort seeks to recover $75, 000 damages from Joseph Eldridge Adams of Newport News, Va., as the result of an automobile acci dent Jan. 17, 1960, between Pine tops and Rocky Mount. The complaint states that Biggs suffered severe back injuries when his car was hit by the Adams auto. Me filed suit to recover punitive damages, expenses incurred by hospital and doctor bills, drugs, etc., repairs to his car, and loss in anticipated earnings for ten years. Carl W Johnson is the defendant in a trespass suit filed by Paul B. Bcacham and wife. The Bcachams claim they owned a lot in west Newport on which Johnson tres 1 passed without permission. They I also claim he damaged personal property such as shrubs and trees and seek $1,000 compensatory and $1,000 punitive damages. In another suit Sound Chevrolet Co. seeks to recover $988.18 from Coy Wallace, which the company claims is due on an automobile sold to Wallace . Beach Otficials Discuss Traffic Mayor A. B. Cooper and town clerk M. G. Coyle conferred Thurs day afternoon at Atlantic Beach with Charles Snell, highway divi sion engineer, and other highway officials relative to the summer traffic problem to and from Boguc Banks. Mr. Coyle said that visitors arc flocking to the banks in ever-in creasing numbers, but the high way commission, apparently, is making no effort to keep pace with the step-up in cars. Highway officials said they were conscious of the situation. Mayor Cooper and Mr. Coyle contended that being conscious of it is not enough. Plans should be on the drawing board now to help ease the traffic problem on the Fort Macon road, the only way of ac cess to Fort Macon park, and to the banks, they said. They suggested that another bridge may be necessary. “The way things are growing over here,” Mr. Coyle said, “something has to be done.” Highway officials suggested that the beach board put in writing the problems and present them to the new highway commission in July. Three Happy Youngsters Se attest and Maola dairies famished ice cream for an ice cream eating contest Thursday morning held on the parking lot of Sanitary restaurant. Among other hid finalists was Pappy Joe Fulcher, center, who will be 85 next month. Giving Pappy Joe his closest competition wen Craig Cannon, 12, and mho . - .. .--■-. New Morehead School Planning to Start July 1 Dottie Chalk Wins Crown % r*j Garland Scruggs, chairman of the June Dairy Month campaign for Carteret county, crowns Miss Dottie Chalk, Morehead City, as County Dairy Princess. The crowning took place in the Beau fort high school auditorium fol County Board Requests Law Library Bill Killed County commissioners yesterday requested county legislator D. G. Bell to withdraw the bill which would provide a public law library for the county by raising court costs. Commissioner Skinner Chalk said that all of the lawyers in the county are not in favor of it. Lu ther Hamilton Jr., county attorney, said that the county bar associa tion’s decision to request the law was not unanimous. Mr. Bell said that he was in fav or of a law library open to the public but he felt the bill should be amended to provide supervision and control over it “or the books would end up on a shelf in some lawyer’s office.” He mentioned that under the new court system, which won ap proval in the legislature this year, a law library would be furnished individual courts by the state. He wanted to know if the county board thought it imperative that this county establish its own library until that time. The commissioners decided that the bill (HB 553), introduced by Mr. Bell, should be taken out of the stack of bills now before the legislature. The commissioners also asked that a bill introduced by Sen. Lu ther Hamilton,* which would ex empt Carteret from mapping reg ulations, be killed. Odell Merrill, register of deeds, said that the law, as it now per tains to this and many other coun ties, is a good one. It has been of much help in his office, he com mented. The commissioners said that the proposal to exempt the county from the mapping requirements was started through the legislative mill at Raleigh without their knowledge. Mr. Bell observed that three bills had been introduced last week by senator Hamilton and he didn't know whether the county board had requested their introduction, lie commented that it would be helpful if county officials kept him informed of bills they were inter See BILLS, Page 2 Tide Table Tides at the Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, June 8 2:05 a.m. 8:42 a.m. 2:50 p.m. 9:17 p.m. Wednesday, June 7 3:06 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 3:49 p.m. 10:16 p.m. Thursday, June 8 4:08 a.m. 10:33 a.m. 4:48 p.m. 11:11 p.m. Friday, June • 5:08 a.m. 11:23 a.m. lowing the annual Dairy Princess contest Thursday night. First runncrup to Miss Chalk was Lorraine Hatcher, left. Shir ley Frederick, right, was second runncrup. Miss Chalk is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. k Scout Official Speaks to Club Thomas A. Guiton, Carteret Scout executive, spoke on International Scouting and World Brotherhood to members of the Morehead City Ro tary club Thursday night. Mr. C.uiton said that the program of Scouting came closer to the an swers for a successful youth guid ance program than any other, in cluding the youth programs of the churches. He commented that training in leadership, citizenship, cooperation and manual arts gives the boys tools for getting along ‘with others, from local to international relation ships. Scouting membership in this county is approximately 525, ac cording to Mr. Guiton. A goal of 700 is envisioned for the end of the year. Two Negro troops, the first of their kind, have been or ganized in the county. St. James Missionary church is the sponsor of a troop in Morehead City and a Beaufort Negro troop is sponsor ed by the Queen Street PTA. The Rt-v. K. Guthrie Brown re ported that Rotary awards had been presented at graduation cere monies to Christine Walker of W. S. King high school and John Crowe of Morehead City high school. The awards are made an nually to students judged outstand ing in their graduation class. Fred Hale, Raleigh, attended the meeting as a visiting Rotarian. Should Women Wear Brief Outfits in Public Places? By ELLEN MASON Appropriate dress is always a topic of conversation among wom en, and some men. Here in the beach area, one doesn’t always know what to wear or what is ex pected to be worn, therefore many different costumes can be seen at a single event or place. A telephone survey of ten More head City and Beaufort residents Friday showed divided opinions on the wearing of short shorts, bath ing suits and tight slacks by wom en in public places such as res taurants, downtown, churches or movies. The lone male who answered the telephone was Jack Wheatley of Beaufort. He voiced a definite “no” to the question, “Do you think women should be permitted News-Times Photo by McComb Chalk. Miss Hatcher is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Hatcher and Miss Frederick the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owens Frederick. Other contestants were Maxine Jones, Carollyn Meiggs, Nancy Huntley, and Ginny Duncan. Coast Guard Aids Two Craft A 20-foot runobout and the Caro lina Queen were objects of Coast Guard assists over the weekend. The runabout, owned by Jethro Quidley of Beaufort, was sighted in distress Friday near Shackle ford Banks by the 30-footer while on routine patrol. Engine failure had stalled the craft. The 30-footer towed the boat to Beaufort. William Morgan, BM-1; Frederick Ilurst, EN-2 and H. D. Paul, SN, were the ctew aboard the 30-footer. On Saturday afternoon the Coast Guard was called to the aid of the headboat, Carolina Queen, off Cape Lookout, which reported trouble from a vibrating shaft. Making the assist to the Queen was the 40-footcr which towed the vessel to Cannon Boatworks, More head City. The 40-footer’s crew was Pete Brunk, BM-2; Harold Snipes, EN-1 and HL D. Paul, SN. Blueberry Harvesting Begins Here Thursday Picking blueberries got under way, in the county Thursday, ac cording to Frank.Nance, farm la bor supervisor. Mr. Nance said that there are about 135 migrants in the county now and approximately 175 more are expected. The number of migrants needed has dropped because no green beans were grown in the county this year. Weather has delayed the irish potato harvest. Work for migrants has been such that tremendous numbers have not been needed to harvest different crops all at the same time. and tight slacks in public places in our county?” He said, “1 don't think it looks good at all.” When asked if he thought other men shared his opinion he said, “Boys like to talk about girls in shorts, but I don’t think they real ly like them.” On the other side of the fence. Miss Bunny Moore, also of Beau fort, said, “If it’s a resort area, yes 1 do.” “But,” she said, “1 think it can be carried to.extremes, too.” Mrs. Jane R. Yopp, Beaufort, thought a decision should be based on the vicinity a person was in. “I think they’re appropriate at the beach, but not in town.” Mrs. E. B. Fleming of Morehead City remarked that it depends on the shape the woman’s in. “Well, *■ The county board of edu cation informed county com missioners yesterday morn ing that it plans to start on tiie new Morehead City high school July 1, 1961. The county board agreed to make available to the board of education money in the school reserve fund up to the amount of $335,IKK) (plus interest of $8,000), as bills for the project are presented. In the fund now is $335,000 and interest. No provision has been made to add to the fund this year. According to long-range board of education plans, the money being set aside was earmarked for Ihe Morehead City school, deemed by the board Ihe school most in need of a new building. The resolution requesting the money was read by George Wal lace, Morehead City, member of the county education hoard. Considerable discussion ensued, but it, was sparked mainly over a misunderstanding as to how ihe funds are tu he paid out. J. I). Potter, county auditor, said the money could not be turned over to the board of education in a lump sum, but had to lie paid out in the usual manner of disbursing capital outlay funds. This entails tlu county hoard of education’s engaging an architect, contractor and whatever neces sary, then presenting the bills to the auditor for payment. The board approved disbursing the funds in that manner, for the Morehead City high school, up to the amount of $335,000 plus inter est. The board plans to build the school in units, completing sepa rate units as the funds become available. The board of education resolution also asked that the commissioners “make every effort possible to se cure funds to complete the entire project by the 1962-(i3 school year.” The money now available has ac cumulated over the past two years. The board estimates that total cost of the new school will be $750,000 plus equipment. Appearing before Ihe county hoard, in addition to Mr. W'allace, were II. I,. Joslyn, county superin tendent of schools; 11. S. Gibbs Jr., member of the Morehead City school board; W. B. Allen and D. Mason, education board members. Mrs. L. J. Klein, Beaufort, repre senting the County PTA council, appeared to request that funds be made available for schools in a larger amount than indicated in the current budget. The commis sioners said this would entail either higher taxes or a bond issue. Commissioner Skinner Chalk said that federal aid is not the answer to the school problem. “If peopla would tighten their bolts and get us out of debt, wc will have $400,000 a year for schools,” Mr. Chalk said. “Issuing school bonds will not solve the school problem,” he ob served. “If you raise taxes, some in the lower income brackets will not be able to pay and the overall effect will be that we don’t collect as much tax money as we do now,” he concluded. Mrs. Klein expressed the opinion that schools “arc the most urgent and difficult thing wc have on our hands right now.” President Lists Dues Collectors Mrs. John Costlow, Beaufort, president of Friends of the Library, has announced names of persons who will accept Friends of the Library membership dues. The annual membership fee is $1. They are as follows. Atlantic Beach: Mrs. J. C. Har vell. Beaufort: Mrs. Glenn Adair, Mrs. Lockwood Phillips, Mrs. Ken neth Fischler, Mrs. Helen Warthen, Mrs. Lbuise Arrington, Mrs. Wiley Taylor Sr„ Mrs. Maybclle Mace. Mrs. T. R. Ivcrscn, Mrs. William S. Thomas, Mrs. John Brooks, Mrs. L. J. Herring, Mrs. Russell Klemm, Mrs. Earl Lewis, Mrs. Clarence Guthrie. Mrs. L. J. Klein, Mrs. Howard Jones, Mrs. George Rees, Mrs. William Nicholson. Gloucester: Mrs. Eloise Pigott; Morehead City: Mrs. John Rcntjes, Dr. Austin Williams, Mrs. Theo dore Rice. Sea Level: Mrs. J. L. DeWalt; Wildwood: Mrs. Edith Murdoch, Mrs. Maryanna Murdoch. Membership cards are also available at the library on Pol lock and Broad streets, Beaufort, at book stations throughout the county and from the bookmobile. 110 Register One hundred ten persons have registered for the June 13 election in Beaufort on extending the town limits. Saturday was the last day