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50th YEAR, NO. 65.
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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Tomor row
Robert L. Bell,
Deputies Take
Oaths Yesterday
Robert Lee (Bobby) Bell became
sheriff at 12:07 p.m. yesterday.
The oath was administered by A.
tt. James, clerk of superior court,
in the courtroom of the courthouse.
At 12:08 p.m., sheriff Bell’s dep
uties took their oaths. They are
C. H. Davis, chief deputy, Bruce
Edwards, and Billy Wayne Smith.
The ceremony took place at the
front of the courtroom amidst red,
white and blue bunting where for
mer sheriff Hugh Salter took his
oath as federal marshal last night.
Sheriff Bell succeeds sheriff Sal
ter, who will begin work tomorrow
as marshal of the federal eastern
district of North Carolina.
Twenty spectators witnessed the
ceremony yesterday noon. Among
them were members of the offi
cers’ families.
The Rev. B. L. Davidson, pastor
of the First Methodist church, at
the request of the new sheriff, of
fered prayer at the end of the oath
taking.
Marshal Salter will be occupied
during his first week in office this
week with court at Raleigh. The
following week he will be at Eliza
beth City.
Library Adds
Ben Muse Book
Virginia’s Massive Resistance by
Benjamin Muse has been added
to the shelves of Carteret county
library, announces Mrs. Minnie
Simpson, librarian.
Mr. Muse is the brother of Miss
Amy Muse, Beaufort, who is sec
retary of the County library board
of trustees.
*' He is a former Virginia state
senator, one-time Republican
gubernatorial nominee, and is at
present the director of the South
ern Leadership project of the
Southern Regional council.
A recognized commentator on
the South, Mr. Muse has written
articles which have appeared in
Harper’s, The Reporter, The Na
tion, and The New Republic. In
addition, he has contributed a
weekly column and occasional fea
ture articles to the Washington
Post for a ten-year period.
High Court Gets
'Suicide' Brief
The attorney general’s office, in
a brief filed with the state supreme
court Thursday, contends that at
tempted suicide is a crime. A rul
ing is being sought in the case of
Edgar Willis of this county, who
attempted to commit suicide in
February of this year.
The body of a woman, Mrs. Ag
gie Ballou, was found in a barn
in which Willis had been living at
Straits. Before officers could ap
prehend Willis, they say he slash
ed his throat and tried to hang
himself.
Judge Albert Cowper, in superior
court in Beaufort, threw out a
charge against Willis of attempting
to commit suicide, on the grounds
that this is not a crime.
Robert Rouse Jr., solicitor for
the state, appealed, and has been
joined by the state attorney gen
eral’s office in carrying the< case
before the supreme court. The
state’s brief says that attempted
suicide is a violation of common
law.
It adds that since there is no
law on the subject “the common
law is in effect on this point.’’
Museum Director Reports
Theft of Sword, Harpoon
A Confederate officer’s sword
and a hand whaling harpoon have
been stolen from the Alphonso,
whaling museum at Beaufort.
Graydcn Paul, who is in charge
of the museum, is hoping that they
will be returned, but if not he has
posted a cash reward for the ar
rest and conviction of the thief,
or thieves, who took them.
Mr. Paul said the items were
taken either Friday night or early
Saturday morning of the invasion
day, Aug. 5.
He is extremely concerned over
the missing items. They are actu
ally of little cash value but of tre
mendous historic value. “The own
ers of these items lent them to me
only after I assured them I would
take very good care of them. I’m
Builder Meets Code — And Then Some
News-Time* Photos by McComb
Coupty building inspector, Harrell Taylor, has lauded the builders of this house in Marshallberg for
going even farther than the building code calls for in meeting requirements for hurricane protection.
The house is being built for Bruce Smith, Marshallberg.
Henry Russell, carpenter, indicates one of the brackets that is be
ing used to tie the ceiling joists to the walls in the Bruce Smith house
under construction at Marshallberg. Building specifications call for
only one bracket every four rafters but the house is being built with
one bracket on each rafter.
Atlantic Residents Cite Drawbacks
In Moving Ferry Slip to Cedar Isle
Two Drivers
Hurt in Wreck
Discharged yesterday morning
from the Morehead City hospital
was Eddie Masotti, 18, route 1
Beaufort, who was slightly injured
in an auto accident just south of
the beach drawbridge at 1:30 a.m.
Sunday.
Also injured in the accident was
Hubert F. Grant, of the Coast
Guard cutter Jonquil, who received
cuts.
According to highway patrolman
W. J. Smith, Masotti, in a 1959
Rambler, was headed north and
said he fell asleep. Grant was
headed toward the beach in a 1961
Chevrolet. The patrolman said the
Rambler went over into the Chev
rolet’s lane, hitting Grant head-on.
Masotti has been charged with
driving on the wrong side of the
road. Damage to the Chevrolet
was estimated at $800 and to the
Rambler $600.
just so upset I don’t know what I’m
going to do,” Mr. Paul said.
Anyone who has any information
whatever which may lead to the
recovery of the items is asked to
contact Mr. Paul at Paul Motor
Co. or phone his home, PA8-4443-.
Mr. Paul said that since the mu
seum opened June 1, there have
been 100 out-of-town visitors, or
more than a thousand thus far this
summer. Income from admission
fees has been $25 a week, which
is what it takes weekly to keep the
museum open, Mr. Paul said.
Girls are on duty at the museum
all the time and other services Mr.
Paul himself undertakes are done
free of charge. The girls are paid
by Mr. Paul from admission re
ceipts.
■ Not everyone at Atlantic is happy
about the prospect of the Ocracoke
ferry landing being changed to
Cedar Island. The former State
Highway commission decided to
move the landing to shorten the
ferry 'route between the Carteret
mainland and Ocracoke and thus
make , fcpssible two ferry trips a
day. At present there is only one.
Those opposed to the moving say
that the state coqld put on a sec
ond ferry for less money than will
be required to maintain a slip at
Cedar Island as well as improve
the highway to the island.
These are two major disadvan
tages, they say, to moving the fer
ry landing:
• The 16-mile road between Cedar
Island and Atlantic is a secondary
road. It is narrow. About five
miles is bounded on both sides by
marsh and water and is under
water frequently when storms hit.
• The draw at the Thoroughfare
(between Cedar Island and Atlan
tic) has to open for .vessels with
masts.. In the spring and during
the shrimping season (summer)
the bridge is open sometimes as
long as 45 minutes.
Atlantic residents against the
Cedar Island landing admit that if
the ferry were moved to Cedar
Island, the trip to Ocracoke would
be shortened by two hours thus
probably permitting the boat to
make two trips daily.
But this, they say, would be pos
sible only in clear, not windy
weather, for the time saved by
moving the ferry to Cedar Island
would be lost in securing the ferry
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Aug. 15
10:44 a.m.
10:34 p.m.
4:30 a.m.
4:39 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 16
11:17 a.m.
11:10 p.m.
4:53 a.m.
5:07 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 17
11:54 a.m.
11:54 p.m.
5:18 a.m.
5:44 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 18
12:37 a.m.
5:51 a.tn.
6:42 p.m.
Twelve building permits were
issued by H. C. Taylor, county
building inspector, for the month
of July, the first month of opera
tion under a county building
code.
The inspector said he has also
approved several requests re
garding making of minor repairs.
Investigated during the month
were 13 houses under construc
tion.
Any violators of the building
code, Mr. Taylor said, have been
notified by letter. Mr. Taylor has
office hours in the courthouse,
Beaufort, daily from 9 a.m. to
noon. (
Radio Club Sets
Beginning Date
For Code Classes
The Carteret amateur radio club
will hold code and theory classes
at the Atlantic Beach municipal
building beginning Sept. 20, an
nounces Mrs. Harry Williams, sec
retary.
Anyone who is interested in be
coming a licensed radio amateur or
ham is invited to attend the
classes, which will begin at 7:30
p.m. Dates of additional classes
will be announced.
The club met Wednesday at the
home of R. C. Slater, Beaufort,
president. It was decided that the
eleven members now on roll will
become charter members.
in a position where it could both
load and unload cars safely. Then
too, they claim that northeast
winds blowing off Pamlico Sound
would make the crossing very haz
ardous.
They estimate that for one-fifth
of what it would cost to move the
ferry, set up operation at Cedar
Island, and improve the secondary
road, a second ferry could be pur
chased by the state for use at At
lantic.
If a second ferry is put at At
lantic, the Atlantic residents claim
it would mean more business for
the entire county, since travelers
could stay — the night before their
departure — in hotels and motels
from Morehead City to Atlantic.
If the ferry is put on Cedar
Island, the Atlantic residents claim,
travelers will have to spend the
night on Cedar Island to insure
their not being held up by the
bridge at the Thoroughfare.
These folks say there are far
fewer shoals to encounter if the
ferry is moved to Cedar IsUnd. On
the other hand, they claim the fer
ry has not been aground since May
of this year and is in no danger of
grounding if piloted by someone
who knows the channel.
Listing other aspects, these At
lantic residents cited the existence
of a hospital and telephone service
as very important. At Cedar Island,
there, is no telephone service or
hospital. (County commissioners
have requested the phone company
to provide service on Cedar
Island.)
The answer to the question of
where the ferry will eventually be
located may be decided by. the
State Highway commission in the
near future.
Three Men Get Orders
For Induction in Army
Three Carteret men have been
ordered to report tomorrow for in
duction into the Army, announces
Mrs. Ruby Holland, clerk to the
draft board.
They are Ben F. Best of New
port and Jack E. Vann Jr. and
Eddie Tyson Jr. of Beaufort. The
men will be forwarded to Raleigh
for induction.
CARTERET
WELCOMES
The State
Highway Commission
. . . May all your
troubles be little ones!
Dare Honors
Aycock Brown
Ay cock Brown, one-time editor
of The Beaufort News, was honor
ed during intermission at the pag
eant, The Lost Colony, Saturday
night at Manteo.
Mr. Brown for 13 years has been
publicist for the pageant. He is
manager of the Dare County Tour
ist bureau (Manteo is located in j
Dare county).
The tribute
was a surprise
for the energet
ic ex - newspa
perman. The
Tourist Bureau
presented him a
plaque and a
scrapbook
of more than
200 letters of
tribute and
greetings from
his friends at news media through
out the state. The book included
a letter from Mr. and Mrs. Lock
wood Phillips, who publish THE
NEWS-TIMES.
Attending the affair from this
county were C»Pt- and Mrs. Tony
Sermon,' Moreneud City.
A silver bowl was given Mr.
Brown by the Roanoke Island His
torical association.
Prior to accepting the position
in Dare county, Mr. Brown did
free-lance writing and photography
and was affiliated with the cham
ber of commerce at Morehead
City.
Editorials in The Beaufort News,
written by Mr. Brown, were se
lected for republication in a series
in THE NEWS-TIMES for six
weeks in the summer of 1959. The
editorials were selected for their
foresight and analysis of Carteret
problems. They were originally
published in 1939.
Aycock Brown
Mrs. Luther Hamilton Jr.
Wins Painting Monday
Mrs. Luther Hamilton Jr. of
Morehead City won the watercolor
seascape given away yesterday by
the American Association of Uni
versity Women. The painting.
16 x 22, was done by Charles Mc
Neill of Morehead City.
Mrs. John Vernberg, president
of the AAUW, said the painting will
be delivered to Mrs. Hamilton.
False Alarm
The Beaufort fire department an
swered a false alarm Thursday
afternoon that was turned in from
the box at Hill and Front streets.
Officials to Begin Outer
Banks Trip at More head
Report Analyzes
Water Supplies
In This County
Municipal water supplies of four
Carteret towns are catalogued in
a report recently released by the
state department of water re
sources.
Described are the supplies at At
lantic Beach, Beaufort, Morchead
City and Newport. The report,
which covers 324 town water sup
plies, is entitled Chemical and
Physical Character of Municipal
Water Supplies in North Carolina.
Information is Riven on owner
ship, total population served by the
water supply, source, treatment
plant, and water storage.
Of the municipalities checked,
178 use groilnd water, 135 use sur
face water, and 11 use both ground
and surface water. About 50 per
cent of the state’s population is
served by public water supplies,
the report reveals. Surface water
sources supply about 41 per cent
of the municipal population.
Harry E .Brown, director of the
department of water resources,
said the report will be valuable to
municipal and state officials, local
and area development groups, and
commercial and industrial organ
izations requiring information as to
the availability and quality of pub
lic water supplies.
The water supply study original
ly was undertaken as part of a co
operative program between the
state board of health and the US
Geological Survey. The department
of water resources assumed the
state cooperator’s role in i960, and
the 1961 .General Assembly gave
the department $6,000 — to be
matched by federal funds — for
continuing the study during the
next two years.
ICC Stops Lower
Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce com
mission has decreed that Southern
may not put into effect the lower
grain rates it had announced. The
rates would have gone into effect
Thursday.
D. W. Brosnan, executive vice
president, Southern Railway Sys
tem, Washington, D. C., comment
ed on the ICC action as follows:
“The suspension was more or
less to be expected since this is
the time for the registering of pro
tests rather than for affirmative
action. It is evident that the pro
ponents for the maintenance of
higher rates at the public expense
were quite vociferous..
“In due season, the ICC will un
doubtedly schedule the matter for
hearing at which time the issues
can and will be gone into thorough
ly. We have every confidence that
in the end the finding will be that
the public is entitled to these re
duced rates rather than that a
few selfish interests can continue
to profit at the public expense.”
► Members of the State
Highway commission, who
have been in office slightly
more than one month, will
arrive in Morehead City to
morrow on the first lap of a
trip along the coast.
Because the commissioners will
he busy surveying road, bridge and
ferry problems, they will not be
! able to meet with any local resi
dents. No formal business session
\ is being planned, according to high
way commissioner D. G. Bell,
Morehead City.
After lunch Wednesday, the com
j missioners will observe from land
' and water the Morehead City
S bridge and possible sites for the
! new bridge. They will view the
! Emerald Isle ferry landings from
the Carteret mainland and Bogue
banks, as well as roads leading to
and from the landings.
The commissioners expect to
I spend Wednesday night in More
I head City, leaving Thursday morn
! ing for Oeracoke via the ferry at
! Atlantic. They will survey ferry
I operation along the outer banks,
; ending their journey Friday at
! Edenton.
All highway commissioners, with
i the exception of James Glenn, are
I expected to be present. They are
; Merrill Evans, chairman; Yates
Bennett, Clifton Benson, Watson
Brame, Graham Elliott, Launch
Faircloth.
William Horner, Ted Jordan,
Worth Joyner, Jack Kirksey,
James G. W. Macl.amrpc, Thomas
McLean, Clint Newton, Murray
Tate Jr., Mr. Elsie Webb, Gilliam
I Wood, Paul Yontz, and Mr. Bell.
Arrnmpanying the commission
ers will be W. F. Babcock, direc
tor of highways; Ben Roney, di
rector of secondary roads; W. S.
Winslow, hydrographic engineer;
D. W. Patrick, in charge of ferries
and bridges; C. W. Lee, comp
troller, and Charles Snell, engineer
for the second division, which in
cludes Carteret.
Pickup Trucks
Meet Head-On
Two pickup trucks collided head
on at 6:30 p.m. Friday on the
Merrimon road a mile and a half
north of the Merrimon road’s inter
section with highway 70.
Driving a 1955 Chevrolet pickup
was Robert Hyatt, New Bern, who
was headed north, and driving a
1949 Ford pickup was Clyde Ed
ward Felton, route 1 Beaufort.
Felton told highway patrolman
W. J. Smith that he put on brakes
and was pulled into the opposite
lane of traffic, lie was charged
with driving with improper brakes.
Damage to the 1955 pickup was
estimated at $400 and the other
pickup was judged not worth re
pairing. No one was hurt.
Swimmer Treated
Mrs. Walter Davis of Unicoi,
Tenn., was treated in the emer
gency room at Morehead City hos
pital shortly before noon yester
day after she became overtired
from swimming. She was taken
to the hospital in the Bell-Munden
ambulance.
Byrd Wade Heads Committee
Charles B. Wade Jr. of Winston-Salem, a native of Morehead City and now a top official with the K.
J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., left, receive* from Gov. Terry Sanford his commission as a member of the
State Board of Conservation and Development Mr. Wade has been named chairman of the CfcD hoard's
state advertfalnf mmmBtea
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County Men
Get Positions
On A&NC Board
• Officials Convene
Friday at Beach
# Hear Proposals
Regarding Pipeline
Three Carteret residents were
named to the board of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad Fri
day morning at the annual meet
ing at the Atlantic Beach hotel.
Appointed by the governor were
W. B. Chalk, Morehead City, and
Moses Howard, Newport. Among
directors named by private stock
holders was H. S. Gibbs, More
head City. Mr. Gibbs was reap
pointed. Mr. Chalk and Mr. How
ard are new appointees.
Retiring from the board are
George R. Wallace, Morehead City,
and Dan Taylor, of Sea Level and
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Dr. John Gainey, Morehead City,
was appointed to serve on the fi
nance committee. (Committee
members need not be directors).
Mr. Gibbs was named by private
stockholders to the executive com
mittee. Others on this committee
are Troy Page of Clayton and Mr.
Howard of Newport.
The board was informed that the
Air Force has expressed interest in
construction of a pipeline to carry
fuel for jet aircraft. The line
would run !)8.7 miles between
Morehead City and Seymour John
son Air Force base at Goldsboro,
according to E. M. Callis, promo
ter affiliated with the North Caro
lina Storage and Pipeline Corp.
Mr. Callis said that it is propos
ed that 30 miles of the line be laid
on Southern's right-of-way. Even
though it was suggested that South
ern would share in any profit as
the result of the line’s being on
railroad right-of-way, the proposal
got a cool reception.
At present, Southern moves jet
fuel by tank car between More
head City and Goldsboro. (South
ern leases the Morchcad-Goldsboro
line from the Atlantic and North
Carolina railroad.)
Mr. CdMis also mentioned that
the line would run, if built, on
highway right-of-way. George
Akers Moore Jr., president of the
A&NC, quoted Gov. Terry Sanford
as saying that the state would not
grant pipeline right-of-way over
highway or railroad right-of-ways,
if this would “adversely affect’’
the A&NC or Southern.
Southern pays the state a flat
rental fee for the railroad plus
additional rents based on its rev
enues.
Mr. Moore also noted that the
state has gotten no word from the
Air Force relative to a pipeline.
The way Mr. Callis described it,
the line would take the shortest
route between Morehead City and
Goldsboro and would cross private
property as well as state right-of
ways.
President Moore read a state
ment from the governor which re
quested that railroad officials and
stockholders support in every way
the bond- issue to be voted on Nov.
7.
The bond issue includes $13Vi
million for ports, plus funds for
colleges and mental institutions.
The governor could not be pres
ent because of a speaking engage
ment in Wilson. He spent the
weekend, however, at the Atlantic
Beach hotel.
The A&NC paid its annual divi
dend of $2 a share during the past
year, according to the annual re
port. This is the second consecu
tive year that the dividend has
been paid. Albert R. Bell, New
Bern, railroad inspector, gave a
detailed report on the condition of
the road.
Rotary Club Sees
Film Thursday
A film on the Northwest North
Carolina Development Corp. was
shown members of the Morehead
City Rotary club at their meeting
at the Rex restaurant Thursday
night.
The Northwest North Carolina
Development Corp. is one of sev
eral corporations throughout the
state promoting industry and im
provements for regional areas. W.
B. Chalk, past president of the
Neuse Development Corp., showed
the film.
Visiting Rotarians were James
D. Banner, Randleman; James C.
Cooper, Henderson; E. B. Comer,
Newport; and James Fleming,
Greenville. Robert McNeill, a ca
det at West Point, attended the
meeting as a guest of his father,
George H. McNeill.