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THE NEWS-TIMES
50th YEAR, NO. 98.
THREE SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1961
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Two State Officials Comment
On Federal School-Aid Funds
Read to the county board of edu- +
cation, at its meeting Monday in
the courthouse annex, were let
ters from school officials at Ra
leigh.
The letters concerned federal
laws relative to school aid.
One letter, from W. L. Lathan,
stated that the county is not able
to qualify for federal funds under
public law 815. Mr. Lathan is edu
cation consultant, division of school
planning, department' of public in
struction.
H. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent of schools, said that he was
accused “of not working on” the
project of getting school funds for
the county under that law. He
said be reviewed the situation, then
wrote Mr. Lathan for his opinion.
Mr. Lathan’s letter, dated Nov.
24, 1961, said in part, “You do not
qualify for aid under PL 815.” Re
ferring to efforts by Newport resi
dents for more school funds, he.
added that even if Newport were
a separate school district, it would
not qualify for the aid.
The other letter was a copy of
a letter sent to Mrs. R. M. Parker,
route 2 Newport, from Dr. B. Alden
Lillywftlte, associate director for
federally-affected areas.
Mrs. Parker, according to Mr.
Joslyn, said that Newport, is not
receiving “its share” of funds un
der public law 874.
Dr. Lilly white explained, in his
letter, that funds are not appor
tioned according to number of chil
dren in a school whose parents
have jobs with federally-connected
agencies. The funds, he explained
help “compensate for an area not
taxable” such as the place where
children live (federal property) or
the place where parents are em
ployed, such as a military base.
Dr. Lillywhite further stated that
the federal government does not
have the authority to say how local
school units should use the funds. ;
This was in answer to a request j
See EDUCATION, Page 8
Fire School
Set for Next
Week, Newport
Members of all fire departments
in the county and those in four sur
rounding counties have been invit
ed to the fire school to be conduct
ed Monday through Thursday at
Newport school.
According to C. A. Gould Jr.,
Newport fire chief, the sessions
will be conducted nightly from 7
to 10 p.m. A course in fire-fight
ing will be taught by a state
training officer.
Chief Gould informed the New
port town board of plans for the
school when the board met Tues
day night.
Commissioners approved newly
elected officers of the fire depart
ment, chief Gould; Fred Kelly, as
sistant fire chief; George Green,
captain; John Kelly, lieutenant;
Allen Elliott, secretary; W. D.
Heath Jr., treasurer, and Ira Jones,
chaplain.
Chief Gould said firemen have
put street lights up, plan to dec
orate the community tree tonight
and lights will be turned on Mon
day.
Mayor Leon Mann reported that
the town finally received a copy
of the fire contract with the coun
ty. The contract deals with the
town providing service to a fire
district wherein the residents are
taxed by the county for the service
and the revenue remitted to the
town.
The beard authorised sending of
written notices to residents who
will no longer be eligible for fire
fighting service. These notices
will go, the mayor said, to resi
dents who live from the end of
the Nine-Foot road, along highway
24 to 70 and on highway TO north
to Wildwood.
Service is being withdrawn from
those areas (outside the tax dis
trict area) and Mitt Creek because,
town officials say, residents there
have not been hearing any of the
cost of fire protection.
The mayor reported that be con
ferred Saturday morning with
Earle W. Webb, owner of a home
on Bogue sound that burned* re
cently, and Mr. Webb repeated his
thanks to the town fire department
for its efforts to stop the blaze.
Tobacco Farmers Will
Meet Tonight. Newport
Latest information on tobacco re
search will be given tobacco farm
ers at 7:30 tonight at the Newport
school auditorium, announces R.
M. Williams, county agricultural
agent.
Speakers will be S. N. Hawks
and Feraie Todd, extension spe
cialists, State College. They will
show color slides and present
latest information on tobacco va
rieties, production, plant diseases
and insect control.
Cruise Halted
The crew and masters of the antique Dutch fishing vessel, Wooden
Shoe, were forced ashore at Spooners Creek Harbor Monday night by
engine trouble. The four, left to right, Edward Malhm, John H. Tully,
George R. Warden and William Husted, were en route from New
York to Miami, Florida. They are staying in Morehead C3ty long
enough to earn money to continue their journey and have engine re
pairs made.
A 53-foot flat-bottom Dutch hot
ter, the Wooden Shoe, built in
1891 and raised from Patchogue,
L. I„ waters last August by four
young adventurers, was a vis
itor at Spooners Creek Harbor
this week.
The vessel, which was original
ly built as a fishing boat in Ha
derdyk, Holland, was brought to
the United States by a Columbia
professor and since has seen a
long list of owners. When it
sank last February the boat was
abandoned and remained on the
bottom until its present owners
decided to bring R up and make
:tr seawwray. ; ' ** v
The four, John H. Tully and
William Husted, Bellport, L. L,
George R. Warden, Merrick, U.
Shells Collected by Gloucester
Woman Displayed at Norfolk Club
By ELLEN MASON
A beautiful display of North Caro
lina shells, collected by Mrs. Em
mitt Piper of Gloucester, is a ma
jor attraction of the nautically
decorated skippers’ lounge at La
fayette Yacht club, Norfolk, Va.
The collection includes every col
lectable shell on the Outer Banks
except the oyster, which Mrs. Piper
considers “trash.”
Mrs. Piper gave the collection to
the club at the suggestion of Ver
non Myers, commodore, who is a
brother of Mrs. A1 Hubbard, Glou
cester. The shells were also dis
played at the Waterfront Museum
in Morehead City last summer.
Mrs. Piper roams the Outer
Banks wearing long boots and arm
ed with a rake and bucket. She
ignores the bleached shells lying
all over the sand and searches for
minute holes or bubbles in the wcv
sand that denote buried shell ani
mals.
Mrs. Piper, who calls herself a
“conchologist,” specializes in col
lecting conch shells. She boils the
conchs out and polishes the shells
with a rough towel. Mr. Piper
shares his wife’s interest in shell
collecting and they have a multi
tude of shells of every description
in and around their home.
Mrs. Piper has worked with 4
H’ers in collecting shells and assist
ed Miss Lida Mae Pigott, Glouces
ter 4-H’er, in identifying the shells
in her blue-ribbon winning scar
scape.
An excellent gardener, Mrs.
Piper is an active member of the
Gloucester Home Demonstration
club. She is serving as her club's
community service chairman this
year.
She was appointed by county
commissioners to serve on the
county planning commission and is
the only woman on the board.
Mrs. Floy Garner, county home
demonstration agent, describes
Mrs. Piper as “a woman who loves
to share things.” Mrs. Piper pro
vided Mrs. Garner with shells and
other items when she was in charge
of decorations for the 1960 state
home agents’ meeting at State col
lege in Raleigh.
Mrs. Piper also provided enough
sun ray shells for use as mint eups
for the dinner, Mrs. Garner said,
and home agents from everywhere
were thrilled with them.
This busy homemaker-shell col
lector-gardener-helper also found1
time to assist in the organization
of the Home Demonstration dub at
Marahallberg.
1., and Edward Mallon, Balti
more, launched the boat in Octo
ber. They’re bound for Miami,
Fla., where three of them plan
to enter college in February.
Circumstances have made it
necessary to interrupt their voy
age briefly in Morehead City.
Engine failure and lack of funds
have necessitated a stay-over
here white the boys earn enough
money to continue their journey.
Since docking Monday night
three of the youths have found
employment with J. T. Barnes
and George Wallace.
The Wooden Shoe sleeps eight
person!}, is equipped with, • gal
ley but no rest cooiM and over
one door is nailed a small wood
en' coin box that pleads, “Help
resole the Wooden Shoe.”
Mrs. Ena mitt Piper
. . shelling away
County Continues Hospital Efforts
County commissioners Monday
afternoon directed the county at
torney, Luther Hamilton Jr., to
follow through with bond attorneys’
requests for further clarification
they want relative to sale of hos
pital bonds.
Mr. Hamilton said the bond at
torneys would like a declaratory
judgment, by a resident superior
court judge, as to whether the bond
order of 1960, and the ballot used
in the November 1960 bond elec
tion, made reference to the coun
ty's refinancing its present debt.
What the next step would be,
after such a judgment is obtained,
was not defined by the commis
sioners. H the way were cleared
for the bonds to be sold, the state
funds formerly earmarked for this
county, will not be available,
Moaes Howard, chairman at the
board said.
Defendant Gets
Suspended Term
In County Court
• Aubrey Chadwick
To Pay $20 Weekly
• Two Pay $25 Fines
For Recklessness
Aubrey Chadwick received a one
year suspcrued jail sentence Tues
day in count> recorder's court,
following a conviction of non-sup
port. Judge Lambert R. Morris
suspended Chadwick’s jail term on
payment of costs and $20 a week
to the welfare department for the
use and benefit of his wife and
minor children.
Drawing fines for careless and'
reckless driving were Ductte I.
Thomas and Lawrence A. LaRock.
Thomas was fined $25 and costs
and LaRock $15 and costs. LaRock
was also charged with speeding.
Eight defendants, four of whom
failed to appear, were charged
with having improper exhaust sys
tems. Forfeiting bonds on the
charge were Cecil R. Lawrence,
Odell Wallace, Gary Waddell Hew
itt and Isaiah Johnson; The other
four, Dorothy Leigh Russell, James
F. Wooten, Calis Earl Smith, and
William Henry Brown, were all
ordered to pay one-half court costs.
Also forfeiting bonds were Wil
liam G. Hamilton. Josiah W. Bail
ey and Ned Manigo, all charged
with having improper lights. Pay
ing' one-half court costs on the
same charge were Susannah Ja
cobs and Willie A. Sharpe.
Other defendants, charges
against them and the findings of
the court follow;
Sam Carter, driving on the wrong
side of the road, bond forfeited. '
Gordon H. Salter, having no re
flectors on His truck, bond forfeit
ed.
James D. Mann, speeding, $50
and costs.
Francis G. Willis, violation fish
ing laws, bond forfeited.
Sam Pierce, -issuing a worthless
check. -The defendant was order
ed to (My court costs and to honor
the ehpek.
Jamfe* Edwin Smith, driyipg^onii
the wrong side of the road. Sort*.
William Paul Weeks, havAfiV Vo
See COURT, Page t
William Henderson, secretary of
the Medical Care commission, veri
fied this fact by phone Monday
afternoon in a conversation with
Mr. Hamilton.
Mr. Henderson said that it is
impossible to get a Carteret hos
pital under contract by April 30,
1962, and the MCC told the county
when the money was set aside
that those were the only conditions
under which the money would be
available. <
The MCC official said no exten
sion of time can be given. Re
cent. state developments make it
imperative that the money be used
for other hospital needs, Mr. Hen
derson said, specifically improve
ments at the hospital at Chapel
Hill.
He said that if Carteret commis
sioners did not release the money,
the Medical Care commission,
a
Scientist Predicts Slump
In Numbers of Menhaden
Mrs. D. G. Bell Honored
Mayor George Dill reads the proclamation ordered by the town
board and designating Wednesday, Dec. fi, as “Madie Bell Day” in
Morehead City. Mrs. D. G. Bell (Miss Madie) was honored at a re
ception Wednesday afternoon (see article on the Morehead City social
page).
County Board Discusses
Fee-System for Officers
County commissioners discussed
at length Monday afternoon the
system followed by members of
the sheriff’s department in receiv
ing fees for serving papers.
Some of the commissioners feel
it may be Wttcr for the sheriff and
deputies to draw only a straight
■alary and not receive fees.
Commissioner Skinner Chalk said
the board is interested in Mating
opinions on how the matter should
be handled.
Sheriff Robert Bell explained
that if an officer serves papers,
the defendant does not appear in
court and forfeits bond, all of the
forfeiture money goes into the
school fund. The officer does not
get his fees, although they could
be, legally, deducted, according to
A. H. James, clerk of court.
The sheriff explained that all the
fees the officers collect are put in
a box and at the end of the month
the fees are divided equally among
the sheriff and the deputies.
The sheriff said each of the men
in his department got $58 in No
vember.
Commissioner Gaston Smith said
a lot of people don't understand
what the fees arc for. He said
he’s in favor of flat salaries f6r
the sheriff and deputies, and put
ting the fees into the general fund.
The sheriff recounted an inci
dent when he was deputy. He had
to serve four papers on the same
case at four different times to the
same persons at widely separated
points in the county. He traveled,
altogether, a total of 300 miles,
then the case was settled out of
court. As a result, no fees ac
crued to the deputy. (The officers
are paid mileage because they
own their own cars.)
Mr. James said that the sher
iff’s department officers also col
lect fees on highway patrol cita
tions. He said the total in fees
that went to the department last
month was $300, including citations
issued by the patrol.
Commissioner Smith said be
didn’t think the sheriff or deputies
should get fees out of highway
patrol arrests.
Mr. James said that by studying
the records kept by the sheriff’s
secretary over a six-month period,
which will meet this week will
take the necessary steps to make
the Carteret funds available on
other hospital projects.
Mr. Howard mentioned that if
a Carteret hospital is not built
within five years after the county
voted for one, none could be built
without another referendum.
Dr. L. W. Moore, Beaufort, ap
peared before the board. He said
he was not there as a representa
tive of the County Medical society.
Dr. Moore said there were three
things the county board should dor
1. Select a hospital site
2. Get a declaratory judgment
3. Put pressure on Mr. Hender
son to hold the funds for this coun
Mr. Howard remarked that if
the commissioners had had as
many people helping them as they
had fighting them m the hospital
the board could sec how fee col
lections run and would be able to
make a salary adjustment if the
practice of giving fees to the of
ficers is eliminated.
The board agreed to ask Army
engineers to study the possibility
of deepening Beaufort harbor and
connecting channels to 15 feet.
Commissioner Smith observed,
**tra a miserable feeling to be in
a boat on the ground.”
Presented to the board were pa
pers from John Valentine, former
county civil defense director.
Among them were titles to equip
ment purchased by the county
through civil defense.
Commissioner Chalk reported on
a talk he had with Colonel Spivey
of the state civil defense office.
He said be told the official that the
county had spent as much money
as it coukl afford on civil defense.
Moses Howard, chairman of the
board, said that he talked with
Earle Webb last weekend. Mr.
Webb had offered to sell land on
which the county proposed to build
a hospital. Mr. Howard said Mr.
Webb expressed the hope that the
county would be able to build a
hospital. Mr. Webb was visiting
here! cn route to West Palm Beach
from his New York home.
The board approved payment of
$35 to the sheriff’s department for
transporting Henry Hatsell to a
Raleigh hospital, upon condition
that the county was reimbursed.
Attending the board meeting
were chairman Moses Howard,
commissioners Chalk and Smith,
David Yeomans, and C. Z. Chap
pell.
Second Marines Return,
Dock at Morehead City
Two Navy LSTs and the trans
port, Oglethorpe, docked at the
state port yesterday bringing Ma
rines home from training exercises
in the Caribbean.
Under the command of Lt. Col.
J. B. Bristow, the 1st battalion,
reinforced, 2d Marines has been
in the Caribbean since October.
An amphibious assault landing at
Onslow Beach climaxed the exer
cises.
project “we’d have the hospital.”
He told the board that Mr. Hen
derson informed him that to get
the funds again, the county would
have to re-apply. •
' Dr. Moore said that he wanted
“one week to get an extension of
90' days from the Medical Care
commission.” It was then that
the long-distance call was placed
to Mr. Henderson. Mr. Hamilton,
who bad spoken to Mr. Henderson
within the past week on the very
same subject, invited Dr. Moore
to talk witb Mr. Henderson, Dr.
Moore declined. 4
When Mr. Hamilton reported the
conversation with Mr. Henderson,
Dr. Moore told the board “not to
accept what Henderson told you.”
He said Henderson had “no right”
to obligate the money for Car
teret until after April 30.
Mr. Hamilton explained that Mr.
' '61 Record Cafch May
Be Last for a While
After this year, the “honeymoon” may be over, insofar
as the number of Atlantic menhaden available is con
cerned.
Fred -June, chief of menhaden investigations, US Bio
logical laboratory. Fivers Island, presented this informa
tion at the semi-annual meeting of the executive commit
tee, industrial products division of*
the National Fisheries Institute,
Inc.
The committee met recently at
the Biltmore hotel, Morehead City.
Although data are income, it is
estimated that 80 per cent of the
J Atlantic coast menhaden catch
this year—which appears to he
another record year in total catch
—was composed of fish three years
old.
These are fish that entered the
fishery in 1958—or to put it anoth
er way, were hatched ithat year.
Mr. June says that this fish hatch
of 1958 was probably the largest
ever to enter the fishery.
The fish that came on the scene
in that year have been the main
support of the Atlantic coast men
haden fishery for three consecutive
years. This is determined by sci
entists’ sampling, each year, the
catches brought in and finding out
how old the fish arc.
This study has revealed certain
changes in the fishery:
1. There has been a noticeable
decrease in the number of fish
four years old and older. This
trend began in 1957. It has con
tinued yearly and these older fish
arc the fewest in 1961 catches of
menhaden in the north Atlantic
this year, where the landings are
predominantly fish of the older
group.
2. For the fourth consecutive
See MENHADEN, Page 2
JayceestaSell
Christinas Trees
Morchcad City Jaycees voted
Monday night to take on the proj
ect of selling Christmas trees as
a fund-raising activity. The club
will obtain the trees from the
Great Northern Fir Co. and will
sell them from the vacant lot own
ed by George Wallace at 8th and
Arendell. Louis Russell was ap
pointed chairman of the project.
Members also voted to donate
$50 to the Woodmen of the World
for their downtown Christmas
lighting project, the $50 to come
from the sale of Christmas trees.
At a board of directors meeting
prior to Monday’s regular meet
ing, three membership applications
were approved and accepted. New
members of the club are Ed Hud
son, Frank Robinson and David
Johnson.
Richard Roberts, Religious Em
phasis Week chairman, suggested
that members attend the First
Methodist church this Sunday in a
group.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Friday, Dec. 8
8:04 a.m. 2:03 a.m.
8:32 p.m. 2:50 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 9
8:48 a.m. 2:46 a.m.
9:21 p.m. 3:33 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 19
9:37 a.m. 3:29 a.m.
10:18 p.m. 4:17 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 11
10:34 a.m. 4:14 a.m.
11:18 p.m. 5:03 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 12
11:34 a.m. 5:04 a.m.
. 5:56 p.m.
Henderson told him that he (Hen
derson) could not hold up $105,000
for Carteret and thereby risk los
ing almost a million in federal
funds that arc badly needed for
other North Carolina medical fa
cilities.
The chairman said Mr. Hender
son told him Friday it is not pos
sible to say when the funds will
be available again.
‘Homebody deserves credit for
killing the hospital and it’s not this
board,” the chairman said. “A
bird in the hand is worth two in
.the bush. We had a bird in our
hand, hut we don’t have him now
and we don’t know when there will
be another.”
“We really want this hospital,”
Dr. Moore said, “it is most vital
and this is our last chance to get
See HOSPITAL, Page 2
Caroline Water
Settles Suits
With $57,500
Carolina Water Co. has agreed
to pay Nannie M. Potter and oth
ers, Beaufort, Joe House, Beau
fort, and certain insurance com
panies a total of $57,500 in settle
! ment of a suit brought against the
water company following a fire
in the Beaufort business section
two years ago.
Thirty-nine thousand dollars will
be paid Nannie M. Potter and oth
! ers, Great American Insurance Co.
and Illinois Fire Insurance Co. The
Potter interests owned buildings
destroyed in the fire.
Damages were sought on the
basis that the water company fail
ed to keep its equipment in order,
resulting in interruption of flow
water during the fire-fighting.
To be paid Joseph House, trading
as House Drug store. New Hamp
shire Fire Insurance Co., Nation
wide Mutual and Boston Fire In
surance Co. is $18,500.
Other recent judgments filed in
the office of the clerk of superior
court:
In the case of Clarence W. Hin
shaw vs. Harry E. Austin and wife,
Helen G. Austin, Hinshaw is to re
cover from the Austins interest and
such lands, that a jury may award,
witfafun inq%y'ar to the amount
of interest and lands to be mad*
at the next term of civil court.
Compromised was the suit, Jesse
F. Maready and wife, Vera S.
Maready, vs. Miller W. Harrell and
wife, Frances. The Harrells agreed
to pay the Mareadys $2,100 and the
Mareadys to renounce claim to the
property belonging to the Harrells.
The Harrells were assessed court
costs.
In the case, Stanley Lockhart
against Robert Osmer, trading as
the Atlantic Transfer Co., Lock
hart is to recover $900 plus Interest.
Voluntary non-suit was taken in
the case, Eugene Willis Jr., by his
next friend Eugene Willis Sr. vs.
Donald J. Fiorini. Also non-suit
ed voluntarily was the suit, E. C.
Willis Sr. and Ronal Earl Willis,
trading as E. C. Willis and Son,
vs. Eugene Clifford Willis Jr. and
wife, Elizabeth.
According to the judgment, E. C.
Willis Jr. conveyed the property
in question as. requested by the
plaintiffs.
Compromised was the suit Nancy
C. Paz vs. William J. Paz and
Fred J. Byrd. The plaintiff re
ceived $1,750 from William J. Pas
and $500 from Byrd and the action
was dismissed.
Dismissed also was the suit, L.
Gordon Hardesty, trading as Har
desty Motors, vs. Thurman A.
Stocks, James Dayton Ward and
Home Finance Co. The action was
dismissed at the request of the
plaintiff and the plaintiff paid
costs.
Sight Donations
Sought by lions
A. N. Willis, chairman of the
Morebead City Lions club sight
conservation committee, asks per
sons to please send in their con
tributions to the committee. Re
ceived to date is $266.50. Be Thank
ful You Can See seals were re
cently mailed throughout the coun
ty.
' Mr. Willis said that persons need
not mail back the seals if they
don’t make a contribution. “It’s
all right for them to use them,”
he remarked.
During 1960-61, the Lions spent
$1,250.80 in sight conservation
work. Funds were spent in this
county as follows: 10 pairs at
glasses $118, eye examinations $32,
vision testing machine for the
schools $275, given to the welfare
department $300, and spent for
aid to the blind, $800.
Sent to the State Association for
the Blind was $514.80 and to the
eye bank $11.
Since July 1, 1961, $125 was sup
plied the welfare department,
three eye examinations were fi
nanced and two pairs of glasses
bought at a cost of $67.
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