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MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1961_PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AJSU rniUAia
50th YEAR, NO. 99. EIGHT PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY
IVIC CLUBS
News-Times Photo by Larry McComb
This attractive sign is on highway 70, Morehead City, at the More
head City municipal park. The park fronts on Bogue sound.
Beach Officials Defer Decision
On Regulation of Patio Businesses
A
Drier Catches
Fire Saturday
A load of clothes burned at Econ
O-Wash laundry, 1107 Arendell St.,
Morehead City, when a drier
caught fire at 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
Morehead City firemen put out the
blaze.
Mrs. James H. McLain, More
head City, who with her husband,
operates the automatic laundry,
said that a customer had put three
loads of wash in a drier and left
the laundry.
When the customer returned at
the end of 45 minutes, flames had
melted the gasket around the door
of the drier and flames were leap
ing out. Mrs. McLain said the
clothes had been left in too long.
Normal drying time is 10 minutes
per load.
Firemen had to shovel the burn
ed laundry out. Mrs. McLain said
the drying unit can be replaced
and the machine rewired. The loss
is covered by insurance, she said.
Firemen returned to the fire sta
tion in 30 minutes.
Engine Derails
An Atlantic and East Carolina lo
comotive derailed on the Camp
Glenn spur track Thursday after:
noon but was put back on several
hours later with the aid of chocks
and wedges, according to Dick
Jones of the A&EC office. A sub
stitute engine took the train out
while the regular one was disabled.
Craft Will Sail to Haiti
The HATI, a former YP patrol
boat, has been donated by the
US Navy for use in a large
scale human evaluation study of
two anti-tuberculosis vaccines.
It lay this week, during out-fit
ting, at the Machine and Supply
Co. dock, Beaufort.
To be conducted in the. Dis
trict of Jeremie, Haiti, the study
is under the auspices of the Hai
tian-American Tuberculosis In
stitute (HATI) which was organ
ized to carry out the study by a
group of North Carolina scien
tists and the Republic of Haiti.
' Deferred until January was a1
decision by Atlantic Beach town
officials relative to regulation of
outdoor “patio” type places that
sell beer. The town board met Fri
day morning.
More stringent regulation is be
ing considered because of com
plaints from beach residents and
visitors last summer.
A proposed ordinance to “regu
late public dance halls and beer
selling places on the beach” was
presented by town attorney George
McNeill.
The ordinance requires rest
rooms in such places; all beer to
be consumed while seated at a ta
ble, no beer drunk from open air
spaces, patio or shelter, and the
building must comply with the
town building code. A fine of $5
was set for violation.
Mayor A. B. Cooper said he felt
the regulation was too strict. Wea
ther penalizes the outdoor business
men, Mr. Cooper said. “If the
manager stays sensible and doesn’t
get overheated because he’s not
making money, it’s all right. But
then they (managers) start getting
hungry, and they try everything
in the book.”
It was stated that “the Pavilion”
sells beer indoors and outdoors and
two other places on the boardwalk
sell beer outdoors during the sum
mer season.
The mayor observed that the
regulation requiring persons to sit
down while drinking beer “clean
ed up our beach overnight.” Po
lice chief Bill Moore remarked that
the biggest trouble at the open air
patios is people standing at the
bar to drink beer.
He said there isn’t enough space
See ORDINANCE, Page 2
The two vaccines are the po
tentially superior RX, developed
in the research department of
the NC Sanatorium System, and
the best of several BCGs, a wide
ly used anti-tuberculosis vaccine.
Dr. H. Mac Vandivis*e of
Chapel Hill is the American co
director of HATI. The Ameri
can sponsor is the North Caro
lina Tuberculosis association, a
Christmas seal-supported agen
cy. The full;scale program can
be launched as soon as $70,000
is in the HATI fund—the amount
needed for the first year of the
County's Travel
Income Better
Thai® Million
• Chamber Releases
1960 Survey
9 Restaurants, Cars Get
Most of Tourist Dollar
Travel income to Carteret for
1960 amounted to $6,653,000, ac
cording to J. A. DuBois, manager
of the greater Morehead City
chamber of commerce.
The chamber’s estimate is based
on statistics compiled by Lewis G.
Copeland, University of Tennessee,
and released by the North Carolina
Travel council.
Mr. DuBois points out that auto
expenditures have displaced lodg
ing from second place in the tour
ist’s dollar distribution.
The greatest part of the tourist
dollar, 34 cents, still goes for food
and drink. But auto expenses
come second with 23 cents, push
ing lodging down to third place,
19 cents.
Entertainment comes next, 15
cents, and miscellaneous expenses,
9, last.
See TRAVEL, Page 2
Firemen Will
Help Needy
Morehead City firemen are col
lecting money now for their Christ
mas fund for the needy, announces
Mack Edwards, engineer.
Mr. Edwards says the money will
be spent for food at Christmas time
for those who are in need, and if
there is any left, it will remain in
the bank and be spent as necessary
'to help people in the new year.
The fire department invites civic
clubs and individuals to make do
nations payable, either by check, or
in cash to the Morehead City Fire
Department.
Some funds have already been
received and the firemen express
their thanks.
Ocracoke Ferry Will
End. Daily Runs Jan. 11
Marvin W. Howard, captain of
the ferry Sea Level, which operates
between Atlantic and Ocracoke, re
ports that the ferry will make its
daily runs through the hunting sea
son.
It will be taken off the run Thurs
day, Jan. 11, for its annual over
haul, repairs and Coast Guard in
spection. A report in the Ocracoke
News expresses the hope of the
folks at Ocracoke that this work
will not take too long.
Director of ferry operations is
Dennis Patrick.
five-year program.
The HATI is slated to make a
preliminary voyage to Haiti this
month. It will be able to sleep
a research team of 10. To reach
Haitians of Jeremie district, a
boat is usually the best means.
Many of its waters are navigable,
and most inland areas can be
reached only by jeep, horse or
on foot.
The TB association expresses
its appreciation to businessmen
of Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh,
Washington and this area, who
have donated supplies and serv
ioes toward outfitting the boat.
Chamber Profests Western Unions
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Proposal for Substitute Office
Tree Glows in Dark
Ablaze With the glory of Christmas, Beaufort’s community Christ
mas tree brightens Front street. Santa Claus was welcomed to Beau
fort with a parade Dec. 5.
Church Sells Bonds to Get
Funds for New Building
The First Tnt Will Baptist*
church, Beaufort,- hopes to hauei
subscribed by today $55,000 in
bonds to finance the building of its
new education building, total cost
of which will be $60,000.
Matt Howell, Waynesvillc, who
is in the church bond financing
business, reports that bonds are
available in four denominations,
ranging from $100 to $1,000. Most
of the bonds will be bought by the
congregation, he said.
They pay 6 per cent simple in
terest semi-annually and mature
in one to fourteen years. The pay
ing agent is First-Citizens Bank
and Trust Co.
Plans for the education building
have been accepted by the church
and construction is expected to
start next month. The building
will be of brick veneer, Tierney
Barncs Construction Co., Winston
Salem, contractor.
The architect is John Valentine,
Marshallberg, and the engineer
Gray Hassell, Beaufort.
Tire Rolls Off,
Runs into Home
A tire rolled off a Southern Oil
Transport Co. truck Sunday morn
ing about 6 o’clock and ran into a
house more than a block away.
According to Beaufort police,
Jimmy Lewis, Morehead City, had
slowed the loaded truck, prepara
tory to stopping for the 'light at
Live Oak street and Lennoxvillc
road. Lewis was going west on
Lennoxvillc road.
One of a pair of wheels on the
left rear rolled off, went across the
highway and down Mulberry street,
stopping when it hit Mrs. Martha
Lynch's house, 717 Mulberry St.
Damage to the house was esti
mated at $25 to $50. No one was
injured. No charges were filed.
The Carteret Community theatre
will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the
civic center, Morehead City.
18 Guests Go on Nuclear Sub Trip
By LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS
In February 1852, 1 was a pas
senger in what was then one of the
US Navy’s most modern sub
marines, the USS Odax.
1 rode from Norfolk, Va., to Key
West, Fla., and experienced almost
every maneuver of which that ver
satile diesel-powered boat was cap
able.
On Thursday, Dec. 7, 20th. an
niversary of the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor, and almost a
decade after my trip in the Odax,
I was a passenger for a 14-hour
trip in what is today’s most mod
ern US Navy submarine.
I
Police Chief
Nails Rumors
Police chief Herbert Griffin,
Morehead City, on Friday nailed
rumors that the newest member
of the Morehead City police force
does not have a license to drive.
Chief Griffin said that Jack Mil
ler, the new officer, has recently
completed three years of military
service and prior to entering the
service' was involved in an auto
accident in Virginia.
According to Virginia law, a driv
er is not required to cany insur
ance, but as soon as he is involved
in an accident, he comes under
Virginia’s motor vchftle responsi
bility law.
Mr. Miller was involved in an
accident and his license was taken,
the police chief said. He made no
effort to reinstate it because he
entered the service, the chief con
tinued.
"The accident he was involved
in was minor and could have hap
pened to anyone,’’ chief Griffin
added.
Mr. Miller began his duties on
the police force last week.
Cited Saturday
Richard Holies, Beaufort Negro,
was picked up Saturday by Beau
fort police and charged with public
drunkenness. He was placed in the
county jail and later released on
bond.
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Dec. 12
11:34 a.m. 5:04 a.m.
.A. 5:56 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 13
12:18 a.m. 6:05 a.m.
12:34 p.m. 6:58 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 14
1:15 a.m. 7:23 a.m.
1:32 p.m. 8:06 p.m.
She is the nuclear-powered, Po
laris missile-firing USS Ethan Al
len, the first of a new class of
Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines,
all classed as ships, not as boats.
Four hundred and ten feet long,
displacing 7,900 tons of water when
submerged, comparable in size to
a pocket battleship, she is the
world's heaviest, longest and big
gest submarine.
In striking power the destructive
potential of hoc Polaris missiles
exceeds that of, the total of all
bombs dropped by aircraft during
World War II.
On the blustery February eve
President Writes Letter
Requesting Hearing
The Greater Morehead City chamber of commerce has
registered a protest against a Western Union Telegraph
proposal to close the present Morehead City office at cer
tain hours and provide a substitute telegraph office at the
City News stand, Morehead City.
S. A. Chalk, president of the chamber, in a letter to the
Newport Team
Wins Tool FFA
Competition
The Newport FFA Tool identifi
cation team was top winner in the
Seashore Federation of the Future
Farmers of America contest at
Pamlico school Thursday.
The federation is made up of six
schools, Newport, Smyrna, Pam
lico, Jasper, Vanceboro and Dover.
Newport scored 298 points out of a
possible 300. There were three
boys on the Newport team who
won top -honors as a team and
also top honors as high scoring
individuals.
Out of the 20 boys participating
from four schools, Newport won
two first places (100 each) and one
second place (98). Boys on the
Newport team were Danny Rob
erts, 100 points; Mickey Simmons,
100 points; Billy McCabe, 98 points;
L. H. Riggs, 96 points and David
Murdoch, 84 points. David was
the alternate.
Only the top three scores were
I included in the total score.
The Newport team won a Shop
Contest blue and gold banner is
sued by the State FFA association,
i The banner has been added to the
collection of other banners earned
by the chapter and displayed in
the classroom.
The tool identification team will
eompete in a slate-wide contest
in Raleigh during the State FFA
convention in late June, possibly,
June 27, 28, and 29, 1962, accord
ing to the advisor, C. H. Long.
Bobby Quinn, a former member
of the team and of the Newport
School Vo-Ag class accompanied
the Newport boys to Pamlico. Mr.
Long, teacher of agriculture at
Newport school feels that the team
is well qualified to. take top honors
in the state contest.
The team members were dressed
in the official FFA blue jacket and
each was attired in a white shirt
and blue tie. The team looked
very “sharp” and received many
compliments for neatness and abil
ity, Mr. Long reports. The person
furnishing the tools and conducting
the contest went by the Newport
school Friday morning and per
sonally complimented the chapter.
Couple Jumps
Club Caretaker
James Long, caretaker at the
Coral Bay club, west of Atlantic
Beach, was slightly injured Wed
nesday night when an unidentified
man and woman jumped him on
the club property.
According to sheriff Robert Bell,
Long heard a car drive into the
east drive of the club about 9:30
p.m. He thought it was his son-in
law, but when no one came in the
house, Long walked out and saw
what he later described as an old
model, black car.
He realised he did not know the
car and as he came up to it, a man
got out and struck him. Then a
woman got out of the car and
jumped into the brawl.
Long said that he back-handed
her to get her off of him, then the
two jumped in the car and drove
away. The caretaker described
the man as heavy set.
The sheriff’s department is in
vestigating.
ning in 1852 when the Odax cut
loose from its pier in Norfolk Navy
Yard for the hundred-hour exer
cise cruise to Key West, Lt. Cdr.
Thomas H. Williams was the cap
tain and Lt. W. W. Behrens Jr.,
was the executive officer.
The Odax was nearly 300 feet
long, considered huge at the time
and {he ultimate in submarine lux
ury, but it had only one level on
which rested practically every
thing — torpedos, engines, crew
bunks tucked here and there and
very tight officers quarters.
I was the only passenger and
officers and crew made me feel
► Federal Communications commis
sion asks that no action be taken
in regard to the proposal "until all
pertinent facts and implications
can be developed at a public hear
| ing.”
Western Union proposes to main
tain in Morchead City the same
hours as presently, but from noon
to 1 p m. and 5 to 10 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Sunday, telegrams would be
handled at the City News stand.
Mr. Chalk said yesterday that the
fact that the hours of service re
main the same does not mean.the
town would get the same quality of
service as at the present office.
Due to the port business, tele
graph personnel must handle ca
bles and codes and this requires
someone with experience the presi
dent remarked.
"The method of transmission of
messages to foreign countries fre
quently requires special training
and in our estimation the people
Western Union may train for the
substitute station would not be able
to handle it,” Mr. Chalk said.
In his letter to Ben F. Waple, act
ing secretary of the FCC, Mr.
Sec CHAMBER. Page 2
Goldsboro Boat
Aided Twice
A 22-foot fishing boat, owned by
John J. Swett, Goldsboro, ran into
trouble twiee, Thursday and Fri
day, and had to be tainted by
Coast Guardsmen from Fort Ma
con.
On Thursday night Fort Macon
sent the 30-footcr one and one-half
miles off Atlantic Beach to investi
gate a report of a flashing light.
The light turned out to be Swett’s
boat which was anchored with en
gine failure. The boat was taken
in tow to Morebead City.
On Friday the Fort Macon tower
sighted what appeared to be a boat
washed ashore north of the station
and sent the 3Q-footer to investi
gate. Again it turned out to be
Swett’s boat. The 30-footcr re
floated the craft and towed it to
Morchead City.
The object of a Fort Macon as
sist Thursday morning was the
38-foot auxiliary Emily Niles that
developed engine failure near the
mouth of South River. The boat
was taken in tow to Oriental by
the 30-footcr. Jerome H. Edmunds,
New Haven, Conn., was the craft’s
owner.
Crewmeh on the three assists
were James Pittman, BM-1; Al
phine Quinn, BM-1; Rethel Bran
non, EN-3; W. F. Austin, BM-1;
Frederick Hurst, EN-2; Newman
Cantrell, SN; and R. W. Woodard,
SN.
Six Cottages
Entered at Beach
Six cottages on Ocean Ridge,
west of Atlantic Beach, have been
broken into, according to sheriff
Robert Bell.
The entries were discovered
Thursday morning by sheriff Rob
ert Bell and deputy C. H. Davis
as they were riding through the
area.
The six cottages entered were
those of Royall H. £pencc, J. B.
Kittrell, Allen Gant, H. Bryan Duf
fy, Hugh Wild, and D. F. Cannon.
Entry was gained by breaking
the glass in windows and doors.
The sheriff said it cannot be de
termined what was taken until the
property owners come to the beach
and check their cottages.
at home but, believe me, they had
to discommode themselves to give
me a place in their home.
In those cramped quarters where
efficiency of movement, efficiency
of operation were paramount
necessity, the morale of officers
and crew combined with a com
raderie seasoned with deep respect
for authority, attracted my atten
tion more than the mysteries of
what made the Odax perform as a
killer machine.
I became aware then, and
through the years have had ex
preiences that have heightened
that awareness, that submarine
Beach Adopts
Building Code
Supplement
Beach town officials adopted an
additional building code ordinance
at their meeting Friday morning
at the town hall. They also re
quested the clerk, M. G. Coyle, to
obtain a price on construction of
four jettic.
The new ordinance requires a
certain sequence of obtaining elec
trical, plumbing and building per
mits. The ordinance, the same as
the one adopted by the county Dec.
4, would prohibit connection of any
temporary electricity unless the
builder has a building permit.
Mr. Coyle said this would make
it Impossible, in most instances,
for a building to go up without
the builder getting a permit. The
new regulation also provides that
no home or structure may be oc
cupied unless a certificate of oc
cupancy is issued by the building
inspector, and such certificate of
occupancy may not be issued until
the electrical inspector and plumb
ing inspector have approved the
electrical and plumbing work.
It was suggested that an experi
enced builder be obtained as build
ing inspector and the fee for a
building permit raised sufficiently
to meet the cost of hiring a quali
fied inspector.
Commissioner W. L. Derrickson
proposed that the town build some
jetties “as an experiment.”
Mayor A. B. Cooper said that
.jetties at the Oceanana have built
that beach 50 feet deeper than
points farther west. He describes
his jetties as extending from the
seawall to the high water mark,
consisting of pilings driven into
the ground and connected with
boards.
He commented that Atlantic
Beach "can get more results"
from jetties than any other beach,
because wind tends to build up the
beach at certain season ol the
year.
Mr. Coyle remarked that jetties
"have ruined” a commercial beach
south of here.
The board discussed a petition
relative to occupancy of certain
quarters near the Atlantic Beach
hotel. Commissioner W. L. Der
rickson, owner and operater of the
hotel, said the quarters would not
be occupied by the persons in ques
tion in the future.
Two Motorists
Cited Saturday
Charges of following too closely
were filed against two drivers aft
er a three-car collision on the
Beaufort bridge at 3 p.m. Satur
day.
State trooper W. J. Smith, who
investigated, said Mrs. Inez Willis
from Williston, was going west in
a 1955 Ford. She slammed on
brakes when the bridge lights be
gan flashing and the siren sound
ed for the draw to open.
Mrs. Willis was struck from be
hind by a 1957 Ford convertible
driven by Claude Johnson, North
River, the officer said. Mack Wade,
Beaufort, who was following John
son in a 1959 Mercury, told the
officer that when Johnson hit the
Willis car the convertible bounced
back and hit the front of his Mer
cury. After hitting the Mercury,
it again struck the Willis auto.
Damage to the 1955 Ford was
estimated at $50 and to the Mer
cury, $200. Damage to the con
vertible was estimated at $200.
Johnson and {Wade received cita
tions for following too closely.
The public is invited to view
Christmas decorations Thursday at
the Holiday House, 1605 Front St.,
Beaufort. Sponsor is the Sea Spray
Garden club.
duty requires men not only with
intelligence to operate the compli
cated machinery but with the even
more important intelligence to
work cooperatively, in peace with
each other.
Today Williams is Captain Wil
liams, currently on shore duty, and
Behrens is Commander Behrens,
captain of the Ethan Allen.
So, when I stepped aboard the
Ethan Allen at 6:45 a.m. Thursday
I stepped back among a world of
friends but a world of friends in a
brand new type of submarine
world. Remembering my alone
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