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50th YEAR, NO. 104. TWO SECTIONS FOURTEEN PAGES
MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1961
Past Year Passes in Review
By F. C. SALISBURY
January
Week of Jen. 1:
Kart Thompson, 16, Emerald
Isle, rescued from death after be
Baker, Atlantic Beach, complete
ly gutted by fire. State Highway
commission called for bids on new
bridge over Newport river.
William Hill and Susie Green,
Negroes, killed in auto wreck west
of Morehead City. A crankcase
explosion on the Coast Guard cut
ter Chilula set fire to vessel and
injured Sanford White and Daniel
Ricks.
Rufus E. Butner Jr. elected vice
president of Wachovia Bank and
Trust Co. and heads the Morehead
City branch bank. Morehead Bilt
more hotel changed to Biltmore
Motor hotel. Clyde Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde P. Owens of Beau
fort, first baby in the county to be
born in 1961.
Marriages: Miss Joyce M. Sty
ron, Cedar Island to William N.
Brooks.
Deaths: Mrs. Louise F. Morris,
90, Morehead City. Phillip O.
Tengberg, 66, Beaufort.
Week of Jan. 8:
Maltby Taylor, Sea Level, turns
the first shovel of earth for the
new convention hall at the Bilt
more Motor hotel. Fort Macon
George M. Thomas
. .. won JC award
Park remains tops in popularity
among state parks. Guthrie-Jones
drug store, Beaufort, observes its
20th anniversary. Kenneth Wag
ner elected president of Morehead
City Merchants association.
Marriages: Miss Shirley A. Turn j
age, Beaufort, to Wesley A. Civils;
Miss Ina J. Johnson, Morehead
City, to John P. Wetherington Jr.;
Miss Peggy A. Willis, Morehead
City, to Roger L. Hoggard; Mrs.
Ethel A. Poe and Duffy F. Guthrie,
both of Morehead City.
Deaths: Rommic S. Jones, 62,
Newport, Ole W. Olsen, 76, Beau
fort, William Hill, Morehead City,
John F. Dennis, 65, Newport, Jen
nis Bynum, 75, Morehead City,
Zcb V. Koonce, 62, Morehead City.
Week of Jan- 15:
Fire starting from heating plant
at the Hardesty Motors, Morehead
City, causes considerable damage
to garage and showroom. Carolina
Water Co. settles suits with pay
ment of $23,500 to insurance com
panies and property owners of
Beaufort.
Calvin Jones sells interest in
Western Auto store in Beaufort to
Jesse M. Hairr, Charlotte. Elmer
D. Willis heads County Republican
Club.
Marriages: Miss Patsy E. White
hurst, Beaufort, to Cpl. Norman
J. Leimgruebler.
Deaths: William P. Willis, 75,
Mansfield, Clarence H. Mizell, 55,
Morehead City, Ned Jones, 82, Ad
ams Creek.
Week of Jan. 22:
Dr. Russell Outlaw wins top
award of Morehead City Jaycees,
the first two-time winner of the
distinguished service award. Mrs.
Charles R. Hassell chosen head
of Beaufort Historical society.
Four gridders of Beaufort school
receive awards: Eddie Taylor,
Chuck Lewis, Bill Harris, and Ern
est House. Miss Jackie Malone,
Newport, selected as NHS home
coming queen.
Marriages: Miss Johnisc A. Har
desty of Jacksonville and Carl
Gray Jr., Miss Sandra L. Garner
of Morehead City and Everette G.
Arthur.
Deaths: Jather Alligood, 60,
Ocracoke, Ernest G. Lewis, 36,
Morehead City.
Week of Jan. 29:
Cedar Point Community club or
ganized by civic leaders living on
the east side of White Oak river.
Dr. Warden L. Woodard, Beaufort,
received the Jaycee award for
community service. State Highway
commission buys the Sea Level
ferry for $287,500.
Thomas P. Gillikin, 16, and Wil
liam C. Lawrence, Otway, killed
in an auto crash. John Tillery,
sexton of the Morehead City Bap
tist church, retires after 43 years
of service, receives $100 from the
congregation.
Marriages: Miss Frances L. Bos
ley and Ens. James D. Potter Jr.,
Beaufort.
Deaths: Paul A. Davis, 58, Wil
liston, Mrs. Annie C. Ricci, 87,
Atlantic, Mrs. Julia E. Salter, 89,
Atlantic. David F. Garner, 83, New
port, Mrs. Sally E. Lynch, 82,
Beaufort.
February
Week of Feb. 5:
In their report for 1960, the New
port fire department showed that
they saved prdperty valued at
$101,900. Moose Lodge contributed
$525.72 to the March of Dimes. Dr.
John E. Way, Beaufort, inducted
as a fellow of the American Col
lege of Surgeons in San Francisco
during its 46th congress.
George M. Thomas won the
Beaufort Jaycee key man award
for the second consecutive year.
Marriages: Miss Vida R. Durham
of Beaufort to William M. Murray.
Deaths: William C. Lewis, 68,
Otway, Mrs. Mamie Wade, Smyr
na, Florence L. Gaskill, 80, Ocra
coke.
Week of Feb. 12:
County board selects George
Watts Carr to design the county
hospital. D. G. Bell named chair
man of C&D Committee at open
ing of assembly. Ronald E. Ma
son heads new Young Democrats
club. Joey Rose, Harkcrs Island,
drowns in canal when car runs
down embankment.
Garland Scruggs, Morehead City,
elected chairman of county Red
Cross chapter. Aggie Ballou found
dead in bed in barn near Straits.
Leon Lewis, Marshallberg, promot
ed to chief petty officer in the
Coast Guard. Ted Rice, Morehead
City, receives Eagle Scout award
at district Court of Honor.
Deaths: Mrs. Hattie D. Lewis,
78, Marshallberg, infant child of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Russell,
Newport, William Jones, 87, New
port, Mrs. Mattie Willis, 69, More
head City.
Week of Feb. 19:
Total loss results from fire in
the Western Auto store, Morehead
City. George Peacock, Newport
basketball coach, assaulted by
three youths who tried to run over
him with their car.
Spooner's Creek Harbor, Inc.,
breaks ground for $100,000 motel.
Morehead City PTA makes $379
on womanless wedding.
Deaths: Mrs. Nannie W. Hansen,
68, Beaufort, Roseanna Dixon, 12,
Sallef Path, Mrs. Myra E. Martin,
63, Beaufort.
Week of Feb. 26:
Battleship site committee visits
Fort Macon stale park to consider
site. Beaufort Scadogs win coun
ty basketball championship trophy,
Smyrna Blue Devils runnerup and
the Beaufort girls’ team runnerup
for the girl’s division.
Duffy Guthrie, Morehead City
mailman, retires after 35 years of
service. The greater Morehead
City chamber of commerce sends
exhibit to the Sportsmen’s show
Paul Cordova
... Jaycee president
in Charlotte. Swansboro’s oldest
citizen, Orin Weeks, observed his
91st birthday on Sunday. Mrs. Ida
W. Eaton, Morehead City, passed
her 95th birthday on March 4.
George Hatsell, Swansboro, holds
record of 44 years of perfect
church attendance at the local
Methodist church.
Marriages: Miss Ann M. Mace,
Beaufort, to Wiley k. Lewis; Miss
Brenda L. Morton, Morehead City,
to Lenton T. Lewis; Miss Guyiene
Guthrie, Morehead City, to Thom
as K. Glancy; Miss Gloria J. Byrd,
Morehead City, to Linwood E.
Swinson.
Deaths: Jacob H. Lewis, 63, Ot
way, George W. Jones, 40, Hark
ers Island.
March
Week of March 5:
County board selects three sites
for the county hospital, Gibbs site
and two locations of the Webb
property. County commissioners
adopted hurricane building code
to become effective immediately.
Roadblock nets Easter seal sale
$384, conducted by Morehead City
Junior Woman's club.
Charles R. Hassell, Beaufort,
wins a Morehead scholarship.
Forty-two new members joined
the greater Morehead City cham
Bud Dixon
. . . hospital chairman
her of commerce. Western Carteret
school district asked for by resi
dents of Newport district.
Marriages: Miss Norma C. Hales
of Richmond, Va., and James A.
Lewis, Beaufort: Miss Billie J.
Skarren, Beaufort, to Wilmer E.
Cottingham Jr.; Miss Julia Taylor,
Beaufort, and William S. Vinson.
Deaths: Mrs. Sally C. Fulford,
92, Beaufort.
Week of March 12:
Home of Roger Williams at Glou
cester destroyed by -fire at loss of
$20,000. County board decides on
Webb property for hospital site.
Beaufort Jaycees buy heating unit
for Scout building.
Marriages: Miss Clyde Mann,
Newport, to William A. Lee; Miss
Barbara C. Harris, Beaufort, to
Robert McD. Davis; Mrs. Kate B.
Hall, Morehead City, to Jones M.
Williams; Miss Barbara Styron,
Sea Level, to David E. Taylor.
Deaths: Mrs. Hattie K. Mann,
72, Morehead City, Mrs. Melissa
Brinson, Morehead City, Mrs. Ad
die S. Pake, 66, Bettie, Clyde R.
Merrell, 48, Morehead City.
Week of March 19:
Beaufort Seadogs capture bas
ketball state championship trophy
for the third time. County doctors
ask that new hospital be erected
on Crab Point. County theatre
group presents Portrait in Black.
Big motorcade greets Seadogs on
arrival home.
Miriam Rebekah lodge of Beau
fort won the district achievement
banner at the Wilmingtdn meeting.
Deaths: John P. Simmons, 54,
Beaufort, Gordon Lewis, 44, More
head City, Mrs. Agnes R. Mann,
66, Newport.
Week of March 26:
Elmo Lawrence Jr., Otway, held
Without bond for the murder of his
stepfather, William F. Willis.
Work starts on new half-million
motel in Morehead City. John H.
Crowe, Morehead City, wins schol
arship at Wake Forest. Hospital
feud lands in court when Beaufort
group starts legal action.
County churches hold sunrise
Easter service at Fort Macon.
Mrs. Clem Johnson, Morehead
City, elected director district 9
state federation of B&PW clubs.
Marriages: Miss Anne Taylor,
Havelock, to Earl Soles; Miss
Phyllis J. Gaskill, Stacy, to Bobby
G. Gillikin.
Deaths: Charles N. Cartmill, 88,
: Beaufort, Ezra R. Quick, 66, More
head City, Mrs. Sabra J. Chad
BW8Bn>TSrTaf'f i '■ v.'£
wick, 82, Gloucester, Mrs. Leah
G. O’Neal, 70, Morehead City, Mrs.
Ruby G. Lawrence, 42, Otway.
April
Week of April 2:
Mammoth crowd attends Easter
sunrise service at Fort Macon.
Beaufort annexation defeated by
vote of 144 to 64. Randolph B.
Wright, 8, suffers a broken leg and
the pony he was riding was killed
when struck by a car driven by
Bernice T. Lewis, Beaufort.
Beatrice Mitchell, Morehead City
Negress, fatally stabbed by John
Waters. Jerry T. Piver, 21, killed
when heavy garage door falls on
him. Chairmen of town school
boards of Morehead City and Beau
fort favor consolidation of the two
high schools.
Josiah W. Bailey enters race for
mayor of Morehead City. Mr. and
Mrs. Walter B. Hill elected heads
of Newport Order of Eastern Star.
Marriages: Mrs. Nancy L. Rein
bach, Greensboro, to Robert A.
Baldree; Miss Catherine W. Willis,
Atlantic, to Frank A. Harvey Jr.;
Miss Barbara A. Saulter, New
Bern, to John M. Staton Jr., Beau
fort.
Deaths: Roy F. Pierce, 51, More
head City, Bradford F. Nelson, 52,
Harkers Island, Horace Nelson, 63,
Harkers Island.
Week of April 9:
Dewey W. Willis, Smyrna, coun
ty winner in the Civitan essay
contest. Paul Cordova elected
president Morehead City Jaycees.
Harry Lockey awarded the hon
orary chapter farmer, Newport
FFA.
Marriages: Miss Sandra B. Sal
ter, Atlantic, to Paul W. Lewis;
Miss Ann M. Scripture, Morehead
City, to Thomas H. Rady.
Deaths: Miss Isabel Willis, 38,
Harkers Island, Milton Chadwick,
93, Straits, Mrs. Sena M. Jarman,
69, Beaufort, Mrs. Elizabeth R.
ArcndeJl, 87, Morehead City, Er
vin Morris, 59, Atlantic.
Week of April 16:
Petitions bearing 2,992 names
placed before Judge favoring Bogue
Sound waterfront ,«»tc for county
hospital. -A. B. Cooper re-elected
mayor of Atlantic Beach. The
Rev. J. P. Mansfield elected to
head migrant ministry group. Ed-,
ward (Bud) Dixon named as chair
man of hospital trustees. Lecil
Smith elected president Morehead
City PTA.
Marriages: Miss Carolyn J.
Chadwick, Beaufort, to James L.
Green; Miss Carita Lockhart,
Morehead City, to William E. Pin
er.
Deaths: Mrs. Elizabeth H. Chad
wick, 93, Beaufort, Mrs. Emily
Parkin, 44, Beaufort, Mrs. Georgia
Bartley, 91, Swansboro, Henry D.
Simson, 82, Beaufort, Glendon L.
Adams, 16, Broad Creek, Beatrice
Mitchell, 34, Morehead City, Mrs.
Jane Bell, 72, Morehead City.
Week of April 23:
Arsonist sets fire to woods at Da
vis, burns over 2,000 acres. Hos
pital suit dismissed by Judge Al
bert C. Cowper, case goes to su
preme court. Late frost kills to
mato plants. Dock service station
building to go up at the Spooner’s
Creek Harbor development. Mr.
and Mrs. B. E. Windley, Beaufort,
celebrate their 60th wedding anni
versary. Captain Dan W. Yeomans,
Harkers Island, observes 83rd birth
day. Miss Bernice Willis, More
head City, gains Sears title, Miss
Courteous Service.
Morehead City holds top place in
fish catches for 1960. Samuel Guth
rie, Harkers Island, wins $500 REA
scholarship. Fred S. Willis, More
head City, wins Talents for Service
scholarship to State College.
May
Week of May 2:
Realtors of the county name W.
B. Chalk of Morehead City realtor
of-the-year. Atlantic-Ocracoke fer
ry starts run under state manage
ment. Local historical society or
ganized by Swansboro group. J
siah Bailey, candidate for mayor
Morehead City, requests recount
ballots following recent election.
County tax rate set at $1.75.
See REVIEW, Page 2
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The Couty Ministers association sponsored a murine service Easter morning, hi April.
Town Mails Welcome Letter
To New Newport Residents
Residents of the newly-annexed
areas at Newport have received a
letter of welcome from the town.
A section north of the town offi
cially becomes a part of Newport
on Monday.
The letter announces that the
first garbage collection in the area
will be New Year’s Day and there
after the garbage will be picked
up Mondays and Fridays.
Residents are to place garbage
Nativity Scene Erected
Mr. and Mm. Charlton Garner Were instrumental In putting up this nativity scene at Faith Frye WM
Baptist church, Morehcad CBji. Mrt. Gamer designed the figures. Her husband cut them from PUWMd,
and Mrs. Gamer painted them. The church is located on highway 70-A. _
North Carolina Port Export Gains
4th Highest in Nation, 1950-60
Exports at North Carolina state
ports, Morchead City and Wilming
ton, from 1950 to 1960, were the
fourth highest in percentage gain
among the 33 customs districts in
the nation.
Statistics on port business for
1960, as compared with 1950, ap
peared in a report released Dec.
25 by Joel B. New, manager of
the Greensboro field office of the
department of commerce.
In a newsstory on the port pic
ture, the Greensboro Daily News
said, “Spectacular gains over a
10-year period grapicaliy illustrate
the increasing importance in world
trade of the two ports in the North
Carolina customs district.”
The analysis continues:
Export poundage at Wilmington
and Morehead City ports during
1960 totaled approximately 717,300,
000 pounds, representing a 1,556.6
per cent increase over the total in
1950.
The percentage gain for the 10
Earl Rose Jr.
Hurt by Bullet
Earl Barden Rose Jr., 27, Hark
ers Island, was in serious condition
at the Sea Level hospital yester
day, suffering from a bullet wound
in the chest which was allegedly
self-inflicted.
According to deputy sheriff C.
H. Davis, Rose was wounded Tues
day night by a shot from a .22
rifle. The officer said he was in
the bedroom bf his home at Bark
ers Island. His mother was in an
other part of the house.
When the shot was heard, she
and Rose’s sister, also reported to
be in the home, went next door to
get help. Rose was taken to Sea
Level hospital.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl B. Rose.
Highway Patrolmen Cite
Nine Drivers Saturday
Nine arrests were made Saturday
night when the state highway pa
trol concentrated its enforcement
efforts on highways 24 and 70, west
of Morehead City, for a distance of
ten miles.
Sgt. R. H. Nutt of the New Bern
patrol office said the violations in
cluded no operator’s license, im
proper registration, drunk driving,
public drunkenness on the high
way, improper passing-and speed
ing. The arrests were made be
tween 7 and 11 p.m.
in containers no larger than 30
gallon size and place them near
the street.
The new mercury vapor type
street lights have been ordered for
the new area. Street markers are
on hand and will be placed, painted
and lettered as soon as possible,
according to the town commission
ers.
Traffic control signs have been
ordered and are expected in the
year period was the fourth greatest
among all the customs districts
of the nation.
On the volume basis, the 717,300,
000 pounds of exports handled in
1960 was 22nd among the districts.
In 1950, the North Carolina ports
handled 43,300,000 pounds of ex
ports for 28th place in the nation.
Ahead of North Carolina’s per
centage gain were: Rhode Island,
110,300 per cent; San Diego, 25,860
per cent; and Alaska, 3,964.5 per
cent. Each was below North Caro
lina in poundage, however.
Virginia’s increase in export
poundage moved it from 8th in
the nation to first. The gain was
from 5,264,200,000 in 1950 to 52,406,
700.000 in 1960.
The North Carolina, Virginia and
other customs districts in the
South handled 142,277,700,000
pounds of export in 1960, a gain
of 208 p<;r cent over the 1950 total.
On the import side, North Caro
lina scored a 138.4 per cent in
crease in poundage in the com
parison of 1950 and 1960 statistics.
It was the 19th greatest increase
in the nation.
Import poundage rose from 578,
100.000 in 1950 to 1,378,100,000 in
1960, moving the state from 25th
to 24th place.
Philadelphia moved from 2nd
place in 1950 to first in I960, with
near future.
The town fire equipment will an
swer alarms in the area and the
fire insurance rates, as a result,
will be reduced, the town board re
ports.
Laying of water lines in the new
section is expected to begin in
April. The town commissioners
state further that plans for grad
ing all unpaved streets in the area
have been made.
an 88.5 per cent increase in im
port poundage. In volume, its
poundage rose from 46,292,000,000
in 1950 to 87,262,800,000 in 1960.
Virginia, the leader in 1960 in
export poundage, had the 12th
greatest percentage increase in im
port poundage. Poundage rose
from 3,796,000 in 1950 to 14,504,
400,000 in 1960, moving the state
from 8th to 7th place in the nation.
The North Carolina, Virginia and
other customs districts in the
South handled 126,697,400,000
pounds of import in 1960, a gain
of approximately 120 per cent over
the 1950 total.
Total export and import pound
age handled at the South’s ports
approximated 268,975,100,000 pounds
in 1960, an increase of 159 per cent
over the 1950 total.
The southern districts arc North
Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina,
Maryland, Georgia, Florida, Mo
bile, New Orleans, Sabine, Galves
ton and Laredo. Ports in the dis
tricts handled approximately 40
per cent of the nation's export and
import poundage in 1960.
Export and import poundage at
the customs districts of the nation
totaled 677,903,500,000 pounds in
1960, representing a gain of 104.5
per cent in exports and 120.2 per
cent in imports on the volume
basis.
State Prepares
To Build Bridge
Approaches
• Army Engineers Asked
For Dredging Permit
• Bridge Planned for 60
Feet North of RR Span
The state highway commission
has applied to Army engineers for
permission to dredge up embank
ments which would form the foun
dation for approaches to the pro
posed new Morehead City bridge
between Beaufort and Morehead
City.
The state proposes to locate the
fixed span bridge, across Newport
river, approximately 60 feet north
of the present railroad bridge.
Representatives of the state bridge
department and highway right-of
way department have been in
town this week.
J. H. Burruss, resident engineer
with the highway commission, said
yesterday that the approaches are
being staked out, probably with a
view to acquiring right-of-ways.
Army engineers state that any
objection to the proposed dredging,
from the standpoint of navigation,
will be accepted at the district of
fice, 308 Customhouse, Wilmington,
until Monday, Jan. 8. Removal of
400.000 cubic yards of material is
planned.
The dredging will be done in
Calico creek, Newport river and
Gallants channel, according to
Army engineers.
Plans for the work may be seen
at the postoffices in Beaufort and
Morehead City.
Col. A. P. Davidson, district en
gineer, says that a permit for
dredging expresses assent of the
Corps of Engineers so far as public
rights of navigation are concerned.
He adds, “. . . as a matter of
policy, permits are not usually is
sued in cases where state or local
authorities disapprove the propos
ed work in the public interest.”
The proposed width of the bridge
for passage of vessels is 80 feet,
the same as the present railroad
bridge. The proposed 140-foot chan
nel span, no draw, is expected to
have a vertical clearance of 65
feet, according to plans submitted
by the state to Army engineers in
October 1960.
Plans also provide for "tenta
tive location of a vertical lift span
for passage of ocean vessels to the
north if development of the harbor
in that direction warrants its con
struction.”
Morehead City officials have
consistently objected to location of
a new bridge as the state proposes
it. They contend that such loca
tion will not solve the congested
rail and highway traffic situation
at the state port nor will it permit
See HIGHWAYS, Page 6
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
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New Owners Meet with Local Officials
The
Moses Howard, Newport, president of the Newport la
greater Morehead City chamber of commerce; Fred Blocl
wear, which has acquired the Carteret industries shirt-l
Morehead City, and David Block.
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