BABSON’S REPORT
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THIS ISSUE
CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES
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51st Year — No. 103
MOREHEAD CITY and BEAUFORT, N. C.
Tuesday, December 25, 1962
Eight Pages
Published Tuesdays and Fridays
Holy Night
News-Times I'huto by Tom Sloan
Re-enacting a famous painting of the Madonna and child is Mrs. P. II. Geer Jr., Morehead City. The
painting is Carlo Maratta’s Holy Night. Maratta was an Italian artist born 1623, died 1713. This was
one of five paintings re-created in life by the Literary and Art department of the Morehead City Wom
an’s club and presented at the December meeting of the woman’s club in the First Presbyterian church.
Grown-Ups Would Like
A Visit from Santa, Too
Most people think that only child
ren have “a list” for Santa Claus.
But that’s not true. A NEWS
TIMES reporter spoke to some
adults during the past few days
and found out they have a few
things they’d like for Christmas,
too.
Albert Gainey, principal of Beau
fort school, wishes Santa would
fill his stocking with ‘‘plenty of
peace and good will” and if Santa
does that, Mr. Gainey feels that
his fondest wish, new high schools
of West and East Carteret county
will soon become a realitv.
Walter Friederichs manager of
the Morehead City port, has a big
list.,First, he would like a conlinu
uout high level of employment for
the whole county brought about by
new industry; second, new and fre
quent shipping services to the ports
ag a result of the full-time North
.Carolina ports office in New York;
third, good sales efforts and ex
panded port facilities on which new
industries and services would de
pend; and tourin, a oeuer puuiic
undetstanding of the difficulties in
volved in the first three!
The Rev. John Broome, rector of
St. Paul's Episcopal church, Beau
fort, would like Santa to leave in
his stocking enough cash to finish
paying for St. Paul’s new parish
t house.
Elmer D. Willis, November's Re
publican candidate for sheriff, was
asked, “What do you want Santa
Claus to bring you?”
“A recount,” he replied.
“You want another one?”
“I haven’t had one yet!” he de
clared.
State trooper J. W. Sykes, More
head City, asks only that there be
“reports of no accidents, no com
plaints, just a quiet, easy Christ
mas:”
All state troopers are praying for
no more fatalities in this county.
If the record will stand at 10
through the rest of this year, Car
teret will end up with one less fa
tality than in 1961.
Morehead City Civitans
Meet Thursday Night
Morehead City Civitans held a
brief business meeting Thursday
night, receiving a report from
George Vickroy on this season’s
record fruit cake sales.
After the business session, the
. members discussed plans for a
membership drive and reorganiza
tion beginning in January. The
club met at the Blue Ribbon res
taurant.
C. C. McCutaton, golf profession
al at the Morehead City Country
club, chuckled gleefully when ask
ed what he wanted Santa to bring
him. “Good cheer and good lovin’
from all the girls!”
Asked if, at last, he has all the
fertilizer he needs for the golf
Course, he admitted, “Oh, we
could always use more of that!”
Howard Jones, at the Beaufort
postoffice, would like .Santa to
bring just as much business
through 1963 as the postoffice has
had during the past week.
“You mean you want to be rush
ed all the time?” he was asked.
“Yes sir,” he declared. “Time
passes better when you’re busy.”
Dorn Femia, town commission
er, Morehead City, says he wants
Santa Claus to bring EVERYBODY
a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
Then miracle of miracles, he
added, “And you can quote me on
that!”
Club Refinishes Christmas Toys
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This is the Vocational Industrial club at Morehead City high school with toys it has rebuilt. At
the right is the advisor, Capt. Jim Mitchell.
Christmas morning will be a
happier time for a good many chil
dren in the Morehead City area,
due to the efforts of the Vocational
Industrial club at the Morehead
City high school.
The club has been repairing and
re-doing toys collected by it and
the Morehead City fire department.
Besides working on the toys, the
Lions Entertain
Wives at Yule
Party Thursday
Lions clutj, members and their
wives enjoyed a Cfirisfmas party
Thursday night at the Hotel Fort
Macon dining room. The program
was under the direction of George
Mizesko.
After games and singing of
Christmas carols led by J. G.
Womble, the group drew for door
prizes. Winners were Mrs. A. N.
Willis, L. J. Hill, and C. W. Wil
liams.
At dinner, individual favors were
presented to the ladies.
Edward F. Bagrowsky was in
ducted into the club as a new
member. The Lions will meet
again on Thursday, Jan. 3.
After—Christmas Sales
Because of the Christmas holi
day, this paper went to press
early and may reach you early.
Unless otherwise stated in the
ads, all sale prices are effective
Wednesday, Dec. 2fi, and not be
fore.—The Publisher.
boys have solicited toys, and haul
ed them to the vocational shop at
the school, besides paying out of
their own pocket for paint and oth
er repair material.
With the help of the home eco
nomics classes, the club has put
an impressive array of toys into
good condition. The club is under
the director of Capt. Jim Mitchell
as faculty supervisor.
Three Hunters'
Cases Sent Up
To Federal Court
Bound over to fedenl court,
New Bern, arc three r> dents of
the county who have been charged
with violation of hunting laws.
They are Lloyd M. Pigott and
Henry MaeFarlane, Gloucester,
and James W. Willis, Smyrna. Pig
ott has posted $200 bond for ap
pearance in federal court; Mae
Farlane $100 bond and Willis $100
bond.
Pigott is charged with having
more than the daily bag limit of
ducks, more than the possession
limit and haying two redheads, on
which there is no open season.
MaeFarlane is charged with ex
ceeding the daily bag and posses
sion limits and Willis with exceed
ing the daily bag limit. Slate game
warden Malvern Cecil said the
three had a total of 18 ducks when
apprehended Dec. 3. They were
given a preliminary hearing be
fore Mrs, Eleanor Howard, US
Commissioner, New Bern, Dec. 5.
Bill Wade, Newport, and Bob
Daniels, route 1 Morchead City,
were fined $12.50 and $8.40 costs
each by justice of the peace Char
lie Krouse Wednesday. They were
convicted of hunting ducks from a
motorboat with the motor running.
Other recent hunting cases:
Richard B. Gillikin, Beaufort, pos
sessing blue heron, paid $8.40
costs; Laurie F. Willis, Williston,
hunting ducks with unpiugged
shotgun and no duck stamp, fine
and costs totaled $54.30.
Crawford Willis, Markers Island,
hunting ducks with an unplugged
gun, $20.90 in fine and costs; Jim
Willis, Williston, taking ducks with
out buying a stamp, $8.40 in costs.
John O. Gray, Atlantic, taking
grebe on which there is no open
season and hunting without a duck
stamp, fine and costs totaled
$54.30; John Jones, Markers Island,
exceeding the daily bag limit on
ducks, taking ducks without a
hunting license and no stamp $62.70
in fine and costs.
Clyde Mason Sr., Atlantic, hunt
ing ducks with an unplugged gun,
$25 fine and $8.40 costs; Ronald
Goodwin, Cedar Island, bound
over to federal court under $100
bond for taking ducks from-a mo
torboat with the motor running and
aiding and abetting in taking ducks
from a motorboat.
All the foregoing, with the ex
ception of Goodwin, were given
hearings before justice of the
peace Krouse. The arrests were
made by state and federal game
officers.
Mr. Cecil commented, “Most
hunters are obeying the laws.” lie
also said waterfowl have been
plentiful in this area during the
past three weeks.
Court Will Convene
Friday, Then on Jan. 8
County recorder’s court will take
a brief holiday today, due to a
conflict between the normal court
date and Christmas.
A session of court is planned Fri
day. Dec. 28. Court will resume its
regular sessions Tuesday, Jan. 8.
The club has as its president
Henry Smith. Secretary and treas
urer is George Purifoy, reporter
Warren Beck; members are Tom
my Anthony, John Brown, Dickie
Wade, Jordan Davis.
David Bell, Edward Guthrie, Jos
eph Hardison, Roger Whaley, Cur
tis McCabe, Pete Forbes, Guy
Brigman, Albert Hartnett and Wil
liam Lovick. -
Town Signs Application
For Sewage Plant Funds
Star of Net, Needles
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From the lowly tools of the net mender’s trade was fashioned
this Christmas star by Mis? Alida Willis, Morehcad City. The cen
ter is a net cork-float, the points are net-knitting needles draped in
gold-spangled mesh.
Net-Msnder's Star
“Be fishers of men,” the Master
said,
And disciples heed still that wish.
No disciple I; I’d but mend the
nets
That others go out and fish.
They cast their nets of golden
words
To gather the lost ones in;
I’d but mend the tears and
ragged wounds
In the hearts and souls of men.
With a thread or two of peace
and faith
1 would strengthen the mesh of
a life
That is twisted and torn in the
stormy sea
Of bitterness and strife.
With a strand of love I would
patch a rent
Cut by a cruel and careless
word;
With a needle of truth I would
slop and turn
One who has faced away from
the Lord.
I would fill in the gaps of lonely
hours
By weaving a friendship-web
For those who have traveled so
long on life’s sea
And drifting now on the ebb.
Aye, my talents arc poor—my
hands are bent
To the needle and cork and
twine.
But I’d serve my God as 1 serve
all men
By giving the best that is mine.
So 1 pray, Little Lord of humble
birth
In that manger so lowly and far,
At Christmas find room in your
heavenly home
To hang this net-mender’s star.
(The foregoing was written by a
Morehead City resident who ask
ed us not use her name.—The
Editor.)
Tide Table
Tides at the Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, Dec. 25
7:02 a.m. 12:52 a m.
7:26 p.m. . 1:35 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 26
7:39 a.m. 1:33 a.m.
8:04 p.m. 2:18 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 27
8:17 a.m. 2:13 a.m.
8:45 p.m. 2:59 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
8:55 a.m. 2:53 a.m.
9:29 p.m. 3:38 p.m.
Trash Pick-Up
Plan Announced
There will be no home garbage
collection.'- throughout Morehead
City Christmas Day, according to
Walter Lewis, street superinten
dent.
All trucks were pul on garbage
pick-up yesterday morning and the
crew worked until noon.
There will be no home, garbage
collection on New Year's day, next
Tuesday, either. Again the trucks
will try to cover the whole town
Monday.
This Wednesday and next Wed
nesday the garbage pick-up rou
tine will be normal and continue
on the usual schedule for the re
mainder of the week.
The garbage is picked up twice
a week throughout town. This
amounts to 2,900 pick-ups a week
from the Jefferson hotel west on
the south side of the railroad
tracks, and 3,400 pick-ups a week
on the north side.
' In the office of W. E. Easterling, secretary of the Local
Government commission, Raleigh, applications were sign
ed Friday morning for federal funds that would lead to
construction of a sewage disposal plant at Morehead City.
Making the trip to Raleigh to sign the applications
were mayor George W. Dill; George McNeill, city attor
ney; Mrs. Blanda Mcl.ohon, city
treasurer; and Ray Hall, town su
pervisor.
Also present was C. C. Tilley,
senior vice-president of the Wil
liam F. Freeman engineering firm.
High Point.
The application seeks $1,364,000,
of which approximately $570,000
would he used to acquire the More
head City water system. No
“matching funds” from the town
would be required.
Should the town be able to ac
quire the water system, money
would be borrowed to help meet
sewage system costs and would be
repaid from water company re
venue.
Mayor Dill, at the Morehead City
town board meeting Thursday,
said, “We are seeking federal
funds, incident to possible acquisi
tion of the water works, upon
which hinges the building of a sew
age plant. “We need the water
works to assure revenue to finance
the sewage system.”
The grant, if made, would come
through the US Public Health Ser
vice and the Community Facilities
administration.
The city’s plan for sewage dis
posal will be filed with the State
Stream Sanitation commission,
prior to placing the application for
funds in Washington, 1). C.
The State Stream Sanitation com
mission has told the town that it
must slop dumping raw sewage
in the waters surrounding it.
The board passed a resolution
approving Morehead City port as
a port of entry for spent atomic
fuel elements. Walter Fricderichs,
port operations • manager, present
ed the proposal to the board.
Permission was granted the Ju
nior Woman's dub to use the park
ing meters as collection points for
dimes, which would go to the Crip
pled Children’s fund.
Attending the meeting were the
mayor, attorney, commissioners S.
C. Holloway, Jerry Willis, Russell
Outlaw. Dom Femia, D. J. Hall
and Ray Hall, town supervisor.
Newport Driver
Cited after Wreck
David Gilmon Fletcher, Newport,
was charged with driving drunk
after his 1952 Ford turned over at
the town limits of Newport Thurs
day night about 8:20. Fletcher, who
was alone, was not injured.
Newport police chief Dan Bell
said Fletcher was headed east on
highway 70. He apparently went to
the left of the center line, then cut
back to the right, going into the
woods. As the car went across the
shoulder of the road it mowed
down the city limits sign.
The car hit nose down in the
woods and flipped over on its top,
chief Bell said. He said the car was
a total wreck.
Two Contractors
Accept Work
On West School
II. L. Joslyn, county superinten
dent ol schools, reports that he has
received copies of contracts signed
hv the plumbing and heating con
tractors for the West Carteret
school.
The copies were forwarded to
him by A. R. Davis, architect. Mr.
Joslyn said that the board of ed
ucation will probably decide Jan.
7 what to do about the general
contract and the wiring contract.
Those contractors decided not to
lake the job. Their bids were ex
tremely low and it is assumed
that an error was made in their
bidding.
The next low bids might be con
sidered. Mr. Joslyn said, but if
“change orders" are illegal, as the
attorney general's office says they
are, the county doesn’t have the
money to accept the next low bids.
(The attorney general had been
asked for an opinion on whether
the county could alter school plans
sufficiently to get them within the
$800,000 allotted the county this
fiscal year.)
The only remaining alternative
would seem to be revamping the
plans for “phase 1“ of the West
Carteret school, revising specifi
cations accordingly and requesting
new bids—if the board of educa
tion wants to start construction
early in 1963.
If this course is not taken, the
next hope would probably be pass
age ,of a school bond issue.
Club Observes
Christmas
Morehead City Rotarians held
their annual Christmas party and
ladies’ night Thursday.
Approximately 40 presents were
collected for distribution to needy
families by the Morehead City fire
department.
After dinner, the group was
shown a color film produced by
the North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources commission on wildlife in
North Carolina. Aside from show
ing the widely-varied species of
game in the state, the film urged
wise use and conservation of game
as both a recreational and tourist
attraction.
The Rotary club will meet next
week at Mrs. Russell Willis’s res
taurant until further notice.
.. Boxing Gloves, an' a Punchin' Bag'
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Four-year-old Dean Chatlos Jr., grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Russell, Beaufort, looks as though
he’s singing a song to Santa. But he’s really just telling Santa Clans what he wants for Christmas
—loud and clear!
We Wish You a
Merry Christmas