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41st YEAR, NO. 19. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1962 PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAYS
Utilities Commission , CP&L
Order $812,000 Rate Slash
Half Moon Sinks
Off Hatteras 4
Crew of Four Rescued by
Men Aboard Trawlers
Clara, Oriental
The 65-foot fishing trawler Half
Moon sprang her seams and sank
off Hatteras inlet in heavy seas
and gale winds early Saturday, but
her four crewmen were picked up
safely after only five minutes in
chill water.
The trawlers Oriental and Clara,
fishing near the Half Moon, went
to her aid and tossed life rings to
the men when the vessel, loaded
with 50,000 pounds of fish, sank
suddenly half a mile from the
beach.
"A plank must have come off
her because she was taking water
so fast," Capt. Walter Stowe of the
Oriental said. "I tried to put a
hawser aboard and tow her in but
she took a swell end went down."
Crew Saved
Capt. Otis Newton, 35, of the
Half Moon, his son, James, of Van
demere, and Bill Mayo of South
Creek, were pulled aboard the Ori
ental. James Mayo, no relation to
Bill Mayo, swam to the Clara. Both
trawlers returned to Oriental.
Owner of the Half Moon was
Sam McCotter. Vandemere. Both
the rescue craft, the Oriental and
the Clara, are owned by Garland
Fulcher of Oriental. The unfor
tunate Half Moon frequently visit
ed Morehead City, and the other
two are familiar sights along the
Morehead City waterfront. The
Oriental, here about two weeks ago,
is a converted German PT boat.
Nor'easter Expected
Stowe, 29. who has been fishing
the Outer Banks since "I was knee
high," said the fishing boats had
received a radioed warning to ex
pect a nor'easter.
"It blew up all of a sudden and
hit us from the opposite direction,"
Stowe said. "There we were off
t)iamond Shoals ? the worst place
along the coast I know."
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Stale Employs Historian
For Fort Macon Study j
M. F. Perry, research historian
and archaelogist, has been em
ployed by the Stale Board of
Conservation and Development
to undertake a year's work and
study at Fort Macon.
Formerly affiliated with his
toric projects at Williamsburg,
Va., Perry will make his home
in Morehead City within the next
few weeks, according to J. A. Du
Rois, manager of the Morehead
I City chamber of commerce.
Perry's employment is another
step in the project of fort reno
vation. In addition to reconstruc
tion of the fort, plans call for
showing a film on Fort Macon
history and installation of a
sound system at the fort to fa
cilitate guiding of sightseers
through the fort.
Chadwick Store,
Smpa, Burns
Sunday Morning
Chadwick's store at Smyrna
burned to the ground Sunday morn
ing while the owner, Harry Chad
wick, was in church. Flames were
discovered by James Lynch who
lives near the store. The fire is
believed to have started soon after
10 o'clock.
No stove fire for heating the
place was going and it is believed
the blaze may have started from
defective wiring.
The store, located at highway 70
and the road that leads to Marsh
allberg, dealt in groceries. Loss is
estimated at $10,000. It is not
known whether the store was cov
ered by insurance.
The fire burned itself out by
12:30 p.m. It was confined to the
store building itself and no nearby
buildings were damaged.
Mrs. Harry Chadwick, who mana
ges the Beaufort school lunch
room, has been sick the past seve
ral Maya.
? The State Utilities commission
and Carolina Power anfi Light co.
Thursday reduced southeastern
North Carolina power rates $812,
OOO a year. Under a merger agree
ment CP&L absorbed Tide Water
Power co. Saturday, March 1, and
the new rates will become effec
tive April 1.
New residential rates for custo- i
mers who use 250 kilowatt hours
a month (the minimum in the fully- 1
electrified home) will be almost in i
line with those charged in Raleigh. I
The industrial rates to former |
Tide Water customers will be iden- j
tical with CP&L rates.
Commission Engineer L. V. Kee- j
ver said the $812,000 reduction
would trim Tide Water rates an
average of 11 per cent. A compari- !
son of Tide Water and CP&L rate
schedules showed Tide Water rates
run an average of 25 per cent over
CP&L's.
The utilities commission and
CP&L rate plan feature two bene
fits for southeastern home-owners
and domestic power-users ? an im
mediate reduction of 8.4 per cent
in their basic rates and an induce
ment clause. Customers who use
more power than they did a year
ago will get some of their extra
kilowatts for free.
Benefits Offered
In terms of dollars and percent
ages, CP&L offered its new cus
tomers these benefits:
Industrial customers, a reduction
of $160,470, or 15.3 per cent from
CP&L levels, and the equivalent of
the same rates charged other
CP&L industrial customers with
one exception ? the CP&L textile
rate was not extended into the new
territory. The Tide Water area,
it was explained has only one tex
tile mill entitled to textile rates
and this will be put on the new
industrial rate.
Residential customers, a reduc
tion of $251,320, or 8.4 per cent
from Tide Water levels, plus an
opportunity to get the benefit of
CP&L rates if they increase their
use of current.
Commercial customers, a reduc
tion of $341,520, or 14.6 per cent.
REA cooperatives, a reduction of
$25,000, or 6.2 per cent, by bring
ing the per kilowatt hour charge
down from 8 mills to 7.5 mills.
Municipalities, a reduction of
See RATE SLASH, Page 2
Miss Janet Wade, Williston, ,
To Appear in Azalea Festival
LULangHurt j
As Car Hits Pole
Leonard Roby Lang, Cherry
Point, was slightly injured at 7:30
yesterday morning when his car
left the road four miles east of
Beaufort on highway 70 and crash
ed into a telephone pole. The acci
dent occurred ne'ar the "Pure Oil
station at North River.
Lang was treated at Morehead
City hospital for lacerations of the
head and discharged.
According to State Highway Pat
rolman H. G. Woolard, Lang was
proceeding west when his wheels
slipped off the hard surface on a
curve. The car skidded across the
highway 117 feet to the left shoul
der and stopped when it hit the
pole.
' Damage to the car was estimated
at $1,000. Charges are pending.
Patrolman Woolard commented
that this is the fourth time in three
years that moving automobiles met
with an immovable object, namely
the telephone pole, on the curve
near the Pure Oil station.
Motorist Faces
Drank Charge
A charge of drunken driving has
been levied against Adrian Fra
xier, North Harlowe, as the result
of an accident at 7:30 Friday night
on highway 101 two and a half
miles north of Beaufort.
The car driven by Fraxier collid
ed with a 1952 automobile driven
by H. Earle Mobley of Morehead
City. Frazier's car, a 1952 model,
is owned by Rosetta Williams, 509
Queen St., Beaufort. Damage to
each automobile was estimated at
$1,000. No one was injured.
According to State Highway Pat
rolman H. G. Woolard who inves
tigated, Mobley had pulled into a
driveway at the Simmie Smith resi
_ dence on 101 to turn around and
was backing out when Fraxier came
along and plowed into the rear of
1 " the liobley automobile.
. Other charges against Fraxier
' are pending.
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* Miss Janet Wade, daughter oH
Mr. and Mrs. John Wade, Willis
ton, will represent Carteret county
as an attendant to the Teen-age
Princess at the annual Wilmington
azalea festival March 27-30.
Miss Wade, a senior at Smyrna
high school, was elected queen of
the student body at the recent
senior class play. She is a mem
ber of the school newspaper staff,
The Pine Barker, and a member of
the yearbook staff.
The honor of selecting a teen- j
age attendant for the Wilmington
festival rotates among the high
schools of the county.
Other counties who will have at
tendants in the princess' court are
New Hanover, Brunswick,
Columbus, Robeson, Onslow, Pen
der, Nash, Craven, Sampson, Bla
den, Wayne, Cumberland, and
Wake. The princess is selected
from among New Hanover high
school students.
The "maids of honor" will ar
rive in Wilmington Friday after
noon, March 28, and will attend a
tea at the home of Miss Nancy
Knox. Early that evening they will
be among the guests of honor at
the Teen-age banquet and the
group's colorful coronation ball
will be held at Lumina, Wrights
ville Beach, at 9:30 o'clock.
An honor guard will be provided
by one of the best platoons from
the New Hanover high ROTC. One
of the festival's visiting celebrities
? last year it was Miss Cathy
Downs, young motion picture ac
tress ? "will crown the princess.
Music for the occasion will be by
Don Grimes and his orchestra,
from Richmond, Va.
During their Wilmington visit,
the attendants will participate in
other features of the festival. They
will have their float in the mam
moth parade Saturday morning and
are expected to visit the famous
gardens of Greenfield Lake, Orton
plantation and Airlie, breathtaking
in their spring beauty.
Carteret Student Helps
Entertain Ambassador
Giles Willis, jr., Gloucester,
chairman of publicity for the
World Student Service fund. State
college, Raleigh, recently helped
entertain Ali Sastrodmidjojo, am
bassador from Indonesia who paid
a visit to State collegt.
Willis, who is a junior at State
college, recently represented State
college at the 16th quadrennial
I conference fo the Student Volun
I teer Movement, Lawrence, Kan.
Clerk Probates
Three Wills
Three wills were probated re
cently by A. H. James, clerk of su
perior court. They are the wills of
Guy C. Chadwick, Straits, Cirtus
A. Oden, Beaufort, and Sarah E.
Willis, Morehead City.
The Chadwick will, drawn June
9, 1947, was prescptcd for probate
by C. H. Freeman. Witnesses to
the document are Gilbert B. and
Gerald M. Whitchurst. Named as
executrix of the will was Mrs. Guy
Chadwick, now deceased. James
said no administrator for the es
tate has been appointed.
The will directed that at the
death of his wife. Myrtle, the home
place, 12 acres with all household
furnishings, was to be divided be
tween two sons, Leon and Guy, jr.
Leon and Guy are to receive also
a store and everything in it, also
a tract of l'/i acres around the
store building.
Donald G. and Norman A., sons,
were bequeathed the "shore tract,"
three acres and the balance of the
Ridge land surrounding the store,
a total of about six acres. A daugh
ter, Clara Chadwick Bailey, was
willed $50; all other property, real
or personal, was directed to be
divided equally among the four
sons.
The Oden will, witnessed by J.
H. Dill and C. R. Wheatly was
drawn May IS, 1908 and probated
Feb. 26, 1952. C. R. Wheatly, jr.,
and M. Leslie Davis testified that
the C. R. Wheatly signature was
valid, that witness being deceased.*
Oden directed that hii wife, Mary,
be executor of the estate and that
See WILLS, Pife 2
Tide Table
TWm at Beaufart B?r
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, March t
2:19 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
2:30 p.m. 8:57 p.m.
Wedneaday, March 5
3:21 a.m. 10:03 a.m.
3:44 p.m. 10:02 p.m.
Tharaday, March t
4:21 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
4:46 p.m. 11:01 p.m.
Friday, March 7
5:14 a.m. 11:48 a.m.
5:38 p.m. 11:52 p.m.
To Sing March 11
Mac Morgan, baritone, will ??>. I
pear as artist in the Community
Concert series at 8:30 next Tucs
day night, March 11, at Morehcad
City high school. The time of
the concert is 15 minutes later
than usual, 8:30 instead of 8:15
p.m.
Methodist Clergy
I Plan Christian ?
Workers School
A Christian Worker's school for
nine Methodist charges has been
arranged by the" 25 churches com
prising the Bcaufort-Moreheud City
zone. The school is expected to
| draw several hundred men and
women nightly. Sept. 8, 9. 10, who
| will meet to learn to serve the
J churches in a more efficient man
1 ner. The sessions will be held in
First Methodist church, Morehead
City.
At a recent meeting of ministers. 1
church school superintendents ind |
laymen in First Methodist church '
the Rev. Leon Couch, pastor, was
appointed to serve as chairman of
the hoard of managers.
The board of managers is com
posed of the Rev. C. W Wooten
Atlantic: the Rev. R. \. Fitts of
Marshallberg: the Rev. A. C. Regan
Straits: the Rev T R. Irnkins'
Beaufort; the Rev. L. A. Lewis,
Core Creek: the Rev. A. L. Rey
nolds. Morehead City. Mr. Couch
and the Rev. W. W. Clark, New
port.
Mr. .lenkins, pastor of Ann Street
Methodist church. Beaufort, has
been elected to serve as dean and
authorized to select a faculty for
the school.
On the faculty are Dr. Gilbert 1
T. Rowe, professor emeritus of
Christian doctrine. Duke university.
He will be the inspirational speak
er at the assembly period each
night and teach the course on
"Christian Beliefs."
The Rev. Roland Rainwater, di
rector of religious activities. Duke
university, will be the instructor
for the course on "Understanding
Youth."
The Rev. C. P. Morris, executive
director of the N. C. conference
board of education, will teach a
course on church school adminis
j tration entitled. "How to Improve
the Church School."
Mr. Couch will teach the course
"Churches for Our Country's
Needs."
A course entitled "The Church
at Work with Junior Children" will
be offered by an instructor to be
announced later.
Dr. Hiram K. King, district su
perintendent. New Bern, will teach
a course, "At Work for a Christian
J World.
N. F. Eure of Beaufort was'elect
ed treasurer of the school at the
meeting of the board of managers
last week.
A printed bulletin listing instruc
tors, schedules, display and con
ference rooms and other informa
tion will be ready for distribution
sometime in April.
Eight Soloists J
To Appear Friday
Eight soloists will take part Fri
day night in the Beaufort Choral
club concert at Beaufort school.
The concert is being sponsored by
the Wesleyan Guild of Ann Street
Methodist church to raise money
for the organ fund.
The soloists are Marilou Paulsen
Jones, James Webb, Sal Palazzo,
all of Morehead City, Garland Mor
risa, Cherry Point. Alvin Hansen.
Marie Webb, Sally Herring, and
Jacqueline Hancock, all of Beau-<
fort. ,
The program wilt InclucTe choral
compositions as well as musical
comedy selections including num
bers from Show Boat, Maytime,
The New Moon. The Chocolate Sol
dier, and others.
Tickets may be purchased at bus
iness houses in Beaufort and will
also be sold at the door. Director
of the chorus is Mrs. Virginia Has
stll.
Dredging Projects to Start
Here . Soon, Congressman Says
Congressman Graham A.'
Burden, in a letter receive J
yesterday by Alvah Hamil
ton. Morehead City, reveal
ed that government dredging
Of channels in this area will
begin within the next month.
Enclosed with the congressman's
letter was a letter which Barden
recently received from Col. R. C.
Brown of the corps of engineers.
Wilmington. Barden said that nu
merous dredging projects in Car
teret county have yet to be cleared
up but he commented that Colonel
Browns letter, which follows,
would be of interest to residents
of this area:
"Dear Congressman Barden:
"In view of your great interest
in serving fishermen in your dis
trict. I am pleased to report that
contracts have been let for main-'
tenance dredging in the waterway
connecting I'anilico Sound and
Beaufort harbor and the channel
from Back Sound to Lookout Bight
or Barden's Inlet. Dredging should
be in operation in 30 days.
"I am also pleased to report that
an allotment has been received to
do maintenance dredging in the
channel from Core Sound to Drum
Inlet and plan to start that dredg
ing in 60 days . .
Douglas Starr -
Returns to Park
Douglas Starr, former superin
tendent of Fort Macon State park,
has returned to resume the super
intendency alter an absence of five
months. Starr and his family have
moved into the superintendent's
quarters the park.
He recently completed a short
course at Raleigh on maintenance
and operation of state parks.
A crew ol workmen arrived yes
terday from Raleigh to begin reno
vation of the bath house and to
complete buildings started last
fall. Starr said that both ends of
the bath house will be torn out and
the structure remodeled and
painted. f
Tto brick picnic shelter will be
completed and supplies ire on
hand, he reported, to start building
of quarters for summer personnel.
The parking space in front of the
fort w^| be enlarged to accommo
date the increasing number of mo
torists who visit the fort each year
and the parking space at the iwim
ming and picnic area is slated to
be enlarged by a third.
The state also has plans for more
complete restoration of the fort.
The state park will open this
year on the first Sunday of June
which will be June 1.
Morehead City j
Dwelling Burns
The home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Williams, Avery St.. Morehead City,
was destroyed by fire at 1 1 :30 yes
terday morning. The call came in
from box 43, 11th and Avery st.
Firemen said they did not know
how the blaze started.
The Williams, who have seven
children and two grandchildren .it
home, were left without a roof
over their heads. All their furni
ture and personal belongings were
destroyed.
Donations, food, clothing, or
money will be appreciated, they
said. The donations may be taken
to the fire station or to Williams
who is employed by the W. P.
Freeman Wholesale co., S. 8th st.
The youngsters, boys and girls,
range from 3 to 15 years.
At 8:20 p.m. Thursday firemen
received a call from box 45 at 13th
and Fisher and put out a trash fire.
Saturday they were called out
twice. At 2 p.m. they went to
Mansfield Park in answer to an
out-of-town call and put out a brush
fire. In answer to a call from box
29, they discovered burning cross
ties on the Morehead City rail
road draw bridge. The fire was
probably started from a cigarette
tossed from a car window, reported
the firemen. Numerous ties were
damaged.
Lions Hear Talk Thursday
By Paul Lyman, Baleigh
Paul W. Lyman of Raleigh, depu
ty district governor of the Lions
club, spoke Thursday night to the
Lions on the subject "Enthusiastic
Lions Clubs."
Joe Rose and Frank Moran re
ported on their attendance at the
golf club meeting and Fred Lewis,
chairman, gave his report on the
blind campaign. "Be Thankful You
Can See." Lewis and Oscar Allred
reported on the recreation meeting
which they attended Tuesday night.
Visitors were Lyman and George
Stovall.
Two Leap Year Babies,
Bolh Boys, Arrive Friday
Two I^eap Year babies were
born at Morehead CUy hospital.
Friday, Feb. 29. That means
four years before a birthday an
niversary!
The first was a 9 lb. 10 'a oz.
boy born at 2:29 a.m. to Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Brown of Pelletier.
An 8 lb. 1 4 ol boy, Lester
Fllison, jr., was born at 4:13 p.
m. to Mr. and Mrs. I^ester Has
kett of Havelock.
JC Nominations j
Chairman Gives
Complete Listing
The list of nominees for offices
in the Morehead City Jaycees was
incomplete as it appeared in Fri
day's NEWS-TIMES.
A complete list, furnished by Bill
Chalk, chairman of the nominating
committee follows:
For president: P. II. Geer, jr.,
Dick McClain, Walter Morris, Bob
by Bell.
For first vice-president (known
as internal vice president ) : Lester
Styron, Frank Safrit, Geer, Ralph
Gardiner
For second vice-president (known
as external vice president) : Ken j
neth Wagner, James Webb.
For treasurer: linimy Meeks,
Ralph Gardiner, Oscar Ely, Sal
Palazzo.
For local directors: Paul Cor
dova. Ely, Howard Ferguson, Sa
frit. J. C. Harvell. Dr. Russell Out
law, Herbert Phillips, Jasper Bell,
Lest a Willis, Jack Morgan, and Sam
Guthrie. Four arc elected and the
retiring president serves as the
fifth director.
Chalk explained that any of the
men nominated for offices other
than local director automatically
become candidates for director if
they are defeated for the first
narnej4 pff'ec. ' *
The secretary Is appointed by the*
newly-elected president. Balloting
will take place the first Monday in
April.
Police Officer
Witnesses Wreck
Maxwell Wade, Beaufort police
officer, witnessed an accident at
1:50 yesterday morning on Live
Oak st. As a result, the driver of
the car, Arthur Scheader, More
head City, is in the county jail un
der $150 bond. He is charged with
speeding and careless and reck
less driving.
Officer Wade said that Scheader
entered Beaufort, proceeding south
on Live Oak at a speed of 50 miles
an hour. Officer Wade was travel
ing north in the police patrol car.
Scheader failed to make the
curve just south of The Spot, a
lunch stand, hit the curb and
bounced over into the street at
the rear of The Spot. There was
only slight damage to the car and
no one was hurt. The car was driv
en away from the scene of the acci
dent.
Hiding with Scheader was Nor
man Willis of Morehcad City. Po
lice Chief Carlton Garner said the
car was owned by Willis's mother,
Mary. Upon notification by Beau
fort police, Morehead City officers
found Scheader and placed him
under arrest.
Ocracokcrs Seek Better </
Phone Service on Island
Ocracoke islanders have written^
to Governor Seott to ask his aid ift
helping them get telephone service
on the island.
"You've worked a miracle for us
once our roads," they wrote him.
. so you should not be sur
prised that we turned to you for
advice about another of our prob
lems: Telephones."
The Ocracoke Civic club's tele
phone committee, composed of K.
S. Tolson, Henry I'eele and Theo
dore Rondthaler, signed the letter.
They explained they are not
seeking a telephone exchange for
the island, nor house-to house
phone service. What they want is
"two to four coin telephones in
public places same as Hatteras
has," so there can be more ade
quate telephone service to the
mainland.
The committee proposed that i
cooperative agreement might be
worked ou4 to use Coast Guard
telephone poles to support the
wires which would carry civilian
mcssjges to the mainland, prob
ably through Beaufort and More
head City. At present, the only |
phone in the village is in the Coast
Guard station.
They wanted to know what the !
Governor thought about it, and
what suggestions he could make
that might help them get the
phones.
Scott called in Gwyn Price, chief
of the N. C. Rural Electrification
Authority, and asked him to see
if something could be worked out.
Rotarians Hear
Safety Engineer
An address by H. I). (Tarvia)
Jones, state highway safety engi
neer of the department of motor
vehietas, w^is the feature of the
IllMfClty Kotary club meeting
Thursday night at the Morehead
City school cafeteria.
Rotarians and Rotary-Anns from
Oriental, New Bern, Newport,
Beaufort and Morehead City at
tended. George McNeill, president
of the Morehead City Rotarians,
presided and joined with district
governor-elect Stanley Woodbind
in welcoming the visiting Rotar
ians. Special music was provided
by Bill Norwood, accordiatiist, and
the Persuading Five, a local vocal
quintet.
Glenn Adair, Beaufort, welcomed
the Rotary-Anns and Mrs. Kathryn
Montague of Newport responded
The Beaufort club was the donor
of corsages for the Rotary-Anns
and smokes for the Rotarians.
In his address Jones pointed with
pride to the safety record that
North Carolina has established in
relation to miles traveled. He de
scribed the driver-examiner pro
gram and stated that it is recog
nized nationally for its efficiency
in operation.
Jones said that the greatest men
ace to highway safety is the driver
without a permit. Road blocks set
up by the highway partol have un
covered numerous drivers who do
not have permits and have never
taken a safety examination.
H. Earle Mobley recounted in
teresting incidents of his career as
an entertainment feature of the
program. The 175 people present
were led in Rotary songs by H. L.
Joslyn, accompanied by Dr. Eugene
Roelofs on the piano. Joslyn was
chairman of the committee in
charge of arrangements.
?
County Board
Deals Yesterday
With Roads, Taxes
Routine road and tax problems
I occupied county commissioners in
; session yesterday morning at the
court house. Beaufort.
Philip Ball. Morehead City, ap
: pea red- before the board and re
i quested a reduction in taxes on
! property he recently purchased on
Portsmouth Island. He said tha
land was sold to him by David
Richardson who gave him a war
ranty deed. Since that time. Ball
i said he learned that $75 in taxes
| was owned on the property.
The board authorized a 50 per
cent adjustment, asking Ball to pay
$37.50 in settlement.
Commissioner Hugh Salter and
John Brooks of the tax office were
asked to inspect the Horace Lewis
property in Highland Park. Lewis
appeared before the board and ask
ed for an adjustment in valuation.
Salter and Brooks will report on
their findings at the meeting of the
board of equalization Monday,
March 17. at the court house.
Settlement Made
A settlement of $100 was granted
in the case of L. L. Willis. Bettie.
Taxes of $138.32 were owed on his
property. The property was listed
in the name of E. L. Willis. Willis
said he could pay $50 immediately
and the board gave him 30 days to
pay the remainder. The settlement
was made subject to approval by
J. K. Duncan, collector of delin
quent taxes.
Appointed as an appraisal com
mittee to investigate properties on
which ad'jjtments have born re"
quested were Brooks. Commission
ers Moses Howard, and Salter. They
will report to the board of equaliza
tion March 17.
The commissioners directed that
the county attorney, Alvah Hamil
ton. write the attorney general for
a ruling on the legality of the coun
ty board adjusting valuations after
the board of equalization meets.
The board authorized the adver
tising of taxes during April with
sale scheduled for Monday May 5.
Road Problem
Robert Howard and I. B. Royall
of Morehead City ippeared before
the commissioners and requested
repair anjl, improvement of the
road leading from Arendell to
Bridges. The road is partially on
the site of 25th street and is used
by White lee Cream and Milk- co.
trucks. Royall and Howard also
said it is being used also as a pub
lie thoroughfare.
Attorney Hamilton said that 25th
street is a part of the town of
Morehead City, the corporate limits
being extended that far during one
of the recent sessions of the legis
lature. Howard and Royall were
advised to take their problem be
fore Morehead City's town board.
Allen Vinson. Ernest Waters,
and Willie Mitchell of the western
part of the county, ippeared and
asked that the road from Buck Cor
ner to Whitehouse Forks be im
proved. They said a petition on
the mile and a quarter road was
approved a year ago but to date
nothing has been done.
J. L. Humphrey, county road su
See COUNTY BOARD, Page 2
Boots Try Round-Up
Saturday Efforts to Drive
Porpoise from Sound Fail
Kitty Hawk. ? A herd af occan
porpoise that have moved into the
inland fresh waters of Currituck
sound from off Cape Hatteras could
not be chased back to their native
habitat in attempts made Saturday
by State Wildlife Resources com
mission officials.
(In Raleigh, Clyde Patton, direc
tor of the commission, said that a
major drive to rid the sound of the
porpoises would be staged yester
day. He said that an airplane and
possibly explosives, would be used,
as well as boats.)
Game protectors of the commis
sion, traveling Saturday In speed
boats capable of 35 miles per hour,
were left in the wake of the por
poise herd which traveled at a
speed in excess of SO miles per
hour and deeper into Currituck
sound instead of toward Oregon
inlet 25 milei southward through
which they had entered from the*
ocean.
The porpoises, in the herd of 20
or more, were sighted near Me
morial bridge on U. S. highway No.
158 which spans lower Currituck
sound between Point Harbor on
the mainland and Kitty Hawk on
the Dare county outer banks.
District Game Supervisor Leon
Thomas, aboard the spotting boat,
radioed by short wave portable
equipment to Rod Amundson, chief
of the commission division of edu
cation, a mile away to bring his
boat, skippered by Game Protector
Norman Dowdy, close by with the
thought that the two craft converg
ing on the swimming mamals could
head them southward.
The game officials were of
opinion that once the porpoises
passed beneath the lower bridge,
See PORPOISE, Page 2
Principal Extends Special
Inviiaiion lo Open House
G. T. Windell, principal of More
head City school, extended a spe
cial invitation to parents and other
residents of Morehead City to at
tend open house at the school next
Monday night.
Following a short PTA business
meeting at 7:30. guests will be con
ducted through the classrooms to
view work of the pupils and to
meet the teachers.
The principal suggests that par
ents not take up problems with
teachers at this time, rather that
they view the displays in the class
rooms and become better acquaint
ed with the work the teachers and
pupils are doing.