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[ 42nd YEAR, NO. 62. EIGHT PAGES MORJSHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
'Army Engineers Seek Funds
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For Port Channel Dredging
The Army corps of engineers has*
recommended that the federal gov
ernment spend $1,367,000 for
dredging to the Morehead City har
bor channel and turning basin.
Brigadier General Charles G. Holle,
division engineer, reported this
week.
Based on its information, the en
gineers found that a channel and
enlarged turning basin, all 32 feet
deep, would "substantially meet
the needs of present and prospec
tive navigation and would be eco
nomically justified."
"It is mandatory that something
be done," J. D. Holt, manager of
the state port terminal, said in
commenting on the announcement.
The turning basin at the present
time is 30 feet deep, but Mr. Holt
reported the channel has filled in
at spots to 27-28 feet at mean low
water and is no longer at its full
width. The State Ports Authority
has been working on this project,
he said, and feels that "something
has got to be done."
The engineers recommended that
a channci 400 feet wide and 32 feet
deep at mean low water be dredged
over the bar and that the remain
der of the channel be made 300
feet wide at the same depth. The
turning basin would be enlarged by
lengthening the west leg of the
present Y-shaped basin by 800 feet
and widening the western end of
that leg from the present width of
600 feet to 1,000 feet, with the
northern boundary of the wesf leg
extending to the state ports bulk
head and wharf. The throat of the
Y would also be enlarged.
These modifications would cost
an estimated $1,367,000 for the ini
tial dredging and $15,000 annually
for maintenance in addition to the
maintenance now required. This
recommendation is contingent upon
local interests furnishing all lands,
easements, rights-of-way and spoil
disposal area, maintaining adequate
terminal and transfer facilities
open to all on equal terms, and
hold the United States free from
damages that may result from the
construction and maintenance of
the project.
All written communications on
the project should be sent to the
Board of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors, Room 305, 119 D Street,
N.E., Washington 29, D. C. Further
information on the project may be
obtained from the corps of en
gineers in Wilmington.
Money for the project is not now
included in appropriations meas
ures before the Congress. Mr. Holt
said that many shippers hesitate to
send heavily loaded ships to chan
nels as shallow as the Morehead
City harbor. "Eventually we will
have to have a channel of 39 feet
in depth," he said.
Morehead Lions
Install Officers
The Morehead City Lions club
installed its officers for the coming
year Thursday night during a
cruise on the Motor Vessel Danco.
Fred Hardy was installed as new
president succeeding Fred Lewis.
Other officers are Ethan Davis,
first vice-president; Cecil Sewell,
second vice - president; Gordon
Laughton, third vice-president;
Owen Frcdcricks, secretary; and
Allen Colenda, treasurer.
The new officers were installed
by Lester Gould of Jacksonville, a
zone chairman of Lions district
31E. Mr. Qould spoke briefly to
the incoming officers and Uie club
on the duties of each officer.
After discussing the ideals of a
service organization like the Lions
club, Mr. Gould urged the mem
bers and the officers to work dur
ing the next year to help their com
munity and the club. He praised
the club for its speech clinic for
county school children which was
recently held.
He also commended the club for
its standing in the district based on
mojithly reports of activities filed
with the district office each month.
The members of the club had
their wives as guests and a picnic
supper was served during the
cruise. Approximately 33 went on
the cruise.
Privilege Tax Penalty y
Period Starts July 1
Beginning July 1 penalties will
be due on state privilege licenses
for the tax year June 1, 1953. to
May 31, 1954. it was announced this
week by John B. Warren and
Robert Brock, deputy collectors for
this area.
The collectors adviae that the
penalty will be five per cent per
month for each delinquent month
and urge all taxpayers to file their
applications for licenses immedi
ately in order to avoid penalties.
Applications for licenses should
be mailed the Department of
Revenue in Raleigh. Mr. Warren is
in charge of collections for the
state from Beaufort ?f rt, and Mr.
Brock from Monbead City west.
Fisherman Disappears ;
Employee Held in Jail
Walter V. Whicker of Walker
town is being helfl without charge
in the county jail pending an inves
tigation into the mysterious disap
pearance of his employer, William
Southern of Winston-Salem.
Whicker was arrested Sunday
night by Deputy Sheriff Hugh Sal
ter after he could offer no explana
tion of his employer's disappear
ance while the two men were on a
fishing trip on the Newport river.
The two men left Jeff Jackson's
cabins on the Morehead City-Beau
fort causeway Saturday for the fish
ing trip. When the pair did not re
turn by Sunday morning, their
wives notified Jackson who called
the Coast Guard.
Whicker returned alone Sunday
afternoon and told Jackson that his
employer had disappeared while he
was asleep. He said that they had
run out of gas somewhere in the
vicinity of Core creek. He said that
they then anchored and he went to
sleep. Whicker said that when he
awoke about dawn, the boat was
aground about a mile from where
it had been anchored and Southern
was gone.
Whicker said that he then walk
ed along the shore and finally hail
ed a passing boat which brought
him back to the causeway. He then
told Jackson what had happened.
Jackson and Whicker then re
turned to the spot where the boat
had run ashore and brought it back
to Jackson's dock. Jackson found :
some of Southern's clothes in the \
bottom f the boat and discovered |
than a ten-pound anchor and sev- 1
eral feet of the anchor rope were !
missing. He found the footprints |
of only one man on the beach
where the boat grounded.
After returning to the causeway, 1
Jackson discussed the disappear
ance with Roy Eubanks of Beau
fort, who urged him to report the
matter to the sheriff's department.
He did so and Salter was sent to
investigate.
Under questioning by Salter,
Whicker repeated his story of
Southern's disappearance. Salter
finally decided to place him in jail
pending further investigation.
At the sheriff's request, a Coast
Guard crew from Fort Macon be
gan dragging operations yesterday
morning near Core creek. At press
time, the searchers had found no
trace of Southern.
George Canady of Kinston, SB1
agent in charge of the eastern dis
trict, has been called into the case
to assist the county officers with
the investigation.
Railroad Orders Trestle *
Closed to All Fishermen
Officials of the Beaufort-More-4
head City Railroad have announced
that fishing from the railroad's two
trestles will be prohibited in the
future.
A. T. Leary, jr., son of the rail
road's president, said that the ac
tion has been taken following
orders from the Interstate Com
merce commission. The people
using the treaties for fishing have
created a serious hazard and have
also impeded passage of trains on
the two trestles, according to Mr.
Leary.
The first step under the policy
was taken Saturday morning when
Deputy Sheriffs Hugh Salter and
Marshall Ayscue ordered fisher
men to leave the trestles. In some
cases they had to threaten the
fishermen with arrest in order to
make them leave. They said that
at one time during the morning
there were about 350 persons using
the bridges.
Mr. Leary said that the com
pany is preparing metal signs and
gates which will be placed at the
ends of the trestles. He said that
on two previous occasions, such
signs and gates have been torn
down by fishermen.
The railroad official said, "This
time we are going to put up metal
signs on iron posts. We hope that
these will stay up." He added that
the last time the railroad tried to
enforce the tishing ban, fishermen
threw a work car and several hun
dred dollars worth of tools into
ten fprt nf water after thev tore
down the signs and gate*.
Mr. Leary said that the slate
highway commission has agreed
to assist the company by banning
parking on the north side of the
road between the two trestles. He
said that "no parking" signs will
be placed along the highway right
of way. He said that he believes
that such signs will make it easier
for the railroad to enforce the ban.
He said that several people have
had close brushes with death or
serious injury when trains have
tried to crorss the trestle.
People often dive from the
bridgev when they see a train com
ing and there have been several
drownings. Mr. Leary said that
the closing of the trestle will
protect those who have been using
it and will also help to keep the
railroad from being involved in
suits growing out of injuries.
Mr. Leary also said that passage
of traina has been held up for long
periods on several occasions. He
said that some people have taken
the position that the trains could
wait until they finished their fish
ing. He said that some of the
fishermen have wanted to fight
trainmen when they were requested
to allow the train to use the trestle.
The railroad offic'al said. "We
hope to educate fishermen and
make them realize that they cannot
fish from the trestles. If they per
sist in trespassing, however, they
will be prosecuted in the county
courts."
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Beach Baud Meets July 11
The meeting of the board of
aldermen of Atlantic Beach haa
been postponed until Saturrday.
July 11. Alfred Cooper, mayor of
the town, ha reported. The reg
ular first Saturday meeting date
would have conflicted with the
July 4 holiday.
Rolarians Hear
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Clyde Douglass
Clyde Douglass, Raleigh attor
ney, described his recent trip to
Bermuda at Thursday night's meet
ing of the Morehead City Rotary
club.
Mr. Douglass made a similar trip
about 20 years ago, and he de
scribed the changcs which have
taken place on the island during
that time.
He also spoke of the improve
ment in transportation facilities
since his last trip. He described
the modern ship on which he made
his latest trip in comparison with
the ship on which he made his first
trip.
The attorney also said that after
seeing the beauty of Bermuda he
found much of the same type of
beauty along the Atlantic coast of
the United States. He said that
people just don't take time to ob
serve the beauty of their own
coast.
Guests at the meeting were Bob
Montague, Ed Comer. Dode Hen
derson and the Rev. Herbert Wal
drop of the Newport Rotary club,
B. D. Bunn of Whiteville, the Rev.
R. W. Prevost of Ooltewah. Tenn.,
and James Mason of Gastonia, a
former president of the Morehead
City club.
The meeting was the last of the
current year for the club. Kenneth
K. Prest will succed W. C. Carl
ton as president of the club for the
coming year at this week's meeting.
Tide Table
Tide* it Beaufort Bar
HIGH LOW
Tuesday, June 3*
10:31 a.m. 4:29 a.m.
10:51 p.m. 4:41 p.m.
Wednesday, July 1
11:23 a.m. 5:15 a.m.
11:42 p.m. 5:40 p.m.
Thursday, July 2
6:04 a.m.
12:18 p.m. 6:40 p.m.
Friday, July 3
12:37 a.m. 6:56 a.m.
1:17 p.m. 7:44 p.m.
Leaders Report
Beach Traffic
System Works
Increasing Numbers
Of Cars Cause Many
Problems for Towns
"Every weekend it seems we
have more people and more auto
mobiles to take care of on the
beach," Alfred Cooper said yester
day in commenting on the beach's
efforts to improve traffic and park
ing for visitors and residents of
the beach.
Mr. Cooper, mayor of the beach
community, reported that a new co
operative endeavor by the police
forces of the beach, Morehead City,
and the state helped greatly in
expediting the flow of traffic on
Sunday.
Atlantic Beach has hired two
policemen for traffic duty on
weekends, the state is assigning
two highway patrolmen, and More
head City has assigned two patrol
men to handle traffic during peak
hours.
D. G. Bell, Morehead City po
lice commissioner, said that the
first trial of the system showed that
policemen were needed at the Ev
ans and Arendell street intersec
tions with 28th street Sunday
mornings between 10 and 12 o'
clock. Last Sunday policemen were
at the intersections between 3 and
6:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
"It isn't going to work perfect
ly and we're trying our very best
to find a way of improving the
system," he said. Mr. Bell pointed
out that the city was primarily con
cerned with the traffic across 28th
street, since Morehead City resi
dents have in the past waited long
periods of time trying to cross
the traffic going to or from the
beach.
On the beach, the authorities
have made the circle in the main
area a one-way drive and addition
al parking has been found for some
cars. "It's better than we have ever
had before," Mr Cooper said.
The traffic Sunday afternoon
moved slowly at various peak times,
but the policemen kept it moving,
Mr. Cooper commented. He said
that the town of Atlantic Beach
would like to ask yachtsmen to
avoid excessive use of tlie draw
span on the beach bridge at ft s
when the traffic is heaviest.
The same system of coopmation
will be used to handle traffic Sat
urday, July 4, and Sunday. The
beach is preparing for the lar
gest holiday in its history during
the weekend.
Golf Course ?.
Almost Ready
Officers of the Morehead City
Golf and Country club say that the
course is rapidly nearing comple
tion and should be ready for play
in the latter part of July.
Tentative plans call for the
grand opening of the course to be
held sometime between July IS and
July 25.
The course is ready for play with
the exception of the greens which
need further work. Top-soil has
been placed on the greens, and an
other layer of soil and some more
seed will be placed on them before
they are completely ready for play.
C. C. McCuiston. architect who
designed the course and supervised
the construction, examined it last
week and told the club officers that
he was pleased with the progress
of the work on the course. He
recommended, however, that no
playing be permitted until he con
siders the course completely ready.
A spraying unit has been pur
chased for the course and will be
used for mosquito and insect con
trol.
No pro has yet been hired for
the course, but Mr. McCuiston will
be on hand on weekends and will
serve as pro until one is hired.
Banks Close July 4
The three branches of the First
Citizens Bank and Trust company
in Carteret county will close Satur
day, July 4, for the holiday. The
branches are located in Beaufort,
Morehead City and Newport.
'Head-Boat' Danco Starts Fishing Trips
Recreational facilities for resi
lents and tourists on the Carteret
rcast received a decided boost this
Mil medbUid when T. G. Daniel, a
-etired Shelby businessman, put a
'head-boat" into operation from the
Morehead City waterfront.
Mr. Daniel's boat is a converted
T boat, 90 feet long, with three
jM diescls. named the Danco. It
s captained by Teeny Piner.
The Danco made its first com
nercial trip to the fishing grounds
Saturday morning at 7:30 and Mr.
Janiel announced that the boat will
?il every morning throughout the
cason. He has alao started night
iahing cruises from 7 until 10
?'clock at night
On Friday afternoon, word was
received from the Coast Guard in
Washington, D. C., that the boat
had passed the rigorous steamboat
inspection required for commercial
party boats of its size. This makes
it the largest vessel of its kind on
the east coast.
Mr. Daniel started converting the
Danco from a private yacht to a
head-boat in April. T? meet Coast
Guard regulations five water-tight
bulkheads were built, large fire
pumps were installed. life pre
servers and life rafts were obtain
ed, and carbon dioxide fire-fight
ing equipment was added.
The Danco will take its partiaa
"wherever the fish ire," Mr. Dan
icl hu announced. With a cruis
ing speed of about 14 miles per
hour, the Danco will reach most of
the deep sea and gulf stream fish
ing grounds, in about one hour and
45 minutes. Hand lines and bait
will be furnished to fishermen on
the boat, but anglers with their
own rods and reels may use them.
The Danco will return each after
noon at about 4 o'clock.
"I chose Morehead City for this
operation because of its tradition
as a fishermen's center and the
good channel and eaae of access to
the water," Mr. Daniel said. lir.
and Mrs. Daniel and their ion T.
G. Daniel, jr., who la working on
the boat, have moved to Beaulon
for the summer. Mr. Daniel ii the
engineer on the boat.
Parties on the boat will fish (or
sea bass, sailor's choice, porgies,
red snapper, grouper, dolphin and
amber jack. Good catches were re
ported on the first trips during the
weekend. The only similar boats
close to North Carolina are a fleet
of five in Uttle River, S. C. A con
cession stand with soft drinka and
sandwiches Is maintained on the
Danco, and Mr. Daniel reported
that a good supply of Dramamine
pills for sea-sickness will be avail
able.
The Danco la berthed at 907
Ivans street.
County Board Sets Aug. 8 Date
For New Annexation Election -
Morehead Merchants .
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To Stay Open July 4
Members of the Morehead City
Merchants association will re
main open Saturday, July 4, R. B.
Howard, president of the group
reported today.
In a tabulation of the member
ship made in telephone poll, the
members reported they would
be open on Saturday and a ma
jority of the members said they
would close Monday, July 6, Mr.
Howard continued.
Scallop Research
Continues Here *
The Institute of Fisheries Re
search has completed moving the
scallop population of a marked area
in the shoal waters of Core sound
as a part of its experiment in de
termining the effect of high tem
peratures on scallops.
W. A. Ellison, jr., director of the
institute, reported that it would be
the end of July or the first of Au
gust before any results could be
obtained from the experiment.
Conducting the experiment is Dr.
William Fahy under the direction
of Dr. A. F. Chestnut. Dr. Fahy
reported that on Wednesday of last
week the water temperatures in
shallow waters ranged up to 96 de
grees.
The purpose of the experiment
is to determine the effects of high
water temperatures and transplan
tation on scallops. Last summer
following the very high tempera
tures of June, most scallops were
found to be dead, reducing the in
comes of fishermen.
In order to test the effect, the
researchers have taken a marked
area of shoal water, counted the
srallop population, marked the scal
lops with Indelible ink and then
transplanted half the population to
deeper waters. In late July and
early August, the two areas of scal
I lops will be compared.
If the results of the experiment
show that scallops can be trans
planted to deeper waters and main
tain their rate of growth and that
scallops in shallow waters are
harmed by the hot days, then the
institute may rec?mmend the trans
plantation generally if it is eco
nomically feasible.
Beaufort Soldier *
Killed in Korea
Pvt. Leland Hucks, 19, Negro,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse I.. Park
er. 309 Marsh street, Beaufort, was
killed in action June IS while
serving with the Third Infantry
division in Korea.
His family has been notified that
he was killed in ground action dur
ing an enemy attack. The family
has not yet received full details
of his death, but it is believed that
he was killed by a mortar burst.
He had been overseas about a
month at the time of his death.
Private Hucks is the third Carter
et county youth known to have
been killed in the three years of
the Korean fighting. Other victims
of the war were Andrew Slaughter
of Newport and Delmas Gillikin of
Otway. Private Hucks was the
first Negro from the county to die
in action.
Before entering the army, he at
tended Queen street high school
in Beaufort where he starred on
the football, basketball and base
ball teams.
State Feature* Carteret
The issue of State magazine
which was published Saturday fea
tured Carteret county. All the
county's industries, towns and
cities, and recreational facilities
were covered in the series of
stories in the magazine.
Police Wait Report
On Girl's Condition
Morchead City police said yester
day that no charges have yet been
preferred against Arnold Borden,
driver of one of the cars involved
in Thursday morning's near-fatal
accident.
The officers said that they are
waiting for reports on the condi
tion of Mrs. Reynolds May of
Greenville and her daughter, Mary,
11. most seriously injured of the
accident victims.
Hospital authorities said' Jhat
both the little girl and her mother
are showing some improvement and
are expected to recover. The girl
suffered a ruptured spleen, a rup
tured liver and a broken arm in the
accident, and her mother suffered
multiple fractures, including frac
tures of several ribs, both shoulder
blades, her spine and collar bone.
The girl underwent an emergen
cy operation Thursday morning and
has been receiving blood trans
fusions since the accident. Until
Sunday it was doubted that she
would recover from the accident.
Borden received lacerations of
the head, face and arms and possi
ble chest injuries in the accident.
Mrs. May's mother, Mrs. Vina Mae
Garris, also of Greenville, received
minor injuries in the accident. She
is also receiving treatment at the
Morehead City hospital.
Two other passengers in Mrs.
May's car, her son, Louis, 14, and
Sue Parrish, 12, of Beckridge, Va.,
were treated and released after the
accident.
The accident occurred Thursday
morning on Arendell street when |
Borden drove his car into the rear
end of that driven by Mrs. May and
knocked it against a telephone pole,
a tree and a parked car.
Witnesses to the accident told
police that Borden was driving at
about 70 or 75 miles per hour when
he struck Mrs. May's car. They said
that the impact was such that Bor
den's car went several feet into the
air after striking Mrs. May's car.
Sgt. Bruce Edwards of the More
head City police, who is conducting
the investigation, said that Borden
has been able to offer no explana
tion for the speed at which he was
allegedly driving. Hospital sources
said that he has told some visitors
that his accelerator stuck as he was
driving along Arendell street.
Mrs. May's car was struck in the
left rear, crushing the back of the
car and knocking glass out of every
window. The seats were thrown for
ward and the doors were forced
open by the force of the crash.
Glass from the windows was thrown
up on the porches of nearby
houses. The car's hood was stripped
off when it struck the telephone
pole.
The entire front end of Borden's
car was pushed in about two feet
by the impact. The steering wheel
was bent almost double when Bor
den gripped it during the crash.
Damage to the parked car, own
ed by Leslie Earl Davis of More
head City, was confined to the left
rear fender. Davis said that he had
left the car and gone into the house
only a few minutes before the acci
dent.
State Approves Funds
For Repairs to. W harf
Beaufort Police
Car Damaged *
Jarcninah Dixon, Goldsboro Ne
gro was arrested on live charges
Saturday morning after a scuffle
in which he damaged a car belong
ing to the Beaufort police depart
ment.
Dixon is being held in the
county jail for public drunkenness,
disorderly conduct, assaulting an
officer, damaging town property
and possessing non-tax paid whis
key.
Capt. Mack Wade arrested Dixon
for public drunkenness on Live Oak
street and proceeded to take him
to jail. When they rearhed Cedar
street, the prisoner allegedly at
tacked Captain Wade in an effort
to escape. During the struggle,
the officer released the steering
wheel of the car and it jumped the
curb and struck a guy wire.
After the accident, Captain Wade
subdued his prisoner and took him
to the county jail where he is be
ing held under a $200 bond. He
will be tried today in municipal
recorder's court
Willie Stewart, Beaufort Negro,
was arrested Friday for disorderly
conduct and resisting arrest. He
is being held in jail under a $100
bond.
Jack Williama of Beaufort was
arrested Saturday for public drunk
enness and is free on $23 bond.
John Turner, Negro, of Sara
sota, Fla., was arrested Sunday for
driving without a license He
is also free on $25 bond.
James Vann. Beaufort Negro,
was arrested Saturday for public
drunkenness. He i> also free on
$25 bond. He was arrested by
Chief Carlton Garner and Highway
Patrolman W. E. Pickard.
' The Council of State last Fri
day gave its approval to a pro
posal (or repairs to the old whart
at the Morehcad City port terminal.
Bids will be asked for the re
pairs which will probably total
$224,000, George Gillette, director
of the ports authority, reported.
The wharf was inherited from tile
old Morehcad City Ports Authority.
It is 1,350 feet long.
The council also approved pay
ment of $8,700 for grecnhcart lum
ber bought last year to make emer
gency repairs.
During the meeting Governor
William Umstcad observed that a
proposed bond issue for construc
tion of tobacco storage warehouses
should be deferred until it can be
passed on by new members of the
State Ports Authority.
The construction bonds were dis
cussed following a change of mind
by the state's attorney general
which will allow the authority to
issue bonds pledging its income for
more construction.
After Harry McMullan, the at
torney general, made known his
change of opinion, ports authority
officials said it "will more than
likely" soon start on about $800,000
worth of construction.
The ports expansion program was
halted by an earlier ruling which
denied the authority the right to
issue bonds. Port officials said the
program is "strictly in the planning
Ktaffp "
A bond-issue will be necessary
in order to finance storage ware
house construction at both ports, tt
was reported, because the author
ity frequently has to take contracts
on a year-to-year basis without a
long-term guarantee. If the author
ity could get business on a long
term basis a loan for the necessary
funds "could easily be secured."
In his first ruling Mr. McMullan
held that the authority could not
pledge its net income for the pay
ment of revenue bonds issued to
build new port facilities. He said
then that under the law the income
was pledged to help repay the orig
inal $7,900,000 issue of bonds for
port construction.
The reversal came after the at
torney general conferred with the
bonding firm in New York which
handled the original issue. They in
terpreted the law as saying the au
thority had the right to pledge its
earnings, in addition to the pledge
already made. After "further con
sideration" Mr. McMullan said he
agreed.
The warehouses under considera
tion would have about 100,000
square feet of floor space each, and
would be used for storing tobacco,
cotton, fertilizer and many other
materials which may become part
of the two-way movement of ma
terials through the slate porta*
Registrar Named;
Books to Open
Saturday, July 11
F. H. Secly, chairman of the
county hoard of elections, has an
nounced that the board has set
Saturday, Aug. 8. as the date for
the new Morehcad City annexation
election.
As was the case with the first
annexation election, the polling
place will be the Clyde Jones build
ing on 28th street. Registration for
the election will be held at the
same place.
John T. Conner. 2716 Arvon ave
nue, has been named registrar for
the election. The registration books
will open at 9 a.m. on Saturday,
July 11, and will close at sundown
July 25. Challenge day will be Sat
urday, Aug. 1, ^etween the hours
of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
To qualify to vote in the elec
tion, a person must be a citizen
of the United States, a resident of
North Carolina for one year, a res
ident of Carteret county lor lour
months and of the proposed area
for three months. Only those who
register will be allowed to vote,
and no absentee ballots will be ac
cepted.
The election will be the second
attempt at annexation since May.
On May 23, residents ol the area
voted 78-67 to defeat a proposed
annexation of a slightly larger area.
Immediately alter the last elco
tion, residents of the area began
work on a new annexation proposal.
Because state law requires that one
year must pass between elections
for the same area, proponents of
annexation changed the area, mak
ing it possible to hold another -jlec
tion.
The election was ordered it a
public hearing Wednesday night at
the town hall. Those desiring an
nexation presented a petition, sign
ed by 108 persons, asking the town
to annex the area by resolution.
The election was forced when 54
residents of the area signed a pe
tition oppopmg the annexation.
State law plovides that if at least
15 per cent of the residents of an
area oppose annexation, an election
must be held. The Morchead City
commissioners adopted a resolution
asking the election board to call an
election on the question.
The petition asking an election
on the question was presented by
Claud Wheatly of Beaufort, attor
ney for O. O. Fulcher and L. G.
Norris, leaders of the opposition to
the annexation.
Leaders in the annexation move
ment are Mr. Conner. Mr. Jones,
E. G. McKinley and Capt. Howard
Ferguson. They said Wednesday
night that they will double their
efforts to register and vote every
resident of the area who favors an
nexation.
The men seek the annexation of
that area west of the present eity
limits bounded on the north by the
present US 70 and on the south by
the railroad and the sound. The
western limit will be the state
property line at Camp Glenn. The
old rifle range north of the high
way has also been ineluded in the
proposal at the request of county
school authorities.
The proposal defeated in the
May election would also have in
cluded the area between 25th and
28th streets north to Calico creek.
Opponents of annexation base
their opposition on the contention
that the city will not give them
services in line with the increase
iti their takes.
Proponents have argued that the
tax increase will be partially offset
by lower fire insurance rates, gar
bage disposal, higher property val
ues and higher mortgage values.
They also point to improved
schools, zoning protection of prop
erty, street maintenance and other
city services.
A
New Uniforms Ordered
For Beaufort Band
C. F. Jones, jr., music director
for the Beaufort school, has an
nounced that new uniforms for
members of the band have been or
dered and should be ready in time
for the opening of school in the
fall.
Mr. Jones said that the new uni
forms will be of green wool with
white trim. The musicians will
wear modified garrison caps.
Home Agent Announces
Club Meeting Schedule
The Newport home demons tr?- t
tion club meets tomorrow after
noon at 2 in the Newport school
lunchroom, announced Miss Mar
tha Barnett. home agent, yester
day. Thursday the Core Creek
Harlowe club will mer.t at 1 :30 with
Mr?. Will Conner.
The Bettie club meets Friday at
7:30 with Mrs. Curtis Pake. Den
strati on this month u on Bu