W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES 42nd YEAR, NO. 66. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JULY 14. 1963 PUBUSHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Morris, Atlantic Businessman , Gets Conservation Board Post Cecil 0. Morris, Atlantic busi 4 nessman, was one of 13 men appoin ted to the Conservation and De velopment board Friday by Gov. William B. Umstead. He will serve a six-year term. Governor Umstead reappointed seven members of the present board and appointed six new mem bers. He said that he expects to fill the remaining two vacancies before the board holds its next meeting July 26 in Morehead City. The governor said that he hopes and expects to name another per son from the fishing section to one of the two vacancies on the board. Mr. Morris, while from Atlantic, is not a commercial fisherman, but the governor said that "he is fa miliar with the fishing industry." Mr. Morris and his brother, Brant ley, do a large part of their busi ness in providing food and other supplies for the fishing fleet which operates from Atlantic. Commercial fishermen have urged that the governor appoint a fisherman to the new board, but it is believed that they have been unable to agree on a choice. Mrs. Roland McClamroch of Chapel Hill, former chairman of the board's commercial fisheries committee, was not among those reappointed, and it is believed that a representative of the fishing in dustry will become chairman of the committee. < Among those reappointed was Miles J. Smith, a Salisbury manu facturer, who has been chairman of the board. He was named to a four-year term. The governor did not indicate his choice for the chairmanship of the new board. W. J. Damtoft of Asheville, pap er company executive, was also named to a new four-year term. He has been serving as vice-chairman of the board. Others reappointed ' and their terms of office are Scroop W. En loe, jr., of Spruce pine, represent ing the mining industry, for four years; Hugh Morton, Wilmington businessman, for six years; Charles S. Allen, Durham banker and busi nessman, for two years; W. B. Austin, Jefferson lawyer and cat tle raiser, for six years; and Charles H. Jenkins, Aulander automobile dealer, for four years. New members appointed with Mr. Morris are Robert M. Hanes, Winston-Salem banker, for two years; Carl Buchan, jr., North Wilkesboro hardware dealer, for four years; Max Watson, Forest City hosiery manufacturer, for six years; Leo Harvey, Kinston mer chant and banker, for two years; and Amos Kearns, High Point man ufacturer, for two years. Governor Umstead, in a press conference Friday afternoon, said that he is proud of the new C&D board. He said, "I am very much pleased with the folks I got to serve on the board." At the conference the governor also confirmed the fact that Ben Douglas of Charlotte would succeed George Ross next week as director of the Department of Conservation and Development. The fact that he picked a busi See MORRIS, Page J, Section I i Northeaster, Rain End Hot Weather A continual northeast wind and , 7.49 inches of rain which {ell be V tween Friday and Sunday morning 1 brought cooler weather to the coun } ty, according to the recorder* of I E. Stamey Davis, county weather I observer. 1 Temperatures dropped from a high of 91 on Thursday to a low of 69 on Sunday. Maximum tem Iperatures have ranged in the low 80's during the three-day period ending Sunday. The northeaster, bringing cold | weather and rough water, put a vir tual stop to sport fishing in the Morehead City-Beaufort area, with a few fishermen venturing out aad few of those reporting much luck. Max. Min. Thursday, July 9 91 78 Friday, July 10 84 73 Saturday, July U 74 70 t] Sunday, July 12 80 89 ' Lot* Entries Mod* In Beauty Pageant Pictures of S3 of the entrants in the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant may be seen in sections two and three of this issue ?f the NEWS-TIMES. Four entries in the pageant were i made too late to be included. They are Miss Winston-Salem, Miss Bar bara Ann Crockett; Mias Brevard, Miss Barbara Talley; Miss Wbite ville, Miss Shirley Allen; and Miss Wast Jefferson, Mia* Margaret Wmw Grant Naming of Morris Pleases Fisheries Carteret leaders of the fishing industry were well pleased with the appointment of Cecil 0. Mor ris, Atlantic businessman, to the Conservation and Development board by Governor W. B. Umstead. T. B. Smith of Davis reported that the fisheries people were "very satisfied." "I was one of those who recommended Mr. Mor ris," he said, "and I think his ap pointment is one of the best things for the fisheries industry to happen in some time." Echoing this sentiment was Gor don C. Willis of Morchead City, who commented, "he knows fish eries problems and his appointment will be an asset to the industry. We hope that the board will see fit to put him on the commercial fisheries committee, possibly as chairman." Mr. Morris was unanimously en dorsed for the appointment by the North Carolina Fisheries associa tion. This association is composed ofHealers and other leaders in the industry in Carteret county and other counties around Pamlico sound. "I didn't seek the appointment," Mr. Morris said in commenting on his new office, "and I have the greatest desire that my work will merit the confidence my friends have placed in me." Though this will be his first ap pointment to a state board, Mr. Morris is no newcomer W loerf gov ernment agencies. He has been a member of the Carteret county wel fare board for many years and has recently been serving as chairman of the Atlantic district school , board. While he is not directly connect ed with the fisheries industry at the present time, Mr. Morris said that he worked as a commercial fisherman for his father for nearly 15 years until he opened his store in Atlantic. "As a boy and young man I had 12-15 years direct experience with the fish business," he said, "and since that time I have lived and been constantly in contact with the needs and problems of fishermen." In discussing his appointment, Mr. Morris made it clear that he does not intend to limit his inter ests on the board to the fisheries industry alone. "I hope to have a part in bringing other industries into this state, particularly along the coast and in Carteret county," he said. Most fisheries men assume that he will bcome a member of the five-man commercial fisheries com mittee of the 15-member board. His appointment is viewed as an omen of greater cooperation be tween the Conservation and De velopment board at the commer cial fisheries industry. In the past the relation between the two has not always been happy, and early this year during the General As sembly session there was some afitation to set up a separate state agency for the regulation and su pervision of the fisheries. 36 Register Saturday For Annexation Vote Beaufort Board Appoints Chief Gordon Hardcsty, Beaufort police commissioner, announced Saturday that the board of commissioners has named M. E. Guy of Wilming ton as chief of police. Chief Guy will take office Aug. 1, succeeding Carlton Garner who asked to be relieved of his duties as chief. The former chief will serve as assistant chief and will have charge of the department's night shift. The new chief has 14 years ex perience as a law enforcement of ficer, 13 years as a member of the state highway patrol and one year with the state theft bureau. At present, he is employed in a service station in Graham. Chief Guy is 3B years old, is mar ried and has two daughters aged six and nine. He and his family will move to Beaufort in the near future. When he applied for the poeition, he told the commissioners that he wanted to return to the coast Commissioner Hardesty said that from the new chief's record and appearance he believes that he will make a very good chief. He said that Chief Guy's long experience should make it possible for him to do an excellent job in his new poet. In a special session yesterday morning, the town board appointed Richard J. Babcock, 28. 713 Broad street, to the police force to suc ceed Lt. Otis Willis, who resigned Saturday. A native of New York, Officer Babcock is now making his home in Beaufort with hit wife, the former Shirley Johnson of Beaufort, and their 21-month-old son, Richard, lr. Before moving to Beaufort a few weeks ago, the new officer had lived in Norfolk where he was employed by the Army engineers. He had held bis position with the government since bis discharge from tbe army. Hia previous police experience has been u a military policeman at Fort Bragg and at Fort Benning, Ga. Much of his military service was spent aa a member of the 82nd Airborne division. Officer Babcock will take over hi* police duties this morning. ] ? Registration for the Morehead City annexation election opened Saturday morning and John T. Con ner, registrar, reported that 36 resi dents of the area proposed for an nexation put their names on the books. The election will be held August 8 to determine if the area will be added to the town. The proposed territory is west of the present city limits bounded on the north of highway 70 and on the south by the railroad and the sound. The western limit of the area is the state property line at Camp Glenn, and the old rifle range is included. Feeling in the area between pro ponents and opponents is running fairly high. Last week a move to circulate a petition to request the county board to remove Mr. Con ner as registrar was abandoned by opponents of the annexation. Fred Seeley, chairman of the county elections board, reported that he had heard of such a petition but that it was never presented to his board. He did report that the county board will hear and decide on all challenges Saturday, August 1. To qualify to vote in the elec tion, a resident must be a citizen, a resident of North Carolina for One year, a resident of Carteret county for four months and of the proposed area for four months. Mr. Conner emphasized that each resi dent must register in person for the election. ? A committee to promote annexa tion headed by E. G. McKinley Is working on obtaining the maximum registration of proponents and the opposition to annexation is largely led by 0. O. Fulcher and L. G. Nor ris. At a public hearing June 24 a petition with 108 signatures seek ing annexation was presented to the town board and a counter-peti tion signed by M residents was pre sented asking that annexation be dependent upon the outcome of a referendum. State law provides that if IS per cent of the residents of an area proposed for municipal annexation requests a referendum one must be held. County Agents to Meet R. M. Williams, county farm agent, has announced that the five county agents' group will meet Thursday at his office in Beaufort to discuss mutual problems. The group is made up of farm agents , from Carteret, Pamlico, Jones, Ons- I low and Craven counties. I Beach Will Get Bus Services A bus service will begin operat ing between Morehead City and At lantic Beach in the near future, possibly this weekend, Marvin Pow ers told the Atlantic Beach board of commissioners Saturday morn ing. The beach board granted the Community Bus lines of Morehead City a temporary permit to operate on the paved streets in Atlantic Beach. The bus firm is owned by Mar vin Powers, Morehead City taxi operator, and Carl C. Godwin. The temporary permit runs until Sep tember 15. Last week the Morehead City board granted a permit to the bus line for regularly sceduled service in the town. Mr. Powers told the beach offi cials that he felt the service was needed and that regularly sched uled buses would benefit the en tire beach section. Following a discussion of beach finances, the board voted to send a notice to all cottage and property owners who have not paid their assessments that assessments must be paid or the town will stop gar bage and sand removal service for the property. "We can't run the town without funds," H. W. Anderson of Wil son, board member, commented Alfred Cooper, mayor of the town, presided over the meeting. Other commissioners attending were L. T. White of Raleigh, and W. C. White hurst of Bethal. J. Con Lanier of Greenville was llu-.ble to attend the meeting. As an expression of the town's appreciation of services rendered by the Morehead City volunteer fire department, the board authorized a contribution of $100 to the fire department. The commissioners reported pleasure at the success of the re cently inaugurated system for handling traffic to and from the beach on weekends. At the present time the state highway patrol, the beach police force and the More head City police departments are cooperating in maintaining a steady flow of traffic to and from the beach while making possible a fas ter flow of cross traffic. The next meeting of the board will be held August 8. At that time the board will devote its prin cipal attention to the over-all fin ancial system of the beach. Stella Farmer Gets FHA Post I. M. Robbins of New Bern, Farmers Home administration supervisor, has announced that the secretary of agriculture has ap pointed Leland H. Morris of Stella to the FHA committee. Mr. Morris succeeded Lawrence A. Garner of Newport, whose three year term expired June 30. Other new appointees are Staley V. Scott of Arapahoe and Johnnie E. Daugh erty, Ht. 2, New Bern. The New Bern FHA unit serves Carteret, Craven and Pamlico counties. The new committeemen and sup ervisor! held their first meeting Tuesday in New Bern. G. V. Wood ard, FHA supervisor, and Bruce Foy, Jones county committeeman, were observers at the meeting. Car teret county was represented by Mr. Morris and Allen J. Vinson of Peletier. During the morning the group visited several Craven county farm ers who had received loans from the FHA and studied the improve ment* which had been made with the loans. The afternoon was devoted to discussions of the duties of com mitteemen in making and servicing farm housing loans, farm owner ship loans and adjustment opera ting loans and the responsibility with regard to other work of the FHA. M. C. Holland, district sup erviaor, and Charles Jeffrie and Ralph Turner of the state office led the discussions. Fire Dees No Damage A fire, believed to have been cauaad by a ahort circuit in some overhead wires, did no damage Sat urday morning at the Colonial store In Beaufort. The Beaufort [Ire department extinguished the (ire before it did any damn*. Opening Delayed On Beach Bridge; Aug. 18 or Later Electrical Equipment Still Needed; Other Work Is Completed The new bridge to Atlantic Beach will not be opened before August 10, J. B. Cutchin, highway commission engineer in New Bern, reported today. Mr. Cutchin said that certain parts of the electrical equipment needed for the swing-span will not be shipped from the factory until July 27. After they are received here it will still require time for installation and testing. "I don't see how the bridge can possibly be opened before August 10, if then," he said. Earlier the commission had hoped the equipment would arrive in time for the bridge to be opened sometime this week. Mr. Cutchin reported that the highway commis sion has no plans for opening cere monies for the bridge but will cooperate with any local groups I that plan such ceremonies. ' The electrical contractor on the bridge will have everything ready except the unavailable equipment so that the time to get the span in operation will be reduced to a minimum. Everything else on the bridge is ready for the opening ex cept for a clean up, Mr. Cutchin said. Bids on the bridge were sought by the commission in April, 1951. On May 8, 1951, the T. A. Loving construction company of Golds boro submitted the low bid for the construction of the bridge, and in June the highway commission ap proved the bid and awarded the contract. During the fall of 1951 in Oc tober a pile-driver started work and the construction firm acquired land for the fabrication of the re-in forccd concrete pilings. TV work was delayed by the steel tlioiieite ' at that time. Preliminary work got under w?y in November of 1951 and construc tion on the bridge has been nearly continuous since that time except for delays caused by shortages of materials. Benson Declares Quotas on Wheat Agriculture Secretary Ezra Ben son on July 1 declared that mar keting quotas on wheat will go into effect for the 1954 crop. The order cannot become effective, however, until wheat growers have an opportunity to accept it in a referendum. B. J. May, manager of the Car teret county PMA office, says that the date for the referendum has not been set but it will be within 30 days. Any grower eli gible to receive a wheat allotment may vote in the election, and a two thirds majority will be necessary to put the quotas into effect. Mr. May says that acreage allot ments for Carteret county produ cers will be set as soon aa the available acreage is known. Although marketing quotas have not yet been declared on cotton, Mr. May says that they probably will be declared on the 1954 crop. He said that measurement of cot ton acreage In the county will be gin soon. Mr. May has asked all Carteret county farmers, who are growing cotton this year, to let him know about it immediately. He wants the information in order that such farmers will not be overlooked when measurement begins. Letters have been sent to all farmers known to have grown wheat in recent years asking for information about the number of acres which tbe> have grown in each of the last three years. Mr. May says that response to the letters has been good but some farmers have not yet replied. He has urged them to do so immediate ly. He has also asked those cot ton growers who have not received letters to contact him immediate ly. The measurement of tobacco ac reage in the county to insure com pliance with acreage allotments has been completed. Mr. May says that his office is now remeasuring i the acreage of those farmers who were dissatisfied with the original measurement, asisting in the' de struction of excess acreage asd I preparing marketing cards lor the I county's tobacco Urners. Miss America of 7953 Miss Neva Jane Liiflcy, Miss America of 1953, o f Macon, Ga? and Lakeland, Fla., will be a Judge In the Mist North Carolina beauty pageant which starta tomorrow night at the dog track. She arrived in Carteret county Sunday afternoon. Large Response Pleases Workers at First Clinic Governor Names New Director Ben Douglu, former mayor of flbarfette H a former member of Uw state highway commissions, has been named director of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment succeeding George Rosa. He will take office July 20. Gov. William B. Umstead in formed Mr. Ross Thursday that he had appointed Mr. Douglas to the post which the governor regards as one of the most important in the state government. The governor told Mr. Ross that he regretted that he had learned of the change before being official ly informed. Word of Mr. Douglas' appointment had leaked out to Thursday morning's newspapers. After confirming the reports and apologizing to Mr. Ross, the gover nor discussed with him some of his plans for the new Board of Con servation and Development. Mr. Ross later declined to re veal any details of the governor's plans, but he said that he got the impression that the governor in tends to reappoint several mem bers of the present board and choose others in line with his pro gram for bringing new industry to North Carolina. The out-going director did not name any of those he though* would be reappointed nor would he confirm a-v names mentioned to him by rer ers. The inability of commercial fish ermen to get together on selec tion of a representative of that industry may delay the naming of a complete board until the next board meeting which will be held July 27-29 in Morehead City. The out-going director, a native of Randolph county was appointed to the C&D post in 1949 by Gov. W, Kerr Scott. He had been a mar keting specialist for the state De partment of Agriculture for sever al years while Governor Scott was serving as agriculture commission er. He also served si one of the governor's legislative advisers dur ing the 1949 session of the general assembly. Mr. Ross told reporters that his plans are indefinite. He is eligi ble to retire but has not yet ap plied to the Teachers and State Employees Retirement service for retirement. Mr. Douglas is a Charlotte bus iness man, and he served as a mem ber of the highway commission during the administration of Gov. R. Gregg Cherry. He later served is a district director of the OPA. Beaufort Polic* Report Throo Dogs in Pound Carlton Garner, acting police chief, has announced that the Beau fort department has picked up three stray dogs on the streets. The dogs, one female and two males are being held at Dr. Clarence Paden's animal hospital on US 70. The owners may have the dogs by claiming them and paying their soard, vaccination fee* and town taxes. ' Those who worked at the coun ty's first orthopedic clinic held Sat urday at the Morehead City hos pital annex say that everyone con cerned with the clinic was pleased with its success. Mra. Helen Carlton, one of the volunteer workers, said that about 40 persons registered for examina tion by Dr. Lennox Baker, chief i0^t4i<4^dtst#t Duli* university has piU . who conducted the clinic. Mrs. Carlton said that the patients ranged in age from tfay babies to * woman 73 years old. The patients came from all parts of the county, with some coming from as far as Cedar fsland. Mrs. Carlton said that the clinic went very smoothly because of the planning and organization and that all of the patients had been exam ined by noon. Most of those attending the clinic were examined and referred to other doctors for treatment. A physiotherapist was on hand to ad minister minor treatments which could be given on the spot. Assisting at the clinic in addition to Mrs. Carlton were Miss Eliza beth Lambeth, Mrs. Julia Tenny, Mrs. Mozelle Clark, Mrs. Henry An drews, Mrs. W. M. Brady and Mrs. John Crump. The clinic is being sponsored by the Morehead City Rotary club in cooperation with the county health department and the state board of health. G. T. Windell was in charge of local arrangements on behalf of the Rotary club. The clinic was the first of its kind to be held here, although similar clinics have been held In other counties under the sponsor ship of civic organizations. In the past, residents of the county have been forced to attend the clinic in New Bern in order to receive ortho pedic treatment. The clinic in Morehead City will be held monthly, probably on the first or second Saturday of the month. It is open to persons of all ages with any bone or joint ail ments or with cleft palates or hare lips. It is open to all regardless of their ability to pay. Morehead City Rotary Hoars Mays vi lie Man Tommie Foscue of the Maysville Rotary club waa the guest speak er at Thursday night's meeting of the Morehead City Rotary club. Mr. ' Foscue spoke on service and com petition. Col. George W. Martin, communi cations officer at the Cherry Point air station, was another guest speaker. He was accompanied to the meeting by bis son, Rodney. Tid? Table Tide* at Beaafirt Bar HIGH LOW Tuesday, July U 10:21 am. 10:28 p,m. 4:19 a.m. 4:2B p.m. Wednesday, July 15 11:00 a.m. 11:04 p.m. Tl 11:40 a.m. ThAday, July IS 9:28 a.m. 9:83 p.m. 4:53 a.m. 5:11 p.m. 11:42 p.m. Friday, July 11 IL31 M? ?a1*1 ? 6:04 a.m. 6:38 pja. 37 Contestants Seek State Title Morehead Jaycees Sponsor Pageant To Pick Miss N. C. With 37 entries from all parts of North Carolina, the Miss North Carolina beauty pageant brings the Old North State's loveliest young ladies to Carteret county today to begin competition for the honor of becoming Miss North Carolina of 1953. Not only will the beauties be on the platform but in the judges' box will be Miss America of 1953, Miss BEAUTY SECTION Pictures of 33 of the entrants in the Miss North Carolina beau ty pageant will be found in sec tions two and three of today's NEWS-TIMES. Stories giving the history of the pageant, the North Carolina Jaycees, the Morehead City Jay cees, and pictures of past repre sentatives of Beaufort and More head City are also included. North Carolina of 1952 and Miss North Carolina of 1951. The pa geant is staged by the Morehead City Jaycees. Registration for the beauty pa geant will start this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the recreation center. Later today the contestants will be taken on a short cruise aboard the yacht, Danco. The pageant itself will get off to a flying start tomorrow afternoon at 1 when the Morehead City Jay cees present the girls to the public in a grand parade. The Morehead City high school band will play for the parade. Tomorrow night the first prelim* inary of the pageant will be held at the Carolina Racing association track beginning at 7 o'clock. At this time one-half the girls will ap pear in evening vns and the other half In bathing suits. Fol lowing the preliminary, the track will present an abbreviated pro gram of six races. Tickets for all the preliminaries may be obtained from any Jaycee or at Hill's or Leary's stores. Tickets may be purchased for any one event in the program or for a{l four parts of the program. Tickets will be $1.25 for the three prelim inaries and $1 75 for the finals, or an advance ticket for the entire program may be purchased for $4-50. Thursday afternoon in the More head City high school auditorium the contestants will present their talents for the judges. The talent show will begin at 1 o'clock. Thurs day night the third and final pre liminary will be held at the dog track beginning at 7. At this time the contestants will complete the evening gown and bathing suit parts of the preliminaries. Friday night at the same time the 12 finalists will be picked by the judges. They will appear in both evening gowns and bathing suits. They will also present their See BEAUTY, Page 1, Section 2 Stale Resorts Free of Polio Dr. 1. W. R. Norton, North Caro lina state health officer, declared last week that "no polio exists in the tourist regions of the moun tains or along the coast." and that "there is nothing connected with the polio situation in North Caro lina to interfere with tourist travel." This statement was made after the health officer made a survey of the polio outbreak in Caldwell county, which has been the subject ot wide national publicity because of mass inoculations with gamma globulin. Dr. Norton said he was issuing ? formal statement because he was receiving telephone calls and let ters from all parts of the country inquiring if the Caldwell outbreak presented a health hazard to va cations in North Carolina's coastal ?nd mountain resorts. His statement is as follows: "There is nothing connected with the polio situation in North Caro ina which would interfere with ourist travel to any part of the >tate. The only area affected ii "aid well county and to some ex tent the three adjacent counties ratawba. Burke, and Wilkes coun :ies. No polio exists as of this date, luly 9, in the summer tourist re ji ons or to any extent in any of the ither 96 counties in North Caro ina. "Our resorts, assemblies and ummer camps, are sll well- pro acted under our existing sanitary aws, sad under strict health io pection st all times."