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42nd YEAR, NO. 64. TWO SECTIONS TEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Sheriff C. G. Holand Mid ye*-'*
terday that d acton had attributed
the death of Mrs. George Reed
Fuller of New Bern to a cerebral
hemorrhage. The woman was found
dead yesterday morning in ? her
summer home at Harkers Island.
The dead woman's husband said
that he found her in a chair which
had fallen over on the floor when
he got up at about 5:30 yesterday
morning.
He began to give her artificial
respiration and sent his son to
Harkers Lodge to call a doctor. Dr.
Hooker of Durham and two nurses
staying at the lodge went to the
Fuller home and worked on the
woman. They gave her stimulants
but got no response. She was pro
nounced dead on arrival at the
Morebead City hospital.
Dr. Hooker said that death was
apparently caused by a cerebral
hemorrhage which paralixed her
breathing.
Fuller told SBI agents and
sheriff's deputies investigating the
death that his wife was still up
fchen he went to bed at about 11:30
Sunday night. Their son said that
both were in bed when he came
home later in the night.
Fuller told the officers that his
wife had been drinking heavily
with friends earlier in the evening.
A neighbor reported that Mrs.
Fuller had complained of "seeing
things" Saturday while her hus
band was out fishing.
When asked about extensive
bruises on his wife's body, Fuller
said that his wife bruised very
easily. He said that one bruise on
her leg was an old one which had
been caused by a cigarette.
Coroner L. D. Springle has im
paneled a jury and plans to hold an
inquest after the investigation is
completed. Member of the jury
are L. F. Tooten, Bruce Edwards,
James Rabon, John Haynes, H. L.
Green and Ben Gibbs.
A New Bern undertaker reported
to the coroner that the body is
in a normal condition. 'The coron
er said that no autopsy will be
performed.
Florida Man
Killed by Car
T?m Smith, 84, o( Sarasota, Fla.,
a former resident of Carteret coun
ty, was killed Friday night wtjen
he walked into the side of a moving
car on NC 24 near Broad Creek.
Stanley Bialek of Central City,
P?., driver of the car told High
way Patrolman W. E. Pickard that
he was driving east on NC 24 at
the time of the accident. He said
that Smith, who had been walking
along the right side of the road,
started to cross the road just as
the car reached him.
Bialek said that he applied his
brakes in an effort to keep from
hitting Smith.
Bialek, however, was unable to
avoid Smith who walked into the
right fender of the car. Smith wai
taken to the Morehead City hos
pital where he died of a fractured
skull.
Alter the impact Bialek's car
skidded several feet and over
turned. Mrs. Bialek suffered min
or iaiuries in the wreck. Damage
to Bialek's car was estimated at
about *700.
Coroner Leslie D. Springle ruled
that the death was an unavoidable
accident No charges have been
placed against Bialek.
Smith, a native of Carteret coun
ty, had lived in Sarasota for the
past 42 years. He was visiting lis
ters here at the time of his death.
He is survived by two sons,
' three daughters and threy sitters,
Mr*. Mary Jane Salter of Broad
Creek, Mrs. Nita Taylor of Galea
Creek and Mrs. Sally Anne Taylor
of Gales Creek.
Funeral aervices will be held in
Sarasota.
Demonstration Club ,
Schodulo Is Announced
Miss Martha Barnett, home dem
onstration tgent, baa announced
the schedule of club meetlnfa for
thla week. A program planning
conference will be held in the edu
cation room of the health depart
ment Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. She
is inviting all home demonstration
club presidents and officers o( the
county council to attend.
The North River and Bettie club*
will Met jointly Thursday at ?
p.m. at the North River bridge for
their annual summer picnic. TW
Merrimon club will meet at the
cowmmity boUdipg Saturday at ?
p.m. lor their ptcnic.
The Russells Creek club will
meet at 5 p.m. on Saturday at the
Fort Macon state park. The oc
casioa will be their annual picnic.
The Wire Graaa club, originally
acbadoled to meet thia week, hm
postponed until Wadnaa^y,
.h
Open Ground Tour
Set for Aug. 26
A tour of the "Open Grounds"
farm of Miss Georgina Yeatman
has been arranged for Wednesday
afternoon, Aug. 26, at 2:30 o'clock,
Roy Beclc, toil conservationist, an
nounced today.
Mr. Beck reported that so many
people have been to the farm to
observe the techniques being used
there that it was decided to hold
a special tour with local farm spe
cialists and soil and agronomy ex
perts discussing various phases of
the operation.
Miss Yeatman now has approxi
mately 43,000 acres in the farm.
Of this about 20,000 acres is in
pocosin and the remainder in tim
ber. Her goal is to turn the area
into a mammoth ranch for the
raising of cattle.
At the present time, Mr. Beck
reported the farm has about 850
acres of permanent pasture; 350
acres of sudan grass; 100 acres of
lespedeza; and 150 acres of soy
beans. The cattle herd on the farm
now numbers approximately 1,300
including calves.
In the draining, planning, and
pasturage programs for the huge
area, Miss Yeatman has worked
closely with, the county farm agent,
soil conservation super visers and
specialists from the State college
extension division The basic pro
gram for the farm calls for drain
age of large areas and the estab
lishment of permanent pastures.
Any interested person is invited
to attend the tour, Mr. Beck said.
It will be necessary for every per
son attending to have a private au
tomobile.
L. W. Howard, district soil con
servation superviser, will welcome
the visitors to the farm. The land*
use program which has been de
signed for the farm will be ex
plained by Mr. Beck. Donald Jones,
farm manager, will explain the for
age program; Dr. W. W. Wood
house, agronomist from the exten
sion division in Raleigh, will dis
cuss the fertilization program; and
R. M. Williams, county farm agent,
the livestock program.
Miss Yeatman will be a part of
the tour to answer Questions which
visitors may wish to ask. Loud
speakers will be carried so that
explanations and discussions of
various facets of the farm opera
tion can be clearly heard by every
one on the tour. ?
Some Parts of U.S. 70
In State Get Attention
Willie plans lur ruiutttuiiK \j.o.-r
highway 70 between Morehead City
and New Bern are not yet out of
the talking stage, the relocation of
the highway between Durham and
Thomasville is well under way.
The 40-mile project, exclusive of
paving, will cost about $10,000,000,
highway engineers estimate, and
will mean that a motorist can drive
from Durham to Thomasville with
out going through Burlington,
Greensboro, and Hi?h Point.
T. A. Burton, engineer for the
seventh division of the highway
commission, said last week that the
grading and erection of structures
on most of the project is nearly
completed.
A good part of the stretch will
be four-lane. Mr. Burton gave the
$10 million figure as a "horseback
estimate."
For a considerable length of
time civic officials in Morehead
City and New Bern as well as mili
tary officials at Cherry Point have
been seeking a four-lane, relocated
highway 70 covering the 40 miles
between New Bern and the coast
to handle the heavy volume of traf
fic going to the base from either
direction and on summer weekends
to the beach.
In the past the federal govern
ment bureau of roads has refused
to allocate federal funds for the
construction of such a road. At a
highway commission meeting in
Raleigh recently, A. H. Graham,
state head of the highway commis
sion, suggested that the state be
gin acquiring land for right-of-way
for the four-lane highway since I
"something has got to be done. The I
longer we delay the more it will I
cost." 1
Highway 70 is one of the main '
cross-country arteries of transpor- I
tation running from Atlantic in i
Carteret county to the Pacific
coast in California i
Morehead City Firomon |
Answer Two Alarms
Morehead City firemen answer- i
ed one alarm early Friday morn- ;
ing and another early Saturday
morning. i
The alarm Friday morning wag i
sounded for a car which burned on i
Shepard street between 13th and i
14th streets. The (ire, believed to
have been started by a cigarette. ;
burned the entire interior of the ]
car. The car was owned by R. A.
Merrill of Morehead City. ,
Saturday morning's alarm was i
for a trash fire behind Stroud's i
Food Center on 18th street The
(ire was extinguished before it did
any damage.
Hoovy Rain Continues
To Fall in County
Heavy rain has continued to fall
in the county since last Thursday
morning's severe storm. Rain fell i
in the county every day since then,
and E. Stamey "Davis, county I
weather observer, says that the I
rainfall up to Sunday night amount- I
ed to S.1S inches. Temperatures i
remained in the upper 80*1 during
the four-day period. i
Max. Mb. .
Thursday, Aug. ? 89 73 i
Friday, Aug. 7 89 73 i
Saturday. Aug. I 8* 74, ?
Modlin Heads Lodge
David Modlin has Recently
been installed as noble grand of
the Beaufort lodge of Odd Fel
lows. Other new officer* are Her
bert Whitehurst, vice grand; Le
land Peterson, secretary; and
Cecil Harrell, treasurer.
Ruling Change
Is Announced
By Draft Board
The Carteret county draft board
this week made public a recent di
rective from Selective Service
headquarters which changes the
eligibility for 3-A or dependency
leferments made by reason of a
registrant having a child or chiU
iren.
The latest directive states that
I registrant will be classified 3-A
'who prior to Aug. 25, 1953. has
submitted evidence to the local
board which establishes that he has
? child or children with whom he
maintains a bona fide relationship
in the home."
In this directive "child shall in
clude a legitimate or an illegiti
mate child from the date of its con
ception. a child legally adopted, a
stepchild and a foster child."
A registrant cannot be placed in
3-A unless he furnishes this infor
mation to the local board prior to
Aug. 25. A certification of birth
or a statement from a physician
that a child has been conceived is
Decenary.
Beaufort School Lists
Substitute Teachers
B. E. Tarkington. principal of the
Beaufort graded school, has an
nounced that he ia now compiling
the substitute teacher ltot for the
coming school year.
Thoae selected and approved will
be called when someone is needed
Lo replace a member of the school
[acuity who to absent because of
licknesa or other reason.
All persons desiring to do sub
stitute work, who have had prior
Experience in teaching or possess
? teachers certificate, are asked to
register with Mr. Tarkington by
calling 3-3006 or 3-7101, or going
to Um school.
Morehead Annexation Carried
81 to 75; Small Margin Surprises
A&NC Shows
Slight Profit
M. G. Mann, president of the At
lantic and North Carolina Railroad
company, reported Friday at the
annual stockholders' meeting at At
lantic Beach that the road's gross
income for last year was $209,959.
President Mann said that Fed
eral taxes took more than $113,000
and that the company could add
only $8,357 to its surplus account
after paying all taxes and other
obligations.
He reported that the company is
paying off its obligations to the
state and should be out of debt
within the next three or four years.
He said that he hopes that the
company will be able to declare a
dividend within a few years.
Carroll Mann, jr., inspector-en
gineer for the company, reported
that the physical condition of the
road is better than at any time in
recent years. He said that the At
lantic and East Carolina railway,
which operates the line under a
lease from the A&NC, has carried
out an extensive program of re
habilitation.
H. B. Edwards, general manager
of the A&EC, reported on the im
provements in the road since his
company took over its operations
almost 14 years ago. He said that
the company plans to continue its
rehabilitation program.
Col. G. W. Gillette, executive di
rector of the State Ports authority,
reported on the progress of the
port of Morehead City which is
serviced by the A&EC. He said
that there has been an increase in
tonnage through the port in the
past year.
He cited the need lor increased
warehouse space and for more
space for industrial purposes. He
said that he hoped that this space
would eventually become available.
J. D. Holt, manager of the port
terminal, called for the coopera
tion of the railroad in bringing
more business to the port.
Mr. Holt said that the port's
greatest needs are tobacco storage
space and a cargo solicitation pro
gram. He urged the railroad di
rectors and stockholders to co
operate in obtaining these things.
Mr. Mann was reelected presi
dent of the company. J. H. Blount
of Greenville was reelected chair
man of the board of directors and
C. Paul LaBue of Raleigh was re
elected secretary-treasurer. The of
ficers were nominated by the gov
ernor and elected by the directors.
Since the state owns the major
part of the company's stock, the
governor nominates eight of the
directors, and the private stock
holders nominate four. The gov
ernor also nominates two members
of the executive committee, and
the stockholders name one. The
president and secretary-treasurer
serve as ex-officio members of the
committee.
Directors nominated by the gov
ernor are Mr Blount, Mr. Mann,
Irvin W. Davis of Beaufort, L. B.
Jenkins of Kinston, Harold Max
well of New Bern, W. R. Taylor of
Goldsboro. Kenneth- Smith of Ra
leigh and William F. Dowdy, sr.,
of New Bern.
Other directors are C. M. Self
of Norfolk, George W. Ipock of
New Bern, Allen Ives of New Bern
and H. S. Gihbs of Morehead City.
Members of the executive com
mittee are Mr. Blount, Mr. Jen
kins and Mr. Gibbs. Mr. Gibbs rep
resents the private stockholders on
the committee.
Beaufort Soldier's
Body Returned
The body of Pvt. Leland C.
Hucks, son of Ml-, and Mrs. Jesse
Parker, 309 Marsh street, Beaufort,
is among the bodies of 108 war
dead which have been returned to
the United States aboard the SS
Sharon Victory.
The ship carrying the bodies wai
expected (o dock yesterday at the
San Francisco port of embarkation.
Private Hucks' body will be
shipped to the Brooklyn N. Y?
Army base and then be escorted
to Beaufort.
Private Hucks was killed by a
mortar burst June 15 during an
enemy attack. .He had been serving
in Korea with the Third Infantry
division for about a month it the
time of his death.
Before entering the Army, Pri
vate Hucks attended Queen street
high school where he starred on
the football and basketball teams.
He was the third youth from the
county known to have been killed
during the three years of fighting
in Korea. . The others were An
drew Slaughter of Newport and
Del mas Gillikin of Otway. Pri
vate Hucks waa the only Negro
from the county to be killed in
Fire Caused by Lightning
Destroys Processing Plant
Farm Bureau Sets
Date for Meeting
The 18th annual convention of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau
will be held in Raleigh November
15 through 17 this year, it was an
nounced recently by R. F. Shaw,
executive vice-president, of the or
ganization.
Mr. Shaw said the action was
taken last week by the state board
in order to give various county
units an opportunity for wider par
ticipation in formulating resolu
tions and policies for the state con
vention.
In the past the state meeting has
been held during February which
was two months after the meeting
of the national convention of the
Farm Bureau. Under the new pro
gram, Mr. Shaw pointed out that
state delegates to the national con
vention will be better qualified to
present recommendations to the
national body.
An effort will be made to obtain
expressions of opinion from all
Farm Bureau members before the
state meeting on such issues as
farm income stability and improve
ment, general price levels, the fed
eral budget, production and mar
keting adjustments, the role of gov
ernment, conservation and im
provement of farm resources, the
free choice system, capital needs
of agriculture, foreign trade, la
bor-management relations, world
peace and many others.
R. M. Williams, Carteret county
farm agent, reported that the an
uual series of district membership
meetings will begin within the next
few weeks. Farm Bureau leaders !
throughout the state will be asked
during these meetings to assist in
making definite plans to launch |
this year's membership drive and
participate in the development of i
policies that will go into the 1954
resolutions.
- The main processing building of*
Sperti Products, Inc., on Lennox
viile road east of Beaufort, was
destroyed Thursday night by a fire
believed to have been caused by
lightning. The loss has been esti
mated at several thousand dollars.
Harold S. Leahy, manager of the
plant, said that he discovered the
blaze shortly after Thursday's sec
ond electrical storm had ended at
about 5 p.m.
He said that he heard several
sounds like gun shots and went
from his home to the plant. When
he arrived he found smoke and
flames coming from a corner where
a heavy duty power line entered
the building.
Mr. Leahy summoned the Beau
fort fire department who immedi
ately raced to the scene. When the
firemen arrived, the main building
was already beyond saving, and the
firemen devoted their efforts to I
preventing the spread of the flames
to the other 13 buildings which
make up the plant.
The loss of the main building
was partly due to an explosion
which rocked the building at the
height of the blaze The explosion
showered the entire area around
the plant with embers from the
burning building and sent specta
tors fleeing for cover.
Mr. Leahy said that the ex
plosion was caused when flames
reached a large quantity of am
monia used in the 80-ton refrigera
tion unit in the building.
In their attempt to keep the fire
from spreading, the firemen were
hampered by a lack of water. The
nearest fire hydrant was inside the
town limits about a mile from the
scene of the fire. The fire truck's
auxiliary tank provided enough
water to check the flames but not
enough to extinguish the main
Miie.
Even the supply of water on the
truck was not enough to prevent
the spread of the fire without fre
quent trips back to town to replen
ish the supply. The Morehead City
fire department, which went to as
See FIRE, Page 3
County Sanitarian Lists
Ratings of Restaurants
Blanchard Wins
European Tour
R. C. Blachard, head of Blan
chard's Electric Service, Morehead
City, has won a free 10-day trip to
London and Paris, it was an
nounced last Friday.
The trips were given to 10 Hot
point dealers in North Carolina for
outstanding sales records since May
when the contest started.
In the contest each appliance
sold was worth a certain number
of miles on the trip and the 10
dealers piling up the highest mil
eage won the trips.
They will leave Charlotte Sep
tember 3, fly to New York and
from New York to London. Two
days will be spent in London and
England and then the group will
fly to Paris. All hotel accommo
dations and much of the entertain
ment during the trip have been
arranged and paid in advance for
the dealers.
The contest was divided so that
dealers were in competition with
other dealers in their tame class.
According to reports, Mr. Blan
chard's firm ranked sixth in the
state. More than 80 dealers were
in competition for the prizes.
The group will return to Chai*
lotte by air September 13. Since
his notification, Mr. Blanchard
has been busy getting vaccinations,
filling out forms for passport ap
plications and making other prep
arations for his trip.
Tide Table
HIGH LOW
TuewUy, Ami. 11
9:15 a.m. 3:12 a.m.
9:24 p.m. 3:20 p.m.
Wednesday, Auj. 12
9:51 a.m. 3:44 a.m.
9:97 p.m. 4:02 p.m.
Thwaday, Am- ?
10:26 a.m. 4:15 ajn.
10:30 p.m. 4:38 p.m.
Friday, An*. 14
11:01 a.m. r 4:48 a.m.
11:04 9M. 6:11 pJD.
i i iiin fliiiimadiii i n ii i in i mi
? The Carteret county health de
partment today released its ratings
ol county restaurants, hotels, hos
pitals, and other institutions for
the period ending July 31. The
ratings were made by A. D. Ful
ford, county sanitarian.
A rating .of 80 to 100 gives a
grade of A; 80 to 89, B; and TO to
79, C.
The health officer suggests that
patrons for their own health pro
tection observe the rating card.
The law requires that the rating
cards be displayed in a prominent
place.
Atlantic: Wayne's Restaurant,
92.5; Cedar Island Beach Conces
sion, 92.S; and House Boat Inn, 90.
Atlantic Beach: Frontier Vil
lage, 95; Ocean King Hotel, 94;
Moore's Motor Court, 93.5; Triple
Ess Snack 'Bar, 93.5; Hollowell't
Tourist Court, 93; Atlantic Beach
Hotel, 91.5; B & L Cafe, 91.5;
Courie'a Villa Lunch, 91; Dom Ell's,
91; Ocean King Hotel Kitchen, 91;
Teague's Cottages, 91; Beach View
Cafe, 90.5; Villa Queen Hotel, 90.5;
Villa Queen Tea Room. 90.5;
Smith's Oyster Bar, 90.5; Atlantic
Beach Hotel Dining Room, 90;
Beachcomber, 90; Hollowell's Tour
ist Court, 90; Idle Hour Lunch, 90;
Ocean Drive Hotel 90; Ocean View
Concession. 88.5; Clark Bros. Snack
Bar. 84; Davis Sandwich Shop, 83;
Surf Bar, 83; Atlantic Beach Sta
tion Lunch, 82.5; Davis Beach
Head, 82.5; Duck's Burger Palace,
82.5; and Reggie's Grill, 81.5.
Beaufort and RFD: The Hi-Drive,
93.5; Duke Marine Lab. Dining
Room, .92.9; The Spot, 92.5; Guth
rie-Jones Fountain Lunch, 92; Hol
den's Restaurant, 92; Bus Station
Lunch, 91; Brldgeview Inn, 91; City
Bakery, 91; East Drive-In Theatre
Lunch, 91; Inlet Inn Hotel, 91;
Beaufort Bar, 904; Fred's Barbe
cue, 90; Jans Luncheonette. 90. Joe
House Fountain Lunch, 90; Inlet
Inn Dining Room, 90; Oiseo'i lalet
Island Cabins, 90; The Davis Place,
90; Broad St. Grocery Lunch, 85;
CAD Cafe. 83; Sun Set Bar, 83;
North River Oyster Bar. 82; Quick
Lunch, 81; Cauaeway Lunch, 80;
and Stanley's Grocery Lunch, 79.S.
More head City and RFD: Perry
Park Motel. 98; Sanitary Market
Restaurant, 98; White's Milk com
pany Dairy Bar, 98; Camp More
head, 98.5; Balkra's Grill. 92.5, BllM
Bm RATINGS, Page t
Fisheries Book
Receives Award
A book describing the fisheries
of North Carolina and published
by the University of North Caro
lina Press has been awarded the
highest honor the Wildlife society
can bestow in recognition of spe
cific achievement.
"Survey of Marine Fisheries of i
North Carolina," by Dr. Harden F.
Taylor, formerly of North Carolina
and now of New York, who is a
consultant to the Institute of Fish
eries Research of the university in
Morehead City, has just received
i he award certificate for 1953 by
the society.
Dr. Taylor wrote the third part
of the book which is a complete
study of the business aspects of the
fishing industry and its effect on
the general economy, particularly
in relation to North Carolina. He
directed a project which surveyed
the whole North Carolina fishing
industry.
The chairman of the Institute of
Fisheries Research is Dr. R. E.
Coker of Chapel Hill and is direct
ed by William A. Ellison, jr.
Members of the institute staff
cooperated in the survey project
and wrote certain sections of it.
The section on shellfish was writ
ten by Dr. A. F. Chestnut; the sec
tion on edible finfish by Dr. Eu
gene Roelofs; the section on men
haden fisheries by Mr. Ellison; and
the section on shrimp by Carter
Broad. Mr. Broad is no longer on
the institute staff, though thai
others are continuing scientific lnr
vestigations in their fields of spe-*
cial interest.
Dr. Taylor retired in 1945 as
president of the Atlantic Coast
Fisheries and acceptcd appoint
ment as director of the Survey of
Marine Fisheries in North Caro
lina. He is a graduate of Trinity
collide, now Duke university, and
for a brief time taught school in
Tarboro. He also worked with the
Bureau of Fisheries in Washington,
D. C. He became associated with
Atlantic Coast Fisheries in 1923
and served as president of the cor
poration from 1930 to 1945.
As director of the company's re
search laboratory and later as vice
president in charge of scientific
research, he was largely responsi
ble for the introduction of revolu
tionary techniques in the packing
and distribution of sea foods.
Marine Reserve
Training Planned
For the first time since the out
break of the Korean fighting, Ma
rine air reservists will soon report
to Cherry Point for two weeks of
active training duty. About 290 of
ficers and 1,500 enlisted men from
IS fighter squadrons and six
ground control intercept squadrons
will take part in the training.
Brigadier General Lamson Scrib
ner, air reserve training comman
der, will arrive at Cherry Point
Thursday to supervise the training
program. At present, he and his
staff are at El Toro, Cat., where
they are completing a similar pro
gram for reserve squadrons from
west of the Mississippi.
The reserve squadrons training
at Cherry Point will be from
Squantum, Mass.; Floyd Bennett
Field, N. Y.; Willow Grove, Pa.;
Anacostia, D. C.; Norfolk, Va.;
Birmingham. Ala.; Columbia. Ohio;
Niagara. N. Y.; Crosse lie, Mich.;
Miami, Fla.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and
Atlanta, Ga.
The purpose of the summer ma
neuver is to provide on-the-job
training for the reservists. At their
home stations, the officers and men
of these squadrons have been re
ceiving instruction in basic military
subjects and in their military oc
cupations.
While at Cherry Point they will
be given the opport?nity to demon
strate. under maximum supervision
and under active duty conditions,
the type of work which they have
taught.
Officers and enlisted pilot* will
receive instructions in cross
country navigation, tactics, bomb
ing. rockets, strafing, air support,
aerial gunnery, combat navigation.
Sir defense and instruments.
Counts in helicopters, night flying
snd Jet familiarisation will also bo
Board Passes
Resolution
By a margin of only six votes,
the area just west of Morehead
City was annexed Saturday night
after a period of electioneering and
maneuvering which went back
more than three months.
The final vote as certified by the
county board of elections was 81
for annexation and 75 against.
Five challenged votes were coun
ted, though they could not have
changed the result. Of the chal
lenged votes, three were for and
two opposed to annexation.
A total of 177 had registered for
the election. The total vote cast of
161 shows how close feelings were
on the annexation issue in the area.
In May an earlier annexation for
a slightly larger area failed by 11
votes. This second election was
called after a committee of resi
dents organized to try to get their
areas annexed to Morehead City.
The area annexed is west of the
present city limits, bounded on the
north by highway 70, on the south
by the railroad and the sound, and
on the west by the Camp Glenn
state property line. It includes the
rifle range.
Saturday night immediately fol
lowing the counting of the ballots,
a meeting of the Morehead City
board of commissioners was called
by Mayor George W. Dill. jr. At
tending the meeting were D. J.
Hall, D. G. Bell, and Ted Garner.
They passed a resolution officially
taking the area into the city.
The resolution stated "that the
territory within the boundaries of
the annexation area, as advertised,
and all its citizens and property
shall be subject to all the debts,
laws, ordinances) and regulations of
the town of Morehead City."
At the commissioners meeting
Clyde Jones asked that his home
and property just north of the
extended boundary be taken into
He* ANNEXATION, Page 3
First C&D Meet
Set for Zebulon
State - wide interest is being
shown in plans of the State Board
of Conservation and Development
to set up efforts to bring more in
dustries to North Carolina, espe
cially in the smaller communities
of the state.
This information is reported
from Raleigh by Director Ben E.
Douglas of the Department of Con
servation and Development
In order to speed plans for se
curing new industries that will pro
vide more jobs, Mr. Douglas points
out 10 "Development Forums" will
be held in various places through
out North Carolina during the next
six months, with the first sched
uled for a nine-county area at Zeb
ulon in Wake county on Tuesday
night. August 18 at 7:30 in the
Wakelon high school there. Gov
ernor Willianr B. Umstead will de
liver the keynote address at the
Zebulon meeting.
The nine-county area includes
Franklin. Wayne, Johnston, Wil
son, Granville, Nash, Vance, War
ren and Wake. Governor Umstead,
who Is chairman of the Board of
Conservation and Development,
has consistently emphasized the
need for more new industries and
the expansion of present industries
so that not only more jobs will be
provided for citizens, but that more
tax dollars will also be provided
to carry on present state services
without having to boost current
taxes.
Robert M. Hanes of Winston
Salem, president of the Wachovia
Bank & Trust company, is chair
man of the board's committee on
commerce and industry, the unit
which is spearheading the all-out
efforts to bring more industries to
the state. Serving with Mr. Hanes
on this important committee are
Leo Harvey of Kinston. vice chair
man, Charles S. Allen of Durham,
Carl Buchan. jr., of North Wilkes
boro, Amos Kearns of High Point,
Henry Rankin of Fsyetteville and
T. Max Watson of Forest City. All
all recognized business leaden in
their communities.
"These forums," Chairman Hanes
explained, "are intended to extend
the maximum assistance to the
various communities of the state
which are eager to encourage in
dustrial development and to obtain
the greatest possible cooperation
from individuals and organisations
for the state program."
All citizens interested in secur
ing new industries for their com
munities are invited to attend the
forum meetings, with special invi
tations to be sent mayors, town
boards, dty councilmen, county
commissioners, member! of cha sa
bers of commerce, eity managers,
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