NEWS-TIMES OFFICE
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Morahaad City
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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES ??
42nd YEAR, NO. 98. TWO SECTI0N8 TWELVE PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1963 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Waves Pound i
Benson H. Riggin 1
Shad Boat Which Sank
ii
Thursday Breaks Apart; 8
Loss Put at $68,000 v
n
A spokesman at Quinn Men- a
haden Fisheries, Inc., Beaufort,
said yesterday that if there was j
anything left to the Benson H. Rig- c
gin to salvage, the company would
salvage it.
The Riggin went aground on a
shoal in Ocracoke Inlet early last
Thursday morning with 300,000
menhaden aboard. She is now be
ing pounded by waves and break
ing up under the battering. Her
captain and crew were rescued.
The Riggin had engine trouble
late Wednesday afternoon and was
being towed by the Leander Wil
cox, a smaller menhaden boat. At
Ocracoke inlet the towing job was
taken over by the Ocracoke Coast
Guard motor lifeboat. j
In towing the vessel, slack in '
the hawser caused the Riggin to
slip to starboard where she ran
aground on a shoal. The impact j
cracked the hull and the boat went '
down in 12 feet of water. When
the Riggin hit, the two-inch towing
hawser snapped.
Ted Sapp, assistant manager at
Quinn's, said that it has been too
rough to thoroughly investigate
salvage possibilities. But he said
the loss is partially covered by in
surance.
The Riggin, which was named
after Benson Riggin, bookkeeper
for Quinns, went down with purse
boats and net aboard. She was
skippered by Capt. Elton Willis,
Harkers Island. Some of the 22
crew members are now working on
other boats.
Total loss of the Rigging has
been estimated at $68,000 exclud
ing the value of the net. The men
haden aboard were lost.
Mayor Dill Will Confer
With Highway Officials
The Morehead City town board
n special session Thursday night
ave Mayor George Dill authority
o negotiate with the State High
ray Commission in regard to run
ling highway 70 into town by way
if Arendell street.
Commissioners were read a let
er from J. G. Gibbs, senior right
?f-way engineer with the State
iighway Commission. Mr. Gibbs
aid it was necessary for the town
o get four feet of right of way
rom the A&EC railroad, pay ad
litional cost of storm sewer drain
ige and have the telephone com
>any remove the telephone poles
hat are on the right-of-way.
The state has asked the town to
>ay a total of $11,200 for laying
inderground storm sewers, curb
ng and gutters. This is one half
>f the total cost, according to Mr.
Gibbs. The underground drain
age was requested by the town in
place of an open ditch planned by
the state. Forthat reason the town
has been asked to pay half the
cost
At the request of Mrs. Martha
Loftin, parking meter chairman for
the March of Dimes, the town
board said their parking meters
could be used as "dime boxes"
during the March of Dimes in Jan
uary.
All dimes placed in the meters
in January will go to the March
of Dimes.
The town board decided that
Thurston Rice who is reported to
be building a railways at the north
end of Sth street should have a
building permit. The mayor and
Commissioner darner said the rail
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Official Reports Plenty
Of Scallops This Season
C. G. Holland, fisheries law en
forcement officer, said yesterday
hat Carteret has more scallops this
'ear than in many a season.
But, he adds, prices are low. The
Vew York markets are buying
)ther scallops which are larger
han North Carolina's but they're
lot as juicy and tasty as the Tar
Heel product, said Mr. Holland.
Scallops are selling for $2.50 a
gallon (shucked) and 75 cents a
)usheL He believes a change to
?older weather would help hike the
price.
Mr. Holland, with Ernest Nelson
ivho is in charge of the state fleet,
jnd an official of the state division
)f purchase and contract went to
Ocean View, Va., Wednesday look
ing for a boat for the fisheries
fleet and one for the Wildlife
Service.
The men investigated Navy sur
plus craft. The state fisheries boat.
Albemarle, was condemned and
sold in October. The state is also
interested in adding two more fer
ries at Oregon Inlet to take care
of increased traffic.
Mr. Holland reminded fishermen
that a hearing will begin at noon
today at Mann's Harbor. Bound
aries for gill nets in Albemarle
Sound will be discussed.
Attending the hearing will be
Mr. Holland, Mr. Nelson and W. A.
Ellison Jr., director of the Insti
tute of Fisheries Research.
Firemen Give Money to Paint
Town Hall; Elect Officers
Planes Sweep
County Looking
For Jet Trainer
Carteret County was swept over
the weekend by planes searching
for a jet trainer missing since Fri
day from Cherry Point. Two pilots
were aboard. The jet was still miss
ing at noon yesterday.
The Cherry Point public infor
mation office said one of the pilots
was a returned prisoner of war
from Korea ? 1st Lt. Duke Williams
Jr., 27. of Yazoo City. Miss. Capt.
John H. Barclay. 34. of Santa Mon
ica, Calif., was identified as the
other pilot. Williams, a prisoner
of the Chinese Communists since
May 1952, returned home last De
cember.
The trainer, a silver colored
plane resembling a fighter, has
been the object of an unsuccessful
search by more than 100 Marine
and Civil Air Patrol planes.
Air Station officials have asked
residents of eastern and central
North Carolina to report any sign
ing of a silver-colored jet plane re
sembling a fighter. They asked
that residents report findings of
smoke, freshly burned areas or
abandoned parachutes.
Fishermen and residents of coast
areas were asked to report oil
slicks and wreckage sighted off
shore. ?
The CAP ordered a state-wide
search for the missing plane. Lt.
Col. Norman Young, public infor
mation officer for the North Caro
lina CAP wing said a control base
had been established at New Bern
and that all units of the patrol
would participate.
The wing was alerted early Sun
day when a search of the New Bern
area by a CAP group from Wash
ington, N. C.; revealed no trace of
the plane.
Commissioners
Name List-Takers
The County Board of Commis
sioners, in session- yesterday morn
ing at the courthouse. Beaufort,
named list-takers for 1994. They
?re as follows:
Cedar Island. Mrs. Dora Day; At
lantic and Sea Level, Walter SmKk;
Davis and Stacy. Alvin Davis; Wfl
liston and Smyrna. L. F. Taylor;
Straita, Bettie. Otway and GIom
cester, William Gillikln.
Marshallberg. James GilUkin;
Harkers Island. Charles W. Han
, cock; Merrimon. Peter Carraway;
Harlow*, J. Rayond Ball; Beaufort,
John Brooks and one other yet to
be named.
Morehead City, James B. Willis.
Newport, Prentis Garner; White
Oak. Bogue. Pelletier and Stella,
Sam B. Maadowi
? Beaufort tiremen contributed"
$48.41 toward pai"ntf*#JA* tow?. J
hall when they met Tftorsnay at the
fine station. They also elected
officers for the coming year.
A collection of $23.41 was taken
for paint and then $25 was added
from the firemen's treasury. The
town hall has one coat of white
paint and Judge Earl Mason, who
is leading the drive to get the town
hall looking better, told the fire
men Thursday that they needed
more money to complete the job.
Charles Harrell was re-elected
fire chief. Other officers are Wil
liam Longest, assistant chief; D. H.
Whitehurst, captain; Ben Jones,
lieutenant; and Gerald Woolard,
secretary-treasurer.
The firemen endorsed J. P. Har
ris as fire commissioner. His
name will be recommended to the
town board. The board names the
fire commissioner.
Clarence Davis Jr., in charge of
putting up the town Christmas
lights, reported on that project. Mr.
Harris reported on the Beaufort
Rural Fire Association.
The firemen this year are plan
ning to give baskets of food to
needy families. Persons who know
of families in want should submit
the name of the family to fire de
partment officers or members.
Visitors at Thursday's meeting
were Judge Mason. Mayor Clifford
Lewis, and Mr. Woodson, Rich
mond, Va.
Car Jumps Creek;
Two Men Hurt
Amos Jones and Need ham Wiley,
Merrimon Negroes, were injured at
6 o'clock Sunday night when the
car in which they were riding flew
across a creek by the Merrimon
road.
Both were taken to the More
head City Hospital by the Bell am
bulance. Morehead City. Jones,
who was driving had a cut on his
head. State Highway Patrolman
W. E. Pickard said he has been
charged with careless and reckless
driving. Wiley received bruises.
Jones was driving a 1B49 Chevro
let east on the Merrimon road and
failed to make a curve at a bridge.
The accident occurred about eight
miles from Beaufort
Patrolman Pickard said the car
missed the bridge by about S feet,
hurtled across the creek, turned
over and landed on the opposite
side of the water.
Damage to the car was estimated
at |700. Patrolman Pickard said
the accident was probably due to
excessive speed.
iC* Sponsor Movie
Morehead City Jaycees are spon
soring a Christmas cartoon movie
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at
the City Theatre, Morehead City.
Proceeds from the show will be
uaed for the annual Jayceo Christ
mas party tor youngsters.
tfeiicWr'
Be in Session
This Saturday
The orthopedic clinic sponsored
by the Morehead City Rotary Club
will be in session Saturday morn
ing beginning at 8:30. The clinic
is held in the Morehead City Hos
pital annex, entrance on south 9th
street.
In charge of the clinic is Dr.
Lenox Baker, head of the ortho
pedic division, Duke University
School of Medicine.
A letter from Dr. Baker to Mrs.
G. T. Spivey of the County Health
Department, follows:
Mrs. G. T. Spivey
Carteret County Health Dept.
Beaufort, N. C.
Dear Mrs. Spivey:
You were most thoughtful to
send the issue of the Carteret
County paper with the coverage of
the opening of the Sea Level Com
munity Hospital.
I shall enjoy reading this, par
ticularly the items that give some
personal insight into those inter
ested in the program. I also
thank you for sending the clip
ping in regard to the clinic.
It has been a real pleasure to
come to Morehead and to work
the clinic. There is no way for
me to thank you and those who
have made the clinic possible, but
I do want you to know that I
have a sincere appreciation and
look forward to each month to my
visit there.
With kindest regards and appre
ciation, I am
Sincerely your,
Unai D. Baker, M. D.
Investigation
Of Three School
Thefts Continues
Capt. Herbert Griffin
Reports Total Loot
At $312.02 at Morehead
Capt. Herbert Griffin of the
Morehead City police force said
yesterday that investigation is con
tinuing on the Wednesday night
break ins at three county schools.
Morehead City, Camp Glenn and
Newport schools were forcibly en
tered, but the burglars failed to
get cash loot at any but the More
head City School.
Captain Griffin said that $312.02
was taken from the safe in the of
fice of the principal, G. T. Win
dell. Mr. Windell thought at first
that only $243.42 in lunchroom
money had been stolen and that
another box, not opened, still had
money in it.
He learned later that the money
in the box, about $68, which were
the gate receipts from a basketball
game, had been counted Wednes
day, put in a money bag and left
in the safe. The sack was taken
by the thieves.
Window Farced
Entry to the Morchead City
school was gained by prying open
a window in a third grade room on
the north side. The burglars next
had to jimmy open two locked
doors leading to the principal's of
fice. There they pried the back
off the safe and helped themselves.
At Camp Glenn entry was gained
thorugh a window on the west side
of the building. The safe was lo
cated in the room on which the
window opened. It wasn't locked
but a drawer inside it was. That
drawer was broken into but noth
ing taken from it. Two fifty in
cash was in the band-aid box in
the drawer but the thieves over
looked it.
Remove* $18
Tbe principal of the school,
Ramie Davis, told Captain Griffin
that he had removed $18 from the
safe before leaving the school Wed
nesday.
Taken from the room where the
safe was located was a green cordu
roy, coat with fur, collar and quilled
lining. The coat belonged to th?
son of M. L. Mansfield, highway TO.
Nofcfinding anything in the safe,
the thieves evidently sought an
other locked-up place. So they
went upatairs in the building and
pried the h*ap off the book room
door. Nothing was missing from
the book room.
Sheriff Hugh Salter said the
Newport school was entered
through the door at the north end.
The door was locked but had been
pried open. The door into the
principals office was forced open.
There is no safe at the school but
drawers were ransacked. Nothing
was missing.
Robert Pope, SBI agent, was
called to the county 1o help inves
tigate the robberies.
Two Cars Collide
At Gas Station
Two cars collided at 7:90 p.m.
Saturday on highway 70 in front
of Ray and Earl's service station
between Newport and Havelock.
No one was hurt but Joe Sudock,
box 481, Havelock, has been
charged with failing to yield right
of-way. Sudock was driving a 1952
Plymouth.
The other car involved was a
1953 Oldamobile driven by Robert
P. Shiflett, MAMS MAG 35, Cher
ry Point. Patrolman R. H. Brown
who investigated said that Sudock
pulled out to the highway from the
service station. As he did so he
collided with Shiflett who was go
ing west on highway 70.
Damage to Sudock'a car was esti
mated at $50 and to Shiflett's car
1150. Sudock told Patrolman
Brown that he looked both ways
before pulling on to the highway
but saw nothing coming.
Duke Medical Students
Assist County Doctors
Dr. Giles Yancey Mebane. son of
the late Gilea W. Mebane of Beau
fort, former editor and owner of
the Beaufort News, has been as
sisting Dr. F. E. Hyde for the
past week, and will continue
through this week, aa part of his
work as a senior medical student at
Duke University.
Dr. Mebane will finish his medi
cal course at Duke this December
and will remain as intern there un
til graduation next apring. He has
assisted Dr. Hyde in his private
practice and also in the public
health department.
Dr. Spruell Spain, a senior medi
cal student at Carolina, left last
Thursday for Chapel Hill after
serving u senior mcdi cal assistant
for Dr. L. W. Moore
Dr. John Vernor, Duke senior
arrived Sunday at the 8ea Level
Community Hospital, to aaalat Dr.
Herbert F. Webb.
This is a new course offered by
the medical colleges to five the
the students a larger knowledge of
general practice.
Scientist u Speak *
G. B. Talbot, director of the Fish
and Wildlife Laboratory on Fivers
Island, will be the speaker at
St Paul's Men's Club monthly din
ner tomorrow night In tfce ?t.
Paul's Parish House, Beaufort Tka
dinner meeting will begin at ( 30
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Congressman Gives County
Advice on Mosquito Control
Oil Dealers
Put Proposals
Before Board
Town Attorney to Ask
Opinion of Attorney
General on Docks
Two oil dealers appeared before
the Morehead City town board in
special session Thursday night and
a third presented a request in writ
ing. The oil dealers who appeared
were T. T. (Tom) Potter and Roper
Van Horn. Sinclair and Shell deal
ers respectively. A letter from J.
Morton Davis, Texaco dealer, was
read.
Mr. Potter requested easement
on the south ends of the alley on
the east and the alley on the west
in square 7 between 6th and 7th
street. Mr. Potter said he wanted
to put up a fence. The board grant
ed temporary easement, pending
presentation of written approval
from the property owners affected,
principally Gulf Oil Co.
Mr. Van Horn, who has appeared
at previous meetings in regard to
ieasing dock space at the foot of
S. 8th street, presented his pro
posal in writing.
Mr. Van Horn said he intends to
lease the property for wharf pur
poses, building a dock tiO feet from
the bulkhead to deep water. The
dock would be T-shaped. Boats ty
ing up would be fueled from a
truck, but Mr. Van Horn said that
some day if he wished to put in a
tank, he would do so with the
town's permission, placing it under
the street north of the sea wall.
Mr. Van Horn said he would tear
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!
Santa to Arrive Tomorrow
Santa Claus will arrive in Beau
fort at 4 p.m. tomorrow on the
SS (Santa's Ship) Mistletoe, to visit
with Beaufort kiddies. After he
comes ashore, he will get in one
of the town fire trucks and ride
west on Front street. He will atop
in the block between Orange and
Turner where he will give a gift to
each child who brings a letter to
him.
The youngster must present his
or her letter personally to Santa,
Albert Chappell, chairman of the
merchants committee of the Beau
fort Chamber of Commerce, said.
Christmas decorations are up and
everything is set for a gala day
with Santa.
For the first time this year a
string of colored lights has been
placed across Ann street at the
bridge, centered with a plastic
lighted face of Santa Claus. *
Beaufort merchanta are sponsor
ing the "Pirate's Chest of Silver"
again this year. Tickets for cash
prizes are given with purchases.
The pirate's chest will be open
ed each Saturday until Christmas
at U a.m. at the south end of
Craven street. The day before
Christmas it will be opened at 3
p.m. One hundred fifty silver dol
lars will be given away Dec. 24
and $100 on Saturdays. Thirty
three businessmen, more than ever
before, are participating in the pro
gram this year, Dan Walker, man
ager of the Chamber of Commerce,
said.
Saturday's winners were J. G.
Bennett, Morehead City, $50; Mrs.
L. W. Moore, Beaufort, $25, and
L. L. Simpson, Beaufort, $25.
Beaufort stores are now staying
open Wednesday afternoons until
Christmas. Starting Saturday, Dec.
19, they will be open until 8 p.m.
'?ach day.
Lt. C. R. King. ySCG, Retires;
Ll. A. H. Peterson Commands Agassiz
Lt Charles R. King. VKG, who'
commanded the cutter Agassiz at
Morehead City, for the past two
years, waa retired Irom the Coaat
Guard last week after 30 yeara
of service.
He intends to remain livttig at
his Radio Island home at least
until next June, but future plans
are indefinite.
Lieutenant King is a native of
Wilmington, N. C., but was brought
up in Mahopac Falls, N. V . and has
a wide variety of Coast Guard ser
vice behind him, including duty
aboard the cutter Hamilton at the
time she was torpedoed and sunk
in the North Atlantic early in
World War II.
Enlists in Coast Guard
After spending two yeara in the
Navy, he enlisted in the Coast
Guard as a seaman in 1925, and was
assigned aboard the old Coaat
Guard destroyer Patterson opera
ting out of New York in search of
the ubiquitous rum runners of that
prohibition era.
Three years later he went to old
Coast Guard Base No. 2 at New
York, where he handled harbor
patrol work aboard 75-foot patrol
boats, followed in 1929 by his reas
signment to another rum-runner
hunter, the destroyer Terry, also
based at New York.
The cutter Modoc, engaged in
International Ice Patrol out of
Wilmington, N. C., was his next
duty station. While baaed aboard
the ship he met his wife, the form
er Evelyn Murray, of Wilmington.
Moves to Norfolk
Lieutenant King was moved to
Norfolk, Va., in 1933 and assigned
to the 165-foot cutter Electra,
aboard which he resumed his pur
suit of rum-runners.
In 1937, following two years
of duty at the Coast Guard Depot,
Baltimore, he was transferred to
the newly-constructed 327-foot cut
ter Hamilton at Oakland, Calif.
Before the outbreak of World
War II, the ship made Bering Sea
Patrola and search and rescue
sweeps along the West Coaat.
When the war started the Hamil
ton was shifted to the Atlantic for
Sec KING, Pace 2
Tide Table
Tide* at Beufort Bar
HIGH
LOW
Tuesday, Dec. I
9:15 a.m.
9:34 p.m.
2:52 a.m.
3:47 p.m.
Wedneaday, Dec. ?
9:57 a.m.
10:19 p.m.
3:37 a.m.
4:28 p m.
Tkuraday, Dcc. It
10:42 aJB. 4:29 a. a.
11.-08 p.m. B:U pm
Friday, Dec. 11
11:81 a m. 5:18
8:08 I*
Accident Victim
Buried Saturday
Funeral services for John Bri?
son Ireland, 32. Alliance, who was
killed early Thursday morning
when his car left the Trent River
bridge. New Bern, were conducted
at 3 p.m. Saturday. ?
Ireland, reportedly riding alone,
drowned when his car went off the
west side of the bridge, through the
wooden rail and into 7 feet of
water.
The victim's body was not recov
ered until an hour and a half after
the accident, in spite of attempts
by three passing Marines to rescue
Ireland.
The accident occurred exactly
one year after another motorist lost
his life on the same bridge when
his car went through the railing.
The bridge spans the Trent Riv
er between James City and New
Bern.
Rites for Ireland were conducted
at the Rock of Zion Church.
Grantsboro. Interment wis in the
church cemetery.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Peg
gy Thrasher Ireland, a son, John
Jr.; his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John
D. Ireland of Alliance; one brother,
Herman of Alliance; three aisters,
Mrs. Roy Cole of SanU Ana, Calif.,
Mrs. William Foater and Mrs. Doro
thy Berry of Alliance; one half
sister, M orient Ireland of Arapa
hoe.
Tfct USCG cutter Agasaiz. based
at Fort Macon, has ? new skipper.
He's Lt. Arnold H. Peterson of
Norfolk. Lt. Peterson is a tempor
ary replacement for Lt. Charles
King, former skipper, who has re
tired after 30 years service with the
Coast Guard.
The permanent replacement of
Lieuteunt King is Lt. Peter S.
Branson, who is presently out at
Sea. He will be in the states Dec.
15 and take over as commander of
the Ajjissii tn he early part of
January.
Lieutenant Peterson, a native of
Wildwood. N. J., enlisted in the
Coast Guard in 1936 at Aibury
Park, N. J., after completing high
school. He started his career as
a surfman, a rank similar to that
of a seaman, advancing up the lad
der to hit present rank.
Serve* an Transports
Lieutenant Peterson served
aboard Navy transports before
World War U and on Army tugs
in the Pacific during the war.
Following the war, he was
aboard buoy tenders and patrol ves
sels on the East Coaat. For the
past two and a half years Lieuten
ant Peteraon has commanded the
cutter Mariofl out of Norfolk.
Cones te More head City
He waa assigned to duty in
Morehead City temporarily to re
place Lieutenant King and took
commartd of the Agaaaix Nov. 12.
Lt. Peterson is married and haa
two children, Arnold, 6, and Vir
ginia, 20 months, living in Norfolk.
After his tour of duty here he will
return to Norfolk to resume com
mand of the Marion.
Country Club Schedules
Dinner-Dance for Dec. 16
I
Superior Court
Opens Yesterday
The December term of Carteret
County Superior Court convened it
10:30 i.m yesterday it the county
courthouse In Beaufort with Judge
i. Paul Frimlle pre tiding.
The jurymen were called and
sworn In, followed by a reading at
the docket in which pleadings and
motions were heard.
The court la meeting to bear
civil caaea for aoe week. Following
Um reading of Um docket, three di
imii were graBlod*
Dinar ces vera (ranted to Juaniu
Panaar. Stella Mm Clary and Mary
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The Morenead City 0011 ana
County Club will bald its fint semi,
(ortaal dinner-dance, Dec. 16, at
Uie Blue Ribbon Club following an
afternoon flag tournament.
The dinner-dance will start at
7:30. During Ute evening moviei
will be shown of Sammy Snead and
Babe Zaharias. Members of the
club may have out of -county real
denta as their guests.
The afternoon flag tournament
will start at 1 p.m. Each member
will play the course aa far aa the
par of 39 plus three-quarters of hii
handicap will permit.
For instance, if a player haa
a handicap of 20, he will be per
mitted to take M strokes, plus 18,
a total of 51 sk<m When he hai
uaed up kia U strokes he wUl plant
his Oaf. The player planting hii
flag furthest alaag the course will
k? Am wkmtt.
y Congressman Graham A.
Barden of New Bern appear
ed yesterday before the
County Board of Commis
sioners and recommended
that the board contact the
state health officer, Dr. J. W.
R. Norton, for aid in fightin#
mosquitoes.
The congressman appeared in
compliance with a request by Alvah
Hamilton, county attorney. The
county board, at their November
meeting, decided that Congressman
Barden could tell them what steps
to take to get aid in fighting the
county's mosquito menace.
Congressman Barden read a let
ter to the board from his secretary
in Washington. The letter stated
that the federal government has
entered into an agreement, through
the public health service, with the
North Carolina health service, and
can burnish technical assistance.
He said that there were no federal
funds available for fighting the
pests.
The board authorized the county
attorney to draft a resolution re
questing Dr. Norton's assistance.
Dr. G. C. Cooke, Morehead City,
chairman of the county's mosquito
control committee, introduced Mr.
Hamilton who in turn introduced
the congressman.
Another member of the mosquito
control committee who was present
at the meeting was Mayor George
Dill, Morehead City.
Road Requests Wade
The board heard several requests
for roads. C. G. Holland. Beau
fort. speaking for the residents of
South River, requested that one
tenth of a mile of road at Merri
mon be paved. A delegation from
the Newport section asked that the
Hibbs road be paved. Earl Campen
of Beaufort RFD asked that a road
one mile from Beaufort leading to
highway 70 be improved, and
Lionel Taylor requested that a road
at Smyrna near the drive-in thea
tre be properly drained.
All four requests were approved
with the exception U?at Mr. Cam
pen wa? requested to f il^a formal
petitiM. The other three delega
tions were told that the matters
they referred to had been taken up
at a meeting with state highway
officials at the courthouse last
Wednesday. Completion of the
projects was promised.
Among the Newport delegation
were D. W. West Jr., A1 Garner
and Lester Hall.
Taxes Adjusted
George W. Davis requested an
adjustment in taxes on property
belonging to Sam W. Davis' heirs.
Taxes were owed from 1939
through 1953. They amounted to
$107.34. Mr. Davis agreed to pay
$75. A tax of $14.39 was also due
on the Calvin J. Davis heirs' prop
erty which adjoins the other. This
was for the years 1933-34. Those
taxes were halved by law and pay
able on that debt was $7.20, which
Mr. Davis agreed to pay.
Commissioner E. H.- Potter said
he wouldn't mind adjusting the
taxes but he wanted assurance the
taxes would be paid regularly in
See MOSQUITOES, Page 2
Weekend Brings
WarmWeather
Weather over the weekend in
Carteret County turned warmer
with iota of sunshine and warm
breeies.
Friday started out cool and
eloudy with the wind from the
southeast. Water in the sound and
off ahore became quite rough caus
ing menhaden boats to return to
port.
Friday evening the weather was
still threatening so menhaden boats
stayed in port Saturday. About mid
morning temperatures rose and the
wind died down and shifted to
northwest with the temperature go
ing to 72 during the day falling to
80 in the evening.
Sunday was a repetition of Sat
urday with the temperature in the
70's. Rain was scarce according to
Stamey Davis, official weather re
corder. with only .54 inches of rain
falling Saturday before noon.
Temperature readings follow:
Dec. 4
Dec. 5
Dec. 6
Max. Min.
67 45
72 80
72 53
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