CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES -?< 43rd YEAR, NO. 2#. THREE SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO PAGES MOKE HEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 26. 1964 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 Ar? d?H St CHy t-4irs Native of Hatteras Captains Sea - Going Dredge Gerig By RUTH PEELING I was told last week that the cap tain of the dredge Gerig, working in the channel into Morehead City, was a midget I had also heard from Bob Hicks, manager of the Esao terminal that the captain "was a very interesting fellow." Saturday morning I decided that the captain should be interviewed. Jerry Schumacher, photographer, gave up a morning of his otherwise fruitful activity to go to the dredge to take pictures. He was rather intrigued with the idea of a midget being captain of a dredge and so was I. But the more I saw of that mammoth thing lying by the dock as we walked toward the gang plank, the more I had a feeling that somewhere along the line something didn't jibe. So I said to Jerry who was weighted down under caonni, bat teries and flashbulbs, "Now .if the captain is not a midget, don't throw your camera overboard and stomp off the boat. It's a story no matter how you look at it.' We clambered up the gangplank and asked for the captain. He came into view in a few minutes, a strap ping big fellow 6 feet tall. We shook hands all around and he in vited us to have coffee. As we sat down to steaming cups of the eye-opener, I said, "Cap tain, I don't even know your name. So let's begin with that." He replied, "J S. Midgette." ? I'm sure Captain Midgette, mas ter of the Gerig, would have en joyed the joke tremendously had we told him for he is indeed a fas cinating, hospitable person ? one of the fabulous seagoing Hidgettes from Hatteras. Goes to Philadelphia The Gerig left Morehead City at midnight Saturday, bound for Phil adelphia. Captain Midgette said there is a bit more work to be done here, but a smaller dredge, the Lyman is due in a couple months to continue the job. The Lyman worked here a few days be fore the Gerig arrived. The channel was in pretty bad shape. When the Gerig first started working she couldn't gorge herself with full loads of sand' beeaaae if she had she weald bm hit bot tom. fwMy loaded with stuff dredged up, the Gerig draws 24.3 feet The channel was so filled in that in some places it wasn't more than 21 feet at low tide. Now after a month of the Gerig's round-the clock work here the channel is at least 25 feet. The Gerig is the first dredge of its sire to wq fk the Beaufort chan nel. A sea-going hopper dredge, operated by the Army Corps of Engineers, she's 352 feet long, 4,888 tons and was commissioned seven years ago. To thow who have the idea that dredges are dirty old tubs, the Gerig would change their mind in a hurry. It's spacious, clean, and in spite of its machinery, includ ing mammoth pipes on each sides, it's every inch ship-shape. A crew of 78 is needed to keep the dredge working round the clock, three watches of four hours See MtEDGE, Page I Photo by Jerry Schumacher Master of Gerig plots course Lions Launch Campaign To Get Street Markers Up The Morehead City Lions Club is sponsoring a special street-mark er campaign and residents of the town have the opportunity to be the first to have a street marker erected on their corner. The street marker project is being supervised by the Lions as a part of the Finer Carolina con test. Oscar Allred, chairman, says the street markers will be four-sided concrete posts extending 5 feat above the ground, ^treit, najnes ?lit to inwt ? mw itrtntitr8 What the Lions want to kittw now is "Who will be the first to have a street marker on their corner?" The Lions are calling for "sealed bids." The group of people in a block raising the most money and submitting it as a "bid" to the Lions will be the first to have a street marker. Or the bid need not be a group offer, but an offer from an individual. It should be sent, check or money order, to Lions Block Booster, P. O Box 124. Morehead City, N. C. With the bid should be a note identifying the block or the name of the individual sending in the money. April S Deadline Bids yriU be accepted until April 8. Names of the three highest bid den will be announced at the Lions bingo party Friday night, April 0. The first street marker will be erected with ceremony. Town of ficials will be present and the marker will be appropriately desig nated as the first to be put up. The same will hold true for the second and third markers to be erected. All bids of $5 and above will as sure a street marker going up this year, Mr. Allred said. Otherwise; folks may have to wait until next year. This contest does not mean, he explains, that only those blocks will get street Turkers that send in money. The Lions hope event ually to put the marker* up at ev *ry intersection. I at ? -a- -a MM; nWMi But they would like to get them up as fast as possible and to da so, money is needed. All money received in bids will go toward the purchase of markers. Residents of all blocks in the city may select a representative or block chairman to head the solici tation and they may raise funds in any way they want. Installation of the markers will take place in April or May. Posts have been ordered from a Greensboro firm because they can not be made locally at a low price. The Lions have bought stenciling equipment and the street names will be lettered on the posts after they arrive here. Lions hope to get local trucks to transport the posts to Morehead City without cost. To date, 200 markers have been ordered. Plans call for putting two post* at each intersection, one at the northwest corner and one at the southeast corner. Morehead City High School Band To Play at Apple Blossom Festival Youth Dies As Result of Injury William T. Collins, 24, died late Monday night in Morehead City Hospital of injuries received in an automobile accident last Thursday afternoon on the Mill Creek Road. Colllna lived at 304 N. 14th St, Morehead City. Funeral services were conducted at 3:30 yMtarday afternoon In St Luke's Baptiat Church,. Mora bead City Burial was in Bay View Cemetery. Collins and another boy. Charles Dunn. Morehead City, were injured when the convertible in which they were riding turned over. Dunn got a broken ankle and Coltina suf fered a broken neck. Surviving are Coltina' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cplllna, three brothers. John Lindsey, George S. and Herbert Hughes, all of Mora head City, and a niece. Etoaufort Plant* 85 Mapta on Ann StrMt As part of the town's Finer Car olina project, 86 maple trees have been planted this week along Ann street, Beaufort The tree-planting is s Chamber of Commerce project supervised by Mail Merrill. Tbe trees were bought at a coat of WOO. In mm caaaa they are kataf planted next) to oM trees wMefc ma ??*? tote mnmail la aavaral j*an - ' Ralph Wade, director of the Morehead City School Band, an nounced today that the band has been invited to play at the Shen andoah Apple Blossom Festival Ap ril 29 and 30 at the Apple Capital, Winchester, Va. An invitation to attend the festi val is considered a high honor. Bands from all over the country will be present and ISO marching units will appear in the parade. The band will leave Morehead City April 28 and return May 1. Mr. Wade said he plans to mike fee trip educational as wall as Mtertaining. Winchester itself is prominent in Civil War hiatory. To Charter Baaees Two chartered busses will trans port the band. A motor court will be rested to accommodate tbe musicians overnight. Sixty will make the trip. Forty-eight will be band member*, nine na)arattes, two color bearers and Mr. Wade. The Morehead City Band ap peared at Rocky Mount last year* and in competition with 14 jMher bands won the trophy for the beat Tbe Beaafert High aeheel Bead wMt appear taiarrsw la the Asalea Festival parade at Wilmington Director of Ike bead Is C, Freak Jeaea. playing and marching band. They played at the Azalea Festival in Wilmington last year and in the Ckristaws parade at Raleigh. Tbe band alao gives two cor carts an nually at Ifca school. in addition to tbe senior band there Is a M-piece Junior bead. la flea BAND, h? t Police Serve Warrant* On Eight Persons Beaufort police have been buajr this week checking up on persons who have tailed to comply with court order*. Bench warranta (capias) were aerved on the following: Logan Whitehurat, Archie W. Kennedy, Frederick Raymond. Eraeat Bar rett, Richard Hardeaty. Walter Copes, Edward Tjnoo it. Lillian McDowell wai arreated Ml< 1/ for going by a (top alga. Beaufort seniors will present their play Friday night, April ft Walter Morris Makes Report On Nominations Morehead City Jaycees Will Elect New Of ficers April 19 Walter S. Morris, chairman of the Morehead City Jaycee nominat ing committee, made hi* report at a meeting of the club Monday night in the Hotel Fort Macon din ing room. Nominations are as follows: for president, Ralph Gardner. Sam Guthrie. Jasper Bell, and Russell Outlaw; for internal vice-president, Paul Cordova, James Macy, and Herbert Phillips. For external vice-president. Bill Norwood and Marion Mills; for treasurer, James Cratch, L. G. Dunn. Candidates for board of di rectors are Gerald Murdoch. Jerry Rowe, Frank Cassiano, and Charlie Summerlin. Mr. Morris also stated that losers in races for the other offices will be eligible for election to the board of directors Four new directors will be elected. The board consists of 11 directors. Election April 19 Election of officers will take place Monday. April IV. Nomina tions from the floor will be accept ed Monday night. Mr. Morris said. The committee of Herbert Phil lips, H. S. Gibbs Jr., and Ralph Gardner, selected by P. H Geer Jr., club president, to look into the feasibility of submitting a bid for the Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant, recommended that the club not submit a bid. Bids are to be in by April 1. However, the committee stated that if no other bids are submitted, they will reconsider entering a bid. To Entertain Diatrirt Mr. Geer announced that the dis trict meeting will be held April 24 and 25 in Morehead City. He appointed Jasper Bell and Jerry Frizelle as co-chairmen to make plans for entertaining and welcom ing visiting Jaycees. The Morehead City club was ask ed reoentl* by the state organiia tion, by letter, if arrangements could be made to give a "New Jay" winner a weekend la Morehead City as part of his award. A New Jay winner ia a pernH^ ?ho has Joined the Jaycees in Mr 0?- rent fiscal year and, ia the opinion of the state and local club*, has done the moat for the betterment of his community. Mr. MofTia, appointed to look into the matter, reported that ar rangements have been made for a hotel room and meals for the winner. Joe DuBois, manager of the Morehead City Chamber of Com merce. was. present and announced his taking over directorship of the new Sea Level Community Cham ber of Commerce. L. G. Dunn asked the club if something could be done to make the corner of 24th and Arendell St. safer for traffic. Mr. Geer ap pointed him to look into the possi bility of organizing a safety com mittee, which was recommended by the Morehead City Police De partment. Bill Norwood led a discussion on re-formirtg a Jaycee blood bank on a voluntary basis. The Jaycees also discussed means whereby they could be notified that blood was needed. James Cratch, in charge of wil ing tickets for the Bubblea Becker Show, sponsored by the Jaycees last week, reported that $1#7 worth of tickets were sold. Mr. Geer and Sam Guthrie said the financial loss to the club was due to the poor attendance. But. they added. It was a good show well worth the price of admission. Moose to Entertain At lodge Tonight The Morehead City Moose Lodge completed plans Monday night (or their Ladies Night to be held it the lodge tonight, starting at 7:30 and continuing until 1 a.m. The evening will start with din ner at 7:30 p.m. Dancing will be gin at 9 Included in entertainment will be a magician, a pianist, and other musical numbers. A door prise will be awarded at the end of the evening. The lodge also dlscusaed the es- 1 tabliahlng of a blood bank and | asked members to pay their dues. Tide Table Tides at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW | Friday, March M 12:00 a.m. ( 41 a.m. 1237 p.m. 0:40 pja. Saturday, March ? 103 a.B. 7:30 ?M 1:30 p.m. 7:43 p.m. Sunday, March M 2 06 a.m. 0:41 a.m. MS p na. 3:12 1? 0:43 aj 3:? p.m. 10:01 Mi. I Itaaday. March 30 The board of director* of the* Beaufort Chamber .Of Commerce ap proved reprinting of 5,000 bro chure* on Beaufort at their meeting Monday night at the town hall. They aire approved an expen diture of an additional 1100 for the playground being *et up near the Beaufort bridge by the Junior Woman'* Club. Braxton Adair, chairman of the project, uid *136.73 ha* already been ipent Ray CAmmiiu, Morehead City, who ban applied for a permit for a radio atation In Beaufort, re quested a letter of endowment from the board and letter* from each member individually. The beard agreed to hi* requeat. Dan Walker, manager, waa au t barbed to write to the Ctvffl Aero nautic* Board, pretexting the pro Bee niHin, Pa?* 7 Chairman Receives Receipt for Funds Mm Ruth Peeling, March of Dimei campaign chairman for the county, announced yesterday that a receipt has been received from the National Foundation for Infan tile ParalyiU tar funds raised her* in January. Tbe receipt shows that from tWs county t3.M0.0S was paid to na tional headquarter* and S2.MB.05 for polio prevention Involving inoc ulation of school children with gamma globulin. Remaining here in the county is 93,000.05 for local infantile para lysis treatment The total ratted is the campaign wm *M? Net profit waa W.007 U